I've only had one new DVD ever have any issues. That one DVD would freeze up at one spot, but it only did it on one DVD player. I suppose that it's probable that manufacturers are taking more and more shortcuts, but I haven't been affected by it yet. I hope it stays that way too.
This is old news for me. A person in my Cisco networking class got suspended for 3 days after sending the message 'Cisco Sux' to a few computers on the network. I'd have to agree with some of the other child posts and say that it falls in the same category as 'disrupting the classroom,' but shouldn't be called hacking. Someone should hack that school system to demonstrate what real hacking is.
Wow, this news sure is late for Slashdot. It came out a few weeks ago, I think.
Anyway, it'll be interesting to see if firefly sells enough to come back. I heard that fox started thinking about bringing Family Guy back after its DVD sales did so well, so maybe there is a real chance for Firefly.
The latest stable version of the kernel used to be 2.4, so they probably just forgot to update the page to link to 2.4 like 2.2 and 2.0 are linked. I doubt it's part of a conspiracy.
I don't understand why everyone assumes that people who work with computers like fantasy. I can understand the assumption about girlfriends (or lack there of), but it's always bothered me that whenever I let on that I'm a geek, someone asks me about fantasy novels. I like lord of the rings (the movies--I've never read the books), but I despise most fantasy. I wish that people didn't associate the two so closely.
It is broken if it's open to hacks and isn't maintained. He's obviously going about this smartly and not just trying to buy some new server for the fun of it.
I was thinking the same thing. Afterall, that's the concept behind chimny fires and what makes them so dangrous: the smoke rises and sucks in new oxygen from below. It ends up working almost like a jet engine. There's either something special about said fan or it's a dumb idea.
That's true, but new form factors are on the horizion and extra bits now means that when form factors do more memory, you won't have to patch the software and redesign CPU's again.
I agree with this. We're still using really old machines, but have citrix servers for applications which won't run on the old machines. You only need a low pentium to have good results. Then, as those break, you can phase in thin-clinets.
Hm. 2 minutes of google searching turned up this http://www.gvstore.com/no4u12atadrb.html I know that I've seen similar devices at lower price tags. For this one, you can have a TB of raid space for $5000. I'm not going to do the searching for you, but I know that I've priced double that space for about $4500 somewhere. ATA in raid-5 is a good way to go.
I tried Mavis Beacon but failed miserably. The interesting thing is that I hunted and pecked for quite a while, but the more I typed, the faster I seemed to type. Eventually I realized that I was typing the way you're supposed to without trying. I now can type over 70 wpm, though I've found that it rarely helps me program faster. It's mainly nice for when I'm writing papers or e-mails.
You would be quite frightened to hear what goes on in medical networks. The medical networks I have expierence with have gaping holes and are all linked together via a giant lan. Few people have firewalls and most security attempts are thwarted by doctors demanding that they be excluded from any policy that isn't transparent to them. It's hard to explain, but medical networks are not anything like you'd imagine. (Much less any DMZ or special segmentation.)
I for one am QUITE glad that SCO's done this. They've gone from seeming credible and aggressive to humorous and generally a giant joke. I think next they should sue every member of their company that ever worked on Open Linux and, after that, call for the death penalty to be used against RMS and Linus.
Actually, the OS doesn't convert anything. It basically just provides hardware abstraction and security (in the form of protecting programs from other programs). The OS doesn't really do anything except during system calls. Otherwise the compiled form is what's executed by the cpu--byte for byte.
Ask slashdot's should all be modded and only the ones with positive mod points should be on the front page. Maybe they could also add a new section called 'Ask slashdot: Legal Advice' that has an automatic first post saying 'don't ask for good leagal advice on slashdot.' I not trying to be a troll, but something just needs to be done about the Ask slashdot questions. They're all either too specific to matter to 99% of people, talk about legal advice, or are questions someone could look up in google. Maybe something like a mod system for ask slashdots could help.
This canâ(TM)t be good for Walmart. I wonder if Netflix will use this patent to shut down their competing service or if theyâ(TM)ll be âoeniceâ and license it for an obscene amount. People need to start pushing this issue with their representatives before e-mailing, calling, faxing, and talking are all patented.
So many interesting posts, but I can't believe that no one does paintball! Well, that's my love. I haven't gotten a chance to play in a few weeks, but I usually play whenever I can. If you haven't tried it yet, you really should. It's decent excercise and a blast to play.
Read all the replies to your message. I would hope that the math alone would prove to you that you're wrong. MAYBE the number was something like 2 miles worth of fuel when starting, but there's no way your original numbers were right.
They say that 45% of the songs are purchased as albums as if itâ(TM)s a great accomplishment, but doesnâ(TM)t that mean that very few transactions are actually albums? For example, if there were about 10 songs per CD, then doesnâ(TM)t that mean that about 5% of all transactions are for an album. Or, in other words, only one out of every 20 purchases is for an album? Personally, I donâ(TM)t find this surprising, but I donâ(TM)t think that itâ(TM)s anything to be too excited over.
You have a very valid point. I guess that I would have to agree with you, though I wish that he'd stick up for Linux a little. Very interesting point, though.
To be honest, I wish that Linus had a reason to be afraid. His reaction to this whole thing started off as complete apathy and is still hovering around it. Linus has treated the whole incident as though it has nothing to do with him, so I'm glad that SCO has crossed the line and done something that will force Linus' hand. Maybe it's selfish, but I really would like to see Linus sticking up for the Linux community, which now includes big businesses such as IBM.
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I've only had one new DVD ever have any issues. That one DVD would freeze up at one spot, but it only did it on one DVD player. I suppose that it's probable that manufacturers are taking more and more shortcuts, but I haven't been affected by it yet. I hope it stays that way too.
