Shortcuts are the evolution of PIF files. They often contain information about how an application should start (maximization, default path, memory size, compatability modes etc). They are not designed to be used like symlinks.
I actually like shortcuts, they're nicer than KDE's start menu system which doesn't use shortcut files but a config file instead.
Interesting claim that NTFS supports hardlinks. So, how do I do something like this:
ln a.txt b.txt
Here's a free hint from an MSCE: you can't because there is no support for hard links in NT.
So, you're saying Microsoft needs a law to tell them how to treat their employees? They won't do the right thing unless a legal gun is held to their head?
Let me sum up what I said so you can understand: Microsoft and many companies clearly have an interest in this law.
Notice that I didn't actually make any judgements about whether it was right that they be involved in the law making because of their interests?
There is nothing preventing ANY corporation from treating gay employees equally. Microsoft would have a hell of a lot better luck telling any insurance company that denied one of their employees benefits based on sexual orientation to "fix it or we'll dump your ass".
Which is why, I would imagine, Microsoft thought government interventation (i.e. a law) was necessary. It ain't perfect (no law is) but it's a step in the right direction right?
Now all that's happened is Microsoft have gone from publically pro to publically neutral. Big deal.
what the hell does a software company have to do with promoting gay rights? i don't remember any questions to that effect the last time i installed windows...
I gyess they won't be promoting gay rights in windows anymore. Good bye Luna.
Specifically, a law that is totally unrelated to their industry
Considering the law in no small part had to do with discrimination in employment situations, I would imagine it is totally related to companies that...you know.....employ people.
LEDs are current controlled devices. You can hook it up to as many volts as you want as long as you control the amount of current going through them. On the cheap, you can do this by using a rectifier and a resistor (where R = (120V - LED VOLTAGE DROP) / 0.02) but in practise you would probably use more complex current regulating curcuitry. Also, since LEDs drop voltage, hooking up LEDs in series will already reduce the voltage across each LED.
FYI, many car and PC modders do this -- using 470ohm resistors in series with their LEDs so that they can power them with 12 volts.
How do you know your backup was made at a point where the file data is stable frOm an apps point of view? Either the app has to be made freeze aware or the app has to be closed.
The snapshot volume you mentioned helps to keep the sever running but any data you backup would be like data copied from a drive from a machine that was powered off without shutting down. You never know just what wasn't in a stable state! Maybe apps need to be written to be backup aware.
xfs_freeze might make sure that the fs level of the files is fine but what happens if it occurs at a time when an application is doing something vital. I doubt all applications on linux are written to be xfs_freeze aware.
I like the computational problem solution. Most of us wouldn't mind if email took 5 seconds longer to send because the computer had to solve a computation challenge.
Ofcourse swapping the electronics from a protected hard disk to an unprotected one won't work. But swapping the electronics for one that *doesn't care* about the password will.
Yes it will. Who cares what's stored on the HDD? The BIOS doesn't need the password to read data. It's not like the data is encrypted using the password as a key.
Perhaps it doesn't have a third and "correct" copy of the gene but maybe both copies have sequences of dna that work like ECC (error correcting codes/hamming codes) and allow the error in the gene to be corrected.
Not all errors can be corrected but maybe 5% is enough to allow the survival of the species in the event of a catastrophic and widespread gene mutation.
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Most notebooks have USB jacks, but ones with flash readers are pretty rare.
Eh? All the notebooks I've had in the last 5 years have had SD and/or compact flash slots.
I'd rather have one of these.
Works fine here (XPSP2)
Are you sure the disk is in NTFS5 format?
Shortcuts are the evolution of PIF files. They often contain information about how an application should start (maximization, default path, memory size, compatability modes etc). They are not designed to be used like symlinks.
I actually like shortcuts, they're nicer than KDE's start menu system which doesn't use shortcut files but a config file instead.
Use hardlinks. Type "fsutil hardlink" from your console/command-prompt.
