redhat laboratories releases linux9 advanced server pro champion edition(tm)
redhat laboratories has announced today the future release of 'linux9 advanced server pro champion edition(tm)'. redhat scientists have announced that this will be the most numerically advanced version of linux ever sold. by abandoning older 8.x technology (found on previous releases), redhat has been able to accelerate the versioning capabilities of linux by nearly 10 percent. numerically advanced versioning technology is an important step in bringing redhat to the enterprise. many enterprise customers, who run high-availability servers on big iron hardware, demand the stability and maturity that can only come from numerically advanced version numbers. moving to linux9 puts redhat in direct competition with sun microsystems' (SUNW) solaris operating system, which has been sporting version 9 release enumeration for over a year.
in other news, redhat has announced that linux9 advanced server pro champion edition(tm) will be distributed in a six dvd set, that includes 2 dvd's containing the basic distribution, and 4 dvd's of pre-compiled packages. additional dvd's supporting non-x86 architectures may also be available for purchase.
awesome. i've been looking for a good reason to try bit-torrent, and it looks like this is it. thanks for setting it up (currently at 57 kbps and rising). perhaps slashdot integration (as a slashdot effect solution) would be a good idea.
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50, wow. i hope he lives to see a GNU/Hurd release.
So even if a cracker accesses the system, she'll be able to reach only the Apache root
the correct gender-neutral description in english is "he". by saying "she", the author is specifically writing about females (to the exclusion of males), and implying that a female cracker would only be able to reach the apache root (presumably a male hacker would be able to go further?).
i went into CS because they told me that's where all the cute girls are. how was i supposed to know they meant 'comparative sociology'? oh well, at least counterstrike still loves me.
-- go on, ask your newbie coding questions. we probably won't make fun of you.
the 970 achieves 64bit performance by having 4 on-die 16bit 68040 cpu's and doing hardware instruction translation (in realtime) from ppc to 68000.
in a technology leap, this cpu bypasses intel's hyperthreading technology and proceeds directly to 'ludicrous threading'. this technology allows a thread to finish a task before it was even created.
the 970 incorporates hardware acceleration for microsoft's windows media drm technology. Windows Media Player 9 Series(r): If You Struggle It Only Hurts More(tm).
unlike endothermic cpu's commonly manufactured by intel and perfected by amd, the ppc 970 uses exothermic cmos technology. it therefore requires a constant heat source to avoid freezing.
these chips use ibm's patented plutonium-on-silicon manufacturing process, and as such require a license from the nuclear regulatory commission to own.
make sure the players support upgradeable firmware for future codec upgrades
you are definitely right about firmware upgrades. there is no reason a player that can read a filesystem should not be able to play any format that can be stored on it (obviously it must have enough horsepower to do so). a good example is that i have been able to upgrade the firmware on my car mp3 player (Kenwood Music Keg) to play Ogg (and FLAC). apparently it's made by this company and they keep updating the software (it runs linux, you can see the system files on the harddrive) to support more features. very cool to have paid for something and then gain additional functionality at no cost.
posted to the openbsd misc list. let the blatant karma whoring begin:
From: OutBack Dingo Organization: MicroBSD To: misc@openbsd.org Subject: MicroBSD has Shut Down Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 06:17:23 -0500
The MicroBSD Project has Shut Down! All works have been removed.
To the OpenBSD developers, There was no intent to modify any copyright in the CVS tree. We have publically acknowledged the issue and have shut down this project. We apologize for the inconvience and commotion this has caused the BSD community. It was never our intent to be at odds with anyone in the community to start. All MicroBSD code has been removed from our servers. The web site will go away. The project will cease to exist. This decision is based on time, efforts involved, the lack of developers, and lack of interest. I personally do not have the time, nor am I inclined to continue with a project that has caused this much negativity in the community.
At the suggestions from various repected people in the industry who supported us, we are sorry. We feel it is not in the best interest of the project to continue its exitance. To those that opposed us from the start, We will just go away as you wish.
