You can't, if someone compromises their security. They would be able to gain access to whatever information is available about other participants. A bit of a catch-22 don't you think.
Hey, I think this is a good idea. The RIAA is having their headhunt and the University has every right to protect themselves from being an accomplice to copyright infringement. However I wouldn't agree with this if it were used to shut down legitimate services like IRC. I realize that illegal file-sharing takes place on IRC, but there are legitimate services as well. Such as finding real-time tech support for different products that I have legitimate use of (i.e. Linux, or games I have purchased...etc). Having academic discussions about various topics with other hobbyist and enthusiast of different sorts (i.e. astronomy and mathematics). Technically IRC is a P2P client.
What about when I download Linux ISO's or other free software using bit-torrent. It couldn't be argued that this is infringing if it is used to gather and share public domain software. I assume from the posted articles that these legit services would be shut down as well. I simply cannot agree with this. I suppose therein lies the problem sorting the rotten apples from the good ones. Also, could this be infringing on the rights of the students by not allowing for the use of P2P for legitimate purposes. For example is it wrong for the University to not allow students to use bit-torrent to get and share Slackware ISO's? Is it wrong for them to not allow the use of IRC for educational purposes? Is this ok, because anything legit (such as OpenSource) is available in other places besides on P2P networks?
Actually, I am using the new and improved flux capacitor 2000. Mine only requires 80 mph. I forgot of course I would need lightning to strike the local clock tower if said flux capacitor 2000 is not working.
Thanks to all of those who corrected me. Esp. the two who said I was an idiot and clod. For someone who is so quick to label they should have read the rest of this thread. Someone already corrected me, so we don't need two more comments that say the same thing. Now, who is really the clod here?
Q. How many/.ers does it take to change a lightbulb? A. 10: 1 to moderate, 3 to meta-moderate, 5 anon-coward to post offtopic comments, and 1 to post the message about changing the lightbulb this morning.
Not trying to be a smartass but it is marked as linux-2.6.0-testN where N is a release number. I don't think anyone is trying to beat around the bush saying it is not experimental.
However, I think it is odd that this is not marked as a 2.5 kernel. Following the traditional versioning scheme and all. Naming it differently, would probably mean it will be ready for production in the next few months.
I compiled it correctly on the second try (because I forgot to compile in certain videoFB drivers needed for my setup). It booted fine and the biggest problem I experience was modprobe not finding my 3c59x driver. I will probably do a little tinkering and get it working just fine. I experienced no problems with filesystem drivers or data loss.
I think the point of the test releases are just for that (testing). It is both fun and exciting to tinker with the new features that will soon be available. I don't see anyone recommending it for production use right now.
Neither one of these articles provided any interesting details about the Cluster. What language are they using? How efficient is the message passing (is it PVM or MPI)? What kind of benchmarks does this thing have? Is it pushing GFLOPS or TFLOPS? Does it beat out everyone in The Top 500 List. I just think some details about how great this system is would be nice, instead of just a RedHat advertisement! I know RedHat must be proud that their distribution is being used, but I would like some more concrete information than some sugarcoated marketspeak.
The problem is that when you put your comments out there for the world to read, they have the right to "quote" you, if this was not true you would not be able to quote in reply to a message.
The criticism on slashdot is very strong and controversial sometimes, be prepared to be criticized when you criticize others. I think it's also fair to say that we are very prejudiced about a lot of the topics. For someone to take your comment out of context is not unlikely, seeing how you blatantly pointed out your own prejudice for MS they were merely pointing that out to their own readers.
I realize your comment was in jest, but really the way I see it, they are doing nothing that we here at slashdot are not guilty of.
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A beowulf of 130,000 laptops with wireless connections. It's all fun and games until Auto Power Management kicks in!
I couldn't resist a beowulf joke, sorry.
You can't, if someone compromises their security. They would be able to gain access to whatever information is available about other participants. A bit of a catch-22 don't you think.
