The Windows® 2000 operating system was the first Microsoft platform with 128-bit encryption to be shipped internationally after the United States government relaxed its export restrictions for strong encryption in early 2000. Microsoft has obtained the necessary approvals to ship Windows 2000 with strong encryption to all customers worldwide except U.S. embargoed destinations.
That's a fairly irresponsible post that CmdrTaco published. If that fake contains a virus of some sort, you just screwed a bunch of people. Regardless of whether people are dumb enough to run it without a virus scan, it's just the wrong way to go about it. I'm not sure what else CmdrTaco does at VA (and it's honestly none of our concern), but he really should check the story out before posting it or not post it at all. That goes for all the reviewers @/.
This isn't a flame, just being honest about the quality of/. articles. Yes, there are alot of story submissions, but most people would rather have 1/2 the number of stories if they were known to be accurate.
"News for Nerds." News is only as good as its source./. appears to do or know very little in the way of Quality Assurance. And obviously, this post is not part of  "Stuff that matters."
...there's a simple fix for those of us who may be in the early stages of carpel tunnel and at least pain relief for those who already have it: go get yourself a keyboard & pointing device that doesn't screw up your wrists. Personally, I used to do email tech support - over 300 emails in 8 hours (yes, some were scripted; even still, my wrists/hands were NUMB at the end of the day.) The fix? $170 keyboard - Kinesis Ergo (www.kinesis-ergo.com) countoured keyboard. Yes, it took 3 weeks to get used to it, and people looked @ me funny in the beginning - but hell, we're IT people, we expect that. My wrists stopped hurting after about 2 months of using that keyboard. (No I don't work for kinesis) - In fact, I'm eyeing the DataHand (www.datahand.com) for my next keyboard...
I'm sorry, isn't Linux a Unix based OS? Where did the creative geniuses develop Unix? Bell Labs? Maybe the Europeans are just good copycats =) Just kidding of course. StarOffice - same deal - it's MS Office for Linux. Again, the creative end was 95% done before it ever touched Europe.
alright guys..calm down;-) I'm mostly talking about team-based online UT:TO/HL:CS type games. We can generally shoot each other no prob. Ok, sceneario: a wall is blown away and blocks stairs that separate both teams, or a floor gets destroyed. Obviously someone will notice the impass, either 1 team or both teams - a user his tab, votes "restore/remove wall/floor piece", little popup window of the offending piece shows up on other still-living players with a 'yes/no?' option...there. all done. problem semi-fixed. Sure, not a good solution for single player games...
I wouldn't even mind if walls broke into "generic" pieces (large & small chunks, etc - still acted like shrapnel as well).
I considered the structural collapse of floors/buildings, etc. But that's a far away dream I think. BSP trees are used to make sure you don't draw non-visible elements (if I recall correctly), but isn't it about time somebody comes up with a better/dynamic solution? Hell, I don't know if you can link multiple BSP trees together, but why not even have "animated" BSP trees. One for pre-blown up wall sections, one post. Update the game-bsp state as needed. Am I just talking out of my ass? =)
I'd like to see some mesh deformation when a grenade gets tossed into a room. But more than just deformations I suppose. Walls should be able to collapse, etc. Am I dreaming? I don't think so. This technology should be available in a couple years at best. In fact, I don't think anyone knows how to do it well yet, and that's why it doesn't exist (afaik) - because processors are fast enough to handle this sort of thing I imagine. I'm not saying I need perfect simulation, far from that.
In this case, they'll have to be so accurate with the laser "targetting" that they may as well be shooting at the plane with a sniper rifle. The chances of blinding both the pilot and co-pilot on a final approach are pretty nil I would guess. And lets not forget that the plane is travelling around 150mph on the approach, along with possible crosswinds, etc. I find it unlikely that someone could do this without some extreme level of targeting accuracy (i.e. an aiming system of some sort).
