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Media player?

On: Microsoft/Mainsoft Porting to Linux - Follow-up

Mainnsoft announced that Microsoft Corp. (NYSE: MSFT) had selected its MainWin solution to meet customer demands for a Solaris adaptation of Windows Media Player,

Uhh, I'm fine with xmms.

so this comment will be outlawed?

On: DVD/DeCSS: MPAA Wins In New York

unsigned int CSStab0[11]={5,0,1,2,3,4,0,1,2,3,4};

unsigned char CSStab1[256]=
{
0x33,0x73,0x3b,0x26,0x63,0x23,0x6b,0x76,0x3e,0x7e, 0x36,0x2b,0x6e,0x2e,0x66,0x7b,
0xd3,0x93,0xdb,0x06,0x43,0x03,0x4b,0x96,0xde,0x9e, 0xd6,0x0b,0x4e,0x0e,0x46,0x9b,
0x57,0x17,0x5f,0x82,0xc7,0x87,0xcf,0x12,0x5a,0x1a, 0x52,0x8f,0xca,0x8a,0xc2,0x1f,
0xd9,0x99,0xd1,0x00,0x49,0x09,0x41,0x90,0xd8,0x98, 0xd0,0x01,0x48,0x08,0x40,0x91,
0x3d,0x7d,0x35,0x24,0x6d,0x2d,0x65,0x74,0x3c,0x7c, 0x34,0x25,0x6c,0x2c,0x64,0x75,
0xdd,0x9d,0xd5,0x04,0x4d,0x0d,0x45,0x94,0xdc,0x9c, 0xd4,0x05,0x4c,0x0c,0x44,0x95,
0x59,0x19,0x51,0x80,0xc9,0x89,0xc1,0x10,0x58,0x18, 0x50,0x81,0xc8,0x88,0xc0,0x11,
0xd7,0x97,0xdf,0x02,0x47,0x07,0x4f,0x92,0xda,0x9a, 0xd2,0x0f,0x4a,0x0a,0x42,0x9f,
0x53,0x13,0x5b,0x86,0xc3,0x83,0xcb,0x16,0x5e,0x1e, 0x56,0x8b,0xce,0x8e,0xc6,0x1b,
0xb3,0xf3,0xbb,0xa6,0xe3,0xa3,0xeb,0xf6,0xbe,0xfe, 0xb6,0xab,0xee,0xae,0xe6,0xfb,
0x37,0x77,0x3f,0x22,0x67,0x27,0x6f,0x72,0x3a,0x7a, 0x32,0x2f,0x6a,0x2a,0x62,0x7f,
0xb9,0xf9,0xb1,0xa0,0xe9,0xa9,0xe1,0xf0,0xb8,0xf8, 0xb0,0xa1,0xe8,0xa8,0xe0,0xf1,
0x5d,0x1d,0x55,0x84,0xcd,0x8d,0xc5,0x14,0x5c,0x1c, 0x54,0x85,0xcc,0x8c,0xc4,0x15,
0xbd,0xfd,0xb5,0xa4,0xed,0xad,0xe5,0xf4,0xbc,0xfc, 0xb4,0xa5,0xec,0xac,0xe4,0xf5,
0x39,0x79,0x31,0x20,0x69,0x29,0x61,0x70,0x38,0x78, 0x30,0x21,0x68,0x28,0x60,0x71,
0xb7,0xf7,0xbf,0xa2,0xe7,0xa7,0xef,0xf2,0xba,0xfa, 0xb2,0xaf,0xea,0xaa,0xe2,0xff
};

