I mean yes, but instead of an EYE-killer old crap get a real serial console
one that has nice high refresh rate and a plug for keyboard......
now since I use x2vnc and one monitor that kind of kills it for me, but you can get some mini keyboard and use it on top of the other as a console only no-capsloc-winkey-numeric-crap keyboard
oooo yess IBM 101 key, like 4 kilos with that hardcore metallic plate that is inside.
and it really makes CLICKITICLICK sound and is undistructible....
the problem comes when you have wide shoulders, then non ergo keyboards are not good...
I personally work on a non-ergo but i figured that my arms are so angled to the keyboard, i have trouble blind-typing so i will try an ergo like MS (hate the software, but their hardware seems to be good quality - except the cheaply made xbox and periferials)...
I am moving my little office home as DSL reaches my house (after 4 years waiting)
I am planning on using a this strange setup:
2 monitor (later 3) setup mounted on a turnable pipe construction so they can "hang in front of me.
NO DESK. Instead of that one (or two) PC(s) will serve as a tiny desk next to me for gadgets (camera/pda/ipod/cellphone/etc).
The pc(s) will rest on the base that holds a retractable keyboard holder and my trackball. That's right, if you have a trackball you can save a lot of space (besides my pain in my wrist is gone since i use a trackball - I have to leave my wrist for plating paintball and riding offroad to develop my carpel tunnel while having fun.
I will be using a big TV seat with a footrest (not a lazyboy but one with a high seatback, adjustable so I can hold myself (healthier) or lay back (comfortable, when just "spacing out" or surfing/gaming.
Now the PC setup: One linux PC that does all the network things with one, later 2 monitors, and one windows PC for testing this and that and using some win-only gadgets (like my heart rate monitor, and whatever else)
If you need a multi OS setup I recommend using x2vnc and a vnc server to connect your UN*X setup to windoz... So 1 keyboard 1 mouse/trackball for up to +4 other machines (north south west east)
As for software: you know what you need, i use gnome, a text editor and a browser to work.. but I mostly deal with web/database so i do not need fancy IDE tools.
Notes: have the monitors hanging gives you the opportunity to see below/over (as a projection screen and a TV will be in front of me as well....
also the deskless setup gives you the chance to showe the keyboard and grab a ps2/xbox controller and in case my projector/TV is used by my wife (occupied by channel-e, fashion tv or else (sorry babe)) i can still connect the consoles/DVd player to my monitors using a chep $40 tv tuner card (anyone knows something with COMPONENT input cheap?)
Also you can use a laptop or diskless quiet PC to have net all the time and sit there in case you really need a pc when watching TV (i often have the urge to make a search on stuff i see - imdb what is that song, or url in the news/commercial/ etc)
Ok that got long so just one more thing:
that setup is to save space and not occupy a full room with pcs and desks.. we have a tiny house and i like to sit in the surround spot and in front of the screen whenever possible if i have to sit... aslo for me it is important to have a TV on when working... as sometimes it is a brainstorming device that inspires me in different ways....
If a TV and music + space saving is your goal, you might have some useful thoughts... otherwise just put me in your "freaks tab"
Well the mailinator idea is nice and good for the technically challanged....
However with very small knowledge you can register a domain name for yourself, have a privacy guard (name differs by provider) on it that hides your registrar data adn than have all mails redirected to one address - be it yahoo gmail or your existing mail address or just one selected address on that domain.
Before people get scared of this process, a registration costs as low $5-$6 a year, and most registrars provide an easy web gui where you set up email forwarding. Damn, some even give you free hosting (no scripting and db, but hey.... if you need better you already have it)
I always sign-up to services like this:
whateverdomain.com-sub@mydomain.com -sub = subscription for something, but could be -aff , -download, -freepornpix , -whatever-else...
It is not rocket science and you immediately know when someone stole/sold a database.... e.g. a test order in my private label affiliate store has whatever.com-testorder@mydomain.com.. when it starts receiving spam from other stores, the program is screwing me and sold my customer list, or their database has been compromised....
note: happens a lot....
if you are more sophisticated you can write a 50- line php script to create random emails for each service you sign-up to... and filter/lookup mail coming to these
Oh yes... I am from Hungay originally, and these bulgarian salaries remind me of local salaries there... well at least the last time i was home.... (like 4 years ago)
On the other hand the more you make the more you spend, not because of shopping frenzy, but because higher paying countries have more expensive services, food, administration cost and the rest...
