I know I shouldn't be replying to something that is totally offtopic, and since you're an Anonymous Coward you'll likely never see this reply. However, Dernhelm complaint. Eowyn indeed was called Dernhelm. It is the name she took up after disobeying her uncle, disguising herself in the armor, and going to war. The Encyclopedia of Arda can answer any and all Tolkien questions or issues you might ever have.
I think the difference here is that the student is given teh burden of proving that they didn't cheat. It isn't some automated script done automagically after a paper is turned in. Also, after the paper is submitted it is archived in order to prevent copying of that paper in the future. Did your script keep all assignments on file with a for-profit company, thus increasing their overall worth for every program submitted and archived?
She plugged her site on Z92's (92.3 FM, Omaha) morning show, Todd 'n' Tyler. It is the #1 rated morning show in Omaha, if not Nebraska, radio. Site appears to be down now though.
According to this DVD release date site, Firefly will release on DVD on December 3, 2003. However, I think that it mainly just means "in December of 2003."
Windows Key + U, select "Microsoft Narrator". Works on Windows 2000, XP, or 2003.
Microsoft Narrator is garbage. It will not read the majority of text on the screen. I have not tried the OS X solution, but as a part-time consumer of screenreaders, I honestly don't see why the hell Microsoft even bothered with Narrator. It is almost totally worthless in its current state.
OS X's zooming does much more than just changing font sizes. It is the equivelent, sort of, of setting a low resolution in X but having a large virtual desktop. It is very much like how all commercial screen magnifiers for Windows function. Font resizing can't touch teh usefulness and accessability of the full screen zooming.
If you can't work without the black and white you talked about, then how can you can you still see "everything else"?
It is more of an issue of contrast. I can see white on black so much easier than black on white. Since there is less white blazing out at me, it is easier to see the text. I can see black on white, but it causes eye strain much faster and takes a lot more effort to read. Having the majority of my 'readable' screen area in high-contrast colors saves my eyes from catching on fire after a while.
That is much easier said than done. When it comes to big companies like that, it can be hard to find the right person to contact who would be interested enough to follow through on the issue. Since I don't actually own Apple hardware or software at the moment, their desire to help me will be lessened even more. I was going to use that as a very final last resort, since it will likely involve being transferred all around the company and being put on hold for 77 hours. Not to mention that one would think if they had an answer, it would be online already.
The zoom functionality in OS X kicks ass. It makes the stupid Magnifier in Windows 2000+ look like a piece of crap... oh wait, it is. However, I think I could get along well without zooming were the screen a higehr contrast (white on black). That is how I operate in every other GUI right now (Windows, KDE, GNOME,...). It is sort of saddening to see how difficult it is to do the equivelent in OS X. I haven't seen the contrast setting, but I've heard of it. Is this something that is currently in 10.3 snapshots?
What you describe and the way you describe it sounds rather easy. Could you possibly provide a link or name of a program that I should be looking at to get this functionality? Was it just the Theme Park program that has been mentioned already or is there some official Apple tool to do this?
I just checked. Crayola only supports a 120-color display with their Crayon product line. I think this is a far cry from the 32bpp I would expect from Aqua.
Portupgrade should not be part of the base system. If you look, you'll see that CVSup is not part of the base system, either. CVSup is the tool you use to update both your source and ports trees, and it isn't part of the base! I believe the current mindset among many is that the base should be smaller, and more should be offloaded to ports. For example, Sendmail shouldn't be part of the base system. Ports are a great tool, but they are not a necessary part of the system.
I have recently seen this sort of thing from Visualware, the makers of VisualRoute. They send data like this:
ip address: 192.168.55.3 [dhcp77-1.example.com]
local ip address: 192.168.55.3
date/time: Mon May 05 07:22:22 EDT 2003
ethernet mac: censored
user name: censored
computer name: censored
license key: NONE - CRACKED VERSION
product: VisualRoute (build 1858)
zone: en_US-06:00
And yes, that data is falsified to save the identity of who it was.
The amount and type of data it collects and sends home is rather disturbing. Can't the damn thing just uninstall itself?
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The beauty of FreeBSD is that you don't get a new scheduler or VM subsystem in every new 'kernel release' unlike some other OSes I can think of. Only after great lengths of testing, experimentation, and the actual need for the new subsystem does it make it into the tree. And then, it makes it into the -CURRENT tree. Something so complex is never MFC'd, fortunately. I like FreeBSD because it doesn't radically change from release to release. It is just improved.
Sorry, but according to this manpage from 2.10BSD, the wheel group has been part of the `su root` algorithm since at least 1986. So you're saying that the rest of the world has been doing it wrong for all these years?
While I agree that the root password should be kept secret (common sense), I see no reason why one should throw off the chance to put up yet another fence. Along with denying root logins via SSH/telnet/etc, the wheel group prevents users from bruteforcing the root password. It is just an extra security measure.
Had you actually read the comment a bit closer, you would have seen that I was not saying it is not possible to have a wheel group. I was saying that anybody who once said such a thing has some serious issues. It is not about the technology, but instead about the mentality behind it.
Sorry, but I find it very difficult to take anything this man says seriously after once reading his views on the `su` command supporting a wheel group:
This program does not support a "wheel group" that restricts who can su to super-user accounts, because that can help fascist system administrators hold unwarranted power over other users.
Maybe this is why ftp.gnu.org got rooted? Is RMS supporting those who find weaknesses in systems and break them? Even his own system? Crazy.
While I realize this was meant in a comedic fashion and also that Slashdot tends to be a Linux-focussed website, I would like to note that I use Windows XP Professional on one of my machines (other is FreeBSD). I have yet to see a BSOD that wasn't related to a totally broken third-party driver. Even FreeBSD and Linux come crashing down if you load buggy driver code. My Windows XP is pretty rock solid.
