Umm, you *do* see that all of the $25+ levels have the phrase "Get all the above stuff, plus..." on it, which means that all of the levels build on each other...
Hmm... I think this applies to EVDO PC cards for my laptop. In which case, the only way to download things is by plugging it into my laptop "and download that way". This is just a ridiculous case of using fine print to redefine a services. In this case, the limited "unlimited" plan.
We wouldn't have a problem with it if they just came out and said "It's limited to 5GB a month". But they don't, and are selling it as "unlimited".
Some will say, "It is unlimited as long as you don't download movies or do p2p stuff!".
Wrong.
If I use 5GB of bandwidth, regardless of the actual traffic, VZ automatically assumes I'm doing the prohibited activities. So if I trade 5GB of email with my wife, or if I'm a physician looking at high resolution slide scans, it doesn't matter. VZ sees the 5GB mark hit, and I'm the bad guy downloading movies. End of discussion from their standpoint.
Umm... instead of root, why don't you try a regular user account? It works then (at least, on my Solaris 10 03/05 install). Once you have a local account, local exploits are much easier to find instead of trying to do a remote root exploit...
On the contrary. I bet this is *exactly* what RMS intended. Ok, so not what he intended, but you bet he was aware of this scenario and deep down he was tickled pink(1).
(1) Sorry for the mental image of someone tickling RMS...
I realize that in this "enlightened" time it's rather uncool to ask this, but here goes... Why shouldn't they be in jail? Our laws prohibit the use, sale, growing, etc... of a particular plant. If people violate those criminal laws, why shouldn't they be in jail?
Arguing that the law is unjust is beside the point. The fact remains that growing (selling, using) marijuana is illegal in the United States.
Here's the meat of the article for those who can't be bothered.
Vertex Shader 1.1 Support
Pixel Shader 1.4 Support
DirectX 9.0 class features
Faster than Microsoft's reference rasterizer
Available for Windows
Available for Linux under Cedega
TransGaming's SwiftShader technology provides the world's fastest pure software 3D renderer with DirectX 9.0 class features, according to the company, including support for Pixel and Vertex Shaders. SwiftShader is built to provide the same APIs that developers are already using for their games and applications. This makes it possible to directly integrate SwiftShader into applications without any changes to source code. Direct3D 8 and Direct3D 9 compatible APIs are available immediately, and OpenGL-compatible APIs are also under development. Vertex Shader 1.1 and Pixel Shader 1.4 features are currently supported, along with the majority of features used by most developers when producing 3D games and applications.
SwiftShader can perform over 50 times faster than Microsoft's Direct3D Reference Rasterizer in tests with sample applications, and can rival the performance of low end hardware 3D graphics solutions in some cases. SwiftShader achieves this unprecedented level of performance by dynamically compiling highly optimized code specific to an applications 3D rendering needs.
SwiftShader is currently available for x86 CPUs with Intel's SSE multimedia instruction set extensions. SwiftShader runs on Microsoft Windows 98 and higher, and on Linux through TransGaming's Cedega portability technology.
I thought I read something about this on Slashdot a couple years ago, where a guy and his dad got a whole neighborhood fibre'd up in Sweden. I can't however, find the link anywhere... Anyone?
How about we not do Slackware's BSD-style rc.scripts and instead go with one of the newer init mechanisms, like the one that Sun demo'd a couple weeks back, or that linux one (initNG, I think...). I'd rather have modern dependency checking than the old rc scripts...:)
First, I loathe what the Republican Party has become. The big-corporation, big-government movement is the most depressing thing I have ever witnessed...
Second, why don't you look a bit more closely at some of the campaign contributions of the Democrats? Let's not throw stones*. The corporations are not stupid, they pay out on *both* sides of the aisle...
(*) Unless, of course, you are a libertarian, and voted as such, then, by all means, throw stones!
Former Republican, Ideological Libertarian signing off...
Yup. My bad. Please refer to my post http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=126420&t hreshold=-1&commentsort=0&tid=162&mode=thread&pid= 10577460#10577655
I cannot claim that I am running it ATM, but from the screenshots in the article http://osdir.com/shots/slideshows/slideshow.php?re lease=152&slide=34, (which I notice is still the RC) the default GDM theme is the One That Shall Not Be Named.
