This is an interesting statement for a few of reasons.
First of all, the majority is only deemed to be right; there's nothing that says that because the majority of people believe something it's intrinsically true.
Second, Britain is allegedly a democracy. The way it works ensures that the party which forms the government is the one that majority of people didn't vote for. Time to switch to a single transferable vote system, or it would be, if there was a hope in hell of people understanding it.
Third, empirical data seem to suggest that the majority are often downright wrong.
I heard a piece about this on Radio 4 the other day, they played a recording of someone using one. The damned things also talks to you, it is tediously slow. As if cash point machines weren't slow enough already, I'm always drumming my fingers waiting for the machine to catch up.
I don't think we use the old 'British' definition of billion (1 million million) over here any more, although I could be wrong. If so, I've been misreading everything for years:)
I'd rather have someone with a clue designing the OS, not a script kiddie. By definition, script kiddies don't really understand what they're doing; they use exploit scripts or programs written by other people.
I know a number of people who are very capable of analysing systems for potential or actual security problems, yet I doubt any of them have broken into a system for years.
ICMP is vital to a correctly functioning IPv4 host. ICMP ECHO & ECHOREPLY aren't, but they are two out of many different ICMP packet types which are sent for good reasons.
Perhaps you should learn something about TCP/IP before you start shooting your mouth off.
Okay, I sort of see your point. On the other hand, if their personnel department happily hire people who don't know enough about to TCP/IP networks to administer one, what's to stop them hiring poor programmers? Admittedly the comments about this particular piece of software have been good.
I'm just amazed the number of people out there who think they know enough about TCP/IP to set up firewalls and networks, when they're clearly clueless.
ICMP_ECHO and ICMP_ECHOREPLY are diagnostics which can be safely disabled. Indeed, sometimes it is sensible to disable or limit them.
ICMP_FRAG_NEEDED is *vital* for correct functioning of a TCP/IP stack. Without it, many people will simply not be able to communicate with the host. I certainly can't.
I don't think s/he's an idiot. Or even the idiot. Read it again. No, Stallman has nothing to do with Linux - except of course it is released under a license he wrote. The point is he seems to propose that distributions be named as "<Distribution>/<Kernel>", which has some merit. And under such a scheme, a Linux kernel-based AmigaOS would be called "AmigaOS/Linux" or something similar. Slashdot note: handling of '<' and '>' is thoroughly fucked in plain text mode, and handling of the escaped versions '<' and '>' in extrans is doubly fucked. Oh, and it doesn't work in HTML mode either. Sheesh.
The server isn't dead, it seems they've blocked all ICMP, including ICMP_FRAG_NEEDED, which is rather critical for path MTU discovery if you have strange MTUs between you and them, like I do.
I wouldn't use software from people this clueless.
The WinNT API is the one the NT kernel actually implements. IIRC, it's pretty small.
On top of this there are various drivers which allow executables with different `personalities' (not sure if that is the correct terminology). Win32 is one of these personalities, POSIX is another - or would be if the driver was complete and correct. Presumably the Win16/WindowsOnWin32 stuff is another.
So have these people implemented the WinNT API (probably a realistically small task), or the Win32 API -- which is huge and constantly expanding?
As I understand it, the original problems with thalidomide were caused by incorrect preparation / extraction of the drug.
The beneficial substance is an optical isomer of the dangerous one, IIRC (and I haven't done any chem. for years, so..) The two weren't separated in the preparations originally used.
Because it's America, Land Of The Free. How many women presidents have you had? How many members of your cabinet (or equivalent) are openly gay? Not many, I'll bet.
Well, I've not had any problems with recent Cyrix chips; true, they don't cut it for FP stuff, but I don't need that anyway. Just make sure you have adequate cooling.
As for VIA, no personal experience of their stuff, but I'm aware there's a collective intake of breath on l-k whenever there are bug reports that mention their chipsets.
I've never had a problem with sendmail (apart from the holes, and exploits don't seem to be found in the more recent versions more often than in any comparable program).
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Wouldn't a decent Sun box be better? Or maybe something from SGI -- they seem to be big into high bandwidth, multimedia stuff.
Strange, how you never have moderator privs when you want them?
You're language doesn't worry me, I just didn't understand what you wrote.
In a democratic society, the majority is right.
This is an interesting statement for a few of reasons.
First of all, the majority is only deemed to be right; there's nothing that says that because the majority of people believe something it's intrinsically true.
Second, Britain is allegedly a democracy. The way it works ensures that the party which forms the government is the one that majority of people didn't vote for. Time to switch to a single transferable vote system, or it would be, if there was a hope in hell of people understanding it.
Third, empirical data seem to suggest that the majority are often downright wrong.