This is old news for me. A person in my Cisco networking class got suspended for 3 days after sending the message 'Cisco Sux' to a few computers on the network. I'd have to agree with some of the other child posts and say that it falls in the same category as 'disrupting the classroom,' but shouldn't be called hacking. Someone should hack that school system to demonstrate what real hacking is.
I ordered my copy a few days ago from amazon and it shipped right away. Should be here by Christmas.
Wow, this news sure is late for Slashdot. It came out a few weeks ago, I think.
Anyway, it'll be interesting to see if firefly sells enough to come back. I heard that fox started thinking about bringing Family Guy back after its DVD sales did so well, so maybe there is a real chance for Firefly.
The latest stable version of the kernel used to be 2.4, so they probably just forgot to update the page to link to 2.4 like 2.2 and 2.0 are linked. I doubt it's part of a conspiracy.
I don't understand why everyone assumes that people who work with computers like fantasy. I can understand the assumption about girlfriends (or lack there of), but it's always bothered me that whenever I let on that I'm a geek, someone asks me about fantasy novels. I like lord of the rings (the movies--I've never read the books), but I despise most fantasy. I wish that people didn't associate the two so closely.
The only block that doesn't hate SCO is 6. Otherwise, slashdoters have put aside their differences and united to hate SCO.
It is broken if it's open to hacks and isn't maintained. He's obviously going about this smartly and not just trying to buy some new server for the fun of it.
I was thinking the same thing. Afterall, that's the concept behind chimny fires and what makes them so dangrous: the smoke rises and sucks in new oxygen from below. It ends up working almost like a jet engine. There's either something special about said fan or it's a dumb idea.
If the PCI bus couldn't handle 54Mbps, then why would people have 100bT cards much less gigabit (and 10 gigabit on the way)?
That's true, but new form factors are on the horizion and extra bits now means that when form factors do more memory, you won't have to patch the software and redesign CPU's again.
I agree with this. We're still using really old machines, but have citrix servers for applications which won't run on the old machines. You only need a low pentium to have good results. Then, as those break, you can phase in thin-clinets.
Hm. 2 minutes of google searching turned up this http://www.gvstore.com/no4u12atadrb.html I know that I've seen similar devices at lower price tags. For this one, you can have a TB of raid space for $5000. I'm not going to do the searching for you, but I know that I've priced double that space for about $4500 somewhere. ATA in raid-5 is a good way to go.
I tried Mavis Beacon but failed miserably. The interesting thing is that I hunted and pecked for quite a while, but the more I typed, the faster I seemed to type. Eventually I realized that I was typing the way you're supposed to without trying. I now can type over 70 wpm, though I've found that it rarely helps me program faster. It's mainly nice for when I'm writing papers or e-mails.
You would be quite frightened to hear what goes on in medical networks. The medical networks I have expierence with have gaping holes and are all linked together via a giant lan. Few people have firewalls and most security attempts are thwarted by doctors demanding that they be excluded from any policy that isn't transparent to them. It's hard to explain, but medical networks are not anything like you'd imagine. (Much less any DMZ or special segmentation.)
I for one am QUITE glad that SCO's done this. They've gone from seeming credible and aggressive to humorous and generally a giant joke. I think next they should sue every member of their company that ever worked on Open Linux and, after that, call for the death penalty to be used against RMS and Linus.
Actually, the OS doesn't convert anything. It basically just provides hardware abstraction and security (in the form of protecting programs from other programs). The OS doesn't really do anything except during system calls. Otherwise the compiled form is what's executed by the cpu--byte for byte.
Ask slashdot's should all be modded and only the ones with positive mod points should be on the front page. Maybe they could also add a new section called 'Ask slashdot: Legal Advice' that has an automatic first post saying 'don't ask for good leagal advice on slashdot.' I not trying to be a troll, but something just needs to be done about the Ask slashdot questions. They're all either too specific to matter to 99% of people, talk about legal advice, or are questions someone could look up in google. Maybe something like a mod system for ask slashdots could help.
Linux 8!? Are you talking about RedHat 8, or has Linus gotten a lot faster with his kernel updates?
This canâ(TM)t be good for Walmart. I wonder if Netflix will use this patent to shut down their competing service or if theyâ(TM)ll be âoeniceâ and license it for an obscene amount. People need to start pushing this issue with their representatives before e-mailing, calling, faxing, and talking are all patented.
So many interesting posts, but I can't believe that no one does paintball! Well, that's my love. I haven't gotten a chance to play in a few weeks, but I usually play whenever I can. If you haven't tried it yet, you really should. It's decent excercise and a blast to play.
Read all the replies to your message. I would hope that the math alone would prove to you that you're wrong. MAYBE the number was something like 2 miles worth of fuel when starting, but there's no way your original numbers were right.
They say that 45% of the songs are purchased as albums as if itâ(TM)s a great accomplishment, but doesnâ(TM)t that mean that very few transactions are actually albums? For example, if there were about 10 songs per CD, then doesnâ(TM)t that mean that about 5% of all transactions are for an album. Or, in other words, only one out of every 20 purchases is for an album? Personally, I donâ(TM)t find this surprising, but I donâ(TM)t think that itâ(TM)s anything to be too excited over.
You have a very valid point. I guess that I would have to agree with you, though I wish that he'd stick up for Linux a little. Very interesting point, though.
To be honest, I wish that Linus had a reason to be afraid. His reaction to this whole thing started off as complete apathy and is still hovering around it. Linus has treated the whole incident as though it has nothing to do with him, so I'm glad that SCO has crossed the line and done something that will force Linus' hand. Maybe it's selfish, but I really would like to see Linus sticking up for the Linux community, which now includes big businesses such as IBM.