Yeah, I was one of the faceless posters that spammed/. about the unveiling of IT tomorrow morning, and got my story axed like everyone else. As stated somewhere above, if this many people keep posting about it, then why the fuck wouldn't the news-mongers of Slashdot post it sooner? And why the hell does everyone want to immediately bash the damn thing? Are you really that pissed that it's been over-hyped? I haven't heard anything about it since the first of the year, and had actually forgotten about it until the SouthPark episode the other week.
I for one would love to at least try one of these out--looks like it may be fun. The price is way to high for me, and probably for the rest of America for quite some time. On the other hand, I'd like to consider the fact that I don't get much exercise as is (and probably most/.'ers don't either). It worries me that if this does catch on, will we all become bigger fatasses if we stop walking everywhere? I think there's more implications than just changing the world of transportation (if it really does go that far)...
I can only run 2.4.5 or earlier, all options are the same ones I've used for about a year. I rebuild kernels from the same config file, tweaking new features when neccessary. For the most part, I have the bare minimum options/modules for my system. During the boot, I get about here and then it freezes:
....
PDC20262: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 70
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0e.0
PDC20262: chipset revision 1
PDC20262: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
PDC20262: ROM enabled at 0xeffe0000
PDC20262: (U)DMA Burst Bit ENABLED Primary PCI Mode Secondary PCI Mode.
ide2: BM-DMA at 0xc000-0xc007, BIOS settings: hde:pio, hdf:DMA
ide3: BM-DMA at 0xc008-0xc00f, BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio
hda: WDC WD205AA, ATA DISK drive
hdc: KENWOOD CD-ROM UCR004010 V126E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: SAMSUNG SV2044D, ATA DISK drive
But I should be seeing these, too:
hde: Maxtor 96147U8, ATA DISK drive
hdf: Maxtor 96147H8, ATA DISK drive
I've had a problem with my Promise Ultra66 controller since kernel 2.4.6 and above. Apparently, my system hangs at boot whenever it gets to my Maxtor 60GB drives. So far, not a single kernel update has addressed the problem, and I'm a bit pissed. I've looked on Google, Google Groups, irc.linux.com #linuxhelp, and nobody has heard of the problem or has a solution. I really don't know who to report this error to, or what information is needed. Can anyone help? I've been a Linux user for about 5 years now, and this is the first problem that I've been clueless to solve in a very long time.
"...Recently renamed.Net My Services". Wow, is that to match the My Network Places, My Computer, My Briefcase? I'd like M$ to kiss.Net My Ass and suck.Net My Cock. There's just so many ways I could rant about this, about how it's just wrong in so many ways. But what the hell good would it do?
I went to the Anime Weekend Atlanta 7 this past Saturday, mainly to see what the folks from Cartoon Network had to say at 2pm. Anyway, it turned out to just be some of the editors and planners for the actual Toonami segments (like with Tom and the Absolution) but they knew enough of what was going on with the schedule. They said that the reason they pulled CB for the week was because someone called and complained about the re-airing of the show on the Thursday following the events of 9-11. If you recall, one of the the episodes had the terrorists that were going around blowing stuff up...just one of those little coincidences and a knee-jerk reaction by someone looking to make life better for everyone becuase they think it best.
Sorry, got to rambling there, but that is the reasoning, straigh from CN.
Ugh, I'm so in the middle of that now.
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Geez, I'm going through that right now. I'm starting my last year at SPSU, but also my first year as a resident assistant in the dorms. After checking in all the students, the next thing we face is helping the newbies with getting set up on the network. Many do know what they're doing, but some (like the ladies and some REALLY dumb freshmen) that just like to plug telephone cords into their NIC's. Anyway, aside from them, it's not too difficult, but we only have 400 residents in 2 dorms, and maybe 50-70% with computers. It's not anyone's duty to help, but most of us do it out of the kindness of our heart (or for the affection of one of the ladies, as the case may be for some single RA's here).
