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Debate on Linux Virtual Memory Handling

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

xturnip sent us a good piece running over at Byte about Linux's VM. Somewhat more technical then the stuff we usually see online, this one talks about different VM systems, and the egos in the kernel. Its worth a read.

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  1. i got... by CmdrTaco+on+on · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post

    for troll tuesday

    1. Re:i got... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      "i dunno how to use toilet paper cuz the instructions are too technical." -- CmdrTaco

  2. ...warm bawls by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nice one my son

    (last post)

    1. Re:...warm bawls by CmdrTaco+on+on · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      mad props to all my dead homies.

    2. Re:...warm bawls by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      this one goes out to all the djs

      TROLL TUESDAY - TROLLIN FOR JESUS!

      (last post)

  3. Time out of whack by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Did you guys forget to set the clock back on the Slashdot server? Looks like it's an hour ahead of the rest of the world...

  4. Re:OT: The origins of CmdrTaco's name. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Bravo indeed! I feel strangely dirty after reading that, but I'm glad that now I know.

  5. re-e-wind by CmdrTaco+on+on · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    enTAH selecTAH

    1. Re:re-e-wind by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      (banging side of computator...)
      Stupid trolls!
      BE!&nbsp MORE!&nbsp FUNNY!&nbsp

  6. Re:Taco Tales by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am not a lawyer but you could probably get away scott free with murder by adding some sort of fine print "May not actually be dead" aside the corpse or something.*

    *Don't try this at home, kids

  7. Re:OSS Power by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Better still, they test software before release. Hey, what a novel idea - maybe Open Source coders could try that!

  8. What a cliffhanger by pacc · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The results were very interesting indeed. Since this benchmark is too much to be handled in this article, Byte.com will post it here soon for you to read.
    Can't wait to read the sequel...

  9. Re:Brief synopsis: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What's the point of this synopsis?

  10. Re:It should all be configurable. by volsung · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What makes you think anyone doing the cock-swinging actually has any impact on the development of Linux? :)

  11. Is This For Real? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I just found this [slashdot.org] at the Slashdot Privacy Watch [slashdot.org] page. This article (and the others posted by Slashdot Privacy Watch) present some seriously scary possibilities. I'm posting this in order to have your comments, CmdrTaco.

    What is the Slashdot Customer Profile?

    Slashdot is owned by VA Linux, and VA Linux is a for-profit Corporation. This means that, like other corporations, Slashdot must maintain a customer profile for every user (yes, even you Anonymous Cowards!). These customer profiles are kept in Slashdot's master MySQL database, which is archived on a frequent basis to preserve VA Linux's valuable Intellectual Property rights to its' customer information. The Customer Profile contains many fields, such as the email address you used to register your Slashdot account. In addition, it contains these fields [slashdot.org] which are accessed in users.pl [slashcode.com], line 1898.

    They're Tracking WHAT?

    You may have noticed that the Customer Profile contains a field called $iplist. You're not dreaming, this is a list of every IP address anyone has used to access Slasdot - ever. Slashdot has a perfectly legitimate reason [slashdot.org] for maintaining these detailed records on every customer. However, while every Slashdot user understands that the privacy of each Slashdot user is paramount to the current management of Slashdot, we must also understand that Slashdot is property, and that it has been bought - and sold - before. Therefore we must not consider the implication of the existence of Slashdot Customer Profiling under the existing management, but rather the implications under any future management.

    Who Would Want my IP?

    Let's assume, for the sake of argument only, that VA Linux decides to sell Slashdot to DoubleClick [doubleclick.com] in order to boost its' short-term cash supply. Doubeclick would be looking at Slashdot mainly as an Intellectual Property asset, and its' customer database as the primary portion of that asset (because Slaschode is GPL'd). How, then, can VA Linux maximize the resale value of Slashdot's Intellectual Property assets? By tracking every possible piece of information. The list of IP addresses used by every Slashdot user, reverse-correlated by email, would provide a very lucrative marketing tool to a would-be buyer of Slashdot. Doubleclick could use this Intellectual Property to:

    • Correlate web hits to member sites by IP address, sending an email to every Slashdot user who visits a target site.
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    It is easy to see why recording the IP profiles of every Slashdot customer maximizes the value of the Slashdot Customer Database. The question is, should you be given the option to opt-out?


  12. Re:Brief synopsis: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The site is unreachable, troll.

  13. Re:OT: The origins of CmdrTaco's name. by tt2k1 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wow, I just exploded!

    --

    Troll Tuesday 2001.

    --The Mess

  14. Re:OT: The origins of CmdrTaco's name. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "...leaving him struggling to make a saving throw vs. pathetic geekdom..."

    LOL! bravo!