Did you think any random joe could just set one up and go? Umm... yes? Ever heard of bind? or djbdns? or heck ever install Windows Server and enable the DNS Server service? There is absolutely no requirement to run a DNS server (other than a computer to run the software on).
You are free to use IP addresses that don't belong to you, there are no IANA police that will come after you. This is quite true, however, it doesn't mean they will work outside your network but you can use pretty much whatever IP address you want inside your network. It's just standard to use 192.168 and 10. addresses on a private LAN, but that doesn't mean you can't use 66.35.250.150 (slashdot.org) as an internal address... just don't expect everything to work properly
Yeah, well, I own a network service provider I kinda think I've just fed a troll...
Maybe the problem is the language not the column width?
system.out.println vs cout
God I remember the first time I learned that in Java 101... I recall the thought went something like "I gotta type all THAT just to print a string? WTF"
say it with me... Correlation does not imply causation
You're saying the ban on semi-automatic weapons stopped mass shootings. OK just for fun I'll buy that for the sake of argument. Now that may stop the crazy people who want to go postal from taking a bunch of people out with them. However as the saying goes, now only the criminals have guns. Sure it may stop the crazies but it doesn't stop crime, and now the entire populace is more or less unarmed.
The result (for the sake of argument since again, correlation does not imply causation)? Less headlines about mass shootings (which kill what, maybe 100 people a year, world wide?) and "an increase in armed robberies in Australia in the last 11 years"
How is this better? Knee-jerk reactionist politics disarm the entire population because some lunatic killed 35 people and now the criminals know that no one is packing. I don't know about you but I feel SO much safer. And in addition, the population that enjoys things like hunting or skeet shooting or just plain old target shooting, can't.
And just another thought, the chart on your first link shows that "the risk of dying from a gunshot" was already trending downward PRIOR to the ban. And at the risk of sounding uncaring, at the time of the ban that risk was at 2 deaths per 100,000 people, which by my rough calculations means you're about 100 times more likely to die of Alzheimer's than a gunshot (data based on CDC mortality rates in the US assuming a population of 300 million).
So the gun ban did practically nothing to save any lives, not that all that many lives were taken anyway in the big picture (112 people in 11 mass shootings in 10 years according to the article). All the money spent (according to the article, "a half a billion dollars") creating, enacting, and enforcing the law could have been better spent on something useful like helping curing a disease which statistically is much more likely to kill you. And it infringed on what over here is a constitutionally guaranteed right that a large number of people enjoy.
Actually all three branches of the military have cyber warfare units. The USAF just recently changed it's mission statement to "To deliver sovereign options for the defense of the United States of America and its global interests -- to fly and fight in Air, Space, and Cyberspace."
Resisting the urge to make a comment pertaining to a particular "smug" southpark episode... I'd still like to point out that I've read in a more than one places (including I think a slashdot article a bit back which cited the same data I'm posting here) about how the Prius from construction to disassembly at End Of Life, is a TERRIBLE car for the environment.
In fact a little bit of research (not saying this is accurate, just something to think about) leads me to a report comparing the overall cost per mile taking into account manufacturing, repairs, and consumables (ie gas and oil and batteries if applicable). The industry average that they came up with is $2.281 per mile. The Prius costs $3.249 per mile as compared to the most expensive (a Maybach $11.582) vs the cheapest (Scion xB $.478). As another example, the Corvette costs $3.158 per mile.
By their math (again, not saying it's correct, could be FUD for all I know) I'd be better off buying a Corvette than a Prius. Now to be perfectly honest I disagree with a lot of their math, HOWEVER that isn't the only source I've read it from. Their numbers may be FUDdy but Other sites reach some of the same conclusions albeit in less objective way.
I am not what you'd consider an environmentally conscious person. It isn't that I drive a huge truck (VW GTI which gets fairly good gas millage out of it's 1.8L Turbocharged engine and is fast to boot). The fact is there's far more to a car's environmental impact than strictly going by MPG. And thus, your argument that there's more than just cost that dictates how good something is for the environment... well take it with a grain of salt is all...
