Which part of Symbian OS is open source and what license is it under? I can only find press releases saying they'll share their source with phone manufacturers and platinum partners (whatever that means.)
AFAIK, you can use the Nokia SDK to develop for the Series 60 Symbian phones using Java under Linux. Its very similar to Sun's J2ME stuff. But of course, no C++ SDK for linux..
I believe the point of the section was to tease your mind rather than to force some unproven facts into your face:)
With that said, I've been wanting to buy this e-book for a while, but it requires the a Windows-Only viewer. I guess I'll have to go for the dead-wood version.
.. for people who like to compare engine sizes. it's like comparing a 1.8L VTEC with a 1.8L in a Hyundai? Hey, the car salesman said they've got the same size engine, i bet they're the same:)
People who don't know anything about processors obviously rate clock speeds like engine sizes. They don't really understand that 1.4Ghz == 2.0Ghz. It just doesn't make sense to them.
I'm sure that all the optus@home pirates tune into that newgroup all the time!! Thats a great way to pretend that you've announced something important.
Shouldn't they be informing everyone via email about them graduating from cop school?
Also, something thats interesting is their response, they believe they'll be "reactive" rather than "pro-active". Snooping is snooping, no matter how you do it. Thanks Optus!
Yes, I'm seeing an ungodly number of ARP requests as well, which may also be Code Red connected. (Who knows.)
Definitely so. Code Red just randomly picks IP addresses to infect, so you'll see it generating ARP requests to actually get to those IPs.. Even if those IPs aren't connected to anything, hence the ARP requests just keep retrying until they timeout and give up.
Optus@Home which is the sole @home provider in Australia is already doing this. They are blocking all incoming port 80 traffic from outside their subnet. However, I'm still getting numerous attempts in my ipchains log.
The matter of fact is that at least this has shielded most of the users from external infections, but pointless when u still have users within subnet infecting each other over and over again:)
I had to do some research on Powerline Networking a few months ago, and there seems to be alot of disadvantages to powerline network.
The worst thing about it is that there is an illusion of having your own private network. In fact, all the tdata on your network is being shared across your neighbour's powerlines. Security is one issue - but the main thing is that you will be sharing your measly 6Mbps (yes yes - it's 14Mbps, but if you read it, the effective rate is only 6~8Mbps for a optimum environment). So if this thing catches on, then you will be getting degraded network performance. Imagine if you live in a building your power network is shared between all the occupants. Not very fun. Please give me Ethernet!
Another thing is that it depends on alot of existing wiring, they had their field tests return people that only got a maximum of 2Mbps because of the quality of their wiring, the appliance they use and for many other reasons. Now that isn't very impressive - I'd rather see something like HomePNA (Phone Line Networking) or WiFi.
I haven't owned a Toshiba before, but hey.. I've had a Sony VAIO N505VE. When I got it it said Standby up to 3 hrs... and translated into real terms it was more like 1hr 20mins...
I haven't met own laptop owner who actually said that their's conform to the advertised specs, so why should Crusoe ???
Maybe you would like a little comment on the service level of O@H while I'm at it..
The reliability of the service is very patchy.. sometimes we'll get unannounced outages for over 30mins during peak hours or during early mornings.
However, most of the time it's fine. Any sites in Australia, you'll probably get around the max speed download.
All important mirror.aarnet.edu.au is actually located on the optus network. I've been downloading ISOs of Redhat and game patches at 380KBytes/sec - pretty impressive.
Accessing US sites is around 20KB/sec average, really depends on the time tho. sometimes it's a bit faster depending on whether it is in proxy (although i hardly use it).
If you are planning to use it on linux or any other *BSD or *nix variants, O@H is the best option since they just require a normal DHCP request packet to activate and allocate an IP. BigPond Cable requires you to use their propieraty login program which is only avaiable for Win95/98 (not even Win2K). Someone ported it over the Linux tho, but I'm not sure of the status.
Hope this stuff helps you choose. And fingers cross you have Optus Cable in your area!
