Check this site out. They have reviews of all sorts of ISPs and DSL connects. Covad is not always at fault. I have access through CapuNet in the D.C. area and they have been great! They give me 4 static IPs, reverse DNS, and let me run any stuff I want on my end. They have great tech support and were very prompt about the install. In fact, they were one day EARLY. They piggyback on Covad equipment. Bell Atlantic couldn't even get me service when I called but CapuNet came through.
Also on the dslreports site, they really bash on Flashcom. Apparantly one of the WORST ISPs for DSL service.
BTW, I do not work for any of these companies in any way, shape, or previous incarnation.
Check out HNN for some other info on this. Turns out Dr. Dre is being sued by Lucas over use of the THX sound at the start of his latest work even though he was explicitly NOT given permission to.
From the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference. The story at the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/article s/A24833-2000Apr6.html">Washington Post</a> had some interesting quotes.
Seriously, I'd run if you said you'd vote for me. If not me, then let's pick someone willing to do it who also understands technology and doesn't claim to have invented the internet. I'm only 30 though so we'll have to wait 4 more years 'till I can be Pres. There is such a thing as a write in vote!
My Agenda:
*Outlaw Spam in the various asundry forms. Federal offense if your boss harrasses you with chain e-mail.
*Protect free and anonymous speech. People that abuse it (ie death threats, stalkers) will still run the risk of being investigated. However, no special powers to law enforcement to track someone. Make them get proper court orders to tap lines just as they have to for phone calls. But websites should not be shut down just because someone writes something offensive to.00001% of the population that can't figure out how to not look at it under their own convictions.
*Work to keep vague and poorly written laws from being passed. No more CDA, UCITA, etc. getting through.
*Promote the use of Open Source and Free Software projects within the government. Think of all the taxpayer dollars that have gone to support computer systems for the government. There would be a huge savings on software alone, not to mention all the older hardware that would still be useable.
*Change the rules within congress to ALLOW laptops in the voting chamber. These people need to get with the times.
What I see a need for in consumer law is the ability to sue a company for claims about their product and also claims about others products. If you want to claim 4 out of 5 dentists surveyed you better be able to give me the names of all 5 dentists you talked to. Mattel needs to feel the legal heat from this. A simple boycott takes much more time and effort. A countersuit based on showing their product harms consumers in some way would be much more effective.
Yeah, then why is that CIA guy in so much trouble? You cannot defeat stupid/clueless lusers on your systems. Even without an internet connect you still have to worry about "sneaker-net" walking the data right out the door.
I think I'll come up with my own encryption algorithm based on this. Do the US export laws prevent me from sending information out about 6x8 stud encryption?
And how many colors are LEGO bricks available in anyway?
I had already posted something else earlier and didn't want to look like I was hogging I guess. Glad to see people enjoyed it. I really liked some of the other responses better myself.
Smithsonian magazine (not sure of any link to this) has an article about a guy at Los Alamos named Mark Tilden. He uses advanced circuit design to build a machine that in some ways is much more capable to walk in a random environment than most computer controlled machines. His first 'bot had 4 legs and a total of 12 transistors that allowed it to figure out some complex behavior. Really cool stuff.
Hey, didn't some oragami guru find a way to fold solar panels for spacecraft in a way to take up less space than what a bunch of engineers thought was possible? I think he even out-did a computer program that had been tried.
So now the O'Reilly Mindstorms book is college prep material? I like how the author (can't remember how to spell his name) also hints that you can use his book on a resume as "cross compiling" fodder.
I wish I'd had something as fun as building LEGO stuff to get into school.
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Network Intrusion Detection: An Analyst's Handbook by Stephenn Northcutt is an excellent resource. Go back a couple of months in the book reviews here on/. and you'll find my review of it. It was published in Sept. 1999 so it is about as current as you can get. Also, it describes what functionality an IDS should have so you can decide what system works best for your network. Northcutt is one of the original SHADOW people and now works for SANS.
Shoot, I missed seeing this late yesterday. I talked on e-mail with a V.P from Monolith once and asked him about Linux games. He only said they were waiting to see where the market was going. Way cool of them to come around.