Also costa rica is cool because you can have a weekend holiday at a nice place at the ocean with room prices of $50 for two (O.K. an other $50 for gas).... and nice weather .... but you have %100 on imported goods.... so cars, electronics are more or less %70-%80 more than in the U.S.
but anyway that's my choice for now, but not for the salaries, that's for sure... it's more what you get for the little you make...
well people do not really have their programming needds done here.....
but as a sysadmin (windows) you can make $1500 a month
as unix/networking/firewalls I made around $2500 3 years ago....
i dunno about programming in general at companies, I did some smaller programming things (mostly php + SQL) on a $50/hour basis (that makes it 8*50*20*12 = $96.000) but I gues sitting in a cube and sometimes coding some crap for someone fro a few days is a different story....
besides in costa rica you can make a comfortable living on $1500 a month - including a maid so you do not sink in your own filth (I guess danger of IT workers's homes - at least sysadmins I know )
resize: is e.g. gnome ALT+middle (while alt+left moves) also if you pre-run things (e.g. run mozilla in virt desktop 2. alt+2 takes you there -> no interaction required....
corner: whatever you put there, a panel, a button, a whatever.... dunno, on 2 screens (i have a windows connected to a linux with x2vnc) using the corners is a pain in the butt, since it takes too long to move from left-to right
folder issue : what is a folder:) i only use directories and files
spatial navigation issue: you know your filesystem... you do not have to locate "cd ~/pics/porn" you know that it is there... well with graphical folders it is different... besides when you click on that dir i am sure some preview starts so you cannot manage that specific folder in public with gui tools
the file encoding issue:
man convert - then convert the image man mpack - then use this to miem-encode the file and send it to someone.... then you do not have to locate the file and do all that, just type parameters:)
When did you sign an eula when you bought a DVD player (or any other home electronics) ? e.g. button combination (that is used to disable region codes on many players sold in Europe or her in Costa Rica) kills the player than the unit is defective...
I learnt that (pretty much first class) in programming class, that user action cannot and should not crash or destroy a program or the device... it does, the unit is defective and you get a refund or replacement... end of story...
If you open the box to tinker, your guarantee is gone and they can refuse any guarantee claim...
noh the gray area: if a device has a port for data entry and you make a software upgrade and the device dies (whether because the upgrade bricks the device or because it "calls home" and gets deactivated i feel it falls in the same category.... If you put a port on the device the user can access, have a "roll back feature" for the case the unit bricks itself or the user uploads something bad (on purpose or by mistake).... otherwise it is a port and part of the I/O system... so if the user can kill the device the software is considered defective and there you go: refund....
When you mod your xbox you do not connect to Live or live bans your box (and does whatever else).... when you mod your player and you know that it is "calling home" you do not connect it to the net, or make sure that the device cannot call home.... I mean it is no science fiction... e.g. a device talks to port 666 on whatever.com you just redirect the traffic or kill it on your router/box.... if you cannot do that you do not "tinker" your device the first place......
lawyers might think differently but that is what I think.........
I put linux on my ipax, chipped my xbox, and installed a non officel HDD in my playstation... did I break some eulas ? I do not know... when i made the purchases I was never presented with anything to read/sign other than my credit card slip..... if the device dies i take it back and demand a refund unless i opened the case and i added/removed hardware i am clean...
other view: i buy a device, it is mine,,, i paid my hard earned $$ and if i want i set it on fire, resell it, or drill a big-o hole into it....
DAMN comapnies should encourage users to modify their devices on the software level and put a "reset button" for original firmware rollback for the worst case scenario.... just think of your xbox how many cool things can it do with a mod like play mp3, avi files or show weather info.... without that it is a dumb box playing games and cd/dvd (not even progressive scan without some image hexedit)
nah... just kill the ports or buy a hardware that does not phone home...
hey i consider my wife a geek/nerd as she is a conservation/sustainable whatever biologist... and she would buy peopl emagazin and she is wathcing channel E.......
my God.... I am embarassed when she buys people magazine in the supermarket..... it is just soooooo not geeky.... and she does not read slashdot or willing to watch anime with me...... nor play wideo games.... and i was happy that i married someone with a super geeky carrier........
nah i go back to watching whatever boring movie she just rented...... isn't there a way to geekify your wife ?
hmm returning to phones.... here in Costa Rica GPRS is experimental for te last 2 years so it is cheap... but being experimental it is sometimes down or unacceptable slooooooooow...... and no MMS...... well i just look at my all-featured EDGE/GPRS/whatever cameraphone and wonder if it is fun to send pictures each other and stuff... her maybe in 2099 you will be able to watch wideo streams on a phone.. evenmy cable si too slow for streams.... well at least i have good weather unless it is the rainy season...
