Dirac project - No mention of OGG media files or Theora video.
Theora project (OGG video) - A couple passing references to Dirac, one in relation to the OGG media container and combining OGG vorbis and Dirac.
The Theora and Dirac projects have similar goals, so even if they both go it alone I would think that discussions would spur new ideas in both. Wouldn't it be a good idea for these folks to talk together -- if only so that Dirac files are by default packaged in OGG media containers?
I predit that I will put my tinfoil hat on!/me puts on tinfoil hat.
You're lying. We know that since you do not own a tinfoil hat, but instead own a lead one. You put the lead hat on this morning, in your faraday cage, 100 meters below the ground in solid granite.
Your dog, an agent of our shadow organization, will give you further instructions on what to post on the Internet and where it should appear.
the only game i've seen that has a real spectator mode is ghost recon... ghost recon allows you to just ghost people... you dont have to pick a team or anything... oh yeah, RTCW has this also...
At any time, pressing TAB brings up the player stats per team, and with SEP (Savage Enhancement Project). While playing the game, pressing Alt and Ctrl bring up team damage details and current tech available. Quite nifty.
I wonder what that means - Red Hat EL 3.0 with enhancements, or their own thing.
I doubt that Cray doesn't employ people who can tune a kernel...and quite well. The rest of it doesn't matter as much since we're talking HPC and not a normal server; likely no shell, none of the utilities you'd normally expect, and no GUI of any sort.
I wouldn't be too stunned if the whole thing could fit on a floppy.
Coffee is an acquired taste, so is beer, I guess one will have to learn to enjoy this beverage...
It entirely depends on the coffee or beer. Most people start on the bad stuff and hate it...though keep drinking to be social till they get used to it.
For the record, I'm in the USA near an Eastern technology center.
Are non-DVD CD-only drives sold anymore? I mean, beyond the bargin bins and refurbished units.
I wouldn't have bought one over the last couple years since the price difference is minimal even if you keep it to data disks. Being able to read DVDs keeps one more option open.
I'd expect that DVD burners will become standard equipment even on cheap systems over the next two years with the dual layer burners being 'high end' options ($25-50 more or 'free for a limited time').
My magic phrase has always been "I'm sorry, I don't do business with companies that call me on the telephone."
Didn't work for me...neither phrases like that nor the legally binding phrases where a violation costs the telemarketer $500 per incident. I'd be 'dropped' from one list (company X) and appear on another (company Y).
With the national DNC list, I don't get ANY solicitation calls.
Microcenter still asks (Virgina store). Most of the time they aren't pushy, and never as bad as RS at it's worst, though sometimes they do get annoying.
Before the DNC list, I'd ask them not to call even using the magic phrase...and they still called.
With the DNC list, no problems!
If the telemarketing industry wanted anyone to take the self-regulation claims seriously, they would have honored in spirit not just the letter of the old laws. Instead, they weaseled around it; "OK, you're on the do not call list for company X!" [2 minutes] "Hi! I'm calling from company Y!". I have no sympathy.
It appears that Radio Shack has learned their lesson. Last time I was in there the 'manager' (or that's what it said on his name tag) didn't ask me for anything other than method of payment. It was the best experience I've ever had in one of their stores.
While Radio Shack were the first and most obnoxious about asking for name/address/phone/blood type, they dropped the obnoxious push a few years ago. Now, I only get asked occasionally...can't think of the last time they asked. I do remember laughing at the time and not in an indearing way.
The trauma of saying "No"... "I'll keep the reciept"... "I'm paying cash...you know, CASH!"... "Didn't I already say no?" probably still makes it seem like they have been pushy reciently.
Apparently as SELinux gets integrated into the kernel, even sudo will be unnecessary. Fedora Core is working on this integration. It will be interesting to see how it works out.
seinux was an option for FC2, and is the default with FC3. The biggest problem to be tackled are the default policies.
The good thing about selinux is that it eliminates the 'superuser' account; root still exists but is no longer all powerful. If the system is rooted, the whole system is not automatically compromised.
Just as you segment your lan to restrict access^, selinux segments at the account level. I expect that most admins and non-admins will hate it!
That said, sudo is a good compromise for the short term. Over the next couple years, all systems should move to something like selinux because the design is very secure and more flexible.
Embedded, high security, and anything that requires accountability will benifit from selinux.
You are making the all too common confusion between packet filtering at your LAN border, and NATing private IPs behind a public one.
Not at all! I consider both sides to be hostile. Having only public addresses complicates things unnecessarily; the network should be highly segmented at the routers anyway. Splitting the local lan using private addresses keeps things a slight bit simpler.
