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  1. Re:Show what an inferior OpenStack might look like on Can Red Hat Do For OpenStack What It Did For Linux? · · Score: 1

    Ubuntu inherits Debian policy. Anything--supported or not--is not updated in any way that breaks things. You might not be able to get security patches for stuff in Universe or Multiverse in a timely manner without rolling and submitting it yourself; but they won't go releasing a package that no longer does X when X worked before. The idea is that, if your configuration works, it will continue to work *exactly* the way you have it without modification no matter which version of the package you have across the entire lifecycle of a stable release--if it doesn't, that's a bug and they need to undo that breakage. Extending is fine, breaking is *not* acceptable.

    I call bullshit. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=561578#61

  2. Re:I don't care for these commercials on New "Get a Mac" TV ads · · Score: 1

    .... I'm running windows (not right now, right now it's Fedora all the way, I double-boot) ....

    So, is it "Fedora all the way" or "double-boot"? One would imply a lack of the other.

  3. Re:With friends like these... on Sun Puts its Weight Behind Ubuntu Linux · · Score: 1

    When you're automatically rebuilding a Linux box, and you only want to re-install the OS and not blow away the data on the SAN, this [disk device naming scheme] would be a godsend.

    Hate to break this to you, but All UNIXen have this issue. Disk naming depends entirely upon what is found where on the bus as well as the order of kernel module loading.

  4. Another crock of spit? on Microsoft Claims Firms 'Hitting a Wall' With Linux · · Score: 1

    "The study, commissioned by the software giant from Security Innovation, a provider of application security services, claimed that Linux administrators took 68 per cent longer to implement new business requirements than their Windows counterparts."

    Yeah, that's 'cause we tend to do-it-right-the-first-time and have to much to do besides pointing and drooling. And WTF is this comming from a "security" firm? Why didn't they write that Windows boxen take 68 per cent longer to intall security patches?

  5. Ahem on 64-Bit Windows Releases Now Available · · Score: 1

    "Athlon 64 users rejoice!"

    Why? A day late and a dollar short, I say!

  6. Community Software (blastwave.org) on Linux Apps On Solaris · · Score: 5, Informative

    You've never heard of CSW?

    What is blastwave.org?
    blastwave.org is a collective effort to create a set of binary packages of free software, that can be automatically installed to a Solaris computer (sparc or x86 based) over the network.


    We (CSW) don't provide "Linux apps", but we natively compile and package software for Solaris.

    Will the power of Linux apps put Solaris back into the running?

    The power of free software compiled natively for my SPARC has returned Solaris to being my primary desktop. (Now if only I could afford a Blade 2500....)

  7. Hardware Specs on Meshcube: A New Mesh-Routing Wireless Device · · Score: 3, Informative

    * 400MHz MIPS processor AMD Au1500 aka Alchemy
    * 64 MB RAM
    * 32 MB Flash
    * 100Mbps Ethernet
    * Power Over Ethernet Standard IEEE 802.3af
    * USB host
    * USB device
    * up to 8 MiniPCI devices, the base unit comes with one dual adapter
    * WLAN cards with RP-SMA connectors
    * Small Size 7x5x7 cm
    * Low power consumption 4W
    * No moving parts
    * one (hidden) DebugConnector with serial port and EJTAG

  8. Re:Guys like Sharp are a joke on MS Rails On Open Source, Appeals To Gov't Greed · · Score: 0

    Which make him a shill, plain and simple. We all listen to shills, right? Riiiight.

  9. Re:Windows Update on Microsoft Behind $12M Opera Settlement · · Score: 0

    Mozilla cannot sue simply because the browser does not support ActiveX. If someone bothered to implement ActiveX in Moz, then they might have an arguement.

  10. Why Programming Still Stinks: on Why Programming Still Stinks · · Score: 0

    Because Programmers don't bathe.

  11. Re:Move along, nothing to see here. on U.S. Plans Targeted Draft for Computer Personnel · · Score: 0

    The biggest lesson of every military conflict since the first Gulf War is that manpower is almost irrelevant in the face of technology.

    Technology, eh? So the US should be able to kick China's arse?

    Remember, in 1991, Iraq had one of the largest and most battle-experienced armies in the middle East. Yet they got spanked by a much smaller force of tecnologically superior Americans.

    Iraq got "spanked" by a much smaller force of smarter, better trained, and much more highly motivated troops. The fact that the US munitions were more acurate also helped.

  12. Re:Why only that combination? on Ctrl-Alt-Del Inventor To Retire From IBM · · Score: 1, Funny

    He chose those keys specifically as it's not a key sequence that can be struck by accident.

    Its even harder to type on a Sun Type 6 keyboard with only one hand.

    (Why? Think SunPCi.)

  13. Re:Outsourcing is a good thing... on A Thoughtful Look at Indian Outsourcing · · Score: 0

    OK, so let's test *your* theory as well.

    I have made the choice to live in a 3/2 house that is considered "average" for my market. My mortgage, including all required taxes and insurance, is $1,276 per month. I make my spouse work, and we both earn the $11,000 per year which is not taxed because of our exemptions and the deduction for our one child. That is $22,000 per year.

    You assume, here, that there is a mortgage company in this country that will give you a $15,312/yr mortgage when you only make $22,000/yr. Their formulas will immediately tell them that you have no chance to pay this off in 30 years (more likely you will default within 5 years).

