Shall we dig up the Linux Kernel 1.x series and point and laugh?
My first Linux kernel was 1.0.9. I don't remember anything funny about it. I'm sure I didn't have to reboot the system to change the IP address. That kernel could not boot on one of my computers, but once it was running, I could not crash it. Kernel panic was usually caused by new hardware. I don't remember any sudden panic during e.g. compilation.
What was your first kernel and what was so funny about it?
Competition implies that the OSS community is tied up in a
parry-and-jab with MS, which we most definately are not -- why else
would we be so eager to interoperate with Windows boxen, even when it
means trying to adhere to MS's broken "standards"?
Sorry, but this argument is complete garbage. Let's see how
Merriam-Webster defines competition:
1 : the act or process of competing : RIVALRY: as a : the effort of two or more
parties acting independently to secure the business of a third party by offering
the most favorable terms b : active demand by two or more organisms or kinds of
organisms for some environmental resource in short supply 2 : a contest between rivals; also : one's competitors <faced tough
competition>
"Offering the most favorable terms" could include providing
interoperability with the customers of the competitor.
Whether it is done is a question of tactic, not the
question of whether the competition takes place or not.
While it's hard to speak of the open source / free software
community as a competitior due to lack of organization, several
companies such as Mandrake are directly competing against Microsoft for
the desktop market. They do have their tactic and can change it if they want.
The act of copying would happen on the server side. If copyright
restricts copying (as opposed to possession of the copy without
permission of the copyright holder), then the server admin is in
trouble.
I believe that was the argument in the MP3.com case.
It would be hard to dock to the rotating station. The solar batteries would have to rotate all the time to point to the Sun. It would be hard to point scientific instruments to the Earth. Some experiments require microgravity.
Rotating station may be a better place to live, but it would be a less interesting and useful place to work.
Very simple. Set threshold to -1. Now we see following:
First musical post! -1
Penis hoooooo!! -1
post for osama -1
very nice but can it overtake DivX? +3
The trend is clear - the first on-topic message is moderated up regardless of how dumb it is. I don't have an exhaustive explanation, but I guess it has to do with the deluge of off-topic posts and the deficit of the moderation points. Having one point, 3 offtopic posts and one on-topic post, it's "cheaper" to moderate up the on-topic post than to give the idiots what they deserve.
That is no mod point deficit on kuro5hin, and that results in much better moderation. It's darn hard to stay near 5 points if everybody can rate you down. And it's a good thing IMHO.
I cannot care less about American music, but I do care about laws, because they would affect me as long as I live in the United States.
I don't want my right to use my computer to be restricted because of Moby's fans swapping songs and because of people like you, who call it stealing. Copyright infridgement is not theft. Theft existed before laws. Copyright infringement is by definition a violation of copyright laws. Those laws exist because lawmakers consider them reasonable now, but lawmakers can change their opinion and the US citizens can change their lawmakers.
Violation of the existing law is immoral because it creates an unfair advantage for those who violate it over those who obey it. On the other hand, I respect those who defy unfair laws openly, because they accept a huge disadvantage of being at risk of prosecution.
Calling copyright infringement theft would be an insult for those who a struggling for our freedom. I'm not talking about fans, I'm talking about those who RIAA and MPAA really want to jail.
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The first on-topic comment that doesn't pretend
to be funny and doesn't contain obscenities is always moderated as insightful,
no matter how dumb it is:-(
The expected result is an error message from their SQL server.
Invalid input from the web should not be parsed by the
SQL server, because it makes it possible for the intruder to
construct random queries or even SQL commands (update, drop etc).
It wasn't my intention to provide a working exploit.
Do it yourself if you are strong in SQL.
If you want to see real CIDS, go talk to people who make and use military
encryption devices. (shake some of them too hard and they electrically
self-destruct -- they erase their tiny little brain.)
And some devices erase the tiny little brain of the intruder as well.
PTC was founded by Russian emigrants and almost everybody there
are people from Russia. Yet Lockheed Martin uses their product (Pro/E).
I know that because I had an HP workstation formerly used by Lockheed Martin,
and they forgot to clean up the hard drive! If some people are
afraid of malicious open source, what can those Russians put
into the closed source code?
Just because Pro/E runs on Linux now, it is not safer. Unless a
team of qualified programmers
can audit the code, I would not do any work on it, if it's related to
defence and national security.
And what happens if that organization pays some developer money for working on the project, but he just does nothing or works on something unrelated, i.e. adds a new cool feature instead of writing user-friendly documentation? Who is going to punish the developer and on which grounds? The question becomes especially interesting, if the developer and the fund reside in different countries.
As far as I know, FSF had this problem - they paid some company in Russia for writing GNU SQL server. I heard this in 1996. GNU SQL server is still not ready (last version was released in 1998), the money is gone.