Specific developer(s) who committed files with those copyright violations were planning on rectifying the issues. Instead, I have decided to completely removed the source tree and all traces of code commited.
There is currently no CVS, cvsweb or downloads available due to a copyright issue being brought to our attention. We have ceased all development activity to address the issue and remove any violations from the cvs tree. This was an unfortunate oversight on our part, and was not intended to violate any copyright issues. We have taken pain staking measures to be sure to not modify/violate any copyrights. We assure you this copyright issue, was an oversight on our part and was not intentional.
In closing we simply ask the the community carry on as it were, and all person(s) with MicroBSD installed, Please remove the code, and install OpenBSD. We will be providing locations to the various apsect of code we had initially committed in features to get the project off the ground before we continued with our planned unique additons to the BSD community. As of now there will be no further contributions to the BSD community as a whole. In closing, Again we apologize for such opversights, and have removed all code.
Unreal players discussing the security hole
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Unreal Security Hole
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GG NEW MAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111 GG EVARYBODY ZEROSTUD IS A CHEATER YEAH, I OMFG UR TEH LAMER SHUTUP, U CAMPING FAG [FGP]-Killaz-X -0- LAG! NO LAG U SUX NO FUCK YOU I GET 20 PING U GUYS HERE ABOUT TEH SECURITY THING??! GG NEW MAP LATZ, IM GONNA PLAY CS FUCK YOU KILLING SPREE UR CHEATING KICK HIM STFU U LAMR, YUO SUK VOTE ON NEW MAP
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today's dupe loser is CmdrTaco. i don't blame ya, taco. if my company was acquired for what is now probably 3 dollars' worth of stock options, i wouldn't give a fuck either.
well, the kenwood music keg and phatnoise phatbox support both ogg vorbis and flac (in addition to mp3 and wma). flac has turned out to be the best way to keep single session recordings (ie, concert recordings) continuous without gaps on digital music players. i'm guessing we'll be seeing more firmare upgradeable devices start adding support for flac real soon now.
true. the gpl places terms and conditions on code useage. the bsd license is "open" in the same sense we are talking about here, in that it places no restrictions on useage. that's why the openbsd devs can't sign NDA's, it may limit their ability to write open code.
now, for the definition of "free" and bsd vs gpl, that's another flamewar entirely.
sorry, lcd's are still too slow to refresh. there is a visible lagtime (in milliseconds) when dragging windows and scrolling, especially when there is a big contrast difference between the surface that was visible and the one that replaced it (after-ghosts). i dunno about you guys, but i find it rather annoying. i'll be sticking to my 100hz crt for now.
fool, blast processing was a technology developed by sega exclusively for the the genesis (aka 'megadrive' in europe and asia) which allowed programmers to blast data through the processor. how do you think they got sonic the hedgehog to go that fast? this amazing technology was unmatched until sony developed the custom "emotion chip", which enabled programming much more emotion into video games. that is why the ps2 is great for doughy-eyed anime games, whereas the xbox is only good for emotionless sports games.
i'm still waiting for someone to come up with a porn-optimized video compression codec. something that is good with skin tones and has good motion-prediction for repetitive back-and forth movements.
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redhat laboratories releases linux9 advanced server pro champion edition(tm)
redhat laboratories has announced today the future release of 'linux9 advanced server pro champion edition(tm)'. redhat scientists have announced that this will be the most numerically advanced version of linux ever sold. by abandoning older 8.x technology (found on previous releases), redhat has been able to accelerate the versioning capabilities of linux by nearly 10 percent.
numerically advanced versioning technology is an important step in bringing redhat to the enterprise. many enterprise customers, who run high-availability servers on big iron hardware, demand the stability and maturity that can only come from numerically advanced version numbers. moving to linux9 puts redhat in direct competition with sun microsystems' (SUNW) solaris operating system, which has been sporting version 9 release enumeration for over a year.