Solution one: write an app that directly tracks hits to well known vulnerable urls. Record the ip and every 15 minutes add it to a global deny list. Regenerate the list and remove addresses older than X days - so you do not put addresses on a blacklist that do not have trojans/botnet SW installed ANYMORE..
Linear access websites (huhh does that term exist) I think off access methods like a BBS. when you come, you get redirected to a central point where you procedd, and from that point only your local referer is accepted (othervise back to frontpage)
this is a little aggressive and might pose problem with search engines, however it eliminates the possibility to hot-link (also you have to access a front page where you can generate revenue with ads)....
think of a BBS where you had to log-in, and go trhu the last visitors, and new files, and system messages before going anywhere.....
If all that does not work just put the whole offending ISP on a block list..... I tried to get anwers/report abuse to several ISP's - no answer or a few times some automatic crap answer (we received your blabla and will do blabla (and then nothin happens) )
I guess when I worked at an ISP the world was a different place.....
On one hand I agree that it is just a piece of paper, and I spent 4+ years after finishing college before I did my thesis and got my college degree....
Many times they asked me to sit down and solve a problem and I was never asked for my school papers...
However some might not want anyone poking around on e.g. their networks without any papers form a school/cert institute just the same way you do not want a self-made doctor poke around in your brain...
The other thing that I encountered is the bigger trust in the formally educated vs the self-learner when it comes to some kind of conflict situatin...
you might have the experience and the knowledge, and you might now that you are right, but the other guy might be right in front of your bosses because he has the paper you do not..... that happened to me once (I was right by the way anyway) and I decided to finish my diploma work and get the paper I deserve..
On the other hand I consider certificate type papers (not diplomas or year+ long educations) kind of useless.... they often do not require an underlying education so those classrooms are sometimes filled with marketing people and others that do not belong there, dragging the quality down... (happened with a few tranings I attended in Europe, and it really sucked and it was a waste of time)..
Most people watch movies in 480i, when most people watch screens in 1024x768 I aree that I am probably more needy....
I am not completely satisfied with my 800x600 projector (that is superior to 480i viewing... and I know that 1280x1024 LCD I am watching could be 1600x1280.......
But I am doomed to 720p when watching tw and 1280 when watching a monitor I know that it is fairly enough for displaying what I want to have displayed....
E.g. a standard DVD (not superbit) can look like crap on a 180cm (6feet) wide screen due to poor encoding no matter if 480i 480p or 720i is used.... Now if I watch movies on that do I really have a broken heart that the "so important HD content" for my PC won't display?
Now and an other disturbing point: they calim everything over 480p is considered HD.... if they talk about current monitors not being able to display 720p/1080i I think they should check a resolution chart...
Now if they do not say that tnan I am missing some points (what IS the HD then that monitors do not support)
or just too ignorant to beleive that my 1280 is not fairly enough for what I am using it for for the next few years.....
Hmm, probably my taste for games is just totally the opposite of the writer's....
Most of these games are the ones that fall in the fancy but tasteless category....
th kind of games like halo.... like gottham racing... looks nice, works fine, it is just missing any SOUL that give a game some intensity........ ahm.... it's like duke nukem... dull textures and you are bored of most in 5 minutes....
it is just a personal taste of course..... (and does not include Ghost recon which i am a big fan of)......
why not splinter cell, quake 4, burnout revenge... or a more realistic fighting game other than that clunky slooow one (soul calibur, fight for NY)....
dunno, just prefer games that make you sweat and shout and you can immerse into... and most of these are just the OK i play 10 minutes and I never wanna see it again....
but again... probably i will skip the next xbox and go for a PS3
(no i have no problem with the current xbox, actually i prefer it over my ps2 as it is faster, newer and has anything the body needs:)
I tried all rss search engines and at the end i wrote my own because of general dissatisfaction....