Anyway, the only problem I've seen this year is just the arrogant "freshies" as we lovingly call them. They insist on giving bad advice, plugging things in wrong, using the wrong settings and workgroup, etc. Some love to run Win2k Adv Server, and leave the DNS and WINS services on...
All I have to say is HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
It seems that every bit of protection they [RIAA] come up with (SDMI, SafeAudio), it gets cracked. The article summed it up in one line: "of course most of the CD Freaks visitors are able to bypass the protections, but the average home user will not". Once again, this just proves that they're not preventing people from copying music, but just pissing off the regular buyers/listeners.
That's a good point, and I've thought of that at times as well. Just because it's animated doesn't mean it can't contain some amount of realism or provoke thought. My girlfriend isn't a big anime fan, and can't see why I enjoy DBZ. But when Cartoon Network aired the Tenchi Muyo series, not only was I hooked, but she took a liking to it as well. I ended up purchasing all 3 movies and the OVA boxed set. She watched the movies with me and even enjoyed them, but hasn't seen the uncut OVA yet. As a note, she's 3 years older than me ^_^
I got my DVD, in the tin box, early last week! The official release date was yesterday, the 24th. I got mine from MediaPlay.com ($30), but at the time I ordered it, there was only 1 collectors edition. Then I emailed their customer service department when I found out that there were 2 collector's editions--one in plastic, the other in metal. They promptly emailed me back and told me that I would more than likely be getting the metal tin, since I ordered so early, and before they made notice. Now there's a "Collector's Edition" and a "Special Collector's Edition" on their site. But good luck finding a tin in any retail store. They only produced a limited quantity that was supposedly out of stock due to all the preorders.
Oh, and mine didn't come with any production cell! What gives? I thought the metal box was the "top of the line" for this release? Oh well.
Honestly, as far as exposure is concerned, what does it matter if a series is censored? It's nice to see more diverse anime series on TV than just the kid-friendly type (ie Pokemon). Yeah, CB may be a more mature series, but if it needs to be formatted to American TV standards, then it's fine with me. For example, Sci-Fi channel aired Fatal Fury and Armitage III a few weeks ago. I had thought about picking up the Armitage DVD on several occasions, but I wasn't sure if I'd like it or not. After seeing it (edited of course), I decided that I liked enough to get the DVD afterall. As for Fatal Fury, I deemed it not worth my money. It too was severely edited for nudity, but Sci-Fi just blurred out those specific body areas on the characters on several scenes, instead of deleting them altogether. However, the Card Captor series has gotten a severe re-edit, which completely changed the story and plot of the series--that's taking things too far. I think my point is that as long as it's just censored and not re-edited, it's still good to see it on American TV. Pardon my rabling, but that's my $0.02.
Just as a note, I didn't include that link to AnimeFu. I think that's CmdrTaco's own brand of 'smart tags', added pre-posting to the homepage of course...
Ok, I'm a GA resident, and I'm also a student at a GA university. I am also the head of a student organization, and was recently on several faculty committees that dealt directly with state funds for the university. One thing that I have learned in the past year, is that you don't do squat with university computers or technology without clearing it with the proper authorities first.
This past year, the IT dept. learned that several faculty and staff members had Napster installed on their computers. They learned of this when professors brought in their computers complaining of lack of disk space, and they found out that the grad assistants had installed Napster and proceeded to fill up the hard drives with MP3's. While that in of itself cost money and time for the IT tech's to get rid of the software and "repair" the computer, the bandwidth used to download those files also came from a very limited connection. So between the illegality of the music, and the cost of the download, IT announced that all computers with Napster must have the software uninstalled within 2 weeks of the notice.
In any case, IT argued that these are state computers, not the property of the faculty or staff that use them. So basically, this guy IS screwed if he did not get permission. That's all there is to it.
As an administrator of several web servers (personal and educational), I must say that I've had to patch the IIS servers more times in the past year than the 1 time upgrade of Apache servers. I'm sure that's no surprise to many, but sometimes I consider the horde of flaws in IIS inexcusable.
