Exactly, this condition means you cannot use your printer. Eventually, I found I had about 20 seconds from power-on before the forcible power off. It turns out this is just enough time to get into the configuration menu and initiate a factory reset. After the configuration is clear, the printer behaves once again.
>>Do people really need to print to their printer when they are outside their LAN?
I didn't need to print outside my LAN, but I did use the feature to allow the kids' chromebooks access to the printer. Not really worth it in the end.
If they lock up the design details of the software/firmware, they do not need to bother with physically impounding the tractor. It can happily sit defunct on the field as a useless monument to vendor lock-in.
Slim devices contributes to a GPL'd Server that is typically used to stream to their SqueezeBox player hardware. But, get this, there are software versions of the Squeeze box, namely 'soft squeeze' that emulate nearly perfectly the hardware features, and in some cases, is more useful. If nothing else, WinAMP can be used as a client as well, and it's playlist can be controlled via Slim Server (though some features are lost).
Here's some features of Slim Server that make this worth considering for your whole-house idea:
A. Any cheap PC with a JVM can be a client player B. The server can keep multiple players in-sync C. All clients can be controlled centrally from the server's web-interface D. The server can proxy web-casts/streams to your players E. The server allows you to bit-peel/transcode audio for a given client (ideal if you wanted to stream your audio to your office/hotel/etc) f. Fairly Robust indexing/browsing. G. iTunes integration
If you can afford it, a commercial solution from IBM, LanDesk, or Acronis is probably going to be easier to administer. But if your like me, your on a tight budget and don't mind using free stuff that takes some massaging.
Windows: ------------------- If your deploying Windows, then I would suggest you use M$'s free (as in beer) solution, Automated Deployment Services:
I've used this in my lab for cloning Windows 2003 instances. It's a PXE/tftp based solution. It works very similarly to IBM's RDM, LanDesk, etc.. but with a crappy administrative interface. Took all of 3 hours to setup, including my RTFM time. After setting some QOS for my server's switch ports, I had extremely good throughput from MS's 'Reliable TFTP' service, which I cannot say I had with IBM.
This same setup could be done via syslinux + slim kernel + small root fs via NFS, but don't forget the need to use Microsoft Sysprep right before you clone your image. Whichever route you go, you'll want to switch to a Volume Licensing model for your client machines, so you won't have to worry about maintaining a database of 300+ license key allocations.
... the FOSS community couldn't build in subversive functionality allowing all of those Chinese school-children to read up on things like 'Freedom' and 'Liberty'. Using all of the Linux goodness for further oppression of the Chinese people seems wrong and wasteful.
I think the phone companies have taken a long hard look at the competing technologies, and are fighting back with teeth bared and envelopes stuffed full of political contributions.
Take a look at the recent upswing in Muni-WiFi legislation, the furthering of lobbying to impose traditional fees and restrictions on VOIP providers, and the bundling of services (POTS, DSL, Cellular/Mobile) coming out of the larger telecoms.
I recently met a QWest sales rep at a non-business function (think Elementary School Music Program), and when I asked about his take on VOIP, his head exploded, and he began the longest, most invigorated FUD speech I have ever heard. They take this sh*t more seriously than Redmond does LInux/FOSS.
Thanks for the info. Here's something that might indicate a brighter future for TOra/Win32:
I was perusing the CVS archives, and it appears that there is an effort underway to port windows TOra to either QT/Free or QT/GPL: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/tor a/tora/RE ADME.LICENSE?rev=1.1&view=markup
I guess I spoke too soon about the community interest in keeping a Windows port alive.
I think if you take a look at the TOra project, you'll see an example of the closed fork doing worse than the open one. TOra stands for Toolkit for Oracle, it is a feature competitor to Quest Software's TOAD toolkit.
I was thrilled when I found TORa, and when I found the project had a windows port. It's DDL/Data extraction is by far the best feature for my day-to-day work.
At some point, Quest Software hires the TOra developer, and closes the source on the Windows port. I was still so enamoured with TOra that I pestered the Quest sales staff monthly to find out when it will hit the price sheet, so I can buy the now closed version. I don't think they ever intended to sell a competing product, though.
So, 9-12 months later, the Windows port is defunct, with Quest claiming that all features of TOra are now available in Toad.
