"With VMware ACE, security administrators package an IT-managed PC within a secured virtual machine and deploy it to an unmanaged physical PC. Once installed, VMware ACE offers complete control of the hardware configuration and networking capabilities of an unmanaged PC, transforming it into an IT-compliant PC endpoint."
> So, don't be fooled. This is not some wonderful egalitarian thought experiment. > It's politics as usual.
exactly right. you think the usa government would release all of these docs out into the wild without knowing what was in them? the last thing they'd want is some more proof of weapon sales to iraq from the 80's. these docs have all been examined already by the government and were determined worthless. hence, throwing them to the teeming masses.
no u.s. itunes user could actually buy 'sgt peppers', but plenty of u.s. folks could download beethoven from the bbc. this is a pretty pointless comparison.
from http://www.nessus.org/plugins/index.php?consultant =1&email=c&product=
Using the Plugins to detect vulnerabilities on the system or network of third parties is subject to authorization.
To obtain an authorization:
* Download and sign this license agreement
* Fax it to the following number : +1 (410) 510 1889
also, from the nmap-hackers list:
"[nessus] also instituted a $1200/year charge for the latest plugins ( a delayed feed is available free with registration for certain limited uses). They also now claim that many of the existing Nessus plugins were never open source. At the same time, they rewrote the Nessus web page to emphasis that Nessus is "the open-source vulnerability scanner".
when starting a new job, this is how i avoid this problem:
1) find the line in your employment agreement that states this 2) cross it out, write "see attached manifest", initial it, and show it to your hr person and (future) hiring manager. 3) attach a piece of paper with all projects you're working on, have ever worked on, or might concieve working on in the future. 4) photocopy the whole damned thing.
and that's it. when legal comes calling about the compiler i dreamed about 5 years ago, i flash those copies at them..
i should also point out that border collies are smart because they aren't standardized by the akc. once a "perfect" version of a dog is picked by the akc, they're inbred to keep the same look and they get stupider and stupider. there is an appropriate simpsons quote about the inbreeding of dogs (specifically, dalmations) but i can't seem to find it..
my ex-gf and i had a border collie for over a year. by the end, she (the collie) had a vocabulary of well over 100 words. she knew the difference between the ocean, the lake, and the river. she knew what the "purple squeaky ball" was. her favorite word though was "treat".
a current friend of mine also has a border collie. he is trained to turn off the tv, shut the tv cabinet door, and turn the lights off when his owner falls asleep at night.
i think most border collies are smarter than a lot of people i deal with on a daily basis at work.
i can't believe this is getting modded down as flamebait. you're right on with this. most companies dont "get" open source, and generally don't use any of these tools. i worked at a pure sun-netscape shop (cc, netscape messenger server, iplanet, the works) everything), and even suggesting the installation of gcc was looked down upon. so let's say i finally convince them to let me use apache for something. and then apache decides to drop support for our platform (sparc64) for political reasons (sun does something immoral or scandalous, for instance). you think they'd ever let me install _anything_ from the bsd / gnu world again?
What I Hate About Perl
The syntax for working with anonymous data structures and structures by reference is ugly:
my $count = keys %{ $self->{groups}[HACKERS] };
unless somewhere else in the code you've got a:
use const HACKERS => 1;
this code will do nothing. and if you've got a mapping of names to numbers (and HACKERS must be numeric, since it's an array indice), you should be using a hash instead. but of course, since this is perl, doing it correctly is even uglier:-)
my $count = keys %{$self->{groups}->[$mapping->{HACKERS}]};
protools has long been considered the most expensive studio option around. why? protools uses a proprietary protocol (TDM) for its' plugins and hardware. Protools _doesn't_ support VST plugins, which are standard for most other music software. You're pretty much tied to digi hardware (although they usually support Emagic's control surfaces too). Protools is basically the Microsoft of music software.
the source code is like 6 lines long. basically, fetch a param and run it in perl backticks. no taint checking, no input validation, no nothing. granted, these things are usually done to prevent shell access, but still. this is hardly a revolutionary piece of software (what's changed between 0.0 and.17a??)
