pilot-link is a suite of tools used to connect your Palm or PalmOS® compatible handheld with Unix, Linux, and any other POSIX-compatible machine. pilot-link works with all PalmOS® handhelds, including those made by Handspring, Sony, and Palm, as well as others. pilot-link includes userspace "conduits" that allow you to syncronize information to and from your Palm device, as well as libraries of Palm-compatible functions that allow other applications to take advantage of the code included in pilot-link. There are also several language "bindings" that allow you to use your favorite development language with pilot-link, such as Java, Tcl, Perl, and Python.
I like the concept, however the premise is the flaw. What I mean by this is that the social concept of letting people add their own commands is the biggest draw, but the biggest flaw. Doing a quick ls on the site reveals such choice commands on the first page:
p Created 2005-06-20 16:21 - Description - Nominate - www.pogo.com --does nothing
tiki Created 2005-06-20 15:10 - Description - Nominate - http://www.tehanitrading.com/ --takes you to somone's website only
And then of course you have the sophisticated ones:
fuckthefucker Created 2005-06-20 12:55 - Description - Nominate - http - does nothing
And if you try to create a legitimate command and something like "p" is already taken you are out of luck. This is why you will need someone to moderate it from time to time (this is sort of on the to do list by flagging spam commands, but it looks like they also have a potential problem with bot submissions as well). But, once you do this then you get the problem of my command is better than your command. It would be nice to see an individual implementation whereby you could store your own commands and could "share" them with others.
Think UPS delivery, drug reps visiting a doctor, using it as disply material, etc.
Anyone who needs to share quick information and maybe capture a signature. Anyone making a stand up sales presentation to someone on the go. Being able to hold the tablet so both can see it is clearly an advantage in these situations.
As several sites have suggested 1, 2, 3, Einstein's brain fell in the range of normal for all measurements, except for the portion known as the inferior parietal lobes, located in the middle of the brain. This middle portion was 15% wider and had no groove.
So maybe the correct conclusion is not that bigger is better, but only the sections that matter. Remember, its not the size of the wand, its the magic in it that counts.
I use this tool to do a lot of work. It is very flexible in that it allows you to split the graphical and code parts so whatever you need to do you can edit and go back and forth with. It also integrates well with backend databases for testing and can help with some of the scripting languages as well. However, you can't program in ASP.NET, ASP, Cold Fusion, PHP, etc. with Dreamweaver if you don't know how to do it to begin with.
As with other programs Dreamweaver also has an integrated ftp function and also you to sync files. It will also upload dependant files. Some other features include a sophisticated CSS interface and support, secure ftp and cross browser checks. And it allows you to import Microsoft Word and Excel files. Dreamweaver has a free trial. Try it, you will like it.
That's because a lot of the times articles on these are submitted to the slashdot editors but they reject them for one reason or another (too much other news, editor doesn't think it is interesting, etc.) I know I submitted this yesterday but my submission was rejected, but now someone else resubmitted another day and it was accepted. It's just the way the system works.
We deal with this all the time. Leaving any IP on a blacklist for any period of time doesn't help. Most spammers nowdays spam and run. They unload from a hacked account through a broken formmail script or a zombie computer. After 36 hours they have dumped their million emails and moved on to another IP. Blacklists generally don't get this though. They just make a bigger and bigger list. The problem with this approach is that they already missed the spammer. One time we dealt with someone who was running a blacklist and when we asked why an IP was on the list they said because it spammed years ago. When we said we have controlled the IP for the past three years they said it doesn't matter. It's like give me a break...
The solution to blacklists is to use an AOL model in which dynamic IP blocking is used. When spam is noted from an IP that IP is automatically blocked for 24-36 hours after the last spam comes in. That way the innocents are not being blocked and the spammers email doesn't make it through. There are a couple blacklists which do this but more should.
Compare this to the opposite blacklists like BLARS which requires a thousand dollars for "him" to investigate whether an IP should be removed. I have never seen an IP which is not listed with BLARS.