Anyway, back on topic, I can see Tux as really cool, but how many security nuts out there (including myself) would be willing to run something so integrated with the kernel. Ironically, I could see this being likened to the flaws that IIS has...being so close to the core of the OS.
By the way, it's hard to post when you log in under www.slashdot.org, and the URL's keep bouncing over to slashdot.org....just in case one of you slashdot admins read this.
(I know, bitch bitch, whine whine...)
True, I'm not a lawyer, but I thought that RSA patent had expired? Anyway, we did this over this past summer, as in 2 months ago. Before we set anything up, we looked over the documentation to be sure that everything would be ok. Hell, at the top of Apache-SSL's web page, the first feature says "Free for both commercial and non-commercial use". If they're saying that it's ok to use their copy of SSL, then I don't see where the answer is unclear. Anyway, that's just my $0.02.
As stated in this quote from the bottom of the Apache-SSL page: "Apache-SSL is not mod_ssl There appears to be some confusion regarding Apache-SSL and mod_ssl. To set the record straight: mod_ssl is not a replacement for Apache-SSL - it is an alternative, in the same way that Apache is an
alternative to Netscape/Microsoft servers, or Linux is an alternative to FreeBSD. It is a matter of personal choice as to which you run. mod_ssl is what is known as a 'split' - i.e. it was originally derived from Apache-SSL, but has been extensively redeveloped so the code now bears little relation to the original. Apache-SSL continues to be developed and maintained, our main focus being on reliability, security and performance, rather than features and bells and whistles. I hope this makes things clear. (Adam Laurie)."
Personal Note: Over this past summer, I have had a great deal of experience with Apache-SSL in particular. My employer decided to upgrade our web server from IIS to Apache, and they decided on Apache-SSL. We had some minor problems setting it up, mainly with the daemon not starting/stopping properly when PHP4 was compiled in (we did everything as DSO's). Once we got the server working (after compiling everything as static libraries), all we needed to do was make some certificates. We made all the certificates ourselves and signed the certs for our internal websites. For our external sites, we made the certificates and sent them to VeriSign for "official" signing (that was the only thing we actually needed to pay for). Overall, everything seems to be working quite nicely.
I tried to ask this question a few months ago, but with no luck getting it posted I did some research on my own. I wanted to make a 60GB file server that would give me some insurance on my data. I was close to using the IBM JFS, but kept hearing about ReiserFS and gave it a try. (Heck, sourceforge uses ReiserFS on their servers, so it's good enough for mine.) Anyway, after a little more reading, I realized that ReiserFS doesn't just add journaling to a partition, it also restructures the filesystem into B-trees which can enhance access speeds, and it also adds a bit of encryption to the filesystem since it uses a hashing algorithm to sort the files.
In my opinion, you just get more. I also found the installation and recompile fairly easy to do. I've been using ReiserFS for the past 3 months with absolutely no problems.
So, who posted the bet on how soon it would be before Katz used the term "post-Columbine" in an article about X-Men and geek alienation...somebody's getting paid today...
Looks like the classic Nintendo games never die...they just get resampled ^_^
I'm actually glad to see someone taking an interest in breathing some life back into some of my favorite game tunes--especially since most of the remixes I find are merely MIDI's, and not nearly as exciting to listen to if you don't have a decent sound card for MIDI voices (like my AWE64 gold or a Live128).
I also work for a company that has been using Progress for several years. My boss told me that he's known about this for months, but was unable to say anything ^_^ What I find interesting about all this is that Slashdot only posts the info about MySQL going GPL and teaming up w/ VA Linux, but they say nothing about NuSphere. From the press releases, it sounds like Progress is the company that gave all the $$$ and support for releasing MySQL under the GPL--not to mention an additions $2.5 mil for additional development. C'mon, you gotta give credit where credit is due...
According to somebody who commented on the game at linuxgames.com said that by replacing the MesaVoodooGL.so.3.3 with MesaVoodooGL.so.3.1 from the old q3test 1.08 will fix the problem.
