While I hate Javascript as much as the next guy and I love the title, this article is full of errors, misconceptions and spelling mistakes. Not worth your time.
Fair enough. For now it's up to the receiver to decide wether they're going to validate a signature. That goes for S/MIME and PGP both.
S/MIME can be easily used on multiple devices, though, since they are simple X.509 certificates. I have the same certificate installed on both my computer and my iPhone. For added security you can even put it on an industry standard smartcard and your OS will pick it up from there automatically (after entering a PIN probably). It's all in there.
I wish people would just let the PGP/GPG dream go. S/MIME is supported by pretty much every serious mail client out there, including mobile ones such as iOS and BlackBerry. The certificates cost next to nothing and most clients automate signing/encrypting decisions. I don't understand why this is not used more broadly. Who doesn't want a cool 'signed' seal next to their email?
I was quite happy with my Q10, but all the social apps (FB, Twitter) are always lagging behind and other apps are nonexistent.
Also, my gf's Z10 has some serious issues since upgrading to 10.3.1, one is the fact that the battery only lasts for 8 hours, the other is that it's almost impossible to answer calls (the slider doesn't respond properly). So the QA at BlackBerry is definitely lacking. I know Apple has been getting a lot of shit for the quality of their software lately, but in my experience with my current iPhone 6 (my first iPhone) it's really not that bad. It's a really good phone.
This is a very valid point. I actually think it's typical for every 'hot new language'.. it always seems to take time for a community to mature into an open and polite one (if the toxic mentality doesn't cause the language to implode before that).
Ok so reading the slides they're planning on doing network management (byebye NetworkManager), Local DNS cache (yes please), mDNS responder, LLMNR responder, DNSSEC verification, NTP, sandboxing services and applications, OS/App/Container image formats, stateless systems, atomic node initialisations and updates and more. That is freaking awesome. Not only does it bring Linux distributions closer together.. it also takes the distributions as a whole to a new level. Instead of a kernel + some packages the future will bring us a true (GNU/)Linux/systemd operating system. I can understand this may seem scary to some but personally I really think this is awesome.
Why do people keep rehashing this without any arguments? We've deployed many RHEL7 servers and are really enjoying systemd. Unit files are vastly superior to init scripts, not to mention you get cgroups for free.
Actually Red Hat 6 is widely used in business desktops (especially on workstations) and Fedora is an ever-so-popular alternative for Ubuntu. The only thing I dislike about Fedora is that it's often too bleeding edge and that major releases only have a limited support lifetime.
Yes, I believe Slashdot's server is actually a Netbook left by CmdrTaco years ago. Who needs redundant dual-port disks with multiple controller paths, the ability to run more than 32GB RAM (with ECC), redundant power supplies, hot swappable disks, power supplies, fans and even PCI cards, centralized remote management and monitoring, motherboards built with components that actually last at least 3 years under stressful workloads and environments, 4-hour support contracts, certified hardware-software combinations so there is never any worry about compatibility, right?
So, IBM wants to focus more on cloud computing yet sells of the very hardware (System x) on which my company operates their cloud. I wonder if the System x Enterprise (like the X6 line of servers) are also moving to Lenovo, since they're not quite that low-end.
I'm from the Netherlands and I did not know it aired on a public channel on the same day as in the US. I can't find any information about it either. All I know it airs on a premium channel 5 days after the US release, which is still not bad!
That's not really what workstation users do. They happily pay Apple, HP, Dell or whomever a premium to get a combination of hardware that's guaranteed to work. People that put things like cheap consumer SSD's in workstations get the short end of the stick in the end.
My main work and home machines run Mac OS X, but I have a Fedora 18 (w/ Gnome 3) box on the side. I'm really impressed with how far Linux has come, but man.. if you think being an OS X user in a Windows world was hard 10 years ago try being a Linux user in an OS X/Windows world. Even though my main tools (Vim mostly) run fine on Linux, there's a lot of small things I miss from OS X.
