Shame that they couldn't have come up with a serial or USB version. Since almost every PCs already has their two PS2 connectors filled with a mouse and keyboard, I am at loss to see the free connector. If they had used USB, then the devices would be future proof and the serial versions would fit in the RS232 connector, but then again this might indicate that they realised this and are trying to get rid of them.
You are right there, though the media did not take that into account when the plastered Red Hat. Now you have Red Hat as being amongst the few companies out there providing an installer that addresses the problem. Although MS was targeted in this article, I reckon this should be something that *all* DB producers should watch out for. Maybe there should be a checklist of common security issues that DB administrators should address before making the database available to the network.
Just for note on the MPAA 'about' page, these companies are listed as members of the MPAA, amongst others:
Walt Disney Company
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
Universal Studios, Inc.
Warner Bros.
I don't have a list of the subsideries. What you do with this info is up to you.
Its sad when the right to free speech can be taken away from you if the other party has the money to do so. It sounds like the court is saying that the first amendment does noy apply to individuals when being attacked by corporations.
The one thing that I don't like about the new digital media, is that it allows corporations to control content and charge a fortune for the privilage. Imagine buying a computer and being charged to use it or allowing a friend to use it - scary.
One other thing that I would be interested in, is whether the judge had any conflicting interests, such a being paid, have defended such entities or having being given a few tastes of luxury in exchange for his services.
The direction that things are going in the USA, at the start of the 21st century, makes me feel that the corporate police state will become reality in 10 years. Maybe AD Comics got it right with Judge Dred? Remember even the politicians are being bought. I believe all judges and politicians should be be forced to publish a list of their affliations on the web, WITHOUT copyright.
First according to the FAQ at Sun, they chose Gnome because "GNOME and KDE are both powerful desktop environments. Sun has completed a comprehensive technical review of both environments and concluded that GNOME's architecture is a better match for our dot-com strategy, which promotes the creation and use of highly distributed, network-savvy software, as well as easy access to data wherever it might be located. One example is GNOME's innovative use of CORBA for network-aware interprocess communication between disparate systems. Others are the Bonobo component architecture, which enables easier creation of compound documents and system-wide scripting while promoting code reuse, and GConf, the network- and component-aware configuration management system.".
It should also be noted that Gnome appears to be more of repacement for OpenWindows, that it does for CDE, at least where Sun is concerned. I think the guys at KDE are simpley jealous because they weren't chosen. Also according the FAQ, KDE will be available on one of the bundled CDs, though they it looks like it will simply be a side note.
The PPC chip is actually an incredibly excelent chip, it it works well. The problem is Motorola who really doesn't know where it is going and even has conflicting interests. On the one hand the produce the PPC processor and the other hand they do very little to push it and develop mother boards for the Intel and Sparc chips. Its strange that Motorola is incapable of seeing a good product when they see it.
Whether the story is for real or not, shouldn't really be the issue, what should be examined is whether such a move would make sense. While on the one hand the altivec does stuff differently from the MMX, IBM has probably got it right the KISS (Keep it simple stupid) approach as it simplifies on production and helps them concentrate on other aspects of the chip production. After all we are talking about a RISC chip, where the whole point was keeping out junk - just see where CISC has got Intel. Although the x86 line is still advancing, Intel realizes that at some point they are going to have to remove a lot of redundent instructions if they are going to reduce development times.
If Apple chucks altivec, and goes to someone whoe believes in the PPC, then I will be happy. Also since IBM is producing the PPC in large quantities, Apple may even be able to get some cheaper chips.
If Open Inventor was ported to all the platforms that Java runs on, then you might certainly see some speed improvements in J3D, as the higher level encoding could be handed to OI.
There are two factors that effect how well such a system works:
- The area required by the energy captors
- The power usage of the devices using the
energy.
Although battery storage has probably progressed slower than any other technology, the devices using the energy are starting to consumer less energy - take your discman for example, or interior lighting.
If more products made the move to low energy electronics, then the amount of energy needed in a house-hold would be reduced.
I have one and I am happy with it. Also it comes with a USB connector standard. The PalmPilot range on the other hand only comes with the legacy serial connector. The USB connector makes a big difference as all future PCs & Macs and OSs will support it and RS232 Serial will need an adapter.
Currently the only important OS that doesn't support USB is NT - Linux has a kernel patch available. The other neat thing with the Visor, are the SpringBoard modules, although I haven't bought one yet the option is there. Oh, and the Visor is in colour and comes with 8Mb in the delux edition - I wouldn't even consider the 2Mb
base model given the price of th delux edition.
The only thing that would have been great on the Visor is a battery recharge option. If they do eventually add rechargable battery support, then it should be for AAA batteries and not for something that you can't replace on the road. I have heard that there is a hardware hack to charge from the USB cradle, but I haven't been able to confirm this.
As some have said this is basically an embedded processor solution. Sure it is not a Pentium, but it runs what it needs to with enough speed. For those of you interested here are a bunch of interesting links:
- Linux Devices - Embedded Linux - Embedded Planet There are others, though if you visit the first link you should find all sorts of Linux related emmbedded solutions.