unsigned char CSStab2[256]=
{
0x00,0x01,0x02,0x03,0x04,0x05,0x06,0x07,0x09,0x08, 0x0b,0x0a,0x0d,0x0c,0x0f,0x0e,
0x12,0x13,0x10,0x11,0x16,0x17,0x14,0x15,0x1b,0x1a, 0x19,0x18,0x1f,0x1e,0x1d,0x1c,
0x24,0x25,0x26,0x27,0x20,0x21,0x22,0x23,0x2d,0x2c, 0x2f,0x2e,0x29,0x28,0x2b,0x2a,
0x36,0x37,0x34,0x35,0x32,0x33,0x30,0x31,0x3f,0x3e, 0x3d,0x3c,0x3b,0x3a,0x39,0x38,
0x49,0x48,0x4b,0x4a,0x4d,0x4c,0x4f,0x4e,0x40,0x41, 0x42,0x43,0x44,0x45,0x46,0x47,
0x5b,0x5a,0x59,0x58,0x5f,0x5e,0x5d,0x5c,0x52,0x53, 0x50,0x51,0x56,0x57,0x54,0x55,
0x6d,0x6c,0x6f,0x6e,0x69,0x68,0x6b,0x6a,0x64,0x65, 0x66,0x67,0x60,0x61,0x62,0x63,
0x7f,0x7e,0x7d,0x7c,0x7b,0x7a,0x79,0x78,0x76,0x77, 0x74,0x75,0x72,0x73,0x70,0x71,
0x92,0x93,0x90,0x91,0x96,0x97,0x94,0x95,0x9b,0x9a, 0x99,0x98,0x9f,0x9e,0x9d,0x9c,
0x80,0x81,0x82,0x83,0x84,0x85,0x86,0x87,0x89,0x88, 0x8b,0x8a,0x8d,0x8c,0x8f,0x8e,
0xb6,0xb7,0xb4,0xb5,0xb2,0xb3,0xb0,0xb1,0xbf,0xbe, 0xbd,0xbc,0xbb,0xba,0xb9,0xb8,
0xa4,0xa5,0xa6,0xa7,0xa0,0xa1,0xa2,0xa3,0xad,0xac, 0xaf,0xae,0xa9,0xa8,0xab,0xaa,
0xdb,0xda,0xd9,0xd8,0xdf,0xde,0xdd,0xdc,0xd2,0xd3, 0xd0,0xd1,0xd6,0xd7,0xd4,0xd5,
0xc9,0xc8,0xcb,0xca,0xcd,0xcc,0xcf,0xce,0xc0,0xc1, 0xc2,0xc3,0xc4,0xc5,0xc6,0xc7,
0xff,0xfe,0xfd,0xfc,0xfb,0xfa,0xf9,0xf8,0xf6,0xf7, 0xf4,0xf5,0xf2,0xf3,0xf0,0xf1,
0xed,0xec,0xef,0xee,0xe9,0xe8,0xeb,0xea,0xe4,0xe5, 0xe6,0xe7,0xe0,0xe1,0xe2,0xe3
};

unsigned char CSStab3[512]=
{
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,
0x00,0x24,0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff,0x00,0x24, 0x49,0x6d,0x92,0xb6,0xdb,0xff
};

unsigned char CSStab4[256]=
{
0x00,0x80,0x40,0xc0,0x20,0xa0,0x60,0xe0,0x10,0x90, 0x50,0xd0,0x30,0xb0,0x70,0xf0,
0x08,0x88,0x48,0xc8,0x28,0xa8,0x68,0xe8,0x18,0x98, 0x58,0xd8,0x38,0xb8,0x78,0xf8,
0x04,0x84,0x44,0xc4,0x24,0xa4,0x64,0xe4,0x14,0x94, 0x54,0xd4,0x34,0xb4,0x74,0xf4,
0x0c,0x8c,0x4c,0xcc,0x2c,0xac,0x6c,0xec,0x1c,0x9c, 0x5c,0xdc,0x3c,0xbc,0x7c,0xfc,
0x02,0x82,0x42,0xc2,0x22,0xa2,0x62,0xe2,0x12,0x92, 0x52,0xd2,0x32,0xb2,0x72,0xf2,
0x0a,0x8a,0x4a,0xca,0x2a,0xaa,0x6a,0xea,0x1a,0x9a, 0x5a,0xda,0x3a,0xba,0x7a,0xfa,
0x06,0x86,0x46,0xc6,0x26,0xa6,0x66,0xe6,0x16,0x96, 0x56,0xd6,0x36,0xb6,0x76,0xf6,
0x0e,0x8e,0x4e,0xce,0x2e,0xae,0x6e,0xee,0x1e,0x9e, 0x5e,0xde,0x3e,0xbe,0x7e,0xfe,
0x01,0x81,0x41,0xc1,0x21,0xa1,0x61,0xe1,0x11,0x91, 0x51,0xd1,0x31,0xb1,0x71,0xf1,
0x09,0x89,0x49,0xc9,0x29,0xa9,0x69,0xe9,0x19,0x99, 0x59,0xd9,0x39,0xb9,0x79,0xf9,
0x05,0x85,0x45,0xc5,0x25,0xa5,0x65,0xe5,0x15,0x95, 0x55,0xd5,0x35,0xb5,0x75,0xf5,
0x0d,0x8d,0x4d,0xcd,0x2d,0xad,0x6d,0xed,0x1d,0x9d, 0x5d,0xdd,0x3d,0xbd,0x7d,0xfd,
0x03,0x83,0x43,0xc3,0x23,0xa3,0x63,0xe3,0x13,0x93, 0x53,0xd3,0x33,0xb3,0x73,0xf3,
0x0b,0x8b,0x4b,0xcb,0x2b,0xab,0x6b,0xeb,0x1b,0x9b, 0x5b,0xdb,0x3b,0xbb,0x7b,0xfb,
0x07,0x87,0x47,0xc7,0x27,0xa7,0x67,0xe7,0x17,0x97, 0x57,0xd7,0x37,0xb7,0x77,0xf7,
0x0f,0x8f,0x4f,0xcf,0x2f,0xaf,0x6f,0xef,0x1f,0x9f, 0x5f,0xdf,0x3f,0xbf,0x7f,0xff
};

