This sounds like a really good thing, so I wanted to try it. I downloaded the package and ran it according to the instructions. It gets to the "Resolving inter-package dependencies..." phase in a few seconds, but then it just stays there, using 100% cpu. Is it really supposed to take that long? I have waited for around 45 minutes before killing it, should I wait longer? This is a 1.8 GHz, so it is fairly fast.
Also check out the news page over at the mplayer homepage. The latest release, 0.60pre1, is supposed to play mov format. A snip from the changes:
... support for new fileformats (Quicktime MOV, VIVO v1/v2 and Autodesk FLI/FLC) ...
I haven't tested mov yet, but mplayer is great for avi, divx etc.
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Just get the latest kde rpms from the rawhide dir on the RedHat ftp. When attempting to install those you will be told which other packages to upgrade, and you can get those as well from there.
The difference being that nowadays, I cant think of a single application that could need 6.6 GB/sec of bus bandwidth, other than really, really intensive data collection.
How about 10 Gbit ethernet? A few such interfaces should put some load on the bus, so maybe a router working with 10 Gbit could need the bandwidth.
As you say yourself the CVS snapshot is more recent than the beta. If you want to run beta/unstable code you should want to run the very latest version. In this case the CVS snapshot should be more stable than the beta since it should contain some fixes of bugs found in the beta.
Just normal IP multicast does not have any guaranteed delivery, so that is not good enough if you need to have a recieved copy where every bit is exactly the same as the original. For that you need Reliable Multicast, a protocol placed above IP multicast that takes care of retransmissions etc.
There is actualy some atempts at distributed filesystems using multicast, one example is JetFile. I guess something like this could be used to sync ftp mirrors etc.
I guess I really should ignore your answer, since it can't possibly be serious...:o)
One good example is the computer labs at schools. A lot of computers and a lot of students where the goal of the many students is to install the latest game and waste time playing it. If it is possible to boot from floppy, then a student with some computer skills could boot from floppy and then install their OS and game of choice on the computer. This means that the computer support at the school will have to spend time reinstalling everything, and those (few) students that want to do real work cannot use those computers.
This is only one, rather silly, example, but there are many other scenarios I could invent.
This is obvious, but if there is any need to protect the data from people that have physical access to the computer, then there are some things that must be done. Such as turning off the ability to boot from floppy, and protecting the bios with a password. And don't forget to lock the box securely.
If you read the article again you will see that is states that Sokolevs writings are on his ftp site, and there is also a link to the ftp site. I seems to be slashdoted already, so try here instead.
I remember reading somewhere about how many years data would be readable on a few different storage medias, such as CD, floppy, tape and paper. I remember that the CD would only last a few years or something like that, and they would absolutely not last 50000 years.
Will they last longer in space, or is there something else they will do to make them stay readable?
Did they tell you anything that they need to keep a secret during the interview? If they didn't, then there was no reason for a NDA. If a 'commercial entity' needs to tell the potential employees something about the new secret product they are developing to find out if the person will want to work there, then there is a reason for a NDA.
It is not a question about how much secrect information the company has access to, it is a question about how much they need to tell you during the interview.
Is it really a problem that the software doesn't download the files? If they never check the contents of the file they can't possibly have a case against the users, can they?
"And then they have the gall to use the holy word 'copyright' to try to maintain their slipping control," Torvalds says. "That, I consider to be immoral. Go, Metallica. Die, RIAA."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Linux use to have some problems with running on lots of cpus? Like in one, two or four cpus was ok, but more didn't really gain anything. Is this fixed now?
This may seem as a good idea as you first look at it, but there are some small chances that it could be abused.
Everything would be fine while people simply play with the bots, have them run around in circles and crush small stones and things like that. But I'm sure that someone would eventually come to think about using the bots for evil deeds (someone always does, even earplugs can be used for evil). It is not clearly obvious what evil deeds the nuclear-powered death bots could do, but a twisted mind can think of anything...
I guess this could be used to really make sites like Slashdot personalized. This would go further then simply comment moderation. The site would learn what stories, comments etc that the user reads and thus is intrested in. New stories and comments that match those that the user spent time on earlier would receive a bonus and would be presented to the user prior to those that don't match.
This would go further then simply checking the section the news belons to, it would also check the contents of the story. And regarding posts it could check things like contents and who made the post.
I don't know very much about AI, but I seem to remember something about an AI having the capability to learn and draw conclusions from experiences. If that is so, would it not be possible to make a program that scans all the pages the user visits and then based on that information 'improves' the hits on searches to be more intresting to the user, and maybe goes out on the web and finds pages to recommend to the user.
The recomendations and hits would then improve the more the program learns about the user. It would also see what recomendations the user follows and learn from that.
