Too many times, I'm afraid. They were also supposedly going to offer desktops with Linux around the same time Dell was, and I heard they did but never saw any advertised (or even hidden on their website, for that matter).
You're right, they need to make up their mind or actually stick with what they announce they're going to do.
I recommend the All Windows DVD SP2. I got it a few month back on the pirate bay, and now I have every version of Windows in virtual machines (I refuse to run windows directly on my hardware). Put it on a shared partition so both Linux and Leopard (hackintosh) can read it, and you're in VM heaven:).
Kind of ironic this is being said in this article's discussion, but I hope Ubisoft's stance stops people from blatantly pirating it so others can follow suit. One of the reasons I got those Windows DVDs from the pirate bay is mainly because of the older (hard to find) versions, e.g. pre-2k so I wasn't really pirating it, unless Microsoft wants to pursue me for pirating abandonware (which will become a future discussion topic as DRM software ages).
For me, its almost the inverse. I have abused the cube ever since it became available, placing windows on separate faces rather than on cluttering the taskbar. When doing web development, I have a tabbed IDE (Geany) open on one face, an FTP client (gFTP) on the next face to the left, then firefox open on the next leftmost face open to the web page being modified (and usually several virtual machines on the last face with all supported internet explorers open).
This allows me to, with minimal keystrokes/mouse movement, change the code->rotate the the FTP client and upload->preview the changes(and every now and then)->check for compatibility with Windows and various IEs.
Other than that, the wobbly windows are just for fun, the zoom feature is useful in graphics, and the annotate feature is really helpful when pointing something out to someone else on the screen (usually followed by their "whats that? Its incredible!" question).
Keeping me off the mouse more makes me more productive, and compiz combined with an exceptionally extensive virtual machine library, tabbed windows, yakuake, Wine and a wide range of free software is certainly what I would call a Linux productivity suite, and all of my employers seem to think so as well.
And, while we're on the subject, how would Apple's patent affect the currently active Compiz-Fusion project? I _really_ do not want to see the project come into this sort of situation, especially at the hands of Apple.
That, and it is a dupe from another story(no link, sorry) that was very poor and the comments on both the linked site as well as/. reflected that. I don't know whether or not this is the same news agency attempting to publish this again with hopefully better reviews, but hopefully its not by the same blathering idiot that wrote the last one.
Scratch that, just remove the mobile broadband chip while its off (possibly sleeping or hibernating) then have fun either reinstalling an OS on it for personal use or decrypting the hard drive and having your way with the user's data.
That, and it has to be hooked up to the internet whenever the SMS is sent. Unless of course the code does not run directly in firmware and the thief wipes the OS for a different (non-OEM in the case of Windows) one. If I stole one of these, thats what I would do, stay away from the 'net until its been wiped for Linux or a copy of retail Windows (e.g. out the box).
But all they have to do is make this tie into firmware/BIOS so the OS running on top has 0 control, which is still easily disabled by either physically removing the chip or just disabling it and using a new NIC incapable of communicating with the bus listening for the SMS of death.
And no, I did not read TFA in case I am completely wrong;).
So we can expect binary-only (e.g. non-patchable source) driver issues when running Linux on it? Or will it be frequent nv_disp BSODs from a Windows OS? And I'm sure the kernel(s) will have a fun time managing all of this in addition to SMP across several real CPUs.
From my tests, not all Vista drivers were 100% compatible with 6.1 (I refuse to call it "7"). I tested some "Vista certified" graphics drivers, and they were real edgy in the latest (leaked) Vista beta. I wonder if the new !backwardscompatible DirectX has anything to do with it, or if Microsoft plans on doing the same to the new WDM.
Then again, it was a beta, and other than that most of my personal kernel code ran fine. Maybe the big-time driver overlords just need more time to catch up with 6.1.
I still don't understand why Google and Sun are offering the same software under different names. Google is backing the Mozilla Foundation while supporting their own Chrome (read: they didn't write Firefox, just back it), and Sun is distributing both OpenOffice and StarOffice. Can somebody please tell me why and how companies can do this?
I would have expected somebody to stand up at a meeting and go "Hey, lets merge the products and save money!" at some point, especially in this growing economic hole (didn't Sun just do a huge layoff, too?)
No I wasn't talking about the same developers you are, e.g. coders that throw function pointers in directly with raw input and similar shit and wonder where the bugs/exploits come from (and get paid a wad to write those patches).