unsigned char CSStab5[256]=
{
0xff,0x7f,0xbf,0x3f,0xdf,0x5f,0x9f,0x1f,0xef,0x6f, 0xaf,0x2f,0xcf,0x4f,0x8f,0x0f,
0xf7,0x77,0xb7,0x37,0xd7,0x57,0x97,0x17,0xe7,0x67, 0xa7,0x27,0xc7,0x47,0x87,0x07,
0xfb,0x7b,0xbb,0x3b,0xdb,0x5b,0x9b,0x1b,0xeb,0x6b, 0xab,0x2b,0xcb,0x4b,0x8b,0x0b,
0xf3,0x73,0xb3,0x33,0xd3,0x53,0x93,0x13,0xe3,0x63, 0xa3,0x23,0xc3,0x43,0x83,0x03,
0xfd,0x7d,0xbd,0x3d,0xdd,0x5d,0x9d,0x1d,0xed,0x6d, 0xad,0x2d,0xcd,0x4d,0x8d,0x0d,
0xf5,0x75,0xb5,0x35,0xd5,0x55,0x95,0x15,0xe5,0x65, 0xa5,0x25,0xc5,0x45,0x85,0x05,
0xf9,0x79,0xb9,0x39,0xd9,0x59,0x99,0x19,0xe9,0x69, 0xa9,0x29,0xc9,0x49,0x89,0x09,
0xf1,0x71,0xb1,0x31,0xd1,0x51,0x91,0x11,0xe1,0x61, 0xa1,0x21,0xc1,0x41,0x81,0x01,
0xfe,0x7e,0xbe,0x3e,0xde,0x5e,0x9e,0x1e,0xee,0x6e, 0xae,0x2e,0xce,0x4e,0x8e,0x0e,
0xf6,0x76,0xb6,0x36,0xd6,0x56,0x96,0x16,0xe6,0x66, 0xa6,0x26,0xc6,0x46,0x86,0x06,
0xfa,0x7a,0xba,0x3a,0xda,0x5a,0x9a,0x1a,0xea,0x6a, 0xaa,0x2a,0xca,0x4a,0x8a,0x0a,
0xf2,0x72,0xb2,0x32,0xd2,0x52,0x92,0x12,0xe2,0x62, 0xa2,0x22,0xc2,0x42,0x82,0x02,
0xfc,0x7c,0xbc,0x3c,0xdc,0x5c,0x9c,0x1c,0xec,0x6c, 0xac,0x2c,0xcc,0x4c,0x8c,0x0c,
0xf4,0x74,0xb4,0x34,0xd4,0x54,0x94,0x14,0xe4,0x64, 0xa4,0x24,0xc4,0x44,0x84,0x04,
0xf8,0x78,0xb8,0x38,0xd8,0x58,0x98,0x18,0xe8,0x68, 0xa8,0x28,0xc8,0x48,0x88,0x08,
0xf0,0x70,0xb0,0x30,0xd0,0x50,0x90,0x10,0xe0,0x60, 0xa0,0x20,0xc0,0x40,0x80,0x00
};