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This sounds like a really good thing, so I wanted to try it. I downloaded the package and ran it according to the instructions. It gets to the "Resolving inter-package dependencies..." phase in a few seconds, but then it just stays there, using 100% cpu. Is it really supposed to take that long? I have waited for around 45 minutes before killing it, should I wait longer? This is a 1.8 GHz, so it is fairly fast.
Also check out the news page over at the mplayer homepage. The latest release, 0.60pre1, is supposed to play mov format. A snip from the changes:
I haven't tested mov yet, but mplayer is great for avi, divx etc.
Just get the latest kde rpms from the rawhide dir on the RedHat ftp. When attempting to install those you will be told which other packages to upgrade, and you can get those as well from there.
I think there is only one image there. The other images look like copies of the first one, as if it was tiled.
How about 10 Gbit ethernet? A few such interfaces should put some load on the bus, so maybe a router working with 10 Gbit could need the bandwidth.
As you say yourself the CVS snapshot is more recent than the beta. If you want to run beta/unstable code you should want to run the very latest version. In this case the CVS snapshot should be more stable than the beta since it should contain some fixes of bugs found in the beta.
Is this the place you are talking about?
It is the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi, in the nothern part of Sweden.
Just normal IP multicast does not have any guaranteed delivery, so that is not good enough if you need to have a recieved copy where every bit is exactly the same as the original. For that you need Reliable Multicast, a protocol placed above IP multicast that takes care of retransmissions etc.
There is actualy some atempts at distributed filesystems using multicast, one example is JetFile. I guess something like this could be used to sync ftp mirrors etc.
I guess I really should ignore your answer, since it can't possibly be serious... :o)
One good example is the computer labs at schools. A lot of computers and a lot of students where the goal of the many students is to install the latest game and waste time playing it. If it is possible to boot from floppy, then a student with some computer skills could boot from floppy and then install their OS and game of choice on the computer. This means that the computer support at the school will have to spend time reinstalling everything, and those (few) students that want to do real work cannot use those computers.
This is only one, rather silly, example, but there are many other scenarios I could invent.
This is obvious, but if there is any need to protect the data from people that have physical access to the computer, then there are some things that must be done. Such as turning off the ability to boot from floppy, and protecting the bios with a password. And don't forget to lock the box securely.
I think my thoughts can be listed as only one item.
If you read the article again you will see that is states that Sokolevs writings are on his ftp site, and there is also a link to the ftp site. I seems to be slashdoted already, so try here instead.
I remember reading somewhere about how many years data would be readable on a few different storage medias, such as CD, floppy, tape and paper. I remember that the CD would only last a few years or something like that, and they would absolutely not last 50000 years.
Will they last longer in space, or is there something else they will do to make them stay readable?
That is 205540. It is the number of IP's, not the subnet.
Did they tell you anything that they need to keep a secret during the interview? If they didn't, then there was no reason for a NDA. If a 'commercial entity' needs to tell the potential employees something about the new secret product they are developing to find out if the person will want to work there, then there is a reason for a NDA.
It is not a question about how much secrect information the company has access to, it is a question about how much they need to tell you during the interview.
Wouldn't this give a new meaning to the concept of computer virus?
Is it really a problem that the software doesn't download the files? If they never check the contents of the file they can't possibly have a case against the users, can they?
Mozilla/static/x86/linux is like 7MB compiled/gzipped. I wish they would Bzip2 the bastards.
Not a huge difference, and since most people are used to gzip I don't think the difference in size is enough to make them use bzip2.
One could assume that the virus would FIRST duplicate itself, and THEN fix the register. :o)
And media sales is the main revenue of distribution makers.
I don't know much about this, but doesn't Redhat make a lot of money from selling support?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Linux use to have some problems with running on lots of cpus? Like in one, two or four cpus was ok, but more didn't really gain anything. Is this fixed now?
This may seem as a good idea as you first look at it, but there are some small chances that it could be abused.
Everything would be fine while people simply play with the bots, have them run around in circles and crush small stones and things like that. But I'm sure that someone would eventually come to think about using the bots for evil deeds (someone always does, even earplugs can be used for evil). It is not clearly obvious what evil deeds the nuclear-powered death bots could do, but a twisted mind can think of anything...
I guess this could be used to really make sites like Slashdot personalized. This would go further then simply comment moderation. The site would learn what stories, comments etc that the user reads and thus is intrested in. New stories and comments that match those that the user spent time on earlier would receive a bonus and would be presented to the user prior to those that don't match.
This would go further then simply checking the section the news belons to, it would also check the contents of the story. And regarding posts it could check things like contents and who made the post.
I don't know very much about AI, but I seem to remember something about an AI having the capability to learn and draw conclusions from experiences. If that is so, would it not be possible to make a program that scans all the pages the user visits and then based on that information 'improves' the hits on searches to be more intresting to the user, and maybe goes out on the web and finds pages to recommend to the user.
The recomendations and hits would then improve the more the program learns about the user. It would also see what recomendations the user follows and learn from that.