I went just about the same way in OSes (though I was never really into using Windows). Then one time when I was re-installing Linux from scratch I gave the command to create the swap partition
mkswap/dev/hda1
And then started to wonder why it seems so big, until I noticed it should be/dev/hdb1... Well, I less'd/dev/hda1 and noticed only the first blocks to be wrong, so I created a DOS partition of exactly the same size and copied the first n blocks to/dev/hda1, and it worked! I could copy most of important stuff I had there.
Later on again re-installing Linux I somehow mixed up the partitions and noticed at some point that I had overwritten my C: several times already.
The first notion was of utter shock - many year's of work collecting pieces of software (I still had backups of what I had created) and interweaving them into the system - down the drain.
The second notion (about two seconds after the first one) was one of relaxation and total freedom.
I don't really see a problem from the algorithmic side (OK, there might be one, but I'm optimistic about it). As long as encrypting something _with_ the key takes less time than encrypting it _without_ the key, you can just add bitlength.
The inevitable problem of this is that no matter how long a bitlength you choose, some day it can be cracked. So you just have to change to a longer length then, huh? But what happens to the contracts that have been signed with the shorter bitlength? They are totally forgeable. How can one prove that a document signed with a too-short key is real/fake?
One possibility would be to re-sign them, but what if some party refuses to sign it? Another might be to have some central organization to which you could pass documents to be verified during a change in bitlength (assuming that everybody would have to change bitlength at the same time), but this has, of course, many not-so-nice consequences.
OK - maybe someone has thought about this before me, but I'd just like to know what they're going to do about it.
On a side note, I believe a similar bill was put through in Finland a few months back (as the first country in the world, I believe). Funny that wasn't mentioned on Slashdot...
I don't see any reason why they couldn't have closed-source parts in it, as long as these are not derivatives of eg. GPL software. Distributions can come with any software, Linus has nothing to say to that. If it has binary-only modules to the kernel that is AFAIK OK to Linus as long as it doesn't require recompiling/modifying the kernel.
I'd see the problem mainly as how to keep the person still while still giving the sensation of walking. The actual checking where he is going shouldn't be that hard in that case.
How about a large sphere in which you walk, it monitors constantly in which direction you are moving and motorics move the sphere in the correct direction.
This still could have some problems - jumping for example. Jump forward, the machine notices you are very much off the center and starts moving the sphere rapidly - too rapidly, perhapse. But the bigger the sphere, the better. Then the angle upwards is smaller and also the machine can accept more variation from absolute center giving slower acceleration of the sphere (or ground).
I have been a faithful Slackware user from my very first Linux installation, but I've been disappointed that it has always used libc and not glibc (for programming reasons). I have tried to install the packages along with it for glibc support but that only brought problems (the sort of which I don't remember any more). I didn't even bother to upgrade to Slack 4.0 just to get kernel 2.2.x, but now that this problem is changing, I'll be sure to switch first thing.
The only bothering thing is 2.4 hopefully coming out before the end of the year...;)
> Intrestingly enough if you look up MSN.com on Netcraft you get this. Well at least we know M$N isn't doing that well if they can run a server off of Win95.
Yes, but even more interestingly the MAIN site uses Win95 too!
I'm very sorry for double posting this message. The line to slashdot was really sticky and at times I had absolutely no idea whether the message had got posted or not.
Q: Why ASP pages? A: They are quick, easy, and will run on Linux now! We use PERL too.
Why, then, do I get a page looking like:
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '8007000e'
[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] System resource exceeded.
/forums/default.asp, line 11
when I go to the page http://www.armed.net/forums/default.asp (update before I could post this. It now says "Sorry, temporarily offline due to the Slashdot effect.";). Also NetCraft says it "is running Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4 or Windows 98".
I guess the word 'will' is an important word here. Personally I don't trust an OS (or in this case a distribution) whose web server is not running on it. (I've heard some Microsloth sites are running Linux. Anybody got any facts on this?)
Q: Why ASP pages? A: They are quick, easy, and will run on Linux now! We use PERL too.
Why, then, do I get a page looking like:
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '8007000e'
[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] System resource exceeded.
/forums/default.asp, line 11
when I go to the page http://www.armed.net/forums/default.asp (update before I could post this. It now says "Sorry, temporarily offline due to the Slashdot effect.";). Also NetCraft says it "is running Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4 or Windows 98".
I guess the word 'will' is an important word here. Personally I don't trust an OS (or in this case a distribution) whose web server is not running on it. (I've heard some Microsloth sites are running Linux. Anybody got any facts on this?)
Sorry if this seems a bit simple, but I've been looking at the stories of RedHat going IPO for a long time and got frustrated as I have absolutely no idea what all these IPOs are. I have found that they mean "Intellectual Property Owners" and believe they have something to do with stocks and such, but nothing else.
Could somebody please shortly explain what IPO is, what you can gain from receiving "the letter", who receives them etc?
