Seriously, some of the patents and other such legal nonsense I've seen over the last few months make the Obfuscated Code contest look like preschool stuff. (not meant to degrade any of the amazing things those contestants do)
-- GBF: General Brain Fart - press any key to wake up
The former USSR already has an equivilant to American GPS. The GLONASS constellation has been operational since about 1986.
The GIS company I work for has receivers that use both GPS and GLONASS for most of our survey work. When used in differential mode, these things are capable of sub-meter accuracy. (usually less than 0.5 meters error)
Great article. Thanks for the link, I missed that back in March. Having the amount of bandwidth on tap that this article predicts would make some amazing changes not only to the telco industry, but to the entire computer industry and society as a whole.. wow
Which are you more likely to do? spend the time to try and copy 12+ Gigs of movie, or spend about $20 for the original?
I can understand the probs the industry had with people copying VHS movies that cost about $50 to $75, but when the medium (DVD) is retailed for barely more than the effort to copy it, whats the point in copying it?
As for the region bullshit, what was that intended for? Some kind of wierd censorship idea?
May the RIAA and MPAA suffer the legal equivelant of terminal gonorrhea
actually, there are instructions on SuSE's site on configuring their XFCom servers. The link also includes links to tarballs and.rpm's of said servers..
Less than 15 minutes from post to death. Must be a new record or something...
I've used all kinds of web servers, from IIS on winNT and WebSTAR on MacOS to Apache on Linux, FreeBSD and MacOSX. I must say that my most liked experiences came from the unicies, although WebSTAR comes close.
Hopefully the site is back online later today, I'd like to see some of the numbers...
This will include real-time access to data about their subscribers and information about services they have used, including logs of telephone calls, e-mail, or website accesses. A key part of technical arrangements to be made will ensure operators will not be able to know what information has been copied from their systems.
Other than the fact that this bites, how exactly would they pull this off? Most sysadmins I know keep a pretty close eye on what goes in and out of systems that they operate. How would you be able to tell if it was the facist^H^H^H^H^H^H "internet" police "legitimately" grabbing something, and not somebody comprimising your system?
What if you are one of those poor unfortunates that don't have input in the purchasing decisions? What if you are trapped with an inferior NOS? Heaven forbid, winNT?
Sure, a failover system would be wonderful, but if you don't have purchasing input...
I just had to point out that it doesn't take doing something wrong to comprimise the stability of a network...
Well, I've seen many interesting points, opinions and rants posted here so far. I'm impressed at some of the posts, offended at others, but was thinking there may be something else here as well.
Being that "most" news sources (TV, newspapers, etc.) are commercial entities, they all have a common goal; money. In order to achieve that goal, they must sell their product. What do you think will sell your product? News that has been well researched, accurate and three weeks ago? Or news that happened 5 minutes ago, or is happening right now?
This tragic event happened scarcely two days ago, yet apparently there has already been enough time for psycological analysis to point in the direction of the Internet and video games.
I'm impressed. Not by the idea that such analysis could be performed in that time, but by the mere notion that people believe that it can be. I don't profess to know anything about forensic psycology, but I do know it takes a hell of alot longer than two days (in most cases, anyways).
The big unfortunate thing here (other than the tragic loss of life), is that capitalism is more important than the truth.
My heart goes out to the families and friends of all those lost. May we learn from our mistakes.
Okay, let me see if i understand this right. The whole point of Open Source is to expose ideas to the greatest possible knowledge base, right? I mean, who cares if I'm going to use an Apple based system or not. What if Apple had a Good Idea(tm) somewhere in their software? What if someone else running on another platform has a Good Idea(tm) for Apple? Both scenarios benfit everyone, right?
So yes, I agree with the article. Yes, the US government has some weird ideas about restricting knowledge, we know that. But doesn't the US government also have some notion of what freedom of expression is? Maybe somewhere along the line I misunderstood it, but I thought that US law garrantees freedom of expression and freedom of choice.
Silly me for thinking that that would include the freedom to share ones ideas.
APSL is close, but still not even in the same time zone...
Slashdot Mirror
Seriously, some of the patents and other such legal nonsense I've seen over the last few months make the Obfuscated Code contest look like preschool stuff. (not meant to degrade any of the amazing things those contestants do)
-- GBF: General Brain Fart - press any key to wake up
The former USSR already has an equivilant to American GPS. The GLONASS constellation has been operational since about 1986.
The GIS company I work for has receivers that use both GPS and GLONASS for most of our survey work. When used in differential mode, these things are capable of sub-meter accuracy. (usually less than 0.5 meters error)
Still, turning off SA is great news.. :)
MacOSX Server is a Mach kernel running a FreeBSD based system. The web server is apache.