If you check out the the map at CAIDA you will notice that the USA appears to be very dense with backbones and this make for a lot redundency. The world could survive without the USA, but it would effect the flow of the traffic as there aren't enough large bandwidth pipes connecting Europe-Asia, Asia-South America directly, most traversing the USA.
I reckon in this century the creation of large traffic pipes to route around the USA would actually help relieve some of the burden currrently carried by the USA internet infrastructure and probably help traffic generally for non-USA data on the internet.
US citizen's are supposed to take.com/net/org addresses.
Make that 'were supposed to'. Times are changing and the USA should realize that as the Internet evolves, so should the way the USA presents itself on the medium - its called international politics.
It would be nice is the USA followed Australia's lead in simply using top level style extensions with.au on the end, or in the case of the USA.us. I mean why should the USA have exclusive right to.gov or.mil. shouldn't these be allocated to the appropraite countries so you would have australia.gov, usa.gov, europe.gov, etc. Of course until domain control get handed off to some sort of international organisation that actually works, I reckon this will never see the day of light.
Does the readership of/. have enough clout to actually get the.us domain organised in a usable way - who do we have to complain to.
Bad English intentional, I can't be bothered to check my text;-)
Support is actually an important feature, even if it is not used. Most commercial companies won't touch a product if they don't have something to fall back onto. By being able to buy support they live in the knowledge that if something really does go wrong they can talk to someone - though it does not mean that they will need to use the support they have bought.
If the source comes out, then that would allow us to make a copy of StarWorks - ie StarOffice with only the stuff people actually use, in the same way we got AppleWorks and Microsoft-Works. Oh and better integration amongst the modules.
I must admit that putting the computer in the next room is a rather extreme solution. Well, another approach is to get a Hi-Fi and play outdoor sounds to drown those sounds out.
The NeXT cube was out before Cobalt, so there is no issue here, especially since NeXT was bought by Apple. The only thing I wonder is whether they while mind drive case manufacturers making matching case for external HDs.
Yes, but ADB was the product that inspired the creation of USB. It should also be noted, that while it was Intel who created USB, it was Apple who helped jump start the market by offering USB as the only external connector on the original iMacs - things don't stay unexpandable long in this market.
Would would be cool is to have monitors with built in graphics accelerators and have the whole lot connect to the computer via firewire. That way it wouldn't matter that there isn't enough space in there.
Another approach could be the 'closed source compatibility module' (CSCM) module. Basically the module would provide an API that the closed source guys can compile with. The module would of course be recompiled for each new kernel, and the closed sourced stuff can be left alone. For everyone else there is the standard approach of writing a kernel module, rather than for the CSCM module.
Anybody interested in putting together such a project?
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Shame that they couldn't have come up with a serial or USB version. Since almost every PCs already has their two PS2 connectors filled with a mouse and keyboard, I am at loss to see the free connector. If they had used USB, then the devices would be future proof and the serial versions would fit in the RS232 connector, but then again this might indicate that they realised this and are trying to get rid of them.
If the story is for real, what on earth was a test missile doing with an active war-head?
You are right there, though the media did not take that into account when the plastered Red Hat. Now you have Red Hat as being amongst the few companies out there providing an installer that addresses the problem. Although MS was targeted in this article, I reckon this should be something that *all* DB producers should watch out for. Maybe there should be a checklist of common security issues that DB administrators should address before making the database available to the network.
Just for note on the MPAA 'about' page, these companies are listed as members of the MPAA, amongst others:
Walt Disney Company
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
Universal Studios, Inc.
Warner Bros.
I don't have a list of the subsideries. What you do with this info is up to you.
Its sad when the right to free speech can be taken away from you if the other party has the money to do so. It sounds like the court is saying that the first amendment does noy apply to individuals when being attacked by corporations.
The one thing that I don't like about the new digital media, is that it allows corporations to control content and charge a fortune for the privilage. Imagine buying a computer and being charged to use it or allowing a friend to use it - scary.
One other thing that I would be interested in, is whether the judge had any conflicting interests, such a being paid, have defended such entities or having being given a few tastes of luxury in exchange for his services.
The direction that things are going in the USA, at the start of the 21st century, makes me feel that the corporate police state will become reality in 10 years. Maybe AD Comics got it right with Judge Dred? Remember even the politicians are being bought. I believe all judges and politicians should be be forced to publish a list of their affliations on the web, WITHOUT copyright.
It should also be noted that Gnome appears to be more of repacement for OpenWindows, that it does for CDE, at least where Sun is concerned. I think the guys at KDE are simpley jealous because they weren't chosen. Also according the FAQ, KDE will be available on one of the bundled CDs, though they it looks like it will simply be a side note.
The all important FAQ is at: http://www.sun.com/software/gnome/faq/
The PPC chip is actually an incredibly excelent chip, it it works well. The problem is Motorola who really doesn't know where it is going and even has conflicting interests. On the one hand the produce the PPC processor and the other hand they do very little to push it and develop mother boards for the Intel and Sparc chips. Its strange that Motorola is incapable of seeing a good product when they see it.