So there are jerks on the internet that like to flame. Heck, I remember being on a newsgroup that got attacked by alt.bigfoot. The entire purpose of alt.bigfoot was to go and harass other newsgroups into submission. It got them off I guess.
But did it harm me? No. Did getting flamed online mean anything to anyone? No. If an Anonymous Coward tells someone something offensive it is nothing more than meaningless drivel.
So why should we care? People that get offended will find somewhere else to go play. If they are serious about a topic they'll form a moderated group with members only. If someone joins and abuses it, they get booted.
I don't buy into the idea that the net has to be this perfect ideal society. It is just like any other technology and can be used for good or bad and will likely be used for both.
Still, I really want to know what is the point of these articles?
I would say the internet is not really secure enough for the $billions in transactions either. How many more thousands of credit cards, etc. have to be stolen online to wake people up?
I disagree with Katz's assesment that the geek/nerd culture is more violent and provokes this type of behavior either online or in the real world. If you want to think about the real cause, look to our society and the way it builds expectations.
Ask yourself this, how many times have you felt the _only_ solution available to get satisfaction as a customer for X-mart was to pitch a fit until they give in? People are tired of feeling screwed by what they get.
Then ask why do I feel screwed by them? Is it because the product was really a POS or is it because they hyped it to the Nth degree and it couldn't possibly live up to that? Quite possibly the latter.
This happens in every aspect of my life. I grew up believing my parents that I needed a degree to get a decent job. Sure, the B.S. I have lends me some credibility but the degree was in Biology, not computers or Linux where my job is. Even high school gets hyped as the "best times of our lives" by parents trying to console their kids. The reality is the kid doesn't have much chance of a life because the school is so huge they can't give the kid the individual treatment he/she needs.
So the next time you feel frustrated at life and the "cards you've been delt" look at what you were expecting, why you expected it, and then decide if it is really worth getting so worked up over.
Looks like another step toward blurring the lines between dedicated game platforms and home computers. That, and the fact that pricing is now about the same for each. Sounds cool though.
M$ did a re-org last year. How does this news relate to the lines they had already drawn for themselves? Will it be along the lines that M$ has already set internally? This would make me believe that M$ felt this was a likely outcome and was preparing it as a contingency.
Out of respect for not posting the name and info from a private e-mail I will not list the company or personal name of where I got this information. In the process of e-mailing the V.P. of engineering for a well known game company (on a topic other than games) I asked him about his take on Linux support/development. Note, this was not anyone associated with Id Software as might be implied below.
"Glad to hear you have enjoyed some of our games. I think Linux has a chance...but it will be slow going until sales and profits convince publishers that it's a wise investment to do Linux versions. Currently what happens, is a Linux porting group will offer to do a port of a Windows game. The porting group gets a decent royalty for Linux sales and the original developer and/or publisher don't have to pay for the port...so for them, it's basically risk-free. (note that this doesn't apply to Id Software since they mainly support everything for the fun of it (their words, not mine) because they can).:)"
So everybody support Loki as best as we can and the game makers will respond by making games on Linux.
The impression I had after reading the whole interview is that the editors get the ideas for stories from us as opposed to going out looking for stories on their own. In that sense, they will get a feel for what more people want to see posted because they'll get more stories about that given area.
They said Linux wasn't always such a popular topic but other things were. Maybe down the road Linux won't be so popular anymore either. The point of the site is cool geek/nerd stuff. As a group geeks are pretty diverse.
As for story moderation, I think there is already too much moderation on this site as it is. Some of us long for the old free-wheeling days of the net you know. I also agree with CT and H's concerns. I don't think they want to get into "Well, this story was great but since it was posted by Katz I'm going to rate it down because I don't like him", moderation to the nth degree.
I know this is slightly off topic. I was thinking about doing an "Ask Slashdot" but felt it would be wasteful. I'd like to use an Athlon on my next box and want it to run Linux/Win9x. I've heard there are some problems with some mainboards. Does anyone know for certain which work the best under Linux? I haven't seen anything on the distro sites other than "some mainboards have caused problems with Linux."