However, further perusal of the mailing list archive reveals that they had a community meeting on the 18th of Oct, and they decided to change the artwork to something without images, and proveded the "Circle of Friends" GDM theme as an alternative.
Kudos to Ubuntu! (Bads to me for not reading the whole archive!)
Folks aren't mad about the nature of the theme - at least, not most of them - but rather the fact that the community spoke its voice regarding the theme (to get rid of it!), and the devs refused to listen...
Not a good start for a distro that claims to be community-based!
Well, actually, the High King Fingolfin also confronted Morgoth, and actually wounded him in single combat. Morgoth then made Fingolfin-paste with his hammer (Grond), and that was that.
Luthien didn't confront so much as beguile Morgoth, which is an important distinction. But, your point about here relative bad-ass-ness is well taken. She (and Beren) are some of my favorite characters from the Silmarillion.
Dino may have held the copyright for a while, but I have it on the *best* authority that the Dune copyright is held by The Herbert Limited Partnership. I doubt Dino would have allowed a competitor to his movie. The Mini-series was much more faithful to the book. In fact, I was amazed at how true to it they did stay.
As a former employee of Seagate, I can say definitely that they do not "route coolant" to the heads. It would be adding extra mass on the heads that they do not need! As far as the bearings go, air-bearings are the way to go, as the MTBF of the metal at those RPM's is too short.
Actually, if you look at the new finder, you will see that it is Workspace.app after it's makeover. I am very excited to see what this OS is capable of IRL as opposed to our speculations about it after hearing a recount of a presentation that had more in common with a marketing speil than a technical presentation.
Slashdot Mirror
Umm, you *do* see that all of the $25+ levels have the phrase "Get all the above stuff, plus ..." on it, which means that all of the levels build on each other...
Hmm... I think this applies to EVDO PC cards for my laptop. In which case, the only way to download things is by plugging it into my laptop "and download that way". This is just a ridiculous case of using fine print to redefine a services. In this case, the limited "unlimited" plan.
We wouldn't have a problem with it if they just came out and said "It's limited to 5GB a month". But they don't, and are selling it as "unlimited".
Some will say, "It is unlimited as long as you don't download movies or do p2p stuff!".
Wrong.
If I use 5GB of bandwidth, regardless of the actual traffic, VZ automatically assumes I'm doing the prohibited activities. So if I trade 5GB of email with my wife, or if I'm a physician looking at high resolution slide scans, it doesn't matter. VZ sees the 5GB mark hit, and I'm the bad guy downloading movies. End of discussion from their standpoint.
Umm... instead of root, why don't you try a regular user account? It works then (at least, on my Solaris 10 03/05 install). Once you have a local account, local exploits are much easier to find instead of trying to do a remote root exploit...
QFTAGJ!!!
/drool
I fell in love with her likeness on Corel Draw 8.
...manage to beat Duke Nukem Forever.
According to this page, DNF has been in (in)active development for over 8 years...
You misspelled "wakazashi" :)
On the contrary. I bet this is *exactly* what RMS intended. Ok, so not what he intended, but you bet he was aware of this scenario and deep down he was tickled pink(1).
(1) Sorry for the mental image of someone tickling RMS...
I realize that in this "enlightened" time it's rather uncool to ask this, but here goes... Why shouldn't they be in jail? Our laws prohibit the use, sale, growing, etc... of a particular plant. If people violate those criminal laws, why shouldn't they be in jail?
Arguing that the law is unjust is beside the point. The fact remains that growing (selling, using) marijuana is illegal in the United States.
Oh, I guess that's why they should be in jail.
Umm... where do you think that farmers get their seeds? (Other than Monsanto, of course...)
Here's the meat of the article for those who can't be bothered.
TransGaming's SwiftShader technology provides the world's fastest pure software 3D renderer with DirectX 9.0 class features, according to the company, including support for Pixel and Vertex Shaders. SwiftShader is built to provide the same APIs that developers are already using for their games and applications. This makes it possible to directly integrate SwiftShader into applications without any changes to source code. Direct3D 8 and Direct3D 9 compatible APIs are available immediately, and OpenGL-compatible APIs are also under development. Vertex Shader 1.1 and Pixel Shader 1.4 features are currently supported, along with the majority of features used by most developers when producing 3D games and applications.