I'm sure Spike Lee would side with him. After all, when Viacom decided to rename TNN to "SpikeTV", I know the first thing I thought was "Wow! Spike Lee is getting a TV channel named after him! Cool!!! The first network entirely for black filmmakers!" Oh wait, no I didn't. God, this is getting lame.
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It is available now via ports. See /usr/ports/security/pf/. It requires FreeBSD 5.x, though.
I know I shouldn't be replying to something that is totally offtopic, and since you're an Anonymous Coward you'll likely never see this reply. However, Dernhelm complaint. Eowyn indeed was called Dernhelm. It is the name she took up after disobeying her uncle, disguising herself in the armor, and going to war. The Encyclopedia of Arda can answer any and all Tolkien questions or issues you might ever have.
I think the difference here is that the student is given teh burden of proving that they didn't cheat. It isn't some automated script done automagically after a paper is turned in. Also, after the paper is submitted it is archived in order to prevent copying of that paper in the future. Did your script keep all assignments on file with a for-profit company, thus increasing their overall worth for every program submitted and archived?
She plugged her site on Z92's (92.3 FM, Omaha) morning show, Todd 'n' Tyler. It is the #1 rated morning show in Omaha, if not Nebraska, radio. Site appears to be down now though.
They wouldn't harass you during meetings if you turned your damn cellphone off while you were in a meeting.
According to this DVD release date site, Firefly will release on DVD on December 3, 2003. However, I think that it mainly just means "in December of 2003."
Microsoft Narrator is garbage. It will not read the majority of text on the screen. I have not tried the OS X solution, but as a part-time consumer of screenreaders, I honestly don't see why the hell Microsoft even bothered with Narrator. It is almost totally worthless in its current state.
OS X's zooming does much more than just changing font sizes. It is the equivelent, sort of, of setting a low resolution in X but having a large virtual desktop. It is very much like how all commercial screen magnifiers for Windows function. Font resizing can't touch teh usefulness and accessability of the full screen zooming.
It is more of an issue of contrast. I can see white on black so much easier than black on white. Since there is less white blazing out at me, it is easier to see the text. I can see black on white, but it causes eye strain much faster and takes a lot more effort to read. Having the majority of my 'readable' screen area in high-contrast colors saves my eyes from catching on fire after a while.
That is much easier said than done. When it comes to big companies like that, it can be hard to find the right person to contact who would be interested enough to follow through on the issue. Since I don't actually own Apple hardware or software at the moment, their desire to help me will be lessened even more. I was going to use that as a very final last resort, since it will likely involve being transferred all around the company and being put on hold for 77 hours. Not to mention that one would think if they had an answer, it would be online already.
The zoom functionality in OS X kicks ass. It makes the stupid Magnifier in Windows 2000+ look like a piece of crap... oh wait, it is. However, I think I could get along well without zooming were the screen a higehr contrast (white on black). That is how I operate in every other GUI right now (Windows, KDE, GNOME, ...). It is sort of saddening to see how difficult it is to do the equivelent in OS X. I haven't seen the contrast setting, but I've heard of it. Is this something that is currently in 10.3 snapshots?
What you describe and the way you describe it sounds rather easy. Could you possibly provide a link or name of a program that I should be looking at to get this functionality? Was it just the Theme Park program that has been mentioned already or is there some official Apple tool to do this?
I just checked. Crayola only supports a 120-color display with their Crayon product line. I think this is a far cry from the 32bpp I would expect from Aqua.
Portupgrade should not be part of the base system. If you look, you'll see that CVSup is not part of the base system, either. CVSup is the tool you use to update both your source and ports trees, and it isn't part of the base! I believe the current mindset among many is that the base should be smaller, and more should be offloaded to ports. For example, Sendmail shouldn't be part of the base system. Ports are a great tool, but they are not a necessary part of the system.
Acceptable Use Policy.
The beauty of FreeBSD is that you don't get a new scheduler or VM subsystem in every new 'kernel release' unlike some other OSes I can think of. Only after great lengths of testing, experimentation, and the actual need for the new subsystem does it make it into the tree. And then, it makes it into the -CURRENT tree. Something so complex is never MFC'd, fortunately. I like FreeBSD because it doesn't radically change from release to release. It is just improved.
Sorry, but according to this manpage from 2.10BSD, the wheel group has been part of the `su root` algorithm since at least 1986. So you're saying that the rest of the world has been doing it wrong for all these years?
While I agree that the root password should be kept secret (common sense), I see no reason why one should throw off the chance to put up yet another fence. Along with denying root logins via SSH/telnet/etc, the wheel group prevents users from bruteforcing the root password. It is just an extra security measure.
Had you actually read the comment a bit closer, you would have seen that I was not saying it is not possible to have a wheel group. I was saying that anybody who once said such a thing has some serious issues. It is not about the technology, but instead about the mentality behind it.
While I realize this was meant in a comedic fashion and also that Slashdot tends to be a Linux-focussed website, I would like to note that I use Windows XP Professional on one of my machines (other is FreeBSD). I have yet to see a BSOD that wasn't related to a totally broken third-party driver. Even FreeBSD and Linux come crashing down if you load buggy driver code. My Windows XP is pretty rock solid.
I'm sure Spike Lee would side with him. After all, when Viacom decided to rename TNN to "SpikeTV", I know the first thing I thought was "Wow! Spike Lee is getting a TV channel named after him! Cool!!! The first network entirely for black filmmakers!" Oh wait, no I didn't. God, this is getting lame.