- It doesn't work for advanced Excel (read: The Finance Department).
The article was rather unclear as to this being a compatablity or functionality issue. In other words, is the problem OO cannot work with very complex Excel sheets or OO does not natively offer the required capablities.
- Support options are limited (read: DIY in a small company with limited/nonexistent IT resources to begin with).
I am not sure what you are trying to get across with this comment. Are you implying that Microsoft will supply code fixes/enhancements because you asked them?
- It takes as much as 10 seconds longer to open big docs sent in Office format (read: anything sent to you most people outside the company).
I can assure you, OO is infinitely more accurate and far faster when opening MS-Word files than Word is when opening OO documents. Please try it for yourself if you don't believe me.
And, let's overlook Outlook in the comparison. (Evolution, Thunderbird, et. al. do not offer the same functionality)
It has been my experience that Outlook and Evolution offer similar levels of functionality. However, Outlook does work much better as an Exchange client than does Evolution, even with Ximian Connector.
You are quite correct, ports are not used at the link level, however once the packet is received by the adapter it is processed by a software stack.
There are several products that implement similar concepts. Take a look at bridging firewalls. Neither interface on the bridge has an IP address but can still inspect packets and take action as required.
In casinos, the cards are laid out for checking after the game. You know that the casino didn't cheat.
And that proves only that deck conforms to a certain standard. It does not prove that the cards were not marked. It does not prove that cards were dealt from the top. It does not prove that a specific shuffling technique was employed to increase the casino's winnings.
On the other hand, an online casino could set it so you win 50% of the time for bets under $5, but almost never with $100.
Yes, they sure could but that could be said for any electronic game. Could you please tell me how an online casino game is any different than a real slot machine in a real casino? Both are driven by the same engine (software) but have different interfaces.
Methods of verification/Proving legitimacy for online casinos don't exist, so they shouldn't.
And do these methods of verification exist for real casinos? I would argue that simply by being profitable in the long term, real casinos are inherently crooked and therefore should not exist either.
As for the Nigerian Scam comment, "A fool and his money are soon parted".
In short, any gambling in even the most honest casino will, over the long term, result in a net loss for the player (black jack excluded). Anyone who does not know this going in, deserves to be parted from their money. On the other hand, you could look upon gambling in a casino as no different than going to a movie. You go, you pay your money, you get some entertainment out of it. Now the question becomes, do I have to go to a cinema, (the casino) or can I watch the movie using a video-on-demand in the comfort of my home.
King Pierre first obtained power in 1968 after a bloody internal power stuggle within the palace. This reign was interupted by a short period (June 1979 through March 1980) of insurrection led by Joe Clarke. King Pierre was then able to muster the proper forces and return to power until March of 1984. At this time, an squable within the royal family led to a distant cousin, John Turner, briefly (June 1984 through Spetember 1984) seized power.
Turner was violently overthrown in September 1984 by Brian Mulroney (some said he was Ronnald Reagan's bastard brother). Mulroney held power until June 1993 at which time tensions within the country had reached a boiling point. Mulroney, realizing his days were numbered, installed Kim Campbell as puppet leader.
Lady Kim was able to hold power for a remarkable 4 months until deposed in November of 1993 by Prince Jean Chretien, a close cousin of the former King Pierre.
Prince Jean was able to rule with an iron fist until December 2003 when he was deposed by Duke Paul Martin in a bloody internal power struggle whose waves are still agitating the normally placid Canadian politcal waters.
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LSD was first synthesized by Dr. Albert Hoffman in 1938 while working for the Sandoz Company in Basel Switzerland. Please see http://www.macalester.edu/~psych/whathap/UBNRP/LSD/one.htm for additional information.
Is the/. world really that lacking in business acumen?
First, Wal-Mart is NOT saying all vendors have to use RFIDs all of the time. They are simply saying whatever you sell to us must have RFIDs at a lot level, not item level.
As a customer, I will purchase from the vendor(s) who offers the best combination of product, price and service. As the customer, I get decide what that magic combination is. In Wal-Marts case, they have decided RFIDs are a major part of the equation and will only purchase from vendors who can satisfy this requirement. On the other hand you have determined that social costs are a major factor in determining who you purchase from and therefore have eliminated Wal-Mart as a vendor.
Based on your statement, dropping the laptop from a height of 0.5m or 500m will result in the same impact. Acceleration is constant, 9.8m/s(2) and so is the mass (the laptop does not get heavier or lighter on its way down).
The correct way of defining the impact would be: energy @ impact = one half the mass of the object multiplied by the square of its velocity.
