Until linksys strongarms broadcom into opening their 802.11g chipset so we can have a native linux driver, I'll be avoiding this product. I already threw $500 at linksys 802.11g hardware (which advertises the fact that their router uses linux), to discover that they had not released the code.
All I'm asking for here is GPL compliance. I want to be able to make use of the PCI NICs i bought so I can mount my router in the basement and leave it there.
my problem isnt in the "opt-out" issues in your player. I've gotten used to having to opt-out of just about everything. My problem is with its chronic takeover of my media, inherent bloat and general slowness, and its over-affinity for my ram. Though I cant say that many other windows-based media players are better.
Just out of curiousity, short bittorrent - which requires a web-based torrent, what other 'more sophisticated' applications are you speaking of?
I'd also like to add number three to that list:
3. December is also a very busy time for just about everyone. Expecting people to be downloading mp3s just as much during the holiday season is just.. stupid.
Sidenote: as a Canadian, I dont plan on buying a single CD or paying for a single song from the major labels while I'm paying a music industry tax on my blank media.
There is a very very big difference between a traffic offence and a criminal offence. I'm amazed that this is even being considered. How many girls lift their tops and never get arrested? This is purely because she decided to post them online.
Plus, I dont see how lifting your top for a quick picture is endangering anyone. I can see how speeding is - or running a red light.
I really hope they dont fuck this up. Anything developed for this purpose *must* be based on ipv6. If I'm gonna work with any of these products after ipv6 accually kicks in, I'm gonna want it globally routable.
I got a 30cm tall doll of the french taunter from the holy grail. Bet most of you've never even *seen* a doll of John Cleese. My best friend had the sense to accually buy one for me.
Exactly what I was going to ask. How do you "patch" software without the original code? You'd basically have to reverse engineer the software, back to some other form of programming language - probably ASM.
Now, just as a quick check, isnt reverse engineering any M$ product against the EULA? I seriously expect a lawsuit about this.
Also, patching a binary - that requires *very* detailed knowledge of the binary itself, not? You cant just diff two binaries, and apply patches like that, can you? Run into adressing problems, not? I've never really studied the end result of my code beyond a little gdb'ing.
I agree - computers and cars should stay mostly separate. The problem with cars these days is that, while sensors that are built into the car are useful, they're often replaced more than the part that they monitor. As an example, I've replaced two O2 sensors in my cars. When you write computer controls for anything, you generally have to assume that the hardware you're working with is in perfect condition. You can't, unfortunately, design a peice of software that can differentiate between correct or incorrect input data.
You get the input data, and you work with it. If the input is wrong, then your output will be wrong. No avoiding that.
I completely disagree. What should be taking place is using the BIOS as a compatibility layer between the hardware and the OS, in such a way that any hardware plugged into the system was provided to the OS through a consistant API.
But thats not what they're doing. I think a large part of this is, however, a logical direction to take the BIOS. We already have ethernet cards that are aware of the network at the hardware level. Putting more and more of the OSI model into the hardware is what has been happening for the last ten years. Why not continue the trend? I wouldnt mind a simple SNMP type process running from the BIOS that would allow me to query hardware information.
My personal opinion is, however, that the direction phoenix is going to take the BIOS is not nessecarily the correct route - but they are at least making progress. This will spur others to start making more improvements to current BIOS implementations. I really cant think of any major changes in the BIOS in the last ten years, short power management features.
I agree. This could accually be incredibly interesting. According to the site, he's been working on this for a very short time. This project has a LOT of potential.
Think:
1. Mapping the entire internet in around 12 hours. 2. Using the whois databases to map each subnet to a specific internet provider. 3. Use that information to map links to physical locations on a world physical map.
Then we have a logical-to-physical map of the internet. The problems with this are the fact that some large IP blocks dont tell you physical locations of smaller blocks. But just imagine being able to see that denmark and parts of norway dropped off the map because of a solar flare, yet northern canada remained fine.
Think about taking snapshots every day. After you come back from lunch, pull up the latest map of the internet - and see where the problem areas are - which routers are consistently flapping routes.
The applications for this are endless. Especially if he can get the map time down even more than currently.
I see how the others relate, but how exactly does John Horsley, general counsel of Transmeta fit into that list? Besides being Linus' old workplace, what do they have to do with all this?
