MS-DOS was the OS of choice because it
was impossible for a hacker to do
anything remotely
Ever heard of Denial of Service Attack?
You don't need to control the system
remotely - just send a malformed macket
and watch it die.
Besides, exploing a buffer overflow could
allow the attacker to upload some code
that would overwrite memory with the contents
of some special packets. The attacker
could even install another OS over the net this way:-)
Cause - You throw a dart at a map of the United States.
Effect - Much of the nation can't access broadband if they wanted to.
Solution - For the love of God, DON'T THROW THAT DART!
The better comparison would be between the jewelry shop on 51st and 5th vs the guy on the corner in Times Square selling jewelry. One is clearly legal, whereas the other isn't.
Both are legal unless they are convicted by a court of law (IANAL).
It's much more likely that something will be misreported
to a regular (not hijacked) flight. You might dislike
Sears Towers, but misreporting its location is not a solution.
What you described is how it works now - distributors have to create separate drivers for different distributions. Then modprobe loads the driver for the currently running kernel.
UDI addresses portability between different OSes.
The question that started this thread is about
binary compatibility for drivers (i.e. kernel
modules) between different kernel versions used
by different Linux distributions.
They really would be happy if nobody had computers at all, wouldn't they?
Of course not. If programmed "properly", computers could
give them total control over the user. If they what to change
per-view - they could just add a tag to the film/song/whatever,
and the "approved" software would transfer money from the user's
account. They could go as far as to charge different price in
different locales. Say, people in New York City would pay more than
people in rural Idaho. Moreover, they could give you rebate for
watching ads.
They can make more money by exploiting our computers.
That's why they want "certified" systems - to control what the computer users can do with the equipment they (the users) paid for.
Make copyright non transferable, and limit it to at most life+10.
This would unfairly benefit those who live longer. This rule also cannot
be applied to corporations. I think a fixed term, say, 15 years,
is much more reasonable, and I don't care if the copyright
is transferrable or not.
If you make something really good, copyright it, and 15 years passes,
it's time for you to do something else. And if you want to save
something for the retirement, there are always ways to deposit
your money. Copyright should not be a pension.
However, if the Sun was in a "bad place" of
the galaxy during the last 4.5 billion
years, the oceans would have evaporated.
We are very lucky that the Sun has never
been in a dense branch of the galaxy.
I have reports confirming that this driver works on Sharp Zaurus with Symbol Spectrum24 and Socket Communications' CF cards.
This is a modified orinoco_cs driver with firmware loader. It supports wireless extensions. I use it on i386 and ARM systems every day without any problems.
If you have a TV set and live in Germany,
you have to pay a TV tax. This still involves privacy
invasion, because the inspectors can come to my house
and check if I have a TV.
The whole article was copied from http://bero.org/gcc296.html.
The coward didn't even change relative links, so they are broken. Those who moderated it as Informative
obviously didn't check the links.
Besides, posting of clear text mailto: URLs on Slashdot should be considered unacceptable. That guy gets enough spam already, why not link to his homepage instead?
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Besides, exploing a buffer overflow could allow the attacker to upload some code that would overwrite memory with the contents of some special packets. The attacker could even install another OS over the net this way :-)
It's much more likely that something will be misreported to a regular (not hijacked) flight. You might dislike Sears Towers, but misreporting its location is not a solution.
Just because nobody uses something legitimately, it doesn't mean that nobody will use it maliciously.
What you described is how it works now - distributors have to create separate drivers for different distributions. Then modprobe loads the driver for the currently running kernel.
UDI addresses portability between different OSes. The question that started this thread is about binary compatibility for drivers (i.e. kernel modules) between different kernel versions used by different Linux distributions.
Corporations write software. Corporations make films. Corporations release documents. All of them can be copyrighted.
Same with a clickable link
They can make more money by exploiting our computers. That's why they want "certified" systems - to control what the computer users can do with the equipment they (the users) paid for.
If you make something really good, copyright it, and 15 years passes, it's time for you to do something else. And if you want to save something for the retirement, there are always ways to deposit your money. Copyright should not be a pension.
The article says so, not me.
They are not purely OS companies. Neither are Microsoft, Apple, Palm and WindRiver. QNX may count, but they are not as big as RedHat AFAIK.
However, if the Sun was in a "bad place" of the galaxy during the last 4.5 billion years, the oceans would have evaporated. We are very lucky that the Sun has never been in a dense branch of the galaxy.
You think Microsoft doesn't have any business in Germany? Learn to read.
Perhaps you should visit a party for embedded developers. Real men use real ftp.
Zaurus uses StrongARM. Palm uses Motorola Dragonball.
Google is your friend.
But how did the customer know whether IsAFuckingIdiot is 0 or 1 in their environment? It looks like they were upset about their own assumption.
Actually, there were two jokes, of which you only got the first one.
This is a modified orinoco_cs driver with firmware loader. It supports wireless extensions. I use it on i386 and ARM systems every day without any problems.
If you have a TV set and live in Germany, you have to pay a TV tax. This still involves privacy invasion, because the inspectors can come to my house and check if I have a TV.
Besides, posting of clear text mailto: URLs on Slashdot should be considered unacceptable. That guy gets enough spam already, why not link to his homepage instead?
You mean, M$ should discontinue support for x86?