Let me introduce you to some truths as taught by that esteemed institute of higher learning, the University of Real Life (URL).
It takes about 1.5 to 2 hours to write each test. So that sounds like about 14 hours to complete the certification for the MSCE. If you have NO background in IT, you will have to invest some time in learning the subject matter or just buy a couple of books written specifically for getting you to pass the tests.
If you came to me looking for a job and your only qualification was an MSCE, you would definitely be doing something like desktop support (reimage user systems, replace printer cartridges). It would be a while before I even let you smell a production system.
If you are taking over a year to complete the MSCE certification, you are exhibiting all of the traits required by a fine muddle^H^H^H^H^H^Hmiddle manager.
Lastly, the MSCE certificaion is NOT a degree. It would seem English is not your native language, so I am willing to write this statement off as a misunderstanding.
You do understand how public/private keys in SSH work don't you? On second thought, you don't because if you did, you would not have made the comment you made.
The private key, if it is encrypted, is decrypted by the SSH client and then validated against the public key. So please explain how the server knows the private key is encrypted, the passphrase is reasonably strong (not qwerty or gandalf) and has been changed in the last 30 days?
Sorry but I disagree with your analogy. The advertisments/warnings displayed when you play a DVD are a direct function of the media, not the player or for that matter, the televison set it is being displayed on.
I think a more accurate analogy would be: After a random amount of time receiving a signal on one of the line-in connectors, your television would pop up an advertisement offering an extended warranty from the manufacturer of the television.
Quite simply, as has been stated previously, the product is advertised as a router/firewall. The function of a firewall is to restrict access based on owner/administrator configuration not at whim of the manufacturer. The function of a router is to direct network traffic, based on owner/administrator rules, along a path that will most likely allow the traffic to arrive at its intended destination. This product grossly violated both of these fundemental concepts.
How about starting the benchmarks on a 386 with 4 megs of RAM and working up to that mighty 233 monster.
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You make an interesting point. Yes, most benchmarks are done on fairly substantial hardware but this generally reflects the typical "desktop" Linux user. Unfortunately, these benchmarks do not adequately take into account the MANY server/router systems in use. These are, in many cases, aging systems that have been replaced as the "main" system and can be dedicated to a specific task or tasks. [/WARNING]
It would be great to see a series of benchmarks comparing various distros on other less "muscular" hardware. I would be very interested in seeing how Debian, Slackware/Vector, Suse, Redhat/Mandrake and Gentoo compare on systems like a 486/16MB, P90/32MB, PII 300/64MB and a PIII 500/64MB. Yes, I realize some of the hardware does not meet the minimal requirements of the some of the distributions and in such cases, the distro would receive a score of zero for the particular configuration.
Although I have limited access to older hardware, I would be happy to provide such information for a P166 with either 64MB or 32MB.
The HD companies are arguibly more correct in this case as they are using the definition that is used everywhere else.
No! They are not even close to being in the same galaxy as "more correct". Within the context of the computer world,
1K = 1024 or 2^10
1M = 1048576 or 2^20
1G = 1073741824 or 2^30
1T = 1099511627776 or 2^40
In case you hadn't noticed, hard drives are typically used and marketed within the context of the "computer world". Had I purchased a hard drive to use as part of a support for holding up my car or as part of a wind chime or as a hat, I would expect the magnitude prefix to reflect the SI prefixes (1G = 10^9).
However, since I, like most, purchased a hard drive to use within a computer, I expect the magnitude prefixes to accurately reflect the context of use, not some marketing scheme.
Holy shit batman, common sense is breaking out in/.
The parent (post, not the kid(s)) is brilliant. A concise, accurate and articulate summary. One of the few times I am truly sorry I don't have mod points.
It could be me but I think your math is a little off.
2 Nines 87.6 hours per year down time 438 minutes per month down time 101 minutes per week down time
3 Nines 8.76 hours per year down time 43.8 minutes per month down time 10.1 minutes per week down time
4 Nines 52.6 minutes per year down time 4.38 minutes per month down time 1.01 minutes per week down time
5 Nines 5.26 minutes per year down time 26.2 seconds per month down time 6.06 seconds per week down time
Based on one average year having 31536000 seconds (365*24*3600), one average month having 2628000 seconds (average year / 12) and one average week having 606462 seconds (average year / 52).
Yes I know we can and should define the extact number of seconds in each month (28, 29, 30 or 31 days) and a week should be 604800 seconds (7 * 24 * 3600) but for the sake of arguement, it's close enough.
Against my better judgement (yes, that is a different discussion), I am going to jump in here and and try to make a totally ludicrous, arguement.