I'm not happy with the direction Mac OS X is going (especially how Apple keeps breaking the Unix side of things), but on the other hand I'm really glad that the OS has finally become sort of mainstream (in terms of software support etc.). Besides, I feel really comfortable using OS X, so I'm not switching for now. However I can heartily recommend you give Linux a try for 30 days, because it really has come a long way on the desktop.
The question is: can they survive without going (partly) Open Source? The target audience for these kind of pseudo-programming environments is pretty small, and there's no major platform without an free SDK. The learning curve for cross-platform programming using Java or QT is not that big, either. So I think it's a good move to start giving some of it away to attract more paying customers.
When talking about large-scale websites the language is hardly relevent. There are as many high-traffic sites running on C#, Java, PHP or whatever. When facing large scale other factors play a much larger role. The only exception is when you're talking Facebook or Twitter scale: Facebook has practically reinvented PHP and also has some parts of their code in C (or C++, not sure) and Twitter made a switch from Ruby to Scala in order to handle the onslaught of users. The results mentioned in the article (accepting 2000 requests takes 600ms longer when using simple code) are not that interesting in this context.
Actually, all the DRAC Enterprise cards that I've worked with (say the last two or three generatios) have a dedicated ethernet port. The whole management card functions separately from the server, as it should. Sure, the remote console works through a Java Web Start application which seems kludgy but it has never failed me (much like pretty much all Dell server hardware we operate over here).
However I agree with you that a complete server would be a waste of resources for this scenario so it's kind of a moot point.
The fact that they found this box on the bottom of the Atlantic long after it's beacon died out and the fact that it's in good shape is just amazing. Let's hope they can figure out what happened.
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Even though they are different things I agree.. HAML is much easier to learn since it's compiled afterwards, so you're always working with your HAML code as opposed to Zen where your Zen code disappears as soon as you compile it to HTML once (which makes remembering how to do things pretty hard). I love HAML more than plain HTML and it makes Zen Coding completely unnecessary.
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While I hate Javascript as much as the next guy and I love the title, this article is full of errors, misconceptions and spelling mistakes. Not worth your time.
Fair enough. For now it's up to the receiver to decide wether they're going to validate a signature. That goes for S/MIME and PGP both. S/MIME can be easily used on multiple devices, though, since they are simple X.509 certificates. I have the same certificate installed on both my computer and my iPhone. For added security you can even put it on an industry standard smartcard and your OS will pick it up from there automatically (after entering a PIN probably). It's all in there.
I wish people would just let the PGP/GPG dream go. S/MIME is supported by pretty much every serious mail client out there, including mobile ones such as iOS and BlackBerry. The certificates cost next to nothing and most clients automate signing/encrypting decisions. I don't understand why this is not used more broadly. Who doesn't want a cool 'signed' seal next to their email?
I was quite happy with my Q10, but all the social apps (FB, Twitter) are always lagging behind and other apps are nonexistent. Also, my gf's Z10 has some serious issues since upgrading to 10.3.1, one is the fact that the battery only lasts for 8 hours, the other is that it's almost impossible to answer calls (the slider doesn't respond properly). So the QA at BlackBerry is definitely lacking. I know Apple has been getting a lot of shit for the quality of their software lately, but in my experience with my current iPhone 6 (my first iPhone) it's really not that bad. It's a really good phone.
This is a very valid point. I actually think it's typical for every 'hot new language'.. it always seems to take time for a community to mature into an open and polite one (if the toxic mentality doesn't cause the language to implode before that).
..it will be replaced by systemd sooner or later. It's actually one of the long term systemd goals.
Ok so reading the slides they're planning on doing network management (byebye NetworkManager), Local DNS cache (yes please), mDNS responder, LLMNR responder, DNSSEC verification, NTP, sandboxing services and applications, OS/App/Container image formats, stateless systems, atomic node initialisations and updates and more. That is freaking awesome. Not only does it bring Linux distributions closer together.. it also takes the distributions as a whole to a new level. Instead of a kernel + some packages the future will bring us a true (GNU/)Linux/systemd operating system. I can understand this may seem scary to some but personally I really think this is awesome.