For more deets: Mac Os X Server
And no, I'm not a great fan of apple, but since I'm supporting a couple of these boxen, I gotta know this stuff.. :)
Great article. Thanks for the link, I missed that back in March. Having the amount of bandwidth on tap that this article predicts would make some amazing changes not only to the telco industry, but to the entire computer industry and society as a whole.. wow
mmm... bandwidth... <drool>...
Cool
Someone needs to record this so that we have something to listen to while we watch these things roast...
;)
One point:
Which are you more likely to do? spend the time to try and copy 12+ Gigs of movie, or spend about $20 for the original?
I can understand the probs the industry had with people copying VHS movies that cost about $50 to $75, but when the medium (DVD) is retailed for barely more than the effort to copy it, whats the point in copying it?
As for the region bullshit, what was that intended for? Some kind of wierd censorship idea?
May the RIAA and MPAA suffer the legal equivelant of terminal gonorrhea
we are alive and well and will continue as part of 3Com
<shock>
Is this to say that you actually have OS and modem code that is acually stable for the TC?
</shock>
grabbed the Rage128 server last night, dropped it in (RedHat 5.2 system at one point in time), did a couple of lib hacks, and away it went.
nice, fast, happy.
Nice suprise from the crew at SuSE. I've been waiting for a server for my Rage Fury for months.
Thanks :)
actually, there are instructions on SuSE's site on configuring their XFCom servers. The link also includes links to tarballs and .rpm's of said servers..
have fun :)
Impressive indeed..
Less than 15 minutes from post to death. Must be a new record or something...
I've used all kinds of web servers, from IIS on winNT and WebSTAR on MacOS to Apache on Linux, FreeBSD and MacOSX. I must say that my most liked experiences came from the unicies, although WebSTAR comes close.
Hopefully the site is back online later today, I'd like to see some of the numbers...
my $0.02 CAD
If you have a DSS unit, take a look inside. You'll find an ASIC in there with the Macrovision logo on it.
Other than the fact that this bites, how exactly would they pull this off? Most sysadmins I know keep a pretty close eye on what goes in and out of systems that they operate. How would you be able to tell if it was the facist^H^H^H^H^H^H "internet" police "legitimately" grabbing something, and not somebody comprimising your system?
*eek*
What if you are one of those poor unfortunates that don't have input in the purchasing decisions? What if you are trapped with an inferior NOS? Heaven forbid, winNT?
Sure, a failover system would be wonderful, but if you don't have purchasing input...
I just had to point out that it doesn't take doing something wrong to comprimise the stability of a network...
Well, I've seen many interesting points, opinions and rants posted here so far. I'm impressed at some of the posts, offended at others, but was thinking there may be something else here as well.
Being that "most" news sources (TV, newspapers, etc.) are commercial entities, they all have a common goal; money. In order to achieve that goal, they must sell their product. What do you think will sell your product? News that has been well researched, accurate and three weeks ago? Or news that happened 5 minutes ago, or is happening right now?
This tragic event happened scarcely two days ago, yet apparently there has already been enough time for psycological analysis to point in the direction of the Internet and video games.
I'm impressed. Not by the idea that such analysis could be performed in that time, but by the mere notion that people believe that it can be. I don't profess to know anything about forensic psycology, but I do know it takes a hell of alot longer than two days (in most cases, anyways).
The big unfortunate thing here (other than the tragic loss of life), is that capitalism is more important than the truth.
My heart goes out to the families and friends of all those lost. May we learn from our mistakes.
unfortunately, as commented before, their server isn't as bomb-proof as their house..
if anyone did mirror this, could you post the URL?
Okay, let me see if i understand this right. The whole point of Open Source is to expose ideas to the greatest possible knowledge base, right? I mean, who cares if I'm going to use an Apple based system or not. What if Apple had a Good Idea(tm) somewhere in their software? What if someone else running on another platform has a Good Idea(tm) for Apple? Both scenarios benfit everyone, right?
So yes, I agree with the article. Yes, the US government has some weird ideas about restricting knowledge, we know that. But doesn't the US government also have some notion of what freedom of expression is? Maybe somewhere along the line I misunderstood it, but I thought that US law garrantees freedom of expression and freedom of choice.
Silly me for thinking that that would include the freedom to share ones ideas.
APSL is close, but still not even in the same time zone...
--Quiet rantings from the Great White North
And we all trust ZDnet for "honest" and "objective" statistics... I'm sorry but this article gets filed right along with good 'ole Bill Gates' book...