First copying something is not a crime. Simply downloading (assuming downloading really is copying) an ISO is not a crime unless several other criteria are met. Please refer to the appropriate copyright/IP statutes in your jurisdiction and to qualified legal advisors for details. (Translation: I have no idea what I am talking about but it sounds good so far.)
Now it's time to make an assumption. For the sake of agruement (and wasting a little more time here at the office) let us assume the ISO is Linux based distribution containing all of the purported "offensive" code. Let us further assume the "offensive" code is not provided as source code, only in binary (machine) format. Is the source code or the executable the copyrighted item.
Now let's discuss a hypthetical case. I run down to the closest purveyor of fine reading material. I purchase a copy of the latest fad-diet-du-jour book (and yes, I should probably do exactly that). Now I run/waddle down to the photocopier and make several copies of the complete book. At this point, I have not committed a crime (at least I don't think so but IANAL). Now if I give those copies to others, that would most likely be illegal. Now, what if, instead of giving a copy to someone, I first shredded the copy and gave the shreddings away. Is that a crime? I don't know but it sounds like an interesting thought.
Now let's go back to world of software. Once the source code is run through a complier, it is, most would argue, even less decipherable/recongnizable than the previously mentioned shredded book example. So do the copyright/IP laws apply or not? If they do, at what point do these laws cease to apply to modified works? Now before you jump fast and furiously on the keyboard, what about a dictionary?
I would assume dictionaries are copyrighted material (at least the ones I possess and obviously never use) have the copyright statement in the front matter. The dictionary, by defintion (couldn't resist the pun), contains all or at least the vast majority of words. The next logical (or not) step in all of this would be to state that all published material is a derivative (sp?) work of a dictionary and therefore, is in violation of copyright/IP laws. After all, I beleive the illustrious Groucho Marx once said "The only book I have ever read is the dictionary, it has all the other books in it".
As you can see from the above, all of this SCO/Linux/IBM bullshit has completely addled what once was a semi functional brain. Hey wait, maybe that is another lawsuit in the making.
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6) Ghostscript and the rest
7) WinZip
8) Ethereal
9) Nmap
10) NetStumbler
- It doesn't work for advanced Excel (read: The Finance Department).
The article was rather unclear as to this being a compatablity or functionality issue. In other words, is the problem OO cannot work with very complex Excel sheets or OO does not natively offer the required capablities.
- Support options are limited (read: DIY in a small company with limited/nonexistent IT resources to begin with).
I am not sure what you are trying to get across with this comment. Are you implying that Microsoft will supply code fixes/enhancements because you asked them?
- It takes as much as 10 seconds longer to open big docs sent in Office format (read: anything sent to you most people outside the company).
I can assure you, OO is infinitely more accurate and far faster when opening MS-Word files than Word is when opening OO documents. Please try it for yourself if you don't believe me.
And, let's overlook Outlook in the comparison. (Evolution, Thunderbird, et. al. do not offer the same functionality)
It has been my experience that Outlook and Evolution offer similar levels of functionality. However, Outlook does work much better as an Exchange client than does Evolution, even with Ximian Connector.
You are quite correct, ports are not used at the link level, however once the packet is received by the adapter it is processed by a software stack.
There are several products that implement similar concepts. Take a look at bridging firewalls. Neither interface on the bridge has an IP address but can still inspect packets and take action as required.
Very interesting reading. On the other hand, you may find this interesting.
http://www.unr.edu/gaming/papers/effect.asp
You have raised some thought provoking points:
In casinos, the cards are laid out for checking after the game. You know that the casino didn't cheat.
And that proves only that deck conforms to a certain standard. It does not prove that the cards were not marked. It does not prove that cards were dealt from the top. It does not prove that a specific shuffling technique was employed to increase the casino's winnings.
On the other hand, an online casino could set it so you win 50% of the time for bets under $5, but almost never with $100.
Yes, they sure could but that could be said for any electronic game. Could you please tell me how an online casino game is any different than a real slot machine in a real casino? Both are driven by the same engine (software) but have different interfaces.
Methods of verification/Proving legitimacy for online casinos don't exist, so they shouldn't.
And do these methods of verification exist for real casinos? I would argue that simply by being profitable in the long term, real casinos are inherently crooked and therefore should not exist either.
As for the Nigerian Scam comment, "A fool and his money are soon parted".
In short, any gambling in even the most honest casino will, over the long term, result in a net loss for the player (black jack excluded). Anyone who does not know this going in, deserves to be parted from their money. On the other hand, you could look upon gambling in a casino as no different than going to a movie. You go, you pay your money, you get some entertainment out of it. Now the question becomes, do I have to go to a cinema, (the casino) or can I watch the movie using a video-on-demand in the comfort of my home.
