>why do we keep having to add leap years and leap seconds? Without GPS, you can determine where you are on the planet by sighting astronomical objects. Lattitude is easy. Longitude is easy IF YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS. Without leap seconds and leap years, the clocks and calenders would slowly drift. "In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII was informed by his astronomer, Christopher Clavius, that the first day of spring had fallen on March 10 of that year. Since the first day of spring had fallen on March 21 in 325 A.D. when the Council of Nicaea had established the dates for the holidays in the Christian calendar, Gregory felt it was important to put the seasons back in the same places in the calendar. He therefore declared that the next day after October 4, 1582, was October 15, 1582. He also adopted a revision in the calendar..."
Details at http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html maia.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html www.as.wvu.edu/~jel/skywatch/skw9602a.htm and www.mitre.org/research/y2k/docs/LEAP.html or do a google search on leap seconds and leap years.
Rant mode on. First, I do sympathise with your loss of peace and quiet, but IMNSHO it IS war, a subtle complicated war something akin to the ecological war between forests and grasslands. It can be VERY hard to distinguish friend from foe. Grass feeds the Thompson Gazelle that feeds the Cheetah, ensuring that any tree seedlings get trampled, mauled and destroyed. "Peaceable Kingdom" it is not.
Me? I use NT and enjoy/. because it means that there IS hope for the future. It is NOT about dividing the UNIX pie. It IS about strengthening ALL the participants, even if the clashes are noisy and seemingly nonproductive.
re M$ bashing: It is not so much that Bill Gates is obscenely wealthy or that Microsoft software is so bad, but that there are forces at play that must not go on unchallenged. The 11/09/98 Computerworld article "Why Microsoft must be stopped" by Ralph Nader and James Love seems appropriate. (also reachable from www.nader.org) www.computerworld.com/home/print.nst/all/981109740 E
Rant mode off.
You are a citizen of the Internet. That does NOT mean that you own it. It does make you dependant on the forces that created it and further its development.
It is a bit more subtle than that. It is closer to the idea that the Bad Software becomes the goal, that medriocrity becomes an aspiration, that a sham front is better than the real thing. It is the idea that for "truth in advertising", you would have better luck in a carnival side-show.
"Being a leader is about getting the respect of a community with a lot of views *opposite* to your own." Very well said. And a vital point.
As illustration, an anchor is a good thing for a ship in a stormy sea. Imagine if that anchor instead of holding its position wants to go along with the ship, or worse, help it along.
Ecologists get extremely concerned when the gene pool for a threatened species gets too small. "A community like/. is stronger because of these different views - and because of the sniping." Without the different views, and the sniping,/. would not exist or at least would not be particularly relevant. Whatever the/. community is, (a new life form?) it is substantially more fundamental than just Linux or OSS advocacy and MS bashing.
Agreed. Even repost the content in appropriate contexts.
I think many occasional readers tune in to see what's happening NOW. For myself, I read the comments (at -1 yet) about 10 times for every main link I follow. Sit back and watch the saga unfold. Better than a soap opera.
IANAL but unless I am way off, you would have nothing to worry about. The law is directed against the intent to do damage by way of virus, trojan, etc. rather than the mechanism itself. Trojanning to get around a balky OS seems completely acceptable IMHO.
IIRC the HP 55 programable calculator was an almost exact match for the Eniac specs. Something like 10 10-digit memory registers and 50 instruction words. Too long ago to remember precisely;-( Sorry, no room for ANY kind of Operating System.
So True. The nerds that don't hate MS are using Linux, *BSD, etc. Those lucky nerds can ignore MS. The nerds that hate MS are using NT or even worse 95/98.
First, I would hate to see the AC posts disappear. In some threads, Anonymous Coward is the most informed poster. Not often, but not that rare.
Second, there needs to be some way to nullify the obscene drivel of the AC posting and reposting and reposting to W. Richard Stevens Passes On. -1 is good for flame wars and off-topic stuff. That drivel (all from the same AC, seems like) needs a lower level, something like -5.
From the standpoint of the reader or lurker, a default level of 0 seems appropriate. 1. Level -5 for rude, profane, obnoxious posts. 2. Level -1 for First Post, Meept, Flame-Bait, Off-topic, Flame-wars, etc. 3. Level 0 Unmoderated AC posts. 4. Level 1 Unmoderated non-AC posts without karma. 5. Level 2 Unmoderated non-AC posts with good karma or posts that have been moderated up to 2+. 6. Level 3 Unmoderated non-AC posts with great karma or posts that have been moderated up to 3+.
Options posting. If good karma, option to post it at 2, 1, 0, -1. Possibly option to demote both self and the post you are answering. If standard karma, option to post at 1, 0, -1. If AC, option to post at 0, -1 This way, if you just cannot let the flamebait stand answered, you can keep the subthread below the level of readers who do not wish to see such.
Moderators: 1. Ability to -5 posts that are offensive, without losing moderator points. Abuse of this privilidge should mean permanent loss of moderator status. 2. Possibly keep separate counts of plus and minus moderator points.
