A beowulf cluster of these babies.;^) (sorry, i had to.)
Hmph... while some people worry that it is single purpose, they miss the fun... these people made a really fast computer. That's cool, by itself. It was created at the University of Tokyo, so it is obviously research, and not done as a cost-effective solution. I'm sure people can take lessons learned from this machine, and eventually apply it to a more broader market.
And having it controlled by a PC is no stranger then having your accelerated video card controlled by your computer, and it just doing the 3D video calculations. =^) -legolas
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You'll notice that i said in Canada. I've heard it was illegal in the states, which is why I contacted the RCMP type in the first place. By Canadian law, the only things you can be charged with is illegal access, and using your illegal access to do other things (such as access yet other systems/run a warez server/etc.)
I was actively being portscanned for 4 days straight. I called up my/their ISP, who refered me to the authorities (the RCMP computer crimes devision). Again, the attitude in Canada is that being on the Internet is a risk, and it is up to the end user to properly firewall themselves. The police have neither the time nor the resources to chase every script kiddie portscanning when there is real crime (like, murder and stuff) to deal with.
and, consiquentually, i don't see any legal problem DoSing them back if they're in Canadian airspace.
But, hey. Get a Linux box for a gateway, set up ipchains/portsentry, and you're safe from most script kiddies. =^) -legolas
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There is no stealing involved with DeCSS. The disc could be copied with the same technology used to burn them in the first place, so it's not suddenly starting something that didn't exist before. The end user bought the DVD medium and a licence to watch the contents, so it can't be that. So, where's the stealing? WHERE?
While the morality of mp3s can be argued, there is no possible way this could be stealing. People want to play the DVDs they purchased. Or maybe even they want to make a backup copy (which, last time I checked, was still legal).
Thanks, and i'm sorry to hear about your Linux insecurity. -legolas
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The only thing to be done...
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There is only one thing left to do... stop watching MPAA movies entirely. Never fear, though... there are lots of good imports (Anime looks promising), and this could give rise to the independant films.
I'm bored of action-packed shoot-em-ups anyway. -legolas
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Hmph... i actually consulted the RCMP computer crimes division on this matter, since i was getting attempted DoS/portscan attempts on my home machine for an entire weekend. (attempted. ipchains and portsentry makes me happy).
Anywho, apperently, in Canada, portscans and the type are not illegal. It isn't even illegal to *attempt* to break in... you haven't broken the law until you actually access the machine. The RCMP officer type I spoke with (who was quite accustomed to Linux - I was impressed) likened it to Girl Guides knocking on your door, which isn't illegal (I argued that if they started checking every door and window for days straight, it would be different, but that's another story entirely).
My point? Oh yes... in Canada, unlike other countries, it isn't illegal to portscan or pingflood. So, i guess, that would make the automatic response legal in Canadian airspace too. Just for anyone who is interested. I guess the attitude is that it is *impossible* for the law to go after every single attempt, and that being portscanned/pingflooded/etc. is just a risk you take going on the Internet, and it is up to the end user to set up the approperiate defenses (which was, incidently, what the ISP that hosts both me and my *active* attacker told me.)
I hope somebody gets something out of that.;^) -legolas
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Just in case anybody is curious, we do have educated people here in Canada... I mean, Nortel just doesn't run itself.;^) If the Microsoft employees don't want to move, I'm sure there are plenty of people here who would be more then happy to take their jobs.
The politics in Canada are slightly different then in the US. Pretty much all of our utilities (water/power/local phone) are monopolies. However, strict government regulations (and many, say, utilities review boards) keep the peace. If the US wants to lose such a large, sucessful company, it's their loss. Personally, while I use Linux, I wouldn't be sad at all to see such a large empoyer and tax generator. I think Canada's economy would benifit immensly (Microsoft bashing aside.)
And I don't think the US could legally block Microsoft from importing into the US. There is those crazy NAFTA and WTO rules that forces us, in Canada, to import the Ethyl Corperation's products, even though we want to block them because they are enviromentally unfriendly.