True, but they didn't have Apache's - I didn't recognize the model - They looked like rescue choppers with some rocket launchers bolted on and a machine or two as well..
Overall, I thought this was a good movie. I only see a couple of issues: Did anyone notice that the Surface-to-air missiles made more than 1 pass at the F/A-18? I'm pretty sure (correct me if I''m wrong) that most of the serbian's arsenal would not be that sophisticated. I thought most Air to Air & Surface to Air missiles were forward looking, meaning if the target got behind them, it'd lose it's targetting. Second issue, 3 helicopters held off a good 6 tanks, and 30-40 soldiers at bay in the final rescue scene. A little optimistic I would say. But hey, this is hollywood...
Wake up to reality - the age of 18 means nothing. It's just some random age our forefathers picked and said "you're an adult when you reach this age". Give me a break. I know 12 year olds with more sense than 35 year olds. If you were brought up right, you know not to do what's wrong - because we all know what's wrong and what's right.
Why the previous post is marked "Insightful" - I have no idea.
For starters: the secret tribunals where pres. Bush will pick who's on trial and who's not is similar to every 3rd world dictatorship out there, yet I have to see 1 single message from mainstream USA newsstations critizising this IMHO shocking development. Thankfully the EU isn't co-operating with Bush on this: f.e. spain is not handing over al-quaida suspects
We've been hearing about this "tribunal" issue on CNN/Fox/etc all week long. I won't be so naive as to say that the media is not covering this issue from a patriotic point of view - however, when I hear the EU is against the death penalty for these criminals, it makes me want to puke. Maybe Europeans see this as just another terrorist act, but in the US, they've seriously pissed americans off with this. We don't need propaganda from the media to keep up support. I was at the World Trade Center towers on September 9th, marvelling at how tall they were, people taking pictures, having to lay down on the ground to get a good enough angle to fit them in 1 image. In the end, the buildings don't really matter of course, it's the 4,000+ people that died that day. So when the Europeans cry about the death penalty for these bastards, just think about the thousands of children who no longer have parents because of these criminals and the potential for this to happen again. That's the only "propaganda" I need.
It sounds to me that Slashdot needs to hire a real tech news editor (c'mon/. gets enough readership to warrant it.) We've seen numerous b.s. articles in the past and this is obviously another one. I would certainly be willing to pay $1/month to get decent content (plus unbiased content - the anti-MS stuff has gotten VERY old)
Eventually, the mentality will have to change. If you want something that isn't *required* like pretty plugins or games - you're going to have to pay for them. The sooner the Linux user-base realizes this, the faster companies will develop/support/sell Linux software. End of Story.
I searched google for "Advanced Operating Systems Group" and got 5 hits, none appearing to do with MIT. I also did a search for "Cesium OS" and found absolutely no relavent hits. I also searched deja.com (newsgroups). Nothing found.
Why should you plan for the heatsink to fall off? How many times have you had it happen to you that magically all those static-parts go flying....Sure, the heatsink/fan are held by a high-tension piece of metal - in 10 years of experience I have never seen this be an issue. There is the remote possibility that in shipping the heatsink/fan can become dislodged. Never happened to me, but I buy all the parts and build it myself.....
I had a window fan pointed at my open tower case during the summer. It definitely reduced cpu temps by at least 20 degrees....but I had to go re-comb my hair every time I used my PC.
Slashdot Mirror
128-bit Encryption Becomes the Default in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2)
The Windows® 2000 operating system was the first Microsoft platform with 128-bit encryption to be shipped internationally after the United States government relaxed its export restrictions for strong encryption in early 2000. Microsoft has obtained the necessary approvals to ship Windows 2000 with strong encryption to all customers worldwide except U.S. embargoed destinations.