Slashdot Mirror
I went just about the same way in OSes (though I was never really into using Windows). Then one time when I was re-installing Linux from scratch I gave the command to create the swap partition
/dev/hda1
/dev/hdb1... Well, I less'd /dev/hda1 and noticed only the first blocks to be wrong, so I created a DOS partition of exactly the same size and copied the first n blocks to /dev/hda1, and it worked! I could copy most of important stuff I had there.
mkswap
And then started to wonder why it seems so big, until I noticed it should be
Later on again re-installing Linux I somehow mixed up the partitions and noticed at some point that I had overwritten my C: several times already.
The first notion was of utter shock - many year's of work collecting pieces of software (I still had backups of what I had created) and interweaving them into the system - down the drain.
The second notion (about two seconds after the first one) was one of relaxation and total freedom.
I have never regretted it...
I don't really see a problem from the algorithmic side (OK, there might be one, but I'm optimistic about it). As long as encrypting something _with_ the key takes less time than encrypting it _without_ the key, you can just add bitlength.
The inevitable problem of this is that no matter how long a bitlength you choose, some day it can be cracked. So you just have to change to a longer length then, huh? But what happens to the contracts that have been signed with the shorter bitlength? They are totally forgeable. How can one prove that a document signed with a too-short key is real/fake?
One possibility would be to re-sign them, but what if some party refuses to sign it? Another might be to have some central organization to which you could pass documents to be verified during a change in bitlength (assuming that everybody would have to change bitlength at the same time), but this has, of course, many not-so-nice consequences.
OK - maybe someone has thought about this before me, but I'd just like to know what they're going to do about it.
On a side note, I believe a similar bill was put through in Finland a few months back (as the first country in the world, I believe). Funny that wasn't mentioned on Slashdot...
I don't see any reason why they couldn't have closed-source parts in it, as long as these are not derivatives of eg. GPL software. Distributions can come with any software, Linus has nothing to say to that. If it has binary-only modules to the kernel that is AFAIK OK to Linus as long as it doesn't require recompiling/modifying the kernel.
Judging by the speed of Slashdot today, Slashdot has been crushed under the Transmeta Effect.
The universe can definately not be flat. I mean, how non-imaginative could God get?
I'd see the problem mainly as how to keep the person still while still giving the sensation of walking. The actual checking where he is going shouldn't be that hard in that case.
How about a large sphere in which you walk, it monitors constantly in which direction you are moving and motorics move the sphere in the correct direction.
This still could have some problems - jumping for example. Jump forward, the machine notices you are very much off the center and starts moving the sphere rapidly - too rapidly, perhapse. But the bigger the sphere, the better. Then the angle upwards is smaller and also the machine can accept more variation from absolute center giving slower acceleration of the sphere (or ground).
I have been a faithful Slackware user from my very first Linux installation, but I've been disappointed that it has always used libc and not glibc (for programming reasons). I have tried to install the packages along with it for glibc support but that only brought problems (the sort of which I don't remember any more). I didn't even bother to upgrade to Slack 4.0 just to get kernel 2.2.x, but now that this problem is changing, I'll be sure to switch first thing.
;)
The only bothering thing is 2.4 hopefully coming out before the end of the year...
Thanks, Patrick!
> Intrestingly enough if you look up MSN.com on Netcraft you get this. Well at least we know M$N isn't doing that well if they can run a server off of Win95.
Yes, but even more interestingly the MAIN site uses Win95 too!
I'm very sorry for double posting this message. The line to slashdot was really sticky and at times I had absolutely no idea whether the message had got posted or not.
Sorry...
On the FAQ-page the last question:
;). Also NetCraft says it "is running Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4 or Windows 98".
Q: Why ASP pages?
A: They are quick, easy, and will run on Linux now! We use PERL too.
Why, then, do I get a page looking like:
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '8007000e'
[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] System resource exceeded.
/forums/default.asp, line 11
when I go to the page http://www.armed.net/forums/default.asp (update before I could post this. It now says "Sorry, temporarily offline due to the Slashdot effect."
I guess the word 'will' is an important word here. Personally I don't trust an OS (or in this case a distribution) whose web server is not running on it. (I've heard some Microsloth sites are running Linux. Anybody got any facts on this?)
On the FAQ-page the last question:
/forums/default.asp, line 11
;). Also NetCraft says it "is running Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4 or Windows 98".
Q: Why ASP pages?
A: They are quick, easy, and will run on Linux now! We use PERL too.
Why, then, do I get a page looking like:
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '8007000e'
[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] System resource exceeded.
when I go to the page http://www.armed.net/forums/default.asp (update before I could post this. It now says "Sorry, temporarily offline due to the Slashdot effect."
I guess the word 'will' is an important word here. Personally I don't trust an OS (or in this case a distribution) whose web server is not running on it. (I've heard some Microsloth sites are running Linux. Anybody got any facts on this?)
Sorry if this seems a bit simple, but I've been looking at the stories of RedHat going IPO for a long time and got frustrated as I have absolutely no idea what all these IPOs are. I have found that they mean "Intellectual Property Owners" and believe they have something to do with stocks and such, but nothing else.
Could somebody please shortly explain what IPO is, what you can gain from receiving "the letter", who receives them etc?