And then of course there's other cars that get very close to the Prius in gas mileage, that cost a lot less, and don't have polluting batteries in them...
I'm actually not against the Prius, I think it was an important first step in the American psyche that we are open to listening to alternative energy ideas, it was IMHO the first successful/popular hybrid car which shows that Americans are willing to shell out for a greener (if only in theory) car. Which means the Big Three will shell out money for R&D. I just don't like people getting up on their high horse because they own a Prius.
The Air Force has a program called Innovative Development through Employee Awareness (IDEA) where they offer cash rewards for ideas that save the AF money. Here's a link to the story of a guy that saved an estimated $1.4 million and got a nice check for $10k for his effort... http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123048910
But does this really solve the underlying problem of genetic discrimination? Sure banning discrimination based on test results is a good first step, but how about data mining? How many people have the same insurance as their parents? If say my Father is diagnosed with Sickle Cell, that means I have a much higher chance of getting the disease myself, something the HMO would know without having to test me. Does this Bill prevent an increase in my rates just because they now know I stand a higher chance of getting sickle cell then I did before he was diagnosed?
Apply it now to ethnic groups, If I recall my high school biology lessons correctly, African Americans have a higher percentage of Sickle cell than other ethnic groups. Does that mean African Americans pay higher premiums because of this? Is this legal or morally right? Where do we draw the line? They already know that heart disease is the number one killer of women over 65, do they charge them more for this?
My only disagreement is simply, with the world wide nature of the internet, how can we say that he never set foot in the US? I mean literally, sure, he never set foot in the US, but his actions were crimes under US law and did harm to individuals/corporations that are protected by US law. Just because he didn't physically commit the crimes here, doesn't mean he's exempt from accountability for his actions.
Isn't that the whole point of laws, Government protecting the rights of individuals and corporations? Isn't it possible in the internet age to commit all your crime on the internet?
Say he hacked into the Bank of America, and stole a million bucks, again never having set foot in the US, would we still be having this conversation?
I don't agree with every policy the US makes, however this one seems like a good idea to me. In the era of the WORLD WIDE web, how can we not support those that would use it to cause harm being held accountable for their actions? Of course, the US should be held to the same standards...
I think what will happen in the end is that since the world is so horribly fixed on Microsoft products, eventually MS will just say no more XP. All the windows people will have no choice in the matter.
The./ community will deal, we have linux to fall back on if we absolutely refuse to use Vista but the rest of the world won't be able to do that. Honestly the only reason I'm not running it right now is because the cost far outweighs any minor advantages I'd gain from using it. I wouldn't settle for anything less than Ultimate Super Deluxe edition (I don't even really know what it's named, don't care) and really what can that do better than XP Pro for what is mostly a home gaming/web surfing box? I only switched from 2k to XP because XP booted a whole lot faster and I got it for like $4 at the campus bookstore (school licensing agreement)
Once the big vendors stop selling it because MS won't let them, adaptation will skyrocket. Dell is taking a nice step by offering pre-installed Linux boxes (soonish) but even that won't have too much of an effect on the market I don't think
And without the 'ulimit'? FreeBSD is configured by default to not be effected by fork bombs... most linux distros on the other hand, need ulimit set up (one of the first things I always do after a new install)
And when this is legislated (not if... when) do you really think there's any law maker who will understand that difference?
Net Neutrality is like communism, sounds good on paper but in reality... Well here on slashdot we all love our wide open unmetered pipes, and like paying the same price as the grandma living next door who only uses it to check her email once a week. Unfortunately I don't think Net Neutrality is the answer. It's a step in the right direction sure, but not the answer.
Asking a congressperson to understand protocols and whatnot is an exercise in futility... you think we pay them to be knowledgeable about things before they make laws concerning them?
Nokia 770 can be placed into USB host mode if you know how, but it costs a bit more than $100:-) maybe now that the 880s or whatever they're calling it are out the price will come down a little
As far as I've seen in my military career, the AF at least uses windows exclusively. I don't think that they have anything against Linux, maybe there are just too few nerds among the top brass to even consider a change.