Except when they've been killed off by their government.
When those laws are put together by the dictator's club called the UN, you bet. You know, the place that puts Syria and Libya on the "human rights committee"?
A dictators' club that is happily used by the US or ignored by the US when it suits them. Either you're in or you're out - pick one.
Where freedom of speech applies to EVERYBODY, even the ones with unpopular causes. Hint: popular causes don't NEED freedom of speech.
Except you cant talk about that new copy protection scheme, or the lastest encryption algorythm, because thats secret stuff.
Hint: we're still on our first Republic. France is on their fifth, with intervening Reigns of Terror, anarchy, kings, emperors, and Nazi collaborationist regimes.
You just proved his point. France has a hell of a lot more experience being on the short end of the stick. Their population has seen their entire culture on the brink of extintion in the last century. They have a lot more collective wisdom, in terms of culteral age.
Hint: our popular culture dominates the world. Deal with it.
You only think it does. Which is why the rest of the world gets so annoyed when you come and visit.
Where food is so cheap that even the poorest can (over)eat.
Where food is so cheep because of the coporations ability to pay that 12 year old farm worker in south america $15 a month to make that food.
They're ours to "waste", Saddam-lover.
It sure as hell wasnt your country to distroy, so get off your fucking high horse and open your eyes. You threw away almost 400 billion dollars fighting an enemy that didnt even have the weapons you were all scared of. And dont give me that 'he was evil anyway' crap, because there are dozens of more problematic coutries in the world.
Think about what 400 billion dollars could have done if you'd dumped it into something useful. Garunteed you're not going to get that money back now.
Its a local exploit. Its hidden within the wait() system call, and would be exploited using something to the equivelent of wait(333); Its an illegal call, and would return as a bad call to wait(), but you'd be setuid 0 afterwards.
Now, i havent read the surrounding code, but thats what I understand from whats been said by various people.
Quite ingenious, if you ask me. Hidden within a system call, in a format that would normally be an incorrect arguement to the call.
And I agree with one of the responces of a previous poster - I would have had it in brackets as well. Operations order is something I cant be bothered to remember, and when you get into more complex if tests, brackets become your friends.
Does this mean that Novell will implement a proper open-source directory service within linux as well? I understand their Netware product line will be migrating (or is migrated) to the linux platform, but what of something open? Or will novell just throw its proprietary software on top of linux, and ride the open source wave without giving anything worthwhile back (a la apple).
1. Novell stuffs this up, and I'm left with no real "Free" solution for buisnesses (I dont care about support, I just want a brand name and is recognizable and usable).
2. Novell doesnt stuff it up, and SUSE takes over Redhat's market share here in north america.
Either way, linux growth is going to stop dead for a good chunk of time while these issues with Redhat and Suse settle down.
After yesterdays' article regarding Redhat's changes, I started looking at SUSE more carefully. Now we've got such serious flux in the two most important linux distributions that it'll take six months to a year before I feel comfortable pitching either of these to buisnesses.
Well, yes. And they have three levels of "RedHat Enterprise Linux" to do it with. The cheepest version, "RedHat Enterprise Linux WorkStation" (say that five times fast), runs for $179USD. Thats pretty expensive if you ask me. If its to be used as a Workstation, then price it in such a way that the home user can buy it too. I'd happily pay $80-100 for a very tight Linux desktop.
All i expect in a version I'd pay that amount for would be a software update util (akin to windows update). I want something that isnt targetted at the corporation. And I dont expect too much for the money I'm willing to spend. Just give me the "Redhat Home" or "Redhat Desktop" version. And cut down on the number of syllables in your product name.
Arent the people who do this pretty much putting a big white and red target on themselves? I was under the impression, with things like the PATRIOT act, as well as the DMCA, that this type of thing would get you detained without a lawyer.
Granted, I'm not american, but judging how the country has been going, I'm surprised the people uncensoring these reports arent vanishing without a trace.
Slashdot Mirror
im there. you're paying, right?
Oh heck no, slashdot never reports on natural disasters.
24.95.x.x would be 24.95.0.0/16. 24.95.0.x would be 24.95.0.0/24.
Thank you, carry on.
Until linksys strongarms broadcom into opening their 802.11g chipset so we can have a native linux driver, I'll be avoiding this product. I already threw $500 at linksys 802.11g hardware (which advertises the fact that their router uses linux), to discover that they had not released the code.