This is actually the point. The post is not meant to be trollful (is that a word?) but to posit one possibly strategy.
Hiring the key person from another company is nothing new for business; it has been happening since the beginning of time.
I do not think this one hire will cripple the open source movement, nor Gentoo. But you have to look at the plain logical move--if Microsoft did hire a lot key people it is not so much a blow to open source but another marketing ploy for them.
They can now go around and say we hired x who developed this. We are now taking the brightest and they are developing for us, not them. Then when they go to present a product they can say they have the best of both worlds--longevity with the Windows developement team and the integration of the best and brightest of the open source movement. They then can do a direct comparison of products and say their development team is better, therefore the product is better. (Yes, there are rebuttals to this logical thinking, but marketing is not necesarily logical or truthful).
Okay, he has a preference. Why is this important? I use a lot of different OS for different purposes.
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Well, I wouldn't normally respond to this but there is one bit of truth here. I have witnessesed the 5.* series corrupt its own file system several times. Usually it tends to fail to write correctly to the master.passwd file thus corrupting it. But I have also seen times where the binaries have been corrupted as well.
That being said, FreeBSD is not all bad. The 4.* series clearly is a top notch OS. I have seen the 4.* take slashdot-type spikes of traffic as a server and not blink an eye when similiar linux based OS have crumbled.
The letter analogy doesn't work in this case though. On a letter it says where it is going and where it came from. And it also has the post office seal over the stamps showing where it was processed. Under TOR this is exactly what you are hiding--your tracks. To be honest the main purpose of the letter is that it holds more material inside than a postcard and whatever is inside is sealed up not so much for the content but to insure the contents are not lost; something TCP/IP takes care of but not the Post Office.
No more getting caught putting pieces of chalk into the slits of the erasers. Bummer. The oldest trick in the book is now gone.
Of course on the brighter side you do open up the opprortunity to hack the whiteboard and insert funny images onto the screen on the most opportune time. And then there's accidently surfing to whitehouse.com by the teacher.
I have a Treo 600 phone with Sprint and the unlimited data access. By using this software and the USB cable which connects to the phone to your computer I can hook up my laptop to my cell phone and connect out anywhere I get Sprint service.
It's faster than dialup but slower than broadband.
The distinction is that people tend to be miffed at these studies when they are funded with tax dollars.
They feel their money could be better spent elsewhere (and at times it could). Now, while I do not claim to know where the money for these studies came from I do know that a lot of money which could be better spent does get funneled into "questionable" funding (how about painting some rocks to look like other rocks because after new construction on a highway some rocks did not look weathered...) because the politicians funnel it to their district.
I would like to see a game about good versus evil fighting with light swords in a galaxy far far away. And maybe they could make a series of movies about it (I'm pretty sure this hasn't been done yet, at least I haven't seen any mention of anything like this ever on Slashdot). And, if its really good they could merchandise all the items and submit the profits to the open source community.
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Seriously though, I don't think just a new idea is needed but a change from the same old concept of taking the same engine and just generating different graphics. Fundamentally a new successful game is one in which breaks out of the current genre and does something new and different. It's not the idea for the story but how it is implemented.
When people get an email from a site like this they should complain to the ISP and datacenter hosting the site. The reason is that most will take swift action against phishers. The ISPs and datacenters I have dealt with usually take action within 24 hours. (That's a pretty fast response--they usually have the site suspended far before the 24 hours). And most send copies of the site including logs to the police.
Don't just take the the thought that someone else will report them. Try it some day.
Now, that being said, if you ever run across an ISP which doesn't care, well let's just say they probably deserve it.