If the concept of private IP did not exist, would we be less secure? Apart from the fact that a NAT box automagically introduces a default denial of access policy, I don't think we would be any less secure. Having a public IP won't introduce any kind of limitations on which traffic you want to accept.
While you are techically correct, people (including many admins) are sloppy. Public/private addres splits can automatically help the confused.
Using public addresses and not both and private ones is like getting root access for the first time; you feel powerful and it is obviously handy to have. Keeping the split makes a variety of tasks simpler including auditing; your filters and searches can be generic instead of site-specific in many cases.
I'm sure there are specific people and groups in Microsoft that do a bang-up job, but I think they are much fewer in numbers than they were 20 years ago (before I was born).
Welcome to the world of big business! (And, well, quite a few medium businesses too.)
Back stabbing is rampant. If it's been done one way, it is damn hard to change anyone's mind -- so I often take Grace Hooper's advice; It is always easier to apologize than to ask permission.
That's the truth.
Also, keep in mind that while the back stabbing does work...once you work enough, you'll remember who wasn't being a back stabber and who was. Recommend the good guys for jobs where you work and you will slowly squeeze out the back stabbers (unless the upper managers are the bad guys -- no hope there).
Concerning using tail on log files. I read at one time that it's possible (maybe even easy??) to put an exploit in a log file (you know what gets logged with httpd, so it's easy to get what you want in a log file) that causes an overflow and for the exploit to run. I don't remember where I read that, but ever since, I just use less and hit > to go to the end of the file.
Using strings...
tail -f/path/and/name/of/logfile | strings | less
/usr/sbin/tcpdump eth0 | strings | less
... should eliminate this as a concern, though it's been quite a while since I've heard that anyone had a problem with this type of exploit.
Keep in mind that this isn't a 'use NAT'/'do not use NAT' issue. The issue is LAN design and security hardening at the router level. If using public and private addresses makes sense -- and NAT is only an example of this public/private split -- you should use public and private addresses. Otherwise, don't.
That said, using public/private address schemes can be quite handy is that you can rely on other software and hardware to be partially configured before you touch it -- including most hardware and software firewalls. It also means that you don't have to track down odd problems when someone uses an IP you thought was allocated to your exclusive use.
Who finds this version numbering scheme damn confusing?
It's a traditional numbering scheme. I've used similar ones for about 15 years!
To eliminate some confusion, I tend to use numbers like this...
5.02.003.0456
... instead of...
1.3
... since the leading zeros sort more easily!
The numbers breaks down like this;
major.minor.beta.build
Where
major = public number people can identify minor = public revision number beta = showing that this is not a formal release build = the build number or date of release
So, you see "Version 5" on the box or at the web site while the software might have an internal stamp of "5.02.003.0456"
This is a general guide, though. Some folks use only the first two...some use three (with or without build #), and some use five.
The value of this is that it allows you to sort defect reports, quickly identify if something was formally made public (and tested), or if it came before/after another release.
Take a look at the diagram next to "Temperature and the atmospheric layers". Now, why do you think I'm not worried?:)
On that note, from #3 and on...we will have to entirely disagree. Things that came to mind reading your reply;
Buildings are designed to absorb and release energy though not to make use of it as a power source.
Energy captured by wind power will be both captured and consumed within the same region because it's cheaper to do it that way and the current infrastructure allows it to be done.
The only thing that I can think of that beats wind power for low impact and local accesability is solar though there may be a few more. Even hydro is restricted in ways that wind is not. No power source can be used optimally everywhere -- solar in Norway or hydro in the sub sahara make no sense.
What will be the total impact of wind power? I don't know. I do know that I haven't heard anything that makes me worried.
Some amount of kinetic energy is needed to move the truck, which as you say, would get converted to friction when the truck stops in Shelbyville.
That's not what I think. The act of turning on and moving the truck on the road and through the air passes the stored energy (desel/gas) into other things directly or indirectly (the engine, the road, the air) that radiate that energy if they can not store it. Shake a bottle of something, and the contents usually picks up some of the energy used to shake it.
However, this energy is entirely different from the internal heat energy of the boiling water, that Springfield lost and Shelbyville gained. If the truck goes quickly enough, it gets to Shelbyville while the water is hot, and Shelbyville gains this heat energy too.
I don't see a problem with that.
Europe is like Shelbyville, getting this heat from Springfield, the tropics. A windfarm would be kind of like driving the truck into a big spring, taking the kinetic energy of the truck by slowing the truck down to almost a stop, and using it for work. The truck is now moving really slow, and hence will dissipate alot of the heat before it gets to Shelbyville.
Tropics ==> Europe (no windmil farms; less energy trapped) ==> somewhere else.
Tropics ==> Europe (with windmil farms; more energy trapped) ==> energy used ==> somewhere else.