void CSSdescramble(unsigned char *sec,unsigned char *key)
{
unsigned int t1,t2,t3,t4,t5,t6;
unsigned char *end=sec+0x800;

t1=key[0]^sec[0x54]|0x100;
t2=key[1]^sec[0x55];
t3=(*((unsigned int *)(key+2)))^(*((unsigned int *)(sec+0x56)));
t4=t3
t3=t3*2+8-t4;
sec+=0x80;
t5=0;
while(sec!=end)
{
t4=CSStab2[t2]^CSStab3[t1];
t2=t1>>1;
t1=((t1&1)>3)^t3)>>1)^t3)>>8)^t3)>>5)
t3=(t3>=8;
}
}

void CSStitlekey1(unsigned char *key,unsigned char *im)
{
unsigned int t1,t2,t3,t4,t5,t6;
unsigned char k[5];
int i;

t1=im[0]|0x100;
t2=im[1];
t3=*((unsigned int *)(im+2));
t4=t3
t3=t3*2+8-t4;
t5=0;
for(i=0;i>1;
t1=((t1&1)>3)^t3)>>1)^t3)>>8)^t3)>>5)
t3=(t3>=8;
}
for(i=9;i>=0;i--)
key[CSStab0[i+1]]=k[CSStab0[i+1]]^CSStab1[key[CSSt ab0[i+1]]]^key[CSStab0[i]];
}

void CSStitlekey2(unsigned char *key,unsigned char *im)
{
unsigned int t1,t2,t3,t4,t5,t6;
unsigned char k[5];
int i;

t1=im[0]|0x100;
t2=im[1];
t3=*((unsigned int *)(im+2));
t4=t3
t3=t3*2+8-t4;
t5=0;
for(i=0;i>1;
t1=((t1&1)>3)^t3)>>1)^t3)>>8)^t3)>>5)
t3=(t3>=8;
}
for(i=9;i>=0;i--)
key[CSStab0[i+1]]=k[CSStab0[i+1]]^CSStab1[key[CSSt ab0[i+1]]]^key[CSStab0[i]];
}

void CSSdecrypttitlekey(unsigned char *tkey,unsigned char *dkey)
{
int i;
unsigned char im1[6];
unsigned char im2[6]={0x51,0x67,0x67,0xc5,0xe0,0x00};

for(i=0;i6;i++)
im1[i]=dkey[i];

CSStitlekey1(im1,im2);
CSStitlekey2(tkey,im1);
}

Re:My experiences - what to do with UDP?

On: GNOME, Security, Linux, and Cable Modems?

DNS/NTP/SAMBA/realaudio are the most common services using UDP. If you have a client setup, you can safely DENY all UDP traffic to your net on ports 0-1023. in the ipchains way;

/sbin/ipchains -A input -l -i eth0 -p UDP -d $lan 0:1023 -j DENY
/sbin/ipchains -A output -l -i eth0 -p UDP -s $lan 0:1023 -j DENY

You should still read and understand the IPCHAINS-HOWTO

Standard alternatives.

On: 'Gnome Foundation' Takes Aim at MS Office

You got a half point. People don't like the standard interfaces, and like tuning the look and feel of the system to fit their needs.

But, People want all apps to behave the same say! Do you like ctrl-v, middle-click, ctrl-y, or perhaps dd/p? Whatever fits your taste, you want all apps to respons to it. The sad situation today is, that every app will decide itself, to what keybindings and events it responds to and how. Some can be customized, some cant.

We need global look and feel themes, that every application respects. If I want a marble texture, I want it everywhere. Including mozilla, gkrellm, xmms, gtk, and QT apps. Currently, only QT is humble enough to take the hint from someone else.

Re:Meanwhile, back in the real world...

On: Market Share Reports On Linux

Yes, *BSD make a big slice of it, but I think that HPUX/SCO/AIX/(other obscure Unix Variant) fit in there too. I also assume that all kind's of hardware firewalls drop in the count as well, as Netcraft uses TCP/IP stack anomalities to identify the OS.

Re:Glibc 2.1

On: Mozilla M17 Is Out

>ldd mozilla-bin |grep libc
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x400bd000)
>dpkg -S /lib/libc.so.6
libc6: /lib/libc.so.6
>dpkg -s libc6 | grep Version
Version: 2.1.3-10

Yeah, looks like glibc2.1

Re:Its Text, Not Binary

On: Scalable Vector Graphics Format Candidate Released

HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING=gzip,deflate,compress,identit y

A browser that can do that, can download html,xml,txt,svg,etc,
content in gzipped format and decode them approprietly, without the propierty kludges of macromedia.