The increasing (incorrect) use of the American billion in Britain is ignorant people influenced
by American culture (if there is such a thing)?
Wrong. It's used by people who are perfectly aware of the difference, but need to get real work done.
Next.
I heard a piece about this on Radio 4 the other day, they played a recording of someone using one. The damned things also talks to you, it is tediously slow. As if cash point machines weren't slow enough already, I'm always drumming my fingers waiting for the machine to catch up.
I don't think we use the old 'British' definition of billion (1 million million) over here any more, although I could be wrong. If so, I've been misreading everything for years :)
/Allegedly/, a dead eyeball won't work -- something to do with blood flow and pressure. Of course, that could be bollocks.
I'd rather have someone with a clue designing the OS, not a script kiddie. By definition, script kiddies don't really understand what they're doing; they use exploit scripts or programs written by other people.
I know a number of people who are very capable of analysing systems for potential or actual security problems, yet I doubt any of them have broken into a system for years.
Only since 2.2 (well, some point in 2.1.xx) though, I think. Certainly that boot message didn't appear in 2.0.
ICMP is vital to a correctly functioning IPv4 host. ICMP ECHO & ECHOREPLY aren't, but they are two out of many different ICMP packet types which are sent for good reasons.
Perhaps you should learn something about TCP/IP before you start shooting your mouth off.
Okay, I sort of see your point. On the other hand, if their personnel department happily hire people who don't know enough about to TCP/IP networks to administer one, what's to stop them hiring poor programmers? Admittedly the comments about this particular piece of software have been good.
I'm just amazed the number of people out there who think they know enough about TCP/IP to set up firewalls and networks, when they're clearly clueless.
ICMP_ECHO and ICMP_ECHOREPLY are diagnostics which can be safely disabled. Indeed, sometimes it is sensible to disable or limit them.
ICMP_FRAG_NEEDED is *vital* for correct functioning of a TCP/IP stack. Without it, many people will simply not be able to communicate with the host. I certainly can't.
I don't think s/he's an idiot. Or even the idiot. Read it again. No, Stallman has nothing to do with Linux - except of course it is released under a license he wrote. The point is he seems to propose that distributions be named as "<Distribution>/<Kernel>", which has some merit. And under such a scheme, a Linux kernel-based AmigaOS would be called "AmigaOS/Linux" or something similar. Slashdot note: handling of '<' and '>' is thoroughly fucked in plain text mode, and handling of the escaped versions '<' and '>' in extrans is doubly fucked. Oh, and it doesn't work in HTML mode either. Sheesh.
The server isn't dead, it seems they've blocked all ICMP, including ICMP_FRAG_NEEDED, which is rather critical for path MTU discovery if you have strange MTUs between you and them, like I do.
I wouldn't use software from people this clueless.
I hope they don't run their own software on that site; if so it not a good advert be, hmm?
The WinNT API is the one the NT kernel actually implements. IIRC, it's pretty small.
On top of this there are various drivers which allow executables with different `personalities' (not sure if that is the correct terminology). Win32 is one of these personalities, POSIX is another - or would be if the driver was complete and correct. Presumably the Win16/WindowsOnWin32 stuff is another.
So have these people implemented the WinNT API (probably a realistically small task), or the Win32 API -- which is huge and constantly expanding?
Grrr. Did it always require cookies even to get to the login page? Without them it just seems to be redirecting to the same place over and over again.
Oh well, won't be bothering with that article I suppose.
As I understand it, the original problems with thalidomide were caused by incorrect preparation / extraction of the drug.
The beneficial substance is an optical isomer of the dangerous one, IIRC (and I haven't done any chem. for years, so..) The two weren't separated in the preparations originally used.
I don't normally do spelling flames, but in this case I couldn't understand what you were saying.
proscribed = forbidden
prescribed = advice use of (medicine)
Incidentally, doctors can and do prescribe heroine, a.k.a diamorphine, mainly for pain relief for terminal cancer sufferers.
Because it's America, Land Of The Free. How many women presidents have you had? How many members of your cabinet (or equivalent) are openly gay? Not many, I'll bet.
Strange place.
"kha0s"?? It sounds like something invented by script kiddies.
Well, I've not had any problems with recent Cyrix chips; true, they don't cut it for FP stuff, but I don't need that anyway. Just make sure you have adequate cooling.
As for VIA, no personal experience of their stuff, but I'm aware there's a collective intake of breath on l-k whenever there are bug reports that mention their chipsets.
I remember the days when I had to patch binary files :(
I've never had a problem with sendmail (apart from the holes, and exploits don't seem to be found in the more recent versions more often than in any comparable program).
How can it be at 01:30 UTC and 21:30 EDT on the same day? Presumably this is 01:30 UTC *tomorrow* (Monday) -- I hope so or I've missed it :(