My problem was this: others did not allow filtering the way I wanted, so I created one, that allows url filtering
1.URL must/must not contain 2.Must contin at least one of these 3. AND at least ove of these 4. Can not contain any of these
While a bit afraid of being./ -ed since the server is already overloaded i post the URL here please avoid "archive search" and note that it is a "hobby project" for me so it has some boo-boos and it is far from ready.... http://www.azfeeds.com/ takes you to a search, http://www.azfeeds.com/edit-feeds.php lets you check/build/test some custom feeds...
hmm well it was a sysadmin job a few years ago dealing with unix/linux servers, firewalls and lotsa console typing.....
I understand your standpoint and as of today i also would not put it into a resume, however I have to say, that I am not productive on a Windows machine, i am slow, clumsy and missing my shortcuts and my 3rd finger on the mouse....
so while i would not put it "that i refuse" I would explain it nicely why i need a machine running some kind of X on it
tha last time i worked for a company it was in my resume that I could not work on a windows machine because I can't and I refuse.....
That also prevents people for molesting you with their machine problems: be a network admin, a developer, a WHATEVER, they will find you with their bullcrap.... but if they see you "working on that strange black character thing" and you pretend that you have no clue about "their OS" that saves you time and earns you a strange respect:)
they gave me an "empty machine" and 3 flavours of linux.... I chose a 4th and they smiled.....
When i needed to use a windows software I installed it on one of the test machines and VNC-d to it....
People who respect a distribution that much that they would buy a new boxed set to support it's people at least every 2-3 years.
People who don't wnat to download those "unusable not loading " applications that in most cases fill 2-3 DVDS with source code.
Poeple who need a special distro : eg ORACLE likes RH ENTERPRISE or SUSE ENTERPRISE
"You have to struggle with it forever to get any app to load."
No I don't. Maybe you have to.
"Seriously, Linux is crap for a modern OS." You are right, it is based on the UNIX idea which is really old. However it just works so well for people who don't live with a paper bag on their heads that they cannot get rid of it.....
Sure some drivers suck or do not exist, that is why you buy a machine that fits your OS don't you?
Or the problem is that you have to TYPE into nasty character based terminals to do some stuff you cannot click together?
Newsflash: there are distros that are for "clicking people" that recognize hardware and have a shiny little button or entry box for all your needs.. anything else that you cannot click together you cannot do on windows either (without compiling a heavyweight huge EXE file ) -instead of a 1k shellscript... ahm well you might need to download libraries.....
there is a microsoft touch that makes it NOT WORK with anything else unless you hack the hell out of the program (of course the correctly working open source one) turning it into a crippled version....
Well dunno how it is nowadays, I refuse to give tech support develop, install or touch any windows machine for the last 4 days:)
"No one was even close to the ease of use that Windows offered." 3 letters: OS2
I do not hate windows, some marketing issues bother me (patents, forced OS with hardware, bulshitting everyone about how everything else sucks, closed file formats)
Linux: it is the cheapest UNIX variant that has the most drivers..... i like it because it is a convenient environment for me to work on Also if you have servers and need to develop IMHO you better do it in the same environment (scripting, testing, whatever)
Mac: since the new MAC OS is unix based, and since the OS and drivers are written for that hardware a mac is a better guess when doing specific stuff
Actually I am thinking about seeding out my 1 and only win machine and buy a minimac to replace the 30 kilo box with a desktop little thing...
Also just compare a windows/pc laptop to a MAC how drivers are an always-problematic issue with a laptop on a PC, especially when it comes to Linux/BSD... but even windows needs 20+ drivers to be installed after a standard win install
If my boss tells me i cannot go out with XY in MY FREE TIME and do whatever from getting drunk to reading books to having sex, I just leave the company the same day.
This is completely unacceptable bullshit that can only exist in the US as a legislation.
Besides that: it usually turn out in after-hour activities that your workmates are not as hypocrat assholes as they have to behave at their workplace, and those after hours make workplace a bearable place most of the time....
on the other hand i gave up on workplaces for a long time and work alone as i am too antisocial and tired to keep up with all that bullcrap that goes on in a regular workspace....
Slashdot Mirror
nono MONO!
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I mean yes, but instead of an EYE-killer old crap get a real serial console
one that has nice high refresh rate and a plug for keyboard
now since I use x2vnc and one monitor that kind of kills it for me, but you can get some mini keyboard and use it on top of the other as a console only no-capsloc-winkey-numeric-crap keyboard
oooo yess IBM 101 key, like 4 kilos with that hardcore metallic plate that is inside.
