WHY are you people so keen on bit-level dumps? Forensics?
Yes!
EnCase Enterprise Edition costs $10,000 per license. This software basically mimmicks EnCase's functionality for free.
If der Mouse were to port this to the Windoze world, and get CFTT (http://www.cftt.nist.gov/ to validate it's forensic soundness, he could make a fortune undercutting Guidance Software.
Discourage people from writing! Maybe by discouraging individuals from daily journal-like writing posted for the world to criticize, we can improve the quality of the general public's writing skills!
Re:no workee for me - me too.
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It wasn't working for me until I realized that I'd have to enable Javascript AND allow it to change images.
Why does Microsoft refuse to adopt a fully open document format and mail database for all of their office applications?
Why does Exchange use a proprietary protocol for talking to the Outlook client?
Why is all Exchange and Outlook mail stored in a closed format?
Why has IE not been ported to *nix platforms, since many web services are IE and IIS dependant?
Why does Microsoft develop all of their web applications using vbscript and Active-X instead of an non-IE-specific technology like Java and Javascript (Think OWA)? And why did Microsoft develop their own non-standards-compliant Java Runtime Environment instead of using Sun's?
Are there plans to solidify the monopoly in the works by 'webalizing' the Office Suite, making it IE, ActiveX, and IIS specific, then 'leasing' access to the apps over the web?
Why was DirectX created instead of helping to improve upon OpenGL?
It seems that these tactics have the sole purpose of preventing competition from truly competing with MS in the corporate environment? I would like to especially point out that in the office application suite arena, most organizations collaborate with MS Office proprietary file formats, barring entry for OpenOffice and Evolution, and similar applications that could otherwise have a legitimate shot at competing with Microsoft alternatives?
Unrelated question that just bothers me: How on earth did MS fail to incorporate a spell-checker into OWA 2000?
I am skeptical of all reviews. I try to use multiple sources to piece together the true story, much like using many howto's written on the same subject on how to accomplish anything in Linux.
I would like to add that if you teach your IT staff to understand all of the small considerations that must be taken into account when putting a PC together piece by piece, they will generally better understand how to troubleshoot and research problems.
I've found this intangible benefit to be invaluable, but this is simply my exerience and opinion.
Thanks to all that have replied. I truly appreciate the suggestions.
...that the tool is not the problem. Guns don't kill people; people kill people. P2P apps don't trade content illegally, people trade content illegally.
I think the next top priority of the US goverment should be to pass laws to stop the evil manufacturers of baseball bats and forks next. How can we let such dangerous items to be so carelessly created lacking safegaurds when they can be used to maim someone?! The lack of a law to track down these terrorists is clearly a gross oversight and I am embarrassed to be an American.
Cringley, in this article, http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20041216. html, speculates that Microsoft will someday release an XBox3 that combines the PC, Media Center, and Gaming Console, freeing Microsoft from their current reliance on PC manufacturers.
My biggest reason for going the Comcast DVR route over the MythTV box was my understanding, or lack thereof, that a remote exists that could control MythTV + my TV.
Reason 2 was that the Cable company's DVR solution is so much cheaper, as pointed out by many.
Reason 3 is HDTV - I guess this is no longer a problem as HDTV tuner cards have recently been released, though I am unsure as to whether *nix drivers exist for them.
That said, I *still* want a MythTV box because it would be a lot of fun to build, and the idea of a content server in my house driving multiple MythTV boxes sounds cool, though insanely expensive.
Disclaimer: I've tried Gentoo, Debian, Redhat 9, and Fedora Core 1, 2, and 3 on my desktop, because I despise Microsoft's business practices and buggy/unstable software. I use nothing but the above on the server side of the house.
On my desktop, I use mostly open source applications, but my OS in WindowsXP Pro. The major closed-source applications I use are MS Project, MS Visio, Hardware Drivers, DirectX, various games, Dell Jukebox Software + MusicMatch, and TurboTax.
I use Firefox, OpenOffice, Sunbird, Thunderbird, Mozilla, XChat, PDFCreator, gAIM, GIMP, Cygwin, PuTTY, Ethereal, etc.
