First, I don't agree with the criteria here at all. I don't think any decient admin cares about speed of setup. How often do you set up machines as opposed to maintaining them.
Either way, I disagree about OSX for everything. See inline.
# Server:
#a. ease of setup up - OS X hands down. Knoppix-Drop in a CD and it works. No setup necessary.
#b. security - check the stats, OS X hands down OpenBSD-Say what you will about Theo, it's been the most secure since Apple was in it's OS# days.
#c. ease of upgrade - Once again, OS X no question Debian-OS X is a close second, but so are a lot of others. Debian has a lot more options in it's upgradability.
#d. longevity of support - Apple's been around far longer than any Linux company. OS X again. Debian-Yes, Apple's been around for longer, but it doesnt' supports OS2 anymore. Debian, on the other hand, still seems to support (and provide) packages that were written in the mid 1950's. Ok, maybe that's an exaggeration, but so of the packages in Debian stable go back -quite- a while.
#e. remote management ability - Has all the best open source tools (X, ssh, etc) plus all of Apple's brilliant ones not available for Linux - OS X again. I think this is too close to call. It really comes down to administrator preference. Personally, I don't like Apple's remote admin features. I'd rather have ssh which is available on almost anything these days.
Ok, here's will Apple will really shine.
#Desktop:
#a. speed of setup - OS X installs and runs flawlessly on all Apple hardware. OS X wins.
Knoppix-Just boot. There's no way you can compare anything that needs to be copied to a disk.
#b. has the apps I need - OS X has thousands of commercial apps not available for Linux and can run all open source apps that Linux has. OS X again.
This completely depends on your Application. OSX does very well, but doesn't support "all open source apps that Linux has". And for the ones that can be built for it, often packages aren't available. Against, the comes down to end user needs.
#c. ease of upgrade/patches - Do you even need to ask? OS X again.
Debian-See above.
#d. supports my hardware - OS X supports all modern Apple hardware perfectly. OS X again.
OSX hands down. Exactly as you say.
#e. ease of use for newbies - Pfft. This one's a given. Anyone who has used OS X for any length of time would probably feel sea sick using Linux afterwards. OS X wins again
OSX again. This is the place where Apple really shines. Their usability is amazing. It's years ahead of anything else on the market. Except for the Dock. I hate taskbars.
Step 1) Leak their source Step 2) Sue Onen Source developers down the road because obviously they have studied the MS leaked source. Step 3)... Ya, I'm sure you know what goes here.
Ok but seriously, I'm not touching it. The last thing I need is Microsoft saying that I somehow owe something to them.
What about the guys that designed the box set and sent them all out to stores. Were they not designated agents? Did the CFO not approve the costs to do that? Is he not a designated agent?
Maybe I'm way off here, but here's the way I see it. IP ownership falls under either:
1) a Patient
2) a Trademark
3) a Copyright
Obviously #2 is right out. This has nothing to do with trademarks.
If this is a patient issue, hasn't the 17 year limit expired already? This would mean that the code must have been written in the ~1986 region.
Now according to: this, AIX was first written it 1986. So patients are right out because of the expiry dates.
So that leaves copyrights. Copyrights protect (sorry RMS) specific works, not the ideas they are based on. I would be amazed if the code from the 1986 version of System V Unix copy be cut and pasted into the Linux kernel directly. I haven't seen the SysV codebase, but that's just silly.
So tell me where I'm wrong. Where does SCO say it has a leg to stand on?
Obviously, no one can release a binary only version of the kenel because it violates the GPL. But what about a binary only kernel module that contains the said secret keys?
We seem to see these super jumps forward in memory/store/processing power using various combinations of holography, molecular storage, quantum tunneling and warp space...yet I still see the same size memory available on pricewatch for the same prices.
When will any of these advancements be available for my machine? In a store near me?
According to AMD, they are doing a joint venture with Redhat on their x86-64 Hammer series processor. Do you really imagine Redhat going into this if they had to write closed-source DRM crap into their distro?
Say what you want about Redhat being the next Microsoft, but they always release their code. I don't see them going into this if there wasn't some non-DRM products coming from AMD.
I plan on sending out 2 emails, one to Intel and one to AMD. They will state that I will buy whichever processor has the same support to turn this OFF in the bios that the cpuID had and if neither of them do this, I will move to only Mac's.
Now, I don't usually get all email-y/petition-y about this kind of thing, but it's worked before. We're the consumers here. Let's tell the manufacturers what -we- want.
Any responses I get will be posted on the web for all to read.
It seems that if we have discovered 100 'planets' and 95% of them really are planets, we have discovered an interesting occurance which happens to about 5% of the stars that are capable of supporting planets.
Isn't there something we can learn from these stars? They seem to be unstable at best if they have spots that large on them. Maybe we can use this information to learn more about the formation of stable vs unstable stars.