Re:Top 5 Technology Wins for OSS:

On: Caldera Acquires Big Chunk Of SCO

what's wrong with Linux's lvm? From I can tell, It is just as good the HPUX one. I don't know if SCO's implentation has more features/easier UI, but I found that LVM add's just a complexity layer. Unless you need a crazy amounts of space in a single directory, It
is easier to split data at application level to different directories.

Re:Whoops anhttp://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetd whoops

On: Evolution 0.3 Released

The latest versions of Fetchmail understand MAPI

what? The news file doesn't mention it. With IMAP or POP3 fetchmail will, however, co-operate with a excange server. OTOH, if you use calendar and stuff, you will still need lookout. Maybe the exchage web interface would work in your case, however.

Re:actually

On: Web More Vulnerable Than Expected?

That's what happened here on wensday. Our connection to the node connecting networks here in finland broke, and all traffic got routed via stockholm. Which was essentially too slow for any reasonable use.

obscure your network, not your code

On: Security Through Obscurity A GOOD Thing?

I don't think that by long term, any closed source product has proved to be more vulnerable than their open counterparts. Just compare the amount
of security holes in commercial unixen to the free ones. Well, maybe OSS ftp servers have had an bad record, but I take is as the exception that confirms the rule...

Anyway, by obscuring your network, you can win. Ping/tracreoute from outside your own net? who needs them after your network has been built? Apart from participating in netcraft, who needs to know your webservers brand, version, and even the OS?

a: Kiddies scanning for exploits.

If you can't be found, you can't be attacked.

Only drawback is, that if your network is down, it will take more time to find out why.

Re:Useless POS

On: Maxtor's 80GB Drive

well, Some month ago, our HPuX server's one scsi drive failed. So out to buy a replacment. Unfortunetly, The serrver had Fast-Wide disk's and they are incompatible with the LVD disks they sell all around. And ofcourse, The server has it's SCSI controller connected to a propierty bus, And HP doesn't sell Ultra-Wide controller for it. (new servers come with pci bus)

At this point, you begin to panic, realizing, that people are starting to need the services that where on the broken disc.

So the options I found: By a new server (and scrap all the working Fast-Wide disc's - You can't Connect them to the Ultra-Wide Bus. Or by an Fast-Wide disc, with gross overprice (4x the price of a twice a large UW disc!)

The myriad of scsi variants makes The life of using them a utter pain in the ass. The thumb rule is that nothing works with nothing but the same variant.

And IRL I have seen no evidence to back the fact that SCSI disc's would be more reliable than IDE ones.

Re:Why isn't Woz a rich bazillionaire?

On: Wozniak Interview In Failure

Well, the guy (A graduate of Oxford University) at cern (Nuclear physics reseach lab) who invented web definetly had gone through "navigate through channels and bureaucracy and kiss all the right butts." -University...

Afraid of what?

On: Open Sourcing Closed Sourced Drivers?

Do you really think that your drivers are a lot better than your competitors? If you don't, then go ahead and release. Let your pride down for a while think realisticaly.

OTOH, if you do have better drivers, Then a half-open solution could work,
all the glue to kernel is Open Source, but actual magic happens in the binary .o distributed. Like Nvidia does.

The third solution, since you sell software and hardware, is to release the source only to your
customers and EULA them so that you can sue them on a leak :-)

Re:Perfictly secure linux, whats the point?

On: Words From Bastille Developer Jay Beale

...maybe beacuse OpenBSD does not run on everything that Linux run's on? Maybe because you don't have enough hardware for bath a server and firewall, and you running both on the same computer? But security should be default on the any new Linux system, and let the user install knowlingly each Network Daemon on the computer...

Actually I think this becoming a Trend anyway, as RedHat 6.2 Workstation (according to rumours, I never installed it) wont install inetd by default.

Re:Flashy features was never SCO

On: Endgame For SCO

Well, by "flashy features" i meant mostly stuff like sshd, samba, apache's mod_* etc, shipped by default on any competent Linux distribution, or all the NT backorif^H^H^Hffice stuff. Ofcource you can download/pay for similar stuff on openserver, but why bother when you can have them installed by default?

