Indeed. Al Powerbooks are cute, but IMHO Thinkpads or Lifebooks are better hardware. On top of being built like tanks, they can be had in configurations that are both smaller and faster than any Powerbook. They're also quite competitive price-wise.
If I didn't want to run OS X, I'd have never bought the 12" AlBook I'm typing this on right now:P.
Flamebait? I think it's a valid point. When is Valve going to stop regurgitating the same old shit and actually release a new game?
Even if Half-Life 2 actually HAS a release date now (I stopped keeping track), it wouldn't be the first time.
They've managed to make one good game. Six years ago. Since then they've taken that game and managed to run it into the fucking ground by releasing it over and over again with different, freely-available, mods on the CD.
Now they've got a new engine, which is great, and rather than showing it off by releasing it with a great new game (which HL2 should be, if we ever see it) they're showing off the same puke in a different box.
Half-Life was great. CS was great. But so was Space Invaders. That doesn't mean I'm going to buy it again just because you tacked it on to a new engine.
Even id, who managed to go from a game company to an engine company (though hopefully Doom 3 changes this image), at least has the decency to make a new game to show off their new engines.
I will be the first person in line to buy Half-Life 2 the day it is released. Until then, fuck Valve.
My Xbox broke down and Microsoft's response was fabulous. They overnighted a box, I packed it and arranged for a pickup online. It was there and back in less than a week and has worked flawlessly ever since.
If customers are made aware of this kind of support from the manufacturer they might just shut up and go get it fixed properly.
Actually, just to be clear, whole (or quite nearly whole) specimens of adult (we think) giant squid have been seen/recovered/studied. We've just never found them alive.
And while they're recovering from your assault the top-notch assistive technologies in the latest GNOME releases would allow them to continue to get work done. Another Linux convert!
Maybe getting the Linux revolution in full swing requires geeks to start beating people mercilessly for their own good. What Microsoft can do with billions of marketing dollars, we can do with a board with a nail in it.
(Most of us are rather weak, so I recommend teaming up 3-4 geeks per regular person you're trying to... um... educate.)
And I don't know anyone who uses MSN. All my friends/coworkers use AIM exclusively. It all depends on who you talk to. AIM, MSN, and Yahoo all have large numbers of users. Some people have friends on them all.
Since the number of people who know about GNU/GNOME/Kmail is already several orders of magnitude smaller than the number of people who know about gmail (something they can't even sign up for yet), does it really matter?
Anything associated with Google already has far more name recognition with the general public than any OSS project with the possible exception of Linux itself.
My mom, one of the least technical people I know, called me the other day to tell me how great she thought Froogle was. She also knows about (and is looking forward to joining) Gmail. She's been a Google devotee on the search engine front for the last year or so.
If Google ever (accidentally, I'm sure) stomped on the name of an OSS project I imagine it would be the OSS project that would have to get out of the way.
I've always thought it was a good thing. Remember, the OpenBSD project doesn't worry about the security of the code in the ports tree like they do the base system.
Not every box needs Apache (nor BIND, which is also part of OpenBSD's base system), but lots of them do, and I'm glad that the project has made them first class citizens.
Yes, you can take this too far ("Lots of people need MySQL!"), but if the OpenBSD project has the manpower to audit a certain amount of code we should let them do it, and Apache is one of the best places to start I can think of.
Breaking it and named out into their own pieces (like they've done with XF4) might not be a bad idea, but it's not that big of a deal.
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He probably just said that to cover his ass. Happens all the time.
Second your thoughts about RHEL being a decent system, though. Would our systems be running it if I were in charge of the budget? Probably not. Is there anything wrong with RHEL? Nah.
They're recommending that you disable all firewalls, I think. This is probably to avoid support calls from people who shit themselves when say, Norton or Zone Alarm lets them know about Windows Update trying to access the network.
It's a beautiful little device, and I really want wireless head to head gaming. I have a T610, though, and doubt that I would want to replace it with this as my cell phone.
Of course it's expensive enough to not be worth buying unless you do need it as a cell phone.
I wonder how many people will pass it up for this reason.
Obscurity is, however, a valid part of security. Even if I'm patched, up to date, and configured properly, I'd still prefer to give away as little info as possible.
Just so you know, there's a happy middle ground between your bargain basement overclocked-to-hell crap and the incredibly expensive shit they sell as birthday presents for 13 year olds who aren't paying for their own parts.
My OpenBSD 3.3 box has BIND 9.2.2 as part of the base system. I can't remember if I previously upgraded from 3.0, 3.1, or 3.2; but whichever one it was I believe that version included BIND 4.
Of course my 3.5 CDs just showed up in the mail a few days ago. About time to do another upgrade:).
OpenBSD included BIND 4 up until relatively recently (they went straight from BIND 4.x -> BIND 9.x in the base system IIRC).
Version numbers and release dates escape me, but I don't think it was too terribly long ago.
Not that these machines are necessarily OpenBSD boxes, but you find it popping up a lot in roles like this. Things that are critical but not very visible.
Likely even if this is the case these systems are out of date. That said, they're not necessarily ancient.
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Indeed. Al Powerbooks are cute, but IMHO Thinkpads or Lifebooks are better hardware. On top of being built like tanks, they can be had in configurations that are both smaller and faster than any Powerbook. They're also quite competitive price-wise.
:P.
If I didn't want to run OS X, I'd have never bought the 12" AlBook I'm typing this on right now
That would be so cool.