I'm talking about the high quality, underrepresented programmers that get stuck in a low-end job that not only underminds their ability, but pays much lower than the quality of code is that they write, which would be much more suitable for the big companies the shitty programmers get put in. When they would hear "overpaid developers", the first thing they would think of is "Yeah, all I need is less pay".
And if thats not bad enough, Apple may at any time remove an app designed by us "overpaid developers" just because it may conflict with an existing (or to be existing) Apple app, or if it just pisses Apple off (IAmRich).
I've joked ever since I found out about this that Opera, the Mozilla Foundation and Sun should release their software for the jailbroken iPhones only, in addition to an Android port.
Mobile platforms are the new platform wars: Android (representing Linux), iPhone (Mac), and Windows Mobile (Win). The next generation developers will have to port apps painfully across these platforms, or pick and choose at the cost of some customers. Not to mention other platforms like Blackberry and the like that don't fall into those categories, save Sun's JavaME portability.
If I were ever asked to write a mobile client for any application of mine by anybody, public or not, I would probably shoot myself at the first thought of "But I have this phone". You can have it, spare me until the dust settles.
</rant>
Specifically, Notepad used to get confused between unicode text and western (or ascii?) 4-3-3-5 strings like the one above and would print them graphically as dashes.
True. I installed OpenSolaris (after years of experience with "plain" Solaris/SunOS) on my personal laptop next to Windows XP, Ubuntu 8.04, Mac OS X Leopard (hackintosh) and Fedora whatever-it-was-at-the-time, and I could not tell them apart graphically, or as far as applications go unless I was at a command line.
OpenSolaris comes with the original lex, flex, and similar vintage goodies (and their source), but honestly in a non-networked environment, I could give a rip about installing it over Ubuntu or PCLinux OS at this point, I'm afraid.
I would, however, support installing it in a networked environment because of Sun's support for NFS (or sshfs rather) and NIS (/kerberos) right out of the box, something open source systems OpenSolaris tends to copy have yet to completely master (don't read into that too much, I know there is a thing called "design patterns").
On my laptop, though, I uninstalled it after about a week and slapped "plain" Solaris 10 in its place, for both nostalgia with CDE and a fresh look with JDE and an even better set of built in tools. I love open source software, but as far as Solaris preferences go, I like sun's current Solaris 10 over OpenSolaris currently, and the fact most of the FOSS operating systems are starting to become cookie cutter-like is not helping.
I know this may be just what the FOSS community doesn't want to hear, but it just provides room for improvement given the standard the original Solaris set for me (and Fedora will never be quite as hardened as RHEL;).
Thanks, forgot about privilege escalation. Perhaps it is a shellcode vulnerability or overflow, details to come hopefully (monitor milw0rm.com). I can only wonder how wordpad of all programs can allow this over some self-made app that does the same thing?
Surely not a remote exploit, must be some sort of password retrieval (siw.exe) or something used to compromise a network or else it would not be so "critical". Now would be a good time to peek at the leaked Windows NT code from 2004...
I find this incredibly ironic, especially since I just posted a blog post (indexed last night) about writing the first documented CGI web page in x86 assembly: http://www.anthonycargile.com/blog/?p=118. Is this proof I need to start wearing that tin foil hat again?!
Houses of the Holy, Blind Faith, and also Nirvana's Nevermind (1991), and ironically for this discussion when Kurt Cobain (Nirvana frontman) found out they wanted to censor the naked baby on the front, his only alternative was to be a sticker covering the baby's penis saying, "If you're offended by this, you must be a closet pedophile".
And what the hell did they censor from "Jet Airliner" and "Who are you"? God the censors must be getting desper#$%*&![NO CARRIER]
Too bad he isn't using Mac OS Classic otherwise I would not recommend placing the computer in a box, mailing it to the OEM and never touching a computer again.
Either he/she (wait, this is/.) thinks "Virtual Memory" is the same thing as paging, or thinks it is the reason the computer is slow with even those specs, not taking into consideration the operating system...
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Too many times, I'm afraid. They were also supposedly going to offer desktops with Linux around the same time Dell was, and I heard they did but never saw any advertised (or even hidden on their website, for that matter).
You're right, they need to make up their mind or actually stick with what they announce they're going to do.
I recommend the All Windows DVD SP2. I got it a few month back on the pirate bay, and now I have every version of Windows in virtual machines (I refuse to run windows directly on my hardware). Put it on a shared partition so both Linux and Leopard (hackintosh) can read it, and you're in VM heaven :).