Got any ideas why? (hint: crime rates sky-rocket around a casino).
Care to substantiate that with some facts?
I would but the parent's facts are a little off.
King Pierre first obtained power in 1968 after a bloody internal power stuggle within the palace. This reign was interupted by a short period (June 1979 through March 1980) of insurrection led by Joe Clarke. King Pierre was then able to muster the proper forces and return to power until March of 1984. At this time, an squable within the royal family led to a distant cousin, John Turner, briefly (June 1984 through Spetember 1984) seized power.
Turner was violently overthrown in September 1984 by Brian Mulroney (some said he was Ronnald Reagan's bastard brother). Mulroney held power until June 1993 at which time tensions within the country had reached a boiling point. Mulroney, realizing his days were numbered, installed Kim Campbell as puppet leader.
Lady Kim was able to hold power for a remarkable 4 months until deposed in November of 1993 by Prince Jean Chretien, a close cousin of the former King Pierre.
Prince Jean was able to rule with an iron fist until December 2003 when he was deposed by Duke Paul Martin in a bloody internal power struggle whose waves are still agitating the normally placid Canadian politcal waters.
For details, please see this site.
Yeah, right. Well maybe at one time.
LSD was first synthesized by Dr. Albert Hoffman in 1938 while working for the Sandoz Company in Basel Switzerland. Please see http://www.macalester.edu/~psych/whathap/UBNRP/LSD /one.htm for additional information.
Brilliant! I wish I have several mod points for this.
Is the /. world really that lacking in business acumen?
First, Wal-Mart is NOT saying all vendors have to use RFIDs all of the time. They are simply saying whatever you sell to us must have RFIDs at a lot level, not item level.
As a customer, I will purchase from the vendor(s) who offers the best combination of product, price and service. As the customer, I get decide what that magic combination is. In Wal-Marts case, they have decided RFIDs are a major part of the equation and will only purchase from vendors who can satisfy this requirement. On the other hand you have determined that social costs are a major factor in determining who you purchase from and therefore have eliminated Wal-Mart as a vendor.
It's called FREE ENTERPRISE
Close, but no cigar.
Based on your statement, dropping the laptop from a height of 0.5m or 500m will result in the same impact. Acceleration is constant, 9.8m/s(2) and so is the mass (the laptop does not get heavier or lighter on its way down).
The correct way of defining the impact would be:
energy @ impact = one half the mass of the object multiplied by the square of its velocity.
Let me introduce you to some truths as taught by that esteemed institute of higher learning, the University of Real Life (URL).
It takes about 1.5 to 2 hours to write each test. So that sounds like about 14 hours to complete the certification for the MSCE. If you have NO background in IT, you will have to invest some time in learning the subject matter or just buy a couple of books written specifically for getting you to pass the tests.
If you came to me looking for a job and your only qualification was an MSCE, you would definitely be doing something like desktop support (reimage user systems, replace printer cartridges). It would be a while before I even let you smell a production system.
If you are taking over a year to complete the MSCE certification, you are exhibiting all of the traits required by a fine muddle^H^H^H^H^H^Hmiddle manager.
Lastly, the MSCE certificaion is NOT a degree. It would seem English is not your native language, so I am willing to write this statement off as a misunderstanding.
You do understand how public/private keys in SSH work don't you? On second thought, you don't because if you did, you would not have made the comment you made.
The private key, if it is encrypted, is decrypted by the SSH client and then validated against the public key. So please explain how the server knows the private key is encrypted, the passphrase is reasonably strong (not qwerty or gandalf) and has been changed in the last 30 days?
Sorry but I disagree with your analogy. The advertisments/warnings displayed when you play a DVD are a direct function of the media, not the player or for that matter, the televison set it is being displayed on.
I think a more accurate analogy would be: After a random amount of time receiving a signal on one of the line-in connectors, your television would pop up an advertisement offering an extended warranty from the manufacturer of the television.
Quite simply, as has been stated previously, the product is advertised as a router/firewall. The function of a firewall is to restrict access based on owner/administrator configuration not at whim of the manufacturer. The function of a router is to direct network traffic, based on owner/administrator rules, along a path that will most likely allow the traffic to arrive at its intended destination. This product grossly violated both of these fundemental concepts.
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You make an interesting point. Yes, most benchmarks are done on fairly substantial hardware but this generally reflects the typical "desktop" Linux user. Unfortunately, these benchmarks do not adequately take into account the MANY server/router systems in use. These are, in many cases, aging systems that have been replaced as the "main" system and can be dedicated to a specific task or tasks.