Hands down, in my situation, XP destroys Linux on the Desktop for the following annoying reasons:
1) Sound. Both my onboard NForce2 chipset and SBLive are fully supported with easy to install drivers and come with great Mixer applications. ALSA and the associated tools pale in comparison. Additionally, the sound servers ESD, ARTS, etc. caused echo problems that troubleshooting on irc.freenode.net across ##linux, #gentoo, #fedora, #redhat, #debian, etc. for over 48 hours did not resolve.
2) Radeon 9800 Pro support. Regardless of whether ATI is the problem, it works in Windows and does not work as well in Linux. I like to play HL2 at full tilt, and the Linux support with Cedega is not cutting it.
4) Peripherals. I've got a great scanner, printer, and camera that can connect to my machine via usb, and not a single one is anywhere near full support in Linux.
5) The closed-source pay applications above don't have good alternatives. For instance, Dia is a poor, miserable, failed attempt at an alternative to Visio. I use it whenever possible (small projects) but I use Visio for anything complicated.
Until these issues get resolved, I must continue to consider my use of Linux on the Desktop a hobby. A major change in the way I work, the people I work for, and the way I play, and similar changes for the people I collaborate with all would be required for me to switch.
However, all the free open source apps that I consider to be ready for primetime have been almost forced upon all of those people that I collaborate with, and most of these people love them.
Eventually, as more great FOSS apps are developed and released for Windows, more people will become comfortable operating them, and the deficciences above will continue to be worked out. It will be a great day when we can just replace the OS that the tools run on almost transparently.
Why not switch to a free OS, when it is capable of running all of the tools you are using anyway, and has a lot of additional great tools similar to the ones you've been using?
It would, in my opinion, be incredibly stupid and self-destructive, to adopt a mindset of NOT porting as many FOSS applications to Windows as possible.
I welcome any contrary opinions, and would be happy to have a more detailed discussion via a more appropriate medium, but I must admit that I may inquire as to whether or not you rode the short bus to school.
No way, Jose. This is not the solution to the problem. Large, messy advertising banners need to be put to rest.
I am a huge fan of Google's AdSense. I would be happy if every site I visited had two-three SMALL advertisements based relevant to the content of the page. AdSense often leads me to products that I am at least interested in reading about, whereas I refuse to click on banner ads and have trained myself to not notice them.
Re:Somone get these ppl some free software!
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Mod the parent up. His pondered approach actually works quite well. I frequently sit freinds and family down and tell them something to the effect of
Look. I know you don't want to listen to me talk to you about how dangerous Internet computing is and the level of responsibility you must take to protect yourself.
I know that you do not want to spend an entire day in front of the computer with me teaching you how to use it responsibly.
Here's the deal:
I am going to install Firefox to replace Internet Explorer.
I am going to install Thunderbird to replace Outlook Express.
I am going to install a anti-virus tool. I am also going to install a spyware scanner. Each will run automatically when you turn your computer on.
Do not cancel the anoying automatic scans that happen when you start your computer. Go do something else for a few minutes.
I am intentionally going to make IE and OE hard to access.
If you visit a site that requires Internet Explorer, and it's absolutely critical that you visit that site to conduct *business*, use IE only for that site. Otherwise, find another site that provides similar services.
Ballmer - And as Yankee Group noted in its Linux, UNIX and Windows TCO Comparison study, "Linux-specific worms and viruses are every bit as pernicious as their UNIX and Windows counterparts - and in many cases they are much more stealthy."
Spin, Spin, Spin! Just more proof that you can take anything out of context... or just outright lie.
Almost all of the annoying spyware/adware software out there will only infect a Microsoft platform. You've immediately just reduced your maintenance headaches in typical organizations by over 50%.
Let's look at some information actually based on analysis of CERT data...
If Doom 3 and HL 2 (& CS:Source) were released on their initially reported release dates? (instead of over a full year later before when Doom 3 and CS:Source actually came out?)
The games would have been extremely impressive when compared to everything on the market at the time. Now there are other computer and console games that stolen some of their thunder.
Don't get me wrong; they're still incredible. I just think that I probably would have sold my family on eBay to buy them a year ago, and by time they were actually released, I really wasn't paying attention.
How many PhD's do you know that can handle simple things like tying their shoes and keeping their cars serviced?