Just how I see it. -legolas
(Moderators, please rate me not on what I say, but how i say it.)
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Well, considering I paid $2500 CDN for it, I certainly hope it doesn't bother them too much. =^D
I've used MacOS on it too, and I am not impressed with the single button even in that OS. I mean, under X/Windows/etc., I could right click to (using the Netscape example) get the download menu... or i could hold the one button... and wait... Guess which gets my work done faster? =^)
IMHO, computers are happier with more buttons. One of the best things Microsoft ever did when going from Win31 to Win95 was to add the right click menus. That way, you don't have to go up to the file menu at the top of the screen just to add new folders. =^P
And, despite this little (managable) shortcoming, iBooks rock under Linux. After using my company one for a while, i know that I'd buy one of these for myself. They're fast, high quality, nice screen, and well priced.
Just my $0.02 CDN -legolas
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NOOO! Apple has got it completely backwards... they need to add more mouse buttons, not less. Using my iBook under Linux/X, it is absolutely frustrating having to work with only one button. Granted, if you hold alt, you get the middle button, but that still leaves me one button (the right one) short.
I wish there was more detail about this mouse in the article... hopefully, squeezing it right will allow for multiple buttons. Until that time, I need to save my pennies for a 3rd party 2/3 button USB mouse. =^| -legolas
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Re:The difference between dubbed and subbed?
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Dubbed means that the voice track is written over with another language version (in this case, English)
Subbed (subtitled) means that the audio track is preserved, and the english track is presented in word form.
Some people find subtitled annoying, since they have to read words when they should be watching, but I personally think it's awesome to hear the original track
ps - off topic, but Run Lola Run is an AWESOME foregn film from Germany. Be sure to watch it, and in the Subtited version.;^) -legolas
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hmph... i'm not too sure about this. I have a dsl in my house, and the physical line going from the dsl to the basement (where the telco equipment is) is unusable - it is actually making "modem noises" if you try to split it. To use that physical branch of the line, you must plug into the back of the DSL modem (in my case, a Cisco 675)
however, once it gets to the basement, it goes through the "line spliter" (a beige box marked "DSL"), where the actual (as far as i know) multiplex takes place.
just what i see -legolas
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hmph... i don't think you are looking hard enough. I sometimes bang my head against the desk because of the shear volume of poor English grammer on the internet. And, I mean, from native English speakers. Anyone who has spent any time on IRC will be familiar with stuff like
There not here. Will ne1 pc me?
*shudder* -legolas
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And people who live in a Western capitalist society, where most things come about marketplace and fair competitionin(sp!) the marketplace, and that's what ultimately dictates these prices.
If people are getting MP3s instead of paying for the music, wouldn't that be the market dictating that the price is too high? You could go after the people who are pirating the music (which, if there were 300k people on Napster that were caught with just Metalica, that's a lot of people), which is a bit futile, since there will always be an underground. Or, you could go after the root of the problem, which would eliminate the need to bootleg.
Personally, if wasn't for mp3s, I would have never heard of electronic music (Prodigy/Underworld/Fatboy Slim/DJ Quicksilver/etc). This sort of music is admittedly out of the mainstream. Name the last time you heard Underworld on the radio (all we have is all Britney Spears, all the time.) By sampling this unpromoted music as MP3s, I went through the trouble of finding the CD, since it was better quality, had liner notes, helped the artist, etc.
The point of my ramble? Maybe groups like Metalica et. all should find out what is causing an underground revolution like mp3s/napster (although, i remember the days of search engines and ftps, before the dark times...) If they can realize that the market (and most people posting on this are in free market economy countries) wants lower prices, and the ability to sample music, there would be no need for a musical underground. And we'd all be happy.
And, in response to saying that MP3s are like stealing an Expedition, instead of just not buying the cd, paylars put it nicely when they said...