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Yeah, I was one of the faceless posters that spammed /. about the unveiling of IT tomorrow morning, and got my story axed like everyone else. As stated somewhere above, if this many people keep posting about it, then why the fuck wouldn't the news-mongers of Slashdot post it sooner? And why the hell does everyone want to immediately bash the damn thing? Are you really that pissed that it's been over-hyped? I haven't heard anything about it since the first of the year, and had actually forgotten about it until the SouthPark episode the other week.
/.'ers don't either). It worries me that if this does catch on, will we all become bigger fatasses if we stop walking everywhere? I think there's more implications than just changing the world of transportation (if it really does go that far)...
I for one would love to at least try one of these out--looks like it may be fun. The price is way to high for me, and probably for the rest of America for quite some time. On the other hand, I'd like to consider the fact that I don't get much exercise as is (and probably most
Ok, here's more specifics. Thanks for all the replies BTW.
Promise Ultra66 PDC20262
2x Maxtor 96147U8 (hde, hdf)
I can only run 2.4.5 or earlier, all options are the same ones I've used for about a year. I rebuild kernels from the same config file, tweaking new features when neccessary. For the most part, I have the bare minimum options/modules for my system. During the boot, I get about here and then it freezes:
....
PDC20262: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 70
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0e.0
PDC20262: chipset revision 1
PDC20262: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
PDC20262: ROM enabled at 0xeffe0000
PDC20262: (U)DMA Burst Bit ENABLED Primary PCI Mode Secondary PCI Mode.
ide2: BM-DMA at 0xc000-0xc007, BIOS settings: hde:pio, hdf:DMA
ide3: BM-DMA at 0xc008-0xc00f, BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio
hda: WDC WD205AA, ATA DISK drive
hdc: KENWOOD CD-ROM UCR004010 V126E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: SAMSUNG SV2044D, ATA DISK drive
But I should be seeing these, too:
hde: Maxtor 96147U8, ATA DISK drive
hdf: Maxtor 96147H8, ATA DISK drive
I've had a problem with my Promise Ultra66 controller since kernel 2.4.6 and above. Apparently, my system hangs at boot whenever it gets to my Maxtor 60GB drives. So far, not a single kernel update has addressed the problem, and I'm a bit pissed. I've looked on Google, Google Groups, irc.linux.com #linuxhelp, and nobody has heard of the problem or has a solution. I really don't know who to report this error to, or what information is needed. Can anyone help? I've been a Linux user for about 5 years now, and this is the first problem that I've been clueless to solve in a very long time.
"...Recently renamed .Net My Services". Wow, is that to match the My Network Places, My Computer, My Briefcase? I'd like M$ to kiss .Net My Ass and suck .Net My Cock. There's just so many ways I could rant about this, about how it's just wrong in so many ways. But what the hell good would it do?
I went to the Anime Weekend Atlanta 7 this past Saturday, mainly to see what the folks from Cartoon Network had to say at 2pm. Anyway, it turned out to just be some of the editors and planners for the actual Toonami segments (like with Tom and the Absolution) but they knew enough of what was going on with the schedule. They said that the reason they pulled CB for the week was because someone called and complained about the re-airing of the show on the Thursday following the events of 9-11. If you recall, one of the the episodes had the terrorists that were going around blowing stuff up...just one of those little coincidences and a knee-jerk reaction by someone looking to make life better for everyone becuase they think it best.
Sorry, got to rambling there, but that is the reasoning, straigh from CN.
Geez, I'm going through that right now. I'm starting my last year at SPSU, but also my first year as a resident assistant in the dorms. After checking in all the students, the next thing we face is helping the newbies with getting set up on the network. Many do know what they're doing, but some (like the ladies and some REALLY dumb freshmen) that just like to plug telephone cords into their NIC's. Anyway, aside from them, it's not too difficult, but we only have 400 residents in 2 dorms, and maybe 50-70% with computers. It's not anyone's duty to help, but most of us do it out of the kindness of our heart (or for the affection of one of the ladies, as the case may be for some single RA's here).
