The internet has reached a tangible summit readily avalible broadband access. This is by no means however a peak we've only begun to stretch the limits of this animal I hope that by the time my children are old enough to use the web I can tell them stories about having to dial into the internet, and they'll be shocked at the thought.
Yes I'd like 1 slow ALU, 2 fast ALUs, 2 FPUs, 16K of L1 cache, 128K of L2 cache, 1 MB of external L3 cache and an order of fries and a coke...what?! You say it's gonna be $300 more than the place across the street?!
It's not like I actually paid for linux or my window manager nor the themes I apply, so it's not like apple is losing money or anything. Seeing as how apple ain't doing so great now I think they're clinging to whatever they can, in this case a UI, if all you have is a pretty UI what do you really have? Dangerous parallels drawn drit cheap.
I dont particularly care for Redhat but the entire decision can be summed up in this paragraph:
``We've tried more traditional PC operating systems in the past for similar embedded appliances, but they were prone to instability, high power requirements, and heat dissipation problems'' said Steve May, Rymic president. ``Red Hat's Clinux provides us with an inherently stable solution that monitors vehicles' performances in real time; because Clinux is open source software, costly per-unit license fees are eliminated.''
To be honest it dosent matter that it's Redhat I'm just glad to see Linux get marketshare and more importantly mindshare.
Standardiztion. I like that fact that Linux is customizable but for god sakes someone take the bull by the horns develop a few standards and proclaim them as such, even if they arent perfect. Microsoft did it, why cant we?
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You know, if you read the help file or know vi you'd find you can simply search for packages in dselect OR from the command line
apt-cache search task-helix-gnome
Dont put in the time to knock it if you havent put in the time to learn it first. I wouldnt consider the "task" selection setting up an entire workstation of unconfigured junk to be a good thing 90% of that stuff you'll probably never use and may pose a security issue. When I install debian I have a basic system that I can build from the ground up. Notice I said when I install, because during the install you have the same option to install major subsections of packages window managers c development etc etc.
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It's kind of like vi steep learning curve but once you start using it and actually READ the help files and ask questions to people who actually use it, it all begins to make sense and you wonder why you've spent so much of your life without it.
You can put up the entire archive on nfs and check md5 sums all day if you like peruse the source, run a virus checker? etc etc etc. apt sources can be just about any method of data retrival you can think of...ok maybe not carrier pigeon but that's too slow anyways.
Spend one week with apt and you'll never want to use anything else again. It's a rare occaision I have to compile from source because 9 times out 10 there's a deb in apt. Consider clean disk to full install I can put up a webserver capeable of running slashcode in literally 30 minutes or less have fun hunting down the rpms for that or worse the source. I'm not saying it's a perfect system but it will focus time on what should be focused on applications. If linux is to gain ground this is a step in the right direction.
this project makes too many assumptions that everyone uses their boxen to sit around and block packets consider that a 10.x.x.x ip address was in the top ten shouldnt that kind of data be parsed out? Along with the potential for faked logs and unreliable data sources, it was a good thought but implamentation requires a bit more effort than a lil perl script that sifts through my logs. I hope they consider the bulk per user submissions when accepting data so as to not have a poisoned database. What about people scanning their own machines for their own security's sake? Or someone who was authorized to do it via an aup if @home scans me because i signed the aup that makes it ok, so if my ip is in the @home network that should not be considered an attack or even an intrusive scan because it was authorized when i signed on for the service. You can see where this is going a whole lot of very subjective data...
I had severe problems with the geforce2 drivers I could hardly right click without a bluescreen of death. This was attributed to the Via technologies chipset. So if you get a geforce think about not using a via chipset motherboard with it.
I found it kinda cartoonish but then again it's been a long time since I've used it. It's an os not a cartoon leave it basic and let the user customize it I dont like that distro's put their little graphics all over the console and desktop. Not that it's impossible to remove that stuff but it's an attempt to brand the product. It's OK guys all you need to do is put your little graphic on the box it comes in and the docs you provide it wouldnt feel half as newbish if it wasnt plastered with cartoon looking "enhancements" anyhow just my opinion.
It's my understanding that qnx has an extremely stable grip on mission critical markets. So why not open source the beast and simply charge insane ammounts of money for support. It's an excellent source of revenue. I can happily say that until it's free or just does so much I cant put it down I wont use it.
Basically people who have been hurt by faulty MS software can argue that because they had no choice of what OS when they bought their system they were under durest. This may play into the hands of Linux making it more of viable alternative...lets hope that some day in the not so distant future you'll be forced to pick an OS with EVERY system unless of course you load your own. Or perhaps making the consumer load all their own software instead of oem cd's doing 90% for you and thus loading software which may or maynot be flawed.
