So basically you're saying that you haven't upgraded or patched your kernel on that machine in 600 days. Wow. You're brave.
Also.. chroot'ing anything just gives you a false sense of security... see "When not to use a chroot" for details
I agree with you in principle - anything can be secure or insecure depending on the admin.. but 600 days? You're asking to get rooted just because of that outdated kernel...
The Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS or 'jitters') is currently being tested by the US Army... it aims to be "everything in one box," and it was "originally planned to span a frequency range of 2 megahertz to 2 gigahertz. JTRS has been expanded to frequencies above 2 GHz to satisfy space communications requirements"
That's a direct quote from the Wikipedia article (which looks like it's pretty accurate), located here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JTRS
I'm in the Army, and buddies of mine have played with it and can attest that "it's pretty cool":)
He pointed out that he is on a heavily forrested, north facing mountain. I would assume that he means he can't get line of sight to a satellite for that reason.
I'd think he's be able to run CAT-5 to a VSAT terminal and dish in a clearing or something, however, so... hmm.
From Apple Cuts Off Linux iPod Users: "This appears to be protection against 3rd party applications writing out their own databases."
Why wasn't the hash used on the old iPods sufficient? And if it was just to ensure integrity of files stored on the iPod, why not just go ahead and publish how the hash is computed, instead of the community having to reverse engineer it?
Darwin was an open source project, that never gained traction or support from Apple. From Wikipedia: "OpenDarwin was a community-led operating system based on the Darwin platform, founded in April 2002 by the Internet Software Consortium and Apple. In July 2006, the OpenDarwin Core Team and Administrators announced that all development on OpenDarwin would cease, citing concerns over lack of interest from the community."
See also Open-source Darwin? Not yet. My favorite part: "Apple is stonewalling open-source developers despite the company's recent release of much of the Mac OS X Tiger kernel source code"
WebKit was KHTML, but modified so extensively by Apple it basically turned into a fork. Only recently have attmepts been made to merge them back together. Instead of working on KHTML, Apple chose to grab it, mangle it, and throw it in Safari
Please get your facts straight, sir. I bought a G-4 in 2000 (before you could buy a G-4 with OS X preinstalled) and got an OS X t-shirt with it. I thought it was the dawn of a new day at Apple when OS X was released. I was wrong.
Apple's offering AFAIK is a mobile version of OSX... what does that have to do with Linux?
By my accounts, Apple has been hostile to the open source community. They take and don't give back. Look at their track record with OSX and not setting up a source repository.
Making iPods intentionally not work with anything but iTunes (which was cracked only days later)? Creating iWork instead of helping the OS X version OpenOffice.org?
Apple would BE Microsoft, and Charman Jobs would be Gates, if they had the option.
http://fastcad.com/ fastcad - Created by none other than the original developer of AutoCAD, Mike Riddle. Apparently version 8 will run on Linux
note: I have only researched these products because I want to start a Linux solutions company. I have not used them myself (yet). Also IANAE (I am not an engineer)
I'm out in Iraq right now (Army) and I can say that your post has me interested in buying some "Astronomical binoculars." Buying a telescope and having it shipped out here is not really a good option.
You beat me to the punch. I was thinking the same exact thing.
When I was in Korea (I'm in the Army right now) the drivers would take advantage of soldiers all the time. The language barrier didn't help. They'd drive halfway around Seoul and make 30,000 won (1,000 won is approximately a dollar) when the actual route should have cost about 10k won
God I love these ACs who shoot off the hip and come to the conclusion "your IT environment must be crap" (which is kind of a jab at the parent poster, considering he's the "IT guy" at that company)
Just because his PHB loves Access doesn't mean that is their database backend.
yes but many of the themes and goodies actually increase productivity
making something pretty is ok.. making something that looks pretty and actually increases my productivity is priceless
if you prefer slimmed down run a really light WM like blackbox or xfce
the revolution is all about choice
;-)
The Penny Arcade comic says it all... good god you guys I was just making a joke. No, I didn't know what the Rupee was off the top of my head. I know what/where INDIA is, and I know it's the second most populated country in the world. Having actually talked to real live folks from Mumbai out here kinda reinforced that.
No the US education system is not necessarily a failure because I couldn't remember what currency is in use in India.
I was JOKING around. If you've ever played LoZ I'd think you would have at least chuckled....
No I'm not making this up. Pronounced like the coins in Zelda. I'm deployed to Iraq and talking with the Indian folks out here I rofl'd when I heard what their currency is.
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So basically you're saying that you haven't upgraded or patched your kernel on that machine in 600 days. Wow. You're brave.
Also.. chroot'ing anything just gives you a false sense of security... see "When not to use a chroot" for details
I agree with you in principle - anything can be secure or insecure depending on the admin.. but 600 days? You're asking to get rooted just because of that outdated kernel...
Yes that does sound interesting... I've never actually gotten to play with a JTRS unfortunately, I've only heard about them.
The Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS or 'jitters') is currently being tested by the US Army... it aims to be "everything in one box," and it was "originally planned to span a frequency range of 2 megahertz to 2 gigahertz. JTRS has been expanded to frequencies above 2 GHz to satisfy space communications requirements"
:)
That's a direct quote from the Wikipedia article (which looks like it's pretty accurate), located here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JTRS
I'm in the Army, and buddies of mine have played with it and can attest that "it's pretty cool"
He pointed out that he is on a heavily forrested, north facing mountain. I would assume that he means he can't get line of sight to a satellite for that reason.
