Either copy the installation files over the network to the local hard drive and run it from there, or configure a RIS server for a completly hands-free installation.
Now, explain to me please how I install redhat 6.2 on my laptop over the network, since there are no Linux drivers for my lovely new D-Link DFE-680TXD Ethernet card.
P.S. This is not a Pro MS troll, I'm just enjoying the arguement!
In fact, the point is worse than that, you can't trust anything that has a verisign certificate, as it is clearly far too easy to get a fake certificate.
Aren't G3 Cubes fanless? Get one of those and run Linux on it, or OSX+X on the BSD.
This is not perhaps a cheap solution, but should be a quiet one.
These days you'll find most thin client machines running gasp! WinCE and Termincla Server/Metaframe clients, but there are still people making X terminals I'm sure.
For example, Wyse offer X11 as an option on some of their their winterm products.
What else could you try...if a web browser is enough for you then something like a dreamcast might do, although I dunno how easy it is to get broadband support for them.
Oh, I suppose if you don't mind DIY you could run cables from server room to your bedroom. Videk, for example (you may have a better local supplier for this sort of thing) make all sorts of little toys: devices to boost the signal so you can use 50m mouse, keyboard and monitor cables; boxes that let you run 1600x1200 video over 120m of twisted pair, etc.
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I suggest you put it on the moon. Apart from the chances of being hit by meteorite, what environmental factors would affect it?
Of course, no-one would see it there until Moonbase Alpha is completed.... perhaps better would be to burn the inscription on the moon so big it can be seen from earth. If you change your name to Coca-Cola I'm sure you'd get sponsorship.
All laws can be divided into two:
Those thant ban things that are morally wrong.
Those that ban things that are not morally wrong in order to make it easier to enforce the laws in the first category.
Well, sure, the UK could indeed send the marines in. Hell, we could invade Spain too if we wanted. (I'd prefer France, but they have Nukes too.)
But the UK has obligations ot respect international law etc. etc. and after some bad PR experiences we are loathe to do anything "extra-curricular" even when there are higher stakes than some American company being pissed off.
And another point - I would say that Taiwan certainly irritates China. If they're still OK why shouldn't sealand?
Sealand would doubtless also point out that quite a large part of the UK is inside their territorial waters. (They extended their waters to 12 miles the same day the UK did;-)
Territorial waters give you no right or claim to any land that happens to be in them.
Good point, in my experience one of the neatest ways to total an NT box is to install an even-numbered service pack. I don't know if it is coincidence or some flaw in their process, but the even numbered ones screw you up every time.
How could someone prove your religion is not Jedi? I mean, if you say "don't have a church" then 90% of people who put "Christian" are breaking the law.
...is experience, far above qualifications. Often the biggest hurdle is that first piece of experience, and many (me too) have to take low paid jobs at the beginning of the career to get CV points for later.
So, if the military offers you opportunities to get useful experience, and if you're cool about the other aspects that make them a unique employeer (possibility of shooting someone/getting shot) then why not?
On the other hand, if you think you vcan get a job at MS, that is also going to be an interesting point on your CV.
Where do you thik you'd get ot play with the coolest toys?
I think the seperate system described here is better - it's important to seperate church and state as they say; i.e. Slashdot has as little as possible to do with the adds.
That way, there's no point in advertisers trying to influence slashdot, etc.
In a previous job, I was once called to a Mac that's keyboard was giving grief. It was used by a bunch of people, one of the main users rolled his own cigarettes.
When I opened the keyboard up, it had enough tobacco in it to make a pack.... obviously he'd been making cigs while he sat there working...
I can see the scenario, the first sattellite is connected to the internet, there's a post here, it gets slahdotted and falls out of the sky, destroying Dayton, Ohio.
Yes, basically the moon is blown out of orbit in 1999 by a huge explosion on the dark side. Off it whizzes thru space, taking with it Moonbase Alpha; and it encounters various stange alien series.
It is a Gerry Anderson series. (of Thunderbirds fame) ALthough he is most famous for puppet based shows, like Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90 etc. he also did do a number of series where he used live actors for the characters, and his puppet skillz for the special fx. UFO was my favorite.
The science in Space:1999 is of course mad, mad I say, but hey, it's fun and had some interesting ideas. The COMLOCK devices they used were neat I always thought (basically they carried devices that were combined video phones, door passes, and i.d cards). And the Eagle spacecraft were excellent. Inspiration: I' off to DL some wallpaper of Eagle 1 I think.
How much computing knowlege do they have?
I think at least you should talk a little about what an OS is, then explain what UNIX is and what Open Source is about.
He may be (legitimately) worried that if OpenSSH is less secure than SSH (and I have no knowledge either way) , and there is confusion between the two, then he may be "tarred with the same brush".
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OS-X supports two button mice doesn't it?
Either copy the installation files over the network to the local hard drive and run it from there, or configure a RIS server for a completly hands-free installation.
Now, explain to me please how I install redhat 6.2 on my laptop over the network, since there are no Linux drivers for my lovely new D-Link DFE-680TXD Ethernet card.
P.S. This is not a Pro MS troll, I'm just enjoying the arguement!
In fact, the point is worse than that, you can't trust anything that has a verisign certificate, as it is clearly far too easy to get a fake certificate.
