I can run UT2004 on a Geforce 2 64MB card. Not perfect, though it is playable. It cost me under $100 new a couple years ago. Froogle shows it is now in the $35 to $55 range.
And a firewall cannot help you when an employee plugs in a laptop with a virus they caught at home.... happened at my company more than once....
Same here, though the same admin who thought no password was a good idea also blaimed every laptop for every virus. Even had a long conversation with him on how likely my laptop (running Linux) could or could not pose a trojan/virus/... threat to his Windows client network. I still think he doesn't believe me that Linux can't spread Windows trojans (granted it could if I intentionally whipped up something).
A well designed network should isolate resources into vlans or other bubbles that offer services only to who need them. The user LAN should be considered hostile.
I haven't seen anyone isolate 'new' systems (typically laptops) on a network by default, though that is something that would be a good idea.
Can't say what they will give you -- though Vendetta Online is just comming out of beta. It runs on Windows (many versions), Linux, and OS X.
The forums might have more details.
Sign up for the beta before they ship!
Summary of Vendetta: A team game with some personal character development. Very smooth flight sim -- very playable. Some eye candy, though not tons. The universe is dynamic and huge; each sector has over 100 areas in it and there are dozens of sectors. Wormholes to other sectors. Have up to 6 characters in any of the 3 factions. Factions 'own' sectors. Faction standing is based on your actions. Defense and pirate bots. Status and skill lead to new/bigger/powerful ships. Cruisers and larger ships will play a role (haven't seen any in months...though they take some heavy pounding before they can be destroyed).
Secret 1: the password is 1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5!
Company XYZ somewhere, reading list: "CRAP! That's the same combination we use for root!"
That would be an improvement over reality: One facility run by a subcontractor has a database that processes 50K checks/day and generates checks in excess of $1 million/day.
Last time I checked, the database had no password on the administrator account.
Nobody was interested in changing this "because we are behind a firewall" and "there's no reason why anyone would look for us or could find us".
Almost... internet contact is good but one thing you dont get from it is social skills. Look at any true geek and as stereotypcial as it sounds most dont have social skills. Getting along wiht people online is much easier than in person and by not getting real contact with people you turn into some freak with a weird laugh and who seems like they should maybe hang out with younger kids instead of their more mature peers. Look at computer nerds in high school.
I think you really believe that. It's a stereotype, btw. IM usage is popular with many groups; it's not the geeks that do the most of it, it is the people who like to socialize who do the most of it!
Would you be happy with a girlfriend/boyfriend with whom all your "contact" was by IM and the telephone?
"All" is a cheap strawman. You can know someone better from letters/email, phone, IM... than just by being next to them physically.
To tell me it is not 'real' is absurd at best and archaic at worst. If you do not see that others are 'real' and treat them as such even if you don't see them, that's not my problem. BTW...why reply to me at all?;]
I'm sure a similar Linux workaround can happen as well before the Linux version is released, but I don;t know exactly how it would work on Linux.
Since we are talking about Linux, there are two highly complex and confusing ways we deal with self-extracting zip files...;-}
Select the file from a browser, rename it from *.exe to *.zip, double click the zip file as if it were a regular folder.
*OR*
At a shell prompt, type "unzip filename.exe". (You might need to create a temporary directory to dump the files into just in case the zip file doesn't create a subdirectory for you. In that case, "md temp; cd temp; unzip../filename.exe".)
That's interesting. The major questions I have are;
Who are the recipients of the distributed code?
Did they request source for the GPLed parts and were refused?
Did the company that is being sued actually mingle the GPLed and propriatory parts, or are they distinctly seperate?
I don't see this as a challenge to the GPL, though. It sounds like a normal contract dispute.
The claim made here...
"If your organisation uses a piece of open source code and that code contains or in any way touches proprietary code that you're using, then, potentially, there's the obligation to make the proprietary code available to the rest of the open source community," said Abrahams.
...may be incorrect; licences only apply to recipients not to the whole world. Under the GPL if the recipients were denied source, the recipients could sue. If the binaries are public, then anyone who fetches a copy is a recipient and thus can require the source...depending on how it is mixed with the propriatory parts.
If it's "GPL-style", it's not the GPL, and exact license terms may be different.
Substitute "GPL or GPL-compatable" then; these do exist.
As for the section 2b "all third parties" part, I've already addressed this in the past. I sum: The GPL grants a licence to distribute to the recipient. The licence is a contract that is not granted to everyone in the world, it is granted to the recipient ; just by writing something I can't force the whole world to abide by it or be held liable. The other individuals have to agree with that licence and it's terms.
In most cases, this does not matter and in a practical and common way the GPL (yes and similar/compatable licences!) does mean what you think it means. It does not legally bind someone to act in this way.
