So, you start to watch a movie or TV show online. After 15 minutes, Comcast throttles you causing lower quality, stuttering, and/or buffering delays. They inflict this punishment even if they otherwise have plenty of bandwidth available.
Comcast wins in 2 ways: (1) they save a bunch of bandwidth by killing this emerging use and (2) they kill the threat this emerging use represents to their cable TV business.
Your options are (1) ditch Comcast and go with DSL if possible (noticeably - DSL rarely has the ongoing malarkey associated with cable ISPs) or (2) resort to Bit Torrents where it may not be streaming, but it is no cost, commercial free and immune to this particular harassment (Comcast will eventually "get you" with caps).
I don't see any good solution for VAserv or their users.
Even without the death of the lead HyperVM developer the flaws could not be remedied quickly. There are apparently a lot of flaws and the time needed to fix and test each one will push out a security update for weeks if not months.
On the other hand, VAserv can not simply change to something else. Their infrastructure, experience, and services are all dependent on HyperVM. To rollout something else would take at least 6 months to get right.
Simply bringing everything back as best they can only puts them where they were before the attack - obviously vulnerable.
SCO proposal: split software business from litigation business.
BUT, doesn't the software side now owe Novell $2,547,817 as of July in unpaid royalties? Would not a suitor of the software business have to assume that liability (and any continuing appeals of that award)?
I have used Gnome from its beginning. It was a good answer to Qt's license. As a plus, it is written in C vs. C++ and the object model appeared more future focused.
Times have changed. The license is not an issue anymore, Gnome and KDE have plenty of alternative language bindings, KDE's object model is actually used and is an asset (among other things, scripting GUI actions via the dcop utility is really powerful).
The big change is the dumbing down of Gnome. Its leadership apparently feels there is power in simplicity. I see only weakness in this simplicity, particularly when no "advanced" (read "not butt-dumb") mode is offered for dogma reasons.
After fighting with GConf problems (Gnome's tribute to Window's registry) recently I have given up and switched to KDE. I love it! So much I was missing all this time in misguided loyalty to Gnome.
Today's KDE achieves the power Gnome once strived for. It can be simple, but you can reasonably mold it to work and appear as you please (you will need to - the default theme is still "toyish"). I am regularly finding equal or better (i.e. powerful and polished) KDE apps to replace my old Gnome ones. I will never go back.
If you have not tried the KDE environment in the last few years, give it an open-minded spin.
I have a KissDP500 which does all this and more (except for built-in wireless) available in the US at $300. The DP500 is available worldwide and is well supported with on-going firmware updates providing new features. It is part of a line of products including some with internal HD.
The DP500 is open source based (uCLinux) and works well with Linux hosts (there are several projects supporting it on SourceForge).
The server software for the SliMP3 is really great. Music offered by name, artist, album, genre, etc, etc. Clean, flexible, intuitive. It just does what you want.
I have other net devices which will play music from shares and there is no comparison. They just do not provide any organizational services.
Nope. I have both. Well, actually a TiVo Series 2 and a SliMP3. I love the TiVo, but this is not its strength.
The SliMP3 is slick and Slim Devices has earned my respect for offering a quality product. It is small, great display, quality construction, and well supported.
I have had mine for a year or so. I could have used the new wireless feature, but had to buy a Linksys wireless bridge. It works well but means an extra device and power brick. The new device is perfect.
For the handful of PCs I need to backup, I have simply booted them off of a stand-alone Linux CD distribution (Super Rescue, but any supporting NBD will work) and started nbd-client. Then on my Linux server simply dd'ed the (remote PC) disk to tape. When I needed to restore, dd'ing from tape to NBD worked flawlessly.
OTRS handles all this well. It has a mail and web interface and agents can enter stuff while on the phone. Multiple queues with the ability to move between them (e.g. to the UNIX admins).
divx.com sells the Kiss DP-500 progressive DVD-player for $299.99. I just ordered one so no first hand experience yet. It looks like it generally does what this device does, plus is a DVD player, can play MP3 CDs (and much more), has a strong list of outputs, and now has a Linux driver. The manufacturer has more details.
Why would SCO consider HP and Sun be "safe"? Don't they both support and distribute Linux? IANAL but would that not constitute contributary infringement?
In what ways do HP and Sun differ from other vendors who support Linux?
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So, you start to watch a movie or TV show online. After 15 minutes, Comcast throttles you causing lower quality, stuttering, and/or buffering delays. They inflict this punishment even if they otherwise have plenty of bandwidth available.
Comcast wins in 2 ways: (1) they save a bunch of bandwidth by killing this emerging use and (2) they kill the threat this emerging use represents to their cable TV business.
Your options are (1) ditch Comcast and go with DSL if possible (noticeably - DSL rarely has the ongoing malarkey associated with cable ISPs) or (2) resort to Bit Torrents where it may not be streaming, but it is no cost, commercial free and immune to this particular harassment (Comcast will eventually "get you" with caps).