I'd think he's be able to run CAT-5 to a VSAT terminal and dish in a clearing or something, however, so... hmm.
In my head the MARIO: part sounds more like Jar-Jar :)
From Apple Cuts Off Linux iPod Users: "This appears to be protection against 3rd party applications writing out their own databases."
Why wasn't the hash used on the old iPods sufficient? And if it was just to ensure integrity of files stored on the iPod, why not just go ahead and publish how the hash is computed, instead of the community having to reverse engineer it?
Darwin was an open source project, that never gained traction or support from Apple. From Wikipedia: "OpenDarwin was a community-led operating system based on the Darwin platform, founded in April 2002 by the Internet Software Consortium and Apple. In July 2006, the OpenDarwin Core Team and Administrators announced that all development on OpenDarwin would cease, citing concerns over lack of interest from the community."
See also Open-source Darwin? Not yet. My favorite part: "Apple is stonewalling open-source developers despite the company's recent release of much of the Mac OS X Tiger kernel source code"
WebKit was KHTML, but modified so extensively by Apple it basically turned into a fork. Only recently have attmepts been made to merge them back together. Instead of working on KHTML, Apple chose to grab it, mangle it, and throw it in Safari
The unforking of KDE's KHTML and Webkit
Please get your facts straight, sir. I bought a G-4 in 2000 (before you could buy a G-4 with OS X preinstalled) and got an OS X t-shirt with it. I thought it was the dawn of a new day at Apple when OS X was released. I was wrong.
Apple's offering AFAIK is a mobile version of OSX... what does that have to do with Linux?
By my accounts, Apple has been hostile to the open source community. They take and don't give back. Look at their track record with OSX and not setting up a source repository.
Making iPods intentionally not work with anything but iTunes (which was cracked only days later)? Creating iWork instead of helping the OS X version OpenOffice.org?
Apple would BE Microsoft, and Charman Jobs would be Gates, if they had the option.
Have you take a look at these products?
http://www.varicad.com/VariCAD - supports DWG files via the http://opendesign.com/"Open Design Alliance"
http://fastcad.com/ fastcad - Created by none other than the original developer of AutoCAD, Mike Riddle. Apparently version 8 will run on Linux
note: I have only researched these products because I want to start a Linux solutions company. I have not used them myself (yet). Also IANAE (I am not an engineer)
Put succinctly: Thank you for shining the light of common sense and truth onto the darkness of zealotry.
I'm out in Iraq right now (Army) and I can say that your post has me interested in buying some "Astronomical binoculars." Buying a telescope and having it shipped out here is not really a good option.
Offhand do you recommend any particular brand?
Great job on the new interface taco... I accidentally clicked "redundant" instead of "insightful" so now I have to post to undo my moderation.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
You beat me to the punch. I was thinking the same exact thing.
When I was in Korea (I'm in the Army right now) the drivers would take advantage of soldiers all the time. The language barrier didn't help. They'd drive halfway around Seoul and make 30,000 won (1,000 won is approximately a dollar) when the actual route should have cost about 10k won
Please stop perpetuating the myth that Gentoo == Linux From Scratch
/usr/ports insipred Portage...
With Gentoo you can start from a stage 3 install, and you can also install binary packages if you so choose
Why doesn't FreeBSD have the stigma Gentoo does?
I need to get a new Internet... I was sent two Internets last Friday and now it's Monday an I still haven't received them
I love watching the politicians who are in charge of this stuff talk about what they're in charge of
I think the solution the earlier post was suggesting was to change the Linux box MAC address to match the PS3 or phone or whatever
ifconfig eth1 hw ether 00:00:00:00:00:00
login with the Linux box (as your PS3's mac address), then swap over to your PS3 or whatever. that's what he meant by mac spoofing
God I love these ACs who shoot off the hip and come to the conclusion "your IT environment must be crap" (which is kind of a jab at the parent poster, considering he's the "IT guy" at that company)
Just because his PHB loves Access doesn't mean that is their database backend.
good form sir... I had to chuckle at that one :-)
"let loose the hounds of OEM!"
(Score:4, Funny)
Oh how ironic
yes but many of the themes and goodies actually increase productivity
;-)
making something pretty is ok.. making something that looks pretty and actually increases my productivity is priceless
if you prefer slimmed down run a really light WM like blackbox or xfce
the revolution is all about choice
Because I'm interested in web server architectures that scale I have to Google everything you mentioned in your post :-)
If I could I'd mod you up man... that's a lot of info on Java servlets you crammed into one post.
The Penny Arcade comic says it all... good god you guys I was just making a joke. No, I didn't know what the Rupee was off the top of my head. I know what/where INDIA is, and I know it's the second most populated country in the world. Having actually talked to real live folks from Mumbai out here kinda reinforced that.
No the US education system is not necessarily a failure because I couldn't remember what currency is in use in India.
I was JOKING around. If you've ever played LoZ I'd think you would have at least chuckled....
I'm American, therefore I know about the Euro and and the peso... I know what the peso is just 'cause I live in Arizona :-)
I just thought it was funny... picturing a little Link holding a computer over his head
No I'm not making this up. Pronounced like the coins in Zelda. I'm deployed to Iraq and talking with the Indian folks out here I rofl'd when I heard what their currency is.
Old man says: "You got computer!"
PHP doesn't scale well? Wha?
_ scalability.html
"The PHP Scalability Myth"
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/10/15/php