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and it really makes CLICKITICLICK sound and is undistructible
the problem comes when you have wide shoulders, then non ergo keyboards are not good
I personally work on a non-ergo but i figured that my arms are so angled to the keyboard, i have trouble blind-typing so i will try an ergo like MS (hate the software, but their hardware seems to be good quality - except the cheaply made xbox and periferials)
I am moving my little office home as DSL reaches my house (after 4 years waiting)
... as sometimes it is a brainstorming device that inspires me in different ways ....
I am planning on using a this strange setup:
2 monitor (later 3) setup mounted on a turnable pipe construction so they can "hang in front of me.
NO DESK. Instead of that one (or two) PC(s) will serve as a tiny desk next to me for gadgets (camera/pda/ipod/cellphone/etc).
The pc(s) will rest on the base that holds a retractable keyboard holder and my trackball. That's right, if you have a trackball you can save a lot of space (besides my pain in my wrist is gone since i use a trackball - I have to leave my wrist for plating paintball and riding offroad to develop my carpel tunnel while having fun.
I will be using a big TV seat with a footrest (not a lazyboy but one with a high seatback, adjustable so I can hold myself (healthier) or lay back (comfortable, when just "spacing out" or surfing/gaming.
Now the PC setup:
One linux PC that does all the network things with one, later 2 monitors, and one windows PC for testing this and that and using some win-only gadgets (like my heart rate monitor, and whatever else)
If you need a multi OS setup I recommend using x2vnc and a vnc server to connect your UN*X setup to windoz... So 1 keyboard 1 mouse/trackball for up to +4 other machines (north south west east)
As for software: you know what you need, i use gnome, a text editor and a browser to work.. but I mostly deal with web/database so i do not need fancy IDE tools.
Notes: have the monitors hanging gives you the opportunity to see below/over (as a projection screen and a TV will be in front of me as well....
also the deskless setup gives you the chance to showe the keyboard and grab a ps2/xbox controller and in case my projector/TV is used by my wife (occupied by channel-e, fashion tv or else (sorry babe)) i can still connect the consoles/DVd player to my monitors using a chep $40 tv tuner card (anyone knows something with COMPONENT input cheap?)
Also you can use a laptop or diskless quiet PC to have net all the time and sit there in case you really need a pc when watching TV (i often have the urge to make a search on stuff i see - imdb what is that song, or url in the news/commercial/ etc)
Ok that got long so just one more thing:
that setup is to save space and not occupy a full room with pcs and desks..
we have a tiny house and i like to sit in the surround spot and in front of the screen whenever possible if i have to sit... aslo for me it is important to have a TV on when working
If a TV and music + space saving is your goal, you might have some useful thoughts... otherwise just put me in your "freaks tab"
cheers
Well the mailinator idea is nice and good for the technically challanged ....
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... and filter/lookup mail coming to these
However with very small knowledge you can register a domain name for yourself, have a privacy guard (name differs by provider) on it that hides your registrar data adn than have all mails redirected to one address - be it yahoo gmail or your existing mail address or just one selected address on that domain.
Before people get scared of this process, a registration costs as low $5-$6 a year, and most registrars provide an easy web gui where you set up email forwarding.
Damn, some even give you free hosting (no scripting and db, but hey.... if you need better you already have it)
I always sign-up to services like this:
whateverdomain.com-sub@mydomain.com
-sub = subscription for something, but could be -aff , -download, -freepornpix , -whatever-else
It is not rocket science and you immediately know when someone stole/sold a database....
e.g. a test order in my private label affiliate store has whatever.com-testorder@mydomain.com..
when it starts receiving spam from other stores, the program is screwing me and sold my customer list, or their database has been compromised
note: happens a lot
if you are more sophisticated you can write a 50- line php script to create random emails for each service you sign-up to
Oh yes ... I am from Hungay originally, and these bulgarian salaries remind me of local salaries there ... well at least the last time i was home .... (like 4 years ago)
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.... and nice weather . ... but you have %100 on imported goods .... so cars, electronics are more or less %70-%80 more than in the U.S.
... it's more what you get for the little you make...
On the other hand the more you make the more you spend, not because of shopping frenzy, but because higher paying countries have more expensive services, food, administration cost and the rest
Also costa rica is cool because you can have a weekend holiday at a nice place at the ocean with room prices of $50 for two (O.K. an other $50 for gas)
but anyway that's my choice for now, but not for the salaries, that's for sure
since i am working for myself i usually work at least half a day on saturday ...