I saw Marcus Ranum speak at the Atlanta Linux Showcase on intrusion detection systems. He's an excellent speaker stayed vendor neutral and has tons of cool stories yet the security community hates him.
@home conisistantly astounds me with their lack of honesty from install to livewire it's constant "We're working to correct the problem" backtalk that comes straight out of a manual. It's to the point that I would choose another ISP if given the choice simply on principle.
I recently attended the atlanta linux showcase and listened to Marcus Ranum's speach on intrusion detection and his stance towards the "hacker" community and I'd have to agree with his sentiments. I'd wager to guess that 80% of the active "cracker" people are script kiddies who basically find their latest hax0r sk1llz with info they got from the "open disclosure" of a vulnerability. Notify the vendor first. If they dont acknowledge that there is security issue and that their working on it _then_ publicise it. All immediate posting of exploits nonsense leads to millions and millions of script kiddies running around using _no_ thought at all just running the latest greatest exploit which was detailed word for word in it's explanation. It dosent have to be that way and it shouldn't be that way. It's unreasonable not to notify a vendor about a security hole and post it on some webpage instead. Anyhow just my opinion.
Personally the smart card idea is a good one but not for the government to adopt. Lets leave this technology to the private sector it will be better used within the corperate environment. I dont want to be tagged like an animal. I'd rather not be a number.
It would offend me if certain information were to be placed on this card, information which I could be discriminated against for. Likleyhood for diseases etc (dont think some discrimination law will protect you they already don't) I dont want my children born with a card reminding them who they are and who they cant become for whatever reason.
In the private sector where we have choices about what we do and where we work I see this as an obvious security enhancement. Anything beyond that is plain invasion of privacy. I feel bad for the people of Hong Kong who have to watch their children tagged in a sense. Before you know it these "smart devices" which could be worn will make their eventual way into the human body I'm all for being wired but not tagged like some experiment. Horrible idea.
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The internet has reached a tangible summit readily avalible broadband access. This is by no means however a peak we've only begun to stretch the limits of this animal I hope that by the time my children are old enough to use the web I can tell them stories about having to dial into the internet, and they'll be shocked at the thought.
Yes I'd like 1 slow ALU, 2 fast ALUs, 2 FPUs, 16K of L1 cache, 128K of L2 cache, 1 MB of external L3 cache and an order of fries and a coke...what?! You say it's gonna be $300 more than the place across the street?!
It's not like I actually paid for linux or my window manager nor the themes I apply, so it's not like apple is losing money or anything. Seeing as how apple ain't doing so great now I think they're clinging to whatever they can, in this case a UI, if all you have is a pretty UI what do you really have? Dangerous parallels drawn drit cheap.
I dont particularly care for Redhat but the entire decision can be summed up in this paragraph:
``We've tried more traditional PC operating systems in the past for similar embedded appliances, but they were prone to instability, high power requirements, and heat dissipation problems'' said Steve May, Rymic president. ``Red Hat's Clinux provides us with an inherently stable solution that monitors vehicles' performances in real time; because Clinux is open source software, costly per-unit license fees are eliminated.''
To be honest it dosent matter that it's Redhat I'm just glad to see Linux get marketshare and more importantly mindshare.
Who knows which professional gamers may switch! TheCPL
Standardiztion. I like that fact that Linux is customizable but for god sakes someone take the bull by the horns develop a few standards and proclaim them as such, even if they arent perfect. Microsoft did it, why cant we?
You know, if you read the help file or know vi you'd find you can simply search for packages in dselect OR from the command line
apt-cache search task-helix-gnome
Dont put in the time to knock it if you havent put in the time to learn it first. I wouldnt consider the "task" selection setting up an entire workstation of unconfigured junk to be a good thing 90% of that stuff you'll probably never use and may pose a security issue. When I install debian I have a basic system that I can build from the ground up. Notice I said when I install, because during the install you have the same option to install major subsections of packages window managers c development etc etc.
It's kind of like vi steep learning curve but once you start using it and actually READ the help files and ask questions to people who actually use it, it all begins to make sense and you wonder why you've spent so much of your life without it.
You can put up the entire archive on nfs and check md5 sums all day if you like peruse the source, run a virus checker? etc etc etc. apt sources can be just about any method of data retrival you can think of...ok maybe not carrier pigeon but that's too slow anyways.