Telstra ADSL
D/L: 256kbit/s U/L: 64kbit/s
Price : $78.00
D/L: 512kbit/s U/L: 128kbit/s
Price: $89.00
(Forces u to use their line for voice/analog line as well.. or else u pay an extra $14/mth)
All these prices are in $AU.
I'm a user of Optus@Home, and from those stats, seems like in terms of bandwidth Optus@Home wins by miles. And trust me, with the BigPond Advance login procedures being a hassle under linux, I'd rather stick with Optus@Home which uses plain old DHCP:)
Plus in the AUP Statement for Optus@Home, it doesn't support the use of a home network, but it's not forbidden. That is a big big plus, what is the point of cable if u can share:) hehe.
Moreover, the more disturbing fact with the ADSL rollout is that the fact that Telstra is charging their competitors $61/mth for access to one line, making it impossible to competition to have any affect on the pricing.
Just to quote from that page if you can't be bothered :
Bonobo is a set of CORBA interfaces that define the interactions required for writing components and compound documents. These CORBA interfaces are not bound to GNOME, the X11 windowing system, or the UNIX system.
The Bonobo distribution as shipped by the GNOME project includes the Bonobo CORBA interfaces, and a GNOME/Gtk+-based implementation of these interfaces.
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Which part of Symbian OS is open source and what license is it under? I can only find press releases saying they'll share their source with phone manufacturers and platinum partners (whatever that means.)
..
AFAIK, you can use the Nokia SDK to develop for the Series 60 Symbian phones using Java under Linux. Its very similar to Sun's J2ME stuff. But of course, no C++ SDK for linux
all the people who are addicted to it ain't gonna be around to defend it.
I believe the point of the section was to tease your mind rather than to force some unproven facts into your face :)
With that said, I've been wanting to buy this e-book for a while, but it requires the a Windows-Only viewer. I guess I'll have to go for the dead-wood version.
http://alpha.themes.org
:)
wasn't that hard to find was it?
.. for people who like to compare engine sizes. it's like comparing a 1.8L VTEC with a 1.8L in a Hyundai? Hey, the car salesman said they've got the same size engine, i bet they're the same :)
People who don't know anything about processors obviously rate clock speeds like engine sizes. They don't really understand that 1.4Ghz == 2.0Ghz. It just doesn't make sense to them.
http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/444
I'm sure that all the optus@home pirates tune into that newgroup all the time!! Thats a great way to pretend that you've announced something important.
Shouldn't they be informing everyone via email about them graduating from cop school?
Also, something thats interesting is their response, they believe they'll be "reactive" rather than "pro-active". Snooping is snooping, no matter how you do it. Thanks Optus!
http://australianit.news.com.au/common/storyPage/0 ,3811,2668089%5E442,00.html
he told us WHEN and WHAT he tested !!!
.. talk about a fair review :)
He didn't even bother telling us what version of each browser he tested it. Is it Mozilla 0.9.1, or 0.9.3 ? Is it Galeon 0.11.1 or 0.11.4 or 0.12preX?
Geez
here is the story.
Definitely so. Code Red just randomly picks IP addresses to infect, so you'll see it generating ARP requests to actually get to those IPs .. Even if those IPs aren't connected to anything, hence the ARP requests just keep retrying until they timeout and give up.
Happy Code Worm Day!
The matter of fact is that at least this has shielded most of the users from external infections, but pointless when u still have users within subnet infecting each other over and over again :)
I had to do some research on Powerline Networking a few months ago, and there seems to be alot of disadvantages to powerline network.
The worst thing about it is that there is an illusion of having your own private network. In fact, all the tdata on your network is being shared across your neighbour's powerlines. Security is one issue - but the main thing is that you will be sharing your measly 6Mbps (yes yes - it's 14Mbps, but if you read it, the effective rate is only 6~8Mbps for a optimum environment). So if this thing catches on, then you will be getting degraded network performance. Imagine if you live in a building your power network is shared between all the occupants. Not very fun. Please give me Ethernet!
