This question doesn't really make sense as written, does it?
Not really, but what I think he's trying to say is can a device use Linux as it's host operating system (think portable devices), but when you plug it into another machine via USB it becomes just another USB hard drive.
And my reply is: Of course you can. As I understand it, Apple's iPod does something like this already. It can operate as a stand-alone unit to play MP3s. But when you plug it in via firewire it becomes a regular hard drive. I've also heard of USB connected MP3 players doing the same thing.
I don't think however that you'd want to use Linux for this. I would think it'd be best to detect when the USB cable is connected and switch into USB hard drive mode. When it is disconnected then Linux can access the drive again. I see no reason for the operating system to intervene.
Then again, maybe I'm not understanding the question either?
What you should do is find an old time jukebox (it doesn't need to work, you just need the case) and stick an MP3 (Ogg, etc.) player inside. Be sure to interface the existing controls to the system so it still has the nostalgic feel. Then hook it into your music collection and get ready to rock & roll.
It seems like every time someone creates a new method to protect copyright works, the protection is bypassed, sometimes within days. Everyone on Slashdot always says if you can hear it, you can copy it and that is very much true, it is just the nature of the technology we have today.
From a technological standpoint, do you feel the RIAA is wasting thier time or do you think they will reach a certain level of protection that will be worth thier efforts?
They sure are! Why must they be so big? Look at Photoshop for example, they can fit the same tools, and more in a smaller dialog box! Gimp may be usable at 1600x1200 but that's about it.
That's one thing I've always found about X, it is very hard to manage at low resolutions. The windows take up too much space. Microsoft Windows does a fairly decent job of handling low-res screens. It's usable (although not desired) at 640x480, most X apps aren't. I think we need to start making them smaller! Small lettering, small borders, don't use any more space than you need! Sure high-res screens are starting to become the norm, but that's no excuse, if things are still small then you'll have even more area to work in.
At school, someone set the background on one of the computers as one of those pictures that if you turned it up-side-down you would see a different picture. So I wrote a program that would flip it every couple of minutes.
It wasn't the computer I used so I wasn't too worried about any performance hit.
This striped down version is known as MSDE (I think they are calling it Microsoft SQL Desktop now), a "free" SQL server from Microsoft.
It doesn't ship with Enterprise Manager or any of those tools so it really is administratorless. It ships with sa and a blank password and there is no easy way to change the password without enterprise manager.
Just make sure that the password isn't stored as a string in the compiled program either. If it is a string then it's quite trivial to find the password in the compiled program.
I've done this before with a program I was working with, I needed to gain access to a password protected database it used so I just opened up the program in a hex editor and started looking for a password string. And yes I did find it, and it worked like a charm.
Does your firewall filter well known protocols like HTTP and SMTP. If this virus used your e-mail client, or your web browser to send the data would your firewall catch it?
In theory it could, but without knowing what the FBI's data looks like you'd have to filter through everything!
No it's suppost to be (beer = buy_rounds(beer))!
That's how it returns how much beer was purchased.
It then loops through until beer is zero.
Maybe this code is clearer to you:
while((beer = buy_rounds(beer)) >= 0);
It really should be while((beer = buy_rounds(beer)) > 0); though. That way you won't have to make small talk after the beer dries up. Please fix this bug immediately!
Windows Terminal Server is Microsoft's lame attempt at an X implementation. It is also Microsoft's lame attempt at a Citrix MetaFrame implementation. In other words, if you aren't familiar with those products, it's a way to run Windows remotely.
I don't however think it's such a stupid idea, what better way to start integrating Linux into a Windows environment than to start using it to do Windows tasks. Terminal Services Client (TSC) on Windows as a thin-client just doesn't work, and really doesn't make any sense. I've seen a few places that boot up a bare-bones Windows install and then launch TSC. But first you have to log on the local machine, then the remote, etc. it's pretty messy. Linux would suit the task perfectly.
This is all very grand, except that floppy drives aren't guaranteed to exist in new systems. If memory serves, the 2002 computer spec put together by Intel and Microsoft actually recommends against their being there.
This is true, they also want to do away with our beloved serial ports (how are we suppose to hook up serial consoles and modems now?). They want to make the whole thing USB for peripherals. Sure this will simplify the design, but at what cost? I guess it doesn't matter as long as the ability to add serial ports and floppy drives, and anything else they decide to take away, is there.