i've had a developer maryville board on my desk at work for the past 2 months (p4 2.8ghz). my experience with it so far hasn't been particularly impressive. i mean, it presents itself as 2 cpus to the underlying os (works w/ xp,.net rc1, and linux), but when you do something that actually taxes both cpus (make -j8 bzImage or what have you) there's a lot of thrashing and no true performance gain. i like the idea that no one program can totally lock up your cpu (netscape / q3 / X / etc), but i haven't seen any gains in day to day use.
i'm curious how oracle / msft will deal with the licensing issues that will come about from presenting virtual cpus.
read the man pages. usually there's contact info for the maintainer of the actual program. also, always file the bug with your vendor as well, so they have a chance to upgrade their shipping versions.
with netscape 4.x (dunno about mozilla), you could store a roaming profile in an ldap db. then you could log in with navigator from wherever and instantly have your addressbook / bookmarks / preferences / mail settings magically load up. i have seen it work, and it was pretty sweet.
i reccommend What Is Mathematics by Courant, Robbins, Stewart. This covers just about everything in modern math until the 1940's or so (and the newer version have updated sections on Fermat's last theorem). Plus there's a blurb from Albert Einstein praising the book on the back. You can't ask for much more than that.
So OpenUnix will continue in parallel to OpenLinux? Yes. Open Unix could well keep going in parallel to OpenLinux. We are not moving Open Unix onto Intel's 64-bit platform, but IA32 will be around for a long time yet.
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.vmware.com/products/ace/
"With VMware ACE, security administrators package an IT-managed PC within a secured virtual machine and deploy it to an unmanaged physical PC. Once installed, VMware ACE offers complete control of the hardware configuration and networking capabilities of an unmanaged PC, transforming it into an IT-compliant PC endpoint."
> So, don't be fooled. This is not some wonderful egalitarian thought experiment.
> It's politics as usual.
exactly right. you think the usa government would release all of these docs out into the wild without knowing what was in them? the last thing they'd want is some more proof of weapon sales to iraq from the 80's. these docs have all been examined already by the government and were determined worthless. hence, throwing them to the teeming masses.
no u.s. itunes user could actually buy 'sgt peppers', but plenty of u.s. folks could download beethoven from the bbc. this is a pretty pointless comparison.
-BlueLines
from http://www.nessus.org/plugins/index.php?consultant =1&email=c&product=
:
Using the Plugins to detect vulnerabilities on the system or network of third parties is subject to authorization.
To obtain an authorization
* Download and sign this license agreement
* Fax it to the following number : +1 (410) 510 1889
also, from the nmap-hackers list:
"[nessus] also instituted a $1200/year charge for the latest plugins ( a
delayed feed is available free with registration for certain limited
uses). They also now claim that many of the existing Nessus plugins
were never open source. At the same time, they rewrote the Nessus web
page to emphasis that Nessus is "the open-source vulnerability
scanner".
chris cunningham did a sweet robotic drummer installation. you can find it here:
a ph y/
http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Aphex_Twin/Biogr
click on the "monkey drummer" link.
how can yoper claim to be "100% gpl compliant" when it includes nvidia's drivers?
when starting a new job, this is how i avoid this problem:
1) find the line in your employment agreement that states this
2) cross it out, write "see attached manifest", initial it, and show it to your hr person and (future) hiring manager.
3) attach a piece of paper with all projects you're working on, have ever worked on, or might concieve working on in the future.
4) photocopy the whole damned thing.
and that's it. when legal comes calling about the compiler i dreamed about 5 years ago, i flash those copies at them..
