Hardware processing power will always get faster. This is more important than elegant code when building commercial applications. It is also one of the more important things I learnt while studying at university. Thankfully GNU code is not designed this way, and hence, it is faster than commercial software.
It's very doubtful the chips would be of similar enough size and have similar enough characteristics to do much about packaging or testing.
Not at the moment. But with a little more miniaturisation and time both CPU and GPU will be merged onto the one chip package. This is a situation where the combined company will have more than a small edge over their rivals. Avoiding the use of (relatively) long transmission wires to communicate across the motherboard bus; speeds will increase beyond anything current technology can offer as higher freqencies will be able to be used. It's all about second year electrical engineering, same thing as communication over telephone lines.
Both nVidia and intel will have to merge to keep up, otherwise they will loose out, leaving the merged ATi/AMD entity ahead of the pack all on their own.
According to the ubuntu-security-announce lists, the current up to date kernel version is 2.6.15-26.44 This was released 3 days ago, before the debian server compromise was announced. According to the zdnet report, this version falls within the exploitable.
I made a mistake in my initial post, slip of finger, 2.6.13* not 2.6.12*
Schulze said the particular Linux vulnerability only
exists in kernel versions:
2.6.13 up to versions before 2.6.17.4
2.6.16 up to versions before 2.6.16.24
Schulze advised admins to upgrade their software if they were
using these versions but said the current stable version of
Debian was not affected as it run kernel 2.6.8.
I guess this means that there are a lot of ubuntu users out there who are vunerable right now... how long for the patch?
Also, the article seems to be a little out. Shouldn't it be just 2.6.12 -> 2.6.17.4 as this includes 2.6.16 -> 2.6.16.24
Hehehe... one of my favorite boredom-killing past times is to open a gnutella client and search for p*.jpg or *.doc or *.xls... you might be surprised as what people are stupid enough to share!
Thanks! You've just entertained me for an evening.
Here in Australia similar things happen. ISPs forward emails to users whos IP has been identified by the the "so-called owners" of data. Further action beyond this is unheard of.
They'd (US oil barons) create an enemy that no one could see (terrorists) and declare war on weaker nations (iraq) and plunder their resources to improve their bottom line (profit).
ISPs have very strict AUPs, and will probably kill the cheap accounts rather than risk a lawsuit. Realistically speaking, if I were running an ISP, I'd do the same thing.
If the ISP gets paid by other networks to recieve data from the ISP then the ISP might think twice about closing accounts that create large amount of revenue for it.
I don't know what your budget is, but computers have become a commodity, laptops included (though a tad more expensive).
At this current point in time we are experiencing a tilt towards laptops becoming cheaper than desktops. With nearly all compaonents being made in China one of the larger remaining overhead costs that cannot be reduced is shipping. Desktops takeup more space than laptops, therefore they cost more to transport. The commoditisation of computers will finally see the laptop become cheaper than the desktop.
The worst thing about the ad is that it does not tell me anything about Open Office except that it is free, runs on windows/mac, and is an office suite.
Surely that in itself is enough to generate interest from the inquisitive mind. Viral marketing takes over from there. From memory firefox spent a lot more than $10K on its advertising adventure.
What is probably the worst thing of all is that Open Office is both slower and less stable than Microsoft Office. Really I'm not quite sure why anyone would switch other than price. If they advertise themselves now when the product is less than ready for full time, they risk leaving the public in general with the impression that Open Office is inferior to Microsoft Office and always will be. Whereas if they waited until the product was superior to office they would have a better chance at making/keeping converts.
No doubt that it lags MS office in a number of departments. Speed is becoming much less of an issue as processor speed increases. As for bugs... well, in my experience they are minimal. I find myself alongside joe six-pack in finding it easier to download and use OO instead of searching for the warezed MS version that doesn't require 1000 levels of serial number authentication. The biggest issue with OO is macro conversion, and joe-six-pack doesn't use macros all that often.
And this is why the "Pirate Party" will never be taken seriously. There are legitmate organizations like the EFF, etc., that are all for copyright overhaul.
The "Pirate Party" has a much more catchy name than the EFF. It's all about marketing...
The merging of church and state is also very worrying. The republicans use religious arguments for
Wait for the next thing. The Democrats are about to treat environmentalism like a religion in the same way Bush has been using jesus; if they can score enough votes next election... watch their campain for this.
Sooner or later India and China will have a larger say in global economics, and their positions on these topics will carry more weight. I wonder what things will be like when other countries don't bend so easily to the will of the U.S.
The final winner of power in the IP race is the one who enforces the laws last. When governing bodies allow free and open access to copy anything (by turning a blind eye to infringment) industries can leran to develop their own "in-house" products at a much faster rate with less reliance on foreign/extrenal entities. Instead of using resources to fund fat rich americans they use their resources to educate their own. By educating their own they have the ability to achieve a greater level of knowledge and hence technological superiority.
