I think you missed my point entirely, the compiler would have to hand coded in assembler, because a precompiled binary you could easily corrupt and inject stuff into your code. So he would have to be able write a compiler in assembly (or atleast under stand it) then understand every language used in the OS.
True but the GPL would offer no protection for HIS code against this, if he is sole contributor to the project they can just as easily dual-license it to a commercial license and do a similar deal. And just because he accepts this sort of behavior dosent mean he encourages it. OFC he may learn that the best way to avoid this issue is the GPL license (it locks you in to opensource)
I would setup an SVN/cvs/git for everything then find extension tools to deal with each use case as the need for transparent svn access becomes apparent
No that is what is to be expected from an alpha, anything else means your just taking unnecessary risks. Alpha means the code has been developed and tested internally, NOT with your programs, NOT with your hardware, now if you run linus' or morton's machine then you will probably not come across this kind of bug but anybody else is running essentially untested code. While BSD claim they review their code, the fact that this bug wasn't caused by somebody commenting out #do not break drivers foo means that a code review by anybody that didn't design/work on the chips was probably going to miss it. If it had made it to beta then id be worried not enough testing was being done but as it was caught in alpha software that is still about a year before end users will touch it (probably 2-3 if your running a server?) and has yet to be audited by distros i don't really expect this thing to upset anybody but the idiot that installs Linux and then goes "hmm im a windows uber leet pro, i can run the alpha software no probs"
kernel somebodies svn -> morton branch -> alpha (stoped here) -> beta -> rc -> release distro proposed -> unstable -> release it was stopped at stage 3 of 9, but you have to remember that each stage is tested by a lot more people than the previous.
hey its you guys that are such big fans of the free market, It turns out that they're free to move to Ireland. The lower taxes you get in return must also be great for America as its such a big fan of small government too.
I still dont get why an OEM hasnt just gone out an a limb and released a laptop without x86 support. oh noes no flash games... Unless your tied to windows i just don't see why they cant release a 'workbook' which can run openoffice,firefox,evolution on some other architecture.
Driver? compiz? i generally find those to be the cause of bad responsiveness, I am however incredibly disappointed how little nice is used in a full desktop system, a few well integrated scripts could make a linux system feal much more powerful. Active window is niced at -1 minimised windows at +1 system tray'd windows at +2 would be a nice start, then stuff like flash at +5 unless its under the mouse where it gets -1 and making sure media players (xine not amarok) are low enough to not be bothered in a high load.
I suppose i could do it myself and see if there is a real improvement by backseat coding is much more fun!
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blizard emulate the previous games style they do not impersonate it, and we all know the difference between the two right?
It does if its not all your code, as implied by the summary. Linus could not fork the kernel but Theo could
Really, i bet if somebody rumored Ballmer died of a [strike]chair[/strike]stroke their stock would go vertical too, just in the otherway.
s/obama/mccain/g
s/obama/bush/h s/campaign/presidency/g
really? you should watch fox more
Erm why do you need fast random access to backups? The weakness is only if there are two images(disk images) containing the same image(bitmap).
OOPS
as you cant compare a single image of a disk, and why would you have 2 images of a disk around for anything other than backups?
*if your running raid-1 with 2 disks youd have to identical images making the attack useless
The attack doesnt work on text mediums because of the high level of entropy, once again ascii porn has saved the day. the other time
in fairness i stoped reading after i saw
PMC Ciphers demonstrated TurboCrypt's defence against another great weakness of encryption software, Trojan keyloggers
oh right that was the end, but seriously WTF that doesn't make any sense, hardware keyloggers? rootkits?
Erm why do you need fast random access to backups? The weakness is only if there are to images(disk images) containing the same image(bitmap).
I think you missed my point entirely, the compiler would have to hand coded in assembler, because a precompiled binary you could easily corrupt and inject stuff into your code.
So he would have to be able write a compiler in assembly (or atleast under stand it) then understand every language used in the OS.
True but the GPL would offer no protection for HIS code against this, if he is sole contributor to the project they can just as easily dual-license it to a commercial license and do a similar deal. And just because he accepts this sort of behavior dosent mean he encourages it. OFC he may learn that the best way to avoid this issue is the GPL license (it locks you in to opensource)
the us have been at it for a long time so im not supprised tbh.crypto AG
compile it where? using what?
but can the author be trusted?
but how can you know the source code your running is what youve been shown?
even if you compile it all you have to assume your using a clean compiler.
doubt it has a graphics rating above 1.5 so only without aero
the entire article/summary is just flamebait tbh. from TFA
In addition, the agreement is non-exclusive, meaning Yahoo could make a similar deal with another company
how can a non-exclusive deal weaken yahoo, they can choose to use a different provider or thier own ads at any point?
It CAN weaken them, but so can any deal.
wait so what you want is concurrent versioning to be dealt with by some sort of system?
if you don't want user to have to learn about the subversion controls (because it can be a real GIT to use sometimes), then many programs implement similar functionality using plugins.
e.g
Web2.0 OpenOffice.org collaboration & document management extension
OOoSVN
I would setup an SVN/cvs/git for everything then find extension tools to deal with each use case as the need for transparent svn access becomes apparent
No that is what is to be expected from an alpha, anything else means your just taking unnecessary risks. Alpha means the code has been developed and tested internally, NOT with your programs, NOT with your hardware, now if you run linus' or morton's machine then you will probably not come across this kind of bug but anybody else is running essentially untested code. While BSD claim they review their code, the fact that this bug wasn't caused by somebody commenting out #do not break drivers foo means that a code review by anybody that didn't design/work on the chips was probably going to miss it.
If it had made it to beta then id be worried not enough testing was being done but as it was caught in alpha software that is still about a year before end users will touch it (probably 2-3 if your running a server?) and has yet to be audited by distros i don't really expect this thing to upset anybody but the idiot that installs Linux and then goes "hmm im a windows uber leet pro, i can run the alpha software no probs"
kernel somebodies svn -> morton branch -> alpha (stoped here) -> beta -> rc -> release
distro proposed -> unstable -> release
it was stopped at stage 3 of 9, but you have to remember that each stage is tested by a lot more people than the previous.
hey its you guys that are such big fans of the free market, It turns out that they're free to move to Ireland. The lower taxes you get in return must also be great for America as its such a big fan of small government too.
Being more familiar with the operating system doesn't count for anything if theres no tux logo?
I still dont get why an OEM hasnt just gone out an a limb and released a laptop without x86 support. oh noes no flash games...
Unless your tied to windows i just don't see why they cant release a 'workbook' which can run openoffice,firefox,evolution on some other architecture.
isn't gentoo designed around compiling just what you need and cutting the cruft?
Driver? compiz? i generally find those to be the cause of bad responsiveness, I am however incredibly disappointed how little nice is used in a full desktop system, a few well integrated scripts could make a linux system feal much more powerful.
Active window is niced at -1
minimised windows at +1
system tray'd windows at +2
would be a nice start, then stuff like flash at +5 unless its under the mouse where it gets -1 and making sure media players (xine not amarok) are low enough to not be bothered in a high load.
I suppose i could do it myself and see if there is a real improvement by backseat coding is much more fun!
add the wireless card driver to the aproprite suspend config and the driver will be reloaded on boot.