Well you know how M$ is, they want to take control of everything... Sooner or later it have to be music. They'd rewrite the scale and clame it is their own IP, and then you'd have to accept an EULA just to go to a concert or a musical, or you would have to pay them to learn how to play an instrument. They'd make a killing off of school bands...
I ran across the wxStudio IDE the other day. Its an IDE being developed for wxWindows, IMOH looks very similar to VC++, and its a cross-platform IDE itself. They only bad thing is that it is pre-alpha (ver 0.0.2), but you can get the source through anon. CVS. This thing is gonna look very sweet once it goes beta, but it'll be awhile yet...
My local LUG got some straight from LinuxCare to use at a Linux Demo Day if I remember right. Had some extras at our next meeting, so everybody snatched them up of course (I remember everybody going "Kewl!!!";o) ).
Well not two weeks later I downloaded and compiled a new kernel and misconfigured it to the point where I couldnt boot. I popped that LinuxCare disk in, booted and recompiled another kernel in no time.
I think it's much nicer and easier to use then using the rescue mode in RedHat's boot disks. Also, they good to use when someone wants a quick Linux demo too...:o)
First off, this story reminds me on a t-shirt I saw on Think Geek this morning that says "Will work for bandwidth."
Second, to tell you the truth, I have no idea what I *would* do with high speed access. Here in the backwoods of South Carolina, we still use an old, antiquated POTS (its so old that my house still has an in-the-wall mounted rotary phone that's still hardwired to the system and works!) that maybe uses up the full potential of a 56K modem on a good day. If I have ever needed to download large files, I'll usually leave my machine online overnight while I sleep, or do something else while its downloading.
I'm not saying that I haven't used high speed access before. The tech school I currently go to has a T1 connection. Although I do most of my net access at home, I do appreciate it when I use a system at school.
And the thing that gets me is that most of these high-speed ppl dont appreciate what they have. It's kinda like being w/o electricity, you dont appreciate what you have until you don't have it anymore.
I could be wrong on this, so dont bash me TOO hard if i am.;o) This is my take on the deal.
Currently ethernet supports *NO* kind of user authentication, never was designed to authenticate. This is bad, especially for cable modem users, because cable companies rely on ethernet to network their subscribers with. I dont have a cable modem (sigh), but I have heard that you can access any system on a cable network (if the system is not secure). Point Im trying to make here is that when you send a packet out across an ethernet network, its broadcast to EVERYBODY, and frankly I wouldn't want some script kiddie watch my activities online with a packet sniffer.
Now with PPP, not only do you have authentication, but IIRC it has the ability to route (not sure if thats the best word to describe it) data to specific IP addresses. Once your system is authenticated, the ISPs routers can send data to you and not everybody else, and data you send out is only sent to the router.
I downloaded G2 latst night, and so far from what i've seen, this version is ok. Nothing good, but nothing bad about it either. At least nothing that really turned me off anyway. I did find an annoying bug though. Whenever I tried to veiw a stream that sends different feeds back to back (such as when some sites send you a "commercial" first), my copy of G2 segfaulted when it tried to shift from one feed to the next.
I live in Georgetown, SC, which is just south of Myrtle Beach. We're usually the last one on the list to receive any high tech toys like this since we are considered rural. And the sad thing is, most everyone around here either doesnt know know any better, or doesn't give a damn. When we FINALLY got dialup access, we had to get it from HTC Communications, which is Horry County's (The county north of us that includes Myrtle Beach) local telco. Heck, our local telco, which happens to be GTE, told us that the Internet was associated with the computers, and that the phone co. had nothing to do with it. And I'm not bashing HTC's service, but because Georgetown is situated some 30 odd miles from HTC's closest dial up point, its rare to get even a 33.6 connection speed here. Plus the phone lines around here are at least 30 years old. (Too bad Hurricane Hugo couldn't wipe out the phone lines like it did out power lines ten years ago yesterday. They were buried. Least we got good power feeds to our house now:o) )
I got to give credit though to HTC, they try their best at giving us the best service they possibly can. Never had any problems with them. They do offer cable modem service of their own, since they are THE phone co., cable co. and everything else co. in Horry County. They only offer it to their cable subscribers though, and you still have to upload data through the phone, from what I understand. They dont offer their cable service in my area, we get Time Warner instead. Now TW has gone around and put in fiber all over the place in the last 6 months, and are offering 120+ channels instead of the 36 they used to have, so it makes me wonder if they wont offer cable modem service soon. Couldnt get on that train either, I have a satellite now, but im not gonna pay those outrages fees for that DirectPC crap. Besides I don'[t think that works with us since we got one of the old fashioned 12 foot satellite dishes.