The issue with fluffy holloywood IP (including computer games, is that it is mostly propaganda designed (directy or indirectly) to control large portions of the population. If you can control what people see and hear, then you can control the armies and slaves. Naturally, the more people you can control, the larger your armies and slave-force will be and hence more power. IP is a path to global domination as old as civilisation itself. Once upon a time, army recuits and slaves would to go to open theatres (think ancient Rome, Greece, Egypt, etc) to be "entertained" and it was here that they would get their dose of mind controlling propaganda. With the advent of the printing press, movie theatres, radio and televison control of the slaves and armies was greatly increased as more potential recruits could be treated with propaganda which would encourage them to do the bidding of thy masters...
Technology allows new forms of entertainment/propaganda with the potential to reach greater numbers than ever before. Most of the worlds power brokers already relise this and by ignoring IP laws they are working to build their own propaganda machine which they can use to control their own armies and slave-forces... history repeats itslef!!!!
I've actually taken this a step farther. I've pieced together a RAID 1 array, using an old computer, stuffed with a high powered power supply and lots of 400 gig harddrives. (They are cheap. Yes, I know there are bigger drives, but I can afford $150 out of a paycheck easier than $400+.) I have about 2 terabytes so far, but I figure that with PCI expansion cards, I can get up to almost 3 terabytes, with fairly secure data, easily. If you want to ommit the redundency, you can hit 6 terrabytes+.
Redundancy and growing an array is now possible with RADI5 under linux. The cost is minimal and diminishes with more disks as you only require one spare disk to provide the redundancy.
I'm in the process of disposing of all my CDs as everything I need is safe on my RAID5 back-up server.
To find anything just required a quick search function. If the item is an audio CD ripped to FLAC then I que it up, if the item is an data CD then I mount the image file... My storage space has reduced from several large bookshelves full of CDs down to one small box... As for power consumption, I live in a cold sub-zero-celcius environment and any extra heating is welcome!!!
Where have you been over the last 10 years? A studio is all wrapped up in a PC today. Expensive... hehehe... yeah right. Anyone can do it at home.
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...but linux is anti-american... if you support linux then you support terrorism/communisim... in fact if you support linux you support everything and anything that isn't american,,,
I did the simple thing, I educated everyone in my neighbourhood about "file sharing"... I ran big classes at a local gathering called a "LAN party"... now all the local kids love to share their toys.
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I'm not an economics major, but all the capitalists I've ever talked to seem to love the whole idea of "the market will solve".
In a true free market there would be no copyright. Copyright is actually an artificial monopoly placed inside a free market economy. The only true free market economy in recent years has been china, with its tollerance for copying everything and anything... and some americans still believe that they live in a capitalist society... bugga me with a barge pole... propaganda is really powerfull eh?
Americans will soon be forced to live like North Koreans... force-fed bullshit and lies... hey, isn't that what goes on now?!?!?
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Hardware processing power will always get faster. This is more important than elegant code when building commercial applications. It is also one of the more important things I learnt while studying at university. Thankfully GNU code is not designed this way, and hence, it is faster than commercial software.
Not at the moment. But with a little more miniaturisation and time both CPU and GPU will be merged onto the one chip package. This is a situation where the combined company will have more than a small edge over their rivals. Avoiding the use of (relatively) long transmission wires to communicate across the motherboard bus; speeds will increase beyond anything current technology can offer as higher freqencies will be able to be used. It's all about second year electrical engineering, same thing as communication over telephone lines.
Both nVidia and intel will have to merge to keep up, otherwise they will loose out, leaving the merged ATi/AMD entity ahead of the pack all on their own.
without strict enforcement of IP vaccine development is possible...
with strict enforcement of IP vaccine development is not possible...
but then again, this is slashdot and i am preeching to the converted...
thank goodness for the bill and melida gates foundation.
According to the ubuntu-security-announce lists, the current up to date kernel version is 2.6.15-26.44 This was released 3 days ago, before the debian server compromise was announced. According to the zdnet report, this version falls within the exploitable.
I made a mistake in my initial post, slip of finger, 2.6.13* not 2.6.12*
I guess this means that there are a lot of ubuntu users out there who are vunerable right now... how long for the patch?
Also, the article seems to be a little out. Shouldn't it be just 2.6.12 -> 2.6.17.4 as this includes 2.6.16 -> 2.6.16.24
Thanks! You've just entertained me for an evening.
Here in Australia similar things happen. ISPs forward emails to users whos IP has been identified by the the "so-called owners" of data. Further action beyond this is unheard of.
They'd (US oil barons) create an enemy that no one could see (terrorists) and declare war on weaker nations (iraq) and plunder their resources to improve their bottom line (profit).
If the ISP gets paid by other networks to recieve data from the ISP then the ISP might think twice about closing accounts that create large amount of revenue for it.
Knock yourself out! Here is a video of the incident.