in other news, redhat has announced that linux9 advanced server pro champion edition(tm) will be distributed in a six dvd set, that includes 2 dvd's containing the basic distribution, and 4 dvd's of pre-compiled packages. additional dvd's supporting non-x86 architectures may also be available for purchase.
didn't cray master the liquid cooled cabinet design, like, 30 years ago?
awesome. i've been looking for a good reason to try bit-torrent, and it looks like this is it. thanks for setting it up (currently at 57 kbps and rising). perhaps slashdot integration (as a slashdot effect solution) would be a good idea.
50, wow. i hope he lives to see a GNU/Hurd release.
from the article (emphasis mine):
So even if a cracker accesses the system, she'll be able to reach only the Apache root
the correct gender-neutral description in english is "he". by saying "she", the author is specifically writing about females (to the exclusion of males), and implying that a female cracker would only be able to reach the apache root (presumably a male hacker would be able to go further?).
i went into CS because they told me that's where all the cute girls are. how was i supposed to know they meant 'comparative sociology'?
oh well, at least counterstrike still loves me.
--
go on, ask your newbie coding questions. we probably won't make fun of you.
the 970 achieves 64bit performance by having 4 on-die 16bit 68040 cpu's and doing hardware instruction translation (in realtime) from ppc to 68000.
in a technology leap, this cpu bypasses intel's hyperthreading technology and proceeds directly to 'ludicrous threading'. this technology allows a thread to finish a task before it was even created.
the 970 incorporates hardware acceleration for microsoft's windows media drm technology. Windows Media Player 9 Series(r): If You Struggle It Only Hurts More(tm).
unlike endothermic cpu's commonly manufactured by intel and perfected by amd, the ppc 970 uses exothermic cmos technology. it therefore requires a constant heat source to avoid freezing.
these chips use ibm's patented plutonium-on-silicon manufacturing process, and as such require a license from the nuclear regulatory commission to own.
make sure the players support upgradeable firmware for future codec upgrades
you are definitely right about firmware upgrades. there is no reason a player that can read a filesystem should not be able to play any format that can be stored on it (obviously it must have enough horsepower to do so).
a good example is that i have been able to upgrade the firmware on my car mp3 player (Kenwood Music Keg) to play Ogg (and FLAC). apparently it's made by this company and they keep updating the software (it runs linux, you can see the system files on the harddrive) to support more features. very cool to have paid for something and then gain additional functionality at no cost.
posted to the openbsd misc list. let the blatant karma whoring begin:
From: OutBack Dingo
Organization: MicroBSD
To: misc@openbsd.org
Subject: MicroBSD has Shut Down
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 06:17:23 -0500
The MicroBSD Project has Shut Down! All works have been removed.
To the OpenBSD developers, There was no intent to modify any copyright in the
CVS tree. We have publically acknowledged the issue and have shut down this
project. We apologize for the inconvience and commotion this has caused the
BSD community. It was never our intent to be at odds with anyone in the
community to start. All MicroBSD code has been removed from our servers. The
web site will go away. The project will cease to exist. This decision is
based on time, efforts involved, the lack of developers, and lack of
interest. I personally do not have the time, nor am I inclined to continue
with a project that has caused this much negativity in the community.
At the suggestions from various repected people in the industry who supported
us, we are sorry. We feel it is not in the best interest of the project to
continue its exitance. To those that opposed us from the start, We will just
go away as you wish.
Specific developer(s) who committed files with those copyright violations were
planning on rectifying the issues. Instead, I have decided to completely
removed the source tree and all traces of code commited.
There is currently no CVS, cvsweb or downloads available due to a copyright
issue being brought to our attention. We have ceased all development activity
to address the issue and remove any violations from the cvs tree. This was an
unfortunate oversight on our part, and was not intended to violate any
copyright issues. We have taken pain staking measures to be sure to not
modify/violate any copyrights. We assure you this copyright issue, was an
oversight on our part and was not intentional.