I think it worked this way. Alan Cox gratiously consented to answer a _few_ questions. As it turned out, the _few_ had scores moderated up to 5. I think the moderators concentrated on the best and ignored everything else. If the moderators had a threshold of 1 or 2, they would not have even seen the AC posts. If Alan Cox had consented to answer _lots_ of questions, you would see a rather different mix, methinks.
Agreed. I find myself reading Slashdot more for the commentary and reactions than the articles linked to. Any bias or misinformation is usually quickly followed by conflicting views. If you want predigested news, you probably should be reading elsewhere.
I still remember beer strikes during the summer (many years ago) when I was in Canada. The pits was when they ran out of everything Canadian and had to import from the states.
I think what he meant was that if, somehow, Linux were to mess up badly enough -- highly unlikely -- then FreeBSD would NOT make the same mistakes and WOULD BE THERE.
Format floppy under NT command line. Copy following files to floppy from C:\ (These files are probably hidden, so turn on "Show All Files"). NTLDR BOOT.INI NTDETECT.COM NTBOOTDD.SYS BOOTSECT.DOS The last 2 files may or may not be present. You will still need the C:\WINNT or whatever directory on the hard drive. Useful for rescuing data or if BIOS, Hard Drive, and NT do not get along with each other.
All things considered, seems like it has been remarkably stable. Very unlikely that the "outage" had anything to do with bugs or instability in Linux or Apache.
Works better without the comma. If no one with a roaming profile can logon, it should be secure enough;-) Profiles, including desktop, e-mail, etc. are stored in C:\WINNT\Profiles. Basically, the security is that if you can write to it with any application, you can write to it with _ANY_ application.
One of the best things about Linux is that *BSD is just around the corner.
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Count on it.
MS understands marketing. Competing against a few well-known "brands" or distributions of Linux is one thing. Competing against thousands of ISP "branded" distributions is quite another thing.
This is no more fragmented than an MSN or CNET or ISP branded copy of Internet Explorer 5. This is not just another Linux distribution. When the bugs get worked out, ISPs will start giving out Linux intallation CDs. How does MS compete?
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>why do we keep having to add leap years and leap seconds? ..."
Without GPS, you can determine where you are on the planet by sighting astronomical objects. Lattitude is easy. Longitude is easy IF YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS. Without leap seconds and leap years, the clocks and calenders would slowly drift.
"In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII was informed by his astronomer, Christopher Clavius, that the first day of spring had fallen on March 10 of that year. Since the first day of spring had fallen on March 21 in 325 A.D. when the Council of Nicaea had established the dates for the holidays in the Christian calendar, Gregory felt it was important to put the seasons back in the same places in the calendar. He therefore declared that the next day after October 4, 1582, was October 15, 1582. He also adopted a revision in the calendar
Details at http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html maia.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html www.as.wvu.edu/~jel/skywatch/skw9602a.htm and www.mitre.org/research/y2k/docs/LEAP.html or do a google search on leap seconds and leap years.
Rant mode on.
/. because it means that there IS hope for the future. It is NOT about dividing the UNIX pie. It IS about strengthening ALL the participants, even if the clashes are noisy and seemingly nonproductive.
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First, I do sympathise with your loss of peace and quiet, but IMNSHO it IS war, a subtle complicated war something akin to the ecological war between forests and grasslands. It can be VERY hard to distinguish friend from foe. Grass feeds the Thompson Gazelle that feeds the Cheetah, ensuring that any tree seedlings get trampled, mauled and destroyed. "Peaceable Kingdom" it is not.
Me? I use NT and enjoy
re M$ bashing:
It is not so much that Bill Gates is obscenely wealthy or that Microsoft software is so bad, but that there are forces at play that must not go on unchallenged. The 11/09/98 Computerworld article "Why Microsoft must be stopped" by Ralph Nader and James Love seems appropriate. (also reachable from www.nader.org) www.computerworld.com/home/print.nst/all/98110974
Rant mode off.
You are a citizen of the Internet. That does NOT mean that you own it. It does make you dependant on the forces that created it and further its development.
It is a bit more subtle than that. It is closer to the idea that the Bad Software becomes the goal, that medriocrity becomes an aspiration, that a sham front is better than the real thing.
It is the idea that for "truth in advertising", you would have better luck in a carnival side-show.
"Being a leader is about getting the respect of a community with a lot of views *opposite* to your own."
/. is stronger because of these different views - and because of the sniping." Without the different views, and the sniping, /. would not exist or at least would not be particularly relevant. Whatever the /. community is, (a new life form?) it is substantially more fundamental than just Linux or OSS advocacy and MS bashing.
Very well said. And a vital point.
As illustration, an anchor is a good thing for a ship in a stormy sea. Imagine if that anchor instead of holding its position wants to go along with the ship, or worse, help it along.
Ecologists get extremely concerned when the gene pool for a threatened species gets too small. "A community like
Agreed.