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Check this site out. They have reviews of all sorts of ISPs and DSL connects. Covad is not always at fault. I have access through CapuNet in the D.C. area and they have been great! They give me 4 static IPs, reverse DNS, and let me run any stuff I want on my end. They have great tech support and were very prompt about the install. In fact, they were one day EARLY. They piggyback on Covad equipment. Bell Atlantic couldn't even get me service when I called but CapuNet came through.
Also on the dslreports site, they really bash on Flashcom. Apparantly one of the WORST ISPs for DSL service.
BTW, I do not work for any of these companies in any way, shape, or previous incarnation.
I was just hoping that Taco, et. al. would read this and know that their hard work is appreciated.
Check out HNN for some other info on this. Turns out Dr. Dre is being sued by Lucas over use of the THX sound at the start of his latest work even though he was explicitly NOT given permission to.
From the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference. The story at thee s/A24833-2000Apr6.html">Washington Post</a> had some interesting quotes.
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articl
I would put money on them having internal people write their own version with special drivers, etc.
Seriously, I'd run if you said you'd vote for me. If not me, then let's pick someone willing to do it who also understands technology and doesn't claim to have invented the internet. I'm only 30 though so we'll have to wait 4 more years 'till I can be Pres. There is such a thing as a write in vote!
.00001% of the population that can't figure out how to not look at it under their own convictions.
My Agenda:
*Outlaw Spam in the various asundry forms. Federal offense if your boss harrasses you with chain e-mail.
*Protect free and anonymous speech. People that abuse it (ie death threats, stalkers) will still run the risk of being investigated. However, no special powers to law enforcement to track someone. Make them get proper court orders to tap lines just as they have to for phone calls. But websites should not be shut down just because someone writes something offensive to
*Work to keep vague and poorly written laws from being passed. No more CDA, UCITA, etc. getting through.
*Promote the use of Open Source and Free Software projects within the government. Think of all the taxpayer dollars that have gone to support computer systems for the government. There would be a huge savings on software alone, not to mention all the older hardware that would still be useable.
*Change the rules within congress to ALLOW laptops in the voting chamber. These people need to get with the times.
Anything else YOU the constituents would want?
What I see a need for in consumer law is the ability to sue a company for claims about their product and also claims about others products. If you want to claim 4 out of 5 dentists surveyed you better be able to give me the names of all 5 dentists you talked to. Mattel needs to feel the legal heat from this. A simple boycott takes much more time and effort. A countersuit based on showing their product harms consumers in some way would be much more effective.
Yeah, then why is that CIA guy in so much trouble? You cannot defeat stupid/clueless lusers on your systems. Even without an internet connect you still have to worry about "sneaker-net" walking the data right out the door.
I think I'll come up with my own encryption algorithm based on this. Do the US export laws prevent me from sending information out about 6x8 stud encryption?
And how many colors are LEGO bricks available in anyway?
I had already posted something else earlier and didn't want to look like I was hogging I guess. Glad to see people enjoyed it. I really liked some of the other responses better myself.
Cheers!
Heh, now I can program my 'bots to defend/attack at will. Join me and my army now or I will crush you all smaller than a 1x1 flat brick!
Smithsonian magazine (not sure of any link to this) has an article about a guy at Los Alamos named Mark Tilden. He uses advanced circuit design to build a machine that in some ways is much more capable to walk in a random environment than most computer controlled machines. His first 'bot had 4 legs and a total of 12 transistors that allowed it to figure out some complex behavior. Really cool stuff.
Hey, didn't some oragami guru find a way to fold solar panels for spacecraft in a way to take up less space than what a bunch of engineers thought was possible? I think he even out-did a computer program that had been tried.
So now the O'Reilly Mindstorms book is college prep material? I like how the author (can't remember how to spell his name) also hints that you can use his book on a resume as "cross compiling" fodder.
I wish I'd had something as fun as building LEGO stuff to get into school.
Network Intrusion Detection: An Analyst's Handbook by Stephenn Northcutt is an excellent resource. Go back a couple of months in the book reviews here on /. and you'll find my review of it. It was published in Sept. 1999 so it is about as current as you can get. Also, it describes what functionality an IDS should have so you can decide what system works best for your network. Northcutt is one of the original SHADOW people and now works for SANS.
