If you check the Product Lifecycle Dates they've already passed the end-of-life dates for many of the older versions of Windows.
Win3x, Win9x, and WinME are all long passed. WinNT Server remains until 31 Dec 2004, but other WinNTs are passed. Win2K is scheduled for demise on 30 June 2005 (start saving). Even WinXP is scheduled for desupport 31 Dec 2006. Win Server 2003 is scheduled for 30 Jun 2008, so you've got a while there, but it's on the plan.
It should not come as a surprise that they stop providing feature enhancements to the older versions. Profit and other greed aside, technically it's unrealistic to expect them continue to support systems indefinately.
If there's a match, it means that someone else has already solved the puzzle and queried for the domain name.
That's not entirely true as any good name server will go get the list if it doesn't have it. In that case it'll probably be a more complete list than just the few that might be previously queried--those'll be in the cache, which is probably what you were thinking of.
And you can completely avoid VeriSign by getting the primary name server for the domain from whois, and use that server in your nslookup to list the domain.
Yeah, he means like the radio your vehicle came with, not how you may have rewired it. It turns on (if the radio is powered on) when the vehicle is running or the key is turned (in the ignition switch) to the "on" or "run" position. It turns off (no matter what) when the vehicle is off, or shortly after if your car has delay--my vehicle keeps the radio on for a few minutes or until a front door opens, whichever is first.
I think the key is if the network belongs to the university, they have the right to mandate who uses the network and how the network is used. The resources available on, as well as the liablity for the use through, the network gives the university a reasonable expectation of compliance. I'm sure as part of the agreement to get wired service, the students had to agree to a set of terms--some limiting web serving, P2P, porn, and other unwanted services and uses.
One would think that if a student had a WLAN set up that wasn't connected to the university's network, that the student wouldn't fall under this rule--it's when the WLAN allows unauthorized users onto the network that it becomes a problem. But since one couldn't be certain that the WLAN didn't connect to the network (short of connecting to every WLAN and trying), disallowing them all seems perhaps extreme, but still appropriate.
No different than if I brought one into my office and hooked it up so that everyone nearby in the neighborhood could get "through" it to the Internet--of course, then the trouble is the unknown users who want to stay on the network instead.
One solution that might appease all of the parties involved is to "register" the access point with the university. Perhaps allow them to manage it, or limit the connections through it. If the student's purpose is to wirelessly connect their laptop, entirely legitimately and with no other stretching of the network intended, then they shouldn't object to configuring the access point to allow only the one card, or the set of cards for their roommates or dormmates, too. That's how I get around it at work--"look, see, the access point only allows these MAC addresses to connect..."
Because of global warming, the polar ice caps melt causing the ocean temperatures to drop leading to an overall drop in temperature to where the next ice age begins. Duh.
That's of zero use on a 2D screen! Close one eye. Spot the difference? Nope, me neither.
Hey, when I shut my right eye, the monitor shifts to the left a little, but it doesn't knock over the speaker. And when I shut my left, it moves the other way, but the dust on my desk isn't showing any tracks... Why's that?
Oh, yeah, I agree with you. Don't get me wrong. I could just envision our depth-perception-challenged friends out there griping...
Snap!
Ain't I the dumbass? Tried to be quick about it, didn't even pay attention. Really, on my other machine...
My bad! Thanks for pointing it out. I'll go sit in the corner with the pointy hat for a while...
Curious, I thougth I'd look to see what it is. Whatever it is, it seems to be broken. So you don't have to try, here's the mini-scoop.
> ftp 216.52.171.81 Connected to 216.52.171.81. 220 ProFTPD 1.2.10rc3 Server (Superconnect FTP) [bubbles.hou.corp.sc.com] Name (216.52.171.81:): anonymous 331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete email address as your password. Password: 230 Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply. ftp> cd/pub/tcl/sorted/file/X-Files1.21b 250 CWD command successful ftp> ls ftp> ls -l 200 PORT command successful 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list index.html CHANGES.html X-Files1.21b.tar.g z 226 Transfer complete. remote: -l 47 bytes received in 0.0049 seconds (9.35 Kbytes/s) ftp> get X-Files1.21b.tar.gz 200 PORT command successful 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for X-Files1.21b.tar.gz (115245 bytes) 226 Transfer complete. local: X-Files1.21b.tar.gz remote: X-Files1.21b.tar.gz 115723 bytes received in 0.54 seconds (210.45 Kbytes/s) ftp> 221 Goodbye. > tar -tzf X-Files1.21b.tar.gz CHANGES Readme.install Regi stration.form X-Files.1x X-Files.tcl tar: Skipping to next file header
gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error
gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--length error tar: Child returned status 1 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
It certainly isn't any kind of compressed video, either... There is a link in the Readme.install file (that did untar). I can't connect, so either the server's down, or the rest of the industrious/. crowd is hammering it...