Uh
That's standard with XP.
There's also the linkd program from the NT/2K resource kit and you can also get Junction from SysInternals.
BTW, where did you get your MSCE?
So, you're saying Microsoft needs a law to tell them how to treat their employees? They won't do the right thing unless a legal gun is held to their head?
Let me sum up what I said so you can understand: Microsoft and many companies clearly have an interest in this law.
Notice that I didn't actually make any judgements about whether it was right that they be involved in the law making because of their interests?
There is nothing preventing ANY corporation from treating gay employees equally. Microsoft would have a hell of a lot better luck telling any insurance company that denied one of their employees benefits based on sexual orientation to "fix it or we'll dump your ass".
Which is why, I would imagine, Microsoft thought government interventation (i.e. a law) was necessary. It ain't perfect (no law is) but it's a step in the right direction right?
Now all that's happened is Microsoft have gone from publically pro to publically neutral. Big deal.
what the hell does a software company have to do with promoting gay rights? i don't remember any questions to that effect the last time i installed windows...
I gyess they won't be promoting gay rights in windows anymore. Good bye Luna.
Specifically, a law that is totally unrelated to their industry
Considering the law in no small part had to do with discrimination in employment situations, I would imagine it is totally related to companies that...you know.....employ people.
There's no good reason to encrypt virtual memory that's just going to go away when the computer is restarted
It will go away only when the computer comes back up but anyone can simply take out the HDD and read the swap file on another machine.
Saying there's no point in encrypting virtual memory is pretty ignorant.
three words:
Piecrse Brosnan isn't one word.
You don't need 120AC to 5VDC converters.
LEDs are current controlled devices. You can hook it up to as many volts as you want as long as you control the amount of current going through them. On the cheap, you can do this by using a rectifier and a resistor (where R = (120V - LED VOLTAGE DROP) / 0.02) but in practise you would probably use more complex current regulating curcuitry.
Also, since LEDs drop voltage, hooking up LEDs in series will already reduce the voltage across each LED.
FYI, many car and PC modders do this -- using 470ohm resistors in series with their LEDs so that they can power them with 12 volts.
That doesn't Change anything.
How do you know your backup was made at a point where the file data is stable frOm an apps point of view? Either the app has to be made freeze aware or the app has to be closed.
The snapshot volume you mentioned helps to keep the sever running but any data you backup would be like data copied from a drive from a machine that was powered off without shutting down. You never know just what wasn't in a stable state! Maybe apps need to be written to be backup aware.
xfs_freeze might make sure that the fs level of the files is fine but what happens if it occurs at a time when an application is doing something vital. I doubt all applications on linux are written to be xfs_freeze aware.
Name one $10,000 piece of software that is somehow broken by SP2 (with no workaround) and has no patch provided for free by the author.
48 hours is already too much, and a month represents a century in the IT universe...
So you're telling me I have to wait an eon for Longhorn to come out?
Can't they just transmit on all frequencies and all languages like they do on Star Trek?
Perhaps you should RTFA.
I like the computational problem solution. Most of us wouldn't mind if email took 5 seconds longer to send because the computer had to solve a computation challenge.
Perhaps you should RTFA
Some oil company i think
Ofcourse swapping the electronics from a protected hard disk to an unprotected one won't work. But swapping the electronics for one that *doesn't care* about the password will.
The data is not encrypted.
Yes it will. Who cares what's stored on the HDD? The BIOS doesn't need the password to read data. It's not like the data is encrypted using the password as a key.
Yes, but they are light. Certainly lighter than protons which are themselves light.
Perhaps it doesn't have a third and "correct" copy of the gene but maybe both copies have sequences of dna that work like ECC (error correcting codes/hamming codes) and allow the error in the gene to be corrected.
Not all errors can be corrected but maybe 5% is enough to allow the survival of the species in the event of a catastrophic and widespread gene mutation.
Especially silly since the grandparent is wrong about MS dropping .NET.