Being able to understand the computer top to bottom, that's what I miss about that era.
Yes, it was frustrating to try and make it stable and configure it. But the HW, and the OS and the SW were so simple that, if you were so inclined, you could deeply understand the whole stack...
... will begin to use digital Cameras, digital editing, and produce Netflix-front-and-center typw of films (not that they will not release in cinemas, DVD and Blue-Ray, mind you).
So the movie will be produced first and foremost to play to Netflix (and other streaming services) strenghts and limitations, and all the other forms of distribution will be an accesory revenue.
In 10 or so years, well check back to see who's making better, financially speaking.
So, when the update comes my way in a few more months, with fewer rough edges after the microsoft personel apha tested it, the insiders beta-1 tested it and the home users beta-2 tested it, I'll be glad to be a beta-3 tester for the enterprise guys;-)
More seriously, yes, i''l get it, but will not go out of my way to get it on April, or may, or june, or july, or... Besides, I use a mac, this is in Bootcamp anyhow.
***The custom version developed under the joint venture is essentially a custom image of Windows 10 at its core, with a set of policy settings hard-coded for government users. It's not clear if additional code is being added to the image.***
So, they changed some Registry Keys and Group Policies, and you do not have to play wack-a-mole every time an update comes...
Also, please remember that:
*** The Chinese government, like the US government, has been permitted source code review for security purposes in a secured lab at Microsoft's China Information Technology Security Certification Center in Beijing since 2003.***
So, most likely, the chinese already reviewed the telemerty and deemed it non threathening (or negotiated with microsoft to get a copy of it;-) ).
But5 at this point, all is especulation, only time will tell...
If you do not like "The Register"'s take on the matter, feel free to use Google for alternative info. But bear in mind that this submission uses TheReg as the main source.
Please notice that TFA links to their own download site and NOT Mozilla's
----------
As per the NPAPI support:
NPAPI support is there in the code, since the NPAPI Flash plug-in still works. Is only that Mozilla's developers decided to disable it for all other plugins. Plugins that do not use NPAPI are failing because Firefox is slowly rolling out multiplrocess (project electrolysis) and this interferes with Plugins. As for Ad-ons (which are different beasts than plugins), the problem is both project Electrolysis AND the fact that Mozilla is migrating from their plug-in APIs of yore, to an API similar (but no completely equal to) chrome's, for security and performance reasons.
The path of least resistance, at least for now, is to install ESR 52, disable multiprocess and hang on to it until around june next year. Also, bear in mind that, on older hardware, Multiprocess (think core processos before the i series, specialy 2 cores non multithreaded machines) is actually SLOWER than the singlethreaded firefox way. This is specially important for Plugins used to handle pro grade equipment (servers, networking gear, etc)
The harder, but more efective long term path is to upgrade/substitute problematic Plug-Ins and AdOns and embrace the more secure multiprocessing future head on. Or change browser...
Me, I have been on the ESR channel since it was enabled, so you now my answer...;-):-P
Tape is (still) the best medium for Long Term Storge. Over the years tape (or more likely, the engineers) has agresively incorporated in the standards things like FEC codes (from reed-solomon to more exotic ones nowadays).
And since 2010, with LTFS, you can aceess the files with the convenience of a normal filesystem (but bear in mind, access is slow as hell).
Back up your data to tape (more than one set), and send it to specialized offline storage facilities (cimate controlled: ie. temperature/humidity/dust/light control) from different providers, in diferente geographical areas.
Since now there is only one true-tape standard (LTO-7 released in 2015, the tape business has been shrinking, so the proliferation os standards seems to be over now), so, if you use that today, chances are you will still find equipment to read it 50 years from now. Nonetheless, keep a few (as in two or more) SYSTEMS (Computer+Drive+SW) set up so that you can re-read. A cheapo micro formfactor mobo with an Atom Pocessor (but NOT the Atom C2000series PLEASE), linux, a 1Gbps nic and a tape drive should be more than enough.....
Now, for Online, as other posters have said, ZFS WITH ECC memory (and therefore, a very expensive Xeon, or AMD server type mobo) and JBOD will do the trick.
... news for nerds and stuff that matters for readers in: UK? Germany? Canada? Australia? New Zealand? Brazil? Rusia? India? China? South Africa? Mexico? Spain? France? Austria? Japan? Venezula?
Or a long etcetera (basicaly)?
I mean, like many sites, slashdot started in the US, but have international following. Would be interesting to know if the US readership is bigger than the rest of the world combined.
I get it that the Advertisements could be targetd to the US if they are the most receptive. But this is suppoed to be an article...
news for nerds and stuff that matters for readers in: UK? Germany? Canada? Australia? New Zealand? Brazil? Rusia? India? China? South Africa? Mexico? Spain? France? Austria? Japan? Venezula?