It isn't always about changes in the subject, but changes in the presentation of the subject. It may have been the case that the author or faculty or appropriate industry as a whole has changed their thinking. Maybe not so much as "the whole method has changed," as "maybe we should teach them about this theorem before that proof..." or even "this book makes this exact same thing clear and understandable." We can only hope... That's my less pessimistic suggestion.
It may also be about the availablity of the material. Textbook sellers revolve their industry, just like any other book retailer or wholesaler would. While insert favorite textbook may have been the best ever, maybe agreements or copyrights or licensing or just plain popularity have driven it from the shelves, and they don't have the numbers required to stock the shelves. Sure, it's probably more about profit than that, but let's consider less obvious reasons. We all believe they're in it for the money. This is the pessimistic reason.
And, while there are obviously textbooks that you won't use outside of class, and there are careers that actually don't need refreshing once you're out, get used to buying (borrowing or stealing) textbooks constantly while you're out in the world. Law, medicine, and pretty much anything technical requires you to keep up to date, whether it's just to maintian your license, or to keep the edge and stay marketable.
Personally, I can't remember the last year I spent less than a few thousand on books and materials to keep current.
There's a William Gibson book (or two, and others I'm sure) dealing with the data havens of the future. Maybe Google is the reality of that [previously] fictional possibility.
They have every bit of info on the company you work for and deal with, everything from your blog, and everything about the software you use... Think about it.
Amen. I only use my HotMail account for things that I know I don't care about or will probably end up in the hands of the spammers, and because it's required to get into the IM system to chat with my less-savvy friends.
Otherwise, I run my own mail server with blacklists and SPAM filtering, further filtering with my mail client, leaving me very few junk mail messages to actually deal with. As far as I know, no false positives have been lost. The server ignores suspected servers, andthe spam filter throws away any high-scoring mail, leaving low-scoring spam for the mail client to handle, which gives me a chance to find mail I would want to keep (very, very, rare), tossing the rest in the trash can so I can peruse them.
I have a web mail client, too, so I can check in from anywhere I can't fire up my client or shell in.
Also, I don't worry about space. I'm casual (OK, lazy) about deleting mail, and after several years of not deleting what should probably be deleted I've only accumulated a couple hundred MB of crap. (Yes, it's sorted automatically into folders by sender or content.) That includes old "let's have lunch" announcements as well as mail with large attachements. The server's got another 50GB of space on it (slowly being eaten by web server and mail logs), so I'm not too worried about running out any time soon.
1 GB would suffice and give me another few years to fill up. Then I'd probably have to get rid of those lunch invites from 1998...
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I suppose this is better. Or this, for the JDK 5 documentation...
import java.lang.reflect.*;
Nope.
Damn. Out of stock.
Win3x, Win9x, and WinME are all long passed. WinNT Server remains until 31 Dec 2004, but other WinNTs are passed. Win2K is scheduled for demise on 30 June 2005 (start saving). Even WinXP is scheduled for desupport 31 Dec 2006. Win Server 2003 is scheduled for 30 Jun 2008, so you've got a while there, but it's on the plan.
It should not come as a surprise that they stop providing feature enhancements to the older versions. Profit and other greed aside, technically it's unrealistic to expect them continue to support systems indefinately.
Tick, tick, tick...
Isn't it Armhold Musclehoggen?
Does that mean that there will be some? Ooh! Can't wait for McAfee for my box!
That's not entirely true as any good name server will go get the list if it doesn't have it. In that case it'll probably be a more complete list than just the few that might be previously queried--those'll be in the cache, which is probably what you were thinking of.
