I know this is nothing like the author asked for, however where I used to work, I set up a copy of Amavis to scan all incoming mails on the mailserver. It takes a little tweaking to get syntax and setup right, as when I did it documentation wasn't perfect, but it works like a champ now. One of the other admins also set up a perl script that checks McAfee's FTP site for a newer version of the virus database, pull it down, unpack and test it to make sure it works, and then install it; this way when new virus databases come out, it's automatically updated on the mailserver.
For our uses, the perl version (Halfway down the page) worked out better.
The converters are made by Tut Systems and cost about $170 for a 1 megabit converter.
Well, it would depend on the actual wiring you've got there, but at the college I worked for a lot of the old wiring was over RJ11 cables, and we just used RJ11-RJ45 patch cables. Okay, so they wouldn't hold 100Base-T or Gigabit, but they work fine for 10Base-T, and much easier than rewiring a few whole buildings.
So what if they shut down OpenNap (and as the article points out, overseas servers are going to make that a difficult proposition)?
Simple. As the article mentioned, they're going after ISPs that house OpenNap servers. So what'll stop them from going to the border router admins that route overseas links, and ordering them to drop the packets that match OpenNap/Napster/Gnutella/Whatever? Right. Nothing.
If they're going to go after the source of the problem (in their eyes), they'll just as easily cut off your access to it if they can't reach it themselves.
Why not use the best of both worlds: Use a recent RedHat floppy for the kernel, and once you've got a root prompt with the drivers loaded in memory, install whatever distro you want? I do this all the time if I need a "Rescue Floppy", because I don't usually have one handy and the RH CD now only tells you how to create a rescue image, you can't boot one off the disk (So far as I know). So, I keep an old Slackware CD around, which only boots a kernel and drops you to a login prompt. Viola, just what I needed.
Went to the site with Netscape 4.76, and just now with Mozilla.80; under 4.76, you're redirected to the upgrade page. Under Mozilla you get the main page.
So, I guess they do count Mozilla, they just don't tell you.
First, I didn't mean that as a troll, just thought it was a humorous line in the article. Anyway...
Windows is better for the average user, Linux is better for the power user.
This is definitely true. I wouldn't recommend Linux (yet) to people who don't have much computer knowledge. Conversely, I think that if given the training (And the user's willing to learn), anyone could handle it; I taught my former college roommate and my fiancee both Linux, and they use it on their own now.
Have you thought about setting up a home machine and cable/DSL access? You could have your services running there, give access to whomever you wish, and even have other boxen in a NAT firewall behind it for whatever else you like. That's what I do, and I run various services for myself and a couple close friends, and it works out very nice, also because if something happens you don't have to call someone to reboot it (ie, colo box).
When you start to use the same DB system for more than one project the benefits of storing even silly little things in a DB start to show.
That's what I was thinking, which is why I thought of something with a [My|Postgre|m]SQL backend. Yes, it'd be a bit overkill for the average hobbyist, but for more massive projects, or when you already use it for MP3s, address books, and various other things, it might be more worthwhile.
A software application (110) is updated to a newer version by means of incremental update patches (122). [...] Any version [...] may be upgraded to any other version [...] through the use of a series of incremental update patches
I'd think it'd just about HAVE to have a heat sink and fan along the lines of what you put on a CPU.
It's been done before. I have an Indigo2 R10K Extreme on my desk at work, and the fan on the video card keeps me warmer than the other 3 CPU fans from other machines combined.
Well, for piracy issues, they'd probably have to encrypt the drive somehow, either in hardware or in software; otherwise, once you downloaded the games, what would stop you from hacking the hell out of the box, and burning them to CD for play on another Dreamcast?
Which could also pose problems for the set-top hackers: having to decrypt the information on the drive to install *BSD, *nix, whatever, and then write that encryption scheme into the kernel...
Of course, if you just used it for the purpose it was marketed, it could be nifty.:)
Ahh, that would be the RealWeasel: http://www.realweasel.com/intro.html
That's the one! You could easily plug this into the server, configure the serial port for console use (mgetty, plus LILO config and kernel recompile for 100% serial console from bootup to shutdown).
