It is nice article. Passage about search
engines reminded me that google started
inserting "Sponsored Link". I feel it is beginning
of demise. I stopped using Altavista when they started doing that. Time to look for new
search engine...
> For software vendors, Ximian introduced the Red
> Carpet Partner Program, which allows software
> vendors to create and manage channels to
> distribute their Linux or UNIX software.
This program is on their site for a while.
I was interested in distributing my application
via it and filled the the application form few months ago and nobody ever responded to me. Nowbody even confirmed submission.
It's true, but it is also true another way around: 98% of packages are Free Software, not just Open Source.
This shows 64% of packages are under GPL, if you add to this other free licenses you will get more.
"acquiring the assets and intellectual property of software "
That means that they are not buying the company, just IP and assets. That means that Palm will not be accepting liabilities, like support contracts, employment agreements, etc.
In scenarios like this, victim company is quickly closed and some employees are fired and some are given options to join new company.
This is not such a good deal as ouright purchase. I hope I am wrong.
> This sort of staement really amazes me. Are you so
> righteous that you think Java and C++ are the answer
> to all programming problems? Get real. They both
> have their place, and there's nothing to say
> that D might not have its place too.
If he would invent something really new I would not argue. What he offers is another facelift to C++ which was extention of C. He offers it in a way very similar to Java.
For fresh approach to OO languages take a look at
OZ. I wish I had more time to play with it. Looks quite interesting.
I really get disappointed when people invent pet language for their project when there are thousands of other lanugages which you could use. For my projects I am using
GUILE.
In the article timeline they mention Thinkpads
with butterfly keyboard. I never owen one but I think
it is very smart idea. What happened to them? If
there are any modern laptops with butterfly keyboard?
Re:IRC doesn't need security..
on
Secure IRC?
·
· Score: 2
OK. Let us assume I am interested in mountain biking
and will hang on your server. But I also interested in motorcycling, so I hang on another one. Since I also
like Linux, should I also hang on Linux server? Running 3-4 IRC cliens under 'screen' may work but will be extrimely uncomfortable.
Re:IRC doesn't need security..
on
Secure IRC?
·
· Score: 5, Insightful
This is not a reason you need more security. Let me give you an
example: I hang on IRC to chat with friends. I usually sit there in
passive mode and if somebody wants to talk to me, they could. Kind of
instant messaging, but using more popular and accessible
media. Sometimes my colleagues from across the ocean stop by and want
to discuss some business related issues. Main problem is our
conversation (if it is not DCC, which in most case does not work
because of firewalls) could be observed by any IRC server
operator. There are dozen servers on network, some administrated by more
than one person. You could not assure integrity of all these people.
Proposed system will solve this problem, since all communication will
be encrypted using public keys of participants and channel keys. So
several people can chat on channel in confidence that nobody is
snooping their discussion.
Re:Securing an open system would be hard
on
Secure IRC?
·
· Score: 1
> it's allowed annonymous access by many servers.
IRC does not allow anonymous server connections!
You need to have C/N lines in server cfg to be allowed
to connect.
But allows anonymous cliens. Not completely anonymous -
most IRC servers try to use IDENT protocol
to check client identity, but this could be
easily faked.
In fact, that suite could have some basis.
This is purely hardware issue, having nothing
to do with OS, software or HotSync function.
Palm cradle habe power supply plugged into it.
Since they use 2 contact plug (not 2) under
certian circumstances you coud fire serial port by producung 110V (or 220V) on serial port.
Since mose motherboards have now integrated serial ports
ther reffer to it as damaging motherboard.
In US lawyers will have field day with these.
I forsee X billon dollas lawsuits of people claiming
their eyesight was damager, or they simply crashed their
car while browsing porno sites while driving.
Are you one of these "Power off your modem and
reboot your windows" guys?.:-)
AT&HOME support is nightmare. I am calling them with tracroute dying 2 hops from my modem
deep inside their network and they give me
this "reboot your windows" crap (I run Solaris box
as firewall by the way) and when send technichian
to repolace the modem!
P.S. Sorry about your being laid off. Nothing personal.
You are conservative person. It takes you
some time to accept new techology
2. #
You are respected by colleagues and feared by enemies.