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http://pilot-link.org/
pilot-link is a suite of tools used to connect your Palm or PalmOS® compatible handheld with Unix, Linux, and any other POSIX-compatible machine. pilot-link works with all PalmOS® handhelds, including those made by Handspring, Sony, and Palm, as well as others. pilot-link includes userspace "conduits" that allow you to syncronize information to and from your Palm device, as well as libraries of Palm-compatible functions that allow other applications to take advantage of the code included in pilot-link. There are also several language "bindings" that allow you to use your favorite development language with pilot-link, such as Java, Tcl, Perl, and Python.
I like the concept, however the premise is the flaw. What I mean by this is that the social concept of letting people add their own commands is the biggest draw, but the biggest flaw. Doing a quick ls on the site reveals such choice commands on the first page:
p Created 2005-06-20 16:21 - Description - Nominate - www.pogo.com --does nothing
tiki Created 2005-06-20 15:10 - Description - Nominate - http://www.tehanitrading.com/ --takes you to somone's website only
And then of course you have the sophisticated ones:
fuckthefucker Created 2005-06-20 12:55 - Description - Nominate - http - does nothing
And if you try to create a legitimate command and something like "p" is already taken you are out of luck. This is why you will need someone to moderate it from time to time (this is sort of on the to do list by flagging spam commands, but it looks like they also have a potential problem with bot submissions as well). But, once you do this then you get the problem of my command is better than your command. It would be nice to see an individual implementation whereby you could store your own commands and could "share" them with others.
Think UPS delivery, drug reps visiting a doctor, using it as disply material, etc.
Anyone who needs to share quick information and maybe capture a signature. Anyone making a stand up sales presentation to someone on the go. Being able to hold the tablet so both can see it is clearly an advantage in these situations.
As several sites have suggested 1, 2, 3, Einstein's brain fell in the range of normal for all measurements, except for the portion known as the inferior parietal lobes, located in the middle of the brain. This middle portion was 15% wider and had no groove.
So maybe the correct conclusion is not that bigger is better, but only the sections that matter. Remember, its not the size of the wand, its the magic in it that counts.
I use this tool to do a lot of work. It is very flexible in that it allows you to split the graphical and code parts so whatever you need to do you can edit and go back and forth with. It also integrates well with backend databases for testing and can help with some of the scripting languages as well. However, you can't program in ASP.NET, ASP, Cold Fusion, PHP, etc. with Dreamweaver if you don't know how to do it to begin with.
As with other programs Dreamweaver also has an integrated ftp function and also you to sync files. It will also upload dependant files. Some other features include a sophisticated CSS interface and support, secure ftp and cross browser checks. And it allows you to import Microsoft Word and Excel files. Dreamweaver has a free trial. Try it, you will like it.
As for a hosting service, shameless plug below...
That's because a lot of the times articles on these are submitted to the slashdot editors but they reject them for one reason or another (too much other news, editor doesn't think it is interesting, etc.) I know I submitted this yesterday but my submission was rejected, but now someone else resubmitted another day and it was accepted. It's just the way the system works.
We deal with this all the time. Leaving any IP on a blacklist for any period of time doesn't help. Most spammers nowdays spam and run. They unload from a hacked account through a broken formmail script or a zombie computer. After 36 hours they have dumped their million emails and moved on to another IP. Blacklists generally don't get this though. They just make a bigger and bigger list. The problem with this approach is that they already missed the spammer. One time we dealt with someone who was running a blacklist and when we asked why an IP was on the list they said because it spammed years ago. When we said we have controlled the IP for the past three years they said it doesn't matter. It's like give me a break...
The solution to blacklists is to use an AOL model in which dynamic IP blocking is used. When spam is noted from an IP that IP is automatically blocked for 24-36 hours after the last spam comes in. That way the innocents are not being blocked and the spammers email doesn't make it through. There are a couple blacklists which do this but more should.
Compare this to the opposite blacklists like BLARS which requires a thousand dollars for "him" to investigate whether an IP should be removed. I have never seen an IP which is not listed with BLARS.
on standard PC hardware, the market share of Apple would blossom (pun intended).
I would definately pay for a license to run the OSX software to run on PC hardware.
