Wow. You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about; do you even work in any sector remotely associated with large-scale network operations? How about this: I'll issue you a new netblock that's blocked via the SORBS DUHL (dial-up host list), even though the range isn't dynamically allocated at all. You'll try to get it removed from the list, at which point you'll be informed that you need to set your reverse DNS to something they find acceptable to even be considered for removal. You'll probably try to get ahold of a real person to explain the situation to; that will fail.
Meanwhile, several hundred brain-dead mail administrators, responsible for the delivery of email of tens of thousands of people, are happily using SORBS to block mail based on false assertions that your IP space is dynamically allocated. There's the one-two punch that pretty much guarantees you'll have mail delivery problems. If you're a business, that's a big deal; you could easily find yourself (as many have) unable to send email to partners, suppliers, and customers due to negligence beyond your control.
This isn't about being listed for a few days. It's about doing absolutely nothing wrong in the first place, having SORBS make provably false statements about the usage of entire netblocks, and then sitting by helplessly while SORBS refuses to address the situation, causing real damages to your business for months. I've got news for you: the Internet is bigger than "your ISP", and it's generally considered a bad practice to rely on another organization's SMTP service for your email unless they're an operation specifically geared toward doing so as their primary business model.
Next time you decide to post on a topic, please be certain you're well educated on the subject matter first.
evidently found someone to give her lots of money for it instead
That's the part that has a bunch of people seriously ticked off. It appears she's landed a "Director of Engineering" title in the process, which I pretty much interpret as being handsomely rewarded for abject failure to run a responsible operation.
If the new owners decide to continue the trend of irresponsible behavior that has been the hallmark of SORBS in recent times, at least there's a U.S.-based entity that can be more easily sued by for losses now.
I'm not sure what you're trying to say here. I can connect to a hotspot with my MacBook and share the connection to another MacBook across the room. I don't get disconnected from the hotspot in doing so.
As long as people keep on wanting to kill each other, they've got a significantly more powerful force than lobbyists on their side. It's called human nature.
No. You're only telling part of the story; here's an excerpt from the easily digested Wikipedia article dealing with the topic:
"Because water vapor is a greenhouse gas and because warm air can hold more water vapor than cooler air, the primary positive feedback involves water vapor. This positive feedback does not result in runaway global warming because it is offset by other processes that induce negative feedbacks, which stabilizes average global temperatures. The primary negative feedback is the effect of temperature on emission of infrared radiation: as the temperature of a body increases, the emitted radiation increases with the fourth power of its absolute temperature."
I'm not an immunologist, but the gist of your post echoes my thoughts. Provided the astronauts are properly isolated prior to a manned mission to Mars, I assume the risk of pathogen transmission would be greatly reduced. Sterilization of all food provisions carried for the mission would be assumed. I understand that we may not have good data on extended periods (read: multiple years) of lack of exposure to commonly encountered pathogens; perhaps the personnel involved would require an extended stay in a gradual re-acclimation environment following their return to Earth. To address concerns over illnesses encountered on the journey, I'd hope that highly trained medical personnel and provisions for proper treatment of a wide range of illnesses would be included in any approved mission protocol.
His issue isn't with the packages; they're good to go (check out the ISO on the mirrors). It's a case of plain old-fashioned "test on another machine" before applying to production. Going from one LTS release to another is well-supported, but the upgrade path he took is not.
For the mirrors reporting an up to date status, it's the real deal. Download the ISO and check it out. The public announcement is assuredly going to be made soon.
Slashdot Mirror
Amen. Ever since I moved to South Jersey, I've missed many things about Atlanta. I most assuredly do not miss wasting a fifth of my day in traffic.
No, that would be making a living thrashing 40 year old systems.
I'll bet you a truckload of cokes that the operating system on that machine doesn't have an account named "root."
Depending on whose cell you get shoved into, your inspection could indeed be much more thorough.
Albeit dangerous to stand near this clock could double as a plane's tubojet propeller.
If you've got a propeller that goes faster than the speed of light, please give me your address and I'll invest my life savings.