Flamebait? I think it's a valid point. When is Valve going to stop regurgitating the same old shit and actually release a new game?
Even if Half-Life 2 actually HAS a release date now (I stopped keeping track), it wouldn't be the first time.
They've managed to make one good game. Six years ago. Since then they've taken that game and managed to run it into the fucking ground by releasing it over and over again with different, freely-available, mods on the CD.
Now they've got a new engine, which is great, and rather than showing it off by releasing it with a great new game (which HL2 should be, if we ever see it) they're showing off the same puke in a different box.
Half-Life was great. CS was great. But so was Space Invaders. That doesn't mean I'm going to buy it again just because you tacked it on to a new engine.
Even id, who managed to go from a game company to an engine company (though hopefully Doom 3 changes this image), at least has the decency to make a new game to show off their new engines.
I will be the first person in line to buy Half-Life 2 the day it is released. Until then, fuck Valve.
Now give me Half-Life 2 or shut the fuck up.
My Xbox broke down and Microsoft's response was fabulous. They overnighted a box, I packed it and arranged for a pickup online. It was there and back in less than a week and has worked flawlessly ever since.
If customers are made aware of this kind of support from the manufacturer they might just shut up and go get it fixed properly.
(fucking Microsoft)
So all they'd have to do to get it right is put pointers into Java.
.equals(), thanks.
I'll stick with
Actually, just to be clear, whole (or quite nearly whole) specimens of adult (we think) giant squid have been seen/recovered/studied. We've just never found them alive.
I'd give you the referral if you were bright enough to make it a clickable link. Alas.
And while they're recovering from your assault the top-notch assistive technologies in the latest GNOME releases would allow them to continue to get work done. Another Linux convert!
Maybe getting the Linux revolution in full swing requires geeks to start beating people mercilessly for their own good. What Microsoft can do with billions of marketing dollars, we can do with a board with a nail in it.
(Most of us are rather weak, so I recommend teaming up 3-4 geeks per regular person you're trying to... um... educate.)
Plus they can get you drunk in a pinch, which is the mark of any truly great technology.
Vampire Hunter D... yuck.
And I don't know anyone who uses MSN. All my friends/coworkers use AIM exclusively. It all depends on who you talk to. AIM, MSN, and Yahoo all have large numbers of users. Some people have friends on them all.
Since the number of people who know about GNU/GNOME/Kmail is already several orders of magnitude smaller than the number of people who know about gmail (something they can't even sign up for yet), does it really matter?
Anything associated with Google already has far more name recognition with the general public than any OSS project with the possible exception of Linux itself.
My mom, one of the least technical people I know, called me the other day to tell me how great she thought Froogle was. She also knows about (and is looking forward to joining) Gmail. She's been a Google devotee on the search engine front for the last year or so.
If Google ever (accidentally, I'm sure) stomped on the name of an OSS project I imagine it would be the OSS project that would have to get out of the way.
I've always thought it was a good thing. Remember, the OpenBSD project doesn't worry about the security of the code in the ports tree like they do the base system.
Not every box needs Apache (nor BIND, which is also part of OpenBSD's base system), but lots of them do, and I'm glad that the project has made them first class citizens.
Yes, you can take this too far ("Lots of people need MySQL!"), but if the OpenBSD project has the manpower to audit a certain amount of code we should let them do it, and Apache is one of the best places to start I can think of.
Breaking it and named out into their own pieces (like they've done with XF4) might not be a bad idea, but it's not that big of a deal.
That's not offtopic, motherbitches!
I think I could have made Duke Nukem Forever by now. No need for a supercomputer.
Doh! Now we'll never catch Osama.
He probably just said that to cover his ass. Happens all the time.
Second your thoughts about RHEL being a decent system, though. Would our systems be running it if I were in charge of the budget? Probably not. Is there anything wrong with RHEL? Nah.
They're recommending that you disable all firewalls, I think. This is probably to avoid support calls from people who shit themselves when say, Norton or Zone Alarm lets them know about Windows Update trying to access the network.
It's a beautiful little device, and I really want wireless head to head gaming. I have a T610, though, and doubt that I would want to replace it with this as my cell phone.
Of course it's expensive enough to not be worth buying unless you do need it as a cell phone.
I wonder how many people will pass it up for this reason.
Obscurity is, however, a valid part of security. Even if I'm patched, up to date, and configured properly, I'd still prefer to give away as little info as possible.
Sounds like your rig is garbage.
Just so you know, there's a happy middle ground between your bargain basement overclocked-to-hell crap and the incredibly expensive shit they sell as birthday presents for 13 year olds who aren't paying for their own parts.
My OpenBSD 3.3 box has BIND 9.2.2 as part of the base system. I can't remember if I previously upgraded from 3.0, 3.1, or 3.2; but whichever one it was I believe that version included BIND 4.
:).
Of course my 3.5 CDs just showed up in the mail a few days ago. About time to do another upgrade
OpenBSD included BIND 4 up until relatively recently (they went straight from BIND 4.x -> BIND 9.x in the base system IIRC).
Version numbers and release dates escape me, but I don't think it was too terribly long ago.
Not that these machines are necessarily OpenBSD boxes, but you find it popping up a lot in roles like this. Things that are critical but not very visible.
Likely even if this is the case these systems are out of date. That said, they're not necessarily ancient.
I could use some Britney Spears T&A.