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:)
if it is crunchtime for some project i sometimes end up working 8 to 7-8 on weekdays and 9-4 on weekends both days
2000 hrs: every month has at least 28 days... that is 4 weeks, that has 4x2 weekends so i averaged a 20 day work-month
outsourcing in costa rica:
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well people do not really have their programming needds done here
but as a sysadmin (windows) you can make $1500 a month
as unix/networking/firewalls I made around $2500 3 years ago
i dunno about programming in general at companies, I did some smaller programming things (mostly php + SQL) on a $50/hour basis (that makes it 8*50*20*12 = $96.000) but I gues sitting in a cube and sometimes coding some crap for someone fro a few days is a different story
besides in costa rica you can make a comfortable living on $1500 a month - including a maid so you do not sink in your own filth (I guess danger of IT workers's homes - at least sysadmins I know )
resize: is e.g. gnome ALT+middle (while alt+left
moves)
also if you pre-run things (e.g. run mozilla in virt desktop 2. alt+2 takes you there -> no interaction required....
corner: whatever you put there, a panel, a button, a whatever
folder issue : what is a folder
spatial navigation issue: you know your filesystem
"cd ~/pics/porn" you know that it is there
the file encoding issue:
man convert - then convert the image
man mpack - then use this to miem-encode the file
and send it to someone
then you do not have to locate the file and do all that, just type parameters
When did you sign an eula when you bought a DVD player (or any other home electronics) ? ...
... it does, the unit is defective and you get a refund or replacement ... end of story ...
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.... .... otherwise it is a port and part of the I/O system ... so if the user can kill the device the software is considered defective and there you go: refund ....
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... did I break some eulas ? I do not know ... when i made the purchases I was never presented with anything to read/sign other than my credit card slip ..... if the device dies i take it back and demand a refund unless i opened the case and i added/removed hardware i am clean ...
.... just think of your xbox how many cool things can it do with a mod like play mp3, avi files or show weather info.... without that it is a dumb box playing games and cd/dvd (not even progressive scan without some image hexedit)
... just kill the ports or buy a hardware that does not phone home ...
e.g. button combination (that is used to disable region codes on many players sold in Europe or her in Costa Rica) kills the player than the unit is defective
I learnt that (pretty much first class) in programming class, that user action cannot and should not crash or destroy a program or the device
If you open the box to tinker, your guarantee is gone and they can refuse any guarantee claim
noh the gray area: if a device has a port for data entry and you make a software upgrade and the device dies (whether because the upgrade bricks the device or because it "calls home" and gets deactivated i feel it falls in the same category
If you put a port on the device the user can access, have a "roll back feature" for the case the unit bricks itself or the user uploads something bad (on purpose or by mistake)
When you mod your xbox you do not connect to Live or live bans your box (and does whatever else)
when you mod your player and you know that it is "calling home" you do not connect it to the net, or make sure that the device cannot call home
I mean it is no science fiction... e.g. a device talks to port 666 on whatever.com you just redirect the traffic or kill it on your router/box.... if you cannot do that you do not "tinker" your device the first place
lawyers might think differently but that is what I think
I put linux on my ipax, chipped my xbox, and installed a non officel HDD in my playstation
other view: i buy a device, it is mine,,, i paid my hard earned $$ and if i want i set it on fire, resell it, or drill a big-o hole into it....
DAMN comapnies should encourage users to modify their devices on the software level and put a "reset button" for original firmware rollback for the worst case scenario
nah
hey i consider my wife a geek/nerd as she is a conservation/sustainable whatever biologist ... and she would buy peopl emagazin and she is wathcing channel E .......
.... I am embarassed when she buys people magazine in the supermarket ..... it is just soooooo not geeky .... and she does not read slashdot or willing to watch anime with me ...... nor play wideo games .... and i was happy that i married someone with a super geeky carrier ........
...... isn't there a way to geekify your wife ?
.... here in Costa Rica GPRS is experimental for te last 2 years so it is cheap ... but being experimental it is sometimes down or unacceptable slooooooooow ...... and no MMS ...... ... her maybe in 2099 you will be able to watch wideo streams on a phone .. evenmy cable si too slow for streams .... well at least i have good weather unless it is the rainy season ...
my God
nah i go back to watching whatever boring movie she just rented
hmm returning to phones
well i just look at my all-featured EDGE/GPRS/whatever cameraphone and wonder if it is fun to send pictures each other and stuff
Solution one: write an app that directly tracks hits to well known vulnerable urls. Record the ip and every 15 minutes add it to a global deny list. Regenerate the list and remove addresses older than X days - so you do not put addresses on a blacklist that do not have trojans/botnet SW installed ANYMORE..