I swear that the requirements for being a PhD are as follows:
1) Completely throw away any concept of common sense.
2) Forget how to operate a vehicle and accumulate at least 10 parking tickets each month. For bonus points, be sure to block driveways and fire hydrants wherever you park.
3) *Always* leave one shoe untied or wear sandals with socks.
4) Learn to be genuinely suprised when simple things like chaos theorey take more than a few days to figure out.
5) Make to to invent your own dialect of ancient mumble, and be sure to mumble to yourself while walking around campus.
MS Office is the only tool that can correctly render *ALL* Microsoft Word.doc documents. Anyone who collaborates with clients by passing Microsoft Word.doc files around needs to use Office, with the exception of those who do not use custom templates or other Word features.
In a recent thread about OpenOffice, (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/13/13392 21&tid=185) I tried to summarize some of the major points that were repeatedly mentioned, and a major point was:
OpenOffice's storage format is not.doc. Just like MS Word saves documents by defualt in it's (proprietary, closed-source) native format,.doc, to leverage all of Word's features (instead of.rtf or.xml or.sxw), OpenOffice needs to store documents in it's native (non-proprietary, open-source) format,.sxw, to leverage all of it's features.
However, OpenOffice is a great tool to give to developers, IT staff, and anyone else that does not have to collaborate with clients, executives, and managers by passing around Word.doc files. A simple PDF of their sxw document will do and it's a hell of a lot cheaper (free).
The lack of full.doc support in OpenOffice is one of about three remaining things that keeps me from moving to Linux in the workplace.
2) Assonine developers that insist on perpetuating Microsoft's browser monopoly and closed standards that use Internet Explorer only technologies to deliver their content. (ActiveX tops my list here). Unfortunately, to do my business, I am unable to boycott all of these sites.
3) The MS Exchange connector tools for Linux email clients are not yet capable of dealing with some of the features of Exchange / BackOffice that are leveraged by my employer.
OpenOffice's storage format is not.doc. Just like MS Word saves documents by defualt in it's (proprietary, closed-source) native format,.doc, to leverage all of Word's features (instead of.rtf or.xml or.sxw), OpenOffice needs to store documents in it's native (non-proprietary, open-source) format,.sxw, to leverage all of it's features.
You should not expect OpenOffice to perfectly store or perfectly open complicated Word Documents. However, it does a good enough job to allow someone to work with an MS user. It also allows you to PDF your documents to share.
By the way, use Word and don't want to install OpenOffice to make PDF's for free? Check out the free, open-source PDFCreator software at http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/.
OpenOffice has been a wonderful solution to my need for an office suite while in college. I've never had anyone complain about my documents, and there was not a Word document from a classmate or teacher that I could not open.
Someone pointed out that it would be great if they would take the Firefox-like approach and package the different components as non-monolithic standalone applications. I thought that was a great idea.
OpenOffice is a great tool to give to developers, IT staff, and anyone else that does not have to collaborate with clients/executives/managers by passing around Word.doc files. A simple PDF of their sxw document will do and it's a hell of a lot cheaper (free).
Have you ever noticed that Excel is limited to 65,535 rows? Ever notice that OpenOffice is not?
OpenOffice is a viable and more than capable replacement for an expensive office suite. It is not a viable replacement for someone who collaborates by passing around files in Word's.doc format.
I've not yet found an external storage solution that doesn't have a problem with overheating in any application (such as backup with dd) that performs looooong writes to the external drive. I've experienced about a 30% rate of failure in this application across various vendors because they do not design external storage to stay cool; only to look cool.
Does anyone know of an external portable storage solution with lots of storage that is exceptional at cooling?
BTW, to stay on-topic:
http://www.xoxide.com/external.html
http://www.xpcgear.com/fwenclosure.html
http://www.maxtor.com/en/products/external/onetouc h/
http://www.directron.com/external1.html
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WHY are you people so keen on bit-level dumps? Forensics?
Yes!
EnCase Enterprise Edition costs $10,000 per license. This software basically mimmicks EnCase's functionality for free.
If der Mouse were to port this to the Windoze world, and get CFTT (http://www.cftt.nist.gov/ to validate it's forensic soundness, he could make a fortune undercutting Guidance Software.
