On 22-FEB-2001, vger.kernel.org will enable ECN. You may need to switch ISP in order to receive linux-kernel email. See the section on ECN for more details.
On 25-JAN-2001, David Miller announced that vger.kernel.org will enable ECN in 4 weeks time. This means if your email account is with an ISP which has a buggy router, you will no longer be able to receive linux-kernel mail (as well as other mailing lists hosted on vger). You should check if your ISP is ECN tolerant, and get them to fix their routers or switch to another ISP.
Of course, these are the same people that use the MAPS DUL to block dial-up modem users from posting to the linux-kernel mailing list. Rik van Riel threw a temper tantrum, saying the DUL was class prejudice based on internet connection and that "DUL is an unethical list to use because it assumes guilty by default. Anyway, since linux-kernel has chosen to not receive email from me I won't bother answering VM bugreports or anything here." Alan Cox quickly replied, Thats ok. Andrea will I am sure be happy to take over as maintainer [of the VM subsystem]."
According to this message on linux-kernel, David S. Miller plans upgrade vger.kernel.org, the linux-kernel mailing list server, Real Soon Now. This will prevent users behind routers that don't understand ECN from using the linux-kernel mailing list!
Is this irresposible or just a good incentive for the entire internet to upgrade their routers?
It would be especially nice if these types were *not* considered, for the sake of signatures, type-identical to counterpart size-variant types, and if enums were also given a generic root type instead of being int in signature.
I always wished that typedefs created new types, instead of behaving like wimpy macros.
typedef int FOO;
typedef int BAR;
FOO f = 1;
BAR b = 2;
int i = 3;
f = b;// ILLEGAL TYPE MISMATCH!
b = i;// ILLEGAL TYPE MISMATCH!
i = f;// ILLEGAL TYPE MISMATCH!
July 1989 - The first bits of NT run for the first time on a system built by the NT team using the Intel i860 processor.
January 2, 1990 - Bill Gates brings together NT's top designers to discuss the importance of running NT on Intel's 386+ processors and to choose a new RISC processor other than the Intel i860.
Well, I've used some several Unices in my time, including OSI/Digital Unix/Tru64, Solaris on Sparc, Solaris x86 (blech!), Linux, and I've also given FreeBSD several test spins, (I won't mention running XENIX and early releases of QNX right from floppy) and the only one I consider really relevant in the modern world is Linux.
You realize, of course, that the RIAA is not interested in keeping Napster legal. They are interested in Driving Napster out of existance so that *they* have absolute control.
MusicNet, a joint venture of RealNetworks, AOL Time Warner Inc., Bertelsmann AG, and EMI Group plc, will offer high quality music content to music lovers via downloads and streams.
What does Progeny offer that Debian does not? From what I read, it seems to be a friendly installer and support services. Since the friendly installer is GPL'd, will Debian reassimilate it?
The Technical Pursuit web site does not have any example code or docs. Do you have any more information you can share about what a TIBET program looks like?
I worked briefly as a telemarkter one summer. This is how a telemarketer is scripted:
1. Call phone number
2. If no one is home, then place number on the call-back-next-week list. Goto 1.
3. If person declines offer, then place their phone number on the call-back-in-six-months list. Goto 1.
If you truly want to stop receiving cold calls, you should politely ask to be removed from all of their calling lists. If they call you back in less than one year, you can supposedly sue them in some states, but it is difficult to remember or prove whether the same company has called you twice.
If you piss them off, however, many telemarketers will put your phone number on the call-back-next-week list to harass you!! Yes, telemarketers are annoying, but they are in the position of power. Be polite and use their power for your benefit!
I can definitely belive Cisco would be working on these bandwidth sucking apps, but I'm curious if you know of some companies that had been spun out of Cisco. Ironically, Cisco is known for buying tons of other companies, not spinning them out!:-)
There already is an RPC mechanism which is fully suitable for cross-platform development: Corba. There is absolutely no reason to do RPC's in a human-readable format (which doesn't guarantee better interoperability btw), it is just a big waste of resources.
Doing RPC in a human-readable format makes writing interoperable RPC code in high-level scripting languages much easier. For example, someone wrote an VB script in Microsoft Word that allows him to communicate via SOAP to a web server.
I went back to get my MS after coding for a few years. I think that my work experience gave me a better idea of what I wanted to get from my MS. I used my class projects as a chance to gain hands-on experience on stuff that my job would never touch on. That experience helped me find a cooler job after I graduated. Plus, with some work experience, I could distinquish what class material was BS and what might be actually useful in "industry".;-)
Another huge benefit is networking with other grad students! Many of the students in my MS program were part-time students because they also had day jobs. If you've worked with them on class projects, they know you're smart and can work well together (if applicable;-)
One problem though is job inertia. If you've been working for a few years, it's difficult to give up that paycheck and return to living as a student again! Night classes can help, but you'll take much longer time to graduate. Plus you'll have NO free time with a day job and night classes! Instead, I quit my job and finish my MS with a double work load.:-)
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Of course, you could use something like:
typedef struct { int _opaque; } time_t;
and then pass time_t structs by value, assuming that copying a struct with just one int is no more expensive than just copying an int...?
or like Windows, declare pointers to non-existant structs, like: typedef struct __HWND* HWND.
Please refer to the bold, red warning prefacing the linux-kernel mailing list FAQ:
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On 22-FEB-2001, vger.kernel.org will enable ECN. You may need to switch ISP in order to receive linux-kernel email. See the section on ECN for more details.
