Create a daemon that sits on a server (running with root privilages, important servers preferrably which get a lot of traffic such as an ISP), and monitor traffic. It could monitor raw network traffic, or it could scan e-mails of all the users and text files in their home directories. If you really want to get into the AI, disect audio and visual data.
Use AI to attempt to find trade secrets, bomb threats, and itricacies of international espionage. Figure out the source of it, and then report it to a central server (or your local government) which probably should do some more sorting.
It'd be quite useful, and I'm sure if we all install the server/clients we'd harness enough computing power to learn everything!
well, i got all the packages and installed them. however, when./configuring evolution it didn't recognize any of the libs, and thus it won't go any further (compiling fails too if i comment out the offending configure lines)
`gnome-config bonobo` says it's not installed, yet i make install'd it, restarted gnome, played with ldconfig, and a million other things. pretty strange really.. similar things happened with the other libs i had to install (gtkhtml). eh, i wonder what i'm doing wrong... it's a fresh install of red hat 6.2.
Nothing's stopping them from doing that now with the current benchmarking tools.
Having the source code for it will only make this trick slightly easier (less reverse engineering needed). Besides, if information leaked out that actual HARDWARE cheated on benchmarks, they would be under a LOT of critisism and I suspect they'd be caught rather quickly.
It doesn't appear that this is intended for writing the ultimate/best device driver. It's probably intended for people who just want to have a simple driver that works for their device.
Almost like a temporary solution until someone writes a "real" driver.
Nintendo recently shot themselves in the foot. According to IGN64, Nintendo finally admitted that Dolphin wasn't on schedule, and will be delayed from Fall '2000 to Q3/2001!
This really sucks, because Dolphin would have had the ability to really compete with PS2 (better hardware, better 1st/2nd party developers, lower cost), but now PS2 will truly reign with no competition for over a whole year. Now I know I will definitely be getting a PS2. Nintendo is going to really need something up their sleeves now, and I say this as a long-time Nintendo supporter.
I don't understand your argument against RPM/Deb's method of uninstalling.
They work fine for me... never had a problem with lingering files. Anything related to it (config files, whatever) are always in ~/.<appname> if it's a UNIX-like conforming app. Therefore, all you have to do if you really want to get rid of something is removing it with your package manager, and then rm -rf ~/.<app>.
Would you prefer that the package manager erased these directories for you? I think not. Sometimes when you uninstall a package you WANT to keep this data (I do almost always). Hmm, perhaps an option to --nuke all associated files for when you want that?:)
I'm not sure what to think of this. It kind of saddens me if Borland will lose their name and become Corel. I was really looking forward to Kylix (Delphi/Builder for Linux), and I wrote them a detailed e-mail with suggestions on how to make it successful (not sure if they care what _I_ have to say, though). I explained that it would be best if they released their compiler and command line tools free of charge and charge for the development environments (this way OSS projects would still be possible.. distribute the Delphi source and they can use bcc to compile it). I also explained how important it was for Linux devlopers to have choice (in desktop environments and GUI toolkits).
I was happy to hear that Borland would indeed be releasing their command line tools free of charge, but what about the GUI stuff? I hope Corel won't be using this to have Borland only make Kylix work for KDE/Qt rather than GNOME/gtk+ (or whatever combination). I don't, however, think that Corel would be stupid enough to make Kylix a Corel-distro required thing. Now I'm also worried that they'll do the winelib thing with Kylix for some reason.
From what I've read, JFS for AIX is insanely scalable and a good performer on the high-end. IBM also ported their JFS to OS/2 Warp, and made some adjustments to have it perform very well on lower end systems (and non servers) as well.
To me, these sound like the ingredients needed for a main Linux FS (good on high and low end). Of course, JFS is NOT designed for small file systems (a la floppy disks, misc. removables), so it couldn't replace everything.
At work I must use Windows NT on a P2-350 / 128mb RAM box. I've tried the M13 builds on it and it's quite usable and feels reasonably fast.
However, at home on my K5 100mhz / 80MB Linux box the UI crawls, still. Netscape 4.7's user interface is much more responsive. Some of the old problems from M10-M11 are still there (such as a really flaky text field box, which I'm sure has been reported to BugZilla dozens of times).
Nah.. I'm not bitching. I'm generally pleased with the progress... just wish the developers would code using a low end ( 200mhz ) box, as they would have more incentive:)
The notable exception is last week's episode (Lisa taking care of Homer/Bart), but this one is forgivable. This was the first written by a new writer I believe.
But, this season has had a couple really good ones (Zorro episode, Tomaco episode).
The quality has varied greatly from week to week this season. Fortunately, even the bad ones have their funny moments and are STILL far superior to most of the other crap on TV.
