If you look at the notice, you'll see that this applies to purchase of retail drives only. Basically, the ones in the official Seagate boxes that would indicate the misleading size. "OEM" drives, which I would think most people here would be buying, don't appear to apply.
I agree that there should be more low-noise/low-power drives, but to compare some of the existing drives, check out Storagereivew. Somewhat dated but good info.
Keep in mind that WPA by itself does not imply security. WPA with a weak passphrase is much easier to crack than WEP, as it only requires a few packets to be captured.
The code for the web page is designed to specifically target Windows XP SP2. The code modification required to make it target multiple versions of Windows is trivial.
For a view into the masochistic, check out....
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alt.privacy.spyware
It's like watching a group of people exchanging tips for what ointments work best for when they light themselves on fire. Over and over again.
If you've got an old PC, then really the only cost will be the hard drives to put in it. (and possibly an additional PCI IDE controller, so that there's no more than one drive per channel)
Sure software RAID will cause increased CPU load, but if it's used for something like NAS, the network is going to be the bottleneck, not the RAID.
RAID5 will give you the most space available out of your 3 or more drives. (n-1). RAID1 will give you half of the space, with better write performance.
I call up Time Warner RoadRunner support for the cable internet service. The cable connection is down. The conversation with Tech Support goes like this:
WD: Hi, my cable modem isn't working. The Link light on the modem is blinking rapidly. (I can hear TS typing up a trouble ticket with one, maybe two fingers) TS: Whoah whoah whoah... How do you spell that? B - L - I.... ? WD: Yes M'am, B-L-I-N-K. Thank you.
This is no exaggeration. That is exactly how it went down.
Sure, there are a lot of extensions available. But what is the point of this slashdot topic? That there are too many choices? Please.
Firefox comes with the features that most people need. It's lean and mean, with little bloat. If you want some functionality that isn't included (and perhaps 5% of the users might find useful), go ahead and install the appropriate extension. It's a win-win situation.
Neat concept, but definately rough around the edges. (Especially compared to Knoppix)
I am writing this from the Live CD using Firefox, so that at least says something. But here are some issues I ran in to: (Keep in mind I've never used FreeBSD before)
1. The Live CD doesn't boot properly on my system. After churning away for a while, it finally gets to the boot splash screen so I can't see what's going on. Then after hitting a few keys I got to the console and it displayed an error: Mounting Root from cd9660:acd0 Root Mount Failed: 5 mountroot>
Using a little trial and error I was able to get the boot process to continue by typing: cd9660:cd2 It appears that the Live CD got confused along the way as to what CD drive is which. I have two IDE-attached and one SCSI-attached CD devices in my machine.
2. I was presented with screens to select my KB Language and Layout. No biggie here, but just more interaction than Knoppix requires.
3. At the end of the boot process, I was presented with a root console prompt, and the tail end of a list of 10 items. I couldn't figure out how to scroll up the screen to read the list. PageUp, Shift + PageUP, + PageUP... I tried a bunch.
4. One of the last items in the list explained how to get into X (by typing xinit). So I got into X with XFCE fine. But the refresh rate is 60Hz and I fear my eyes are going to start bleeding pretty soon.
5. XFCE has auto-hide toolbars on the top and bottom of the screen. I find these quite distracting.
That's about it so far. It's neat to be able to play around with an OS that lives on a CD, but I'm wondering how useful this project is. Knoppix is a slick way of showing what a free non-MS operating system can do. Pop in the CD, boot it up, and you'll end up in a nice graphical interface with programs to try out. Plus it's extremely handy to use as a "rescue" CD for systems whose operating systems will not boot for various reasons.
But where does FreeSBIE fit in? As a rescue CD for those who know BSD well but not Linux? To show off how FreeBSD can almost be as nice a desktop as as Linux (Knoppix)? If FreeBSD is aimed as a server OS ("The Power To Serve"), how useful is a Live CD?
I don't mean to sound too negative here. It does seem like a neat project. I'm just failing to see its niche.
The method works for only about half of all e-mails received - but in all of those cases, it sorts the mail into the right category
That has to be one of the most ridiculous statements I've heard in a while. That's like saying I've got a great new burglar alarm system. Now, it only works about half of the time, but when it does work it catches the crook with a 100% success rate! Who's buying?
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... secure your web browser. Many browsers are not secure out of the box, which puts you at risk of attack.
If you look at the notice, you'll see that this applies to purchase of retail drives only. Basically, the ones in the official Seagate boxes that would indicate the misleading size. "OEM" drives, which I would think most people here would be buying, don't appear to apply.
Just use NoScript... the page looks fine. No pop-ups or flash.
What are "the media companies" and why would they be behind this?
I agree that there should be more low-noise/low-power drives, but to compare some of the existing drives, check out Storagereivew. Somewhat dated but good info.
Keep in mind that WPA by itself does not imply security. WPA with a weak passphrase is much easier to crack than WEP, as it only requires a few packets to be captured.