Kind of ironic this is being said in this article's discussion, but I hope Ubisoft's stance stops people from blatantly pirating it so others can follow suit. One of the reasons I got those Windows DVDs from the pirate bay is mainly because of the older (hard to find) versions, e.g. pre-2k so I wasn't really pirating it, unless Microsoft wants to pursue me for pirating abandonware (which will become a future discussion topic as DRM software ages).
For me, its almost the inverse. I have abused the cube ever since it became available, placing windows on separate faces rather than on cluttering the taskbar. When doing web development, I have a tabbed IDE (Geany) open on one face, an FTP client (gFTP) on the next face to the left, then firefox open on the next leftmost face open to the web page being modified (and usually several virtual machines on the last face with all supported internet explorers open).
This allows me to, with minimal keystrokes/mouse movement, change the code->rotate the the FTP client and upload->preview the changes(and every now and then)->check for compatibility with Windows and various IEs.
Other than that, the wobbly windows are just for fun, the zoom feature is useful in graphics, and the annotate feature is really helpful when pointing something out to someone else on the screen (usually followed by their "whats that? Its incredible!" question).
Keeping me off the mouse more makes me more productive, and compiz combined with an exceptionally extensive virtual machine library, tabbed windows, yakuake, Wine and a wide range of free software is certainly what I would call a Linux productivity suite, and all of my employers seem to think so as well.
And, while we're on the subject, how would Apple's patent affect the currently active Compiz-Fusion project? I _really_ do not want to see the project come into this sort of situation, especially at the hands of Apple.
That, and it is a dupe from another story(no link, sorry) that was very poor and the comments on both the linked site as well as /. reflected that. I don't know whether or not this is the same news agency attempting to publish this again with hopefully better reviews, but hopefully its not by the same blathering idiot that wrote the last one.
Scratch that, just remove the mobile broadband chip while its off (possibly sleeping or hibernating) then have fun either reinstalling an OS on it for personal use or decrypting the hard drive and having your way with the user's data.
Read the article this time.
That, and it has to be hooked up to the internet whenever the SMS is sent. Unless of course the code does not run directly in firmware and the thief wipes the OS for a different (non-OEM in the case of Windows) one. If I stole one of these, thats what I would do, stay away from the 'net until its been wiped for Linux or a copy of retail Windows (e.g. out the box).
;).
But all they have to do is make this tie into firmware/BIOS so the OS running on top has 0 control, which is still easily disabled by either physically removing the chip or just disabling it and using a new NIC incapable of communicating with the bus listening for the SMS of death.
And no, I did not read TFA in case I am completely wrong
Why is it so special? It uses NVIDIA GPUs
So we can expect binary-only (e.g. non-patchable source) driver issues when running Linux on it? Or will it be frequent nv_disp BSODs from a Windows OS? And I'm sure the kernel(s) will have a fun time managing all of this in addition to SMP across several real CPUs.
Sounds "special" all right...
Don't hold your breath, there is a Linux and Mac version in the wings somewhere. Then back in beta for an indefinite amount of time.
Hence the careful wording ;). Just stating what I've seen/eXPerienced so far.
From my tests, not all Vista drivers were 100% compatible with 6.1 (I refuse to call it "7"). I tested some "Vista certified" graphics drivers, and they were real edgy in the latest (leaked) Vista beta. I wonder if the new !backwardscompatible DirectX has anything to do with it, or if Microsoft plans on doing the same to the new WDM.
Then again, it was a beta, and other than that most of my personal kernel code ran fine. Maybe the big-time driver overlords just need more time to catch up with 6.1.
I still don't understand why Google and Sun are offering the same software under different names. Google is backing the Mozilla Foundation while supporting their own Chrome (read: they didn't write Firefox, just back it), and Sun is distributing both OpenOffice and StarOffice. Can somebody please tell me why and how companies can do this?
I would have expected somebody to stand up at a meeting and go "Hey, lets merge the products and save money!" at some point, especially in this growing economic hole (didn't Sun just do a huge layoff, too?)
No I wasn't talking about the same developers you are, e.g. coders that throw function pointers in directly with raw input and similar shit and wonder where the bugs/exploits come from (and get paid a wad to write those patches).
I'm talking about the high quality, underrepresented programmers that get stuck in a low-end job that not only underminds their ability, but pays much lower than the quality of code is that they write, which would be much more suitable for the big companies the shitty programmers get put in. When they would hear "overpaid developers", the first thing they would think of is "Yeah, all I need is less pay".