Until I can pay for my groceries with a pirated MP3 file...;^)
Just my $0.02 CDN -legolas
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Hmph... I'm just begining Linux asm programming (and asm programing in gerneral). However, the information on Linux asm in general is pretty sparse (most of it seems to really focus on the differences from dos asm for experienced virii programmers going over to Linux;^) Even the dos asm books i've obtained don't mention much about, say, extended registers on the IA-32 chip (and, from what I've seen, it'll be interesting to know all about, say ESP). Before I want to tackle the 64 bit chip, I would like to learn the basics. If anyone can point me to really good beginners resourses, I would be most appreciative;^) -legolas
(Hmph... isn't it funny when you do kernel call 2 instead of 3 in an infinite loop... whoops;^)
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I agree fully. I like being able to just pump my gas, and pay the invoice at the end of the month. I can't remember the last time someone pumped my gas...
And anyways, as they said once on The Simpsons, "The wars of the future will be fought in space, or possibly on the top of tall mountains by robots. Your job will be to repair these robots". I mean, at least until AI gets really good, you'll still need people to design them, program them, build them, and repair them, and that's where the summer jobs will be.
you better believe that it can. Remember, i'm saying 89, and not 85/6. The 89 is pretty much a TI-92 in a Ti-83/86's case. You can read more about it here -legolas
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FYI, the 89 and 91 are the same calculator, just with different cases (and the 91 comes with more software). They both run the same software. I use the 89 for engineeering, and it is schwank as a calculator.
and they both run a 12MHz Motorola 68000... i would be *very* impressed to see a linux port... hmph.;^)
Hee... i started programming with BASIC on the TI-99/4A... those were the days (parsec is a FUN game!) -legolas
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I really enjoyed this book, as I do with most political fiction (i bought it one cold winter night when i had nothing to do).
It makes a really good comment about political correctness. While it is a good thing, this book paints the nightmare scenerio where free thought is eliminated through the destruction of books and programming of people (with television). Even the bible was changed so that Jesus was one of the family.
I do agree that being sensitive to people is important. However, even though it may offend some, having a seperate identity is important - it's what makes us human. Otherwise, as was the case in this book, we're all the same. And is that a life worth living? -leoglas
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A major problem with using a beowulf cluster over a single supercomputer is that you now have to administer many computers instead of just one. Additionally, if something is failing/misbehaving/etc., you have to determine which part of the cluster is doing it. I'm interested a] how much of a problem this is over a traditional single machine supercomputer, b] why you chose the beowulf over a single machine considering this factor, and c] how you'll keep this problem to a minimum.
Besides that, best of luck, and I can't wait to see the final product.;^) -legolas
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Hmph... I don't think that was actually put into law. It was suggested, but once people pointed out how stupid it was (since, you know, people use CDRs for more then just copying audio CDs), it was eventually dropped. -legolas
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Actually, it's not too bad up here. Besides friendly people and good air, we also have CA*Net 3, a network with a 40-gigabit capacity, which will eventually replace our internet backbone (what do you thing Nortel practices on? =^)
C'mon... you know you wanna. -legolas (in.ca)
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We are using an iMac with Linux at my work, and let me say... seeing a command prompt on it brings a tear of joy to my eye. =^)
Seriously, though, it is a Good Thing to have all of these *nixes going to the Apple arcitecture. Changing the OS on my (company issued) iBook from MacOS to Linux has given me a whole new respect for the hardware. Under Linux, the G3 is fast. The iBook in peticular is quite sturdy and cheap. I would actually consider buying one now that I have used *nix on it. I can't wait to try FreeBSD on it when it comes out.
What I would like to see next is cross-platform Airport support under *nix... that thing is pretty schwank under MacOS.
Just how i see it.
-legolas
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I mean, you chould set up a really cool, large, multiplayer, 3D enviroment or something. =^)
-legolas
(When i gamble, i play to win. ;^)
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(sorry, i had to.)
Hmph... while some people worry that it is single purpose, they miss the fun... these people made a really fast computer. That's cool, by itself. It was created at the University of Tokyo, so it is obviously research, and not done as a cost-effective solution. I'm sure people can take lessons learned from this machine, and eventually apply it to a more broader market.
