Is there any decent GUI for PostgreSQL? It seems that I'm left with a choice between using a real database that has no GUI, and using a crappy database with a decent GUI.
What is the most secure Linux setup? SELinux, grsecurity or something else? Should I ignore these and put every daemon in a separate UserModeLinux jail?
By secure I mean mitigating the likelyhood that any bug will allow an attacker to obtain root, remotely or locally.
Ideally so secure that when properly (and strictly) configured no hole discovered in the past few years would have been exploitable.
Why do none of the remedys require microsoft to release all APIs? This would solve the problems, would not destroy their business but would reduce their ability to harm consumers more than any other action.
What could they so desperately want to keep secret? Usually there's just no reason for a hardware manufacturer wanting to keep secret the information necessary to write a driver. When they do this, it's out of ignorance (or sometimes Microsoft threats, but I havn't heard evidence of this happening lately).
What could Intel's motivation be? Is it to hide a huge flaw, or to hide a huge security vulnerability such as backdoored encryption?
The really amazing thing is that most people in the US don't believe it is true when they hear about civil forfeiture. It just sounds so outrageous that it can't possibly be true. So nothing gets done to stop it.
I don't know anyone who doesn't use the net. I even know crack whores and bums that use the net. Who are the 31% that don't use the net? Maybe that's the 31% of America that is illiterate, or the 31% of America that is in prison.
Could someone please explain exactly what is wrong with AC97? How could the quality be affected if I'm using the SPDIF out? (And why would you complain about quality if you're not?)
Flippantly assuming that just because the Chinese are the 'Bad Guys' they'll ignore all business regulation,
Why does ignoring impediments to a free market make them bad guys? It shows that they are more concerned about an open economy than the US, "land of the free", is.
For instance, in most of the world, if a woman writes a letter explicitly authorising a man to have sexual intercourse with her, and he does, he can still be found guilty of rape because the right to refuse to have sex is protected.
So it's absolutely impossible for a man to make sure that a woman won't change her mind later and charge him with rape?
School bores intelligent students, because the school system is designed to keep Americans uneducated and complacent. You drug them, and they find their school work interesting enough to complete it and get an A. Just like if you're drunk, stupid bar sluts are more interesting to talk to, so that you talk to them and get laid.
It's no different. Modern society places certain requirements on people. Intelligence can be a detriment. You can tune down the intelligence and its side effects with different drugs depending on the situation.
Without ritalin I wouldn't be productive, without alcohol I wouldn't get laid, without MDMA I wouldn't find love and without steroids I wouldn't be strong.
I like my ipod, but I can't use the itunes music store. I apparantly can't even browse what music they have available. I'd like to be able to get any song on demand. (Though a dollar per song seems a little steep, as I don't get a full quality copy. It's not even as good as ``lame --preset extreme'').
They have a Windows version and a OS X version. But no Linux version. I can't possibly see why they would need to force me to run proprietary software just to pay a dollar to download a file. Plenty of other services let you log in and pay to download something. It's trivial. Therefore, they went through extra effort to force the software to only run on two platforms.
Whatever their motive, this does not seem like a friendly act. Instead, it seems like an act of hostility.
Does anyone have the details of what their system is architected like, what thet expected load is, and what hardware they want to buy? We don't even know if their problem is networking equipment, cpu power, disk speed, bandwidth, we have no idea about anything! This information is available nowhere and the link to get more information - the mailing list - tells you it's down.
They put the engine in the wheel, massively increasing the amount of unsprung weight. The benefits from this layout can't possibly outweigh the huge drawbacks.
This idea will never be marketable, as the vehicle will handle terribly and have a terrible ride.
Checking shoes? Doesn't that feel like the whole US is a medium-security prison already? I flew enough in Russia, a few times to Europe, once to Japan and I never had anyone check my shoes. I can tell you - I will be really pissed off when someone tries it with me. <p> The US *is* a medium-security prison already. <p> If you get pissed off with the security screeners, something bad will happen. Maybe you'll be seriously hassled yet allowed on the flight. Then you're lucky. You might be not allowed on. You might be arrested and charged with something minor like obstruction of justice or disorderly conduct. You might be charged with a really serious (many years in prison) offense.
When some members of my family were in the US recently, they noticed that people's shoes were checked - except those who were wearing trainers.
I think this is UKish for sneakers. Every time I fly, the people in front of me wearing uncomfortable shoes are asked to take them off, and if they're not clear about it (e.g. "shoes off" instead of "boots off") I ask "are sneakers OK?" and they always are. Until the last time I flew, in which I was asked to take them off. And I had to stand on the COLD floor in my socks for about 15 minutes while they discussed what was in the bag in front of mine.
Nice lifestyle, dude. Try consolidating your TWO laptops into one. And your TWO cellphones. (Hint: One nice phone and several SIM cards work well.)
I need two laptops because one is work and one is personal. I'm forbidden to use the work laptop for personal use and I'm forbidden (both by the company and by software licenses) to use the personal laptop for work use. There's nothing I can do about this until the economy recovers and it is safe to get a better job.
I live in the US and most cellphones don't have SIM cards. Also I need both to be on at the same time. And it's the same issue as the laptops, one is work and one is personal and while it's not expressly forbidden to use the personal phone for business, it certainly is forbidden to use the business phone for personal calls.
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Is there any decent GUI for PostgreSQL? It seems that I'm left with a choice between using a real database that has no GUI, and using a crappy database with a decent GUI.