But you forgot the most important questions (these are asked routinely on alt.tv.simpsons):
What state do they live in? What is the comic book store guy's name?
BTW, alt.tv.simpsons seems really crazy. They have actually noted every episode in which a potential state is eliminated and have a list of the ones left:) The real answer, of course (as they know), is that Springfield is ficticious and isn't any particular state. I guess it's fun to try though.
I don't think they will cancel Futurama anytime soon.
FOX just needed to "borrow" its spot in order to feed off the Simpsons crowd to promote Malcom in the Middle (which, btw, I didn't like very much).
It seems like everytime FOX wants to get something started they air it after the Simpsons, and when it catches on they move it to a new time slot. Pretty logical, but shows just how great the Simpsons really are.
But, there are software packages out there that do checks and patches to make systems more secure. I guess you don't really have to look at it as buying software either... if you were running a company you could hire security people to help out. My basic point is that there's no excuse for not helping yourself.
This is the sort of thing I like to see. As someone else stated, it's comparable to anarchy working.
I like the idea of people/organizations fending for themselves on the internet. The last thing we need is any government intervening and trying to enforce it. Anarchy may not be suitable for real life, but I think the general concept is perfect for the Internet where the real laws lie in the software. For example, when someone tries to break into your box, you shouldn't call the cops - you should make sure your box is secure and defend yourself. If you're incapable, then buy software to assist you. (note: Please, nobody make analogies comparing this to some crime in real life:) It's just not the same in my book).
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Create a daemon that sits on a server (running with root privilages, important servers preferrably which get a lot of traffic such as an ISP), and monitor traffic. It could monitor raw network traffic, or it could scan e-mails of all the users and text files in their home directories. If you really want to get into the AI, disect audio and visual data.
Use AI to attempt to find trade secrets, bomb threats, and itricacies of international espionage. Figure out the source of it, and then report it to a central server (or your local government) which probably should do some more sorting.
It'd be quite useful, and I'm sure if we all install the server/clients we'd harness enough computing power to learn everything!
yeah..
On the other hand, a component structure for GNOME (Bonobo) was definitely needed.
Evolution is a great testbed for this, and promotes the development and maturity of such things.
yep - i noticed this shortly before you replied :)
thanks though, it's nice to see you roaming about here.
well, i'm convinced it's nothing more than some path setup problems. it's not too bad after all.
well, i got all the packages and installed them. however, when ./configuring evolution it didn't recognize any of the libs, and thus it won't go any further (compiling fails too if i comment out the offending configure lines)
`gnome-config bonobo` says it's not installed, yet i make install'd it, restarted gnome, played with ldconfig, and a million other things. pretty strange really.. similar things happened with the other libs i had to install (gtkhtml). eh, i wonder what i'm doing wrong... it's a fresh install of red hat 6.2.
i guess i'll play with it later.
Nothing's stopping them from doing that now with the current benchmarking tools.
Having the source code for it will only make this trick slightly easier (less reverse engineering needed). Besides, if information leaked out that actual HARDWARE cheated on benchmarks, they would be under a LOT of critisism and I suspect they'd be caught rather quickly.
It doesn't appear that this is intended for writing the ultimate/best device driver. It's probably intended for people who just want to have a simple driver that works for their device.
Almost like a temporary solution until someone writes a "real" driver.
Nintendo recently shot themselves in the foot. According to IGN64, Nintendo finally admitted that Dolphin wasn't on schedule, and will be delayed from Fall '2000 to Q3/2001!
This really sucks, because Dolphin would have had the ability to really compete with PS2 (better hardware, better 1st/2nd party developers, lower cost), but now PS2 will truly reign with no competition for over a whole year. Now I know I will definitely be getting a PS2. Nintendo is going to really need something up their sleeves now, and I say this as a long-time Nintendo supporter.
Your uneducated guess is a good one.
RH 7.0 will almost definitely be the Kernel 2.4/XF86 4.0 release (possibly KDE 2 and/or GNOME 1.2 as well).
I don't understand your argument against RPM/Deb's method of uninstalling.
:)
They work fine for me... never had a problem with lingering files. Anything related to it (config files, whatever) are always in ~/.<appname> if it's a UNIX-like conforming app. Therefore, all you have to do if you really want to get rid of something is removing it with your package manager, and then rm -rf ~/.<app>.
Would you prefer that the package manager erased these directories for you? I think not. Sometimes when you uninstall a package you WANT to keep this data (I do almost always). Hmm, perhaps an option to --nuke all associated files for when you want that?
"Mozilla will be Netscape 6.0" ??
Isn't Mozilla independant from Netscape? I guess an accurate phrasing would be "Next Mozilla-based Netscape will be Netscape 6.0"
Besides, over on Mozillazine they discounted this as a rumor.