That's a fairly irresponsible post that CmdrTaco published. If that fake contains a virus of some sort, you just screwed a bunch of people. Regardless of whether people are dumb enough to run it without a virus scan, it's just the wrong way to go about it. I'm not sure what else CmdrTaco does at VA (and it's honestly none of our concern), but he really should check the story out before posting it or not post it at all. That goes for all the reviewers @ /.
/. articles. Yes, there are alot of story submissions, but most people would rather have 1/2 the number of stories if they were known to be accurate.
/. appears to do or know very little in the way of Quality Assurance. And obviously, this post is not part of  "Stuff that matters."
;-)
This isn't a flame, just being honest about the quality of
"News for Nerds."
News is only as good as its source.
I'm ranting now
Could someone actually try it?
Taco, why don't you try it yourself?
Expected Response:
     But I run Linux!
So try it under WINE!
already been done. Tactical Ops (for UT 1)
There's also Strike Force, but Tactical Ops is the best IMO.
Then for Half-Life there's CounterStrike.
FYI, Tactical Ops & Strike Force are more taxing on the system than regular UT. Real life(like) requires more detail.
...there's a simple fix for those of us who may be in the early stages of carpel tunnel and at least pain relief for those who already have it: go get yourself a keyboard & pointing device that doesn't screw up your wrists. Personally, I used to do email tech support - over 300 emails in 8 hours (yes, some were scripted; even still, my wrists/hands were NUMB at the end of the day.) The fix? $170 keyboard - Kinesis Ergo (www.kinesis-ergo.com) countoured keyboard. Yes, it took 3 weeks to get used to it, and people looked @ me funny in the beginning - but hell, we're IT people, we expect that. My wrists stopped hurting after about 2 months of using that keyboard. (No I don't work for kinesis) - In fact, I'm eyeing the DataHand (www.datahand.com) for my next keyboard...
I'm sorry, isn't Linux a Unix based OS? Where did the creative geniuses develop Unix? Bell Labs? Maybe the Europeans are just good copycats =) Just kidding of course. StarOffice - same deal - it's MS Office for Linux. Again, the creative end was 95% done before it ever touched Europe.
;-)
Sorry to bust your bubble Europe =)
Oh and have fun with your dollar...I mean Euro
Did this really need to be posted to slashdot?
-This isn't flamebait, I just don't understand why this is a "good" story.
to see Taco use a spellchecker...
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alright guys..calm down ;-) I'm mostly talking about team-based online UT:TO/HL:CS type games. We can generally shoot each other no prob. Ok, sceneario: a wall is blown away and blocks stairs that separate both teams, or a floor gets destroyed. Obviously someone will notice the impass, either 1 team or both teams - a user his tab, votes "restore/remove wall/floor piece", little popup window of the offending piece shows up on other still-living players with a 'yes/no?' option...there. all done. problem semi-fixed. Sure, not a good solution for single player games...
I wouldn't even mind if walls broke into "generic" pieces (large & small chunks, etc - still acted like shrapnel as well).
I considered the structural collapse of floors/buildings, etc. But that's a far away dream I think. BSP trees are used to make sure you don't draw non-visible elements (if I recall correctly), but isn't it about time somebody comes up with a better/dynamic solution? Hell, I don't know if you can link multiple BSP trees together, but why not even have "animated" BSP trees. One for pre-blown up wall sections, one post. Update the game-bsp state as needed. Am I just talking out of my ass? =)
I'd like to see some mesh deformation when a grenade gets tossed into a room. But more than just deformations I suppose. Walls should be able to collapse, etc. Am I dreaming? I don't think so. This technology should be available in a couple years at best. In fact, I don't think anyone knows how to do it well yet, and that's why it doesn't exist (afaik) - because processors are fast enough to handle this sort of thing I imagine. I'm not saying I need perfect simulation, far from that.
In this case, they'll have to be so accurate with the laser "targetting" that they may as well be shooting at the plane with a sniper rifle. The chances of blinding both the pilot and co-pilot on a final approach are pretty nil I would guess. And lets not forget that the plane is travelling around 150mph on the approach, along with possible crosswinds, etc. I find it unlikely that someone could do this without some extreme level of targeting accuracy (i.e. an aiming system of some sort).