My degree is in IT, and I can tell you a lot of what/.ers would consider horror stories about standing AF computer policies. As an example, my password is something like 15 characters long, has non-alphanumerics, numbers, capitals, and changes every 60 days or something like that.
I really think the problem isn't so much an unwillingness to change as it is just the people at the top not understanding or knowing about other options and how computer security is supposed to work. And/or knee-jerk reactions by decision makers to threats without really understanding the consequences (I suppose a lot of them are nerds too, probably civilian employees, I bet I'll get a few comments saying what's wrong with a 15 character password). I tell people my PDA (nokia 770) runs Linux and they're like cool... what's that?
I'm just hoping someday I have enough brass on my shoulders to be able to make a difference...
There was an article on/. I think about a week ago about the "buzz" effect surrounding Apple. I think the answer to your question is yes, between boot camp and parallels I'd say there's quite a few people who use windows either because they have to (work/gaming/whatever) or they are more comfortable with it, but have wanted a mac for whatever reason (eliteness/light weight/whatever).
This may or may not be accurate, but I certainly wouldn't discount the possibility, it was the first thing that went through my head when I saw the article. And before you say the average person is too inept to install it, clubmac, macmall, onsale, and expercom are just a few companies that a simple google search turned up that are selling macs with XP preinstalled...
It isn't that the DoD is blocking HTML email, it is that outlook is automatically displaying all incoming mail as plain text (see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307594)
a good step in the right direction? sure, but since everyone just clicks the gray "display as html" bar at the top anyway, somewhat pointless.
as far as attachments, I have yet to see any file be blocked for any reason (although I havn't tried emailing any executables)
How many of us have grandparents with ipods? You hit it exactly on the nose, the reason they're hugely popular is simply because they are easy to use.
Before the mp3 player era, we had cd players which held little music, required that you carry around a stack of cds, which no one really wanted to do and was potentially damaging to the media. We improved on that with mp3 cd's but that required some computer knowledge to burn the cds, which cut out a large chunk of the population that didn't know enough about computers to deal with it (not to mention ripping/pirating all the music). Then the first mp3 players came out which eliminated the need to carry around cd's but the where to get the music problem still existed, still eliminating a portion of the population.
Then apple rolls out the product, all you do is plug it in and it grabs a bunch of your music and puts it on the device for you, it has a built in store to get new music from, and it handles ripping your current cd's even if you don't know what ripping means.
Of course here on/. we're all tech savvy anyway so we don't see things from the point of view of the other 75% of the population that doesn't know computers like we do. Think about that when you're making your next website/program/electronic device. 75% of the population doesn't understand computers, granted I'm pulling that number out of my butt but in my expirience I'd say it's pretty accurate
Add in the belkin factor (which allows you to do just about anything with your ipod) and you have a seller.
and you can always tell when someone mails you something from a yahoo account (without looking at their address)
I use my gmail account for one thing, server backup. sound strange? I have a simple forward, and only give out my gmail account, which then proceeds to forward all email to my server in the closet. HD drives on my server? no matter, all my email is still safely(sic) in google's hands
start with what you're good with. if you can't do hardware upgrades, don't do them (obviously). I've been making about $30 an hour since I was about 15 doing stuff like that for family members, just being offered money, not asking for it or running a buisness. The biggest thing is be honest, especially for a small company, don't try to sell people crap they don't need, and rule number one should always be don't break it worse than it is.
Word gets around, especially in smaller towns, if someone is going around fixing stuff well, and doing it for a good price then the phone will always ring. My mechanic and I have been trading favors back and forth for awhile now, it started with me fixing his comp, and he fixing my car, and now a few years later we're advertising each for each to our respective customers.
We have several broken toshiba laptops in my office that use the pentium M processors, I have successfully put one in a (stock) shuttle mt-63 motherboard, it works great, even overclocked. the processor is 1.7 ghz stock and it is running (very cool and very stable) at 2.2 with a regular cpu heatsink/fan. These processors are designed for a dinky heatsink/fan combo so a full-fledged cpu cooler is capeable of doing a great deal of cooling on these.