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Linear access websites (huhh does that term exist)
I think off access methods like a BBS. when you come, you get redirected to a central point where you procedd, and from that point only your local referer is accepted (othervise back to frontpage)
this is a little aggressive and might pose problem with search engines, however it eliminates the possibility to hot-link (also you have to access a front page where you can generate revenue with ads)
think of a BBS where you had to log-in, and go trhu the last visitors, and new files, and system messages before going anywhere
If all that does not work just put the whole offending ISP on a block list.....
I tried to get anwers/report abuse to several ISP's - no answer or a few times some automatic crap answer (we received your blabla and will do blabla (and then nothin happens) )
I guess when I worked at an ISP the world was a different place
hmm I just DL-ed and installed it on my 3850 ipaq ... it seems to kick ass :)
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.... the nokia manager desparately tries to install it on my phone ...
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thanks
now if I understand that is a midlet file, e.g. even my nokia 6230 could run it ?
hmm too bad I have my bluetooth dongle at home plugged into my laptop
cheers
Hmm... i know i am a cheap bastard, but was kinda hoping for a free mobile edition reg-key for my old ipaq pocketpc :(
On one hand I agree that it is just a piece of paper, and I spent 4+ years after finishing college before I did my thesis and got my college degree....
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Many times they asked me to sit down and solve a problem and I was never asked for my school papers
However some might not want anyone poking around on e.g. their networks without any papers form a school/cert institute just the same way you do not want a self-made doctor poke around in your brain
The other thing that I encountered is the bigger trust in the formally educated vs the self-learner when it comes to some kind of conflict situatin
you might have the experience and the knowledge, and you might now that you are right, but the other guy might be right in front of your bosses because he has the paper you do not
that happened to me once (I was right by the way anyway) and I decided to finish my diploma work and get the paper I deserve
On the other hand I consider certificate type papers (not diplomas or year+ long educations) kind of useless.... they often do not require an underlying education so those classrooms are sometimes filled with marketing people and others that do not belong there, dragging the quality down
just my 2c
Most people watch movies in 480i, when most people watch screens in 1024x768 I aree that I am probably more needy....
I am not completely satisfied with my 800x600 projector (that is superior to 480i viewing
But I am doomed to 720p when watching tw and 1280 when watching a monitor I know that it is fairly enough for displaying what I want to have displayed
E.g. a standard DVD (not superbit) can look like crap on a 180cm (6feet) wide screen due to poor encoding no matter if 480i 480p or 720i is used
Now if I watch movies on that do I really have a broken heart that the "so important HD content" for my PC won't display?
Now and an other disturbing point: they calim everything over 480p is considered HD
Now if they do not say that tnan I am missing some points (what IS the HD then that monitors do not support)
or just too ignorant to beleive that my 1280 is not fairly enough for what I am using it for for the next few years
ahm never mind
Hmm, probably my taste for games is just totally the opposite of the writer's....
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.... like gottham racing ... looks nice, works fine, it is just missing any SOUL that give a game some intensity ........ .... it's like duke nukem ... dull textures and you are bored of most in 5 minutes ....
..... (and does not include Ghost recon which i am a big fan of) ......
... or a more realistic fighting game other than that clunky slooow one (soul calibur, fight for NY) ....
... and most of these are just the OK i play 10 minutes and I never wanna see it again ....
... probably i will skip the next xbox and go for a PS3
Most of these games are the ones that fall in the fancy but tasteless category
th kind of games like halo
ahm
it is just a personal taste of course
why not splinter cell, quake 4, burnout revenge
dunno, just prefer games that make you sweat and shout and you can immerse into
but again
(no i have no problem with the current xbox, actually i prefer it over my ps2 as it is faster, newer and has anything the body needs:)
I tried all rss search engines and at the end i wrote my own because of general dissatisfaction ....
./ -ed since the server is already overloaded i post the URL here ....
My problem was this: others did not allow filtering the way I wanted, so I created one, that allows url filtering
1.URL must/must not contain
2.Must contin at least one of these
3. AND at least ove of these
4. Can not contain any of these
While a bit afraid of being
please avoid "archive search" and note that it is a "hobby project" for me so it has some boo-boos and it is far from ready
http://www.azfeeds.com/ takes you to a search, http://www.azfeeds.com/edit-feeds.php lets you check/build/test some custom feeds...
hmm well it was a sysadmin job a few years ago dealing with unix/linux servers, firewalls and lotsa console typing.....