All I'm asking for here is GPL compliance. I want to be able to make use of the PCI NICs i bought so I can mount my router in the basement and leave it there.
my problem isnt in the "opt-out" issues in your player. I've gotten used to having to opt-out of just about everything. My problem is with its chronic takeover of my media, inherent bloat and general slowness, and its over-affinity for my ram. Though I cant say that many other windows-based media players are better.
Just out of curiousity, short bittorrent - which requires a web-based torrent, what other 'more sophisticated' applications are you speaking of?
.. stupid.
I'd also like to add number three to that list:
3. December is also a very busy time for just about everyone. Expecting people to be downloading mp3s just as much during the holiday season is just
Sidenote: as a Canadian, I dont plan on buying a single CD or paying for a single song from the major labels while I'm paying a music industry tax on my blank media.
There is a very very big difference between a traffic offence and a criminal offence. I'm amazed that this is even being considered. How many girls lift their tops and never get arrested? This is purely because she decided to post them online.
Plus, I dont see how lifting your top for a quick picture is endangering anyone. I can see how speeding is - or running a red light.
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yup.
I really hope they dont fuck this up. Anything developed for this purpose *must* be based on ipv6. If I'm gonna work with any of these products after ipv6 accually kicks in, I'm gonna want it globally routable.
I got a 30cm tall doll of the french taunter from the holy grail. Bet most of you've never even *seen* a doll of John Cleese. My best friend had the sense to accually buy one for me.
Exactly what I was going to ask. How do you "patch" software without the original code? You'd basically have to reverse engineer the software, back to some other form of programming language - probably ASM.
Now, just as a quick check, isnt reverse engineering any M$ product against the EULA? I seriously expect a lawsuit about this.
Also, patching a binary - that requires *very* detailed knowledge of the binary itself, not? You cant just diff two binaries, and apply patches like that, can you? Run into adressing problems, not? I've never really studied the end result of my code beyond a little gdb'ing.
I honestly doubt that 29.2 Terabytes is the biggest database in the world. But anyway...
I recognize Oracle and DB2, but could someone give a brief synopsis of what the other database systems are? And what is an MPP archetype?
I agree - computers and cars should stay mostly separate. The problem with cars these days is that, while sensors that are built into the car are useful, they're often replaced more than the part that they monitor. As an example, I've replaced two O2 sensors in my cars. When you write computer controls for anything, you generally have to assume that the hardware you're working with is in perfect condition. You can't, unfortunately, design a peice of software that can differentiate between correct or incorrect input data.
You get the input data, and you work with it. If the input is wrong, then your output will be wrong. No avoiding that.
I completely disagree. What should be taking place is using the BIOS as a compatibility layer between the hardware and the OS, in such a way that any hardware plugged into the system was provided to the OS through a consistant API.
But thats not what they're doing. I think a large part of this is, however, a logical direction to take the BIOS. We already have ethernet cards that are aware of the network at the hardware level. Putting more and more of the OSI model into the hardware is what has been happening for the last ten years. Why not continue the trend? I wouldnt mind a simple SNMP type process running from the BIOS that would allow me to query hardware information.
My personal opinion is, however, that the direction phoenix is going to take the BIOS is not nessecarily the correct route - but they are at least making progress. This will spur others to start making more improvements to current BIOS implementations. I really cant think of any major changes in the BIOS in the last ten years, short power management features.
I agree. This could accually be incredibly interesting. According to the site, he's been working on this for a very short time. This project has a LOT of potential.
Think:
1. Mapping the entire internet in around 12 hours.
2. Using the whois databases to map each subnet to a specific internet provider.
3. Use that information to map links to physical locations on a world physical map.
Then we have a logical-to-physical map of the internet. The problems with this are the fact that some large IP blocks dont tell you physical locations of smaller blocks. But just imagine being able to see that denmark and parts of norway dropped off the map because of a solar flare, yet northern canada remained fine.
Think about taking snapshots every day. After you come back from lunch, pull up the latest map of the internet - and see where the problem areas are - which routers are consistently flapping routes.
The applications for this are endless. Especially if he can get the map time down even more than currently.
I see how the others relate, but how exactly does John Horsley, general counsel of Transmeta fit into that list? Besides being Linus' old workplace, what do they have to do with all this?
