The only downside of your setup is that the 56k modem drops to 33k6 when you use it to dial in... 56k only works if the isp can tap into the digital phone exchange...
Unfortunatly a typicall processor would do only have the amount of jmp instructions compared to a nop.... Some prediction and pipeline magic might compensate however.
I think you have had one blow to the head to many....
The linux ax25 stuff is all gpl as its in the kernel... Secondly you don't need tcpdump at all to watch ax25 frames you simply use 'listen' which is part of the gpl'ed ax25 tools
There are some packet programs that are not free but mostly they are monolithic shit ported from dos to work on a more modern os (linux)
You can better use NiMh instead of NiCd, they have mostly the same characteristic exept for the biggest dissadvantadges of NiCd (memory and really really bad for the environment)
Linux will not be dead... The case against IBM is about IBM releasing code illegally. Caldera then redistributed that again making all subsequent use legal... (If they didn't agree to the GPL they wouldn't have distributed it.) The only one liable in that case is IBM for letting the cat out of the bag, but SCO/Caldera announced to the world the cat could stay out by redistributing it. IBM would have to pay billions and the rest of the world would continue to use linux.
On alt.os.development, we've been discussing this somewhat humorously. It will eventually not be a problem. Linux will be able to simply rewrite its SMP handling (and other things that have allegedly been taken from SCO). In fact, at the OS level, working with 32 processors is no different from working with 2 (which Linux could already do before the alleged copyright infringement). However, handling 32 processors very well is a completely different story.
And this is only in a worst case scenario.... Most likely linux won't have to be changed in any way....
In any case, this is a big inconvenience for many people using Linux in their companies. I have to stop development on one of my projects because I don't want to pay SCO any money to use Linux. And why should I? Linux is supposed to be free. (All the more reason to use BSD, which I like more than Linux, but anyway...)
Linux is free (ok, it depends on your definition of free...) but remember that about a decade ago you would had to stop development on BSD related projects due to some lawsuit......
At the moment the only one who is being sued is IBM, everybody else is safe. Even if IBM did something wrong it doesn't mean anything for linux, IBM would simply pay some billions to SCO and live for linux would go on... And that is a very unlikely worst case.....
mkiss is a ax25 network driver for TNCs connected to a serial port.
AX25 is an amateur packet radio protocol. A TNC is a Terminal Node Controller, or basicly something that translates serial data into actuall packets and controls your modem. KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) is a TNC mode that makes the TNC behave more or less as dump as it gets (it only translates packets and manages some timing) hence the name.
The line in the changelog relates to a change that removes some old unused junk that caused an oops on opening a mkiss device and removes some obsolete module use count handling. (I should know, I made the patch...)
You connect another computer to the serial port and use it as a console... Or use multiple monitors, one for X, one for the console... (with the serial solution you can automagicly log it and don't have to type anything from a screen)
The biggest change for normal users is the preempt patch, it will make your system very responsive to interactive tasks (ie a graphical desktop) also the new schedulers should help here.
The only problem is that 3DLabs isn't supporting Linux... They are supporting "linux-somespecificprocessor-somespecificversion" Might be better than nothing, but not much...
You might wan't to check how many non-opensource programs are actually finished or the amount of crap in it...
Programming has become an industry of buzzwords and throwaway crap. No one builds on what has come before. No one really pays much attention to good design.
I don't think programming has become that... but indeed the industry certainly is. The industry are managers who don't know shit about programming that are selling programs with a bunch of marketing buzzwords and throwaway crap. The programmers don't have much to do with that (except letting them abuse...)
The reason C is so popular is excactly the reason your argument is moot... Programmers (the real ones not those that think using a computer means using a game console and then move on to 'programming' in visual basic script) use it because they are not impressed with the latest buzzword compliant programming language that promisses to solve every problem. They use what works, and for a lot of problems C just works.
After your post I don't have much respect for you either.... Your first statement has no arguments and the second has nothing to do with his statement.. he never said lesser mathematicians wouldn't program, he said they shouldn't program....
This isn't about wep.... Its about people using an insecure method to access their mail. The wireless access points were ment to be open to the public.