Good point. Also once this fork tanks we can all finally agree that systemd is *good enough* if not pretty great.
Why do people keep rehashing this without any arguments? We've deployed many RHEL7 servers and are really enjoying systemd. Unit files are vastly superior to init scripts, not to mention you get cgroups for free.
Actually Red Hat 6 is widely used in business desktops (especially on workstations) and Fedora is an ever-so-popular alternative for Ubuntu. The only thing I dislike about Fedora is that it's often too bleeding edge and that major releases only have a limited support lifetime.
Yes, I believe Slashdot's server is actually a Netbook left by CmdrTaco years ago. Who needs redundant dual-port disks with multiple controller paths, the ability to run more than 32GB RAM (with ECC), redundant power supplies, hot swappable disks, power supplies, fans and even PCI cards, centralized remote management and monitoring, motherboards built with components that actually last at least 3 years under stressful workloads and environments, 4-hour support contracts, certified hardware-software combinations so there is never any worry about compatibility, right?
So, IBM wants to focus more on cloud computing yet sells of the very hardware (System x) on which my company operates their cloud. I wonder if the System x Enterprise (like the X6 line of servers) are also moving to Lenovo, since they're not quite that low-end.
ugh.. how much I love . Slashdot is not unlike C++.. who uses HTML in comments anyway?
.. I want to start hacking around with it. But then I remember how much I love and I just don't care anymore.
I'm from the Netherlands and I did not know it aired on a public channel on the same day as in the US. I can't find any information about it either. All I know it airs on a premium channel 5 days after the US release, which is still not bad!
You have obviously never tried fitting the old Mac Pro on or under your desk. The thing's huge!
That's not really what workstation users do. They happily pay Apple, HP, Dell or whomever a premium to get a combination of hardware that's guaranteed to work. People that put things like cheap consumer SSD's in workstations get the short end of the stick in the end.
Give it another 20 years, it will get there!
My main work and home machines run Mac OS X, but I have a Fedora 18 (w/ Gnome 3) box on the side. I'm really impressed with how far Linux has come, but man.. if you think being an OS X user in a Windows world was hard 10 years ago try being a Linux user in an OS X/Windows world. Even though my main tools (Vim mostly) run fine on Linux, there's a lot of small things I miss from OS X. I'm not happy with the direction Mac OS X is going (especially how Apple keeps breaking the Unix side of things), but on the other hand I'm really glad that the OS has finally become sort of mainstream (in terms of software support etc.). Besides, I feel really comfortable using OS X, so I'm not switching for now. However I can heartily recommend you give Linux a try for 30 days, because it really has come a long way on the desktop.
The question is: can they survive without going (partly) Open Source? The target audience for these kind of pseudo-programming environments is pretty small, and there's no major platform without an free SDK. The learning curve for cross-platform programming using Java or QT is not that big, either. So I think it's a good move to start giving some of it away to attract more paying customers.
Yes, the US cellphone market is mind-boggling to me as a European as well. Land of the free, my ass!
When talking about large-scale websites the language is hardly relevent. There are as many high-traffic sites running on C#, Java, PHP or whatever. When facing large scale other factors play a much larger role. The only exception is when you're talking Facebook or Twitter scale: Facebook has practically reinvented PHP and also has some parts of their code in C (or C++, not sure) and Twitter made a switch from Ruby to Scala in order to handle the onslaught of users. The results mentioned in the article (accepting 2000 requests takes 600ms longer when using simple code) are not that interesting in this context.
However I agree with you that a complete server would be a waste of resources for this scenario so it's kind of a moot point.
The fact that they found this box on the bottom of the Atlantic long after it's beacon died out and the fact that it's in good shape is just amazing. Let's hope they can figure out what happened.
Even though they are different things I agree.. HAML is much easier to learn since it's compiled afterwards, so you're always working with your HAML code as opposed to Zen where your Zen code disappears as soon as you compile it to HTML once (which makes remembering how to do things pretty hard). I love HAML more than plain HTML and it makes Zen Coding completely unnecessary.