Discourage people from writing! Maybe by discouraging individuals from daily journal-like writing posted for the world to criticize, we can improve the quality of the general public's writing skills!
It wasn't working for me until I realized that I'd have to enable Javascript AND allow it to change images.
Why does Microsoft refuse to adopt a fully open document format and mail database for all of their office applications? Why does Exchange use a proprietary protocol for talking to the Outlook client? Why is all Exchange and Outlook mail stored in a closed format? Why has IE not been ported to *nix platforms, since many web services are IE and IIS dependant? Why does Microsoft develop all of their web applications using vbscript and Active-X instead of an non-IE-specific technology like Java and Javascript (Think OWA)? And why did Microsoft develop their own non-standards-compliant Java Runtime Environment instead of using Sun's? Are there plans to solidify the monopoly in the works by 'webalizing' the Office Suite, making it IE, ActiveX, and IIS specific, then 'leasing' access to the apps over the web? Why was DirectX created instead of helping to improve upon OpenGL? It seems that these tactics have the sole purpose of preventing competition from truly competing with MS in the corporate environment? I would like to especially point out that in the office application suite arena, most organizations collaborate with MS Office proprietary file formats, barring entry for OpenOffice and Evolution, and similar applications that could otherwise have a legitimate shot at competing with Microsoft alternatives? Unrelated question that just bothers me: How on earth did MS fail to incorporate a spell-checker into OWA 2000?
Specifically: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=126473&cid=105 91752
Run a comments search of /. on AllofMp3:r y=allofmp3& author=&sort=1&op=comments
http://slashdot.org/search.pl?tid=&que
I am skeptical of all reviews. I try to use multiple sources to piece together the true story, much like using many howto's written on the same subject on how to accomplish anything in Linux.
I'd rather have a working server than a POS that I can replace quickly and for free.
I would like to add that if you teach your IT staff to understand all of the small considerations that must be taken into account when putting a PC together piece by piece, they will generally better understand how to troubleshoot and research problems. I've found this intangible benefit to be invaluable, but this is simply my exerience and opinion. Thanks to all that have replied. I truly appreciate the suggestions.
...that the tool is not the problem. Guns don't kill people; people kill people. P2P apps don't trade content illegally, people trade content illegally.
I think the next top priority of the US goverment should be to pass laws to stop the evil manufacturers of baseball bats and forks next. How can we let such dangerous items to be so carelessly created lacking safegaurds when they can be used to maim someone?! The lack of a law to track down these terrorists is clearly a gross oversight and I am embarrassed to be an American.
Cringley, in this article, http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20041216. html, speculates that Microsoft will someday release an XBox3 that combines the PC, Media Center, and Gaming Console, freeing Microsoft from their current reliance on PC manufacturers.
My biggest reason for going the Comcast DVR route over the MythTV box was my understanding, or lack thereof, that a remote exists that could control MythTV + my TV.
Reason 2 was that the Cable company's DVR solution is so much cheaper, as pointed out by many.
Reason 3 is HDTV - I guess this is no longer a problem as HDTV tuner cards have recently been released, though I am unsure as to whether *nix drivers exist for them.
That said, I *still* want a MythTV box because it would be a lot of fun to build, and the idea of a content server in my house driving multiple MythTV boxes sounds cool, though insanely expensive.
Maybe we can just hit the asteroid with Lance Bass until it gives up.
SWK Rules!
Disclaimer: I've tried Gentoo, Debian, Redhat 9, and Fedora Core 1, 2, and 3 on my desktop, because I despise Microsoft's business practices and buggy/unstable software. I use nothing but the above on the server side of the house.
On my desktop, I use mostly open source applications, but my OS in WindowsXP Pro. The major closed-source applications I use are MS Project, MS Visio, Hardware Drivers, DirectX, various games, Dell Jukebox Software + MusicMatch, and TurboTax.
I use Firefox, OpenOffice, Sunbird, Thunderbird, Mozilla, XChat, PDFCreator, gAIM, GIMP, Cygwin, PuTTY, Ethereal, etc.