I can veryify that this sound card sucks in two different machines under Mandrake. (It sounds fine under Windows)
I have the opposite problem with my Laptop's ESS Solo. It sounds just awful under Windows, like the quality of a 64Kbps to a bad 128Kbps MP3 no matter what the audio file quality it is. However under Linux it sounds great, the audio sounds the same as if it were on CD.
Both tests done using Winamp (under Wine in Linux) just so we know the player isn't what is causing the bad sound.
A note on the Alpha version I was taking about: I just checked ICQ's site and it was released as beta (ie release, why does ICQ never get past beta?) on Nov. 4.
ICQ Lite is for you then! (if you don't mind using Java in a web browser)
It does everything you ask, and nothing more. Since it runs in the web browser it doesn't have the tray icon, and it is a regular window. I like how ICQ gets out of the way. The upside is ICQ Lite works with any Java enabled browser so you can use it pretty much anywhere, on any machine. (yes it even works in Linux!) Also since ICQ with thier newest release saves contact lists to the server and since I tried the alpha out I already had my list for ICQ Lite created.
Speaking of the new ICQ alpha, it isn't as bloated as the current one because it is all plugin based. The thing I couldn't stand was that it still had all the options as menu options saying (Install now) or somthing to that effect. Hopefully it is reworked for the beta release! Beware the alpha if you decide to try it, it made my hard drive write something about every 30 seconds!?
I still don't think I'd want to use ICQ Lite as my primary ICQ client, but it does the job when I'm not on my computer. A native ICQ Lite would be best.
How about charging a small fee ($1 - $5) for access to the site. If your content is worth it the users will probably pay. The people who also cause trouble can pay, but having to pay every time they get banned might deter them. The unfortunate side is that it may deter the good users too. But at least you'll make a bit of money running your site.
I've often thought of bringing out the ATVs for paintball. (or snowmobiles for winter games)
Just put two people on each machine, one driver and one shooter and fire away. We usually play paintball out in a gravel pit so the ATVs would be nice.
By the way, for those of you who haven't played paintball in a gravel pit, it is definitly the best place I've ever played. There is a good mix of wide open space and sniper places as well as the gravel hills you can get up on.
Interesting, now all you need after that is the ability to draw pipes between the windows, say drag the output of your xterm to your IM chat window and so it will send the output of your xterm to whomever you want via your IM software. The xterm might be a bad example, but you get the idea.
Am I the only one that thinks the web is dying?
(insert BSD is dying troll here)
Wouldn't you be better off teaching them good programming skills and from that they can go on and learn any language with little effort? Maybe it's just me, but there seems to be too much emphasis on learning a language instead of learning to program. The good thing about the web is that it combines many different areas of programming.
Web development has the added problem of needing to know design programs (like Photoshop), how to code HTML (and make it work in all browsers), how to program, how databases work, the whole she-bang. While this isn't a problem for a seasoned computer veteran, having to learn all of that in one course for a complete newbie might be a problem, at least in a short time.
Anyway, what I would teach:
Photoshop - today's web is all about design (whether you think this is good or bad isn't the point), the students should know design skills
HTML - teach them the code, not WYSIWYG editors. Personally I can take anything I can draw in Photoshop and convert it into HTML and make it work in almost all browsers. This isn't for the beginner to talkle, but it should be something they should strive towards. Once they have a good understanding of HTML, if they decided to use a WYSIWYG editor then that's thier choice.
PHP - the language I recommend you teach, and I'm sure most other/.ers will agree. It's code is open source and runs on a good range of systems. It has a nice syntax (a cross between C and Perl) and can easily interact with a wide range of databases.
SQL - teach them the SQL language, and how to operate some SQL servers. Databases power a good portion of the websites out there, so knowing this stuff is a must.
UNIX and Windows Administration (including the various webservers, Apache, IIS, etc.) - this maybe should have been at the top of the list. Web developers need to know how to use the system that the site is going to be hosted on. This includes how to configure the server, file permissions, security, etc.
Multimedia (Flash, Shockwave, Java, etc.) - you might want to touch on these subjects. Java might be good because it can extend beyond the web.
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This question doesn't really make sense as written, does it?
Not really, but what I think he's trying to say is can a device use Linux as it's host operating system (think portable devices), but when you plug it into another machine via USB it becomes just another USB hard drive.