    When the wife and I went looking for a house 2 years ago, I made sure we could afford it. Those "new construction" homes were beautiful and some were outright huge, but their biggest drawback was their outrageous price. Our current house cost us $176K and a comparable "new" house started at $210K. The only difference to me was 15 years and some decent sized trees.

    People need to start living and breathing the mantra "live within your means". For you kiddies out there, this means finding a way to keep yourself out of the hole. This includes finding ways to pay for whatever education you deem appropriate that does not put you into monetary debt. Start saving now. Start working now. Time to start raking in all that lawn mowing money and stop blowing it on the latest and greatest $500 video card.

    For you more established types, well, time to sell that 56" rear-projection brain-sucker and start digging yourself out of the pit. Do you really need a $32k SUV or can you commute just as well in a $12k compact car? Sell all those "toys" and pay down the money you owe so that if the hatchet falls, you are more financially mobile.

    Hell. At $11,000/yr, its time to enlist. The military pays better than that!

  14. Re:80GB Seagate drive? on Sun's new UltraSPARC workstation: the Blade 1500 · · Score: 0

    The Sun Blade 2000 has FC-AL disks.

  15. Re:boo on AOL Now Publishing SPF Records · · Score: 0

    And from djbdns tools:
    $ dnstxt aol.com
    v=spf1 ip4:152.163.225.0/24 ip4:205.188.139.0/24 ip4:205.188.144.0/24 ip4:205.188.156.0/24 ip4:205.188.157.0/24 ip4:205.188.159.0/24 ip4:64.12.136.0/24 ip4:64.12.137.0/24 ip4:64.12.138.0/24 ptr:mx.aol.com -all

  16. Re:How to make Windows Better... on Microsoft Sends Linux Survey · · Score: 0

    I took a look, at the first page. That was enough to make me hit the back button.

    I hit next and got this (too bad their SQL box isn't feeling well):

    function di20(id, newSrc) { document.images[id].src = newSrc; } function preloadImages() { if (document.images) { if (typeof(document.WM) == 'undefined'){ document.WM = new Object(); } document.WM.overImages = new Array(); var argLength = preloadImages.arguments.length; for(arg=0;arg=totalNum; i++) { EraseForcedRanking(QID, oldOptionID, i); EraseForcedRanking(QID, optionID, i); } } eval('document.Form1.' + fieldName).value =
    [snip]

  17. Re:This was bound to happen on Caching Torrent files in DNS · · Score: 0

    And as for your caching forwarder: this is going to generate roughly one request for every BT block somebody downloads, typically 256kB. A couple of extra UDP packets are negligible compared to the traffic to actually download the block.

    256kB is *HUGE* in DNS. The max size of a UDP packet is 512 _bytes_. The entire RR needs to fit in this packet or TCP will have to be used to transfer it, thus causing retransmits when the reply switches from UDP to TCP.

  18. Re:clearly OT on South Korea Plans National 100 Mbps Network · · Score: -1

    Yeah, I realized I was going to get spanked when I forgot to RTF Headline ....

  19. Re:clearly OT on South Korea Plans National 100 Mbps Network · · Score: -1

    Isn't communism wonderful?

  20. Re:Perfect... on Bombardier's Hot Wheel · · Score: 0

    Embrio... is that what you re-spawn as when you crash and burn?

  21. Re:Red-headed Solaris on Sun Solaris Vs Linux: The x86 Smack-down · · Score: 1

    Aside from Sun support (which IMO is really good), would there be any benefit to switching to Solaris?

    How about this:

    Client wants to build an application of some sort. The resource requirements for the app will start small and may stay small, but resource demand from usage of the app may also grow quickly. Consultant recommends writing the app for Solaris x86 as this will allow for inexpensive hardware and OS aquisition fees. If the app grows, it can simply be recompiled for Solaris SPARC where its resource consumption can scale linearly with hardware additions.

    This seems much less expensive compared to writting the app on Linux x86 and then having to port/rewrite it for Solaris SPARC (or AIX or HP-UX, etc).

  22. Re:Maybe on Google Tracking Frequent Users · · Score: 1

    Maybe the article author should Google for browser security/privacy settings to find out how cookies are handled.

    Now, now. "Smart" is not a requirement for journalistic prowess.

  23. Re:Seeeing the future on Resolving Everything: VeriSign Adds Wildcards · · Score: 1

    Guess what? Verisign controls the .com and .net REGISTRY, which gets something like $6 per registration per year NO MATTER WHAT REGISTRAR YOU USE. Go ahead and refuse to use verisign as your registRAR -- they'll still get a big chunk of your money because they're the contractual provider for .com and .net.

    Which is why I have a .org.

  24. Re:Duh... on No Americans Need Apply · · Score: 1

    In WTO-world, corporations can move their jobs across borders but workers cannot follow. This one-sidedness pushes salaries down everywhere, as companies seek the cheapest available labor.

    What they don't realize is that I won't buy their product if I don't have a job. Thus "cheapest available labor" becomes useless without cunsumers.

  25. Re:LVM: article is wrong on Red Hat Enterprise 3 Beta Reviewed · · Score: 1

    I beg to differ:

    $ grep -A4 LVM /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
    # LVM initialization
    if [ -e /proc/lvm -a -x /sbin/vgchange -a -f /etc/lvmtab ]; then
    action $"Setting up Logical Volume Management:" /sbin/vgscan && /sbin/vgchange -a y
    fi
    $ cat /etc/redhat-release
    Red Hat Linux release 7.2 (Enigma)