..didn't a bunch of airlines admit to (basically) the same thing? no arrests there..
i decided to be wary about this album when i heard the drm rumors, and i was prepared. but i can't seem to find the 'shift' button on my turntable..
i should also point out that border collies are smart because they aren't standardized by the akc. once a "perfect" version of a dog is picked by the akc, they're inbred to keep the same look and they get stupider and stupider. there is an appropriate simpsons quote about the inbreeding of dogs (specifically, dalmations) but i can't seem to find it..
my ex-gf and i had a border collie for over a year. by the end, she (the collie) had a vocabulary of well over 100 words. she knew the difference between the ocean, the lake, and the river. she knew what the "purple squeaky ball" was. her favorite word though was "treat".
a current friend of mine also has a border collie. he is trained to turn off the tv, shut the tv cabinet door, and turn the lights off when his owner falls asleep at night.
i think most border collies are smarter than a lot of people i deal with on a daily basis at work.
i can't believe this is getting modded down as flamebait. you're right on with this. most companies dont "get" open source, and generally don't use any of these tools. i worked at a pure sun-netscape shop (cc, netscape messenger server, iplanet, the works) everything), and even suggesting the installation of gcc was looked down upon. so let's say i finally convince them to let me use apache for something. and then apache decides to drop support for our platform (sparc64) for political reasons (sun does something immoral or scandalous, for instance). you think they'd ever let me install _anything_ from the bsd / gnu world again?
The syntax for working with anonymous data structures and structures by reference is ugly:
unless somewhere else in the code you've got a:this code will do nothing. and if you've got a mapping of names to numbers (and HACKERS must be numeric, since it's an array indice), you should be using a hash instead.
but of course, since this is perl, doing it correctly is even uglier
protools has long been considered the most expensive studio option around. why? protools uses a proprietary protocol (TDM) for its' plugins and hardware. Protools _doesn't_ support VST plugins, which are standard for most other music software. You're pretty much tied to digi hardware (although they usually support Emagic's control surfaces too). Protools is basically the Microsoft of music software.
-BlueLines
and thanks to the government, i can find both of the websites about aids
this is just scary.
-BlueLines
Six String Samurai
I mean, with lines like "Only one man could kill that many russians", what more do you want?
-BlueLines
the source code is like 6 lines long. basically, fetch a param and run it in perl backticks. no taint checking, no input validation, no nothing. granted, these things are usually done to prevent shell access, but still. this is hardly a revolutionary piece of software (what's changed between 0.0 and .17a??)
BlueLines
For current versions, yes. The new versions (starting with Workstation 4.0, which is in a f+f release right now) all use a tabbed GTK+ ui.
i've had a developer maryville board on my desk at work for the past 2 months (p4 2.8ghz). my experience with it so far hasn't been particularly impressive. i mean, it presents itself as 2 cpus to the underlying os (works w/ xp, .net rc1, and linux), but when you do something that actually taxes both cpus (make -j8 bzImage or what have you) there's a lot of thrashing and no true performance gain. i like the idea that no one program can totally lock up your cpu (netscape / q3 / X / etc), but i haven't seen any gains in day to day use.
i'm curious how oracle / msft will deal with the licensing issues that will come about from presenting virtual cpus.
-BlueLines
read the man pages. usually there's contact info for the maintainer of the actual program. also, always file the bug with your vendor as well, so they have a chance to upgrade their shipping versions.
-BlueLines
with netscape 4.x (dunno about mozilla), you could store a roaming profile in an ldap db. then you could log in with navigator from wherever and instantly have your addressbook / bookmarks / preferences / mail settings magically load up. i have seen it work, and it was pretty sweet.
-BlueLines
a direct link to the specs is here
-BlueLines
i reccommend What Is Mathematics by Courant, Robbins, Stewart. This covers just about everything in modern math until the 1940's or so (and the newer version have updated sections on Fermat's last theorem). Plus there's a blurb from Albert Einstein praising the book on the back. You can't ask for much more than that.
-BlueLines
*sigh*
(from the article)
So OpenUnix will continue in parallel to OpenLinux?
Yes. Open Unix could well keep going in parallel to OpenLinux. We are not moving Open Unix onto Intel's 64-bit platform, but IA32 will be around for a long time yet.
Please read the articles before you post them....
-BlueLines
when i first read this, i though this was a new "BSD is Dying" troll. heh.
-BlueLines