Re:SQL is good for some things, but not for others
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An Alternative to SQL?
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For hierarchies, Modified Preorder Tree Traversal would work nicely. It is a method for storing hierarchical data in a database in which it is fast to retrieve any sub-trees of any part of the tree using a single query.
The problem with hosting it yourself is, usually, those same broadband providers block port 25 for mail (incoming and outgoing) making it almost impossible to run your own mail server without having to relay all your email through your ISP.
Not necessarily. On a mac, you could drag an app to a folder that is accessible to all but not writeable by all that normal users can access and run, but not modify. Also, being able to modify existing programs isn't the only way of being affected by malware. If you can send emails, so can malware that you may accidentally run. If you can delete your own documents, so can any malware that runs with the same privileges as you.
Does accessing http://ftp.mozilla.org/ hang a very long time for you before showing anything? If so, you have IPv6 enabled in your distribution and have your firewall rules set to drop IPv6 connections. Disabling IPv6 in your distribution should fix the long wait when connecting. Here are SuSE's instructions to disabling IPv6 (hopefully they should work on other distributions also).
I am having that same problem in Firefox in SuSE Linux 9.0 Pro. CTRL + then CTRL - always fixes it, but it really is getting annoying to have to do it on almost every page load on slashdot.:(
I wonder if you are having the same problem I did in SuSE Linux where if I had IPv6 enabled in the distro while simultaneously having firewall rules that dropped IPv6 connections, any attempts to make IPv6 connections ("ftp.mozilla.org" resolves to an IPv6 address) would hang for a very long time before falling back and resolving their IPv4 address and finally connecting. Does connecting to http://ftp.mozilla.org/ hang for a very long time for you before displaying anything?
Unfortunately, the consumer also has to be diligent in buying a home router or they might end up buying one that had remote administration enabled by default and be no more secure than someone without a router "protecting" them.
That's true. User accounts are only effective if you separate out different tasks into different accounts that are isolated from each other so that when an exploit is used on one account, it can't be used to take over another account. Once done that way, cleaning up the mess on that other account would then be as easy as deleting that account and its home dir and creating a new account to do that particular task in again.
I also can't reproduce this... and find-as-you-type was disabled on my installation. But you can re-enable it through Tools-->Options, Advanced, Accessability. (Or you can use Ctrl+F to bring it up.)
Or in *nix, Edit -> Preferences, Advanced, Accessibility.
Also, you can instantly activate find as you type in its two different modes using their hotkey of:
' to search links only and
/ to search all text on the page
I had a similar issue with IE once where it wouldn't load any external stylesheets on a page I created, yet Mozilla, FireFox, and Opera had no problem loading the external stylesheets. It turned out to be a tag without a URL inside of it causing the trouble for IE which I would have never known the problem existed if I had only tested my page in one browser (FireFox).
What do you think the user will do when they see a million dialog boxes popping up saying "do you wish to allow [application they never heard of or can't understand the cryptic name of] to connect to the internet" or "do you wish [program here] to act as a server" everytime they use their machine?
and hope that NAT device doesn't have remote administration enabled by default to let anyone on the WAN side of the router do what they like to the router, even forward arbitrary ports to machines behind it that you thought the router was protecting.
Some routers even have remote administration turned on by default. Just plug them in and someone can take over your router just by connecting to the remote admin port of a particular router, in effect, adding nothing to security, even providing a false sense of security.
Odd. On my SuSE Linux 9.0 setup, if I download FireFox 0.9.3 straight from www.mozilla.org, it defaults to having anti-aliased fonts even with: font.FreeType2.autohinted set to "false" and font.FreeType2.enable set to "false" and font.FreeType2.unhinted set to "true" in about:config.
Also, don't forget what you have to use (dial-up) when your cable does go out. It once took a full week after my cable went out for a cable repair guy to come out and fix the problem.
Just do like some people do and purposely arrive late (by 5 to 10 minutes) to the movie theater for a particular movie. You won't be "forced" to see any ads since the movie would be just starting when you walk in. The only negative thing about this is finding a place to sit after the other people have already taken a spot before you.
Re:But does SP2 take out the trash as well?
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Remember, you can get *ROOT* access to linux by rebooting and adding 'single' to the boot line. Does this mean that it should be fixed in the next kernel/distro?
Interesting. In SuSE Linux 9.0, when I add "single" to the boot options, it merely asks me for a root password and won't let me do anything on my system until I enter it right. What distro out there actually gives you root privileges when adding single to the boot line?