What is the most secure Linux setup? SELinux, grsecurity or something else? Should I ignore these and put every daemon in a separate UserModeLinux jail?
By secure I mean mitigating the likelyhood that any bug will allow an attacker to obtain root, remotely or locally.
Ideally so secure that when properly (and strictly) configured no hole discovered in the past few years would have been exploitable.
They would if the government paid them as much as the subsidy they paid to AMD.
Why do none of the remedys require microsoft to release all APIs? This would solve the problems, would not destroy their business but would reduce their ability to harm consumers more than any other action.
What could they so desperately want to keep secret? Usually there's just no reason for a hardware manufacturer wanting to keep secret the information necessary to write a driver. When they do this, it's out of ignorance (or sometimes Microsoft threats, but I havn't heard evidence of this happening lately).
What could Intel's motivation be? Is it to hide a huge flaw, or to hide a huge security vulnerability such as backdoored encryption?
The really amazing thing is that most people in the US don't believe it is true when they hear about civil forfeiture. It just sounds so outrageous that it can't possibly be true. So nothing gets done to stop it.
I don't know anyone who doesn't use the net. I even know crack whores and bums that use the net. Who are the 31% that don't use the net? Maybe that's the 31% of America that is illiterate, or the 31% of America that is in prison.
Could someone please explain exactly what is wrong with AC97? How could the quality be affected if I'm using the SPDIF out? (And why would you complain about quality if you're not?)
If only there were some way to have a digital output from the computer, and do the D/A conversion in a dedicated box.
Why does ignoring impediments to a free market make them bad guys? It shows that they are more concerned about an open economy than the US, "land of the free", is.
So it's absolutely impossible for a man to make sure that a woman won't change her mind later and charge him with rape?
I've seen people eat two of the above three items.
School bores intelligent students, because the school system is designed to keep Americans uneducated and complacent. You drug them, and they find their school work interesting enough to complete it and get an A. Just like if you're drunk, stupid bar sluts are more interesting to talk to, so that you talk to them and get laid.
It's no different. Modern society places certain requirements on people. Intelligence can be a detriment. You can tune down the intelligence and its side effects with different drugs depending on the situation.
Without ritalin I wouldn't be productive, without alcohol I wouldn't get laid, without MDMA I wouldn't find love and without steroids I wouldn't be strong.
I have seen SysV vs BSD as internal corporate political battle lines before. Never emacs vs vi or Gnome vs KDE. But finally!
What strange times we live in.
You should always use cdparanoia. Otherwise you are left with undetected errors. All other rippers cause errors except in ideal circumstances.
Strange. The victim had third degree burns. 130 F isn't hot enough to cause third degree burns. How can you explain this?
I like my ipod, but I can't use the itunes music store. I apparantly can't even browse what music they have available. I'd like to be able to get any song on demand. (Though a dollar per song seems a little steep, as I don't get a full quality copy. It's not even as good as ``lame --preset extreme'').
They have a Windows version and a OS X version. But no Linux version. I can't possibly see why they would need to force me to run proprietary software just to pay a dollar to download a file. Plenty of other services let you log in and pay to download something. It's trivial. Therefore, they went through extra effort to force the software to only run on two platforms.
Whatever their motive, this does not seem like a friendly act. Instead, it seems like an act of hostility.
Does anyone have the details of what their system is architected like, what thet expected load is, and what hardware they want to buy? We don't even know if their problem is networking equipment, cpu power, disk speed, bandwidth, we have no idea about anything! This information is available nowhere and the link to get more information - the mailing list - tells you it's down.
They put the engine in the wheel, massively increasing the amount of unsprung weight. The benefits from this layout can't possibly outweigh the huge drawbacks.
This idea will never be marketable, as the vehicle will handle terribly and have a terrible ride.
Until you're driving drunk and kill someone and had a chance to escape the scene except for the fact that your car called the cops.
Checking shoes? Doesn't that feel like the whole US is a medium-security prison already? I flew enough in Russia, a few times to Europe, once to Japan and I never had anyone check my shoes. I can tell you - I will be really pissed off when someone tries it with me.
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The US *is* a medium-security prison already.
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If you get pissed off with the security screeners, something bad will happen. Maybe you'll be seriously hassled yet allowed on the flight. Then you're lucky. You might be not allowed on. You might be arrested and charged with something minor like obstruction of justice or disorderly conduct. You might be charged with a really serious (many years in prison) offense.
What if the laptop doesn't boot for a totally legitimate reason, like some other security guy dropped it and broke the hard drive?
I think this is UKish for sneakers. Every time I fly, the people in front of me wearing uncomfortable shoes are asked to take them off, and if they're not clear about it (e.g. "shoes off" instead of "boots off") I ask "are sneakers OK?" and they always are. Until the last time I flew, in which I was asked to take them off. And I had to stand on the COLD floor in my socks for about 15 minutes while they discussed what was in the bag in front of mine.
I need two laptops because one is work and one is personal. I'm forbidden to use the work laptop for personal use and I'm forbidden (both by the company and by software licenses) to use the personal laptop for work use. There's nothing I can do about this until the economy recovers and it is safe to get a better job.
I live in the US and most cellphones don't have SIM cards. Also I need both to be on at the same time. And it's the same issue as the laptops, one is work and one is personal and while it's not expressly forbidden to use the personal phone for business, it certainly is forbidden to use the business phone for personal calls.
Have the connector select the voltage(s) and AC or DC by jumpering different sets of pins.