So what if the admin password is blank by default? If the DBA doesn't know that tihs should be changed before putting it into a production enviroment, he shouldn't be the DBA.
Earlier versions of SQL Server had this behavior as well, and so does Sybase. Informix has a default password of "informix".
Linux has a default blank password for the root password as well, yet nobody calls this a "securiry exploit" if a sysadmin never changes the password.
Look at the Psion Revo; it's the same width and thickness as a Palm V, only longer. If they can fit a keyboard on that thing, then they can make them small enough even for the tiniest of notebooks.
On lower-end machines, I usually use IceWM. It's small, and has a nice look and feel. For my main machine, however, I wouldn't use anything other than KDE.:-)
I believe it will be the Web designers themselves that provide the push. Web designers have long awaited a mainstream browser that conforms to standards, and can do CSS, etc. properly.
If web developers are excited by what Mozilla can do, then they will be more likely to design pages to take advantage of its "features" (i.e. web standards that are still not implemented properly in IE or NS 4.x). This in turn will cause more people to switch to NS 6 or complain to Microsoft that certain pages do not display properly in IE.
Also, NS 6 doesn't have to get a majority share of users for Microsoft to take notice; even a strong niche of say 30% would be enough to make them worry and do what it takes to lure people back, I believe.
Okay, maybe Netscape IS horribly outdated, but it's hardly unstable. Also, you speak of IE compatibility, but how many major sites out there design only for IE and not Netscape? I can't think of any.
No, I think the Mozilla folks are doing the right thing by focusing on web standards and cross-platform capabilities. When NS 6 is released, IE will be forced to follow suit and start supporting more standards or lose many of their users, I believe.
Actually, I find the first computer stories to be entertaining; brings back some fond memories of all the old computers from the 80's that have gone by the wayside...
Well, if Quicken under Wine won't work for you, the Mac emulator Executor is currently shipping with Quicken 6.0 (Mac version, of course). It's a strange way to do it, but not too bad of a deal for $75.
Wine is apparently approching a stable 1.0 release sometime in the next several months, I believe (my source is previous Wine news updates on WineHQ).
A 1.0 release won't mean everything will be complete, but it will mean tha a known set of application will work with it. The most frustrating thing about Wine is how applications may work in one version, not the next version since the code is always changing. As a result, one often has to have several versions of Wine loaded for specific applications that run well with that particular version.
Thank you! I had to uninstall 1.1.2 because of conflicts between the standard Red Hat packages and the new Beta 2 packages; it will be nice to use both on the same machine and switch between them.
People often forget that Tk is a C library, which can be accessed from other languages besides Tcl. I use Tk with C to produce stand-alone apps for Linux and Windows.
I imagine it won't take long for someone to get Linux running on one of those babies, but PalmOS presently only runs on Motorolla Dragonball processors, whereas the IPAQ uses an ARM processor.
Palm has said that they will release ARM-based devices sometime down the road, but it hasn't happened yet.
In light of the recent article about Palm switching to the ARM family of processors, one can oly hope that they would consider a low-power alternative like this.
Did you actually read my comment, or just the subject line? My point was that the author released his previous game under the GPL, so I was hoping he was going to do the same with this one.
The author of Dreadling had previously released an awesome game called Vexed under the GPL. I was rather hoping that would be the case with this game as well, but alas, no such luck.
I know it's his choice what to do with his own game, but I'm still disapointed.
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Shouldn't that be Palm Inc. now? :-)
-Karl
So what if the admin password is blank by default? If the DBA doesn't know that tihs should be changed before putting it into a production enviroment, he shouldn't be the DBA.
Earlier versions of SQL Server had this behavior as well, and so does Sybase. Informix has a default password of "informix".
Linux has a default blank password for the root password as well, yet nobody calls this a "securiry exploit" if a sysadmin never changes the password.
-Karl
Look at the Psion Revo; it's the same width and thickness as a Palm V, only longer. If they can fit a keyboard on that thing, then they can make them small enough even for the tiniest of notebooks.
-Karl
I imagine the +1 bonus was from the original poster's high karma; it doesn't look like it's been moderated at all.
-Karl
That's the first thing I noticed as well. Mozilla seems to handle the page well, however.
-Karl
According to the release plan on the KDE homepage, Beta 3 is due to be released today. Anyone know if this will actually happen today?
-Karl
On lower-end machines, I usually use IceWM. It's small, and has a nice look and feel. For my main machine, however, I wouldn't use anything other than KDE. :-)
A lowly AC troll who is entirely off-topic here manages to get himself moderated up.
I believe it will be the Web designers themselves that provide the push. Web designers have long awaited a mainstream browser that conforms to standards, and can do CSS, etc. properly.
If web developers are excited by what Mozilla can do, then they will be more likely to design pages to take advantage of its "features" (i.e. web standards that are still not implemented properly in IE or NS 4.x). This in turn will cause more people to switch to NS 6 or complain to Microsoft that certain pages do not display properly in IE.
Also, NS 6 doesn't have to get a majority share of users for Microsoft to take notice; even a strong niche of say 30% would be enough to make them worry and do what it takes to lure people back, I believe.
Okay, maybe Netscape IS horribly outdated, but it's hardly unstable. Also, you speak of IE compatibility, but how many major sites out there design only for IE and not Netscape? I can't think of any.
No, I think the Mozilla folks are doing the right thing by focusing on web standards and cross-platform capabilities. When NS 6 is released, IE will be forced to follow suit and start supporting more standards or lose many of their users, I believe.
I'm sure everyone will rush-out to buy the Linux port after the cheery introduction the game has recieved in this forum. :-)
Actually, I find the first computer stories to be entertaining; brings back some fond memories of all the old computers from the 80's that have gone by the wayside...
Well, if Quicken under Wine won't work for you, the Mac emulator Executor is currently shipping with Quicken 6.0 (Mac version, of course). It's a strange way to do it, but not too bad of a deal for $75.
Wine is apparently approching a stable 1.0 release sometime in the next several months, I believe (my source is previous Wine news updates on WineHQ).
A 1.0 release won't mean everything will be complete, but it will mean tha a known set of application will work with it. The most frustrating thing about Wine is how applications may work in one version, not the next version since the code is always changing. As a result, one often has to have several versions of Wine loaded for specific applications that run well with that particular version.
Flubber!
That's an easy one: USB.
-Karl
Thank you! I had to uninstall 1.1.2 because of conflicts between the standard Red Hat packages and the new Beta 2 packages; it will be nice to use both on the same machine and switch between them.
This one was widely used back in the 80's:
10 PRINT "RADIO SHACK SUCKS!!!!!"
20 GOTO 10
People often forget that Tk is a C library, which can be accessed from other languages besides Tcl. I use Tk with C to produce stand-alone apps for Linux and Windows.
I imagine it won't take long for someone to get Linux running on one of those babies, but PalmOS presently only runs on Motorolla Dragonball processors, whereas the IPAQ uses an ARM processor.
Palm has said that they will release ARM-based devices sometime down the road, but it hasn't happened yet.
Okay, where can I get this updated version? At least I know why I could never get agpgart to work on my system...
Sorry, it had to be said. ;-)
In light of the recent article about Palm switching to the ARM family of processors, one can oly hope that they would consider a low-power alternative like this.
Did you actually read my comment, or just the subject line? My point was that the author released his previous game under the GPL, so I was hoping he was going to do the same with this one.
The author of Dreadling had previously released an awesome game called Vexed under the GPL. I was rather hoping that would be the case with this game as well, but alas, no such luck.
I know it's his choice what to do with his own game, but I'm still disapointed.