I'm a basement producer and like many of the other basement producers out there, I suck. I do it cause it's fun and I like it.
The thing about a lot of electronic music is that it's stuffed into some genre or another. I mean I have a perl script that writes trance anthems based on an algorithm my friend Dave and I came up with.
8 bar fluff 8 bar bassline/beat 8 bar anthem riff 8 bar beat 8 bar beat/bassline/bassline 2 8 bar bassline 4 bar bassline/buildup 8 bar climax/bassline/anthem/bassline 2 4 bar beat 4 bar kickdrum 8 bar fluff (same as first)
The same came be said (to a lesser extent) for jungle.
Tempo 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . Kick a a a Snare b b Close HH c c c c c c c c c c
This isn't to say that I dislike eletronica, I just feel that lately, it's been too catagorized. Try to listen to stuff that isn't just on RIAA labels. There is a lot of good (and sometimes very funny) stuff out there if you decide to look for it.
Some of my favorite bigger names: Richie Hawtin Dieselboy Marshall Jefferson Aphrodite
And a great place to look for lesser known stuff: http://www.benow.ca
A virus needs to start somewhere. The code doesn't magically appear in your system. In order to get a virus on a Linux box, you need to download an infected binary (or the actual code and compile it) and then run it. Once you run it, it needs to search for another binary that it can infect (has write permissions to) and then modify it.
The reason that it's hard to infect a Linux (/Unix/anything with a decient permission structure) system is that hardly anyone runs daily activities as root and only updates their/bin,/usr/bin, etc binaries from a known source or from source code. If some user runs the virus, it will only be able to infect files that he has write permissions to and on most Linux boxes (at least the distro's I've seen), users aren't allowed to write to systemwide binaries.
The virus is "kinda neat" as far as it's ability to infect multiple platforms and avoid detection, but is really "no big deal" to most systems out there. Windoze(tm) users get viruses sent through email (usually via worms) that self execute when they're opened. This infects files that they have write permission to (usually all of them since 9x boxes have no permission structure and most users on NT systems are run in the Administrator's group) and causes system havoc. Since no Linux mail readers that I know of will execute binaries without at least asking, the user would have to specifically download the binary and run it. At that point, all I have to say is "duh".
So how do you infect your Linux box? On purpose...with a lot of effort. How does this effect the rest of us?
Cameras set up at Kingston University in London marked everyone coming into the computer lab as "criminal" as it predicted each individual was about to illegally download copyrighted music.
Are they nuts?! Just driving a harmless little robot around the sewer system. Next thing you know you'll have alligators in the street, vigilante ninja turtles and rivers of slime that lead to bill murray driving Mecha Liberty around with a 8 bit Nintendo "arcade style" joystick!
This is rediculous. The only reason that these companies get away with this is that there's some kickback somewhere. I gaurentee that if someone were to dig deep enough, they'd find a lot of this "tax" in the pockets of some officials.
In 'free' countries, taxes are supposed to be levied for the benefit of the people. The money collected should be put back into a social program of some kind. Canada is supposed to be a socialist government, but it seems that they're trying to more and more make the same mistakes as the US without taking any of the virtues. I don't know about the rest of the country, but BC is becoming about as democratic as the old USSR. If the Campbell administration doesn't like the way a arbitration turned out (doctors) or that a labor union is striking (the teachers) they just legislate the problem away. The doctors aren't even allowed to sue the government over the issue under the bill that was passed.
The recordable media issue is just more of the same. We're losing our freedoms, not to the big scary governments, but to the corperations; to people we can't vote out of office and can't effect in any way. They obviously have 'representatives' at their beck and call (DMCA) to make whatever laws that they feel benefit their profit margins (SSSCA). Government is supposed to be representing the best interests of the people of the country, but it seems here to be representing the best interests of the corperations.
The Canadian government, like it's Big Brother to the south, has traded consumer piracy for corporate larceny.
I've found that http://www.vcdhelp.com is a great site for anything dvd related. They also have a searchable matrix that includes heaps of useful information on players and recorders.
Slashdot Mirror
ooo.
This is so exciting! I wonder if Dick Clark will come to my house to tell me if I win!
Who ever does win this honor will be lavished with attention, job offers, pro bono lawyers and scads of cash from the counter suit.
Where do I sign up?
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First, I don't agree with the criteria here at all. I don't think any decient admin cares about speed of setup. How often do you set up machines as opposed to maintaining them.
Either way, I disagree about OSX for everything. See inline.
# Server:
#a. ease of setup up - OS X hands down.
Knoppix-Drop in a CD and it works. No setup necessary.
#b. security - check the stats, OS X hands down
OpenBSD-Say what you will about Theo, it's been the most secure since Apple was in it's OS# days.
