You can get far enough up to make for a good sniping position, but no not up to the redeemer. I have seen a video where someone shot a redeemer at the side of the center tower then got in a manta, hopped it up to the side of the tower and used the redeemer like you'd use a rocket jump to get the rest of the way up. Far from practical.:)
I know I shouldn't feed the trolls...but I can't resist. Yes, some of the non-x86 Linux-ports can be buggy, but those bugs are a know quantity. Embedded systems developers can _fix_ those bugs or work around them. Hypothetically, even if the ARM port of Linux has 3 bugs for every 1 bug that WinCE has(which there is no evidence to support:) ), Linux may still come out on top compared to WinCE. In the embedded market application compatibility isn't as much of a concern, but cost and open source is.
OK, here's how it's done. 1) write virus 2) buy airline tickets 3) program pda to wake up at a certain point while you know you will be in the airport 4) have it connect to the hotspot, then send out the virus via a hotmail account, automatically without removing it from your pocket. 5) profit
It could be that the side-by-side battery configuration of your flashlight resembles that of the standard RadioShack battery holder-kit-thing: here Maybe they think it controls the detonator for a bomb?
sco sidestepped the worm by making sco.com not resolve. When/if sitefinder comes back up it will _automatically_ be the next target for MyDoom. Cool, huh?
one word: tmobile. I'm in the same boat. I'd love to pick up a cheap gprs card and get my zaurus connecting anywhere. Then I can just do VoIP with it.:) tmobile: $20/month unlimited transfer rate at maybe 30-60 Kb/s.
I hate to tell you but thats what happens to batteries when you constantly charge/discharge them. Plus if you phone has a NiCad or NiMH battery and you don't discharge it fully before recharging or conversely if you phone has a Li-ion battery and let it discharge all the way before recharging it you will kill it pretty quick. Irregardless cellphone batteries are brutalized pretty badly, between the constant charge/discharge cycles and being thrown around/dropped. You Palm m100 has lasted a long time because you don't leave it on all the time. In reality its the battery companies that are the problem for pushing disposable batteries instead of rechargeables. Anyways, one of the big features to look for in a new cellphone/pda is a replaceable battery, so at very least you have the option to replace the battery instead of replacing the whole device. I completely agree with you on inkjet printers. I hate _all_ inkjets now.
I don't know if its different under Windows but I've tried a couple GBA emulators on my Linux desktop and they're barely able to pull full framerate. Maybe I've horribly misconfigured them or my X setup is retarded or something but I don't see how an ARM processor can do a full software emulation of another ARM processor running 2/3 to 3/4 its speed let alone the GBAs custom graphics chip. SNES emulators for the Zaurus or PocketPC barely run full speed as far as I understand. All I'm saying is you might want to hold onto your GBA for a while.
Napolean sued too many Linux using companies? I thought he was the guy who started some war in France or something...Oh well. My brain is officially off for Thanksgiving break anyways.
-Lizard Man
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Step1: Go to apt-get.org and put xfree86 into the package search. step2: ??? step3: profit
If you can't follow this to its logical conclusion, then: echo 'deb http://people.debian.org/~mmagallo/packages/xfree8 6/$(ARCH)/./' >>/etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get update apt-get upgrade
These packages have worked just fine for me. enjoy!
-Mr. Lizard
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The way it works is a named distro such as sid, woody or sarge progresses through different stages of stability: from unstable->testing->stable. So right now sid is considered "unstable", sarge is in the "testing" stage before it becoms stable, and woody is considered "stable." Once sarge is considered stable, woody will be obsolete and sid will be bumped to testing and a new version will become unstable. The Debian maintainers have a _very_ high standard for stability. When you have a Debian stable release you can count on being able to install any package from the stable release without hitting a stability problem. All packages in stable are very thoroughly tested to be sure that there are no problems with them. That being said they tend to be somewhat out of date. I've been using Debian since 1998 and I've used unstable almost exclusively since then on my desktop, but have used stable on any servers/gateways I've built. I would say that "unstable" Debian tends to be more stable than RedHat releases, and more up to date (RedHat 9 did make vast improvements over RedHat 8 in the stability/non-brokeness area though). I suggest if you're installing it on a desktop machine that you should go with unstable(sid). From time to time some packages will have dependency fights with each other but those can be solved by putting those packages on "hold" for a few days and waiting for the dependency issues to work themeselves out, then upgrading as normal. Once you go Debian, you'll never go back to a distro without apt builtin.