3. joe@cube.some.com:~/joe[12:35 - Fri Jul 6]>
You really like techology, like to learn new things, do not afraid to experiment. You going
to move out of parents place soon.
4. cube:/usr/src/kernel>
With your 20 years if Unix experience you should have no problem finding new job.
5. (Press ^D when you done with fsck)#
Difficult times are ahead of you. Do not lose
your courage and patience.
Re:Traveling with Cingular Wireless GSM phone
on
SMS vs. E-mail?
·
· Score: 1
In california it is GSM.
I have dual band Ericsson T28world.
I bough it unlocked on ebay and it works
fine with prepaid SIM cards.
Traveling with Cingular Wireless GSM phone
on
SMS vs. E-mail?
·
· Score: 2
I am using one of (very few) US GSM providers (Cyngular). While visiting France, I can send and receive SMS messages to my wifes phone in US.
The problem with Cingular is their support. It sucks! They have only 800 number, which could not
be called directly from outside US. They have support email address, but I never received responce to messages sent there. Finally I managed
to call their 800 number via calling card, just to hear message that I am calling from number
outside of their service zone, and they could not help me. Of course, recommeneded way to call customer support (*666 from cell phone) does not work in europe.
Taking in account that their roaming charges
outside US are $2.50/minute I just bought in France pre-paid GSM card and using while I am here.
Also, to be able to use their service outside US you need to call them and ask to activate "international roaming".
Do not forget that most of US GSM phones are using
different frequency than one in use in Europe and will not work there. You need dual or tripple band phone.
Ximain RedCarpet updated includes
Mozilla in list of updated packages.
Because of this I do not wish
to install it manually, not to break
package dependencies.
They still have 0.8.1 and I am waiting for
Ximian to publish new RPM with updated version.
Slashdot Mirror
It is nice article. Passage about search
engines reminded me that google started
inserting "Sponsored Link". I feel it is beginning
of demise. I stopped using Altavista when they started doing that. Time to look for new
search engine...
> For software vendors, Ximian introduced the Red
> Carpet Partner Program, which allows software
> vendors to create and manage channels to
> distribute their Linux or UNIX software.
This program is on their site for a while.
I was interested in distributing my application
via it and filled the the application form few months ago and nobody ever responded to me. Nowbody even confirmed submission.
Just wait for new Office XP.
Let's check numbers:
zembla
516
zembla
888
It's true, but it is also true another way around: 98% of packages are Free Software, not just Open Source.
This shows 64% of packages are under GPL, if you add to this other free licenses you will get more.
"acquiring the assets and intellectual property of software "
That means that they are not buying the company, just IP and assets. That means that Palm will not be accepting liabilities, like support contracts, employment agreements, etc.
In scenarios like this, victim company is quickly closed and some employees are fired and some are given options to join new company.
This is not such a good deal as ouright purchase. I hope I am wrong.
> righteous that you think Java and C++ are the answer
> to all programming problems? Get real. They both
> have their place, and there's nothing to say
> that D might not have its place too.
If he would invent something really new I would not argue. What he offers is another facelift to C++ which was extention of C. He offers it in a way very similar to Java.
For fresh approach to OO languages take a look at
OZ. I wish I had more time to play with it. Looks quite interesting.
I really get disappointed when people invent pet language for their project when there are thousands of other lanugages which you could use. For my projects I am using
GUILE.
It is not very nice thing to say, but the guy stuck
in the time few years ago:
1. Java is already invented.
2. Nobody cares about 16 bit code anymore.
If you like Java, use it. If you dislike java,
stick to good old C++. No need to invent a new language.
> transfer vehicle between metropolitan airports
> and bedroom communities that would otherwise
> be a multihour bus or van trip away.
The site does not mention top speed of this
airship, but I doubt it would be much faster
than highway speed.
In the article timeline they mention Thinkpads
with butterfly keyboard. I never owen one but I think
it is very smart idea. What happened to them? If
there are any modern laptops with butterfly keyboard?
OK. Let us assume I am interested in mountain biking
and will hang on your server. But I also interested in motorcycling, so I hang on another one. Since I also
like Linux, should I also hang on Linux server? Running 3-4 IRC cliens under 'screen' may work but will be extrimely uncomfortable.