And having it controlled by a PC is no stranger then having your accelerated video card controlled by your computer, and it just doing the 3D video calculations. =^)
-legolas
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I was actively being portscanned for 4 days straight. I called up my/their ISP, who refered me to the authorities (the RCMP computer crimes devision). Again, the attitude in Canada is that being on the Internet is a risk, and it is up to the end user to properly firewall themselves. The police have neither the time nor the resources to chase every script kiddie portscanning when there is real crime (like, murder and stuff) to deal with.
and, consiquentually, i don't see any legal problem DoSing them back if they're in Canadian airspace.
But, hey. Get a Linux box for a gateway, set up ipchains/portsentry, and you're safe from most script kiddies. =^)
-legolas
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There is no stealing involved with DeCSS. The disc could be copied with the same technology used to burn them in the first place, so it's not suddenly starting something that didn't exist before. The end user bought the DVD medium and a licence to watch the contents, so it can't be that. So, where's the stealing? WHERE?
While the morality of mp3s can be argued, there is no possible way this could be stealing. People want to play the DVDs they purchased. Or maybe even they want to make a backup copy (which, last time I checked, was still legal).
Thanks, and i'm sorry to hear about your Linux insecurity.
-legolas
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I'm bored of action-packed shoot-em-ups anyway.
-legolas
i've looked at love from both sides now. from win and lose, and still somehow...
Anywho, apperently, in Canada, portscans and the type are not illegal. It isn't even illegal to *attempt* to break in... you haven't broken the law until you actually access the machine. The RCMP officer type I spoke with (who was quite accustomed to Linux - I was impressed) likened it to Girl Guides knocking on your door, which isn't illegal (I argued that if they started checking every door and window for days straight, it would be different, but that's another story entirely).
My point? Oh yes... in Canada, unlike other countries, it isn't illegal to portscan or pingflood. So, i guess, that would make the automatic response legal in Canadian airspace too. Just for anyone who is interested. I guess the attitude is that it is *impossible* for the law to go after every single attempt, and that being portscanned/pingflooded/etc. is just a risk you take going on the Internet, and it is up to the end user to set up the approperiate defenses (which was, incidently, what the ISP that hosts both me and my *active* attacker told me.)
I hope somebody gets something out of that. ;^)
-legolas
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The politics in Canada are slightly different then in the US. Pretty much all of our utilities (water/power/local phone) are monopolies. However, strict government regulations (and many, say, utilities review boards) keep the peace. If the US wants to lose such a large, sucessful company, it's their loss. Personally, while I use Linux, I wouldn't be sad at all to see such a large empoyer and tax generator. I think Canada's economy would benifit immensly (Microsoft bashing aside.)
And I don't think the US could legally block Microsoft from importing into the US. There is those crazy NAFTA and WTO rules that forces us, in Canada, to import the Ethyl Corperation's products, even though we want to block them because they are enviromentally unfriendly.
Just how I see it.
-legolas
(Moderators, please rate me not on what I say, but how i say it.)
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I've used MacOS on it too, and I am not impressed with the single button even in that OS. I mean, under X/Windows/etc., I could right click to (using the Netscape example) get the download menu... or i could hold the one button... and wait... Guess which gets my work done faster? =^)
IMHO, computers are happier with more buttons. One of the best things Microsoft ever did when going from Win31 to Win95 was to add the right click menus. That way, you don't have to go up to the file menu at the top of the screen just to add new folders. =^P
And, despite this little (managable) shortcoming, iBooks rock under Linux. After using my company one for a while, i know that I'd buy one of these for myself. They're fast, high quality, nice screen, and well priced.
Just my $0.02 CDN
-legolas
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I wish there was more detail about this mouse in the article... hopefully, squeezing it right will allow for multiple buttons. Until that time, I need to save my pennies for a 3rd party 2/3 button USB mouse. =^|
-legolas
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Subbed (subtitled) means that the audio track is preserved, and the english track is presented in word form.
