That has nothing to do with the BSD or GPL license. There's many GPL'd developments going on with a "core group" as well.
I don't want to start any of your people's damn religious wars...
I think you do.
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Downfall of increasing the block size is that files will waste more space. Especially if you have a lot of small files, this will cost you a lot of disk space.
PS. If you turn your comment into a minifaq or whatever, make sure to write partition, not partitian.
I know the lab admins here would have a fit if someone assigned projects that required the students to not only have root access, but to mess around with the kernel.
At our school, we have removable harddisks in the programming labs for that purpose. Every student or group of students working on an assignment has access to "his own" removable harddisk, stored in a lab closet.
So what if someone has root access on his lab pc or screws up the kernel on his own harddisk? After every course, a filesystem image gets dumped on the harddisks to have a fresh base install:)
If my local harddisk crashes, I always have my own backup. A seperate computer is turned on automatically every 3 days to make a backup:)
I use a small program to signal the parallel port and turn on a computer which NFS mounts the harddisk of my PC to make backups... sorta like the coffee mini howto but different;P
There's prolly better ways to do it, I just built that stuff for fun once and it doesn't take any effort to keep it running;)
I still trust my own backups better, I wouldn't want somebody else to be responsible for that.
It had an awful slow tape thing built in, and it kinda looked funny with the lil monitor built on top of it...
Every once and a while the screen would go weird on it... and me being a lil brat, just screwed open the thing and pushed the chips in there a lil... well... it *did* help.... for a while;)
I played pacman on it... and space invaders, i think... *sigh* good 'ole times, when life was easy:)
You can do it in an easier way: #!/bin/sh DoubleClick="199.95.206.0/23 199.95.208.0/23 199.95.210.0/24 208.32.211.0/24 208.211.225.0/24 208.184.29.0/24"
if [ -n "$DoubleClick" ];then for address in $DoubleClick do ipchains -A output -d $address -j REJECT done fi
199.95.206.0/23 means 23 significant bits. 199.95 is 16 bits, leaves 7 for 206 206 = 11001110 where 1100111 is significant
so it'd block 199.95.206.x and 199.95.207.x only.
and with 206.0/22, you'd block 204.x - 207.x, that's not what you want.
Basically he asks contributing hackers to sign ownership of the code over to him. He makes all code available through the GPL, but sells exceptions to commercial OS vendors.
You can find the business model and licensing here.
Which "all those smaller upgrades" are you talking about?
The only upgrades that cause me to bring a system down are kernel upgrades and hardware upgrades. I can do all other upgrades without rebooting the machine.
If my kernel supports my hardware, and there's not some major bug in it, what's the point of upgrading it? If my hardware is capable of doing the job, what's the point of upgrading it?
a> 32 bit machines won't be in use as much, as you already stated b> programmers are wary of it now and will check code they reuse, and fix it if necessary (at least, I will)
Unstable for debian doesn't mean it'll crash, but dependencies *might* break.
I've used an "unstable" debian box as masq box at home for years. It works fine, only reboot it when I install a new kernel. And yes, I do upgrade the stuff on it more than once a week:)
I've run unstable Debian for years, and seen 20M+ updates only when i neglected the particular box for some time, which is not unusual to happen because it just keeps running:)
Also, nobody told you to update it daily. You can do it monthly, or even not at all. You don't *have* to suck all those packages through your modem. You only decide to do that if you want the recent versions. You can also decide not to.
Whether Microsoft products usually work fine or not, is debatable. My experiences vary. Some products do, some don't.
It was not an oversight on my part not to say anything about that. I didn't mention it because it was irrelevant to the point I was making.
You see, even if they all work fine, Microsoft is still limiting my freedom. Because you didn't say anything about that, I assume you either don't want to see it or didn't read my post very well.