I wouldn't call this a successful acquisition, unless you count Quest Software (for squishing a competing product) or the original developer of TOra (which, I admit, has to make a living some how). Perhaps you could count Mac and Linux users as winners here, as they still enjoy an open-licensed version, whose developer is now on a steady payroll related to the project.
Had they kept TOra intact for Windows users, and priced it competitively with TOAD, I would have been happy to be a paying customer.
I'm all for getting rid of the pirated copies of Windows/Office/etc.. If OSS is going really make an impact, it will be in providing feature compatible alternatives to commercial offerings, reducing the amount of free market influence that commercial companies enjoy when somebody steals their software.
I don't even mind them listing 'potentially' unsafe programs as long as they allow the user to select which programs are to remain untouched.
"Safe" software is a very subjective term. If I noticed winPcap on my grandmother's computer, It would indicate to me that somebody is doing something they shouldn't be doing with her tcp/ip stack, since she is not likely to use tools like Ethereal/TCPDump.
I guess my comment stems from the fact that I believe Microsoft's efforts at providing anti-spyware products to be a means for them to generate revenue from the fact that they produce products that are widely known to be inferior from a privacy/security standpoint.
I use Microsoft products. I live in the same world as everyone else, with the same rules of business. And I wouldn't pretend that Linux/FreeBSD/MacOSX are ready to be the next alternative to 90% of the computing free world.
But to make a product that has a history of falling short with regards to security and user privacy, and then to market/sell another product to protect you from those who would take advantage of those shortcomings.
Not that all of this really belongs in an 'Ask Slashdot' anyway. But I feel like I would end up out of business if I were a plumbing supplier who sold you faulty pipes and fittings, and then sold you a product to remove the mildew from your basement after the leaks formed.
When you control the OS that makes it so easy for spyware companies to slide there software onto your machine.
What's next? Microsoft and antivirus?
Not that M$ shouldn't have a role in prevention of these problems. It would be more genuine of them to have a part by opening/improving the OS rather than profiting off of the widespread use of their weak product(s).
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Exactly, this condition means you cannot use your printer. Eventually, I found I had about 20 seconds from power-on before the forcible power off. It turns out this is just enough time to get into the configuration menu and initiate a factory reset. After the configuration is clear, the printer behaves once again. >>Do people really need to print to their printer when they are outside their LAN? I didn't need to print outside my LAN, but I did use the feature to allow the kids' chromebooks access to the printer. Not really worth it in the end.
If they lock up the design details of the software/firmware, they do not need to bother with physically impounding the tractor. It can happily sit defunct on the field as a useless monument to vendor lock-in.
I guess we'll find out if it's possible to Slashdot a mail server!
Slim devices contributes to a GPL'd Server that is typically used to stream to their SqueezeBox player hardware. But, get this, there are software versions of the Squeeze box, namely 'soft squeeze' that emulate nearly perfectly the hardware features, and in some cases, is more useful. If nothing else, WinAMP can be used as a client as well, and it's playlist can be controlled via Slim Server (though some features are lost).
Here's some features of Slim Server that make this worth considering for your whole-house idea:
A. Any cheap PC with a JVM can be a client player
B. The server can keep multiple players in-sync
C. All clients can be controlled centrally from the server's web-interface
D. The server can proxy web-casts/streams to your players
E. The server allows you to bit-peel/transcode audio for a given client (ideal if you wanted to stream your audio to your office/hotel/etc)
f. Fairly Robust indexing/browsing.
G. iTunes integration
Check it out at:
Slim Server Download, all platforms
Soft Squeeze @ Source Forge
If you can afford it, a commercial solution from IBM, LanDesk, or Acronis is probably going to be easier to administer. But if your like me, your on a tight budget and don't mind using free stuff that takes some massaging.
Windows:
-------------------
If your deploying Windows, then I would suggest you use M$'s free (as in beer) solution, Automated Deployment Services:
I've used this in my lab for cloning Windows 2003 instances. It's a PXE/tftp based solution. It works very similarly to IBM's RDM, LanDesk, etc.. but with a crappy administrative interface. Took all of 3 hours to setup, including my RTFM time. After setting some QOS for my server's switch ports, I had extremely good throughput from MS's 'Reliable TFTP' service, which I cannot say I had with IBM.