As of now: Unstable->sid (this is probably what you want for a desktop) testing->sarge (use this if you need something slight more reliable than unstable) stable->woody (use this on mission critcal systems and servers)
Realplayer actually works fine under Linux, disturbingly enough. Embeds in the browser nicely, doesn't try to hijack file associations. I'm sure Real would give hijacking file associations a try if there weren't so many different ways for them to be handled under different versions of different Linux desktops.
And you shall know that the end times have arrived because US government agencies shall cooperate to implement things the tax payers actually want! And Apple shall have the fastest computers available! Linux will go mainstream! BeOS will come back from the dead! Behold and repent for surely we have reached the end of times!
(Brought to you by MrLizardo, your local not-for-profit prophet)
The fastest SDIO can possibly be is 12.5 MB/s (Megabytes per second). That's pretty lame compared to even the latest PCCARD standard, which has similar transfer speeds to PCI. I know, I shouldn't feed the trolls but I just can't help myself sometimes.
You have a good point, but I have to play devil's advocate. If I'm the New York Times and I decide to have the locks changed I don't get Bob's one-man-operation LockSmith Co. to change the locks I get Ginormous LockSmith Inc. to change the locks. Bob may do a cheaper/better job but Ginormous companies can't really disappear overnight with an assload of money without someone noticing. Bob can.
I completely agree that people are much more fearful of the arcane magic of network security but beyond that is the issue of hiring a lone gun who has a history of going to ground and being unreachable for significant amounts of time. Its the same reason that for the most part you can trust K-Mart employees not to rob you at knife point. There's responsibility/accountability and a paper trail to go with it.
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You can get far enough up to make for a good sniping position, but no not up to the redeemer. I have seen a video where someone shot a redeemer at the side of the center tower then got in a manta, hopped it up to the side of the tower and used the redeemer like you'd use a rocket jump to get the rest of the way up. Far from practical. :)
-Mr Lizardo
Didn't you hear? MicroSoft released the source for Win2K and XP to the Internet just last week!
-Mr Lizardo
Or maybe they take moderation more seriously and don't up or down mod someone without a good reason?
-MrLizardo
No, you don't get it this guy is outside Microsoft HQ in Redmond right now with a AR-33 Assault rifle. Re really is _violently opposed_.
-Your Friendly Neighborhood Lizard
I know I shouldn't feed the trolls...but I can't resist. Yes, some of the non-x86 Linux-ports can be buggy, but those bugs are a know quantity. Embedded systems developers can _fix_ those bugs or work around them. Hypothetically, even if the ARM port of Linux has 3 bugs for every 1 bug that WinCE has(which there is no evidence to support :) ), Linux may still come out on top compared to WinCE. In the embedded market application compatibility isn't as much of a concern, but cost and open source is.
-Mr Lizard
OK, here's how it's done.
1) write virus
2) buy airline tickets
3) program pda to wake up at a certain point while you know you will be in the airport
4) have it connect to the hotspot, then send out the virus via a hotmail account, automatically without removing it from your pocket.
5) profit
-Mr Lizard
It could be that the side-by-side battery configuration of your flashlight resembles that of the standard RadioShack battery holder-kit-thing: here
Maybe they think it controls the detonator for a bomb?
-Mr Lizard
Very strange...it renders at least very close to correct under Galeon (which uses Mozilla's rendering engine).
-Mr. Lizard
Easy, because the DNS answer is from one of a finite number of verisign owned IP addresses, which can be blocked without too much effort.
-Chan Secodina
sco sidestepped the worm by making sco.com not resolve. When/if sitefinder comes back up it will _automatically_ be the next target for MyDoom. Cool, huh?
-Chan Secodina
Yeah...it is _so_ tough too: apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
its impossible *rolls eyes*
-ChanSecodina
Who's scruffy looking?
one word: tmobile. I'm in the same boat. I'd love to pick up a cheap gprs card and get my zaurus connecting anywhere. Then I can just do VoIP with it. :) tmobile: $20/month unlimited transfer rate at maybe 30-60 Kb/s.
-Mr. Lizardo
I hate to tell you but thats what happens to batteries when you constantly charge/discharge them. Plus if you phone has a NiCad or NiMH battery and you don't discharge it fully before recharging or conversely if you phone has a Li-ion battery and let it discharge all the way before recharging it you will kill it pretty quick. Irregardless cellphone batteries are brutalized pretty badly, between the constant charge/discharge cycles and being thrown around/dropped. You Palm m100 has lasted a long time because you don't leave it on all the time. In reality its the battery companies that are the problem for pushing disposable batteries instead of rechargeables. Anyways, one of the big features to look for in a new cellphone/pda is a replaceable battery, so at very least you have the option to replace the battery instead of replacing the whole device. I completely agree with you on inkjet printers. I hate _all_ inkjets now.