Hey, I think this is a good idea. The RIAA is having their headhunt and the University has every right to protect themselves from being an accomplice to copyright infringement.
However I wouldn't agree with this if it were used to shut down legitimate services like IRC. I realize that illegal file-sharing takes place on IRC, but there are legitimate services as well. Such as finding real-time tech support for different products that I have legitimate use of (i.e. Linux, or games I have purchased...etc). Having academic discussions about various topics with other hobbyist and enthusiast of different sorts (i.e. astronomy and mathematics). Technically IRC is a P2P client.
What about when I download Linux ISO's or other free software using bit-torrent. It couldn't be argued that this is infringing if it is used to gather and share public domain software. I assume from the posted articles that these legit services would be shut down as well. I simply cannot agree with this.
I suppose therein lies the problem sorting the rotten apples from the good ones.
Also, could this be infringing on the rights of the students by not allowing for the use of P2P for legitimate purposes. For example is it wrong for the University to not allow students to use bit-torrent to get and share Slackware ISO's? Is it wrong for them to not allow the use of IRC for educational purposes? Is this ok, because anything legit (such as OpenSource) is available in other places besides on P2P networks?
Um, maybe he doesn't like BE...
Actually, I am using the new and improved flux capacitor 2000. Mine only requires 80 mph. I forgot of course I would need lightning to strike the local clock tower if said flux capacitor 2000 is not working.
/.ers does it take to change a lightbulb?
Thanks to all of those who corrected me. Esp. the two who said I was an idiot and clod. For someone who is so quick to label they should have read the rest of this thread. Someone already corrected me, so we don't need two more comments that say the same thing. Now, who is really the clod here?
Q. How many
A. 10: 1 to moderate, 3 to meta-moderate, 5 anon-coward to post offtopic comments, and 1 to post the message about changing the lightbulb this morning.
But if you went 80 mph you would travel back in time. Unless your flux capacitor was broken then you might travel into the future.
Indeed maybe the problem doesn't lie with the recordable media, but the Hardware used to burn it during said test on 30 different kinds of media.
Thank you for the tip. It's greatly appreciated!
Not trying to be a smartass but it is marked as linux-2.6.0-testN where N is a release number. I don't think anyone is trying to beat around the bush saying it is not experimental.
However, I think it is odd that this is not marked as a 2.5 kernel. Following the traditional versioning scheme and all. Naming it differently, would probably mean it will be ready for production in the next few months.
I compiled it correctly on the second try (because I forgot to compile in certain videoFB drivers needed for my setup). It booted fine and the biggest problem I experience was modprobe not finding my 3c59x driver. I will probably do a little tinkering and get it working just fine. I experienced no problems with filesystem drivers or data loss.
I think the point of the test releases are just for that (testing). It is both fun and exciting to tinker with the new features that will soon be available. I don't see anyone recommending it for production use right now.
'Nuff said
I tried it out and it is somewhat stable it couldn't find some modules that I definitely had compiled.
My guess is the year 2525 if we are still alive.
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Neither one of these articles provided any interesting details about the Cluster. What language are they using? How efficient is the message passing (is it PVM or MPI)? What kind of benchmarks does this thing have? Is it pushing GFLOPS or TFLOPS? Does it beat out everyone in The Top 500 List. I just think some details about how great this system is would be nice, instead of just a RedHat advertisement! I know RedHat must be proud that their distribution is being used, but I would like some more concrete information than some sugarcoated marketspeak.
sid=lug
The problem is that when you put your comments out there for the world to read, they have the right to "quote" you, if this was not true you would not be able to quote in reply to a message.
The criticism on slashdot is very strong and controversial sometimes, be prepared to be criticized when you criticize others. I think it's also fair to say that we are very prejudiced about a lot of the topics. For someone to take your comment out of context is not unlikely, seeing how you blatantly pointed out your own prejudice for MS they were merely pointing that out to their own readers.
I realize your comment was in jest, but really the way I see it, they are doing nothing that we here at slashdot are not guilty of.