I understand your standpoint and as of today i also would not put it into a resume, however I have to say, that I am not productive on a Windows machine, i am slow, clumsy and missing my shortcuts and my 3rd finger on the mouse....
so while i would not put it "that i refuse" I would explain it nicely why i need a machine running some kind of X on it
tha last time i worked for a company it was in my resume that I could not work on a windows machine because I can't and I refuse.....
.... but if they see you "working on that strange black character thing" and you pretend that you have no clue about "their OS" that saves you time and earns you a strange respect :)
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That also prevents people for molesting you with their machine problems:
be a network admin, a developer, a WHATEVER, they will find you with their bullcrap
they gave me an "empty machine" and 3 flavours of linux
When i needed to use a windows software I installed it on one of the test machines and VNC-d to it
"Who would buy Linux? Its free?"
... ahm well you might need to download libraries .....
People who respect a distribution that much that they would buy a new boxed set to support it's people at least every 2-3 years.
People who don't wnat to download those "unusable not loading " applications that in most cases fill 2-3 DVDS with source code.
Poeple who need a special distro : eg ORACLE likes RH ENTERPRISE or SUSE ENTERPRISE
"You have to struggle with it forever to get any app to load."
No I don't. Maybe you have to.
"Seriously, Linux is crap for a modern OS."
You are right, it is based on the UNIX idea which is really old. However it just works so well for people who don't live with a paper bag on their heads that they cannot get rid of it.....
Sure some drivers suck or do not exist, that is why you buy a machine that fits your OS don't you?
Or the problem is that you have to TYPE into nasty character based terminals to do some stuff you cannot click together?
Newsflash: there are distros that are for "clicking people" that recognize hardware and have a shiny little button or entry box for all your needs..
anything else that you cannot click together you cannot do on windows either (without compiling a heavyweight huge EXE file ) -instead of a 1k shellscript
What is your idea of a modern OS?
and why do they screw up almost everything :
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authentication schemes, document formats, network protocolls
there is a microsoft touch that makes it NOT WORK with anything else unless you hack the hell out of the program (of course the correctly working open source one) turning it into a crippled version
Well dunno how it is nowadays, I refuse to give tech support develop, install or touch any windows machine for the last 4 days
"No one was even close to the ease of use that Windows offered."
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... but even windows needs 20+ drivers to be installed after a standard win install
3 letters: OS2
I do not hate windows, some marketing issues bother me (patents, forced OS with hardware, bulshitting everyone about how everything else sucks, closed file formats)
Linux: it is the cheapest UNIX variant that has the most drivers..... i like it because it is a convenient environment for me to work on
Also if you have servers and need to develop IMHO you better do it in the same environment (scripting, testing, whatever)
Mac: since the new MAC OS is unix based, and since the OS and drivers are written for that hardware a mac is a better guess when doing specific stuff
Actually I am thinking about seeding out my 1 and only win machine and buy a minimac to replace the 30 kilo box with a desktop little thing
Also just compare a windows/pc laptop to a MAC how drivers are an always-problematic issue with a laptop on a PC, especially when it comes to Linux/BSD
anyway Is it OK to hate Microsoft ?
i would rather live in CENTRAL - America as I do now :)
... always wanted to be a shephard .... but actually tribal america seems cool too to me ....
on the other hand i use it as a derogatory term as in: "big mean corporations controlling everything"
hmm a farming america would be nice
anyway do not take it offensive, I feel like that against corporation controlled (ALL?) governments .
It is always nice to rebel against something isn't it ?
cheers
If my boss tells me i cannot go out with XY in MY FREE TIME and do whatever from getting drunk to reading books to having sex, I just leave the company the same day.
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This is completely unacceptable bullshit that can only exist in the US as a legislation.
Besides that: it usually turn out in after-hour activities that your workmates are not as hypocrat assholes as they have to behave at their workplace, and those after hours make workplace a bearable place most of the time....
on the other hand i gave up on workplaces for a long time and work alone as i am too antisocial and tired to keep up with all that bullcrap that goes on in a regular workspace
crash .... bang..... lawsuit ... ...
.... but i cannot wait testing it :)
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against the user and the developer
this is not a toy for corporate america
nah where is the dongle
#apt-get install libbluetooth1-dev
hope that's the needed lib