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It would be great to see a series of benchmarks comparing various distros on other less "muscular" hardware. I would be very interested in seeing how Debian, Slackware/Vector, Suse, Redhat/Mandrake and Gentoo compare on systems like a 486/16MB, P90/32MB, PII 300/64MB and a PIII 500/64MB. Yes, I realize some of the hardware does not meet the minimal requirements of the some of the distributions and in such cases, the distro would receive a score of zero for the particular configuration.
Although I have limited access to older hardware, I would be happy to provide such information for a P166 with either 64MB or 32MB.
"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon loaded with mag tapes". -- Unknown
Unforgiven
From the Knoppix home page, try this link.
Sue them also. Like I said, it's all about context.
No! They are not even close to being in the same galaxy as "more correct". Within the context of the computer world,
- 1K = 1024 or 2^10
- 1M = 1048576 or 2^20
- 1G = 1073741824 or 2^30
- 1T = 1099511627776 or 2^40
In case you hadn't noticed, hard drives are typically used and marketed within the context of the "computer world". Had I purchased a hard drive to use as part of a support for holding up my car or as part of a wind chime or as a hat, I would expect the magnitude prefix to reflect the SI prefixes (1G = 10^9).However, since I, like most, purchased a hard drive to use within a computer, I expect the magnitude prefixes to accurately reflect the context of use, not some marketing scheme.
Holy shit batman, common sense is breaking out in /.
The parent (post, not the kid(s)) is brilliant. A concise, accurate and articulate summary. One of the few times I am truly sorry I don't have mod points.
Somewhat like the line from "The Godfather" (book not movie):
"One lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than 100 men with guns."
It could be me but I think your math is a little off.
2 Nines
87.6 hours per year down time
438 minutes per month down time
101 minutes per week down time
3 Nines
8.76 hours per year down time
43.8 minutes per month down time
10.1 minutes per week down time
4 Nines
52.6 minutes per year down time
4.38 minutes per month down time
1.01 minutes per week down time
5 Nines
5.26 minutes per year down time
26.2 seconds per month down time
6.06 seconds per week down time
Based on one average year having 31536000 seconds (365*24*3600), one average month having 2628000 seconds (average year / 12) and one average week having 606462 seconds (average year / 52).
Yes I know we can and should define the extact number of seconds in each month (28, 29, 30 or 31 days) and a week should be 604800 seconds (7 * 24 * 3600) but for the sake of arguement, it's close enough.
Against my better judgement (yes, that is a different discussion), I am going to jump in here and and try to make a totally ludicrous, arguement.
First copying something is not a crime. Simply downloading (assuming downloading really is copying) an ISO is not a crime unless several other criteria are met. Please refer to the appropriate copyright/IP statutes in your jurisdiction and to qualified legal advisors for details. (Translation: I have no idea what I am talking about but it sounds good so far.)
Now it's time to make an assumption. For the sake of agruement (and wasting a little more time here at the office) let us assume the ISO is Linux based distribution containing all of the purported "offensive" code. Let us further assume the "offensive" code is not provided as source code, only in binary (machine) format. Is the source code or the executable the copyrighted item.
Now let's discuss a hypthetical case. I run down to the closest purveyor of fine reading material. I purchase a copy of the latest fad-diet-du-jour book (and yes, I should probably do exactly that). Now I run/waddle down to the photocopier and make several copies of the complete book. At this point, I have not committed a crime (at least I don't think so but IANAL). Now if I give those copies to others, that would most likely be illegal. Now, what if, instead of giving a copy to someone, I first shredded the copy and gave the shreddings away. Is that a crime? I don't know but it sounds like an interesting thought.
Now let's go back to world of software. Once the source code is run through a complier, it is, most would argue, even less decipherable/recongnizable than the previously mentioned shredded book example. So do the copyright/IP laws apply or not? If they do, at what point do these laws cease to apply to modified works? Now before you jump fast and furiously on the keyboard, what about a dictionary?
I would assume dictionaries are copyrighted material (at least the ones I possess and obviously never use) have the copyright statement in the front matter. The dictionary, by defintion (couldn't resist the pun), contains all or at least the vast majority of words. The next logical (or not) step in all of this would be to state that all published material is a derivative (sp?) work of a dictionary and therefore, is in violation of copyright/IP laws. After all, I beleive the illustrious Groucho Marx once said "The only book I have ever read is the dictionary, it has all the other books in it".
As you can see from the above, all of this SCO/Linux/IBM bullshit has completely addled what once was a semi functional brain. Hey wait, maybe that is another lawsuit in the making.