Hands down, in my situation, XP destroys Linux on the Desktop for the following annoying reasons:
1) Sound. Both my onboard NForce2 chipset and SBLive are fully supported with easy to install drivers and come with great Mixer applications. ALSA and the associated tools pale in comparison. Additionally, the sound servers ESD, ARTS, etc. caused echo problems that troubleshooting on irc.freenode.net across ##linux, #gentoo, #fedora, #redhat, #debian, etc. for over 48 hours did not resolve.
2) Radeon 9800 Pro support. Regardless of whether ATI is the problem, it works in Windows and does not work as well in Linux. I like to play HL2 at full tilt, and the Linux support with Cedega is not cutting it.
4) Peripherals. I've got a great scanner, printer, and camera that can connect to my machine via usb, and not a single one is anywhere near full support in Linux.
5) The closed-source pay applications above don't have good alternatives. For instance, Dia is a poor, miserable, failed attempt at an alternative to Visio. I use it whenever possible (small projects) but I use Visio for anything complicated.
Until these issues get resolved, I must continue to consider my use of Linux on the Desktop a hobby. A major change in the way I work, the people I work for, and the way I play, and similar changes for the people I collaborate with all would be required for me to switch.
However, all the free open source apps that I consider to be ready for primetime have been almost forced upon all of those people that I collaborate with, and most of these people love them.
Eventually, as more great FOSS apps are developed and released for Windows, more people will become comfortable operating them, and the deficciences above will continue to be worked out. It will be a great day when we can just replace the OS that the tools run on almost transparently.
Why not switch to a free OS, when it is capable of running all of the tools you are using anyway, and has a lot of additional great tools similar to the ones you've been using?
It would, in my opinion, be incredibly stupid and self-destructive, to adopt a mindset of NOT porting as many FOSS applications to Windows as possible.
I welcome any contrary opinions, and would be happy to have a more detailed discussion via a more appropriate medium, but I must admit that I may inquire as to whether or not you rode the short bus to school.
Troll? The parent is funny and advocates Linux use. Silly moderators...
No way, Jose. This is not the solution to the problem. Large, messy advertising banners need to be put to rest.
I am a huge fan of Google's AdSense. I would be happy if every site I visited had two-three SMALL advertisements based relevant to the content of the page. AdSense often leads me to products that I am at least interested in reading about, whereas I refuse to click on banner ads and have trained myself to not notice them.
Mod the parent up. His pondered approach actually works quite well. I frequently sit freinds and family down and tell them something to the effect of
Look. I know you don't want to listen to me talk to you about how dangerous Internet computing is and the level of responsibility you must take to protect yourself.
I know that you do not want to spend an entire day in front of the computer with me teaching you how to use it responsibly.
Here's the deal:
I am going to install Firefox to replace Internet Explorer.
I am going to install Thunderbird to replace Outlook Express.
I am going to install a anti-virus tool. I am also going to install a spyware scanner. Each will run automatically when you turn your computer on.
Do not cancel the anoying automatic scans that happen when you start your computer. Go do something else for a few minutes.
I am intentionally going to make IE and OE hard to access.
If you visit a site that requires Internet Explorer, and it's absolutely critical that you visit that site to conduct *business*, use IE only for that site. Otherwise, find another site that provides similar services.
lots and lots of ice...
I can understand exploring the depths of the oceans before space, but an enormous block of ice?
Yep, Bob, it's still cold here... See ya next year...
Ballmer - And as Yankee Group noted in its Linux, UNIX and Windows TCO Comparison study, "Linux-specific worms and viruses are every bit as pernicious as their UNIX and Windows counterparts - and in many cases they are much more stealthy."
Spin, Spin, Spin! Just more proof that you can take anything out of context... or just outright lie.
Almost all of the annoying spyware/adware software out there will only infect a Microsoft platform. You've immediately just reduced your maintenance headaches in typical organizations by over 50%.
Let's look at some information actually based on analysis of CERT data...
Windows v Linux security: the real factsp ort_windows_vs_linux/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/security/security_re
If you prefer, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/22/security_r eport_windows_vs_linux.pdf
If Doom 3 and HL 2 (& CS:Source) were released on their initially reported release dates? (instead of over a full year later before when Doom 3 and CS:Source actually came out?)