One example:
If you are a CEO and you want to have someone write an in-house application that is specific to your company, you have the choice of using propriatory tools or using open source (including GPLed parts). If you had to distribute the source of your changes to *any* third party who asked you, you would loose a competitive advantage. In that case, you would have a strong motivation to not use open source at all unless it had a BSD-style licence that allowed you to keep all changes propriatory even if distributed. Thankfully, licences only apply to recipients of the licence -- not everyone -- so you can use GPL/GPL-compatable source as you wish as long as you honor the terms of the licence with your recipients. (In this situation, the corporation is the recipient, and the corporation already has the source, so the terms have been met.)
If you have a/. subscription, look back through my past posts for this subject. I addressed it about a month ago in much more detail.
Seems to me a manufacturer might be distributing the product they manufacture.
...meaning, for GPL-style licences, that if they get a request for the source from those who they distribute to...they have to fork the changes over to that group or person. If not, they don't have to; not just anyone can demand the source -- the recipients have to.
Theoretically, if the same device is leased they would not have to distribute the source also...though I'd like to hear a counter argument. (OK...one that isn't just "yes they do!".)
Most were moderately budgeted -- $10m/year -- and based on some combination of Tomcat/Apache and other tools though the DB was not OSS (2 Oracle, 1 MSSQL). ASCII White must be many times that $-wise as well as scale, and I'm sure other folks can think of a few more easily.
In some ways, the studio's are just as unethical as a pirate. They will re-release a movie over and over again. First comes the vanilla version, with maybe a trailer and nothing else. Then comes the Collectors Edition, with a commentary track and production notes. Then comes the Directors Cut with added footage, remastered nontheless. Why can't they release the best version first?
In the case of
Dogma, they did. I didn't see the 'regular' version for months...only the deluxe version. Bought the deluxe version for about $15 when it was released, though now most stores want ~$30.
Bullshit. Every MPEG standard implementor is -supposed- to pay royalties. But I don't see any projects which support mpeg video and audio- doing so. I also don't see anyone chasing them down for the royalties. The general consensus is that if you don't make money off it, nobody will chase you down for the royalties; they're happy with the revenue stream from commercial software.
Good point. One for you: Do you think the BBC will have to pay royalties if they use H.264?
No kidding. Perimeter security is only half the battle, if that.
Exactly!
I've had admins tell me I'm wrong or impractical. Even when I step them through it, they think I still mean 'firewalls first... and -- oh yeah -- do that other stuff when you get a chance maybe'. Grrr....
If Windows would implement something akin to the *nix 'root' user, it would go a long way in helping with security.
While I agree that would be a big step up for Microsoft Windows -- root is not the same as administrator under Windows -- the traditional rights of the root account under *nix should also go away.
The problem with root is that it is too powerful. A bad agent (person or software) needs only to gain root access to abuse the machine and any resource it has.
Seperating what is allowable into different accounts like the NSA's selinux is one way to reduce the impact of 'getting rooted'.
The administrator account(s) under Windows are more dangerous since they offer implicit whole-system access to multiple accounts. Applications also ignore what little protections are there and when locked down complain or fail outright. (This last part is something that the software providers have to come to grips with under Windows -- it's a given under *nix.)
The Wall Street Journal mentioned it twice last week.
This was enough to have 2 people ask me specifically about Firefox and how they could install. I walked them through the process of clicking on a few links and choosing 'yes' when asked if they wanted it to be the default browser.
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I can run UT2004 on a Geforce 2 64MB card. Not perfect, though it is playable. It cost me under $100 new a couple years ago. Froogle shows it is now in the $35 to $55 range.
export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19
...to avoid this error;
libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work
Second, attempting to login I do the following;
Load the game.
Click "Create new account".
Type in information;
Click "Create Pilot".
Check mail...nothing. OK, let's try.
Punch in;
Click 'Remember password' and press Login.
Error: "Login failed: Unnown error, please try again Denied"
Hmmm. Maybe I did it wrong. Punch in;
Click 'Remember password' and press Login.
Error: "Login failed: Unnown error, please try again Denied"
I'm not...though I'm sure someone will think of a reason to be offended! :/
Here are two questions;
Same here, though the same admin who thought no password was a good idea also blaimed every laptop for every virus. Even had a long conversation with him on how likely my laptop (running Linux) could or could not pose a trojan/virus/... threat to his Windows client network. I still think he doesn't believe me that Linux can't spread Windows trojans (granted it could if I intentionally whipped up something).
A well designed network should isolate resources into vlans or other bubbles that offer services only to who need them. The user LAN should be considered hostile.
I haven't seen anyone isolate 'new' systems (typically laptops) on a network by default, though that is something that would be a good idea.
That was the point. Saying that it *isn't* real is absurd.
Can't say what they will give you -- though Vendetta Online is just comming out of beta. It runs on Windows (many versions), Linux, and OS X.