Another thing is that it depends on alot of existing wiring, they had their field tests return people that only got a maximum of 2Mbps because of the quality of their wiring, the appliance they use and for many other reasons. Now that isn't very impressive - I'd rather see something like HomePNA (Phone Line Networking) or WiFi.
But thats my AU$0.02 (which is probably 1c US)
is really only the possibly experiment that can top these awards.
if Steve Jobs bought it using Netscape or IE ..
Doesn't this mean either ways rumours sites are going to be stuffed.
...
Scenario #1.
Don't publish rumours - no interesting articles - only boring reviews - no people hitting the page - no ad revenue.
Scenario #2.
Publish rumours - people come - lots of page hits - no ads - no money to support - might as well be dead
I hope this isn't a rumour itself
I haven't owned a Toshiba before, but hey .. I've had a Sony VAIO N505VE. When I got it it said Standby up to 3 hrs ... and translated into real terms it was more like 1hr 20mins ...
I haven't met own laptop owner who actually said that their's conform to the advertised specs, so why should Crusoe ???
.. its call because too many people work in cubicles ...
do i hear office revolution ? or am i just reading too much dilbert ?
Maybe you would like a little comment on the service level of O@H while I'm at it..
.. sometimes we'll get unannounced outages for over 30mins during peak hours or during early mornings.
The reliability of the service is very patchy
However, most of the time it's fine. Any sites in Australia, you'll probably get around the max speed download.
All important mirror.aarnet.edu.au is actually located on the optus network. I've been downloading ISOs of Redhat and game patches at 380KBytes/sec - pretty impressive.
Accessing US sites is around 20KB/sec average, really depends on the time tho. sometimes it's a bit faster depending on whether it is in proxy (although i hardly use it).
If you are planning to use it on linux or any other *BSD or *nix variants, O@H is the best option since they just require a normal DHCP request packet to activate and allocate an IP. BigPond Cable requires you to use their propieraty login program which is only avaiable for Win95/98 (not even Win2K). Someone ported it over the Linux tho, but I'm not sure of the status.
Hope this stuff helps you choose. And fingers cross you have Optus Cable in your area!
Numbers for Cable and ADSL to clear things up.
:128kbit/s
.. or else u pay an extra $14/mth)
:)
:) hehe.
Optus@Home
D/L: 3Mbit/s U/L
Price: $74.95/mth or $63.95/mth (No Contract)
Telstra BigPond Advance
D/L: 256kbit/s U/L: 64kbit/s
Price : $67.00
D/L: 512kbit/s U/L: 128kbit/s
Price: $72.00
Telstra ADSL
D/L: 256kbit/s U/L: 64kbit/s
Price : $78.00
D/L: 512kbit/s U/L: 128kbit/s
Price: $89.00
(Forces u to use their line for voice/analog line as well
All these prices are in $AU.
I'm a user of Optus@Home, and from those stats, seems like in terms of bandwidth Optus@Home wins by miles. And trust me, with the BigPond Advance login procedures being a hassle under linux, I'd rather stick with Optus@Home which uses plain old DHCP
Plus in the AUP Statement for Optus@Home, it doesn't support the use of a home network, but it's not forbidden. That is a big big plus, what is the point of cable if u can share
Moreover, the more disturbing fact with the ADSL rollout is that the fact that Telstra is charging their competitors $61/mth for access to one line, making it impossible to competition to have any affect on the pricing.
Reading some of the comments here, seems like people haven't really read what the article or don't really understand what Bonono is.
:
Check out the full description at
http://www.helixcode.com/tech/bonobo.php3
Just to quote from that page if you can't be bothered :
Bonobo is a set of CORBA interfaces that define the interactions required for writing components and compound documents. These CORBA interfaces are not bound to GNOME, the X11 windowing system, or the UNIX system.
The Bonobo distribution as shipped by the GNOME project includes the Bonobo CORBA interfaces, and a GNOME/Gtk+-based implementation of these interfaces.