At this current point in time we are experiencing a tilt towards laptops becoming cheaper than desktops. With nearly all compaonents being made in China one of the larger remaining overhead costs that cannot be reduced is shipping. Desktops takeup more space than laptops, therefore they cost more to transport. The commoditisation of computers will finally see the laptop become cheaper than the desktop.
Surely that in itself is enough to generate interest from the inquisitive mind. Viral marketing takes over from there. From memory firefox spent a lot more than $10K on its advertising adventure.
No doubt that it lags MS office in a number of departments. Speed is becoming much less of an issue as processor speed increases. As for bugs... well, in my experience they are minimal. I find myself alongside joe six-pack in finding it easier to download and use OO instead of searching for the warezed MS version that doesn't require 1000 levels of serial number authentication. The biggest issue with OO is macro conversion, and joe-six-pack doesn't use macros all that often.
The "Pirate Party" has a much more catchy name than the EFF. It's all about marketing...
Wait for the next thing. The Democrats are about to treat environmentalism like a religion in the same way Bush has been using jesus; if they can score enough votes next election... watch their campain for this.
The final winner of power in the IP race is the one who enforces the laws last. When governing bodies allow free and open access to copy anything (by turning a blind eye to infringment) industries can leran to develop their own "in-house" products at a much faster rate with less reliance on foreign/extrenal entities. Instead of using resources to fund fat rich americans they use their resources to educate their own. By educating their own they have the ability to achieve a greater level of knowledge and hence technological superiority.
The issue with fluffy holloywood IP (including computer games, is that it is mostly propaganda designed (directy or indirectly) to control large portions of the population. If you can control what people see and hear, then you can control the armies and slaves. Naturally, the more people you can control, the larger your armies and slave-force will be and hence more power. IP is a path to global domination as old as civilisation itself. Once upon a time, army recuits and slaves would to go to open theatres (think ancient Rome, Greece, Egypt, etc) to be "entertained" and it was here that they would get their dose of mind controlling propaganda. With the advent of the printing press, movie theatres, radio and televison control of the slaves and armies was greatly increased as more potential recruits could be treated with propaganda which would encourage them to do the bidding of thy masters...
Technology allows new forms of entertainment/propaganda with the potential to reach greater numbers than ever before. Most of the worlds power brokers already relise this and by ignoring IP laws they are working to build their own propaganda machine which they can use to control their own armies and slave-forces... history repeats itslef!!!!
Redundancy and growing an array is now possible with RADI5 under linux. The cost is minimal and diminishes with more disks as you only require one spare disk to provide the redundancy.
Link here
The poster doesn't want binders...
I'm in the process of disposing of all my CDs as everything I need is safe on my RAID5 back-up server.
To find anything just required a quick search function. If the item is an audio CD ripped to FLAC then I que it up, if the item is an data CD then I mount the image file... My storage space has reduced from several large bookshelves full of CDs down to one small box... As for power consumption, I live in a cold sub-zero-celcius environment and any extra heating is welcome!!!
A SAN would be. This is what the OP is asking about.
Where have you been over the last 10 years? A studio is all wrapped up in a PC today. Expensive... hehehe... yeah right. Anyone can do it at home.
...but linux is anti-american...
if you support linux then you support terrorism/communisim... in fact if you support linux you support everything and anything that isn't american,,,
some people actually believe that crap.
so am i, so am i...
I did the simple thing, I educated everyone in my neighbourhood about "file sharing"... I ran big classes at a local gathering called a "LAN party"... now all the local kids love to share their toys.
In a true free market there would be no copyright. Copyright is actually an artificial monopoly placed inside a free market economy. The only true free market economy in recent years has been china, with its tollerance for copying everything and anything... and some americans still believe that they live in a capitalist society... bugga me with a barge pole... propaganda is really powerfull eh?
Americans will soon be forced to live like North Koreans... force-fed bullshit and lies... hey, isn't that what goes on now?!?!?
Microsoft allowed their operating system to be copied freely. This in itself is a form of viral advertising. This is well known.
Here's some info from the mplayer homepage which should allow you to transcode your avi files to mpg for VCD:
m inrate=1152:vbitrate=1152:vrc_maxrate=1152:acodec= mp2:abitrate=224 -ofps 25 -o movie.mpg movie.avi
m inrate=1152:vbitrate=1152:vrc_maxrate=1152:acodec= mp2:abitrate=224 -ofps 30000/1001 -o movie.mpg movie.avi
/dev/hdc videocd.cue
PAL VCD
mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=xvcd -vf scale=352:288,harddup -srate 44100 -af lavcresample=44100 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video:keyint=15:vrc_buf_size=327:vrc_
NTSC VCD
mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=xvcd -vf scale=352:240,harddup -srate 44100 -af lavcresample=44100 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video:keyint=18:vrc_buf_size=327:vrc_
You then convert the mpg to VCD image using vcdimager
vcdimager movie.mpg
This creates vidoecd.bin and videocd.cue
Then use cdrdao to write the whole thing to CD
cdrdao write --device
As for custom menus in linux... is there a way?