The games would have been extremely impressive when compared to everything on the market at the time. Now there are other computer and console games that stolen some of their thunder.
Don't get me wrong; they're still incredible. I just think that I probably would have sold my family on eBay to buy them a year ago, and by time they were actually released, I really wasn't paying attention.
How many PhD's do you know that can handle simple things like tying their shoes and keeping their cars serviced?
I swear that the requirements for being a PhD are as follows:
1) Completely throw away any concept of common sense.
2) Forget how to operate a vehicle and accumulate at least 10 parking tickets each month. For bonus points, be sure to block driveways and fire hydrants wherever you park.
3) *Always* leave one shoe untied or wear sandals with socks.
4) Learn to be genuinely suprised when simple things like chaos theorey take more than a few days to figure out.
5) Make to to invent your own dialect of ancient mumble, and be sure to mumble to yourself while walking around campus.
MS Office is the only tool that can correctly render *ALL* Microsoft Word .doc documents. Anyone who collaborates with clients by passing Microsoft Word .doc files around needs to use Office, with the exception of those who do not use custom templates or other Word features.
2 21&tid=185) I tried to summarize some of the major points that were repeatedly mentioned, and a major point was:
.doc. Just like MS Word saves documents by defualt in it's (proprietary, closed-source) native format, .doc, to leverage all of Word's features (instead of .rtf or .xml or .sxw), OpenOffice needs to store documents in it's native (non-proprietary, open-source) format, .sxw, to leverage all of it's features.
.doc files. A simple PDF of their sxw document will do and it's a hell of a lot cheaper (free).
.doc support in OpenOffice is one of about three remaining things that keeps me from moving to Linux in the workplace.
In a recent thread about OpenOffice, (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/13/1339
OpenOffice's storage format is not
However, OpenOffice is a great tool to give to developers, IT staff, and anyone else that does not have to collaborate with clients, executives, and managers by passing around Word
The lack of full
2) Assonine developers that insist on perpetuating Microsoft's browser monopoly and closed standards that use Internet Explorer only technologies to deliver their content. (ActiveX tops my list here). Unfortunately, to do my business, I am unable to boycott all of these sites.
3) The MS Exchange connector tools for Linux email clients are not yet capable of dealing with some of the features of Exchange / BackOffice that are leveraged by my employer.
OpenOffice's storage format is not .doc. Just like MS Word saves documents by defualt in it's (proprietary, closed-source) native format, .doc, to leverage all of Word's features (instead of .rtf or .xml or .sxw), OpenOffice needs to store documents in it's native (non-proprietary, open-source) format, .sxw, to leverage all of it's features.
.doc files. A simple PDF of their sxw document will do and it's a hell of a lot cheaper (free).
.doc format.
You should not expect OpenOffice to perfectly store or perfectly open complicated Word Documents. However, it does a good enough job to allow someone to work with an MS user. It also allows you to PDF your documents to share.
By the way, use Word and don't want to install OpenOffice to make PDF's for free? Check out the free, open-source PDFCreator software at http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/.
OpenOffice has been a wonderful solution to my need for an office suite while in college. I've never had anyone complain about my documents, and there was not a Word document from a classmate or teacher that I could not open.
Someone pointed out that it would be great if they would take the Firefox-like approach and package the different components as non-monolithic standalone applications. I thought that was a great idea.
OpenOffice is a great tool to give to developers, IT staff, and anyone else that does not have to collaborate with clients/executives/managers by passing around Word
Have you ever noticed that Excel is limited to 65,535 rows? Ever notice that OpenOffice is not?
OpenOffice is a viable and more than capable replacement for an expensive office suite. It is not a viable replacement for someone who collaborates by passing around files in Word's
I've not yet found an external storage solution that doesn't have a problem with overheating in any application (such as backup with dd) that performs looooong writes to the external drive. I've experienced about a 30% rate of failure in this application across various vendors because they do not design external storage to stay cool; only to look cool. Does anyone know of an external portable storage solution with lots of storage that is exceptional at cooling? BTW, to stay on-topic: http://www.xoxide.com/external.html http://www.xpcgear.com/fwenclosure.html http://www.maxtor.com/en/products/external/onetouc h/
http://www.directron.com/external1.html