Ads can be a growing security risk in the future. I'd like to ban all ads at work, but I can't do that since IE6 is the only allowed browser here and no extra software is allowed to be installed. Once I surfed to Dilbert website for comics that I thought would be safe, but Errorsafe malware tried to install itself to my machine (by ActiveX component in an ad). See http://koti.mbnet.fi/jnyman/dilbert.html screen capture here (the dialogue text is in Finnish, but the bottom line asks "Do you want to install Errorsafe program to your computer to check your computer for free (recommended)?". I complained about this to Dilbert website's webmaster and to Scott Adams and they replied that they're looking at the problem, but after that nothing. Haven't visited Dilbert website since at work. Hope this is not a growing trend.
...sooner or later your versions won't be up-to-date, and porting this kind of thing between different versions of Office has been a huge and messy exercise in the past, and there is no guarantee it won't be in the future.
I agree with that, only that it always won't depend on upgrading Office.
I've made lots of VBA+access development (Office 2000) in my work department and suddenly, one day OLEDB ceased to work. I guess it was because of some network drive arrangements that weren't informed widely because nobody knew it would affect on VBA/OLEDB. Well, changing to ODBC solved problem that time, but I'm in fear that someday alterations are made in some Windows/active directory/network/Office/whoknowswhat settings and everything ceases to work... and that there is no solution that time.
Btw there are no other tools allowed for us than MSOffice:-(
OpenH323 Project in http://www.openh323.org/ is available on Windows and Linux platforms, plus there is source code. From the site:...also compile on Windows 95/98, BeOS , Linux PPC, FreeBSD x86, OpenBSD x86 and Solaris Sparc & x86.
I don't actually know how well it performs but at least it is open source and probably doesn't hog your bandwidth with some supernode technique.
Does anybody know good voip software? I've recently found OpenH323 but it's quite spartan and could be easier to use.
Skype is already mentioned but I'm not sure how it uses the bandwidth for its own purposes, since it is a P2P software. I wouldn't like the idea that skype uses my whole (or major part of) bandwidth for some obscure purposes. OTOH the ad on the skype page tells it has no spy/ad/malware.
Sorry to break the news, but the Galileo project is discontinued.
From the Galileo website news: 10.12.2003 - Ok, apparently the project is pretty much dead. Noone has been making any progress on anything in the last 6 months so I declare the project officially discontinued.
"massively multiplayer version of Car Wars/AutoDuel, in which the scenario is the same, but the gameplay focuses on your vehicle"
You may want to check this out:
http://www.autoassault.com/
It's still in development phase but it looks promising.
Slashdot Mirror
Database Error: Unable to connect to the database:Could not connect to MySQL
Is the site already slashdotted, or is it just random downtime? Would have been interesting video. Use vimeo next time?
The design on this page is truly something. I hope somebody will nominate this page to http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/
Ads can be a growing security risk in the future. I'd like to ban all ads at work, but I can't do that since IE6 is the only allowed browser here and no extra software is allowed to be installed. Once I surfed to Dilbert website for comics that I thought would be safe, but Errorsafe malware tried to install itself to my machine (by ActiveX component in an ad). See http://koti.mbnet.fi/jnyman/dilbert.html screen capture here (the dialogue text is in Finnish, but the bottom line asks "Do you want to install Errorsafe program to your computer to check your computer for free (recommended)?". I complained about this to Dilbert website's webmaster and to Scott Adams and they replied that they're looking at the problem, but after that nothing. Haven't visited Dilbert website since at work. Hope this is not a growing trend.
I agree with that, only that it always won't depend on upgrading Office.
I've made lots of VBA+access development (Office 2000) in my work department and suddenly, one day OLEDB ceased to work. I guess it was because of some network drive arrangements that weren't informed widely because nobody knew it would affect on VBA/OLEDB. Well, changing to ODBC solved problem that time, but I'm in fear that someday alterations are made in some Windows /active directory /network /Office /whoknowswhat settings and everything ceases to work... and that there is no solution that time.
Btw there are no other tools allowed for us than MSOffice :-(
I don't actually know how well it performs but at least it is open source and probably doesn't hog your bandwidth with some supernode technique.
Skype is already mentioned but I'm not sure how it uses the bandwidth for its own purposes, since it is a P2P software. I wouldn't like the idea that skype uses my whole (or major part of) bandwidth for some obscure purposes. OTOH the ad on the skype page tells it has no spy/ad/malware.
Does anybody know good voip software? This one I know but it's a bit spartan and not so easy to use: Skype is well-known but I'm unsure how it uses P2P technique that uses bandwidth for its own purposes.
From the Galileo website news:
10.12.2003 - Ok, apparently the project is pretty much dead. Noone has been making any progress on anything in the last 6 months so I declare the project officially discontinued.
JN
"massively multiplayer version of Car Wars/AutoDuel, in which the scenario is the same, but the gameplay focuses on your vehicle" You may want to check this out: http://www.autoassault.com/ It's still in development phase but it looks promising.