The only difference is that there is a delay in when the energy is released...not how much.
Now the important questions are :
How much will windfarms slow down these currents?
How much more heat will be left in the tropics?
How much less heat will flow to northern areas?
What will be the temperature changes due to these heat-flow changes?
Are these temperature changes enough to cause environmental problems?
Answers;
Do you advocate tearing down buildings and any other obstructions? (Buildings do temporarily absorb energy... they aren't entirely passive.)
None; it's already shipped out to Europe...remember?
The energy absorbed will be released. This will happen continuously, so the net difference will be nothing.
There aren't any.
There aren't any.
Look, I'm not saying wind farming will cause large-scale global problems. I'm saying there's no reason a priori to assume it's NOT a problem, and it would certainly be greatly beneficial if an ecological study of large-scale effects of wind farming was carried out. Such a study is definitely feasible to carry out, and could predict otherwise unforeseen consequences.
I don't care much either way. I'm not convinced there are any dire concerns here, and the benifits could be substantial including eliminating other more abusive forms of energy generation.
If you live, you dammage things. There are a lot of people; we dammage a hell of a lot. Anything that will cause less damage is a good thing.
Energy that is captured will be used somewhere. When it is used, heat will be released in the process.
The result: Unless that energy is shipped mainly out of Europe, the net loss of energy will be minimal (say, from hydrogen generation plants that sell the hydrogen to other parts of the globe).
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I'm already on a dozen lists...and should drop about 1/2 of them. Only so many hours in the day.
Dirac project - No mention of OGG media files or Theora video.
Theora project (OGG video) - A couple passing references to Dirac, one in relation to the OGG media container and combining OGG vorbis and Dirac.
The Theora and Dirac projects have similar goals, so even if they both go it alone I would think that discussions would spur new ideas in both. Wouldn't it be a good idea for these folks to talk together -- if only so that Dirac files are by default packaged in OGG media containers?
You're lying. We know that since you do not own a tinfoil hat, but instead own a lead one. You put the lead hat on this morning, in your faraday cage, 100 meters below the ground in solid granite.
Your dog, an agent of our shadow organization, will give you further instructions on what to post on the Internet and where it should appear.
That is all. Hmmmmmmmmm.....
If I understand what you're saying, I already get that with Savage The xbox feature would be without the game designer requiring it?
I guess I'm spoiled. Savage has a really nice spectator mode as well as a unique commander mode and other views of the game.
At any time, pressing TAB brings up the player stats per team, and with SEP (Savage Enhancement Project). While playing the game, pressing Alt and Ctrl bring up team damage details and current tech available. Quite nifty.
Most FPS or team games have this already. Isn't supporting that mode up to the developers of the game -- a feature that is fairly simple to add?
I doubt that Cray doesn't employ people who can tune a kernel...and quite well. The rest of it doesn't matter as much since we're talking HPC and not a normal server; likely no shell, none of the utilities you'd normally expect, and no GUI of any sort.
I wouldn't be too stunned if the whole thing could fit on a floppy.
It entirely depends on the coffee or beer. Most people start on the bad stuff and hate it...though keep drinking to be social till they get used to it.
Are non-DVD CD-only drives sold anymore? I mean, beyond the bargin bins and refurbished units.
I wouldn't have bought one over the last couple years since the price difference is minimal even if you keep it to data disks. Being able to read DVDs keeps one more option open.
I'd expect that DVD burners will become standard equipment even on cheap systems over the next two years with the dual layer burners being 'high end' options ($25-50 more or 'free for a limited time').
OK, 555-1212.
Didn't work for me...neither phrases like that nor the legally binding phrases where a violation costs the telemarketer $500 per incident. I'd be 'dropped' from one list (company X) and appear on another (company Y).
With the national DNC list, I don't get ANY solicitation calls.
Microcenter still asks (Virgina store). Most of the time they aren't pushy, and never as bad as RS at it's worst, though sometimes they do get annoying.
With the DNC list, no problems!
If the telemarketing industry wanted anyone to take the self-regulation claims seriously, they would have honored in spirit not just the letter of the old laws. Instead, they weaseled around it; "OK, you're on the do not call list for company X!" [2 minutes] "Hi! I'm calling from company Y!". I have no sympathy.
While Radio Shack were the first and most obnoxious about asking for name/address/phone/blood type, they dropped the obnoxious push a few years ago. Now, I only get asked occasionally...can't think of the last time they asked. I do remember laughing at the time and not in an indearing way.
The trauma of saying "No" ... "I'll keep the reciept" ... "I'm paying cash...you know, CASH!" ... "Didn't I already say no?" probably still makes it seem like they have been pushy reciently.
I would never open that with the Gimp!