Anyways, sorry for ranting, but this is something thats been bothering me for awhile now and I just want to get it off my chest.
Has anyone even thought about setting up mirrors of/.? The new machine is nice and everything, but wouldn't it be wiser in saving CPU and bandwith if u spread it across mirrors? Just Curious...
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MCSE: Micro$oft Certified Sound Engineer?
;o)
Well not two weeks later I downloaded and compiled a new kernel and misconfigured it to the point where I couldnt boot. I popped that LinuxCare disk in, booted and recompiled another kernel in no time.
I think it's much nicer and easier to use then using the rescue mode in RedHat's boot disks. Also, they good to use when someone wants a quick Linux demo too...
Second, to tell you the truth, I have no idea what I *would* do with high speed access. Here in the backwoods of South Carolina, we still use an old, antiquated POTS (its so old that my house still has an in-the-wall mounted rotary phone that's still hardwired to the system and works!) that maybe uses up the full potential of a 56K modem on a good day. If I have ever needed to download large files, I'll usually leave my machine online overnight while I sleep, or do something else while its downloading.
I'm not saying that I haven't used high speed access before. The tech school I currently go to has a T1 connection. Although I do most of my net access at home, I do appreciate it when I use a system at school.
And the thing that gets me is that most of these high-speed ppl dont appreciate what they have. It's kinda like being w/o electricity, you dont appreciate what you have until you don't have it anymore.
Currently ethernet supports *NO* kind of user authentication, never was designed to authenticate. This is bad, especially for cable modem users, because cable companies rely on ethernet to network their subscribers with. I dont have a cable modem (sigh), but I have heard that you can access any system on a cable network (if the system is not secure). Point Im trying to make here is that when you send a packet out across an ethernet network, its broadcast to EVERYBODY, and frankly I wouldn't want some script kiddie watch my activities online with a packet sniffer.
Now with PPP, not only do you have authentication, but IIRC it has the ability to route (not sure if thats the best word to describe it) data to specific IP addresses. Once your system is authenticated, the ISPs routers can send data to you and not everybody else, and data you send out is only sent to the router.
You can tell what kind of day I'm having...
I got to give credit though to HTC, they try their best at giving us the best service they possibly can. Never had any problems with them. They do offer cable modem service of their own, since they are THE phone co., cable co. and everything else co. in Horry County. They only offer it to their cable subscribers though, and you still have to upload data through the phone, from what I understand. They dont offer their cable service in my area, we get Time Warner instead. Now TW has gone around and put in fiber all over the place in the last 6 months, and are offering 120+ channels instead of the 36 they used to have, so it makes me wonder if they wont offer cable modem service soon. Couldnt get on that train either, I have a satellite now, but im not gonna pay those outrages fees for that DirectPC crap. Besides I don'[t think that works with us since we got one of the old fashioned 12 foot satellite dishes.
Anyways, sorry for ranting, but this is something thats been bothering me for awhile now and I just want to get it off my chest.
From his web page,
"I practice Moo Do, an eclectic martial art based on Tae Kwon Do. In November 1997 I attained the rank of Black Belt (1st Dan)."
OTOH maybe he ought to give out his root passwd and let the
Just kidding