Or a long etcetera (basicaly)?
I mean, like many sites, slashdot started in the US, but have international following. Would be interesting to know if the US readership is bigger than the rest of the world combined.
I get it that the Advertisements could be targetd to the US if they are the most receptive. But this is suppoed to be an article...
Genom Corporation is proud to anounce that they are working on their new generation of Robots, the Voomers, to handle this and other situations like it.
SailFish* (Unlike bada) can run Android APPs in a sort of compatibility mode. It can also be coaxed to load many of Google Play Services (but that breaks Google's EULA). So, most likely, very few people will develop native sailfish, even in Russia.
If Anything, this creates critical mass for affordable/Quality phones running the OS. Just imagine, say, a MODERN YottaPhone running Sailfish.
Having said that, carriers have demonstrated that they do not realy care for a Third ecosystem, all they really need is the "Threat" of a third ecosystem to restrain Google a tad.
* Also BB10 OS, but that is a whole different issue.
If you are a developer working for a corporation, there are tools that run only in Windows (Outlook/Exchange, lotus notes come to mind). Instead of developing in Linux and using a VM for the Windows tools (with the corresponding comsumption of resourses of resources) you may as well develop in Windows10 altogether.
Or, if corporate forces you to use Windows (I am Looking at you Huawei), instead of firing up a VM with linux, or using the half baked cygwin, you can develop on Win10 Bash...
Or, if you develop applications that target more than one platform (say, windows and Linux), you may use Windows to develop and test for linux and windows, no VMs required.
Or, if you fancy a specific piece of gear (say, a very fancy laptop) and do not want to have all the hassle with the drivers (yes, I know the windows situation is not Linux's fault, but is a fact of life....:-( ), you can get it, and develop your linux SW on Windows 10...
Or, if you are a gamer, and developer at the same time, you do not need no dualboot bodongles...
These are but a few reasons that may entice a Linux developer to develop on Win10 Aniversay...
Normaly, the less powerfull architecture is virtualized/emulated in the more powerful one.
That's why you could run (whay back when) X86 on alpha, but not the other way around.
If we asume ARM64 in Mobiles, X86 in Workstations, Desktops and Laptops, and a mix of both in tablets, we see that ARM64 is the weaker architecture, NOT BECAUSE OF THE ARCHITECTURE ITSELF (that's open to debate), but because of thermal disipation limits and power (battery) limitations.
Therefore, the emulation will probably be ARM64 emulated on top of X86 Hardware.
Besides, just to top it off, Microsoft is an ARM licensee, so they can implement the ISA however they see fit (including via emulation), while emulating X86 on top of ARM may open a can of legal worms with both intel (x86-32) and AMD (X86-64).
I have a BBQ10 (long story short, I NEED the physical keyboard, is not a matter of preference).
Even though I kinda-sorta still get security updates for the BaseOS, FaceBook (and WhatsApp) abandoned the platform, and left behind ha mobile website wraped as an app.
Since BB10 runs android, and since this is planned for older android, as soon as 10.3.3 lands, I will sideload the APKs, and let you know how this behaves. Ditto for FaceBook lite, and WhatsApp.
Slashdot Mirror
but there is alink about previous incident in Deutsche Telekom?
What gives?
the level of the editors keeps getting lower or what?
Beadhull, get away from that Keyboard, you need a few cups of coffee! Now!
In the same vein as the
Linux 3.11 for workgroups release, this release should be called
Linux 4.11 IntranetLinux For Small Business...
(and yes, I know that a la latter stage, netware was just a userland component on top of linux...)
Trom the TFA:
We wrote this article on Dec 2016 [...] We reposted it today with updated prices...
My first home computer: A hand-me-down Apple ][ Plus in 1985 (on a loan).
The first computer in which I did serious work: A Sanyo MBC-555 (WordStar, CalcStar) 1984
The first Computer I programmed: Commodore 64 (Basic and Logo) 1984-1985.
The first computer which was my own: A comodore PC-10 1988 (yes, with MS-DOS 3.2 and an 4.77 Mhz 8088 CPU).
Being able to understand the computer top to bottom, that's what I miss about that era.
Yes, it was frustrating to try and make it stable and configure it. But the HW, and the OS and the SW were so simple that, if you were so inclined, you could deeply understand the whole stack...
Nowadays, not anymore...
... will begin to use digital Cameras, digital editing, and produce Netflix-front-and-center typw of films (not that they will not release in cinemas, DVD and Blue-Ray, mind you).
So the movie will be produced first and foremost to play to Netflix (and other streaming services) strenghts and limitations, and all the other forms of distribution will be an accesory revenue.
In 10 or so years, well check back to see who's making better, financially speaking.
So, when the update comes my way in a few more months, with fewer rough edges after the microsoft personel apha tested it, the insiders beta-1 tested it and the home users beta-2 tested it, I'll be glad to be a beta-3 tester for the enterprise guys ;-)
More seriously, yes, i''l get it, but will not go out of my way to get it on April, or may, or june, or july, or...
Besides, I use a mac, this is in Bootcamp anyhow.
Finish firms? You mean, aside from Nokia and their licensed pals (Like HMD, staffed by ex-Nokians) there are more finnish firms in this list? ;-)
I mean, the submission is about Mobile phones, henceforth my curiosity.
Before you start speculation and flamewars and.... ooooohhhhh wait!
Moderator please! There is a submission in the front page of /. without an article! I know no one reads them, but is in bad form not having one!!!
Yes, I made a typo, it happens from time to time. Particularly when I write in a language which is not my own.
My ToEFL was 296/300 in 2005. How much was your DELE and when did you took it?
I also speak french, but never took the DELF or DALF. Do yo speak other languages beyond english and spanish?
... here:
https://arstechnica.com/inform...
Especulates that:
***The custom version developed under the joint venture is essentially a custom image of Windows 10 at its core, with a set of policy settings hard-coded for government users. It's not clear if additional code is being added to the image.***
So, they changed some Registry Keys and Group Policies, and you do not have to play wack-a-mole every time an update comes...
Also, please remember that:
*** The Chinese government, like the US government, has been permitted source code review for security purposes in a secured lab at Microsoft's China Information Technology Security Certification Center in Beijing since 2003.***
So, most likely, the chinese already reviewed the telemerty and deemed it non threathening (or negotiated with microsoft to get a copy of it ;-) ).
But5 at this point, all is especulation, only time will tell...
Their flavour was called "Red Flag Linux".
Sadly their attempt was NOT sucessful.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/...
If you do not like "The Register"'s take on the matter, feel free to use Google for alternative info. But bear in mind that this submission uses TheReg as the main source.
That Lennart Poettering guy is on a roll
[ducks and takes cover from the brigades with pitchforks, torches and flamethrowers]
As of March 2PM Eastern time, the official Mozilla Firefox ESR site
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/...
is still offering ESR 45.8.0 and NOT esr 52.0.0
Please notice that TFA links to their own download site and NOT Mozilla's
----------
As per the NPAPI support:
NPAPI support is there in the code, since the NPAPI Flash plug-in still works. Is only that Mozilla's developers decided to disable it for all other plugins.
Plugins that do not use NPAPI are failing because Firefox is slowly rolling out multiplrocess (project electrolysis) and this interferes with Plugins.
As for Ad-ons (which are different beasts than plugins), the problem is both project Electrolysis AND the fact that Mozilla is migrating from their plug-in APIs of yore, to an API similar (but no completely equal to) chrome's, for security and performance reasons.
The path of least resistance, at least for now, is to install ESR 52, disable multiprocess and hang on to it until around june next year. Also, bear in mind that, on older hardware, Multiprocess (think core processos before the i series, specialy 2 cores non multithreaded machines) is actually SLOWER than the singlethreaded firefox way. This is specially important for Plugins used to handle pro grade equipment (servers, networking gear, etc)
The harder, but more efective long term path is to upgrade/substitute problematic Plug-Ins and AdOns and embrace the more secure multiprocessing future head on. Or change browser...
Me, I have been on the ESR channel since it was enabled, so you now my answer... ;-) :-P
That a job for Linear Tape FileSystem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Tape is (still) the best medium for Long Term Storge. Over the years tape (or more likely, the engineers) has agresively incorporated in the standards things like FEC codes (from reed-solomon to more exotic ones nowadays).
And since 2010, with LTFS, you can aceess the files with the convenience of a normal filesystem (but bear in mind, access is slow as hell).
Back up your data to tape (more than one set), and send it to specialized offline storage facilities (cimate controlled: ie. temperature/humidity/dust/light control) from different providers, in diferente geographical areas.
Since now there is only one true-tape standard (LTO-7 released in 2015, the tape business has been shrinking, so the proliferation os standards seems to be over now), so, if you use that today, chances are you will still find equipment to read it 50 years from now. Nonetheless, keep a few (as in two or more) SYSTEMS (Computer+Drive+SW) set up so that you can re-read. A cheapo micro formfactor mobo with an Atom Pocessor (but NOT the Atom C2000series PLEASE), linux, a 1Gbps nic and a tape drive should be more than enough. ....
Now, for Online, as other posters have said, ZFS WITH ECC memory (and therefore, a very expensive Xeon, or AMD server type mobo) and JBOD will do the trick.
... news for nerds and stuff that matters for readers in:
UK?
Germany?
Canada?
Australia?
New Zealand?
Brazil?
Rusia?
India?
China?
South Africa?
Mexico?
Spain?
France?
Austria?
Japan?
Venezula?
Or a long etcetera (basicaly)?
I mean, like many sites, slashdot started in the US, but have international following. Would be interesting to know if the US readership is bigger than the rest of the world combined.
I get it that the Advertisements could be targetd to the US if they are the most receptive. But this is suppoed to be an article...
news for nerds and stuff that matters for readers in:
UK?
Germany?
Canada?
Australia?
New Zealand?
Brazil?
Rusia?
India?
China?
South Africa?
Mexico?
Spain?
France?
Austria?
Japan?
Venezula?
Or a long etcetera (basicaly)?
I mean, like many sites, slashdot started in the US, but have international following. Would be interesting to know if the US readership is bigger than the rest of the world combined.
I get it that the Advertisements could be targetd to the US if they are the most receptive. But this is suppoed to be an article...
No dude, is a Voomer when is working correctly, is a Booma/Boomer when it fails.
check the first half of chapter 19 of BGC-2040
And the citation was right there
I thought it was Boomers, but then it is a translation from japanese so who knows.
Voomers (VOodoo Organic Metal Extension Resource)
Thanks for the links, will check'em tomorrow
http://bubblegumcrisis.wikia.c...
Genom Corporation is proud to anounce that they are working on their new generation of Robots, the Voomers, to handle this and other situations like it.
SailFish* (Unlike bada) can run Android APPs in a sort of compatibility mode. It can also be coaxed to load many of Google Play Services (but that breaks Google's EULA). So, most likely, very few people will develop native sailfish, even in Russia.
If Anything, this creates critical mass for affordable/Quality phones running the OS. Just imagine, say, a MODERN YottaPhone running Sailfish.
Having said that, carriers have demonstrated that they do not realy care for a Third ecosystem, all they really need is the "Threat" of a third ecosystem to restrain Google a tad.
* Also BB10 OS, but that is a whole different issue.
If you are a developer working for a corporation, there are tools that run only in Windows (Outlook/Exchange, lotus notes come to mind). Instead of developing in Linux and using a VM for the Windows tools (with the corresponding comsumption of resourses of resources) you may as well develop in Windows10 altogether.
Or, if corporate forces you to use Windows (I am Looking at you Huawei), instead of firing up a VM with linux, or using the half baked cygwin, you can develop on Win10 Bash...
Or, if you develop applications that target more than one platform (say, windows and Linux), you may use Windows to develop and test for linux and windows, no VMs required.
Or, if you fancy a specific piece of gear (say, a very fancy laptop) and do not want to have all the hassle with the drivers (yes, I know the windows situation is not Linux's fault, but is a fact of life.... :-( ), you can get it, and develop your linux SW on Windows 10...
Or, if you are a gamer, and developer at the same time, you do not need no dualboot bodongles...
These are but a few reasons that may entice a Linux developer to develop on Win10 Aniversay...
Normaly, the less powerfull architecture is virtualized/emulated in the more powerful one.
That's why you could run (whay back when) X86 on alpha, but not the other way around.
If we asume ARM64 in Mobiles, X86 in Workstations, Desktops and Laptops, and a mix of both in tablets, we see that ARM64 is the weaker architecture, NOT BECAUSE OF THE ARCHITECTURE ITSELF (that's open to debate), but because of thermal disipation limits and power (battery) limitations.
Therefore, the emulation will probably be ARM64 emulated on top of X86 Hardware.
Besides, just to top it off, Microsoft is an ARM licensee, so they can implement the ISA however they see fit (including via emulation), while emulating X86 on top of ARM may open a can of legal worms with both intel (x86-32) and AMD (X86-64).
Now I'm with Verizon. Who do I go to next when they start pulling this type of shit on me?
Same networks, less douchebagery.
Just get one Whose T&Cs and coverage suit your needs
I have a BBQ10 (long story short, I NEED the physical keyboard, is not a matter of preference).
Even though I kinda-sorta still get security updates for the BaseOS, FaceBook (and WhatsApp) abandoned the platform, and left behind ha mobile website wraped as an app.
Since BB10 runs android, and since this is planned for older android, as soon as 10.3.3 lands, I will sideload the APKs, and let you know how this behaves. Ditto for FaceBook lite, and WhatsApp.