And, since it can still emulate being at the 'console', you could send the Alt-SysRq keystroke, do what you must, and even tell the card to reboot the machine.
Along the lines with those who suggested a serial console, perhaps hooked to a terminal server:
I've seen (awhile ago now) a company that makes a serial console 'card' for a linux machine. The machine sees it as an MGA or Hercules video adapter, and it allows *all* configuration over the serial port, including BIOS (Because the MB sees it as a video card). Once the kernel is booted, it switches to a standard serial mode, so you could even do things like "boot linux single" through lilo.
If I can find a link to the card again, I'll reply with it; but a search of Google might turn it up even.
It was my experience installing RH6.[012] that, if you did a "Workstation Install", you wouldn't even get ftpd installed, let alone turned on, unless you selected it manually.
Of course, the easiest thing for an experienced installer to do is go "Custom", and select exactly what you want; but, you're talking about "when it's a distro aimed at novice users", which makes perfect sense.
(First Post?) But seriously, I have a class on Digital Circuitry Design this semester at college, and I have experienced this firsthand numerous times, including the time when I completed an exam in 10 minutes, and spent the next TWO HOURS getting M$ Word to stop throwing the diagrams of the schematic and simulation wherever it wanted after typing another word. And then when trying to convert a file written in my room (Word 97) to one for printing in the lab (Word 95), I spent the better part of another lab period just fixing what wasn't broken to begin with.
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I know this is nothing like the author asked for, however where I used to work, I set up a copy of Amavis to scan all incoming mails on the mailserver. It takes a little tweaking to get syntax and setup right, as when I did it documentation wasn't perfect, but it works like a champ now. One of the other admins also set up a perl script that checks McAfee's FTP site for a newer version of the virus database, pull it down, unpack and test it to make sure it works, and then install it; this way when new virus databases come out, it's automatically updated on the mailserver.
For our uses, the perl version (Halfway down the page) worked out better.
Which protocols did they try?
My guess would be Dynamic Hotel Cost Protocol.
Or maybe Symmetric Negotiation of Motel Prices.
The converters are made by Tut Systems and cost about $170 for a 1 megabit converter.
Well, it would depend on the actual wiring you've got there, but at the college I worked for a lot of the old wiring was over RJ11 cables, and we just used RJ11-RJ45 patch cables. Okay, so they wouldn't hold 100Base-T or Gigabit, but they work fine for 10Base-T, and much easier than rewiring a few whole buildings.
So what if they shut down OpenNap (and as the article points out, overseas servers are going to make that a difficult proposition)?
Simple. As the article mentioned, they're going after ISPs that house OpenNap servers. So what'll stop them from going to the border router admins that route overseas links, and ordering them to drop the packets that match OpenNap/Napster/Gnutella/Whatever? Right. Nothing.
If they're going to go after the source of the problem (in their eyes), they'll just as easily cut off your access to it if they can't reach it themselves.
Why not use the best of both worlds: Use a recent RedHat floppy for the kernel, and once you've got a root prompt with the drivers loaded in memory, install whatever distro you want? I do this all the time if I need a "Rescue Floppy", because I don't usually have one handy and the RH CD now only tells you how to create a rescue image, you can't boot one off the disk (So far as I know). So, I keep an old Slackware CD around, which only boots a kernel and drops you to a login prompt. Viola, just what I needed.
Went to the site with Netscape 4.76, and just now with Mozilla .80; under 4.76, you're redirected to the upgrade page. Under Mozilla you get the main page.
So, I guess they do count Mozilla, they just don't tell you.
An old tagline from my Offline Express (BBS offline mail reader) days:
We've upped our standards, so up yours.
2001-03-15 21:12:00
:)
This guess heavily influenced by the Rush CD I'm listening to. This statement heavily influenced by the lameness filter
First, I didn't mean that as a troll, just thought it was a humorous line in the article. Anyway...
Windows is better for the average user, Linux is better for the power user.
This is definitely true. I wouldn't recommend Linux (yet) to people who don't have much computer knowledge. Conversely, I think that if given the training (And the user's willing to learn), anyone could handle it; I taught my former college roommate and my fiancee both Linux, and they use it on their own now.