Are you sure about that? The help says that you can't use a regular email client, such as outlook. It's web-only.
If there is IMAP access, what are the server names?
The linked article (and quite a few other pages) contain intellitxt sponsored links.
I know this may be off-topic, but I find those sponsored links horribly distracting. To see the page (and many others) as it is supposed to be:
1) Install Adblock
2) Add the filter: *intellitxt.com
The code for the web page is designed to specifically target Windows XP SP2. The code modification required to make it target multiple versions of Windows is trivial.
alt.privacy.spyware
It's like watching a group of people exchanging tips for what ointments work best for when they light themselves on fire. Over and over again.
The IE vulnerability exists in IFRAME and other HTML elements. Text-based ads aren't any less vulnerable.
Mozilla Backup is what you need. It can be used to easily transfer a profile from one machine to another. (Supports Firefox, Thunderbird, and Mozilla)
NVU is a stand-alone composer, based on Mozilla.
If you've got an old PC, then really the only cost will be the hard drives to put in it. (and possibly an additional PCI IDE controller, so that there's no more than one drive per channel)
Sure software RAID will cause increased CPU load, but if it's used for something like NAS, the network is going to be the bottleneck, not the RAID.
RAID5 will give you the most space available out of your 3 or more drives. (n-1). RAID1 will give you half of the space, with better write performance.
Go to:
about:config
Find "image.animation_mode"
Change it to "once" or "none"
The NES version was butchered.
The Commodore64 version was the way to go!
Hint: The mad scientist, nurse Edna, etc. don't really have blue skin.
Assuming you're talking about this bug:= 205893
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id
I call up Time Warner RoadRunner support for the cable internet service. The cable connection is down. The conversation with Tech Support goes like this:
.... ?
WD: Hi, my cable modem isn't working. The Link light on the modem is blinking rapidly.
(I can hear TS typing up a trouble ticket with one, maybe two fingers)
TS: Whoah whoah whoah... How do you spell that? B - L - I
WD: Yes M'am, B-L-I-N-K. Thank you.
This is no exaggeration. That is exactly how it went down.
Sure, there are a lot of extensions available. But what is the point of this slashdot topic? That there are too many choices? Please.
Firefox comes with the features that most people need. It's lean and mean, with little bloat. If you want some functionality that isn't included (and perhaps 5% of the users might find useful), go ahead and install the appropriate extension. It's a win-win situation.
All the CD-R's and CD-RW's I've ever seen have the dye layer sandwiched between two polycarbonate discs and the top of the disc is printed
And they all happen to say "DVD" on them instead of "CD", huh?
I think Oatmeal Cream Pie
What would a BSD card get you that a Linux one can't?
Neat concept, but definately rough around the edges. (Especially compared to Knoppix)
I am writing this from the Live CD using Firefox, so that at least says something. But here are some issues I ran in to: (Keep in mind I've never used FreeBSD before)
1. The Live CD doesn't boot properly on my system. After churning away for a while, it finally gets to the boot splash screen so I can't see what's going on. Then after hitting a few keys I got to the console and it displayed an error:
Mounting Root from cd9660:acd0
Root Mount Failed: 5
mountroot>
Using a little trial and error I was able to get the boot process to continue by typing:
cd9660:cd2
It appears that the Live CD got confused along the way as to what CD drive is which. I have two IDE-attached and one SCSI-attached CD devices in my machine.
2. I was presented with screens to select my KB Language and Layout. No biggie here, but just more interaction than Knoppix requires.
3. At the end of the boot process, I was presented with a root console prompt, and the tail end of a list of 10 items. I couldn't figure out how to scroll up the screen to read the list. PageUp, Shift + PageUP, + PageUP... I tried a bunch.
4. One of the last items in the list explained how to get into X (by typing xinit). So I got into X with XFCE fine. But the refresh rate is 60Hz and I fear my eyes are going to start bleeding pretty soon.
5. XFCE has auto-hide toolbars on the top and bottom of the screen. I find these quite distracting.
That's about it so far. It's neat to be able to play around with an OS that lives on a CD, but I'm wondering how useful this project is. Knoppix is a slick way of showing what a free non-MS operating system can do. Pop in the CD, boot it up, and you'll end up in a nice graphical interface with programs to try out. Plus it's extremely handy to use as a "rescue" CD for systems whose operating systems will not boot for various reasons.
But where does FreeSBIE fit in? As a rescue CD for those who know BSD well but not Linux? To show off how FreeBSD can almost be as nice a desktop as as Linux (Knoppix)? If FreeBSD is aimed as a server OS ("The Power To Serve"), how useful is a Live CD?
I don't mean to sound too negative here. It does seem like a neat project. I'm just failing to see its niche.
The method works for only about half of all e-mails received - but in all of those cases, it sorts the mail into the right category
That has to be one of the most ridiculous statements I've heard in a while. That's like saying I've got a great new burglar alarm system. Now, it only works about half of the time, but when it does work it catches the crook with a 100% success rate!
Who's buying?