Whether the story is for real or not, shouldn't really be the issue, what should be examined is whether such a move would make sense. While on the one hand the altivec does stuff differently from the MMX, IBM has probably got it right the KISS (Keep it simple stupid) approach as it simplifies on production and helps them concentrate on other aspects of the chip production. After all we are talking about a RISC chip, where the whole point was keeping out junk - just see where CISC has got Intel. Although the x86 line is still advancing, Intel realizes that at some point they are going to have to remove a lot of redundent instructions if they are going to reduce development times.
If Apple chucks altivec, and goes to someone whoe believes in the PPC, then I will be happy. Also since IBM is producing the PPC in large quantities, Apple may even be able to get some cheaper chips.
If Open Inventor was ported to all the platforms that Java runs on, then you might certainly see some speed improvements in J3D, as the higher level encoding could be handed to OI.
There are two factors that effect how well such a system works:
- The area required by the energy captors
- The power usage of the devices using the
energy.
Although battery storage has probably progressed slower than any other technology, the devices using the energy are starting to consumer less energy - take your discman for example, or interior lighting.
If more products made the move to low energy electronics, then the amount of energy needed in a house-hold would be reduced.
I have one and I am happy with it. Also it comes with a USB connector standard. The PalmPilot range on the other hand only comes with the legacy serial connector. The USB connector makes a big difference as all future PCs & Macs and OSs will support it and RS232 Serial will need an adapter.
Currently the only important OS that doesn't support USB is NT - Linux has a kernel patch available. The other neat thing with the Visor, are the SpringBoard modules, although I haven't bought one yet the option is there. Oh, and the Visor is in colour and comes with 8Mb in the delux edition - I wouldn't even consider the 2Mb
base model given the price of th delux edition.
The only thing that would have been great on the Visor is a battery recharge option. If they do eventually add rechargable battery support, then it should be for AAA batteries and not for something that you can't replace on the road. I have heard that there is a hardware hack to charge from the USB cradle, but I haven't been able to confirm this.
I was under the impression the acronyms couldn't be trademarked? What does the law say about that in Germany?
Maybe we should call it GnuSamba, simply to alleviate this problem?
As some have said this is basically an embedded processor solution. Sure it is not a Pentium, but it runs what it needs to with enough speed. For those of you interested here are a bunch of interesting links:
- Linux Devices
- Embedded Linux
- Embedded Planet
There are others, though if you visit the first link you should find all sorts of Linux related emmbedded solutions.
Don't forget the Dragonball processor used in Palm compatibles is a modified 68K.
Hmm, makes the MacCube and the ColbaltQube actually look reasonably priced - both these beasts can run Linux and have nice form factor and looks.
If you check out the the map at CAIDA you will notice that the USA appears to be very dense with backbones and this make for a lot redundency. The world could survive without the USA, but it would effect the flow of the traffic as there aren't enough large bandwidth pipes connecting Europe-Asia, Asia-South America directly, most traversing the USA.
I reckon in this century the creation of large traffic pipes to route around the USA would actually help relieve some of the burden currrently carried by the USA internet infrastructure and probably help traffic generally for non-USA data on the internet.
US citizen's are supposed to take .com/net/org addresses.
Make that 'were supposed to'. Times are changing and the USA should realize that as the Internet evolves, so should the way the USA presents itself on the medium - its called international politics.
It would be nice is the USA followed Australia's lead in simply using top level style extensions with .au on the end, or in the case of the USA .us. I mean why should the USA have exclusive right to .gov or .mil. shouldn't these be allocated to the appropraite countries so you would have australia.gov, usa.gov, europe.gov, etc. Of course until domain control get handed off to some sort of international organisation that actually works, I reckon this will never see the day of light.
/. have enough clout to actually get the .us domain organised in a usable way - who do we have to complain to.
;-)
Does the readership of
Bad English intentional, I can't be bothered to check my text
Support is actually an important feature, even if it is not used. Most commercial companies won't touch a product if they don't have something to fall back onto. By being able to buy support they live in the knowledge that if something really does go wrong they can talk to someone - though it does not mean that they will need to use the support they have bought.
If the source comes out, then that would allow us to make a copy of StarWorks - ie StarOffice with only the stuff people actually use, in the same way we got AppleWorks and Microsoft-Works. Oh and better integration amongst the modules.
I must admit that putting the computer in the next room is a rather extreme solution. Well, another approach is to get a Hi-Fi and play outdoor sounds to drown those sounds out.
The NeXT cube was out before Cobalt, so there is no issue here, especially since NeXT was bought by Apple. The only thing I wonder is whether they while mind drive case manufacturers making matching case for external HDs.
This is now way off topic - Bye
Yes, but ADB was the product that inspired the creation of USB. It should also be noted, that while it was Intel who created USB, it was Apple who helped jump start the market by offering USB as the only external connector on the original iMacs - things don't stay unexpandable long in this market.
Would would be cool is to have monitors with built in graphics accelerators and have the whole lot connect to the computer via firewire. That way it wouldn't matter that there isn't enough space in there.
You're right there. In fact QT3 player will happily play most video only 'QT4' movies.
Anybody interested in putting together such a project?