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Bad example - linux DID copy the BSD constants and typedefs. This is no secret.

To which "BSD constants and typedefs" are you referring? They certainly had their own #defines for various UN*X constants, because they wanted to be UN*X-compatible. The numerical values for some of them differ from instruction set architecture to instruction set architecture (meaning that they can't have duplicated the BSD values for those on all platforms), presumably because they wanted to provide binary compatibility with at least some programs from a "native" operating system on the platforms in question, e.g. SunOS 5.x on SPARC, Digital/Tru64 UNIX on Alpha, etc..

As for typedefs, they do have typedefs in, for example, the 1.3.10 linux/types.h for both the BSD and System V unsigned integral values, but, again, defining some constants and typedefs that are used in a given API in order to implement that API doesn't mean you have to use the code that implements that API in your own implementation (if that were true, the Regents of the University of California would have lost the AT&T lawsuit...).

I guess you missed the whole "linux kernel headers" issue,

To which "linux kernel headers" issue are you referring? The one about the Android C library headers being derived from the Linux kernel headers and the question about whether copying them into a BSD-licensed library violated the GPL?

as well as the "there's SCO code in linux" (that turned out to be code from BSD).

Erm, no. There were several bits of SCO code that SCO asserted were in Linux. In one slide they showed the BPF interpreter and claimed it was copied from SCO; in fact, Linux has a clean-room implementation of the BPF interpreter (and originally had no BPF interpreter), not copied from the BSD interpreter, so Linux didn't have a copy of the BPF interpreter from BSD (unlike SCO Unix), it had its own independent implementation. However, that was not the only bit of SCO code they claimed was in Linux; they also claimed, for example, that some allocation routines that date back to old AT&T Unix - older versions of BSD happened to have it because they were derived from AT&T Unix, and code that implemented read-copy-update (which originally came from Sequent's Dynix, not from BSD). Go read Bruce Perens' analysis of SCO's slide show for details.

At the time the G3 was technically a faster processor than the Pentium II according to the BYTEmark test. "Apple says that a PowerMac G3/300 scores 10.2 on the BYTEmark test, more than twice as fast as the 4.3 rating the Pentium II got, and 45 percent higher than a 400-MHz Pentium II." Now it's debatable whether the computer was overall faster as then you have to factor in bus speeds, memory, etc. Back then these things mattered a lot. The main point was at the minimum it was debatable and not blatantly false.

This comparison done by MS is dishonest at best. For example, for desktops it compares a Xeon class workstation MacPro to a generic consumer desktop Core 2 Duo and complains that the MacPro was much more expensive. Well, duh: a workstation meant for professionals is going to cost you more than a consumer desktop. That's just common sense. Also it includes paying for software like Office and Quicken on the Mac but don't include them in the cost of the PC. It compared old versions of Mac products with the newest PC counterparts etc. It added optional MobileMe Apple services but didn't for PCs, etc.

This is exactly what happens. People reverse engineer the patch to discover the exact vulnerability.

http://www.techimo.com/forum/security-privacy-issues/207377-reverse-engineering-security-patches-automatically-generate-exploits.html

And that's what I'd tell the Asker's clients. Being closed source doesn't help you--it just means that you're beholden to one company to fix your problems.

Who says their hardware isn't easy to rip off? I guess you forgot about this little trick. Back in the day I have also ran across both Intel and AMD chips that were overclocked to instability at the factory and had the BIOS altered so that the machines could be sold as having the faster and more expensive CPU. While I think the BSAA are as big a bunch of asshats as any of the other *.A.As with everything made in china nowadays it isn't hard to get a fake ANYTHING anymore. But as always this is my 02c,YMMV

Of course Xp Home doesn't offer that as XP Pro does but instead of domain policies and domain logins you could have used child safe controls like Norton Internet Security offers for XP Home.

If your son is a hacker, then he knows that he can login via the local account instead of a domain to bypass the domain policies and domain logins. One other way is to log into safe mode with networking support by pressing F8 on bootup which still gives Internet access but without domain policies or domain logins. But there are other ways to bypass domain policies as well if one knows what to do.

But I admit you found a way to use XP Pro and domains to try and control what your family does. You are an exception because you know how to get a server working and how to administer security on it and workstations, but most families just use XP Home and peer to peer workgroup networking without domains. Mostly because they don't know enough to set up a domain and domain policies.

PS3's are not selling out any more.

Evidence:
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/nikkei/nikkei-on-big- ds-and-wii-sales-slow-ps3-sales-226834.php
http://www.unscripted360.com/2006/12/28/playstatio n-3-sitting-not-selling/
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/ps3/plenty-o-ps3s-but -no-takers-225271.php
http://www.techimo.com/forum/t180097.html
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6162141.html
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/06/ps3-available-on -bestbuy-com-still/

Ah, that's right, thanks for the help. Though personally.... I just use a shotgun!

Obviously cutting open your hard drive is not a very sensible idea, but you'd think that one of the manufacturers would have started making HDDs with a window by now.

http://www.techimo.com/newsapp/index.pl?photo=1513 8

2.5" (laptop)
  or
3.5"

My first drive I bought is a SmartDisk Firelite. They make USB and FireWire versions. These come with an HD pre-installed.

I have since bought a 2.5" enclosure - Vantec NexStar. This is a USB2.0 enclosure for 2.5" drives. Very handy for making use of old laptop drives. The best part is that these new ones pull power off the USB line. I can't speak to the FireWire drives.

I also have some high capacity 3.5" drives in external enclosures. One is a Metal Gear Box. The other is a Mad Dog. The Metal Gear unit is all aluminum with vented sides for maximum cooling. The Mad Dog is not so good for cooling. It is a tight fit and the outer case feels like plastic. Also, the Mad Dog plays havoc with AM radios. I suspect it is because it is a non-metal housing. Well, it says it is anodized aluminum, but it feels more like plastic.

