You had to mention Frontier, didn't you. Damn!! There goes productivity for the next six months.
I simply loved that game, most of all for its realism. Not only the accurate simulation of the solar system, but the pure size of the simulated universe. Damnit, the game fits nicely on a 1.44M floppy, yet contains an almost complete replica of the entire galaxy! Granted, most of the star systems would have to be based on guesses, but never the less.
Then the newtonian flight engine - real space flight simulation. Run out of fuel? Tough luck! You won't stop and float dead in space - you will slam into your destination planet at the same speed you had when you ran out. Dogfights? Bah!
Bottom line, my all time favourite game. 'Nuff rambling.
Now, I guess I'll have to mention OpenUniverse, just so I don't get modded off topic here. Real great opensource solar system simulator. Gotta try it.
Hm, I have to disagree here. Having one foot in either camp so to speak, I find Linux and the tools available perfect for both tasks.
For the admin part, I am very glad that I don't have to deal with GUI tools. Call me old fashioned, but I think having a GUI on a server box is plain stupid. It hurts performance, hurts stability, and most of all it opens up a whole lot of security issues./etc/* is the perfect way to configure and administrate a server; leaving no performance overhead whatsoever.
From a webdesigner/developers point of view, Linux offers a lot of useful tools. Granted, no WYSIWYG html editors, but with todays focus on dynamic content, I spend precious little time coding pure HTML; most of the time, I spend programming in Perl, PHP etc. For that, I use Quanta +, which offers the tools I need. Syntax highlighting, html/css tools, you name it. For my C(++) needs, I use KDevelop. Couple the two with CVS and Cervisia - what more can you ask for?
I'm not going to start a KDE vs. Gnome flamewar here, but one should also note that KDE2.1X offers much of the userfriendlines and application integration you ask for as well. I have not tried Nautilus, mostly because it's a bitch to install on a non-Redhat/debian system (i.e. I use Slackware), but Konqueror does offer much, if not all, of the functionality that Nautilus has. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
[...] with illegally collecting personally identifying information from children under 13 years of age without parental consent, in violation of the COPPA Rule.
Exactly how do you verify this on the 'net? Is it enough with a checkbox that says "Yes, mommy says it's OK"? What about "Please enter dads credit card # and expiry date"? Come on! I can debate the morality/legality of requesting this kind of information from kids, but parental consent? That's just ridiculous.
This is what they should have done in the Napster case as well - go after the users. After all, they're the ones ifringing on copyrights. Of course, in the case of Gnutella and other true P2P services, they're forced to go after the users, since there is no single entity they can sue.
Now how are they going to crack down on Freenet, Mojo Nation and all the other anonymous distributed systems? And how long until they go after Shoutcast and other streaming services?
I see that most people here favour the "filter and forget" method of dealing with SPAM. I have had far more luck with the more aggressive method of consistently reporting SPAM to spammer ISPs, and in some cases upstream service/access providers.
On many occations, I've successfully had spammer accounts (dialup, web, email) nuked. SPAM is a violation of most ISPs AUP, and even though you may never hear anything about your complaint, they usually investigate it. The replies I do get from ISPs I notify, are almost always positive (and no, they're not all form-letters).
You may think it's no big deal for a spammer to lose his/her ISP account - getting a new dialup account is no sweat at all right? Well, it is, when you have to do it every fscking time you send a SPAM letter... And after a while, the spammers become as pissed at you as you are at them!
Now here's the beauty of it - spammers do not only share mailing lists, they also maintain black lists - lists of annoying people whom not to spam if you want to keep your ISP account. Consistently report SPAM, and you'll eventually make it to one of those lists.
I have no way to verify it, but I think I've made it onto one of those lists. Despite being a frequent poster on usenet, and not being too careful with my email address, I have not had one piece of spam for half a year.
My only statement to that would be that from the beginning of time, the creation (in the case the "thinking chip") has never been been able to take over the creator (in this case, man).
What makes you so sure? The complexity and computing power of micro processors is increasing at an explosive rate. Given the near static state of the human brain, simple maths would suggest that micro processors have the potential to surpass us. Adding now their ability to reconfigure and optimize themselves, I see no real obstacles to this scenario.
I do not - as you do - subscribe to any of the various creation myths, so I don't really think we have any basis to make those comparisons here. However, computers being "creations", and humans being the creators, I kindof doubt we'll ever see the "Matrix" scenario:)
The Internet Junkbuster has built-in support for adding custom HTTP headers to requests, as well as stripping off HTTP headers that your browser adds without your consent. Using IJB as a transparent proxy for your LAN will ensure that all browsers behave this way.
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Funny you mention 'exploit', as they are highly unlikely to release any source code
You can download the source code here:
http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/download.html
Well, actually it's patches against the Linux kernel source, and the source trees of a few other utilities...