Spend one week with apt and you'll never want to use anything else again. It's a rare occaision I have to compile from source because 9 times out 10 there's a deb in apt. Consider clean disk to full install I can put up a webserver capeable of running slashcode in literally 30 minutes or less have fun hunting down the rpms for that or worse the source. I'm not saying it's a perfect system but it will focus time on what should be focused on applications. If linux is to gain ground this is a step in the right direction.
this project makes too many assumptions that everyone uses their boxen to sit around and block packets consider that a 10.x.x.x ip address was in the top ten shouldnt that kind of data be parsed out? Along with the potential for faked logs and unreliable data sources, it was a good thought but implamentation requires a bit more effort than a lil perl script that sifts through my logs. I hope they consider the bulk per user submissions when accepting data so as to not have a poisoned database. What about people scanning their own machines for their own security's sake? Or someone who was authorized to do it via an aup if @home scans me because i signed the aup that makes it ok, so if my ip is in the @home network that should not be considered an attack or even an intrusive scan because it was authorized when i signed on for the service. You can see where this is going a whole lot of very subjective data...
This will give the embeded Linux guys something to do.
*puts pinky to his mouth* we will store these "objects" in our "active directory" *laughs maniacly*
ctrl+alt + or - will change the res in x. go figure learn something new every day!
It runs wine better so I can get to my real apps...
http://www.google.com/pressre l/p ressrelease25.html...yahoo uses google...same frickin thing for the most part content delivery is different but *content* should be the same.
I had severe problems with the geforce2 drivers I could hardly right click without a bluescreen of death. This was attributed to the Via technologies chipset. So if you get a geforce think about not using a via chipset motherboard with it.
I found it kinda cartoonish but then again it's been a long time since I've used it. It's an os not a cartoon leave it basic and let the user customize it I dont like that distro's put their little graphics all over the console and desktop. Not that it's impossible to remove that stuff but it's an attempt to brand the product. It's OK guys all you need to do is put your little graphic on the box it comes in and the docs you provide it wouldnt feel half as newbish if it wasnt plastered with cartoon looking "enhancements" anyhow just my opinion.
It's my understanding that qnx has an extremely stable grip on mission critical markets. So why not open source the beast and simply charge insane ammounts of money for support. It's an excellent source of revenue. I can happily say that until it's free or just does so much I cant put it down I wont use it.
Basically people who have been hurt by faulty MS software can argue that because they had no choice of what OS when they bought their system they were under durest. This may play into the hands of Linux making it more of viable alternative...lets hope that some day in the not so distant future you'll be forced to pick an OS with EVERY system unless of course you load your own. Or perhaps making the consumer load all their own software instead of oem cd's doing 90% for you and thus loading software which may or maynot be flawed.
I saw Marcus Ranum speak at the Atlanta Linux Showcase on intrusion detection systems. He's an excellent speaker stayed vendor neutral and has tons of cool stories yet the security community hates him.
@home conisistantly astounds me with their lack of honesty from install to livewire it's constant "We're working to correct the problem" backtalk that comes straight out of a manual. It's to the point that I would choose another ISP if given the choice simply on principle.
I recently attended the atlanta linux showcase and listened to Marcus Ranum's speach on intrusion detection and his stance towards the "hacker" community and I'd have to agree with his sentiments. I'd wager to guess that 80% of the active "cracker" people are script kiddies who basically find their latest hax0r sk1llz with info they got from the "open disclosure" of a vulnerability. Notify the vendor first. If they dont acknowledge that there is security issue and that their working on it _then_ publicise it. All immediate posting of exploits nonsense leads to millions and millions of script kiddies running around using _no_ thought at all just running the latest greatest exploit which was detailed word for word in it's explanation. It dosent have to be that way and it shouldn't be that way. It's unreasonable not to notify a vendor about a security hole and post it on some webpage instead. Anyhow just my opinion.
Personally the smart card idea is a good one but not for the government to adopt. Lets leave this technology to the private sector it will be better used within the corperate environment. I dont want to be tagged like an animal. I'd rather not be a number.
It would offend me if certain information were to be placed on this card, information which I could be discriminated against for. Likleyhood for diseases etc (dont think some discrimination law will protect you they already don't) I dont want my children born with a card reminding them who they are and who they cant become for whatever reason.
In the private sector where we have choices about what we do and where we work I see this as an obvious security enhancement. Anything beyond that is plain invasion of privacy. I feel bad for the people of Hong Kong who have to watch their children tagged in a sense. Before you know it these "smart devices" which could be worn will make their eventual way into the human body I'm all for being wired but not tagged like some experiment. Horrible idea.