This is actually the point. The post is not meant to be trollful (is that a word?) but to posit one possibly strategy.
Hiring the key person from another company is nothing new for business; it has been happening since the beginning of time.
I do not think this one hire will cripple the open source movement, nor Gentoo. But you have to look at the plain logical move--if Microsoft did hire a lot key people it is not so much a blow to open source but another marketing ploy for them.
They can now go around and say we hired x who developed this. We are now taking the brightest and they are developing for us, not them. Then when they go to present a product they can say they have the best of both worlds--longevity with the Windows developement team and the integration of the best and brightest of the open source movement. They then can do a direct comparison of products and say their development team is better, therefore the product is better. (Yes, there are rebuttals to this logical thinking, but marketing is not necesarily logical or truthful).
Buy them out.
Is this the beginning of a strategy for Microsoft? Can't beat them, just buy them or the lead developer?
Okay, he has a preference. Why is this important? I use a lot of different OS for different purposes.
Well, I wouldn't normally respond to this but there is one bit of truth here. I have witnessesed the 5.* series corrupt its own file system several times. Usually it tends to fail to write correctly to the master.passwd file thus corrupting it. But I have also seen times where the binaries have been corrupted as well.
That being said, FreeBSD is not all bad. The 4.* series clearly is a top notch OS. I have seen the 4.* take slashdot-type spikes of traffic as a server and not blink an eye when similiar linux based OS have crumbled.
Interesting, didn't know that site had changed hands. Thanks for the info.
The letter analogy doesn't work in this case though. On a letter it says where it is going and where it came from. And it also has the post office seal over the stamps showing where it was processed. Under TOR this is exactly what you are hiding--your tracks. To be honest the main purpose of the letter is that it holds more material inside than a postcard and whatever is inside is sealed up not so much for the content but to insure the contents are not lost; something TCP/IP takes care of but not the Post Office.
No more getting caught putting pieces of chalk into the slits of the erasers. Bummer. The oldest trick in the book is now gone.
Of course on the brighter side you do open up the opprortunity to hack the whiteboard and insert funny images onto the screen on the most opportune time. And then there's accidently surfing to whitehouse.com by the teacher.
Government Consipacy. Where's Mulder and Scully?
It's faster than dialup but slower than broadband.
and they will tell you they aren't. Geez, do we just hate big corporations or what?
The distinction is that people tend to be miffed at these studies when they are funded with tax dollars.
They feel their money could be better spent elsewhere (and at times it could). Now, while I do not claim to know where the money for these studies came from I do know that a lot of money which could be better spent does get funneled into "questionable" funding (how about painting some rocks to look like other rocks because after new construction on a highway some rocks did not look weathered...) because the politicians funnel it to their district.
The reason is that spam was filling up the lower limit mail boxes. They had to up the limit so more spam could be delivered...
of companies who are losing data by the minute.
Seriously, doesn't anyone take privacy seriously?
I like this entry:
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Can't they afford a dedicated server yet?
I would like to see a game about good versus evil fighting with light swords in a galaxy far far away. And maybe they could make a series of movies about it (I'm pretty sure this hasn't been done yet, at least I haven't seen any mention of anything like this ever on Slashdot). And, if its really good they could merchandise all the items and submit the profits to the open source community. --- Seriously though, I don't think just a new idea is needed but a change from the same old concept of taking the same engine and just generating different graphics. Fundamentally a new successful game is one in which breaks out of the current genre and does something new and different. It's not the idea for the story but how it is implemented.
When people get an email from a site like this they should complain to the ISP and datacenter hosting the site. The reason is that most will take swift action against phishers. The ISPs and datacenters I have dealt with usually take action within 24 hours. (That's a pretty fast response--they usually have the site suspended far before the 24 hours). And most send copies of the site including logs to the police.
Don't just take the the thought that someone else will report them. Try it some day.
Now, that being said, if you ever run across an ISP which doesn't care, well let's just say they probably deserve it.