Not true. The Borland name still exists.. why do you think they're referred to as Inprise/Borland now?
I'm not sure what to think of this. It kind of saddens me if Borland will lose their name and become Corel. I was really looking forward to Kylix (Delphi/Builder for Linux), and I wrote them a detailed e-mail with suggestions on how to make it successful (not sure if they care what _I_ have to say, though). I explained that it would be best if they released their compiler and command line tools free of charge and charge for the development environments (this way OSS projects would still be possible.. distribute the Delphi source and they can use bcc to compile it). I also explained how important it was for Linux devlopers to have choice (in desktop environments and GUI toolkits).
I was happy to hear that Borland would indeed be releasing their command line tools free of charge, but what about the GUI stuff? I hope Corel won't be using this to have Borland only make Kylix work for KDE/Qt rather than GNOME/gtk+ (or whatever combination). I don't, however, think that Corel would be stupid enough to make Kylix a Corel-distro required thing. Now I'm also worried that they'll do the winelib thing with Kylix for some reason.
Or maybe I'm just paranoid.
According to the video, Anonymous Coward actually has the highest karma out of everyone (it's over 1,000 or something). That's shocking :)
Also, I thought it was pretty cool how someone in the crowd randomly shouted out common AC posts (NATALIE PORTMAN NAKED AND PETRIFIED@#!!@)
From what I've read, JFS for AIX is insanely scalable and a good performer on the high-end. IBM also ported their JFS to OS/2 Warp, and made some adjustments to have it perform very well on lower end systems (and non servers) as well.
To me, these sound like the ingredients needed for a main Linux FS (good on high and low end). Of course, JFS is NOT designed for small file systems (a la floppy disks, misc. removables), so it couldn't replace everything.
This is great news.
At work I must use Windows NT on a P2-350 / 128mb RAM box. I've tried the M13 builds on it and it's quite usable and feels reasonably fast.
:)
However, at home on my K5 100mhz / 80MB Linux box the UI crawls, still. Netscape 4.7's user interface is much more responsive. Some of the old problems from M10-M11 are still there (such as a really flaky text field box, which I'm sure has been reported to BugZilla dozens of times).
Nah.. I'm not bitching. I'm generally pleased with the progress... just wish the developers would code using a low end ( 200mhz ) box, as they would have more incentive
Which, BTW, if I remember correctly - There are about 10-12 states left.
Eh..
:)
see my post here, this has already been done
than recent ones.
The notable exception is last week's episode (Lisa taking care of Homer/Bart), but this one is forgivable. This was the first written by a new writer I believe.
But, this season has had a couple really good ones (Zorro episode, Tomaco episode).
The quality has varied greatly from week to week this season. Fortunately, even the bad ones have their funny moments and are STILL far superior to most of the other crap on TV.
They'd better not kill Abe. He's easily one of my favorite characters, right up there with Ralph Wiggum.
E.g, a letter from Grandpa to the President (from memory excerpt):
Dear Mr. President,
Nowadays there are too many states. Please eliminate 3. [continues]
And who can forget his long old-person rants? The one about the onion on his belt cracks me up everytime.
Hah.
:) The real answer, of course (as they know), is that Springfield is ficticious and isn't any particular state. I guess it's fun to try though.
If they grew up it would ruin a lot of it.
But you forgot the most important questions (these are asked routinely on alt.tv.simpsons):
What state do they live in?
What is the comic book store guy's name?
BTW, alt.tv.simpsons seems really crazy. They have actually noted every episode in which a potential state is eliminated and have a list of the ones left
I don't think they will cancel Futurama anytime soon.
FOX just needed to "borrow" its spot in order to feed off the Simpsons crowd to promote Malcom in the Middle (which, btw, I didn't like very much).
It seems like everytime FOX wants to get something started they air it after the Simpsons, and when it catches on they move it to a new time slot. Pretty logical, but shows just how great the Simpsons really are.
Some others that you missed:
Yoink!: When you take/steal something from someone. I taught my 2-year old cousin this one.
Meh..: When you don't care about something you say "meh".
You are correct.
But, there are software packages out there that do checks and patches to make systems more secure. I guess you don't really have to look at it as buying software either... if you were running a company you could hire security people to help out. My basic point is that there's no excuse for not helping yourself.
This is the sort of thing I like to see. As someone else stated, it's comparable to anarchy working.
:) It's just not the same in my book).
I like the idea of people/organizations fending for themselves on the internet. The last thing we need is any government intervening and trying to enforce it. Anarchy may not be suitable for real life, but I think the general concept is perfect for the Internet where the real laws lie in the software. For example, when someone tries to break into your box, you shouldn't call the cops - you should make sure your box is secure and defend yourself. If you're incapable, then buy software to assist you. (note: Please, nobody make analogies comparing this to some crime in real life