-MrLizard
I don't know if its different under Windows but I've tried a couple GBA emulators on my Linux desktop and they're barely able to pull full framerate. Maybe I've horribly misconfigured them or my X setup is retarded or something but I don't see how an ARM processor can do a full software emulation of another ARM processor running 2/3 to 3/4 its speed let alone the GBAs custom graphics chip. SNES emulators for the Zaurus or PocketPC barely run full speed as far as I understand. All I'm saying is you might want to hold onto your GBA for a while.
-Lizard Man
Napolean sued too many Linux using companies? I thought he was the guy who started some war in France or something...Oh well. My brain is officially off for Thanksgiving break anyways.
-Lizard Man
Step1: Go to apt-get.org and put xfree86 into the package search.
8 6/$(ARCH)/ ./' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
step2: ???
step3: profit
If you can't follow this to its logical conclusion, then:
echo 'deb http://people.debian.org/~mmagallo/packages/xfree
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
These packages have worked just fine for me. enjoy!
-Mr. Lizard
The way it works is a named distro such as sid, woody or sarge progresses through different stages of stability: from unstable->testing->stable. So right now sid is considered "unstable", sarge is in the "testing" stage before it becoms stable, and woody is considered "stable." Once sarge is considered stable, woody will be obsolete and sid will be bumped to testing and a new version will become unstable. The Debian maintainers have a _very_ high standard for stability. When you have a Debian stable release you can count on being able to install any package from the stable release without hitting a stability problem. All packages in stable are very thoroughly tested to be sure that there are no problems with them. That being said they tend to be somewhat out of date. I've been using Debian since 1998 and I've used unstable almost exclusively since then on my desktop, but have used stable on any servers/gateways I've built. I would say that "unstable" Debian tends to be more stable than RedHat releases, and more up to date (RedHat 9 did make vast improvements over RedHat 8 in the stability/non-brokeness area though). I suggest if you're installing it on a desktop machine that you should go with unstable(sid). From time to time some packages will have dependency fights with each other but those can be solved by putting those packages on "hold" for a few days and waiting for the dependency issues to work themeselves out, then upgrading as normal. Once you go Debian, you'll never go back to a distro without apt builtin.
As of now:
Unstable->sid (this is probably what you want for a desktop)
testing->sarge (use this if you need something slight more reliable than unstable)
stable->woody (use this on mission critcal systems and servers)
-Mr. Lizard
I can get you the hook up. Meet me in the alley out back, and I'll need just _one_ kidney and half of your liver.
-LizardMan
Realplayer actually works fine under Linux, disturbingly enough. Embeds in the browser nicely, doesn't try to hijack file associations. I'm sure Real would give hijacking file associations a try if there weren't so many different ways for them to be handled under different versions of different Linux desktops.
-LizardMan
And you shall know that the end times have arrived because US government agencies shall cooperate to implement things the tax payers actually want! And Apple shall have the fastest computers available! Linux will go mainstream! BeOS will come back from the dead! Behold and repent for surely we have reached the end of times!
(Brought to you by MrLizardo, your local not-for-profit prophet)
-AX
A nice cup of shut the fuck up, you dumbasses. Flamebaiting is only okay if you know what you are Flamebaiting about.
You're new hear aren't you? Its been in a decline for 5 years.
-AX
The fastest SDIO can possibly be is 12.5 MB/s (Megabytes per second). That's pretty lame compared to even the latest PCCARD standard, which has similar transfer speeds to PCI. I know, I shouldn't feed the trolls but I just can't help myself sometimes.
http://www.cewindows.net/faqs/xscalesdio.htm
-AX
You have a good point, but I have to play devil's advocate. If I'm the New York Times and I decide to have the locks changed I don't get Bob's one-man-operation LockSmith Co. to change the locks I get Ginormous LockSmith Inc. to change the locks. Bob may do a cheaper/better job but Ginormous companies can't really disappear overnight with an assload of money without someone noticing. Bob can.
:^)
I completely agree that people are much more fearful of the arcane magic of network security but beyond that is the issue of hiring a lone gun who has a history of going to ground and being unreachable for significant amounts of time. Its the same reason that for the most part you can trust K-Mart employees not to rob you at knife point. There's responsibility/accountability and a paper trail to go with it.
Other than that I agree with you
-AX