The forums might have more details.
Sign up for the beta before they ship!
Summary of Vendetta: A team game with some personal character development. Very smooth flight sim -- very playable. Some eye candy, though not tons. The universe is dynamic and huge; each sector has over 100 areas in it and there are dozens of sectors. Wormholes to other sectors. Have up to 6 characters in any of the 3 factions. Factions 'own' sectors. Faction standing is based on your actions. Defense and pirate bots. Status and skill lead to new/bigger/powerful ships. Cruisers and larger ships will play a role (haven't seen any in months...though they take some heavy pounding before they can be destroyed).
Company XYZ somewhere, reading list: "CRAP! That's the same combination we use for root!"
That would be an improvement over reality: One facility run by a subcontractor has a database that processes 50K checks/day and generates checks in excess of $1 million/day.
Last time I checked, the database had no password on the administrator account.
Nobody was interested in changing this "because we are behind a firewall" and "there's no reason why anyone would look for us or could find us".
Thus, my sig;
I think you really believe that. It's a stereotype, btw. IM usage is popular with many groups; it's not the geeks that do the most of it, it is the people who like to socialize who do the most of it!
"All" is a cheap strawman. You can know someone better from letters/email, phone, IM ... than just by being next to them physically.
To tell me it is not 'real' is absurd at best and archaic at worst. If you do not see that others are 'real' and treat them as such even if you don't see them, that's not my problem. BTW...why reply to me at all? ;]
So, if your girlfriend/wife/boyfriend/... sends you an IM/mail/... they didn't really contact you? No matter what they say? You'd feel nothing?
I thought people that out of touch died about 10 years ago. Clue: If it exists, it's real. If humans do it, it's human contact.
Since we are talking about Linux, there are two highly complex and confusing ways we deal with self-extracting zip files... ;-}
*OR*
The same can be said of other licences, too!
I don't see this as a challenge to the GPL, though. It sounds like a normal contract dispute.
The claim made here...
...may be incorrect; licences only apply to recipients not to the whole world. Under the GPL if the recipients were denied source, the recipients could sue. If the binaries are public, then anyone who fetches a copy is a recipient and thus can require the source...depending on how it is mixed with the propriatory parts.
Very good description. Thanks for posting it.
If it's "GPL-style", it's not the GPL, and exact license terms may be different.
Substitute "GPL or GPL-compatable" then; these do exist.
As for the section 2b "all third parties" part, I've already addressed this in the past. I sum: The GPL grants a licence to distribute to the recipient. The licence is a contract that is not granted to everyone in the world, it is granted to the recipient ; just by writing something I can't force the whole world to abide by it or be held liable. The other individuals have to agree with that licence and it's terms.
In most cases, this does not matter and in a practical and common way the GPL (yes and similar/compatable licences!) does mean what you think it means. It does not legally bind someone to act in this way.
One example:
If you have a /. subscription, look back through my past posts for this subject. I addressed it about a month ago in much more detail.
...meaning, for GPL-style licences, that if they get a request for the source from those who they distribute to...they have to fork the changes over to that group or person. If not, they don't have to; not just anyone can demand the source -- the recipients have to.
Theoretically, if the same device is leased they would not have to distribute the source also...though I'd like to hear a counter argument. (OK...one that isn't just "yes they do!".)
512MB to 1GB.
Chances are, part of that 1GB RAM is in use by something in the adapater/BIOS space in the first meg.
Modern technology, my foot! You can't fool me, it's super-elastic bubble plastic, right?
Is there something interesing here?
In the case of Dogma, they did. I didn't see the 'regular' version for months...only the deluxe version. Bought the deluxe version for about $15 when it was released, though now most stores want ~$30.
Good point. One for you: Do you think the BBC will have to pay royalties if they use H.264?
Exactly!
I've had admins tell me I'm wrong or impractical. Even when I step them through it, they think I still mean 'firewalls first ... and -- oh yeah -- do that other stuff when you get a chance maybe'. Grrr....
While I agree that would be a big step up for Microsoft Windows -- root is not the same as administrator under Windows -- the traditional rights of the root account under *nix should also go away.
The problem with root is that it is too powerful. A bad agent (person or software) needs only to gain root access to abuse the machine and any resource it has.
Seperating what is allowable into different accounts like the NSA's selinux is one way to reduce the impact of 'getting rooted'.
The administrator account(s) under Windows are more dangerous since they offer implicit whole-system access to multiple accounts. Applications also ignore what little protections are there and when locked down complain or fail outright. (This last part is something that the software providers have to come to grips with under Windows -- it's a given under *nix.)
What part of this surprises anyone?
This was enough to have 2 people ask me specifically about Firefox and how they could install. I walked them through the process of clicking on a few links and choosing 'yes' when asked if they wanted it to be the default browser.