Maybe now they will have a website that is worth a crap. USR 56k modems are so popular, but trying to d/l a bios flash from the website is an exercise in futility. The tech manual for those modems is a 3 Mb compressed file which decompresses to a 60 Mb Word file! There is no option to search downloads - search only returns tech docs.
I haven't seen an update to their download section in months, so if one loses the "connections" cd, they are in for a hell of a time.
at epinions.com. You can rate a ton of different things and people can rate reviews. The site includes a section for software, including OSes. You can rate people's opinions. Pretty neat idea, really.
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There is a big difference between plugging numbers into a device and actually knowing how to calculate complex mathematical problems, which I am sure you must know since you work out the problems before using the calculator. Just learning how to arrive at an answer without understanding the underlying reasons will not benefit the student, but will only make them reliant upon technology. True, the technology will be there to use and noone does this stuff by hand, but you should be able to do it by hand - it shows you have understood the material.
I had a similar argument with a writing professor (for whom I had great respect) who said video would replace print as the media from which we learn. He believed that video and audio brought all the same benefits to the classroom that print could. I contend that the written word allows one to interpret the meaning of words and phrases more closely and distinguish among subtle shades of meaning to a greater extent than do the passive acts of watching and listening.
In both cases, the point is the same - the more someone is required to immerse themselves in the material the more they will get out of the experience.
Sure - if they can keep up with all of them; but how are they supposed to do that? Not possible.
The best (or rather, worst) they can do is keep updating the router access lists, which is a ton of overhead and will slow traffic, especially with as many ip's as they will have to include.
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One of the precepts upon which I have come to rely is that M$ does nothing that is not primarily for its own good. I stick by that. Show me a "truly" altruistic act from Redmond and I will show you one genius marketing ploy that no one has (yet) revealed how it benefits M$ the most.
Yes, yes, M$ is a corporation and is responsible to its shareholders, so don't flame me on that point. I just would like to see something this software giant does benefit someone else also.
E - for embracing the best ideas of its competitors? Another weak attempt at appearances over content to add to M$'s arsenal of tactics.
Now I can't wait for them to figure out a way to charge for "updates" to the source and slap some kind of license on what they originally said would be open: Microsoft, for its part, declined to comment on its Windows CE licensing intentions.
Then they will insist that those who contributed to the source pay to take a test that will "certify" them as Microsoft-approved contributing developers. Of course, such certification will expire rapidly and require developers to repeatedly renew their certification. I better shut up before they get any more ideas.
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I wouldn't run anything as important as a game on an emulator:)
That said, I could not even install the Linux emulator on FreeBSD 3.3. It was the only thing that locked the machine on install.:(
the disk partitioner is a bit dodgy in Free(at least in 3.3)
I don't think it is the slightest bit difficult. There is an option for using the whole disk, specifying your own size (in MB's if you prefer) and it will auto partition into/usr,/boot, and swap partitions. Really nice, I thought.
I have not installed 4.0 yet, but 3.3 has some really sweet options for installation, including multiple ftp servers from which to download and install the latest release. That is, if you can get a response - the ftp servers were *very* popular and kept timing out, so I had to install from cd.
Another *really* nice feature was that FreeBSD autodetected my 3com SOHO Officeconnect nic, which Redhat and Mandrake could not. I had to download the source and recompile the kernel to get the nic to work on Redhat, and for some reason the same code never worked on Mandrake.
FreeBSD has a cool initial kernel config which identifies conflicts while you select your hardware and counts down the conflicts as you resolve them.
All in all, very impressive and very nice after installation too.
This just goes to show what happens when you trust MS by investing *a lot* of money and some valuable time to get certified. They turn around and dump on those closest to them. Another poster said to deal with it. OK - I'll deal by concentrating on Cisco and RedHat certification.
3) that once the information is collected, they will use reasonable security to protect that information;
and
4) that they allow the consumer reasonable access to that information to modify it.
Then this little gem:
So if I were collecting consumers' e-mail addresses and then selling them to a direct-marketing company, would I still be able to get the TRUSTe symbol?
Only if you stated that to the consumer in your privacy statement.
Great! So all the company has to do is bury such a statement in boilerplate language noone will read.
I think the idea was not criminalization of l0phtcrack, but that once the guy was caught, the police charged him up the yin-yang with everything they could think of.
The state attorney's office is probably largely ignorant of technology and probably doesn't really care, either. They will just heap on as many charges as possible (14?!) knowing it will be plead down, just to get what they can in jail time from the Court.
BTW - about your sig: I expect stupidity is painful some of the time. Great idea if it could be implemented, tho.
AOL Time Warner is committed to bring the benefits of the Internet to all Americans, and will not allow ISPs to offer "redlined" service to only a portion of an AOL Time Warner cable system that is fully enabled to provide broadband service.
That is great if it is true. Saying to an ISP - you can carry our content, but you have to carry all of it sounds pretty good to me. Keeping censorship at bay? Then again, does this mean that if a provider is not "fully enabled to provide broadband service" they will be permitted to offer "redlined" content?