As a note, the processors *should* work in any motherboard that uses that socket, and has a bios that supports undervolting a cpu, IIRC these cpus stock only use 1.25 volts
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Mr. Tenant was appointed by President Clinton in 1995.
Can't speak to the rest of you post since a lot of it is factually unverifiable, but without a doubt, President Bush did not appoint Mr. Tenant.
Maybe the problem is the language not the column width?
system.out.println vs cout
God I remember the first time I learned that in Java 101... I recall the thought went something like "I gotta type all THAT just to print a string? WTF"
say it with me... Correlation does not imply causation
You're saying the ban on semi-automatic weapons stopped mass shootings. OK just for fun I'll buy that for the sake of argument. Now that may stop the crazy people who want to go postal from taking a bunch of people out with them. However as the saying goes, now only the criminals have guns. Sure it may stop the crazies but it doesn't stop crime, and now the entire populace is more or less unarmed.
The result (for the sake of argument since again, correlation does not imply causation)? Less headlines about mass shootings (which kill what, maybe 100 people a year, world wide?) and "an increase in armed robberies in Australia in the last 11 years"
How is this better? Knee-jerk reactionist politics disarm the entire population because some lunatic killed 35 people and now the criminals know that no one is packing. I don't know about you but I feel SO much safer. And in addition, the population that enjoys things like hunting or skeet shooting or just plain old target shooting, can't.
And just another thought, the chart on your first link shows that "the risk of dying from a gunshot" was already trending downward PRIOR to the ban. And at the risk of sounding uncaring, at the time of the ban that risk was at 2 deaths per 100,000 people, which by my rough calculations means you're about 100 times more likely to die of Alzheimer's than a gunshot (data based on CDC mortality rates in the US assuming a population of 300 million).
So the gun ban did practically nothing to save any lives, not that all that many lives were taken anyway in the big picture (112 people in 11 mass shootings in 10 years according to the article). All the money spent (according to the article, "a half a billion dollars") creating, enacting, and enforcing the law could have been better spent on something useful like helping curing a disease which statistically is much more likely to kill you. And it infringed on what over here is a constitutionally guaranteed right that a large number of people enjoy.
Actually all three branches of the military have cyber warfare units. The USAF just recently changed it's mission statement to "To deliver sovereign options for the defense of the United States of America and its global interests -- to fly and fight in Air, Space, and Cyberspace."
Resisting the urge to make a comment pertaining to a particular "smug" southpark episode... I'd still like to point out that I've read in a more than one places (including I think a slashdot article a bit back which cited the same data I'm posting here) about how the Prius from construction to disassembly at End Of Life, is a TERRIBLE car for the environment.
In fact a little bit of research (not saying this is accurate, just something to think about) leads me to a report comparing the overall cost per mile taking into account manufacturing, repairs, and consumables (ie gas and oil and batteries if applicable). The industry average that they came up with is $2.281 per mile. The Prius costs $3.249 per mile as compared to the most expensive (a Maybach $11.582) vs the cheapest (Scion xB $.478). As another example, the Corvette costs $3.158 per mile.
By their math (again, not saying it's correct, could be FUD for all I know) I'd be better off buying a Corvette than a Prius. Now to be perfectly honest I disagree with a lot of their math, HOWEVER that isn't the only source I've read it from. Their numbers may be FUDdy but Other sites reach some of the same conclusions albeit in less objective way.
I am not what you'd consider an environmentally conscious person. It isn't that I drive a huge truck (VW GTI which gets fairly good gas millage out of it's 1.8L Turbocharged engine and is fast to boot). The fact is there's far more to a car's environmental impact than strictly going by MPG. And thus, your argument that there's more than just cost that dictates how good something is for the environment... well take it with a grain of salt is all...
And then of course there's other cars that get very close to the Prius in gas mileage, that cost a lot less, and don't have polluting batteries in them...
I'm actually not against the Prius, I think it was an important first step in the American psyche that we are open to listening to alternative energy ideas, it was IMHO the first successful/popular hybrid car which shows that Americans are willing to shell out for a greener (if only in theory) car. Which means the Big Three will shell out money for R&D. I just don't like people getting up on their high horse because they own a Prius.