I don't see any good solution for VAserv or their users.
Even without the death of the lead HyperVM developer the flaws could not be remedied quickly. There are apparently a lot of flaws and the time needed to fix and test each one will push out a security update for weeks if not months.
On the other hand, VAserv can not simply change to something else. Their infrastructure, experience, and services are all dependent on HyperVM. To rollout something else would take at least 6 months to get right.
Simply bringing everything back as best they can only puts them where they were before the attack - obviously vulnerable.
SCO proposal: split software business from litigation business.
BUT, doesn't the software side now owe Novell $2,547,817 as of July in unpaid royalties? Would not a suitor of the software business have to assume that liability (and any continuing appeals of that award)?
.nrg files are .iso files with a 300kb header. I use the following simple script to convert:
.nrg format to .iso format.
.iso format" .nrg format"
#!/bin/bash
#
# Convert Nero
error()
{
echo "${@}" >&2
exit 1
}
INPUT="${1}"; OUTPUT="${2}"
[ -z "${OUTPUT}" ] && OUTPUT="${INPUT%.*}.iso"
[ ${#} -ne 1 -a ${#} -ne 2 ] &&
error "Usage: $(basename ${0}) file.nrg [file.iso]"
[ ! -e "${INPUT}" ] && error "${INPUT}: file does not exist"
[ ! -s "${INPUT}" ] && error "${INPUT}: file is null"
TYPE=$(file -b "${INPUT}"); TYPE="${TYPE%% *}"
[ "${TYPE}" = "ISO" ] && error "${INPUT}: file is already in
[ "${TYPE}" != "data" ] && error "${INPUT}: file is not in
dd if="${INPUT}" of="${OUTPUT}" bs=1024 skip=300
$31M is just the limit of how much they are willing to voluntarily spend harassing other people.
There is no limit to how much they could be liable for (defense and settlements) in counter suits.
Times have changed. The license is not an issue anymore, Gnome and KDE have plenty of alternative language bindings, KDE's object model is actually used and is an asset (among other things, scripting GUI actions via the dcop utility is really powerful).
The big change is the dumbing down of Gnome. Its leadership apparently feels there is power in simplicity. I see only weakness in this simplicity, particularly when no "advanced" (read "not butt-dumb") mode is offered for dogma reasons.
After fighting with GConf problems (Gnome's tribute to Window's registry) recently I have given up and switched to KDE. I love it! So much I was missing all this time in misguided loyalty to Gnome.
Today's KDE achieves the power Gnome once strived for. It can be simple, but you can reasonably mold it to work and appear as you please (you will need to - the default theme is still "toyish"). I am regularly finding equal or better (i.e. powerful and polished) KDE apps to replace my old Gnome ones. I will never go back.
If you have not tried the KDE environment in the last few years, give it an open-minded spin.
Disclaimer: not a troll - just a user
...his article is freely available.
The DP500 is open source based (uCLinux) and works well with Linux hosts (there are several projects supporting it on SourceForge).
The server software for the SliMP3 is really great. Music offered by name, artist, album, genre, etc, etc. Clean, flexible, intuitive. It just does what you want.
I have other net devices which will play music from shares and there is no comparison. They just do not provide any organizational services.
Nope. I have both. Well, actually a TiVo Series 2 and a SliMP3. I love the TiVo, but this is not its strength.
The SliMP3 is slick and Slim Devices has earned my respect for offering a quality product. It is small, great display, quality construction, and well supported.
I have had mine for a year or so. I could have used the new wireless feature, but had to buy a Linksys wireless bridge. It works well but means an extra device and power brick. The new device is perfect.
Highly recommended.
For the handful of PCs I need to backup, I have simply booted them off of a stand-alone Linux CD distribution (Super Rescue, but any supporting NBD will work) and started nbd-client. Then on my Linux server simply dd'ed the (remote PC) disk to tape. When I needed to restore, dd'ing from tape to NBD worked flawlessly.
OTRS handles all this well. It has a mail and web interface and agents can enter stuff while on the phone. Multiple queues with the ability to move between them (e.g. to the UNIX admins).
divx.com sells the Kiss DP-500 progressive DVD-player for $299.99. I just ordered one so no first hand experience yet. It looks like it generally does what this device does, plus is a DVD player, can play MP3 CDs (and much more), has a strong list of outputs, and now has a Linux driver. The manufacturer has more details.
Why would SCO consider HP and Sun be "safe"? Don't they both support and distribute Linux? IANAL but would that not constitute contributary infringement?
In what ways do HP and Sun differ from other vendors who support Linux?
Look into VERITAS NetBackup. It's better than Legato and doesn't corrupt its catalog. ADSM is not in the same league (it is limited and awkward).