I disagree with what you say, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it. -Voltaire
Haven't you paid any attention lately? Some reminders:
- Microsoft is a monopoly. - Microsoft abused that monopoly to maintain that position and gain monopoly position in other markets. - Microsoft has slowed down innovation by abuse of its monopoly. - Microsoft tries to stuff their products down your throat. - Microsoft does some of this by deforming protocols in a way that it works only with Microsoft products. - Microsoft deformed the way its web browser works for this very reason.
These are facts, according to a judge. No arguement possible.
Some of us stand up to this. Just because Microsoft is limiting your choices and your freedom. For me, it's not about a brand, a look, a name. It's about freedom. Learn something about the history of the laws of your country, and maybe you'll understand why people have fought to get it where it is now. The reason that you can connect to the internet, that you can state your opinion here, that you can do what you want, be who you want, is all because people fought for YOUR freedom. You'll have to know some background information to appreciate it instead of taking it for granted.
We just simply can't allow a company (whose only goal is to make money and doesn't care about you or me) to control anything about our lifes and limit our choices. Especially not a company which has shown abuse of that power.
I disagree with what you say, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it. -Voltaire
and that means fewer people cracking. Yeah and more people downloading cracks other people wrote. I think this source code release is great, more people will be creating stuff from it and become interested as game developers.
Has Corel goofed up again on licensing issues? Corel Linux's [8]EULA prohibits minors -- including minors who are Debian developers and contributors to free software -- from [9]downloading the Debian-based distribution. (Bruce Perens, [10]frustrated at the third Corel licencing issue in as many months, [11]briefly advocated a lawsuit against Corel.) Corel has been [12]talking to Debian about the issue, though people are still unsatisfied with the results and are getting a bit fed up with these continuing problems.
Okay so there's 118 elements and you're learning about 109. What does the knowledge of the other 9 elements do for you? Does it make you a better engineer, does it increase the value of your degree?
The basics are still the same. The way the molecule is built up out of electrons, protons and neutrons is the same. The methods to predict if it will react with other molecules is the same. When dealing with element 116, it's just a matter of looking up the specs for it and applying it to the theory you learned.
I learned to program using Pascal. When I went to my current school, where c(++) was used to program, i was laughed at by my fellow students because Pascal was outdated, hardly used, etcetera. However, I didn't learn to write Psacal programs, I learned how to analyse a problem, split it up, write a functional program in whatever pseudocode I preferred if necessary, and translate that into Pascal.
When I got my first lab test back, the teacher commented that it was the best constructed, documented and comprehensible program he had seen from anyone in the first grade. It was my turn to laugh;)
Whether Pascal is outdated or not, or whether it is still used nowadays, doesn't matter. I merely used it as a tool to learn how to write good programs. Once I learned the c syntax I applied the methods I learned to write good c programs.
Same goes for your elements. Or learning datacommunication techniques on a 200 baud line. Or setting up a network with 10 Mbit lines while 100 Mbit is pretty much standard nowadays, with terabits being new and cool. Or microprocessing techniques with a 386....
Usually I don't reply to AC flamebait, consider yourself lucky to get the exception of the rule.
I like Linux because it's stable, i can easily configure it instead of running into "Damn that's not possible!" situations all the time. I do have a fulltime well paying job, a wonderful girlfriend and a great sex life. I don't think that they're related to my use of linux though.
Thank you very much for sharing some details of your life, it was most interesting.
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Isn't that what Gnutella is for??
That has nothing to do with the BSD or GPL license. There's many GPL'd developments going on with a "core group" as well.
I don't want to start any of your people's damn religious wars
I think you do.
Downfall of increasing the block size is that files will waste more space. Especially if you have a lot of small files, this will cost you a lot of disk space.
PS. If you turn your comment into a minifaq or whatever, make sure to write partition, not partitian.
At our school, we have removable harddisks in the programming labs for that purpose. Every student or group of students working on an assignment has access to "his own" removable harddisk, stored in a lab closet.
So what if someone has root access on his lab pc or screws up the kernel on his own harddisk? After every course, a filesystem image gets dumped on the harddisks to have a fresh base install
Okay to be faster than the nitpickers...