On 25-JAN-2001, David Miller announced that vger.kernel.org will enable ECN in 4 weeks time. This means if your email account is with an ISP which has a buggy router, you will no longer be able to receive linux-kernel mail (as well as other mailing lists hosted on vger). You should check if your ISP is ECN tolerant, and get them to fix their routers or switch to another ISP.
Of course, these are the same people that use the MAPS DUL to block dial-up modem users from posting to the linux-kernel mailing list. Rik van Riel threw a temper tantrum, saying the DUL was class prejudice based on internet connection and that "DUL is an unethical list to use because it assumes guilty by default. Anyway, since linux-kernel has chosen to not receive email from me I won't bother answering VM bugreports or anything here." Alan Cox quickly replied, Thats ok. Andrea will I am sure be happy to take over as maintainer [of the VM subsystem]."
According to this message on linux-kernel , David S. Miller plans upgrade vger.kernel.org, the linux-kernel mailing list server, Real Soon Now. This will prevent users behind routers that don't understand ECN from using the linux-kernel mailing list!
Is this irresposible or just a good incentive for the entire internet to upgrade their routers?
It would be especially nice if these types were *not* considered, for the sake of signatures, type-identical to counterpart size-variant types, and if enums were also given a generic root type instead of being int in signature.
// ILLEGAL TYPE MISMATCH!
// ILLEGAL TYPE MISMATCH!
// ILLEGAL TYPE MISMATCH!
I always wished that typedefs created new types, instead of behaving like wimpy macros.
typedef int FOO;
typedef int BAR;
FOO f = 1;
BAR b = 2;
int i = 3;
f = b;
b = i;
i = f;
This is an obvious, but well-written, troll. My compliments to the chef!
but apparently the name Deep Thought is too risque, so it was renamed Deep Blue.
Windows NT Historical Timeline
July 1989 - The first bits of NT run for the first time on a system built by the NT team using the Intel i860 processor.
January 2, 1990 - Bill Gates brings together NT's top designers to discuss the importance of running NT on Intel's 386+ processors and to choose a new RISC processor other than the Intel i860.
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I question the true business value for BSD. Consider what Linux Torvalds said: "start using *BSD. *BSD users (and developers) are all complete jackasses, so you'll fit right in" .
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Well, I've used some several Unices in my time, including OSI/Digital Unix/Tru64, Solaris on Sparc, Solaris x86 (blech!), Linux, and I've also given FreeBSD several test spins, (I won't mention running XENIX and early releases of QNX right from floppy) and the only one I consider really relevant in the modern world is Linux.
You realize, of course, that the RIAA is not interested in keeping Napster legal. They are interested in Driving Napster out of existance so that *they* have absolute control.
MusicNet , a joint venture of RealNetworks, AOL Time Warner Inc., Bertelsmann AG, and EMI Group plc, will offer high quality music content to music lovers via downloads and streams.
What does Progeny offer that Debian does not? From what I read, it seems to be a friendly installer and support services. Since the friendly installer is GPL'd, will Debian reassimilate it?
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The Technical Pursuit web site does not have any example code or docs. Do you have any more information you can share about what a TIBET program looks like?
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I worked briefly as a telemarkter one summer. This is how a telemarketer is scripted:
1. Call phone number
2. If no one is home, then place number on the call-back-next-week list. Goto 1.
3. If person declines offer, then place their phone number on the call-back-in-six-months list. Goto 1.
If you truly want to stop receiving cold calls, you should politely ask to be removed from all of their calling lists. If they call you back in less than one year, you can supposedly sue them in some states, but it is difficult to remember or prove whether the same company has called you twice.
If you piss them off, however, many telemarketers will put your phone number on the call-back-next-week list to harass you!! Yes, telemarketers are annoying, but they are in the position of power. Be polite and use their power for your benefit!
I can definitely belive Cisco would be working on these bandwidth sucking apps, but I'm curious if you know of some companies that had been spun out of Cisco. Ironically, Cisco is known for buying tons of other companies, not spinning them out!
There already is an RPC mechanism which is fully suitable for cross-platform development: Corba. There is absolutely no reason to do RPC's in a human-readable format (which doesn't guarantee better interoperability btw), it is just a big waste of resources.
Doing RPC in a human-readable format makes writing interoperable RPC code in high-level scripting languages much easier. For example, someone wrote an VB script in Microsoft Word that allows him to communicate via SOAP to a web server.
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Are you just saying that to be negative?
I went back to get my MS after coding for a few years. I think that my work experience gave me a better idea of what I wanted to get from my MS. I used my class projects as a chance to gain hands-on experience on stuff that my job would never touch on. That experience helped me find a cooler job after I graduated. Plus, with some work experience, I could distinquish what class material was BS and what might be actually useful in "industry".
Another huge benefit is networking with other grad students! Many of the students in my MS program were part-time students because they also had day jobs. If you've worked with them on class projects, they know you're smart and can work well together (if applicable
One problem though is job inertia. If you've been working for a few years, it's difficult to give up that paycheck and return to living as a student again! Night classes can help, but you'll take much longer time to graduate. Plus you'll have NO free time with a day job and night classes! Instead, I quit my job and finish my MS with a double work load.
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The slides are more important than watching some talking heads. Here are some of the slides from the first day's presentations .
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