No, if you know that a program was falsely released under the GPL the GPL says you can't distribute it at all. In that case the program will fall under normal copyright and each and every owner of every single piece of code would have to give permission before you can distribute it. By distributing it they acknowledged not only that the GPL is valid but also that the code they acquired was rightly under the GPL.
Selling you child was a joke.... But you would be surprised what kind of things people agree to without hesitation. Things like giving the software publisher full access to your systems and such.... Or that your license can be revoked at any time.
No, I don't install that kind of software... However I have seen some EULAs and come accross systems that did have it installed and some programs display these kind of things also in their splash screens. It is always fun to be able to tell somebody they basicly promised their first born to a software company when in an Open vs. Closed discussion:)
It might not be an excuse for the first theft... But in this case it is not without SCO's knowledge...or atleast they had the opportunity to examine the source before distributing it. By not doing it (and thus taking a risk) they forfitted the right to complain later. SCO's argument that nobody checks before shipping is nonsense. Just because everybody takes risks does not mean that they don't have to face the consequences of their actions.
Once the first 'widget' gets through the offending company might use your apparent approval as a sign for subsequent 'theft'. In the case of IBM vs SCO not even the theft has been proven...
Well it might turn out to be a gpl test. Consider the following argument from IBM:
"We have copied code we think is ours into linux, however SCO then also distributed the same code under the GPL. If the code ever was questionable they have granted permission to use it at that moment. And thus set a precedent for more copying"
At that moment SCO would have to kill the GPL in order to have any case (or a substantial case) at all.
Slashdot Mirror
Look in the trash can outside the SCO HQ
Jeroen
The only downside of your setup is that the 56k modem drops to 33k6 when you use it to dial in...
56k only works if the isp can tap into the digital phone exchange...
Jeroen
Unfortunatly a typicall processor would do only have the amount of jmp instructions compared to a nop.... Some prediction and pipeline magic might compensate however.
Jeroen
Just one question:
What will I see on slashdot.org tomorow???
Or is slashdot going to mention a great idea and ignore it the day after?
Jeroen
I think you have had one blow to the head to many....
The linux ax25 stuff is all gpl as its in the kernel... Secondly you don't need tcpdump at all to watch ax25 frames you simply use 'listen' which is part of the gpl'ed ax25 tools
There are some packet programs that are not free but mostly they are monolithic shit ported from dos to work on a more modern os (linux)
Jeroen
Not completly impossible... mapsize might be a function returning a pointer to some size variable...
Jeroen
You can better use NiMh instead of NiCd, they have mostly the same characteristic exept for the biggest dissadvantadges of NiCd (memory and really really bad for the environment)
Jeroen
you can fill in just about anything in the partner field :)
Try 'partner=slashdot' or 'partner=registrationsucks' and it will work just as well....
Jeroen
customer: Two burgers with extra ketchup and musterd please
HAR(Heuristic Algorithmic Restaurant)9000: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't let have that....
Jeroen
Linux will not be dead... The case against IBM is about IBM releasing code illegally.
Caldera then redistributed that again making all subsequent use legal... (If they didn't agree to the GPL they wouldn't have distributed it.)
The only one liable in that case is IBM for letting the cat out of the bag, but SCO/Caldera announced to the world the cat could stay out by redistributing it. IBM would have to pay billions and the rest of the world would continue to use linux.
Jeroen
On alt.os.development, we've been discussing this somewhat humorously. It will eventually not be a problem. Linux will be able to simply rewrite its SMP handling (and other things that have allegedly been taken from SCO). In fact, at the OS level, working with 32 processors is no different from working with 2 (which Linux could already do before the alleged copyright infringement). However, handling 32 processors very well is a completely different story.
And this is only in a worst case scenario.... Most likely linux won't have to be changed in any way....
In any case, this is a big inconvenience for many people using Linux in their companies. I have to stop development on one of my projects because I don't want to pay SCO any money to use Linux. And why should I? Linux is supposed to be free. (All the more reason to use BSD, which I like more than Linux, but anyway...)
Linux is free (ok, it depends on your definition of free...) but remember that about a decade ago you would had to stop development on BSD related projects due to some lawsuit......
At the moment the only one who is being sued is IBM, everybody else is safe.