'We can build a better product than Linux,'' he [Allchin] said.
:P
So... why don't they?
I don't usually resort to this sort of thing, but...
Blow it out your ass, M$.
Okay, I feel better now.
Ahh yes... All nouns can be verbed. Example: "All nouns can be verbed."
Gotta love the Dictionary.
Of course, re-reading what you wrote, cable/DSL wouldn't meet your bandwidth requirement, but aside from that... :P
Have you thought about setting up a home machine and cable/DSL access? You could have your services running there, give access to whomever you wish, and even have other boxen in a NAT firewall behind it for whatever else you like. That's what I do, and I run various services for myself and a couple close friends, and it works out very nice, also because if something happens you don't have to call someone to reboot it (ie, colo box).
When you start to use the same DB system for more than one project the benefits of storing even silly little things in a DB start to show.
That's what I was thinking, which is why I thought of something with a [My|Postgre|m]SQL backend. Yes, it'd be a bit overkill for the average hobbyist, but for more massive projects, or when you already use it for MP3s, address books, and various other things, it might be more worthwhile.
A software application (110) is updated to a newer version by means of incremental update patches (122). [...] Any version [...] may be upgraded to any other version [...] through the use of a series of incremental update patches
Oh, that clears it up. They've patented RCS/CVS.
Quick, go register sucssucks.org. :P
I'd think it'd just about HAVE to have a heat sink and fan along the lines of what you put on a CPU.
:)
It's been done before. I have an Indigo2 R10K Extreme on my desk at work, and the fan on the video card keeps me warmer than the other 3 CPU fans from other machines combined.
But oh MAN does it render so nicely...
Anyone remember a line written on the wall of Midgaard in any stock CircleMUD?
There are words written on the wall here. They read "Who watches the watchmen?"
Well, for piracy issues, they'd probably have to encrypt the drive somehow, either in hardware or in software; otherwise, once you downloaded the games, what would stop you from hacking the hell out of the box, and burning them to CD for play on another Dreamcast?
:)
Which could also pose problems for the set-top hackers: having to decrypt the information on the drive to install *BSD, *nix, whatever, and then write that encryption scheme into the kernel...
Of course, if you just used it for the purpose it was marketed, it could be nifty.
Ahh, that would be the RealWeasel: http://www.realweasel.com/intro.html
That's the one! You could easily plug this into the server, configure the serial port for console use (mgetty, plus LILO config and kernel recompile for 100% serial console from bootup to shutdown).
And, since it can still emulate being at the 'console', you could send the Alt-SysRq keystroke, do what you must, and even tell the card to reboot the machine.
Along the lines with those who suggested a serial console, perhaps hooked to a terminal server:
I've seen (awhile ago now) a company that makes a serial console 'card' for a linux machine. The machine sees it as an MGA or Hercules video adapter, and it allows *all* configuration over the serial port, including BIOS (Because the MB sees it as a video card). Once the kernel is booted, it switches to a standard serial mode, so you could even do things like "boot linux single" through lilo.
If I can find a link to the card again, I'll reply with it; but a search of Google might turn it up even.
It was my experience installing RH6.[012] that, if you did a "Workstation Install", you wouldn't even get ftpd installed, let alone turned on, unless you selected it manually.
Of course, the easiest thing for an experienced installer to do is go "Custom", and select exactly what you want; but, you're talking about "when it's a distro aimed at novice users", which makes perfect sense.
I'm going to lose my job, my girlfriend, my dog...
So go get a country CD, and play it backwards. You get your job back, your girl back, your dog comes back to life...
(First Post?) But seriously, I have a class on Digital Circuitry Design this semester at college, and I have experienced this firsthand numerous times, including the time when I completed an exam in 10 minutes, and spent the next TWO HOURS getting M$ Word to stop throwing the diagrams of the schematic and simulation wherever it wanted after typing another word. And then when trying to convert a file written in my room (Word 97) to one for printing in the lab (Word 95), I spent the better part of another lab period just fixing what wasn't broken to begin with.