And if thats not bad enough, Apple may at any time remove an app designed by us "overpaid developers" just because it may conflict with an existing (or to be existing) Apple app, or if it just pisses Apple off (IAmRich).
I've joked ever since I found out about this that Opera, the Mozilla Foundation and Sun should release their software for the jailbroken iPhones only, in addition to an Android port.
Mobile platforms are the new platform wars: Android (representing Linux), iPhone (Mac), and Windows Mobile (Win). The next generation developers will have to port apps painfully across these platforms, or pick and choose at the cost of some customers. Not to mention other platforms like Blackberry and the like that don't fall into those categories, save Sun's JavaME portability.
If I were ever asked to write a mobile client for any application of mine by anybody, public or not, I would probably shoot myself at the first thought of "But I have this phone". You can have it, spare me until the dust settles.
</rant>
I'm more worried about the usage of the oxymoron "overpaid developer".
The Complete List of Insecure File Extensions in Windows:
.cmd, .bat, .wri(NEW!), .rtf(NEW!), .doc, .vba, .exe, .msi, .sys, .dll, .pif, .eml, .pl, .txt, .htm, .ocx, .., .py, /., .TROJAN, ., .sh, .lnk, .doc, .sav, .zip, .vmx, .CLICKHERE!,
.com,
and the list goes on...
This is not offtopic mods, look it up.
Specifically, Notepad used to get confused between unicode text and western (or ascii?) 4-3-3-5 strings like the one above and would print them graphically as dashes.
True. I installed OpenSolaris (after years of experience with "plain" Solaris/SunOS) on my personal laptop next to Windows XP, Ubuntu 8.04, Mac OS X Leopard (hackintosh) and Fedora whatever-it-was-at-the-time, and I could not tell them apart graphically, or as far as applications go unless I was at a command line.
;).
OpenSolaris comes with the original lex, flex, and similar vintage goodies (and their source), but honestly in a non-networked environment, I could give a rip about installing it over Ubuntu or PCLinux OS at this point, I'm afraid.
I would, however, support installing it in a networked environment because of Sun's support for NFS (or sshfs rather) and NIS (/kerberos) right out of the box, something open source systems OpenSolaris tends to copy have yet to completely master (don't read into that too much, I know there is a thing called "design patterns").
On my laptop, though, I uninstalled it after about a week and slapped "plain" Solaris 10 in its place, for both nostalgia with CDE and a fresh look with JDE and an even better set of built in tools. I love open source software, but as far as Solaris preferences go, I like sun's current Solaris 10 over OpenSolaris currently, and the fact most of the FOSS operating systems are starting to become cookie cutter-like is not helping.
I know this may be just what the FOSS community doesn't want to hear, but it just provides room for improvement given the standard the original Solaris set for me (and Fedora will never be quite as hardened as RHEL
Thanks, forgot about privilege escalation. Perhaps it is a shellcode vulnerability or overflow, details to come hopefully (monitor milw0rm.com). I can only wonder how wordpad of all programs can allow this over some self-made app that does the same thing?
Surely not a remote exploit, must be some sort of password retrieval (siw.exe) or something used to compromise a network or else it would not be so "critical". Now would be a good time to peek at the leaked Windows NT code from 2004...
pshyeah, tell that to the pirate bay!
I find this incredibly ironic, especially since I just posted a blog post (indexed last night) about writing the first documented CGI web page in x86 assembly: http://www.anthonycargile.com/blog/?p=118. Is this proof I need to start wearing that tin foil hat again?!
Houses of the Holy, Blind Faith, and also Nirvana's Nevermind (1991), and ironically for this discussion when Kurt Cobain (Nirvana frontman) found out they wanted to censor the naked baby on the front, his only alternative was to be a sticker covering the baby's penis saying, "If you're offended by this, you must be a closet pedophile".
And what the hell did they censor from "Jet Airliner" and "Who are you"? God the censors must be getting desper#$%*&![NO CARRIER]
Plenty of old and very old people already own firearms, but so far they aren't going gangsta on us.
That is the perfect opportunity for a funny youtube video about this: "Watch out, zelda! It's blanche them WWII's comin' to drive-by us!
Sorry... Got carried away. This is Idle, right? </WorkBreak>
Too bad he isn't using Mac OS Classic otherwise I would not recommend placing the computer in a box, mailing it to the OEM and never touching a computer again.
;))
(See a couple of posts above
Either he/she (wait, this is /.) thinks "Virtual Memory" is the same thing as paging, or thinks it is the reason the computer is slow with even those specs, not taking into consideration the operating system...