Seeing how RedHat 7.2 had a firewall enabled by default in it, how exactly would it get owned on a fresh install, shortly after connecting it to the internet, without even browsing the web like Windows XP does?
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They wouldn't even have to open the case if they know some BIOS override passwords.
For hierarchies, Modified Preorder Tree Traversal would work nicely. It is a method for storing hierarchical data in a database in which it is fast to retrieve any sub-trees of any part of the tree using a single query.
Interesting how Speakeasy says DSL is available in my area when my own phone company says DSL isn't available in my area.
The problem with hosting it yourself is, usually, those same broadband providers block port 25 for mail (incoming and outgoing) making it almost impossible to run your own mail server without having to relay all your email through your ISP.
Not necessarily. On a mac, you could drag an app to a folder that is accessible to all but not writeable by all that normal users can access and run, but not modify. Also, being able to modify existing programs isn't the only way of being affected by malware. If you can send emails, so can malware that you may accidentally run. If you can delete your own documents, so can any malware that runs with the same privileges as you.
Does accessing http://ftp.mozilla.org/ hang a very long time for you before showing anything? If so, you have IPv6 enabled in your distribution and have your firewall rules set to drop IPv6 connections. Disabling IPv6 in your distribution should fix the long wait when connecting. Here are SuSE's instructions to disabling IPv6 (hopefully they should work on other distributions also).
I am having that same problem in Firefox in SuSE Linux 9.0 Pro. CTRL + then CTRL - always fixes it, but it really is getting annoying to have to do it on almost every page load on slashdot. :(
I wonder if you are having the same problem I did in SuSE Linux where if I had IPv6 enabled in the distro while simultaneously having firewall rules that dropped IPv6 connections, any attempts to make IPv6 connections ("ftp.mozilla.org" resolves to an IPv6 address) would hang for a very long time before falling back and resolving their IPv4 address and finally connecting. Does connecting to http://ftp.mozilla.org/ hang for a very long time for you before displaying anything?
Unfortunately, the consumer also has to be diligent in buying a home router or they might end up buying one that had remote administration enabled by default and be no more secure than someone without a router "protecting" them.
Viruses don't only come from the internet.
That's true. User accounts are only effective if you separate out different tasks into different accounts that are isolated from each other so that when an exploit is used on one account, it can't be used to take over another account. Once done that way, cleaning up the mess on that other account would then be as easy as deleting that account and its home dir and creating a new account to do that particular task in again.
Or in *nix, Edit -> Preferences, Advanced, Accessibility.
Also, you can instantly activate find as you type in its two different modes using their hotkey of:
/ to search all text on the page
' to search links only and
I had a similar issue with IE once where it wouldn't load any external stylesheets on a page I created, yet Mozilla, FireFox, and Opera had no problem loading the external stylesheets. It turned out to be a tag without a URL inside of it causing the trouble for IE which I would have never known the problem existed if I had only tested my page in one browser (FireFox).
I thought NTFS was a smarter filesystem than FAT32. It still needs defrags when it isn't low on disk space?
What do you think the user will do when they see a million dialog boxes popping up saying "do you wish to allow [application they never heard of or can't understand the cryptic name of] to connect to the internet" or "do you wish [program here] to act as a server" everytime they use their machine?
I've never seen any version of windows take more than 2 minutes to boot unless you have too many things loading at startup.
and hope that NAT device doesn't have remote administration enabled by default to let anyone on the WAN side of the router do what they like to the router, even forward arbitrary ports to machines behind it that you thought the router was protecting.
Some routers even have remote administration turned on by default. Just plug them in and someone can take over your router just by connecting to the remote admin port of a particular router, in effect, adding nothing to security, even providing a false sense of security.
Odd. On my SuSE Linux 9.0 setup, if I download FireFox 0.9.3 straight from www.mozilla.org, it defaults to having anti-aliased fonts even with:
font.FreeType2.autohinted set to "false" and font.FreeType2.enable set to "false" and font.FreeType2.unhinted set to "true" in about:config.
Also, don't forget what you have to use (dial-up) when your cable does go out. It once took a full week after my cable went out for a cable repair guy to come out and fix the problem.
Instead of shift right-clicking the file and choosing "Open With..." ?
Just do like some people do and purposely arrive late (by 5 to 10 minutes) to the movie theater for a particular movie. You won't be "forced" to see any ads since the movie would be just starting when you walk in. The only negative thing about this is finding a place to sit after the other people have already taken a spot before you.
Seeing how RedHat 7.2 had a firewall enabled by default in it, how exactly would it get owned on a fresh install, shortly after connecting it to the internet, without even browsing the web like Windows XP does?