SwiftShader can perform over 50 times faster than Microsoft's Direct3D Reference Rasterizer in tests with sample applications, and can rival the performance of low end hardware 3D graphics solutions in some cases. SwiftShader achieves this unprecedented level of performance by dynamically compiling highly optimized code specific to an applications 3D rendering needs.
SwiftShader is currently available for x86 CPUs with Intel's SSE multimedia instruction set extensions. SwiftShader runs on Microsoft Windows 98 and higher, and on Linux through TransGaming's Cedega portability technology.
Just goes to show what kind of "nerds" we have populating the site these days...
Time was when you could toss a story like this out there and the readers would understand and be able to discuss it...
I thought I read something about this on Slashdot a couple years ago, where a guy and his dad got a whole neighborhood fibre'd up in Sweden. I can't however, find the link anywhere... Anyone?
How about we not do Slackware's BSD-style rc.scripts and instead go with one of the newer init mechanisms, like the one that Sun demo'd a couple weeks back, or that linux one (initNG, I think...). I'd rather have modern dependency checking than the old rc scripts... :)
Yum... after-lunch Troll...
First, I loathe what the Republican Party has become. The big-corporation, big-government movement is the most depressing thing I have ever witnessed...
Second, why don't you look a bit more closely at some of the campaign contributions of the Democrats? Let's not throw stones*. The corporations are not stupid, they pay out on *both* sides of the aisle...
(*) Unless, of course, you are a libertarian, and voted as such, then, by all means, throw stones!
Former Republican, Ideological Libertarian signing off...
Not a troll, just misinformed. I re-read the rest of the mailing list archive, and corrected myself... /sigh
Yup. My bad. Please refer to my post http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=126420&t hreshold=-1&commentsort=0&tid=162&mode=thread&pid= 10577460#10577655
I was speaking only to the GDM theme, not the Gnome theme, which you are correct on. The GDM theme was the default for the RC of Warty.
I cannot claim that I am running it ATM, but from the screenshots in the article http://osdir.com/shots/slideshows/slideshow.php?re lease=152&slide=34, (which I notice is still the RC) the default GDM theme is the One That Shall Not Be Named.
However, further perusal of the mailing list archive reveals that they had a community meeting on the 18th of Oct, and they decided to change the artwork to something without images, and proveded the "Circle of Friends" GDM theme as an alternative.
Kudos to Ubuntu! (Bads to me for not reading the whole archive!)
I see they stuck with the Community Loathed (tm) GDM theme...
Check the ubuntu-users thread about it...
Folks aren't mad about the nature of the theme - at least, not most of them - but rather the fact that the community spoke its voice regarding the theme (to get rid of it!), and the devs refused to listen...
Not a good start for a distro that claims to be community-based!
How would that fix things? I could tell you I'm running "Debian 05/2004" and you still wouldn't know whether I was running a 2.6 or 2.2 kernel.
:)
:)
Especially with Debian!
I mean, really. There is no good way to do what you are asking, short of having something like the Geek Code for Distros...
Well, actually, the High King Fingolfin also confronted Morgoth, and actually wounded him in single combat. Morgoth then made Fingolfin-paste with his hammer (Grond), and that was that.
Luthien didn't confront so much as beguile Morgoth, which is an important distinction. But, your point about here relative bad-ass-ness is well taken. She (and Beren) are some of my favorite characters from the Silmarillion.
Dino may have held the copyright for a while, but I have it on the *best* authority that the Dune copyright is held by The Herbert Limited Partnership. I doubt Dino would have allowed a competitor to his movie. The Mini-series was much more faithful to the book. In fact, I was amazed at how true to it they did stay.
Just my 2cp...
As a former employee of Seagate, I can say definitely that they do not "route coolant" to the heads. It would be adding extra mass on the heads that they do not need! As far as the bearings go, air-bearings are the way to go, as the MTBF of the metal at those RPM's is too short.
Actually, if you look at the new finder, you will see that it is Workspace.app after it's makeover. I am very excited to see what this OS is capable of IRL as opposed to our speculations about it after hearing a recount of a presentation that had more in common with a marketing speil than a technical presentation.
My $0.02...
Nate
Umm, Massachusetts has never been a state, it has been a commonwealth from its inception before the Revolution.
My $.02...
Beren