The following is only my guess. I have no proof or reason to believe this at all.
I believe that macfixit had to make a copy of the CD onto a writable dis(c/k) (CDRW, HDD, JAZ et al). At this point in time they removed the package that checks for OSX, and installed from either said previously writable dis(c/k), or alternative (created) media, be it CDR, CDRW, HDD, JAZ, DVD etc.
IF this was the case, then I would say the part that Apple took issue with was the copying, which would be in violation of the EULA that the user is bound by.
FYI, for that last judgement of character to hold water they would also have to believe that the RIAA developed audio compact discs, instead of Sony, as well as think a cd-audio disc is high tech.
All you know is that it is stable to 269 days.
You cant add it all up and say "My computer has an uptime of 525days"... it doesnt matter whether the reboot of the server was because of no memory, a kernel segfault or a power loss.... the fact of the matter is that you have no concrete evidence to show how the machine will perform after 269days... only hypothesis based on previous experience to the current point.
Case in point: "My windows machine has an up time of 1 day + 1 day + 1 day etc etc etc (I shut it down every night to save on my electricity costs)"
It would seem you met up with some opposition, hey? Slackware people tend to be a very patriotic bunch, and loyal to boot. But more importantly, they're well informed about things... especially when it comes to their computer and the processes that run on it. Including package management. That said, why dont you read the following...
"Package Management" is not a computer term... its a label given to the process of managing packages. I can go look up meanings of words for you again, but you'd probably ignore them anyway, so you can deal with my paraphrased versions. (Real definitions available from dictionary.com).
Management is the act of supervising something and ensuring that everything is handled correctly. Management does not have to ensure integrity of the final outcome, only ensure that the work gets done. Now maybe you might say that GOOD management ensures outcome integrity, but that would just specify the quality of said management, and what *you* expect from it.
I dont know about you, but I've had some pretty terrible job managers in my time, and that certainly didnt stop them from having "Manager" in their job title.
Packages are a group of something, wrapped up in a convenient holder. Like a box, or a baggie, or any other of a huge number things you put something in.
so a package manager (following definitions) is something which manages the process of packing and unpacking a group of things wrapped in a convenient holder. Ie: Redhat.rpm, Debian.deb, and (funnily enough) slackware.tgz
Listen to reason. You are defining the extra features that a package manager ought export, but that doesnt mean that they HAVE TO HAVE THEM by definition. Definiton defines a purpose, not an implementation of that purpose.
Wait till I get back, I have to go buy an 'software install method' of beef from the supermarket. Or was it a package?
Maybe we should understand just what "package" means...
package n.
A wrapped or boxed object; a parcel.
A container in which something is packed for storage or transportion.
a. A preassembled unit.
b. A commodity, such as food, uniformly processed and containerized.
A proposition or an offer composed of several items, each of which must be accepted.
SO uhh.. yeah, under definition 2, these things do qualify as packages. Terribly sorry to ruin your soapbox. Do go on though, it was *almost* interesting.
great way to fubar your linux system with a bad kernel. Always leave two options available in lilo: Current and Test. Install a new (unknown) kernel to test, and leave your current (known good) kernel in Current. When you are satisfied that the new kernel is good, then move it to Current and Test.
Image quality DECREASES in quake3 to INCREASE the frame rate.
In case you still didnt comprehend:
in quack3 the IMAGE QUALITY IS BETTER, but the FRAME RATE IS WORSE.
Informed minds will deduce that the ATI driver will select a lower image quality in Quake3 _ONLY_. (which co-incidently happens to be one of the widest used benchmarks in the industry) This method uses up less time per pixel, thus achieving a better frame rate.
Now rethink your position.
Re:At the same time, it's not all ACs
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The only thing this seems to accomplish is to reduce the editor load of moderating AC posts
Doubtful. Editors dont moderate posts, People do. something I suspect is done more for automagic IP banning purposes than to improve the readers' comment fitering options
Also highly doubtful. IP banning is tracked and implemented by site. Anyone from banned site X cannot post. User IDs dont even come into the picture.
Give me some targetted marketing
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Give me some nice, tasty preferences in that misc section to tell you what type of ads I'd like to see.
Much like slashboxes, in that none selected will show you the default selection, and some selected will show only those type. Also show the default selection if none of the selected types are showing at that given moment.
I would be very receptive to setting those preferences. I think most other folk around here would too.
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Oh, really? The MacOS according to bugtraq has never had a single exploit over a network.