Aren't G3 Cubes fanless? Get one of those and run Linux on it, or OSX+X on the BSD.
This is not perhaps a cheap solution, but should be a quiet one.
These days you'll find most thin client machines running gasp! WinCE and Termincla Server/Metaframe clients, but there are still people making X terminals I'm sure.
For example, Wyse offer X11 as an option on some of their their winterm products.
What else could you try...if a web browser is enough for you then something like a dreamcast might do, although I dunno how easy it is to get broadband support for them.
Oh, I suppose if you don't mind DIY you could run cables from server room to your bedroom. Videk, for example (you may have a better local supplier for this sort of thing) make all sorts of little toys: devices to boost the signal so you can use 50m mouse, keyboard and monitor cables; boxes that let you run 1600x1200 video over 120m of twisted pair, etc.
I suggest you put it on the moon. Apart from the chances of being hit by meteorite, what environmental factors would affect it?
Of course, no-one would see it there until Moonbase Alpha is completed.... perhaps better would be to burn the inscription on the moon so big it can be seen from earth. If you change your name to Coca-Cola I'm sure you'd get sponsorship.
A lot of nice models of PalmOS running hardware about now; you can get cheap ones, ones with springboards, color ones, thin ones.
Of course as a Psion 5 user what I really want is a m505 sized box runnning Quartz with a built-in GSM phone.... or GPRS maybe.
Technology is cool isn't it.
All laws can be divided into two:
Those thant ban things that are morally wrong.
Those that ban things that are not morally wrong in order to make it easier to enforce the laws in the first category.
Most laws fit into the second category.
Well, sure, the UK could indeed send the marines in. Hell, we could invade Spain too if we wanted. (I'd prefer France, but they have Nukes too.)
But the UK has obligations ot respect international law etc. etc. and after some bad PR experiences we are loathe to do anything "extra-curricular" even when there are higher stakes than some American company being pissed off.
And another point - I would say that Taiwan certainly irritates China. If they're still OK why shouldn't sealand?
Territorial waters give you no right or claim to any land that happens to be in them.
Oh, doubtless it's some big db application language that is so deeply ingrained they can't get it out of there.
...voice?
Though I must admit I have no idea what the state of voice is on Linux, Windoze voice is now very good with a juicy enough machine.
Good point, in my experience one of the neatest ways to total an NT box is to install an even-numbered service pack. I don't know if it is coincidence or some flaw in their process, but the even numbered ones screw you up every time.
His fiance.
How could someone prove your religion is not Jedi? I mean, if you say "don't have a church" then 90% of people who put "Christian" are breaking the law.
A census taker tried to measure me once...
...is experience, far above qualifications. Often the biggest hurdle is that first piece of experience, and many (me too) have to take low paid jobs at the beginning of the career to get CV points for later.
So, if the military offers you opportunities to get useful experience, and if you're cool about the other aspects that make them a unique employeer (possibility of shooting someone/getting shot) then why not?
On the other hand, if you think you vcan get a job at MS, that is also going to be an interesting point on your CV.
Where do you thik you'd get ot play with the coolest toys?
I think the seperate system described here is better - it's important to seperate church and state as they say; i.e. Slashdot has as little as possible to do with the adds.
That way, there's no point in advertisers trying to influence slashdot, etc.
In a previous job, I was once called to a Mac that's keyboard was giving grief. It was used by a bunch of people, one of the main users rolled his own cigarettes.
When I opened the keyboard up, it had enough tobacco in it to make a pack.... obviously he'd been making cigs while he sat there working...
I can see the scenario, the first sattellite is connected to the internet, there's a post here, it gets slahdotted and falls out of the sky, destroying Dayton, Ohio.
Doh! forgot the sensless Wayne's World reference: "Hey! No smoke on the matter."
Shurely they mean that the neutrinos can pass through matter, such as smoke.
Of course, he could have just as easily said "'pass through matter like lead, Hemos's head, cheesy puffs, etc."
Yes, basically the moon is blown out of orbit in 1999 by a huge explosion on the dark side. Off it whizzes thru space, taking with it Moonbase Alpha; and it encounters various stange alien series.
It is a Gerry Anderson series. (of Thunderbirds fame) ALthough he is most famous for puppet based shows, like Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90 etc. he also did do a number of series where he used live actors for the characters, and his puppet skillz for the special fx. UFO was my favorite.
The science in Space:1999 is of course mad, mad I say, but hey, it's fun and had some interesting ideas. The COMLOCK devices they used were neat I always thought (basically they carried devices that were combined video phones, door passes, and i.d cards). And the Eagle spacecraft were excellent. Inspiration: I' off to DL some wallpaper of Eagle 1 I think.
Woo, so kiddie porn is only considered certificate X over there? I thought almost everywhere else it was outright banned!
(P.S. Don't rush to correct, I know it's not true, but just poor wording)
How much computing knowlege do they have?
I think at least you should talk a little about what an OS is, then explain what UNIX is and what Open Source is about.
He may be (legitimately) worried that if OpenSSH is less secure than SSH (and I have no knowledge either way) , and there is confusion between the two, then he may be "tarred with the same brush".
But he doesn't express that well.
Notebooks, notebooks, notebooks. I've lost plenty in my time.