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2.4GHz Wireless Video from Model Rocket
ExidyBoy writes "While the Gates Brothers fly entire camcorders in their rockets to record onboard footage, a cheaper alternative is to use off-the-shelf 2.4GHz wireless video senders. The Aussie RocketCam site has Windows Media and QuickTime clips of the spectacular results that can be obtained."
Really? What do you think these laid-off chip designers are gonna do when they get back to Chennai? Sell trinkets to tourists?
For over two years now, my colleagues and I have contended that the Bizarre style of Open Source programming has produced a technically inferior product, Linux, that is only permeating the commercial market due to the industry's attempt to appease the cyber-political forces of GNU. Even the most outspoken, die-hard advocates of Linux concede that other Unix-based operating systems (i.e. FreeBSD, BeOS) are superior to Linux. Yet, unlike the concessions given when comparing Linux to other Unix-based operating systems, the zealots in the Windows vs. Linux Wars have made their positions quite clear, each believing in the superiority of their own operating system and each demonstrating that neither side is willing to budge on the issue. However, what if one side admitted that the other side's operating system was better? What if one side surrendered to the other? That's exactly what happened. On February 13, 2003, Red Hat conceded defeat to Microsoft in the category of operating system security.
Adversaries of Linux, including myself, have for years argued that Linux is not secure. Our strongest line of reasoning points to the Linux operating system's lack of adherence to TCSEC (Trusted Computer Security Evaluation Criteria) and CC (Common Criteria) standards. (Please note that I said adherence and not certification, because an operating system can still be secure by voluntarily adhering to TCSEC and CC standards without being officially certified.)
You may recall my article "Oh Linux, Where Art Thou?" where I cite John Pescatore, Director of Internet Security for Gartner. He and I see eye to eye on the issue of Linux security. In response to Microsoft's announcement that Windows 2000 SP3 became CC EAL 4 certified, he said that Linux simply couldn't meet this level of security. Now, the world's largest Linux distributor and source of Linux service and support is acknowledging that he's right.
In a press release issued on February 13, 2003, Red Hat announced that security in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3 is provably and certifiably superior to security in Red Hat Linux. Well, ok, Red Hat didn't say that with words , but it most certainly said that with actions .
What Red Hat actually did say with words was that it is pursuing CC certification for Red Hat Linux Advanced Server at Evaluation Assurance Level 2 (EAL2). That's right, EAL2, the second lowest level of security assurance. Remember, higher numbers are better. Just to put this into perspective for you, Mac OS X is CC EAL3 certified, Sun Solaris is CC EAL4 certified, and Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3 is CC EAL4 certified.
Those are some pretty loud actions, and they're saying some pretty interesting things. They're saying that Linux is two levels of security behind Sun Solaris, a Unix-based operating system. They're saying Linux is two levels of security behind its arch nemesis, Microsoft Windows 2000. They're saying Linux is a full level of security behind Mac OS X, an Open Source operating system based not on Linux but on BSD. They're saying that Linux is the epitome of mediocrity, that Linux, in its current state, simply isn't up to par when it comes to operating system security, and here's the clincher: they're saying that all those Linux evangelists who have been preaching about the so-called "superior" security of Linux have been lying to you.
You don't have to take my word for it. This is straight from the mouth of the beast. Well, perhaps it would be better to say that this is straight from the actions of the beast. While the beast tries to put a positive spin on this blow to the credibility of Linux by saying that it hopes to be at EAL4 sometime in the far, distant, unforeseeable future, the beast's hazy vision does not negate the lack of security in the here and now.
The old axiom is right. Actions do speak louder than words, and they're saying, "Linux sucks."
or possibly serve porn off of it :)
Support Israeli punk bands. Man Alive.
Can someone who actually downloads these put up some .torrets? There seems to be little hope of seeing these already...
"When ideology and theology couple, their offspring are not always bad but they are always blind." -- Bill Moyers
You never-ever took a bath!
If the south had won....you'd still be cuttin' my grass!
This guy is a West Point graduate(1st in class) and a Rhodes Scholar in economics, politics and philosophy. He is also a Vietnam Vet and 4-star general and former NATO commander and not a war mongering, Republican, wacko.
It would be stupid not to get him in.
http://www.draftclark2004.com/biography.asp
nice referrer link inertishomepa are people really that poor ? i guess you are
He sure does seem to be fixated on that place.
Maybe they're the only people who will take him these days.
Afterall, wasn't that country founded by criminals?
And many of the Australia-realted stories he posts are about the fact that Australian authorities aren't big fans of anti-censorware issues...
Kudos sir -- you have raised the bar once again!