:P
I obviously didn't proofread my post in dispite of the warnings etcetctec yadda yadda
and "him" should be "her"
and i won't proofread this one either
Yeah, I think you're right.
;)
Personally I live in the Netherlands. We pay per minute for local phonecalls. My american girlfriend asked me once "why?"
So I told him "Why not? I use it, don't I? So why shouldn't I pay for it?" She saw my point
If you cherish your free local phone calls, don't screw it by using ePipe.
Almost right.
You can hear an audio fragment of Linus pronouncing Linux here.
Oh ya... to play it, just cat linux.au >
Have fun
If my local harddisk crashes, I always have my own backup. A seperate computer is turned on automatically every 3 days to make a backup :)
;P
;)
I use a small program to signal the parallel port and turn on a computer which NFS mounts the harddisk of my PC to make backups... sorta like the coffee mini howto but different
There's prolly better ways to do it, I just built that stuff for fun once and it doesn't take any effort to keep it running
I still trust my own backups better, I wouldn't want somebody else to be responsible for that.
Heheh I remember those darn things!
;)
:)
It had an awful slow tape thing built in, and it kinda looked funny with the lil monitor built on top of it...
Every once and a while the screen would go weird on it... and me being a lil brat, just screwed open the thing and pushed the chips in there a lil... well... it *did* help.... for a while
I played pacman on it... and space invaders, i think... *sigh* good 'ole times, when life was easy
Isn't there a nice way to pollute their database? By sending bogus cookies, for instance?
You can do it in an easier way:
#!/bin/sh
DoubleClick="199.95.206.0/23 199.95.208.0/23 199.95.210.0/24 208.32.211.0/24 208.211.225.0/24 208.184.29.0/24"
if [ -n "$DoubleClick" ];then
for address in $DoubleClick
do
ipchains -A output -d $address -j REJECT
done
fi
199.95.206.0/23 means 23 significant bits.
199.95 is 16 bits, leaves 7 for 206
206 = 11001110
where 1100111 is significant
so it'd block 199.95.206.x and 199.95.207.x only.
and with 206.0/22, you'd block 204.x - 207.x, that's not what you want.
with 208.0/23 you'd block 208.x and 209.x
So basically you can get rid of 2 rules.
Basically he asks contributing hackers to sign ownership of the code over to him. He makes all code available through the GPL, but sells exceptions to commercial OS vendors.
You can find the business model and licensing here.
Which "all those smaller upgrades" are you talking about?
The only upgrades that cause me to bring a system down are kernel upgrades and hardware upgrades. I can do all other upgrades without rebooting the machine.
If my kernel supports my hardware, and there's not some major bug in it, what's the point of upgrading it? If my hardware is capable of doing the job, what's the point of upgrading it?
If it works, don't fix it...
I think this won't be as big as a problem because
a> 32 bit machines won't be in use as much, as you already stated
b> programmers are wary of it now and will check code they reuse, and fix it if necessary (at least, I will)
While you're there, pick up a baseball bat for the persistant
Unstable for debian doesn't mean it'll crash, but dependencies *might* break.
I've used an "unstable" debian box as masq box at home for years. It works fine, only reboot it when I install a new kernel. And yes, I do upgrade the stuff on it more than once a week
I've run unstable Debian for years, and seen 20M+ updates only when i neglected the particular box for some time, which is not unusual to happen because it just keeps running :)
Also, nobody told you to update it daily. You can do it monthly, or even not at all. You don't *have* to suck all those packages through your modem. You only decide to do that if you want the recent versions. You can also decide not to.
Whether Microsoft products usually work fine or not, is debatable. My experiences vary. Some products do, some don't.
It was not an oversight on my part not to say anything about that. I didn't mention it because it was irrelevant to the point I was making.
You see, even if they all work fine, Microsoft is still limiting my freedom. Because you didn't say anything about that, I assume you either don't want to see it or didn't read my post very well.
I disagree with what you say, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it.