MacOS 9.2 came into the picture after this statement. It was a blanket statement that was wrong.
Admittedly the bug was found quite recently, but I would expect that if a person adds "according to bugtraq" that they would at least do a little research on bugtraq.
Read before you post. Preferrably comprehend too...
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Odd. What's this? Hrmmm. I thought it was an exploit over a network... and I thought it was on bugtraq too. I guess I must be wrong...
Hrmph. Think back just a little more to the very early 90s. When 386s were new, and Simms still cost AUD$100/USD$76 per megabyte. And even before, on the 286's, although RAM was less likely to be measured in MB sticks on desktop computers.
Anyways.
Yes, it can get significantly cheaper. No, not very quickly.
Especially if it is significantly faster. Expect to see those wonderful "Server Component" prices for a while whilst the research money is made back, and *eventually* the public will get a reasonable crack at it.
Automated dialers (specifically, I have experience with the Melita Predictive Dialer) detect what is an answering machine and what is not automagically. I dont know how, but they do, and they are often ran as campaigns, ie a person records one message, and it is broadcast out onto 1000's of numbers answering machines if that is what picks up, directing them to call a specific person/extension at that company... common practice is for that work to be spread out over the whole inbound call center. The reason being that inbound calls are statistically worth a bunch more than outbound calls, since the person that calls in USUALLY wants to speak to you more than the person who just had their dinner interrupted. On a side issue, no, I dont work for a tele-marketing company. I work for a call center that calls out to all its registered customers.
Follows is an actual(*) conversation between a marketing agent and an internet user.
Salesman: "Hi, I have bunches of products to sell... but I care, I only want to sell you what you WANT to buy. So. What would you like me to advertise?"
Recipient: "Go away. I dont WANT to be advertised to. I am more than capable of doing my own research."
Salesman: "OOooh now you've done it. I'm going to monitor your favorite websites, and then I'm going to blast 640x480 popups and banner ads specifically targeted at your browsing habits. Watch out for them, they'll make you buy my stuff anyway!"
Recipient: "Why cant you just ASK me what I want, huh?"
(*) Actual conversation made up by myself
Re:So why then is Slashdot always down ?
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And posting as AC increases my own desire to take your argument as factual, right? Instead of just making you look like you are unsure of the validity of your opinion. Hmm.
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however, I believe that those regional pages are probably (on a country-wide basis at least) generated dynamically to a static page which is then served up to the masses. It is also entirely possible that close zip codes are grouped together also in a static page.
These pages may well be generated every ten minutes, to appear dynamic, but to say the least, this is far below slashdot's level of (normal level) 25 pages per second, let alone the peak of 60 pages per second.
Just my opinion, make what you will for your own.
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But... Lets also not forget that streaming video and pics are static, and that at least the video is served up by completely separate machines. And while the serving up of that video may be no trivial task, its comparing apples and oranges; completely different tasks.
Lets also differentiate between content type, and content. Because doing expensive db ops to get that "light" demand text is a completely different ballpark to making several thousand GIF/HTML pages available for download.
I think you're under-estimating the work behind slash... make sure you differentiate between large-bandwidth and server-processor-intensive operations. Video streams use next to no processor time on a server. Database operations to retrieve an ordered page with dynamic content on the other hand are rather expensive on the processor, especially when x10,000 users. The end result is that it is easier to stream a LARGE video file than it is to send a SMALL html file.
1) My desktop doesnt hold too many fixed pixel width apps visible at 640x480. By switching to 1280x1024, it contains many more of those applications visible at any given time. Berlin would negate this by scaling applications back up to "6in across" instead of staying at "180pixels"... this would be VERY annoying. Things *wouldnt* end up looking more detailed at a higher resolution. They would be scaled bigger, and still look big and chunky.
2) He wasnt talking about zooming in by lowering his resolution back down (to 640x480). He was talking about in a paint application, and being able to zoom in/out of the image.
His point is 100% completely valid, I have the same concerns. You just missed it is all.
IIRC (and I do, I lived there for 18 years) australia uses PAL, not NTSC. The main difference being the refresh rate, the number of "lines" on the screen and the screen width, but also the way the sound is transmitted as well.
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The following is only my guess. I have no proof or reason to believe this at all.
I believe that macfixit had to make a copy of the CD onto a writable dis(c/k) (CDRW, HDD, JAZ et al). At this point in time they removed the package that checks for OSX, and installed from either said previously writable dis(c/k), or alternative (created) media, be it CDR, CDRW, HDD, JAZ, DVD etc.