In closing we simply ask the the community carry on as it were, and all
person(s) with MicroBSD installed, Please remove the code, and install
OpenBSD. We will be providing locations to the various apsect of code we had
initially committed in features to get the project off the ground before we
continued with our planned unique additons to the BSD community. As of now
there will be no further contributions to the BSD community as a whole. In
closing, Again we apologize for such opversights, and have removed all code.
dude, i totally scored her number, check it out: 1.0.0.127.e164.arpa
HEY, WAITAMINUTE!
What do you mean, "biblical?"
We mean real wrath-of-God type stuff. Plagues, darkness--
The dead rising from the grave!
Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes--
Riots in the streets, Square bought by Enix, Sega on Nintendo, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!
dude, you're getting a dell
GG
NEW MAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
GG EVARYBODY
ZEROSTUD IS A CHEATER
YEAH, I
OMFG UR TEH LAMER
SHUTUP, U CAMPING FAG
[FGP]-Killaz-X -0- LAG!
NO LAG U SUX
NO FUCK YOU
I GET 20 PING
U GUYS HERE ABOUT TEH SECURITY THING??!
GG
NEW MAP
LATZ, IM GONNA PLAY CS
FUCK YOU
KILLING SPREE
UR CHEATING
KICK HIM
STFU U LAMR, YUO SUK
VOTE ON NEW MAP
congratulations to "An anonymous reader", today's dupe story winner. This dedicated anon was able to get a duplicate of the story while the original was on the front page. excellent work. next time, try to submit the story as a registered user so that you can take credit for the dupe.
today's dupe loser is CmdrTaco. i don't blame ya, taco. if my company was acquired for what is now probably 3 dollars' worth of stock options, i wouldn't give a fuck either.
want MORE dupes on slashdot?
Theo de Raadt spells his name like i just did, not "DeRaadt" (see article from story). besides, this is blatant troll. mod down.
google cache, in case of server is slashdotted
just read this handy guide to writing unmaintainable code and do exactly what it suggests
well, the kenwood music keg and phatnoise phatbox support both ogg vorbis and flac (in addition to mp3 and wma). flac has turned out to be the best way to keep single session recordings (ie, concert recordings) continuous without gaps on digital music players. i'm guessing we'll be seeing more firmare upgradeable devices start adding support for flac real soon now.
well, my phatbox already plays both flac and ogg (in my car). if they're merging, does this mean i'm losing a media format?
today's dupe story submission winner is Vladimir Kornea
today's dupe loser is timothy
thanks for playing, Vladimir, and timothy. good tteamwork!
would you like to know more about dupe posting?
true. the gpl places terms and conditions on code useage. the bsd license is "open" in the same sense we are talking about here, in that it places no restrictions on useage. that's why the openbsd devs can't sign NDA's, it may limit their ability to write open code.
now, for the definition of "free" and bsd vs gpl, that's another flamewar entirely.
er, the euro was worth 1.03 dollars. today it's 88 cents
sorry, lcd's are still too slow to refresh. there is a visible lagtime (in milliseconds) when dragging windows and scrolling, especially when there is a big contrast difference between the surface that was visible and the one that replaced it (after-ghosts). i dunno about you guys, but i find it rather annoying. i'll be sticking to my 100hz crt for now.
step off, bitch!
fool, blast processing was a technology developed by sega exclusively for the the genesis (aka 'megadrive' in europe and asia) which allowed programmers to blast data through the processor. how do you think they got sonic the hedgehog to go that fast?
this amazing technology was unmatched until sony developed the custom "emotion chip", which enabled programming much more emotion into video games. that is why the ps2 is great for doughy-eyed anime games, whereas the xbox is only good for emotionless sports games.
i'm still waiting for someone to come up with a porn-optimized video compression codec. something that is good with skin tones and has good motion-prediction for repetitive back-and forth movements.