#c. ease of upgrade - Once again, OS X no question
Debian-OS X is a close second, but so are a lot of others. Debian has a lot more options in it's upgradability.
#d. longevity of support - Apple's been around far longer than any Linux company. OS X again.
Debian-Yes, Apple's been around for longer, but it doesnt' supports OS2 anymore. Debian, on the other hand, still seems to support (and provide) packages that were written in the mid 1950's. Ok, maybe that's an exaggeration, but so of the packages in Debian stable go back -quite- a while.
#e. remote management ability - Has all the best open source tools (X, ssh, etc) plus all of Apple's brilliant ones not available for Linux - OS X again.
I think this is too close to call. It really comes down to administrator preference. Personally, I don't like Apple's remote admin features. I'd rather have ssh which is available on almost anything these days.
Ok, here's will Apple will really shine.
#Desktop:
#a. speed of setup - OS X installs and runs flawlessly on all Apple hardware. OS X wins.
Knoppix-Just boot. There's no way you can compare anything that needs to be copied to a disk.
#b. has the apps I need - OS X has thousands of commercial apps not available for Linux and can run all open source apps that Linux has. OS X again.
This completely depends on your Application. OSX does very well, but doesn't support "all open source apps that Linux has". And for the ones that can be built for it, often packages aren't available. Against, the comes down to end user needs.
#c. ease of upgrade/patches - Do you even need to ask? OS X again.
Debian-See above.
#d. supports my hardware - OS X supports all modern Apple hardware perfectly. OS X again.
OSX hands down. Exactly as you say.
#e. ease of use for newbies - Pfft. This one's a given. Anyone who has used OS X for any length of time would probably feel sea sick using Linux afterwards. OS X wins again
OSX again. This is the place where Apple really shines. Their usability is amazing. It's years ahead of anything else on the market. Except for the Dock. I hate taskbars.
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Ok so here's MS's plan.
... Ya, I'm sure you know what goes here.
Step 1) Leak their source
Step 2) Sue Onen Source developers down the road because obviously they have studied the MS leaked source.
Step 3)
Ok but seriously, I'm not touching it. The last thing I need is Microsoft saying that I somehow owe something to them.
Jerks.
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No,
But SCO is trying to charge users for substantial features that IBM has contributed.
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FTP Servers, hell.
What about the guys that designed the box set and sent them all out to stores. Were they not designated agents? Did the CFO not approve the costs to do that? Is he not a designated agent?
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Is that they're no longer selling Linux because they believe that the Linux (that they sell) is infringing on other Unix IP (that they own).
Um. Ya. So I don't want to sell my book because it makes a use of passages that I used in my last book.
Maybe they should start their lawsuit off by sueing themselves.
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Maybe I'm way off here, but here's the way I see it. IP ownership falls under either:
1) a Patient
2) a Trademark
3) a Copyright
Obviously #2 is right out. This has nothing to do with trademarks.
If this is a patient issue, hasn't the 17 year limit expired already? This would mean that the code must have been written in the ~1986 region.
Now according to: this, AIX was first written it 1986. So patients are right out because of the expiry dates.
So that leaves copyrights. Copyrights protect (sorry RMS) specific works, not the ideas they are based on. I would be amazed if the code from the 1986 version of System V Unix copy be cut and pasted into the Linux kernel directly. I haven't seen the SysV codebase, but that's just silly.
So tell me where I'm wrong. Where does SCO say it has a leg to stand on?
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Obviously, no one can release a binary only version of the kenel because it violates the GPL. But what about a binary only kernel module that contains the said secret keys?
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It must be your video card. As shown from the story, submitting comments in slashdot at 1600x1200 should only be done on at GF4-4200 or a ATI 9500.
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libidos?
Isn't that -lidios?
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I seem to remember typing:
cat 'food in cans'
cat: cannot open food in cans
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Mike
We seem to see these super jumps forward in memory/store/processing power using various combinations of holography, molecular storage, quantum tunneling and warp space...yet I still see the same size memory available on pricewatch for the same prices.
When will any of these advancements be available for my machine? In a store near me?
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Mike
Say what you want about Redhat being the next Microsoft, but they always release their code. I don't see them going into this if there wasn't some non-DRM products coming from AMD.
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Mike
Remember what happened with the cpuID thing?
I plan on sending out 2 emails, one to Intel and one to AMD. They will state that I will buy whichever processor has the same support to turn this OFF in the bios that the cpuID had and if neither of them do this, I will move to only Mac's.
Now, I don't usually get all email-y/petition-y about this kind of thing, but it's worked before. We're the consumers here. Let's tell the manufacturers what -we- want.
Any responses I get will be posted on the web for all to read.