Generally speaking, you will pay a lot more per GB for a pre-installed hard drive, compared with smart shopping for bargains on enclosures and drives.

Good luck.

anyway try -> http://www.techimo.com/articles/i82.html

not necessarily

and I can already connect a full size keyboard to my PDA

And? I have a lcd on my wristwatch but that doesn't mean I don't need one on my PDA.

but there will be no "killer app" as a result of this.

With the wireless connectivity, the big screen and the power of the PSP there are lots of cool things you can do with it. IRC and surving suddenly become convenient, lots of games would profit too (especially those not designed for PSP)

A friend of mine used to pull off the keys
and replace them in alphabetical order-
always got a chuckle out of me when someone
new sat at his desk...

In any case, that would solve the problem of
finding the odd charactors: ~ / \ | etc
as well as letting you grow into learning
key location.

Thought i'd throw in another ideal placement too:
http://www.techimo.com/photo/data/4/179ms_keyboard -med.jpg
http://www.jardmail.co.uk/attachments/mskeyboard.j pg
http://igloo.its.unimelb.edu.au/funny/Year%202005% 20-%2003/tn/All%20Time%20Great%20Microsoft%20Keybo ard.jpg.html
(all same image)

I already do. Here is an X-ray picture of my head.

just for some info... Here is an individual's little test that shows that .rar actually is better at compression than some that have been noted here already.....
http://www.techimo.com/forum/t67795.html

Which ignores a lot of history: we've seen QNX, BeOS, NEXT, and a lot of others. If you want to justify SkyOS, you don't compare it Windows or Linux -- you compare it to all the OSs that have failed to penetrate the x86 user base, and explain why SkyOS can succeed where they failed.

Tazer Tag

Nah, the cops in Miami tend to win at that one.

Nvidia provided the graphics chipset for the original Xbox. Then they had some sort of falling out with Microsoft over how much they were supposed to be paid. This probably contributed to the Xbox 2 graphics chipset being done by ATI. So Nvidia will be missing the Xbox 2 party, but given that the Xbox deal probably wasn't good for them anyway, it may not be a big loss.

Stuff it, n00b.

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Come back when you have over 20 years of professional software engineering experience.

I know what you meant. I know what you said.

Apparently you do not, since you've read all kinds of things into my one-sentence that I never wrote, implied, or intended.

You should stuff it before you make yourself out to look like more of an idiot for giving bad advice and being too foolish to accept correction.

I gave excellent advice: Again with the hint: Type "free antivirus software" into Google. That was it. The whole thing. I didn't say "Search for 'free antivirus software' in Google and install the first thing you come to without doing any further research." You and your little buddies came up with that brain-damaged idea and then tried to attribute it to me. Had you actually typed "free antivirus software" into Google, you would have found links to online ratings, user discussions, magazine reviews, etc.

I was wrong.

You still are.

Now stop trolling and go away.

I've got the answer!

All they have to do is distribute the source in PDF using the wingdings font! Surely nobody will crack that like those pesky open sourcers did with their Greek font.

Don't be surprised when they try and make CDs do the same thing. The media companies hate the fact that they now sell us a copy that we can keep. They want to license a copy to us that we have to renew.

I'm not sure what the AVault author is whining about, except maybe that he has a choice of upgrading his hardware to see the best eye candy.

"They're making their own X86 compatible chip called Dragonballz"

Actually the "Dragon Chip" (Godson-I/II chips) are MIPS based.

Simple - allofmp3.com - they're located in Russia, where the royalty laws for downloading music work similarly to those for radio airplay in North America. Because of this, they are able to offer a HUGE selection of music without having to hammer out deals with the major labels.

How much does all this cost? How about $0.01 US/megabyte downloaded? What if I told you that the vast majority of their catalogue was available in high quality formats, that you can encode to your file format of choice (including LAME with --alt-presets, or OGG)? Would that sweeten the deal?

Frankly, I don't know why these guys havn't taken off in North America, aside from a lack of publicity. I suppose there is some fear of giving your credit card to a Russian company, but their processor is highly reputable, and they now also accept PayPal.

Here's some reviews and FAQs about their setup and its legitimacy:

http://www.techimo.com/newsapp/i9599.html

http://www.techimo.com/newsapp/i9599.html

Simple - allofmp3.com - they're located in Russia, where the royalty laws for downloading music work similarly to those for radio airplay in North America. Because of this, they are able to offer a HUGE selection of music without having to hammer out deals with the major labels.

How much does all this cost? How about $0.01 US/megabyte downloaded? What if I told you that the vast majority of their catalogue was available in high quality formats, that you can encode to your file format of choice (including LAME with --alt-presets, or OGG)? Would that sweeten the deal?

Frankly, I don't know why these guys havn't taken off in North America, aside from a lack of publicity. I suppose there is some fear of giving your credit card to a Russian company, but their processor is highly reputable, and they now also accept PayPal.

Here's some reviews and FAQs about their setup and its legitimacy:

http://www.techimo.com/newsapp/i9599.html

http://www.techimo.com/newsapp/i9599.html

Still works as a terminal - but I rarely use the veteran.
MINT !
CC.

Google Cache of the original page, text only.

A similar page at Homelinux, describing the modification made at metku.net.

Yoshi DeHerrera's version from screensavers. Once again, the same idea, but from March 2002.

A real modder's version complete with unnecessary blue LEDs.

Link

If the details are accurate, this could beat out the GeForce4 and bring Matrox back into the gaming market. Unlike the 550. Decent card, but 0 gaming potential.

The_Shadows, out.