About your 1-4 your absolutely right, and points 3/4 should be well remembered in the Linux/*BSD community. Why is IIS so popular? Because of the amount of VB programmers/NT admins around.

Re:Was Linux the competitor?

On: Endgame For SCO

I'd say Linux/Nt are the ones killing sco. Any commercial Unix on a risc system wouldn't replace easily a i386 based system, but a cheaper/easier system that runs on the same computer...

I wouldn't blame Linux however, the only thing that is killing SCO is their products. /etc/passwd is a symlink to /deep/deeper/in/the/1/8/even/deeper/in/hell ?

Has there been any new flashy features added within the last few years? Has the development staganeted?

It seems like they fell asleep, believing that they are something more professional than the free Linux/*bsd. and are just realizing, that in features, linux/*bsd have already left SCO far behind.

Re:Well suited to the job at hand

On: WAP Under Fire

WAP as a protocol seems to be really well thought, the problem is, that using it via A GSM mobile phone i just so insanly expensive, that the user base willbe to small for real use. Here in finland it cost's about .5$ /min of surfing. You need to be in a serious need of information for thos rates.

Mobile telco's are just too greedy, and with the current growth the can afford to be...

Who the hell decided anyway, that you need to have a open connection for surfing? Why wasn't it made packet based from the beginning?

On the other hand, A wap browser like lynx would probably seriously useful, and lot faster than the glory of frames+javascript+dhtml+tables_for_style+flash+ban ners joy of web we have today...

Re:check out Dia for visio-nature

On: Microsoft Announces .net

Well, if you pay now for visio, you only get the current version. If pay for coding dia, you will also get all versions coming. And by making dia better, other people will start using and developing it, And with more mass it start gaining features faster. think about it as a long term investment. (I know that it is a unknown word in IT industry...).

Re:The problem with script kiddies

On: Understanding Script Kiddies

three lines to run on boottime:

ipchains -A input -y -p TCP -d kitchen www -j ACCEPT
ipchains -A input -y -p TCP -d kitchen ssh -j ACCEPT
ipchains -A input -y -p TCP -j DENY

...and only things you need to watch for is security bugs on ssh ,apache and the kernel. Assuming ofcourse that you have a Linux box, and no UDP servers there...

come-on, security isn't rocket science unless you have a very high profile site...

Re:Text entry

On: 'Texting' Takes Over The Philippines

Nokia/Benefon T9 tech really rocks. It's based on some kind of dictionary, that is able to guess what you are writing. Scary stuff, but it works (as long as you don't use slang words...)

Re:check out Dia for visio-nature

On: Microsoft Announces .net

OH Cut it. :-) Come on Dia is no where *NEAR* Visio. -cut- To do the work I have been doing today I would *GLADLY* pay what I did for visio than struggle through the work in Dia
Well, then why not fix dia instead of whining? the source is out there, dude. And if you arent a coder why not pay someone to do it. In long term it will be cheaper for you than a monthly bill to Redmond...

Just In Time

On: KDE And GNOME To Share Component Architectures?

This some of the best news on the Linux era for a while. The only thing where Linux has been lacking when compared to redmond, is the component model. Having several component models around, would be disastrous and take away whole idea of components: Reuse.

Suppose we had a ftp-client component. Now you make a html editor and you want add remote file
editing capablilities. Currently, you would have
to re-invent the wheel, but if we had a ftp component, we just reuse it instead. Ofcourse,
ftplib exists (which actually qualifies as a component), so this isn't a good example. But having a good component model would make creating and using components easier.

Ofcourse, it requires some change in attitude. Currently re-invent the wheel seems to be the driving force (anyone counted the amount of irc/mail/news/icq -clients?).

Re:Red Star Is To Commies As Swastika Is To Nazis

On: Mozilla M16 Released

Oooh, oooh... Godwin's Law. Discussion over.

I find it amusing that this was the last post at thershold 1...

Re:SCO is merely jumping on the bandwagon

On: SCO & Linux: If You Can't Beat 'Em

how about TARANTELLA? I'd say that is unique. But basicly you are right, the are doing this with gun pointed on their head. Unixware/Openserver suck when compered Solaris/Linux/W2k ,And keeping them up to date is just too expensive.