The Air Force has a program called Innovative Development through Employee Awareness (IDEA) where they offer cash rewards for ideas that save the AF money. Here's a link to the story of a guy that saved an estimated $1.4 million and got a nice check for $10k for his effort...
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123048910
Well it looks like the MAFIAA finally found a way to close the analogue hole... Maybe they'll stop suing people and put money into research instead
But does this really solve the underlying problem of genetic discrimination? Sure banning discrimination based on test results is a good first step, but how about data mining? How many people have the same insurance as their parents? If say my Father is diagnosed with Sickle Cell, that means I have a much higher chance of getting the disease myself, something the HMO would know without having to test me. Does this Bill prevent an increase in my rates just because they now know I stand a higher chance of getting sickle cell then I did before he was diagnosed?
Apply it now to ethnic groups, If I recall my high school biology lessons correctly, African Americans have a higher percentage of Sickle cell than other ethnic groups. Does that mean African Americans pay higher premiums because of this? Is this legal or morally right? Where do we draw the line? They already know that heart disease is the number one killer of women over 65, do they charge them more for this?
My only disagreement is simply, with the world wide nature of the internet, how can we say that he never set foot in the US? I mean literally, sure, he never set foot in the US, but his actions were crimes under US law and did harm to individuals/corporations that are protected by US law. Just because he didn't physically commit the crimes here, doesn't mean he's exempt from accountability for his actions. Isn't that the whole point of laws, Government protecting the rights of individuals and corporations? Isn't it possible in the internet age to commit all your crime on the internet? Say he hacked into the Bank of America, and stole a million bucks, again never having set foot in the US, would we still be having this conversation? I don't agree with every policy the US makes, however this one seems like a good idea to me. In the era of the WORLD WIDE web, how can we not support those that would use it to cause harm being held accountable for their actions? Of course, the US should be held to the same standards...
I think what will happen in the end is that since the world is so horribly fixed on Microsoft products, eventually MS will just say no more XP. All the windows people will have no choice in the matter.
./ community will deal, we have linux to fall back on if we absolutely refuse to use Vista but the rest of the world won't be able to do that. Honestly the only reason I'm not running it right now is because the cost far outweighs any minor advantages I'd gain from using it. I wouldn't settle for anything less than Ultimate Super Deluxe edition (I don't even really know what it's named, don't care) and really what can that do better than XP Pro for what is mostly a home gaming/web surfing box? I only switched from 2k to XP because XP booted a whole lot faster and I got it for like $4 at the campus bookstore (school licensing agreement)
The
Once the big vendors stop selling it because MS won't let them, adaptation will skyrocket. Dell is taking a nice step by offering pre-installed Linux boxes (soonish) but even that won't have too much of an effect on the market I don't think
How do you violate rule #1? Learn something?
And when this is legislated (not if... when) do you really think there's any law maker who will understand that difference?
Net Neutrality is like communism, sounds good on paper but in reality... Well here on slashdot we all love our wide open unmetered pipes, and like paying the same price as the grandma living next door who only uses it to check her email once a week. Unfortunately I don't think Net Neutrality is the answer. It's a step in the right direction sure, but not the answer.
Asking a congressperson to understand protocols and whatnot is an exercise in futility... you think we pay them to be knowledgeable about things before they make laws concerning them?
Nokia 770 can be placed into USB host mode if you know how, but it costs a bit more than $100 :-) maybe now that the 880s or whatever they're calling it are out the price will come down a little
As far as I've seen in my military career, the AF at least uses windows exclusively. I don't think that they have anything against Linux, maybe there are just too few nerds among the top brass to even consider a change.
/.ers would consider horror stories about standing AF computer policies. As an example, my password is something like 15 characters long, has non-alphanumerics, numbers, capitals, and changes every 60 days or something like that.
My degree is in IT, and I can tell you a lot of what
I really think the problem isn't so much an unwillingness to change as it is just the people at the top not understanding or knowing about other options and how computer security is supposed to work. And/or knee-jerk reactions by decision makers to threats without really understanding the consequences (I suppose a lot of them are nerds too, probably civilian employees, I bet I'll get a few comments saying what's wrong with a 15 character password). I tell people my PDA (nokia 770) runs Linux and they're like cool... what's that?