And you can completely avoid VeriSign by getting the primary name server for the domain from whois, and use that server in your nslookup to list the domain.
Makes sense to me.
One would think that if a student had a WLAN set up that wasn't connected to the university's network, that the student wouldn't fall under this rule--it's when the WLAN allows unauthorized users onto the network that it becomes a problem. But since one couldn't be certain that the WLAN didn't connect to the network (short of connecting to every WLAN and trying), disallowing them all seems perhaps extreme, but still appropriate.
No different than if I brought one into my office and hooked it up so that everyone nearby in the neighborhood could get "through" it to the Internet--of course, then the trouble is the unknown users who want to stay on the network instead.
One solution that might appease all of the parties involved is to "register" the access point with the university. Perhaps allow them to manage it, or limit the connections through it. If the student's purpose is to wirelessly connect their laptop, entirely legitimately and with no other stretching of the network intended, then they shouldn't object to configuring the access point to allow only the one card, or the set of cards for their roommates or dormmates, too. That's how I get around it at work--"look, see, the access point only allows these MAC addresses to connect..."
Because of global warming, the polar ice caps melt causing the ocean temperatures to drop leading to an overall drop in temperature to where the next ice age begins. Duh.
Hey, when I shut my right eye, the monitor shifts to the left a little, but it doesn't knock over the speaker. And when I shut my left, it moves the other way, but the dust on my desk isn't showing any tracks... Why's that?
Oh, yeah, I agree with you. Don't get me wrong. I could just envision our depth-perception-challenged friends out there griping...
Snap! Ain't I the dumbass? Tried to be quick about it, didn't even pay attention. Really, on my other machine... My bad! Thanks for pointing it out. I'll go sit in the corner with the pointy hat for a while...
Here's what it says for me:
Here's what my browser sends to them:
I'm not sure what they offer you if they don't know.
Yeah, I'm using Windows. But...uh...I'm at work...and they make me!
Changes don't guarantee they had anything to do with security.
It may also be about the availablity of the material. Textbook sellers revolve their industry, just like any other book retailer or wholesaler would. While insert favorite textbook may have been the best ever, maybe agreements or copyrights or licensing or just plain popularity have driven it from the shelves, and they don't have the numbers required to stock the shelves. Sure, it's probably more about profit than that, but let's consider less obvious reasons. We all believe they're in it for the money. This is the pessimistic reason.
And, while there are obviously textbooks that you won't use outside of class, and there are careers that actually don't need refreshing once you're out, get used to buying (borrowing or stealing) textbooks constantly while you're out in the world. Law, medicine, and pretty much anything technical requires you to keep up to date, whether it's just to maintian your license, or to keep the edge and stay marketable.
Personally, I can't remember the last year I spent less than a few thousand on books and materials to keep current.
Or the Summoner Geeks. Pay special attention to the monster in the kitchen looking for cheetos and sodas.
What about shortwave?
They're also supported by some top-notch fellas...
They have every bit of info on the company you work for and deal with, everything from your blog, and everything about the software you use... Think about it.
Otherwise, I run my own mail server with blacklists and SPAM filtering, further filtering with my mail client, leaving me very few junk mail messages to actually deal with. As far as I know, no false positives have been lost. The server ignores suspected servers, andthe spam filter throws away any high-scoring mail, leaving low-scoring spam for the mail client to handle, which gives me a chance to find mail I would want to keep (very, very, rare), tossing the rest in the trash can so I can peruse them.
I have a web mail client, too, so I can check in from anywhere I can't fire up my client or shell in.
Also, I don't worry about space. I'm casual (OK, lazy) about deleting mail, and after several years of not deleting what should probably be deleted I've only accumulated a couple hundred MB of crap. (Yes, it's sorted automatically into folders by sender or content.) That includes old "let's have lunch" announcements as well as mail with large attachements. The server's got another 50GB of space on it (slowly being eaten by web server and mail logs), so I'm not too worried about running out any time soon.
1 GB would suffice and give me another few years to fill up. Then I'd probably have to get rid of those lunch invites from 1998...
I can see it now...my OCD will force me to purchase all of the books with the new title.