Wow. You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about; do you even work in any sector remotely associated with large-scale network operations? How about this: I'll issue you a new netblock that's blocked via the SORBS DUHL (dial-up host list), even though the range isn't dynamically allocated at all. You'll try to get it removed from the list, at which point you'll be informed that you need to set your reverse DNS to something they find acceptable to even be considered for removal. You'll probably try to get ahold of a real person to explain the situation to; that will fail.
Meanwhile, several hundred brain-dead mail administrators, responsible for the delivery of email of tens of thousands of people, are happily using SORBS to block mail based on false assertions that your IP space is dynamically allocated. There's the one-two punch that pretty much guarantees you'll have mail delivery problems. If you're a business, that's a big deal; you could easily find yourself (as many have) unable to send email to partners, suppliers, and customers due to negligence beyond your control.
This isn't about being listed for a few days. It's about doing absolutely nothing wrong in the first place, having SORBS make provably false statements about the usage of entire netblocks, and then sitting by helplessly while SORBS refuses to address the situation, causing real damages to your business for months. I've got news for you: the Internet is bigger than "your ISP", and it's generally considered a bad practice to rely on another organization's SMTP service for your email unless they're an operation specifically geared toward doing so as their primary business model.
Next time you decide to post on a topic, please be certain you're well educated on the subject matter first.
evidently found someone to give her lots of money for it instead
That's the part that has a bunch of people seriously ticked off. It appears she's landed a "Director of Engineering" title in the process, which I pretty much interpret as being handsomely rewarded for abject failure to run a responsible operation.
If the new owners decide to continue the trend of irresponsible behavior that has been the hallmark of SORBS in recent times, at least there's a U.S.-based entity that can be more easily sued by for losses now.
I'm not sure what you're trying to say here. I can connect to a hotspot with my MacBook and share the connection to another MacBook across the room. I don't get disconnected from the hotspot in doing so.
I find it "interesting" that you've been modded "funny."
He got himself caught in a routing loop, and will spend the rest of eternity replying to himself over HTTP.
As long as people keep on wanting to kill each other, they've got a significantly more powerful force than lobbyists on their side. It's called human nature.
Yes, I do own a gun.
yeah, I'm new here
Slashdot UID 922869. Fibber ;).
No. You're only telling part of the story; here's an excerpt from the easily digested Wikipedia article dealing with the topic:
"Because water vapor is a greenhouse gas and because warm air can hold more water vapor than cooler air, the primary positive feedback involves water vapor. This positive feedback does not result in runaway global warming because it is offset by other processes that induce negative feedbacks, which stabilizes average global temperatures. The primary negative feedback is the effect of temperature on emission of infrared radiation: as the temperature of a body increases, the emitted radiation increases with the fourth power of its absolute temperature."
Well played, sir. Well played.
Homer, is that you?
I'm not an immunologist, but the gist of your post echoes my thoughts. Provided the astronauts are properly isolated prior to a manned mission to Mars, I assume the risk of pathogen transmission would be greatly reduced. Sterilization of all food provisions carried for the mission would be assumed. I understand that we may not have good data on extended periods (read: multiple years) of lack of exposure to commonly encountered pathogens; perhaps the personnel involved would require an extended stay in a gradual re-acclimation environment following their return to Earth. To address concerns over illnesses encountered on the journey, I'd hope that highly trained medical personnel and provisions for proper treatment of a wide range of illnesses would be included in any approved mission protocol.
That was pretty much my goal ;). I did make sure that most mirrors had it first, though.
That is not the RC. It's the release image.
That's not the release candidate. Are you looking at the page I linked in the GP?
It's officially released on the mirrors.
His issue isn't with the packages; they're good to go (check out the ISO on the mirrors). It's a case of plain old-fashioned "test on another machine" before applying to production. Going from one LTS release to another is well-supported, but the upgrade path he took is not.
For the mirrors reporting an up to date status, it's the real deal. Download the ISO and check it out. The public announcement is assuredly going to be made soon.
Use the mirrors :). I've been running the alphas and the RC in VirtualBox for weeks now, and everything seems to work perfectly.
The main page may not say so, but check the mirrors. It's there.