Anyway, the only problem I've seen this year is just the arrogant "freshies" as we lovingly call them. They insist on giving bad advice, plugging things in wrong, using the wrong settings and workgroup, etc. Some love to run Win2k Adv Server, and leave the DNS and WINS services on...
All I have to say is HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
It seems that every bit of protection they [RIAA] come up with (SDMI, SafeAudio), it gets cracked. The article summed it up in one line: "of course most of the CD Freaks visitors are able to bypass the protections, but the average home user will not". Once again, this just proves that they're not preventing people from copying music, but just pissing off the regular buyers/listeners.
That's a good point, and I've thought of that at times as well. Just because it's animated doesn't mean it can't contain some amount of realism or provoke thought. My girlfriend isn't a big anime fan, and can't see why I enjoy DBZ. But when Cartoon Network aired the Tenchi Muyo series, not only was I hooked, but she took a liking to it as well. I ended up purchasing all 3 movies and the OVA boxed set. She watched the movies with me and even enjoyed them, but hasn't seen the uncut OVA yet. As a note, she's 3 years older than me ^_^
I got my DVD, in the tin box, early last week! The official release date was yesterday, the 24th. I got mine from MediaPlay.com ($30), but at the time I ordered it, there was only 1 collectors edition. Then I emailed their customer service department when I found out that there were 2 collector's editions--one in plastic, the other in metal. They promptly emailed me back and told me that I would more than likely be getting the metal tin, since I ordered so early, and before they made notice. Now there's a "Collector's Edition" and a "Special Collector's Edition" on their site. But good luck finding a tin in any retail store. They only produced a limited quantity that was supposedly out of stock due to all the preorders.
Oh, and mine didn't come with any production cell! What gives? I thought the metal box was the "top of the line" for this release? Oh well.
Honestly, as far as exposure is concerned, what does it matter if a series is censored? It's nice to see more diverse anime series on TV than just the kid-friendly type (ie Pokemon). Yeah, CB may be a more mature series, but if it needs to be formatted to American TV standards, then it's fine with me. For example, Sci-Fi channel aired Fatal Fury and Armitage III a few weeks ago. I had thought about picking up the Armitage DVD on several occasions, but I wasn't sure if I'd like it or not. After seeing it (edited of course), I decided that I liked enough to get the DVD afterall. As for Fatal Fury, I deemed it not worth my money. It too was severely edited for nudity, but Sci-Fi just blurred out those specific body areas on the characters on several scenes, instead of deleting them altogether. However, the Card Captor series has gotten a severe re-edit, which completely changed the story and plot of the series--that's taking things too far.
I think my point is that as long as it's just censored and not re-edited, it's still good to see it on American TV. Pardon my rabling, but that's my $0.02.
Just as a note, I didn't include that link to AnimeFu. I think that's CmdrTaco's own brand of 'smart tags', added pre-posting to the homepage of course...
Ok, I'm a GA resident, and I'm also a student at a GA university. I am also the head of a student organization, and was recently on several faculty committees that dealt directly with state funds for the university. One thing that I have learned in the past year, is that you don't do squat with university computers or technology without clearing it with the proper authorities first.
This past year, the IT dept. learned that several faculty and staff members had Napster installed on their computers. They learned of this when professors brought in their computers complaining of lack of disk space, and they found out that the grad assistants had installed Napster and proceeded to fill up the hard drives with MP3's. While that in of itself cost money and time for the IT tech's to get rid of the software and "repair" the computer, the bandwidth used to download those files also came from a very limited connection. So between the illegality of the music, and the cost of the download, IT announced that all computers with Napster must have the software uninstalled within 2 weeks of the notice.
In any case, IT argued that these are state computers, not the property of the faculty or staff that use them. So basically, this guy IS screwed if he did not get permission. That's all there is to it.
As an administrator of several web servers (personal and educational), I must say that I've had to patch the IIS servers more times in the past year than the 1 time upgrade of Apache servers. I'm sure that's no surprise to many, but sometimes I consider the horde of flaws in IIS inexcusable.