Even if IBM did something wrong it doesn't mean anything for linux, IBM would simply pay some billions to SCO and live for linux would go on...
And that is a very unlikely worst case.....
Jeroen
mkiss is a ax25 network driver for TNCs connected to a serial port.
AX25 is an amateur packet radio protocol.
A TNC is a Terminal Node Controller, or basicly something that translates serial data into actuall packets and controls your modem.
KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) is a TNC mode that makes the TNC behave more or less as dump as it gets (it only translates packets and manages some timing) hence the name.
The line in the changelog relates to a change that removes some old unused junk that caused an oops on opening a mkiss device and removes some obsolete module use count handling.
(I should know, I made the patch...)
Jeroen
You connect another computer to the serial port and use it as a console...
Or use multiple monitors, one for X, one for the console...
(with the serial solution you can automagicly log it and don't have to type anything from a screen)
Jeroen
The biggest change for normal users is the preempt patch, it will make your system very responsive to interactive tasks (ie a graphical desktop) also the new schedulers should help here.
Jeroen
The only problem is that 3DLabs isn't supporting Linux... They are supporting "linux-somespecificprocessor-somespecificversion"
Might be better than nothing, but not much...
Jeroen
You might wan't to check how many non-opensource programs are actually finished or the amount of crap in it...
Programming has become an industry of buzzwords and throwaway crap. No one builds on what has come before. No one really pays much attention to good design.
I don't think programming has become that... but indeed the industry certainly is.
The industry are managers who don't know shit about programming that are selling programs with a bunch of marketing buzzwords and throwaway crap. The programmers don't have much to do with that (except letting them abuse...)
The reason C is so popular is excactly the reason your argument is moot... Programmers (the real ones not those that think using a computer means using a game console and then move on to 'programming' in visual basic script) use it because they are not impressed with the latest buzzword compliant programming language that promisses to solve every problem.
They use what works, and for a lot of problems C just works.
Jeroen
After your post I don't have much respect for you either.... Your first statement has no arguments and the second has nothing to do with his statement.. he never said lesser mathematicians wouldn't program, he said they shouldn't program....
Jeroen
My impression was that the RIAA guy didn't try to dispute anything at all....
It was more like 'File trading BAD! You can run but you can't hide. P2P==EVIL' followed by 'Yadda yadda yadda can't hear you....'
Jeroen
This isn't about wep....
Its about people using an insecure method to access their mail.
The wireless access points were ment to be open to the public.
Jeroen
No, if you know that a program was falsely released under the GPL the GPL says you can't distribute it at all. In that case the program will fall under normal copyright and each and every owner of every single piece of code would have to give permission before you can distribute it.
By distributing it they acknowledged not only that the GPL is valid but also that the code they acquired was rightly under the GPL.
Jeroen
Please supply proove that you do not, have not and never will own or use a time machine...
Jeroen
Selling you child was a joke....
But you would be surprised what kind of things people agree to without hesitation.
Things like giving the software publisher full access to your systems and such....
Or that your license can be revoked at any time.
Jeroen
No, I don't install that kind of software... :)
However I have seen some EULAs and come accross systems that did have it installed and some programs display these kind of things also in their splash screens.
It is always fun to be able to tell somebody they basicly promised their first born to a software company when in an Open vs. Closed discussion
Jeroen
It might not be an excuse for the first theft...
But in this case it is not without SCO's knowledge...or atleast they had the opportunity to examine the source before distributing it.
By not doing it (and thus taking a risk) they forfitted the right to complain later. SCO's argument that nobody checks before shipping is nonsense. Just because everybody takes risks does not mean that they don't have to face the consequences of their actions.
Once the first 'widget' gets through the offending company might use your apparent approval as a sign for subsequent 'theft'.
In the case of IBM vs SCO not even the theft has been proven...
Jeroen
Well it might turn out to be a gpl test.
Consider the following argument from IBM:
"We have copied code we think is ours into linux, however SCO then also distributed the same code under the GPL. If the code ever was questionable they have granted permission to use it at that moment. And thus set a precedent for more copying"
At that moment SCO would have to kill the GPL in order to have any case (or a substantial case) at all.
Jeroen