Not only is MySQL root access limited to localhost by default, but after running the install script, a warning-message is issued instructing you to CHANGE the password IMMEDIATELY (yes, in caps). You're even given an example of the command used to change the password... If you still manage to overlook that - damage is limited to local users anyways (which should never be all that many on a database server...)
We need a PDA with near perfect speech to text and a nice built in microphone. With enough storage space you could keep a entire semester of lectures on your palm, without all of that messy ink run off I always had trouble with!
Imagine a lecture hall full of people talking to their palm computers... This could get messy.
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I simply loved that game, most of all for its realism. Not only the accurate simulation of the solar system, but the pure size of the simulated universe. Damnit, the game fits nicely on a 1.44M floppy, yet contains an almost complete replica of the entire galaxy! Granted, most of the star systems would have to be based on guesses, but never the less.
Then the newtonian flight engine - real space flight simulation. Run out of fuel? Tough luck! You won't stop and float dead in space - you will slam into your destination planet at the same speed you had when you ran out. Dogfights? Bah!
Bottom line, my all time favourite game. 'Nuff rambling.
Now, I guess I'll have to mention OpenUniverse, just so I don't get modded off topic here. Real great opensource solar system simulator. Gotta try it.
For the admin part, I am very glad that I don't have to deal with GUI tools. Call me old fashioned, but I think having a GUI on a server box is plain stupid. It hurts performance, hurts stability, and most of all it opens up a whole lot of security issues. /etc/* is the perfect way to configure and administrate a server; leaving no performance overhead whatsoever.
From a webdesigner/developers point of view, Linux offers a lot of useful tools. Granted, no WYSIWYG html editors, but with todays focus on dynamic content, I spend precious little time coding pure HTML; most of the time, I spend programming in Perl, PHP etc. For that, I use Quanta +, which offers the tools I need. Syntax highlighting, html/css tools, you name it. For my C(++) needs, I use KDevelop. Couple the two with CVS and Cervisia - what more can you ask for?
I'm not going to start a KDE vs. Gnome flamewar here, but one should also note that KDE2.1X offers much of the userfriendlines and application integration you ask for as well. I have not tried Nautilus, mostly because it's a bitch to install on a non-Redhat/debian system (i.e. I use Slackware), but Konqueror does offer much, if not all, of the functionality that Nautilus has. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
My NOK .5 anyways.
Exactly how do you verify this on the 'net? Is it enough with a checkbox that says "Yes, mommy says it's OK"? What about "Please enter dads credit card # and expiry date"? Come on! I can debate the morality/legality of requesting this kind of information from kids, but parental consent? That's just ridiculous.
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Which is generally how most Linux game developers solve the problem of library inconsistencies - statically linking them into the executable.
Now how are they going to crack down on Freenet, Mojo Nation and all the other anonymous distributed systems? And how long until they go after Shoutcast and other streaming services?
On many occations, I've successfully had spammer accounts (dialup, web, email) nuked. SPAM is a violation of most ISPs AUP, and even though you may never hear anything about your complaint, they usually investigate it. The replies I do get from ISPs I notify, are almost always positive (and no, they're not all form-letters).
You may think it's no big deal for a spammer to lose his/her ISP account - getting a new dialup account is no sweat at all right? Well, it is, when you have to do it every fscking time you send a SPAM letter... And after a while, the spammers become as pissed at you as you are at them!
Now here's the beauty of it - spammers do not only share mailing lists, they also maintain black lists - lists of annoying people whom not to spam if you want to keep your ISP account. Consistently report SPAM, and you'll eventually make it to one of those lists.
I have no way to verify it, but I think I've made it onto one of those lists. Despite being a frequent poster on usenet, and not being too careful with my email address, I have not had one piece of spam for half a year.
You obviously never had one of my gf's donuts...
What makes you so sure? The complexity and computing power of micro processors is increasing at an explosive rate. Given the near static state of the human brain, simple maths would suggest that micro processors have the potential to surpass us. Adding now their ability to reconfigure and optimize themselves, I see no real obstacles to this scenario.
I do not - as you do - subscribe to any of the various creation myths, so I don't really think we have any basis to make those comparisons here. However, computers being "creations", and humans being the creators, I kindof doubt we'll ever see the "Matrix" scenario :)
The Internet Junkbuster has built-in support for adding custom HTTP headers to requests, as well as stripping off HTTP headers that your browser adds without your consent. Using IJB as a transparent proxy for your LAN will ensure that all browsers behave this way.
You can download the source code here:
http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/download.html
Well, actually it's patches against the Linux kernel source, and the source trees of a few other utilities...
If the whip antenna is a pain in the ass, you might want to check the users manual again...
Not only is MySQL root access limited to localhost by default, but after running the install script, a warning-message is issued instructing you to CHANGE the password IMMEDIATELY (yes, in caps). You're even given an example of the command used to change the password... If you still manage to overlook that - damage is limited to local users anyways (which should never be all that many on a database server...)
Imagine a lecture hall full of people talking to their palm computers... This could get messy.