IF this was the case, then I would say the part that Apple took issue with was the copying, which would be in violation of the EULA that the user is bound by.
just my 0.02
either way, it sure as hell wasnt the RIAA, which was, of course, the main point/factoid of my post.
*shrug*
FYI, for that last judgement of character to hold water they would also have to believe that the RIAA developed audio compact discs, instead of Sony, as well as think a cd-audio disc is high tech.
hi,
... it doesnt matter whether the reboot of the server was because of no memory, a kernel segfault or a power loss.... the fact of the matter is that you have no concrete evidence to show how the machine will perform after 269days... only hypothesis based on previous experience to the current point.
so?
All you know is that it is stable to 269 days.
You cant add it all up and say "My computer has an uptime of 525days"
Case in point: "My windows machine has an up time of 1 day + 1 day + 1 day etc etc etc (I shut it down every night to save on my electricity costs)"
it just doesnt work... nice try... no cigar.
It would seem you met up with some opposition, hey? Slackware people tend to be a very patriotic bunch, and loyal to boot. But more importantly, they're well informed about things... especially when it comes to their computer and the processes that run on it. Including package management. That said, why dont you read the following...
.rpm, Debian .deb, and (funnily enough) slackware .tgz
"Package Management" is not a computer term... its a label given to the process of managing packages. I can go look up meanings of words for you again, but you'd probably ignore them anyway, so you can deal with my paraphrased versions. (Real definitions available from dictionary.com).
Management is the act of supervising something and ensuring that everything is handled correctly. Management does not have to ensure integrity of the final outcome, only ensure that the work gets done. Now maybe you might say that GOOD management ensures outcome integrity, but that would just specify the quality of said management, and what *you* expect from it.
I dont know about you, but I've had some pretty terrible job managers in my time, and that certainly didnt stop them from having "Manager" in their job title.
Packages are a group of something, wrapped up in a convenient holder. Like a box, or a baggie, or any other of a huge number things you put something in.
so a package manager (following definitions) is something which manages the process of packing and unpacking a group of things wrapped in a convenient holder. Ie: Redhat
Listen to reason. You are defining the extra features that a package manager ought export, but that doesnt mean that they HAVE TO HAVE THEM by definition. Definiton defines a purpose, not an implementation of that purpose.
Maybe we should understand just what "package" means...
package
n.
b. A commodity, such as food, uniformly processed and containerized.
SO uhh.. yeah, under definition 2, these things do qualify as packages. Terribly sorry to ruin your soapbox. Do go on though, it was *almost* interesting.
great way to fubar your linux system with a bad kernel. Always leave two options available in lilo: Current and Test. Install a new (unknown) kernel to test, and leave your current (known good) kernel in Current. When you are satisfied that the new kernel is good, then move it to Current and Test.
Upgrades from Win95/NT 4.0 are no longer available. Microsoft cut them in august/september.
I, for one, will not lament that possibility. Who ever said Linux needs to be on every desktop?
can I stress this enough? READ THE ARTICLE!!!!
Image quality DECREASES in quake3 to INCREASE the frame rate.
In case you still didnt comprehend:
in quack3 the IMAGE QUALITY IS BETTER, but the FRAME RATE IS WORSE.
Informed minds will deduce that the ATI driver will select a lower image quality in Quake3 _ONLY_. (which co-incidently happens to be one of the widest used benchmarks in the industry) This method uses up less time per pixel, thus achieving a better frame rate.
Now rethink your position.
The only thing this seems to accomplish is to reduce the editor load of moderating AC posts
Doubtful. Editors dont moderate posts, People do.
something I suspect is done more for automagic IP banning purposes than to improve the readers' comment fitering options
Also highly doubtful. IP banning is tracked and implemented by site. Anyone from banned site X cannot post. User IDs dont even come into the picture.
Give me some nice, tasty preferences in that misc section to tell you what type of ads I'd like to see.
Much like slashboxes, in that none selected will show you the default selection, and some selected will show only those type. Also show the default selection if none of the selected types are showing at that given moment.
I would be very receptive to setting those preferences. I think most other folk around here would too.
The MacOS according to bugtraq has never had a single exploit over a network.
MacOS 9.2 came into the picture after this statement. It was a blanket statement that was wrong.
Admittedly the bug was found quite recently, but I would expect that if a person adds "according to bugtraq" that they would at least do a little research on bugtraq.
Read before you post. Preferrably comprehend too...