Anyway, back on topic, I can see Tux as really cool, but how many security nuts out there (including myself) would be willing to run something so integrated with the kernel. Ironically, I could see this being likened to the flaws that IIS has...being so close to the core of the OS.
By the way, it's hard to post when you log in under www.slashdot.org, and the URL's keep bouncing over to slashdot.org....just in case one of you slashdot admins read this. (I know, bitch bitch, whine whine...)
Does this mean that I can now feel the little gib-bits of my opponents under my feet when playing Quake3?
Oooooo, that was squishy!
True, I'm not a lawyer, but I thought that RSA patent had expired? Anyway, we did this over this past summer, as in 2 months ago. Before we set anything up, we looked over the documentation to be sure that everything would be ok. Hell, at the top of Apache-SSL's web page, the first feature says "Free for both commercial and non-commercial use". If they're saying that it's ok to use their copy of SSL, then I don't see where the answer is unclear. Anyway, that's just my $0.02.
As stated in this quote from the bottom of the Apache-SSL page:
"Apache-SSL is not mod_ssl
There appears to be some confusion regarding Apache-SSL and mod_ssl. To set the record straight: mod_ssl is not a replacement for Apache-SSL - it is an alternative, in the same way that Apache is an alternative to Netscape/Microsoft servers, or Linux is an alternative to FreeBSD. It is a matter of personal choice as to which you run. mod_ssl is what is known as a 'split' - i.e. it was originally derived from Apache-SSL, but has been extensively redeveloped so the code now bears little relation to the original.
Apache-SSL continues to be developed and maintained, our main focus being on reliability, security and performance, rather than features and bells and whistles. I hope this makes things clear. (Adam Laurie)."
Personal Note: Over this past summer, I have had a great deal of experience with Apache-SSL in particular. My employer decided to upgrade our web server from IIS to Apache, and they decided on Apache-SSL. We had some minor problems setting it up, mainly with the daemon not starting/stopping properly when PHP4 was compiled in (we did everything as DSO's). Once we got the server working (after compiling everything as static libraries), all we needed to do was make some certificates. We made all the certificates ourselves and signed the certs for our internal websites. For our external sites, we made the certificates and sent them to VeriSign for "official" signing (that was the only thing we actually needed to pay for). Overall, everything seems to be working quite nicely.
I tried to ask this question a few months ago, but with no luck getting it posted I did some research on my own. I wanted to make a 60GB file server that would give me some insurance on my data. I was close to using the IBM JFS, but kept hearing about ReiserFS and gave it a try. (Heck, sourceforge uses ReiserFS on their servers, so it's good enough for mine.) Anyway, after a little more reading, I realized that ReiserFS doesn't just add journaling to a partition, it also restructures the filesystem into B-trees which can enhance access speeds, and it also adds a bit of encryption to the filesystem since it uses a hashing algorithm to sort the files.
In my opinion, you just get more. I also found the installation and recompile fairly easy to do. I've been using ReiserFS for the past 3 months with absolutely no problems.
So, who posted the bet on how soon it would be before Katz used the term "post-Columbine" in an article about X-Men and geek alienation...somebody's getting paid today...
Looks like the classic Nintendo games never die...they just get resampled ^_^
I'm actually glad to see someone taking an interest in breathing some life back into some of my favorite game tunes--especially since most of the remixes I find are merely MIDI's, and not nearly as exciting to listen to if you don't have a decent sound card for MIDI voices (like my AWE64 gold or a Live128).
I also work for a company that has been using Progress for several years. My boss told me that he's known about this for months, but was unable to say anything ^_^
What I find interesting about all this is that Slashdot only posts the info about MySQL going GPL and teaming up w/ VA Linux, but they say nothing about NuSphere. From the press releases, it sounds like Progress is the company that gave all the $$$ and support for releasing MySQL under the GPL--not to mention an additions $2.5 mil for additional development.
C'mon, you gotta give credit where credit is due...
According to somebody who commented on the game at linuxgames.com said that by replacing the MesaVoodooGL.so.3.3 with MesaVoodooGL.so.3.1 from the old q3test 1.08 will fix the problem.