Some people find subtitled annoying, since they have to read words when they should be watching, but I personally think it's awesome to hear the original track
ps - off topic, but Run Lola Run is an AWESOME foregn film from Germany. Be sure to watch it, and in the Subtited version. ;^)
-legolas
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i'll keep that one in my personal file, tho.
-legolas
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however, once it gets to the basement, it goes through the "line spliter" (a beige box marked "DSL"), where the actual (as far as i know) multiplex takes place.
just what i see
-legolas
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-legolas
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Hehehe
-legolas
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There not here. Will ne1 pc me?
*shudder*
-legolas
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And people who live in a Western capitalist society, where most things come about marketplace and fair competitionin(sp!) the marketplace, and that's what ultimately dictates these prices.
If people are getting MP3s instead of paying for the music, wouldn't that be the market dictating that the price is too high? You could go after the people who are pirating the music (which, if there were 300k people on Napster that were caught with just Metalica, that's a lot of people), which is a bit futile, since there will always be an underground. Or, you could go after the root of the problem, which would eliminate the need to bootleg.
Personally, if wasn't for mp3s, I would have never heard of electronic music (Prodigy/Underworld/Fatboy Slim/DJ Quicksilver/etc). This sort of music is admittedly out of the mainstream. Name the last time you heard Underworld on the radio (all we have is all Britney Spears, all the time.) By sampling this unpromoted music as MP3s, I went through the trouble of finding the CD, since it was better quality, had liner notes, helped the artist, etc.
The point of my ramble? Maybe groups like Metalica et. all should find out what is causing an underground revolution like mp3s/napster (although, i remember the days of search engines and ftps, before the dark times...) If they can realize that the market (and most people posting on this are in free market economy countries) wants lower prices, and the ability to sample music, there would be no need for a musical underground. And we'd all be happy.
And, in response to saying that MP3s are like stealing an Expedition, instead of just not buying the cd, paylars put it nicely when they said...
Until I can pay for my groceries with a pirated MP3 file... ;^)
Just my $0.02 CDN
-legolas
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-legolas
(Hmph... isn't it funny when you do kernel call 2 instead of 3 in an infinite loop... whoops ;^)
i've looked at love from both sides now. from win and lose, and still somehow...
And anyways, as they said once on The Simpsons, "The wars of the future will be fought in space, or possibly on the top of tall mountains by robots. Your job will be to repair these robots". I mean, at least until AI gets really good, you'll still need people to design them, program them, build them, and repair them, and that's where the summer jobs will be.
so, go go engineering! ;^)
-legolas
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-legolas
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and they both run a 12MHz Motorola 68000... i would be *very* impressed to see a linux port... hmph. ;^)
Hee... i started programming with BASIC on the TI-99/4A... those were the days (parsec is a FUN game!)
-legolas
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It makes a really good comment about political correctness. While it is a good thing, this book paints the nightmare scenerio where free thought is eliminated through the destruction of books and programming of people (with television). Even the bible was changed so that Jesus was one of the family.
I do agree that being sensitive to people is important. However, even though it may offend some, having a seperate identity is important - it's what makes us human. Otherwise, as was the case in this book, we're all the same. And is that a life worth living?
-leoglas
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Besides that, best of luck, and I can't wait to see the final product. ;^)
-legolas
i've looked at love from both sides now. from win and lose, and still somehow...
-legolas
i've looked at love from both sides now. from win and lose, and still somehow...
C'mon... you know you wanna. .ca)
-legolas (in
i've looked at love from both sides now. from win and lose, and still somehow...
Seriously, though, it is a Good Thing to have all of these *nixes going to the Apple arcitecture. Changing the OS on my (company issued) iBook from MacOS to Linux has given me a whole new respect for the hardware. Under Linux, the G3 is fast. The iBook in peticular is quite sturdy and cheap. I would actually consider buying one now that I have used *nix on it. I can't wait to try FreeBSD on it when it comes out.
What I would like to see next is cross-platform Airport support under *nix... that thing is pretty schwank under MacOS.
Just how i see it.
-legolas
Which is worse: Ignorance or Apathy?