Even repost the content in appropriate contexts.
I think many occasional readers tune in to see what's happening NOW. For myself, I read the comments (at -1 yet) about 10 times for every main link I follow. Sit back and watch the saga unfold. Better than a soap opera.
IANAL but unless I am way off, you would have nothing to worry about. The law is directed against the intent to do damage by way of virus, trojan, etc. rather than the mechanism itself. Trojanning to get around a balky OS seems completely acceptable IMHO.
NETWATCH.EXE
It is in the NT Server Resource Kit.
You can see who is accessing your (or anyone elses) files. Actually can be very useful.
IIRC the HP 55 programable calculator was an almost exact match for the Eniac specs. ;-(
Something like 10 10-digit memory registers and 50 instruction words. Too long ago to remember precisely
Sorry, no room for ANY kind of Operating System.
So True. The nerds that don't hate MS are using Linux, *BSD, etc. Those lucky nerds can ignore MS. The nerds that hate MS are using NT or even worse 95/98.
First, I would hate to see the AC posts disappear. In some threads, Anonymous Coward is the most informed poster. Not often, but not that rare.
Second, there needs to be some way to nullify the obscene drivel of the AC posting and reposting and reposting to W. Richard Stevens Passes On. -1 is good for flame wars and off-topic stuff. That drivel (all from the same AC, seems like) needs a lower level, something like -5.
From the standpoint of the reader or lurker, a default level of 0 seems appropriate.
1. Level -5 for rude, profane, obnoxious posts.
2. Level -1 for First Post, Meept, Flame-Bait, Off-topic, Flame-wars, etc.
3. Level 0 Unmoderated AC posts.
4. Level 1 Unmoderated non-AC posts without karma.
5. Level 2 Unmoderated non-AC posts with good karma or posts that have been moderated up to 2+.
6. Level 3 Unmoderated non-AC posts with great karma or posts that have been moderated up to 3+.
Options posting.
If good karma, option to post it at 2, 1, 0, -1.
Possibly option to demote both self and the post you are answering.
If standard karma, option to post at 1, 0, -1.
If AC, option to post at 0, -1
This way, if you just cannot let the flamebait stand answered, you can keep the subthread below the level of readers who do not wish to see such.
Moderators:
1. Ability to -5 posts that are offensive, without losing moderator points. Abuse of this privilidge should mean permanent loss of moderator status.
2. Possibly keep separate counts of plus and minus moderator points.
I think it worked this way.
Alan Cox gratiously consented to answer a _few_ questions. As it turned out, the _few_ had scores moderated up to 5. I think the moderators concentrated on the best and ignored everything else. If the moderators had a threshold of 1 or 2, they would not have even seen the AC posts. If Alan Cox had consented to answer _lots_ of questions, you would see a rather different mix, methinks.
anonymous cow with a bad case of .....
Yes, he is exagerrating. Much closer to 0%
How is a trademark proprietary information?
GPL'd software is hardly "proprietary".
Bob is not the one in need of a dictionary.
No, it is not RedHat. It is cheap knock-off.
RedHat is responsible for stuff that is RedHat.
RedHat is _NOT_ responsible for cheap knock-off.
Agreed. I find myself reading Slashdot more for the commentary and reactions than the articles linked to. Any bias or misinformation is usually quickly followed by conflicting views. If you want predigested news, you probably should be reading elsewhere.
crash.
I still remember beer strikes during the summer (many years ago) when I was in Canada. The pits was when they ran out of everything Canadian and had to import from the states.
Before it was "sanitized", the druid was named Getafix.
I think what he meant was that if, somehow, Linux were to mess up badly enough -- highly unlikely -- then FreeBSD would NOT make the same mistakes and WOULD BE THERE.
Format floppy under NT command line.
Copy following files to floppy from C:\
(These files are probably hidden, so turn on "Show All Files").
NTLDR
BOOT.INI
NTDETECT.COM
NTBOOTDD.SYS
BOOTSECT.DOS
The last 2 files may or may not be present.
You will still need the C:\WINNT or whatever directory on the hard drive.
Useful for rescuing data or if BIOS, Hard Drive, and NT do not get along with each other.
All things considered, seems like it has been remarkably stable. Very unlikely that the "outage" had anything to do with bugs or instability in Linux or Apache.
Works better without the comma. ;-) Profiles, including desktop, e-mail, etc. are stored in C:\WINNT\Profiles. Basically, the security is that if you can write to it with any application, you can write to it with _ANY_ application.
If no one with a roaming profile can logon, it should be secure enough
One of the best things about Linux is that *BSD is just around the corner.
Count on it.
MS understands marketing. Competing against a few well-known "brands" or distributions of Linux is one thing. Competing against thousands of ISP "branded" distributions is quite another thing.
This is no more fragmented than an MSN or CNET or ISP branded copy of Internet Explorer 5. This is not just another Linux distribution. When the bugs get worked out, ISPs will start giving out Linux intallation CDs. How does MS compete?