Where even criminals have civil rights.
Except when they've been killed off by their government.
When those laws are put together by the dictator's club called the UN, you bet. You know, the place that puts Syria and Libya on the "human rights committee"?
A dictators' club that is happily used by the US or ignored by the US when it suits them. Either you're in or you're out - pick one.
Where freedom of speech applies to EVERYBODY, even the ones with unpopular causes. Hint: popular causes don't NEED freedom of speech.
Except you cant talk about that new copy protection scheme, or the lastest encryption algorythm, because thats secret stuff.
Hint: we're still on our first Republic. France is on their fifth, with intervening Reigns of Terror, anarchy, kings, emperors, and Nazi collaborationist regimes.
You just proved his point. France has a hell of a lot more experience being on the short end of the stick. Their population has seen their entire culture on the brink of extintion in the last century. They have a lot more collective wisdom, in terms of culteral age.
Hint: our popular culture dominates the world. Deal with it.
You only think it does. Which is why the rest of the world gets so annoyed when you come and visit.
Where food is so cheap that even the poorest can (over)eat.
Where food is so cheep because of the coporations ability to pay that 12 year old farm worker in south america $15 a month to make that food.
They're ours to "waste", Saddam-lover.
It sure as hell wasnt your country to distroy, so get off your fucking high horse and open your eyes. You threw away almost 400 billion dollars fighting an enemy that didnt even have the weapons you were all scared of. And dont give me that 'he was evil anyway' crap, because there are dozens of more problematic coutries in the world.
Think about what 400 billion dollars could have done if you'd dumped it into something useful. Garunteed you're not going to get that money back now.
Good Samaritan my foot.
"Hey, I save this domain for you. It'll only cost you $60,000".
Who cares. Look what they say it can do!
Its supposed to be like a "console-cum-phone". (End of article)
Hell, if it can do that for me, I dont care about the buttons.
Its a local exploit. Its hidden within the wait() system call, and would be exploited using something to the equivelent of wait(333); Its an illegal call, and would return as a bad call to wait(), but you'd be setuid 0 afterwards.
Now, i havent read the surrounding code, but thats what I understand from whats been said by various people.
Quite ingenious, if you ask me. Hidden within a system call, in a format that would normally be an incorrect arguement to the call.
And I agree with one of the responces of a previous poster - I would have had it in brackets as well. Operations order is something I cant be bothered to remember, and when you get into more complex if tests, brackets become your friends.
Just because we didnt cause it doesnt mean someone _else_ didnt. *cough*
Does this mean that Novell will implement a proper open-source directory service within linux as well? I understand their Netware product line will be migrating (or is migrated) to the linux platform, but what of something open? Or will novell just throw its proprietary software on top of linux, and ride the open source wave without giving anything worthwhile back (a la apple).
two possible results:
1. Novell stuffs this up, and I'm left with no real "Free" solution for buisnesses (I dont care about support, I just want a brand name and is recognizable and usable).
2. Novell doesnt stuff it up, and SUSE takes over Redhat's market share here in north america.
Either way, linux growth is going to stop dead for a good chunk of time while these issues with Redhat and Suse settle down.
After yesterdays' article regarding Redhat's changes, I started looking at SUSE more carefully. Now we've got such serious flux in the two most important linux distributions that it'll take six months to a year before I feel comfortable pitching either of these to buisnesses.
Well, yes. And they have three levels of "RedHat Enterprise Linux" to do it with. The cheepest version, "RedHat Enterprise Linux WorkStation" (say that five times fast), runs for $179USD. Thats pretty expensive if you ask me. If its to be used as a Workstation, then price it in such a way that the home user can buy it too. I'd happily pay $80-100 for a very tight Linux desktop.
All i expect in a version I'd pay that amount for would be a software update util (akin to windows update). I want something that isnt targetted at the corporation. And I dont expect too much for the money I'm willing to spend. Just give me the "Redhat Home" or "Redhat Desktop" version. And cut down on the number of syllables in your product name.
Arent the people who do this pretty much putting a big white and red target on themselves? I was under the impression, with things like the PATRIOT act, as well as the DMCA, that this type of thing would get you detained without a lawyer.
Granted, I'm not american, but judging how the country has been going, I'm surprised the people uncensoring these reports arent vanishing without a trace.