-Voltaire
Haven't you paid any attention lately? Some reminders:
- Microsoft is a monopoly.
- Microsoft abused that monopoly to maintain that position and gain monopoly position in other markets.
- Microsoft has slowed down innovation by abuse of its monopoly.
- Microsoft tries to stuff their products down your throat.
- Microsoft does some of this by deforming protocols in a way that it works only with Microsoft products.
- Microsoft deformed the way its web browser works for this very reason.
These are facts, according to a judge. No arguement possible.
Some of us stand up to this. Just because Microsoft is limiting your choices and your freedom. For me, it's not about a brand, a look, a name. It's about freedom. Learn something about the history of the laws of your country, and maybe you'll understand why people have fought to get it where it is now. The reason that you can connect to the internet, that you can state your opinion here, that you can do what you want, be who you want, is all because people fought for YOUR freedom. You'll have to know some background information to appreciate it instead of taking it for granted.
We just simply can't allow a company (whose only goal is to make money and doesn't care about you or me) to control anything about our lifes and limit our choices. Especially not a company which has shown abuse of that power.
I disagree with what you say, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it.
-Voltaire
and that means fewer people cracking. Yeah and more people downloading cracks other people wrote. I think this source code release is great, more people will be creating stuff from it and become interested as game developers.
What's the point of getting a patent if you're not going to defend it? If you don't defend it, you'll even lose the patent.
I blame both USPTO for giving the patent, as well as Amazon to abuse the system and getting the patent.
Oh well, I never bought from Amazon anyways.
Not if you're both behind a firewall, it'll use the server connection in that case.
As quoted from Debian Weekly News:
o v/19991128.html - 9911/msg00227.html 3 3&mode=nested - 9911/msg00272.html
Has Corel goofed up again on licensing issues? Corel Linux's [8]EULA prohibits minors -- including minors who are Debian developers and contributors to free software -- from [9]downloading the Debian-based distribution. (Bruce Perens, [10]frustrated at the third Corel licencing issue in as many months, [11]briefly advocated a lawsuit against Corel.) Corel has been [12]talking to Debian about the issue, though people are still unsatisfied with the results and are getting a bit fed up with these continuing problems.
References
8. http://linux.corel.com/products/linux_os/eula.htm
9. http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/99n
10. http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-legal
11. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/11/28/11132
12. http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-legal
Okay so there's 118 elements and you're learning about 109. What does the knowledge of the other 9 elements do for you? Does it make you a better engineer, does it increase the value of your degree?
The basics are still the same. The way the molecule is built up out of electrons, protons and neutrons is the same. The methods to predict if it will react with other molecules is the same. When dealing with element 116, it's just a matter of looking up the specs for it and applying it to the theory you learned.
I learned to program using Pascal. When I went to my current school, where c(++) was used to program, i was laughed at by my fellow students because Pascal was outdated, hardly used, etcetera. However, I didn't learn to write Psacal programs, I learned how to analyse a problem, split it up, write a functional program in whatever pseudocode I preferred if necessary, and translate that into Pascal.
When I got my first lab test back, the teacher commented that it was the best constructed, documented and comprehensible program he had seen from anyone in the first grade. It was my turn to laugh
Whether Pascal is outdated or not, or whether it is still used nowadays, doesn't matter. I merely used it as a tool to learn how to write good programs. Once I learned the c syntax I applied the methods I learned to write good c programs.
Same goes for your elements. Or learning datacommunication techniques on a 200 baud line. Or setting up a network with 10 Mbit lines while 100 Mbit is pretty much standard nowadays, with terabits being new and cool. Or microprocessing techniques with a 386....
Usually I don't reply to AC flamebait, consider yourself lucky to get the exception of the rule.
I like Linux because it's stable, i can easily configure it instead of running into "Damn that's not possible!" situations all the time. I do have a fulltime well paying job, a wonderful girlfriend and a great sex life. I don't think that they're related to my use of linux though.
Thank you very much for sharing some details of your life, it was most interesting.