Odd. What's this? Hrmmm. I thought it was an exploit over a network... and I thought it was on bugtraq too. I guess I must be wrong...
Hrmph. Think back just a little more to the very early 90s. When 386s were new, and Simms still cost AUD$100/USD$76 per megabyte. And even before, on the 286's, although RAM was less likely to be measured in MB sticks on desktop computers.
Anyways.
Yes, it can get significantly cheaper. No, not very quickly.
Especially if it is significantly faster. Expect to see those wonderful "Server Component" prices for a while whilst the research money is made back, and *eventually* the public will get a reasonable crack at it.
Automated dialers (specifically, I have experience with the Melita Predictive Dialer) detect what is an answering machine and what is not automagically. I dont know how, but they do, and they are often ran as campaigns, ie a person records one message, and it is broadcast out onto 1000's of numbers answering machines if that is what picks up, directing them to call a specific person/extension at that company... common practice is for that work to be spread out over the whole inbound call center. The reason being that inbound calls are statistically worth a bunch more than outbound calls, since the person that calls in USUALLY wants to speak to you more than the person who just had their dinner interrupted. On a side issue, no, I dont work for a tele-marketing company. I work for a call center that calls out to all its registered customers.
I dont quite think that would work though...
Follows is an actual(*) conversation between a marketing agent and an internet user.
Salesman: "Hi, I have bunches of products to sell... but I care, I only want to sell you what you WANT to buy. So. What would you like me to advertise?"
Recipient: "Go away. I dont WANT to be advertised to. I am more than capable of doing my own research."
Salesman: "OOooh now you've done it. I'm going to monitor your favorite websites, and then I'm going to blast 640x480 popups and banner ads specifically targeted at your browsing habits. Watch out for them, they'll make you buy my stuff anyway!"
Recipient: "Why cant you just ASK me what I want, huh?"
(*) Actual conversation made up by myself
And posting as AC increases my own desire to take your argument as factual, right? Instead of just making you look like you are unsure of the validity of your opinion. Hmm.
however, I believe that those regional pages are probably (on a country-wide basis at least) generated dynamically to a static page which is then served up to the masses. It is also entirely possible that close zip codes are grouped together also in a static page.
These pages may well be generated every ten minutes, to appear dynamic, but to say the least, this is far below slashdot's level of (normal level) 25 pages per second, let alone the peak of 60 pages per second.
Just my opinion, make what you will for your own.
But... Lets also not forget that streaming video and pics are static, and that at least the video is served up by completely separate machines. And while the serving up of that video may be no trivial task, its comparing apples and oranges; completely different tasks.
Lets also differentiate between content type, and content. Because doing expensive db ops to get that "light" demand text is a completely different ballpark to making several thousand GIF/HTML pages available for download.
I think you're under-estimating the work behind slash... make sure you differentiate between large-bandwidth and server-processor-intensive operations. Video streams use next to no processor time on a server. Database operations to retrieve an ordered page with dynamic content on the other hand are rather expensive on the processor, especially when x10,000 users. The end result is that it is easier to stream a LARGE video file than it is to send a SMALL html file.
Just FYI
does anyone have a link to said article? I'd like to read it for myself...
You have misinterpreted what he wrote.
... this would be VERY annoying. Things *wouldnt* end up looking more detailed at a higher resolution. They would be scaled bigger, and still look big and chunky.
1) My desktop doesnt hold too many fixed pixel width apps visible at 640x480. By switching to 1280x1024, it contains many more of those applications visible at any given time. Berlin would negate this by scaling applications back up to "6in across" instead of staying at "180pixels"
2) He wasnt talking about zooming in by lowering his resolution back down (to 640x480). He was talking about in a paint application, and being able to zoom in/out of the image.
His point is 100% completely valid, I have the same concerns. You just missed it is all.
Thanks for playing though.
CyberKnet
Actually, slashdot is written in perl so...
if ($submit_count % 1000 = 0) { # one in one thousand
accept_submission($submit_count);
update_database($accept_random, $submit_count);
} elseif ($submit_topic eq "interesting") {
accept_submission($submit_count);
update_database($accept, $submit_count);
} else {
reject_submission($submit_count);
update_database($rejected, $submit_count);
}
IIRC (and I do, I lived there for 18 years) australia uses PAL, not NTSC. The main difference being the refresh rate, the number of "lines" on the screen and the screen width, but also the way the sound is transmitted as well.
Wouldnt that then be large scale arithmetic rather than large precision arithmetic?
Just curious.