--
Mike
It seems that if we have discovered 100 'planets' and 95% of them really are planets, we have discovered an interesting occurance which happens to about 5% of the stars that are capable of supporting planets.
Isn't there something we can learn from these stars? They seem to be unstable at best if they have spots that large on them. Maybe we can use this information to learn more about the formation of stable vs unstable stars.
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Cattle mutilations are up
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Mike Nugent
I'm a basement producer and like many of the other basement producers out there, I suck. I do it cause it's fun and I like it.
The thing about a lot of electronic music is that it's stuffed into some genre or another. I mean I have a perl script that writes trance anthems based on an algorithm my friend Dave and I came up with.
8 bar fluff
8 bar bassline/beat
8 bar anthem riff
8 bar beat
8 bar beat/bassline/bassline 2
8 bar bassline
4 bar bassline/buildup
8 bar climax/bassline/anthem/bassline 2
4 bar beat
4 bar kickdrum
8 bar fluff (same as first)
The same came be said (to a lesser extent) for jungle.
Tempo 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . .
Kick a a a
Snare b b
Close HH c c c c c c c c c c
This isn't to say that I dislike eletronica, I just feel that lately, it's been too catagorized. Try to listen to stuff that isn't just on RIAA labels. There is a lot of good (and sometimes very funny) stuff out there if you decide to look for it.
Some of my favorite bigger names:
Richie Hawtin
Dieselboy
Marshall Jefferson
Aphrodite
And a great place to look for lesser known stuff:
http://www.benow.ca
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Mike Nugent
A virus needs to start somewhere. The code doesn't magically appear in your system. In order to get a virus on a Linux box, you need to download an infected binary (or the actual code and compile it) and then run it. Once you run it, it needs to search for another binary that it can infect (has write permissions to) and then modify it.
/bin, /usr/bin, etc binaries from a known source or from source code. If some user runs the virus, it will only be able to infect files that he has write permissions to and on most Linux boxes (at least the distro's I've seen), users aren't allowed to write to systemwide binaries.
The reason that it's hard to infect a Linux (/Unix/anything with a decient permission structure) system is that hardly anyone runs daily activities as root and only updates their
The virus is "kinda neat" as far as it's ability to infect multiple platforms and avoid detection, but is really "no big deal" to most systems out there. Windoze(tm) users get viruses sent through email (usually via worms) that self execute when they're opened. This infects files that they have write permission to (usually all of them since 9x boxes have no permission structure and most users on NT systems are run in the Administrator's group) and causes system havoc. Since no Linux mail readers that I know of will execute binaries without at least asking, the user would have to specifically download the binary and run it. At that point, all I have to say is "duh".
So how do you infect your Linux box? On purpose...with a lot of effort. How does this effect the rest of us?
*pause* *giggles* </Bubbles>
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Cameras set up at Kingston University in London marked everyone coming into the computer lab as "criminal" as it predicted each individual was about to illegally download copyrighted music.
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Microsoft Works...
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Mike Nugent
The way I read it, IBM isn't bundling at all, they're selling the products separately.
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Are they nuts?! Just driving a harmless little robot around the sewer system. Next thing you know you'll have alligators in the street, vigilante ninja turtles and rivers of slime that lead to bill murray driving Mecha Liberty around with a 8 bit Nintendo "arcade style" joystick!
What the hell are they thinking?!
This is rediculous. The only reason that these companies get away with this is that there's some kickback somewhere. I gaurentee that if someone were to dig deep enough, they'd find a lot of this "tax" in the pockets of some officials.
In 'free' countries, taxes are supposed to be levied for the benefit of the people. The money collected should be put back into a social program of some kind. Canada is supposed to be a socialist government, but it seems that they're trying to more and more make the same mistakes as the US without taking any of the virtues. I don't know about the rest of the country, but BC is becoming about as democratic as the old USSR. If the Campbell administration doesn't like the way a arbitration turned out (doctors) or that a labor union is striking (the teachers) they just legislate the problem away. The doctors aren't even allowed to sue the government over the issue under the bill that was passed.
The recordable media issue is just more of the same. We're losing our freedoms, not to the big scary governments, but to the corperations; to people we can't vote out of office and can't effect in any way. They obviously have 'representatives' at their beck and call (DMCA) to make whatever laws that they feel benefit their profit margins (SSSCA). Government is supposed to be representing the best interests of the people of the country, but it seems here to be representing the best interests of the corperations.
The Canadian government, like it's Big Brother to the south, has traded consumer piracy for corporate larceny.
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Mike Nugent
I've found that http://www.vcdhelp.com is a great site for anything dvd related. They also have a searchable matrix that includes heaps of useful information on players and recorders.
Harry Potter 5:
A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
Seriously, it's not quite nanotech, but imagine incorperating a book of this calibur with...say...icq?
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Programmer/Author