Hmm check out VivendiUniversalRealySucks.com
O:-)
True, but they didn't have Apache's - I didn't recognize the model - They looked like rescue choppers with some rocket launchers bolted on and a machine or two as well..
Overall, I thought this was a good movie. I only see a couple of issues: Did anyone notice that the Surface-to-air missiles made more than 1 pass at the F/A-18? I'm pretty sure (correct me if I''m wrong) that most of the serbian's arsenal would not be that sophisticated. I thought most Air to Air & Surface to Air missiles were forward looking, meaning if the target got behind them, it'd lose it's targetting. Second issue, 3 helicopters held off a good 6 tanks, and 30-40 soldiers at bay in the final rescue scene. A little optimistic I would say. But hey, this is hollywood...
Wake up to reality - the age of 18 means nothing. It's just some random age our forefathers picked and said "you're an adult when you reach this age". Give me a break. I know 12 year olds with more sense than 35 year olds. If you were brought up right, you know not to do what's wrong - because we all know what's wrong and what's right.
Why the previous post is marked "Insightful" - I have no idea.
For starters: the secret tribunals where pres. Bush will pick who's on trial and who's not is similar to every 3rd world dictatorship out there, yet I have to see 1 single message from mainstream USA newsstations critizising this IMHO shocking development. Thankfully the EU isn't co-operating with Bush on this: f.e. spain is not handing over al-quaida suspects
We've been hearing about this "tribunal" issue on CNN/Fox/etc all week long. I won't be so naive as to say that the media is not covering this issue from a patriotic point of view - however, when I hear the EU is against the death penalty for these criminals, it makes me want to puke. Maybe Europeans see this as just another terrorist act, but in the US, they've seriously pissed americans off with this. We don't need propaganda from the media to keep up support. I was at the World Trade Center towers on September 9th, marvelling at how tall they were, people taking pictures, having to lay down on the ground to get a good enough angle to fit them in 1 image. In the end, the buildings don't really matter of course, it's the 4,000+ people that died that day. So when the Europeans cry about the death penalty for these bastards, just think about the thousands of children who no longer have parents because of these criminals and the potential for this to happen again. That's the only "propaganda" I need.
It sounds to me that Slashdot needs to hire a real tech news editor (c'mon /. gets enough readership to warrant it.) We've seen numerous b.s. articles in the past and this is obviously another one. I would certainly be willing to pay $1/month to get decent content (plus unbiased content - the anti-MS stuff has gotten VERY old)
Looks like another Titanic-esque movie to appeal to women...
Eventually, the mentality will have to change. If you want something that isn't *required* like pretty plugins or games - you're going to have to pay for them. The sooner the Linux user-base realizes this, the faster companies will develop/support/sell Linux software. End of Story.
I searched google for "Advanced Operating Systems Group" and got 5 hits, none appearing to do with MIT. I also did a search for "Cesium OS" and found absolutely no relavent hits. I also searched deja.com (newsgroups). Nothing found.
Total Vaporware++
That's alot of simultaneous pr0n recording...
Why should you plan for the heatsink to fall off? How many times have you had it happen to you that magically all those static-parts go flying....Sure, the heatsink/fan are held by a high-tension piece of metal - in 10 years of experience I have never seen this be an issue. There is the remote possibility that in shipping the heatsink/fan can become dislodged. Never happened to me, but I buy all the parts and build it myself.....
I had a window fan pointed at my open tower case during the summer. It definitely reduced cpu temps by at least 20 degrees....but I had to go re-comb my hair every time I used my PC.
The system promises fewer computer crashes and will allow users to delete data from their hard drive.
This statement makes it sound like deleting data from a hard drive is a brand new idea, a breakthrough in technology....WHAT?