And my reply is: Of course you can. As I understand it, Apple's iPod does something like this already. It can operate as a stand-alone unit to play MP3s. But when you plug it in via firewire it becomes a regular hard drive. I've also heard of USB connected MP3 players doing the same thing.
I don't think however that you'd want to use Linux for this. I would think it'd be best to detect when the USB cable is connected and switch into USB hard drive mode. When it is disconnected then Linux can access the drive again. I see no reason for the operating system to intervene.
Then again, maybe I'm not understanding the question either?
a CD juke box
CDs?? This is Slashdot!
What you should do is find an old time jukebox (it doesn't need to work, you just need the case) and stick an MP3 (Ogg, etc.) player inside. Be sure to interface the existing controls to the system so it still has the nostalgic feel. Then hook it into your music collection and get ready to rock & roll.
Unless they are all in a row, you're still going to end up Ctrl+Clicking every single message.
Personally, I'd rather use the keyboard for the entire process and just hit S!
It seems like every time someone creates a new method to protect copyright works, the protection is bypassed, sometimes within days. Everyone on Slashdot always says if you can hear it, you can copy it and that is very much true, it is just the nature of the technology we have today.
From a technological standpoint, do you feel the RIAA is wasting thier time or do you think they will reach a certain level of protection that will be worth thier efforts?
This is about as bad as AOL linking a porn site from thier kids page!!! They fixed it last night, but up until then it linked to 100percentgirls.com.
Yes, Gimp dialog are awful.
They sure are! Why must they be so big? Look at Photoshop for example, they can fit the same tools, and more in a smaller dialog box! Gimp may be usable at 1600x1200 but that's about it.
That's one thing I've always found about X, it is very hard to manage at low resolutions. The windows take up too much space. Microsoft Windows does a fairly decent job of handling low-res screens. It's usable (although not desired) at 640x480, most X apps aren't. I think we need to start making them smaller! Small lettering, small borders, don't use any more space than you need! Sure high-res screens are starting to become the norm, but that's no excuse, if things are still small then you'll have even more area to work in.
Heck, I had animated backgrounds on Windows 95!
At school, someone set the background on one of the computers as one of those pictures that if you turned it up-side-down you would see a different picture. So I wrote a program that would flip it every couple of minutes.
It wasn't the computer I used so I wasn't too worried about any performance hit.
This striped down version is known as MSDE (I think they are calling it Microsoft SQL Desktop now), a "free" SQL server from Microsoft.
It doesn't ship with Enterprise Manager or any of those tools so it really is administratorless. It ships with sa and a blank password and there is no easy way to change the password without enterprise manager.
Just make sure that the password isn't stored as a string in the compiled program either. If it is a string then it's quite trivial to find the password in the compiled program.
I've done this before with a program I was working with, I needed to gain access to a password protected database it used so I just opened up the program in a hex editor and started looking for a password string. And yes I did find it, and it worked like a charm.
What's the difference between a 4x4 and a rental car?
The rental car can go anywhere.
Does your firewall filter well known protocols like HTTP and SMTP. If this virus used your e-mail client, or your web browser to send the data would your firewall catch it?
In theory it could, but without knowing what the FBI's data looks like you'd have to filter through everything!
I used to do this too.
Now, with a different provider, I'm on a DHCP address that has never changed. I just assume that it's static and make DNS changes accordingly.
DHCP in this case is better than a static IP because now I can just lease as many public IPs as I have machines without any ISP intervention.
No it's suppost to be (beer = buy_rounds(beer))!
That's how it returns how much beer was purchased.
It then loops through until beer is zero.
Maybe this code is clearer to you:
while((beer = buy_rounds(beer)) >= 0);
It really should be while((beer = buy_rounds(beer)) > 0); though. That way you won't have to make small talk after the beer dries up. Please fix this bug immediately!
I think you need to make this more clear to the Slashdot crowd:
#include "beer.h"
#include "socialize.h"
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
int beer = 0;
int drink;
int alcoholic = 24;
while((beer = buy_rounds(beer)))
{
make_small_talk(ST_WEATHER | ST_SPORTS);
if(!everyone_else_drunk())
{
for(drink = 0; drink < alcoholic; drink++)
if(beer) consume(beer--, drink);
}
}
goto home;
home: drink_and_eat("water", "food");
return 0;
}
Dosemu (DOS Emulater) might do what you want if you wish to run an old DOS BBS.