Schrodinger's equation doesn't rule out electron capture in some isotopes. The solution of the equation depends on the forces you take into account. Did you notice the emission line corresponding to the transitions from Kr-81 to Br-81? No? Just because you don't see it, it doesn't mean it's impossible - it can be a very rare event.
Even if the hydrino theory is bogus, let's use valid arguments.
If you only take the electro-magnetic force into account, then it's impossible. If you introduce some other force, it's possible. Some atoms, such as Kr-81 can actually partly "collapse" - it's called "electron capture" and is caused by the Weak Force. This is not possible for hydrogen, because the resulting neutron would be heavier that the original atom. We don't know any such force that would result in a lower energetic state for hydrogen.
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What was your first kernel and what was so funny about it?
While it's hard to speak of the open source / free software community as a competitior due to lack of organization, several companies such as Mandrake are directly competing against Microsoft for the desktop market. They do have their tactic and can change it if they want.
Then I'll use an "improperly setup" browser. Software should be on the side of the users, or the users will choose other software.
The act of copying would happen on the server side. If copyright restricts copying (as opposed to possession of the copy without permission of the copyright holder), then the server admin is in trouble. I believe that was the argument in the MP3.com case.
Nope. He got married. The so-called editors cannot be bothered to check links.
Robert Love is. Ransom Love is not a kernel developer.
Trying 209.242.124.241...
Connected to goatse.cx (209.242.124.241).
Escape character is '^]'.
SSH-2.0-3.1.0 SSH Secure Shell (non-commercial)
What a pity, it's not OpenSSH! I'm sorry, I cannot upgrade that hole remotely.
Rotating station may be a better place to live, but it would be a less interesting and useful place to work.
The trend is clear - the first on-topic message is moderated up regardless of how dumb it is. I don't have an exhaustive explanation, but I guess it has to do with the deluge of off-topic posts and the deficit of the moderation points. Having one point, 3 offtopic posts and one on-topic post, it's "cheaper" to moderate up the on-topic post than to give the idiots what they deserve.
That is no mod point deficit on kuro5hin, and that results in much better moderation. It's darn hard to stay near 5 points if everybody can rate you down. And it's a good thing IMHO.
I don't want my right to use my computer to be restricted because of Moby's fans swapping songs and because of people like you, who call it stealing. Copyright infridgement is not theft. Theft existed before laws. Copyright infringement is by definition a violation of copyright laws. Those laws exist because lawmakers consider them reasonable now, but lawmakers can change their opinion and the US citizens can change their lawmakers.
Violation of the existing law is immoral because it creates an unfair advantage for those who violate it over those who obey it. On the other hand, I respect those who defy unfair laws openly, because they accept a huge disadvantage of being at risk of prosecution.
Calling copyright infringement theft would be an insult for those who a struggling for our freedom. I'm not talking about fans, I'm talking about those who RIAA and MPAA really want to jail.
In A.D. 2002 ....
War was beginning.
Captain: What happen ?
Sysadmin: Somebody set up us the link
Operator: We get http request
Captain: What !
Operator: Main screen turn on
Captain: It's You !!
CmdrTaco: How are you gentlemen !!
CmdrTaco: All your base are belong to us
CmdrTaco: You are on the way to slashdotting
Captain: What you say !!
CmdrTaco: You have no chance to survive make your time
CmdrTaco: HA HA HA HA
Captain: Take off every 'zig'
Captain: You know what you doing
Captain: Move 'zig'
Captain: For great justice
If it's really dumb, it's moderated down later.
It wasn't my intention to provide a working exploit. Do it yourself if you are strong in SQL.
And by the way, it's fun to play with their SQL server
Be happy you are not Dick
Google is your friend
Just because Pro/E runs on Linux now, it is not safer. Unless a team of qualified programmers can audit the code, I would not do any work on it, if it's related to defence and national security.
It can make you blind.
As far as I know, FSF had this problem - they paid some company in Russia for writing GNU SQL server. I heard this in 1996. GNU SQL server is still not ready (last version was released in 1998), the money is gone.
The article is about open source, not about free software. Open source is about better products, not about freedom, and that ideology can be flawed.
Even if the hydrino theory is bogus, let's use valid arguments.
If you only take the electro-magnetic force into account, then it's impossible. If you introduce some other force, it's possible. Some atoms, such as Kr-81 can actually partly "collapse" - it's called "electron capture" and is caused by the Weak Force. This is not possible for hydrogen, because the resulting neutron would be heavier that the original atom. We don't know any such force that would result in a lower energetic state for hydrogen.
Disney World also sacrifices some of its paying customers to ensure the rest of them have a quality experience. And so does SixFlags.
I saw a blogging dummy in the restroom today.