I'm just hoping someday I have enough brass on my shoulders to be able to make a difference...
(In practice, a system almost never runs out of processes.)
I can fix that... on a non-fixed linux box anyway
There was an article on /. I think about a week ago about the "buzz" effect surrounding Apple. I think the answer to your question is yes, between boot camp and parallels I'd say there's quite a few people who use windows either because they have to (work/gaming/whatever) or they are more comfortable with it, but have wanted a mac for whatever reason (eliteness/light weight/whatever).
This may or may not be accurate, but I certainly wouldn't discount the possibility, it was the first thing that went through my head when I saw the article. And before you say the average person is too inept to install it, clubmac, macmall, onsale, and expercom are just a few companies that a simple google search turned up that are selling macs with XP preinstalled...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16813131568
2 onboard raid controllers, one of which IIRC is a hardware (the SI chip) and one is software (the NV chip)
not that he said anything about having an onboard hardware raid chip anyway...
It isn't that the DoD is blocking HTML email, it is that outlook is automatically displaying all incoming mail as plain text (see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307594) a good step in the right direction? sure, but since everyone just clicks the gray "display as html" bar at the top anyway, somewhat pointless. as far as attachments, I have yet to see any file be blocked for any reason (although I havn't tried emailing any executables)
How many of us have grandparents with ipods? You hit it exactly on the nose, the reason they're hugely popular is simply because they are easy to use.
/. we're all tech savvy anyway so we don't see things from the point of view of the other 75% of the population that doesn't know computers like we do. Think about that when you're making your next website/program/electronic device. 75% of the population doesn't understand computers, granted I'm pulling that number out of my butt but in my expirience I'd say it's pretty accurate
Before the mp3 player era, we had cd players which held little music, required that you carry around a stack of cds, which no one really wanted to do and was potentially damaging to the media. We improved on that with mp3 cd's but that required some computer knowledge to burn the cds, which cut out a large chunk of the population that didn't know enough about computers to deal with it (not to mention ripping/pirating all the music). Then the first mp3 players came out which eliminated the need to carry around cd's but the where to get the music problem still existed, still eliminating a portion of the population.
Then apple rolls out the product, all you do is plug it in and it grabs a bunch of your music and puts it on the device for you, it has a built in store to get new music from, and it handles ripping your current cd's even if you don't know what ripping means.
Of course here on
Add in the belkin factor (which allows you to do just about anything with your ipod) and you have a seller.
and you can always tell when someone mails you something from a yahoo account (without looking at their address) I use my gmail account for one thing, server backup. sound strange? I have a simple forward, and only give out my gmail account, which then proceeds to forward all email to my server in the closet. HD drives on my server? no matter, all my email is still safely(sic) in google's hands
start with what you're good with. if you can't do hardware upgrades, don't do them (obviously). I've been making about $30 an hour since I was about 15 doing stuff like that for family members, just being offered money, not asking for it or running a buisness. The biggest thing is be honest, especially for a small company, don't try to sell people crap they don't need, and rule number one should always be don't break it worse than it is.
Word gets around, especially in smaller towns, if someone is going around fixing stuff well, and doing it for a good price then the phone will always ring. My mechanic and I have been trading favors back and forth for awhile now, it started with me fixing his comp, and he fixing my car, and now a few years later we're advertising each for each to our respective customers.
We have several broken toshiba laptops in my office that use the pentium M processors, I have successfully put one in a (stock) shuttle mt-63 motherboard, it works great, even overclocked. the processor is 1.7 ghz stock and it is running (very cool and very stable) at 2.2 with a regular cpu heatsink/fan. These processors are designed for a dinky heatsink/fan combo so a full-fledged cpu cooler is capeable of doing a great deal of cooling on these.
As a note, the processors *should* work in any motherboard that uses that socket, and has a bios that supports undervolting a cpu, IIRC these cpus stock only use 1.25 volts
FTA: "Although it's a small company--it only has three full-time employees"
so I guess only one stinky unshowered nerd