I used Cinepaint...a fork of the Gimp.
seinux was an option for FC2, and is the default with FC3. The biggest problem to be tackled are the default policies.
The good thing about selinux is that it eliminates the 'superuser' account; root still exists but is no longer all powerful. If the system is rooted, the whole system is not automatically compromised.
Just as you segment your lan to restrict access^, selinux segments at the account level. I expect that most admins and non-admins will hate it!
That said, sudo is a good compromise for the short term. Over the next couple years, all systems should move to something like selinux because the design is very secure and more flexible.
Embedded, high security, and anything that requires accountability will benifit from selinux.
^ - You do segment your lan at the router, right?
Not at all! I consider both sides to be hostile. Having only public addresses complicates things unnecessarily; the network should be highly segmented at the routers anyway. Splitting the local lan using private addresses keeps things a slight bit simpler.
While you are techically correct, people (including many admins) are sloppy. Public/private addres splits can automatically help the confused.
It's also handy for the other reasons I mentioned before (check my recient posts dealing with firewalls/NAT/VLANs/...).
Using public addresses and not both and private ones is like getting root access for the first time; you feel powerful and it is obviously handy to have. Keeping the split makes a variety of tasks simpler including auditing; your filters and searches can be generic instead of site-specific in many cases.
Welcome to the world of big business! (And, well, quite a few medium businesses too.)
Back stabbing is rampant. If it's been done one way, it is damn hard to change anyone's mind -- so I often take Grace Hooper's advice; It is always easier to apologize than to ask permission.
That's the truth.
Also, keep in mind that while the back stabbing does work...once you work enough, you'll remember who wasn't being a back stabber and who was. Recommend the good guys for jobs where you work and you will slowly squeeze out the back stabbers (unless the upper managers are the bad guys -- no hope there).
Using strings ...
... should eliminate this as a concern, though it's been quite a while since I've heard that anyone had a problem with this type of exploit.
Keep in mind that this isn't a 'use NAT'/'do not use NAT' issue. The issue is LAN design and security hardening at the router level. If using public and private addresses makes sense -- and NAT is only an example of this public/private split -- you should use public and private addresses. Otherwise, don't.
That said, using public/private address schemes can be quite handy is that you can rely on other software and hardware to be partially configured before you touch it -- including most hardware and software firewalls. It also means that you don't have to track down odd problems when someone uses an IP you thought was allocated to your exclusive use.
It's a traditional numbering scheme. I've used similar ones for about 15 years!
To eliminate some confusion, I tend to use numbers like this ...
... instead of ...
... since the leading zeros sort more easily!
The numbers breaks down like this;
Where
So, you see "Version 5" on the box or at the web site while the software might have an internal stamp of "5.02.003.0456"
This is a general guide, though. Some folks use only the first two...some use three (with or without build #), and some use five.
The value of this is that it allows you to sort defect reports, quickly identify if something was formally made public (and tested), or if it came before/after another release.
Take a look at the diagram next to "Temperature and the atmospheric layers". Now, why do you think I'm not worried? :)
On that note, from #3 and on...we will have to entirely disagree. Things that came to mind reading your reply;
Buildings are designed to absorb and release energy though not to make use of it as a power source.
Energy captured by wind power will be both captured and consumed within the same region because it's cheaper to do it that way and the current infrastructure allows it to be done.
The only thing that I can think of that beats wind power for low impact and local accesability is solar though there may be a few more. Even hydro is restricted in ways that wind is not. No power source can be used optimally everywhere -- solar in Norway or hydro in the sub sahara make no sense.
What will be the total impact of wind power? I don't know. I do know that I haven't heard anything that makes me worried.
That's not what I think. The act of turning on and moving the truck on the road and through the air passes the stored energy (desel/gas) into other things directly or indirectly (the engine, the road, the air) that radiate that energy if they can not store it. Shake a bottle of something, and the contents usually picks up some of the energy used to shake it.
I don't see a problem with that.
Tropics ==> Europe (no windmil farms; less energy trapped) ==> somewhere else.
Tropics ==> Europe (with windmil farms; more energy trapped) ==> energy used ==> somewhere else.
The only difference is that there is a delay in when the energy is released...not how much.
Answers;
I don't care much either way. I'm not convinced there are any dire concerns here, and the benifits could be substantial including eliminating other more abusive forms of energy generation.
If you live, you dammage things. There are a lot of people; we dammage a hell of a lot. Anything that will cause less damage is a good thing.
From your original comment, it didn't seem like you did know what NIMBY meant. My mistake.
The result: Unless that energy is shipped mainly out of Europe, the net loss of energy will be minimal (say, from hydrogen generation plants that sell the hydrogen to other parts of the globe).