This is not a reason you need more security. Let me give you an
example: I hang on IRC to chat with friends. I usually sit there in
passive mode and if somebody wants to talk to me, they could. Kind of
instant messaging, but using more popular and accessible
media. Sometimes my colleagues from across the ocean stop by and want
to discuss some business related issues. Main problem is our
conversation (if it is not DCC, which in most case does not work
because of firewalls) could be observed by any IRC server
operator. There are dozen servers on network, some administrated by more
than one person. You could not assure integrity of all these people.
Proposed system will solve this problem, since all communication will
be encrypted using public keys of participants and channel keys. So
several people can chat on channel in confidence that nobody is
snooping their discussion.
> it's allowed annonymous access by many servers.
IRC does not allow anonymous server connections!
You need to have C/N lines in server cfg to be allowed
to connect.
But allows anonymous cliens. Not completely anonymous -
most IRC servers try to use IDENT protocol
to check client identity, but this could be
easily faked.
In fact, that suite could have some basis.
This is purely hardware issue, having nothing
to do with OS, software or HotSync function.
Palm cradle habe power supply plugged into it.
Since they use 2 contact plug (not 2) under
certian circumstances you coud fire serial port by producung 110V (or 220V) on serial port.
Since mose motherboards have now integrated serial ports
ther reffer to it as damaging motherboard.
I usually go to Weirdstuff warehouse in sunnyvalle:
http://www.weirdstuff.com/
> With the help of a skilled admin I'd say small business
> stands to save a good deal of money in several areas.
Would this sum be more that experienced admin salary?
In US lawyers will have field day with these.
I forsee X billon dollas lawsuits of people claiming
their eyesight was damager, or they simply crashed their
car while browsing porno sites while driving.
Try this:
http://www.slashdot.org/scritpts/cmd.exe
Link in the article points to JRE 1.2 while
latest is 1.3.
Are you one of these "Power off your modem and :-)
reboot your windows" guys?.
AT&HOME support is nightmare. I am calling them with tracroute dying 2 hops from my modem
deep inside their network and they give me
this "reboot your windows" crap (I run Solaris box
as firewall by the way) and when send technichian
to repolace the modem!
P.S. Sorry about your being laid off. Nothing personal.
If your command promt looks like:
1. C:\>
You are conservative person. It takes you
some time to accept new techology
2. #
You are respected by colleagues and feared by enemies.
3. joe@cube.some.com:~/joe[12:35 - Fri Jul 6]>
You really like techology, like to learn new things, do not afraid to experiment. You going
to move out of parents place soon.
4. cube:/usr/src/kernel>
With your 20 years if Unix experience you should have no problem finding new job.
5. (Press ^D when you done with fsck)#
Difficult times are ahead of you. Do not lose
your courage and patience.
In california it is GSM.
I have dual band Ericsson T28world.
I bough it unlocked on ebay and it works
fine with prepaid SIM cards.
I am using one of (very few) US GSM providers (Cyngular). While visiting France, I can send and receive SMS messages to my wifes phone in US.
The problem with Cingular is their support. It sucks! They have only 800 number, which could not
be called directly from outside US. They have support email address, but I never received responce to messages sent there. Finally I managed
to call their 800 number via calling card, just to hear message that I am calling from number
outside of their service zone, and they could not help me. Of course, recommeneded way to call customer support (*666 from cell phone) does not work in europe.
Taking in account that their roaming charges
outside US are $2.50/minute I just bought in France pre-paid GSM card and using while I am here.
Also, to be able to use their service outside US you need to call them and ask to activate "international roaming".
Do not forget that most of US GSM phones are using
different frequency than one in use in Europe and will not work there. You need dual or tripple band phone.
Ximain RedCarpet updated includes
Mozilla in list of updated packages.
Because of this I do not wish
to install it manually, not to break
package dependencies.
They still have 0.8.1 and I am waiting for
Ximian to publish new RPM with updated version.
Since they are same size, I wish Mozilla to be as stable as kernel, and not vice versa.
Too low tech!
Better idea is huge LCD screen with from
somewhere on the net, through which anybody
can post comments.