You have probably received 400 emails about this already, but just in case - here goes. Both Gnome and KDE already have graphical file managers, contrary to the article which said neither has a graphical file manager. Here is a screenshot of the Gnome file manager and here is one of KDE's.
Please issue a retraction so people are not misled. It is very important to the Linux community that people in the more general computing public become aware that Linux is becoming easier to use. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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"Flapping heads and beady eyes ..." I suppose
I couldn't pry myself away from the set. I'll have to watch anyway just for the song.
I haven't seen an update to their download section in months, so if one loses the "connections" cd, they are in for a hell of a time.
So, what international pizza chain is closest to where you live?
at epinions.com. You can rate a ton of different things and people can rate reviews. The site includes a section for software, including OSes. You can rate people's opinions. Pretty neat idea, really.
I had a similar argument with a writing professor (for whom I had great respect) who said video would replace print as the media from which we learn. He believed that video and audio brought all the same benefits to the classroom that print could. I contend that the written word allows one to interpret the meaning of words and phrases more closely and distinguish among subtle shades of meaning to a greater extent than do the passive acts of watching and listening.
In both cases, the point is the same - the more someone is required to immerse themselves in the material the more they will get out of the experience.
Sure - if they can keep up with all of them; but how are they supposed to do that? Not possible.
The best (or rather, worst) they can do is keep updating the router access lists, which is a ton of overhead and will slow traffic, especially with as many ip's as they will have to include.
Yes, yes, M$ is a corporation and is responsible to its shareholders, so don't flame me on that point. I just would like to see something this software giant does benefit someone else also.
Cynical? You bet. Trust Microsoft? Never.
Now I can't wait for them to figure out a way to charge for "updates" to the source and slap some kind of license on what they originally said would be open: Microsoft, for its part, declined to comment on its Windows CE licensing intentions.
Then they will insist that those who contributed to the source pay to take a test that will "certify" them as Microsoft-approved contributing developers. Of course, such certification will expire rapidly and require developers to repeatedly renew their certification. I better shut up before they get any more ideas.
That said, I could not even install the Linux emulator on FreeBSD 3.3. It was the only thing that locked the machine on install. :(
I don't think it is the slightest bit difficult. There is an option for using the whole disk, specifying your own size (in MB's if you prefer) and it will auto partition into /usr, /boot, and swap partitions. Really nice, I thought.
[Groan] - and I have plans tonight. Oh well, I guess the servers will have a chance to calm down and I just have to do that tomorrow :)
Another *really* nice feature was that FreeBSD autodetected my 3com SOHO Officeconnect nic, which Redhat and Mandrake could not. I had to download the source and recompile the kernel to get the nic to work on Redhat, and for some reason the same code never worked on Mandrake.
FreeBSD has a cool initial kernel config which identifies conflicts while you select your hardware and counts down the conflicts as you resolve them.
All in all, very impressive and very nice after installation too.
Yep - that is the difference between knowing the answer on a test and having actually done the work.
How did Microsoft manage to brainwash these guys into such utter dependence.
FUD, FUD and more FUD.
I really hope this announcement affects the majority of the 220,000 MCSE's into thinking of viable alternatives to MS.
Amen, brother.
Do I smell a turn in the tide?
You can take different courses as seen here. They offer Systems Admin, Security Admin and a Fast-Track program.
3) that once the information is collected, they will use reasonable security to protect that information;
and
4) that they allow the consumer reasonable access to that information to modify it.
Then this little gem:
So if I were collecting consumers' e-mail addresses and then selling them to a direct-marketing company, would I still be able to get the TRUSTe symbol?
Only if you stated that to the consumer in your privacy statement.
Great! So all the company has to do is bury such a statement in boilerplate language noone will read.
That would be awesome! I would charge everything just to run up their shipping costs and I would have a never-ending supply of coasters and frisbees!
Yeah - that is just a bit out of range for a portable mp3 player. When it comes down to ~$300, tho...
You know you've been playing too much Quake when ... ;)
$90,000/52/40=~$43
$30*40*52=$62,400
The state attorney's office is probably largely ignorant of technology and probably doesn't really care, either. They will just heap on as many charges as possible (14?!) knowing it will be plead down, just to get what they can in jail time from the Court.
BTW - about your sig: I expect stupidity is painful some of the time. Great idea if it could be implemented, tho.
That is great if it is true. Saying to an ISP - you can carry our content, but you have to carry all of it sounds pretty good to me. Keeping censorship at bay? Then again, does this mean that if a provider is not "fully enabled to provide broadband service" they will be permitted to offer "redlined" content?
You have probably received 400 emails about this already, but just in case - here goes. Both Gnome and KDE already have graphical file managers, contrary to the article which said neither has a graphical file manager. Here is a screenshot of the Gnome file manager and here is one of KDE's.
Please issue a retraction so people are not misled. It is very important to the Linux community that people in the more general computing public become aware that Linux is becoming easier to use. Thank you for your attention to this matter.