I've played around with running some DOS apps over SSH using Dosemu before and it worked fairly well.
Windows Terminal Server is Microsoft's lame attempt at an X implementation. It is also Microsoft's lame attempt at a Citrix MetaFrame implementation. In other words, if you aren't familiar with those products, it's a way to run Windows remotely.
I don't however think it's such a stupid idea, what better way to start integrating Linux into a Windows environment than to start using it to do Windows tasks. Terminal Services Client (TSC) on Windows as a thin-client just doesn't work, and really doesn't make any sense. I've seen a few places that boot up a bare-bones Windows install and then launch TSC. But first you have to log on the local machine, then the remote, etc. it's pretty messy. Linux would suit the task perfectly.
In Winamp, in the CD properties, uncheck the "Sample input from soundcard". This feature on some sound cards makes the CD not play any sound.
Since the CD will play in CD drive it likely isn't protected.
This is all very grand, except that floppy drives aren't guaranteed to exist in new systems. If memory serves, the 2002 computer spec put together by Intel and Microsoft actually recommends against their being there.
This is true, they also want to do away with our beloved serial ports (how are we suppose to hook up serial consoles and modems now?). They want to make the whole thing USB for peripherals. Sure this will simplify the design, but at what cost? I guess it doesn't matter as long as the ability to add serial ports and floppy drives, and anything else they decide to take away, is there.
I can veryify that this sound card sucks in two different machines under Mandrake. (It sounds fine under Windows)
I have the opposite problem with my Laptop's ESS Solo. It sounds just awful under Windows, like the quality of a 64Kbps to a bad 128Kbps MP3 no matter what the audio file quality it is. However under Linux it sounds great, the audio sounds the same as if it were on CD.
Both tests done using Winamp (under Wine in Linux) just so we know the player isn't what is causing the bad sound.
A note on the Alpha version I was taking about: I just checked ICQ's site and it was released as beta (ie release, why does ICQ never get past beta?) on Nov. 4.
You can get it here: ICQ 2001
ICQ Lite is for you then! (if you don't mind using Java in a web browser)
It does everything you ask, and nothing more. Since it runs in the web browser it doesn't have the tray icon, and it is a regular window. I like how ICQ gets out of the way. The upside is ICQ Lite works with any Java enabled browser so you can use it pretty much anywhere, on any machine. (yes it even works in Linux!) Also since ICQ with thier newest release saves contact lists to the server and since I tried the alpha out I already had my list for ICQ Lite created.
Speaking of the new ICQ alpha, it isn't as bloated as the current one because it is all plugin based. The thing I couldn't stand was that it still had all the options as menu options saying (Install now) or somthing to that effect. Hopefully it is reworked for the beta release! Beware the alpha if you decide to try it, it made my hard drive write something about every 30 seconds!?
I still don't think I'd want to use ICQ Lite as my primary ICQ client, but it does the job when I'm not on my computer. A native ICQ Lite would be best.
How about charging a small fee ($1 - $5) for access to the site. If your content is worth it the users will probably pay. The people who also cause trouble can pay, but having to pay every time they get banned might deter them. The unfortunate side is that it may deter the good users too. But at least you'll make a bit of money running your site.
I've often thought of bringing out the ATVs for paintball. (or snowmobiles for winter games)
Just put two people on each machine, one driver and one shooter and fire away. We usually play paintball out in a gravel pit so the ATVs would be nice.
By the way, for those of you who haven't played paintball in a gravel pit, it is definitly the best place I've ever played. There is a good mix of wide open space and sniper places as well as the gravel hills you can get up on.
Interesting, now all you need after that is the ability to draw pipes between the windows, say drag the output of your xterm to your IM chat window and so it will send the output of your xterm to whomever you want via your IM software. The xterm might be a bad example, but you get the idea.
(insert BSD is dying troll here)
Wouldn't you be better off teaching them good programming skills and from that they can go on and learn any language with little effort? Maybe it's just me, but there seems to be too much emphasis on learning a language instead of learning to program. The good thing about the web is that it combines many different areas of programming.
Web development has the added problem of needing to know design programs (like Photoshop), how to code HTML (and make it work in all browsers), how to program, how databases work, the whole she-bang. While this isn't a problem for a seasoned computer veteran, having to learn all of that in one course for a complete newbie might be a problem, at least in a short time.
Anyway, what I would teach: