The rate of 401 megabits per second achieved in transferring 625 megabytes of data from Fairbanks, Alaska to Amsterdam in the Netherlands is over 8000 times greater than the fastest dial-up modem.
Must be nice to have a pipe that's not full of SPAM, pop-up ads, Code Red, Nimda, SQLSnake, Gnutella, ARP scans from the braindead fucks at my ISP, AIM crap...
truly an amazing release with lots of new PF tricks
I've been toying with the idea of using OpenBSD on a P75 as a wired-to-wireless network bridge. Essentially, I want to be able to have data go from my desktop machine, to this bridging computer, to a wireless AP, to the machines on the wired network that the AP is hooked up to.
Unfortunately, I've got no experience with IPF or PF, since all of my NAT needs are taken care of by a cheap-o Linksys router.
Anyone have a link for good introductory material on doing something like this?
I believe that statement was included because this is a 72 Mbps 802.11a product, while the 802.11a spec calls for 54 Mbps. This seems to be something of an enhanced.11a product, and LinkSys wanted to make it clear that it would work with standard.11a equipment.
Ah, okay. That would also explain their "works at this speed only with our PCMCIA card" disclaimer on the page. Thanks for the clarification.
is fully interoperable with existing 802.11a wireless equipment.
Uh, no kidding. The 802.11b standard is the slower, ~11Mb/s one. 802.11a is specced to be faster. The Linksys product is just a regular access point for 802.11a.
Is this one of thaose Slashvertisements I've been hearing so much about?
I've got a 15" LCD Studio Display on my machine at work. The walkie-talkies that the maintenance and security staff use will activate the power button on it, turning the entire computer off if someone is walking by and their radio receives a broadcast.
I really, really, REALLY want to avoid having a Windows partition on my computer
Why?
It seems like you really, really, REALLY want to run Windows software. And you'll really, really, REALLY have to buy a Windows license anyway, whether you use VMWare or dual-boot.
Is rebooting into the other OS really, really, REALLY such a hassle that you're willing to deal with the poor performance of VMWare?
I wonder if this will pave the way to a a full-fledged Linux version of AOL.
Yeah, because all of the Linux users I know are simply dying to use AOL.
On another note, I'm hoping that the AOL client browser has the tabbed browsing from Moz in the future. Man, this rocks -- Mozilla 1.0 RC2 has completely replaced OmniWeb as my browser of choice on OS X.
"I ain't gonna have no more babies if the gobenment ain't gonna give me no more subsidy" Liqueesha Johnson
Holy shit, that's incredibly offensive.
Have you ever even met someone receiving government assistance? Or are you just another of the Randroid motherfuckers who seem to frequent Slashdot, speaking from a position of privelege mom and dad earned once upon a time?
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If I were you I'd try to find myself an old junker Pentium 200Mhz or more (as long as the thing can boot off of a CD).
I'd recommend trying to find an IBM PC365. It's a pretty common machine on eBay with a PPro 200 and a 2 gig drive. I got mine for about 30 dollars, if I recall correctly. It even supports a second processor if you want to play around with SMP.
--saint
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So, what is the best way to learn Linux? How did you learn it?
Assuming this question isn't rhetorical, I'd just like to say something.
Linux is something that people who are passionate about computers and code are going to run across sooner or later. If you're lucky, maybe three kids out of a introductory class will have the sort of mindset conducive to exploring on their own. Most of them just want to play Quake, skip class, wear baggy trousers, and download copies of Win2k.
How do I know? I just took an introductory programming course. And I couldn't believe the sheer _apathy_ of the bulk of the students.
The first *nix I learned was NetBSD, then OpenBSD, and a little bit of Linux here and there. I learned it the same way most people do - indulgent friends, hours on Google, and having nothing better to do when I was working the night shift.
Most intro students don't care enough to bother. That's why telling them to RTFM won't work and that's why this question was asked.
Remember how everyone got all up in arms about Yahoo's plans to spam and coldcall all of its members?
A few thousand pasty geeks are not "everyone".
Fortunately, I'm pretty content with the fact that most people gleefully piss away their privacy and personal information. Means those of us who take even the most rudimentary steps toward avoiding giving it up are better shielded by easy targets.
If you think 2d games are cool, then you should check out http://www.neo-geo.com for more information about one of the greatest 2d platforms of all time.
Check out the Sega Saturn too -- they're pretty close to free in the used game shops around here, and absolutely kick ass for 2d gaming.
This all came from the Codeweavers-dominated recent licence change (to the LGPL) which was done in an attempt to steal TransGaming's Direct3D code and force them to open up all their work (thus have no means to make money).
Now, I'm not license ninja like some of the people on here, but I thought the whole _point_ of the LGPL was that it could be linked to or used without the linking source having to be opened. I was under the impression that was the main difference between the LGPL (Lesser?) and the regular one.
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The rate of 401 megabits per second achieved in transferring 625 megabytes of data from Fairbanks, Alaska to Amsterdam in the Netherlands is over 8000 times greater than the fastest dial-up modem.
Must be nice to have a pipe that's not full of SPAM, pop-up ads, Code Red, Nimda, SQLSnake, Gnutella, ARP scans from the braindead fucks at my ISP, AIM crap...
--saint
Well, IMHO, "Linux" isn't actually a very good name for the operating system that the majority of the readership of this site uses.
Who the hell would call Windows XP "Linux"?
--saint
Shouldn't that be, "I gots an English degree"?
No, "gots" would be a dangling funkulator in that sentence. For that context, it would be "I done gots me an English degree."
Note the encasement of the "gots" by your standard funk brackets.
[/sarcasm]
--saint
Good guys use Apples.
Bad guys use Dells.
Crazy-conspiricy-types use Amigas.
Filthy bastards with vague accents use Linux. And generally pronounce it Leeee-nucks.
--saint
The SMPng project has been picking up steam in the last few months thankfully.
Woo-hoo! Maybe it's time to pick up that second processor for my dual-capable PPro.
Mmmmm... SMPlicious.
--saint
(Slow Down Cowboy. Hey, Taco, eat my ass, okay? There, now I'm a troll, deserving of this ineffectual lameness measure. Thanks.)
why oh why did I give up on being an Adventure Travel Guide to be a web designer?
Because you had no native talent for actual programming?
[dodging thrown objects]
Eh, what do I know. I got an English degree.
--saint
truly an amazing release with lots of new PF tricks
I've been toying with the idea of using OpenBSD on a P75 as a wired-to-wireless network bridge. Essentially, I want to be able to have data go from my desktop machine, to this bridging computer, to a wireless AP, to the machines on the wired network that the AP is hooked up to.
Unfortunately, I've got no experience with IPF or PF, since all of my NAT needs are taken care of by a cheap-o Linksys router.
Anyone have a link for good introductory material on doing something like this?
--saint
We haven't been keeping up with the 2.5.x series, but a slow Sunday is a good excuse to catch up.
According to kernel.org, the latest version of the 2.4 stable tree is 2.4.18 - which has been out for quite a while.
I don't read the kernel mailing list. Could someone who does tell us what we have to look forward to in the 2.4 line?
--saint
helps Verizon find out where they stand relative to their competitors.
Why, the same place they stand relative to their employees, of course. Right on the windpipe.
--saint
What do you guys use?
A Pilot fine point pen and my checkbook.
Hah! Finally being poor is advantageous and saves me hassle!
--saint
I believe that statement was included because this is a 72 Mbps 802.11a product, while the 802.11a spec calls for 54 Mbps. This seems to be something of an enhanced .11a product, and LinkSys wanted to make it clear that it would work with standard .11a equipment.
Ah, okay. That would also explain their "works at this speed only with our PCMCIA card" disclaimer on the page. Thanks for the clarification.
--saint
is fully interoperable with existing 802.11a wireless equipment.
Uh, no kidding. The 802.11b standard is the slower, ~11Mb/s one. 802.11a is specced to be faster. The Linksys product is just a regular access point for 802.11a.
Is this one of thaose Slashvertisements I've been hearing so much about?
--saint
With the series finale of The X-Files rapidly approaching
Christ, is that _still_ on?
--saint
I've got a 15" LCD Studio Display on my machine at work. The walkie-talkies that the maintenance and security staff use will activate the power button on it, turning the entire computer off if someone is walking by and their radio receives a broadcast.
Ever get the feeling you're being _bathed_ in RF?
--saint
I really, really, REALLY want to avoid having a Windows partition on my computer
Why?
It seems like you really, really, REALLY want to run Windows software. And you'll really, really, REALLY have to buy a Windows license anyway, whether you use VMWare or dual-boot.
Is rebooting into the other OS really, really, REALLY such a hassle that you're willing to deal with the poor performance of VMWare?
--saint
I wonder if this will pave the way to a a full-fledged Linux version of AOL.
Yeah, because all of the Linux users I know are simply dying to use AOL.
On another note, I'm hoping that the AOL client browser has the tabbed browsing from Moz in the future. Man, this rocks -- Mozilla 1.0 RC2 has completely replaced OmniWeb as my browser of choice on OS X.
(I do sort of miss the spall checker, though.)
--saint
"I ain't gonna have no more babies if the gobenment ain't gonna give me no more subsidy" Liqueesha Johnson
Holy shit, that's incredibly offensive.
Have you ever even met someone receiving government assistance? Or are you just another of the Randroid motherfuckers who seem to frequent Slashdot, speaking from a position of privelege mom and dad earned once upon a time?
Just curious.
--saint
Microsoft released another security patch for Internet Explorer
Is it Thursday already?
--saint
Do you piss on your living room carpet every day
Yes. I also drive an AMC. Pollution ahoy!
--saint
If I were you I'd try to find myself an old junker Pentium 200Mhz or more (as long as the thing can boot off of a CD).
I'd recommend trying to find an IBM PC365. It's a pretty common machine on eBay with a PPro 200 and a 2 gig drive. I got mine for about 30 dollars, if I recall correctly. It even supports a second processor if you want to play around with SMP.
--saint
So, what is the best way to learn Linux? How did you learn it?
Assuming this question isn't rhetorical, I'd just like to say something.
Linux is something that people who are passionate about computers and code are going to run across sooner or later. If you're lucky, maybe three kids out of a introductory class will have the sort of mindset conducive to exploring on their own. Most of them just want to play Quake, skip class, wear baggy trousers, and download copies of Win2k.
How do I know? I just took an introductory programming course. And I couldn't believe the sheer _apathy_ of the bulk of the students.
The first *nix I learned was NetBSD, then OpenBSD, and a little bit of Linux here and there. I learned it the same way most people do - indulgent friends, hours on Google, and having nothing better to do when I was working the night shift.
Most intro students don't care enough to bother. That's why telling them to RTFM won't work and that's why this question was asked.
--saint
Remember how everyone got all up in arms about Yahoo's plans to spam and coldcall all of its members?
A few thousand pasty geeks are not "everyone".
Fortunately, I'm pretty content with the fact that most people gleefully piss away their privacy and personal information. Means those of us who take even the most rudimentary steps toward avoiding giving it up are better shielded by easy targets.
--saint
If you think 2d games are cool, then you should check out http://www.neo-geo.com for more information about one of the greatest 2d platforms of all time.
Check out the Sega Saturn too -- they're pretty close to free in the used game shops around here, and absolutely kick ass for 2d gaming.
Street Fighter Alpha 2, for example. [drool]
--saint
This all came from the Codeweavers-dominated recent licence change (to the LGPL) which was done in an attempt to steal TransGaming's Direct3D code and force them to open up all their work (thus have no means to make money).
Now, I'm not license ninja like some of the people on here, but I thought the whole _point_ of the LGPL was that it could be linked to or used without the linking source having to be opened. I was under the impression that was the main difference between the LGPL (Lesser?) and the regular one.
Anyone care to correct me, please?
--saint
Love Says Caldera's Doing Fine
That sounds like the beginning to a really dreadful country song.
--saint