This same setup could be done via syslinux + slim kernel + small root fs via NFS, but don't forget the need to use Microsoft Sysprep right before you clone your image. Whichever route you go, you'll want to switch to a Volume Licensing model for your client machines, so you won't have to worry about maintaining a database of 300+ license key allocations.
... the FOSS community couldn't build in subversive functionality allowing all of those Chinese school-children to read up on things like 'Freedom' and 'Liberty'. Using all of the Linux goodness for further oppression of the Chinese people seems wrong and wasteful.
Q: How many IBM Processors does it take to execute a job?
A: Four. Three to hold it down, and one to rip it's head off.
I think the phone companies have taken a long hard look at the competing technologies, and are fighting back with teeth bared and envelopes stuffed full of political contributions.
Take a look at the recent upswing in Muni-WiFi legislation, the furthering of lobbying to impose traditional fees and restrictions on VOIP providers, and the bundling of services (POTS, DSL, Cellular/Mobile) coming out of the larger telecoms.
I recently met a QWest sales rep at a non-business function (think Elementary School Music Program), and when I asked about his take on VOIP, his head exploded, and he began the longest, most invigorated FUD speech I have ever heard. They take this sh*t more seriously than Redmond does LInux/FOSS.
Thanks for the info. Here's something that might indicate a brighter future for TOra/Win32:
r a/tora/RE ADME.LICENSE?rev=1.1&view=markup
I was perusing the CVS archives, and it appears that there is an effort underway to port windows TOra to either QT/Free or QT/GPL:
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/to
I guess I spoke too soon about the community interest in keeping a Windows port alive.
I think if you take a look at the TOra project, you'll see an example of the closed fork doing worse than the open one. TOra stands for Toolkit for Oracle, it is a feature competitor to Quest Software's TOAD toolkit.
I was thrilled when I found TORa, and when I found the project had a windows port. It's DDL/Data extraction is by far the best feature for my day-to-day work.
At some point, Quest Software hires the TOra developer, and closes the source on the Windows port. I was still so enamoured with TOra that I pestered the Quest sales staff monthly to find out when it will hit the price sheet, so I can buy the now closed version. I don't think they ever intended to sell a competing product, though.
So, 9-12 months later, the Windows port is defunct, with Quest claiming that all features of TOra are now available in Toad.
I wouldn't call this a successful acquisition, unless you count Quest Software (for squishing a competing product) or the original developer of TOra (which, I admit, has to make a living some how). Perhaps you could count Mac and Linux users as winners here, as they still enjoy an open-licensed version, whose developer is now on a steady payroll related to the project.
Had they kept TOra intact for Windows users, and priced it competitively with TOAD, I would have been happy to be a paying customer.
I'm all for getting rid of the pirated copies of Windows/Office/etc.. If OSS is going really make an impact, it will be in providing feature compatible alternatives to commercial offerings, reducing the amount of free market influence that commercial companies enjoy when somebody steals their software.
I don't even mind them listing 'potentially' unsafe programs as long as they allow the user to select which programs are to remain untouched.
"Safe" software is a very subjective term. If I noticed winPcap on my grandmother's computer, It would indicate to me that somebody is doing something they shouldn't be doing with her tcp/ip stack, since she is not likely to use tools like Ethereal/TCPDump.
I guess my comment stems from the fact that I believe Microsoft's efforts at providing anti-spyware products to be a means for them to generate revenue from the fact that they produce products that are widely known to be inferior from a privacy/security standpoint.
I use Microsoft products. I live in the same world as everyone else, with the same rules of business. And I wouldn't pretend that Linux/FreeBSD/MacOSX are ready to be the next alternative to 90% of the computing free world.
But to make a product that has a history of falling short with regards to security and user privacy, and then to market/sell another product to protect you from those who would take advantage of those shortcomings.
Not that all of this really belongs in an 'Ask Slashdot' anyway. But I feel like I would end up out of business if I were a plumbing supplier who sold you faulty pipes and fittings, and then sold you a product to remove the mildew from your basement after the leaks formed.
When you control the OS that makes it so easy for spyware companies to slide there software onto your machine.
What's next? Microsoft and antivirus?
Not that M$ shouldn't have a role in prevention of these problems. It would be more genuine of them to have a part by opening/improving the OS rather than profiting off of the widespread use of their weak product(s).