Shoot, I missed seeing this late yesterday. I talked on e-mail with a V.P from Monolith once and asked him about Linux games. He only said they were waiting to see where the market was going. Way cool of them to come around.
So there are jerks on the internet that like to flame. Heck, I remember being on a newsgroup that got attacked by alt.bigfoot. The entire purpose of alt.bigfoot was to go and harass other newsgroups into submission. It got them off I guess.
But did it harm me? No. Did getting flamed online mean anything to anyone? No. If an Anonymous Coward tells someone something offensive it is nothing more than meaningless drivel.
So why should we care? People that get offended will find somewhere else to go play. If they are serious about a topic they'll form a moderated group with members only. If someone joins and abuses it, they get booted.
I don't buy into the idea that the net has to be this perfect ideal society. It is just like any other technology and can be used for good or bad and will likely be used for both.
Still, I really want to know what is the point of these articles?
I would say the internet is not really secure enough for the $billions in transactions either. How many more thousands of credit cards, etc. have to be stolen online to wake people up?
I disagree with Katz's assesment that the geek/nerd culture is more violent and provokes this type of behavior either online or in the real world. If you want to think about the real cause, look to our society and the way it builds expectations.
Ask yourself this, how many times have you felt the _only_ solution available to get satisfaction as a customer for X-mart was to pitch a fit until they give in? People are tired of feeling screwed by what they get.
Then ask why do I feel screwed by them? Is it because the product was really a POS or is it because they hyped it to the Nth degree and it couldn't possibly live up to that? Quite possibly the latter.
This happens in every aspect of my life. I grew up believing my parents that I needed a degree to get a decent job. Sure, the B.S. I have lends me some credibility but the degree was in Biology, not computers or Linux where my job is. Even high school gets hyped as the "best times of our lives" by parents trying to console their kids. The reality is the kid doesn't have much chance of a life because the school is so huge they can't give the kid the individual treatment he/she needs.
So the next time you feel frustrated at life and the "cards you've been delt" look at what you were expecting, why you expected it, and then decide if it is really worth getting so worked up over.
I mean really, we have the eBusiness, eCommerce, etc.
Looks like another step toward blurring the lines between dedicated game platforms and home computers. That, and the fact that pricing is now about the same for each. Sounds cool though.
M$ did a re-org last year. How does this news relate to the lines they had already drawn for themselves? Will it be along the lines that M$ has already set internally? This would make me believe that M$ felt this was a likely outcome and was preparing it as a contingency.
Out of respect for not posting the name and info from a private e-mail I will not list the company or personal name of where I got this information. In the process of e-mailing the V.P. of engineering for a well known game company (on a topic other than games) I asked him about his take on Linux support/development. Note, this was not anyone associated with Id Software as might be implied below.
:)"
"Glad to hear you have enjoyed some of our games. I think Linux has a
chance...but it will be slow going until sales and profits convince
publishers that it's a wise investment to do Linux versions. Currently what
happens, is a Linux porting group will offer to do a port of a Windows game.
The porting group gets a decent royalty for Linux sales and the original
developer and/or publisher don't have to pay for the port...so for them,
it's basically risk-free. (note that this doesn't apply to Id Software
since they mainly support everything for the fun of it (their words, not
mine) because they can).
So everybody support Loki as best as we can and the game makers will respond by making games on Linux.
The impression I had after reading the whole interview is that the editors get the ideas for stories from us as opposed to going out looking for stories on their own. In that sense, they will get a feel for what more people want to see posted because they'll get more stories about that given area.
They said Linux wasn't always such a popular topic but other things were. Maybe down the road Linux won't be so popular anymore either. The point of the site is cool geek/nerd stuff. As a group geeks are pretty diverse.
As for story moderation, I think there is already too much moderation on this site as it is. Some of us long for the old free-wheeling days of the net you know. I also agree with CT and H's concerns. I don't think they want to get into "Well, this story was great but since it was posted by Katz I'm going to rate it down because I don't like him", moderation to the nth degree.
I know this is slightly off topic. I was thinking about doing an "Ask Slashdot" but felt it would be wasteful. I'd like to use an Athlon on my next box and want it to run Linux/Win9x. I've heard there are some problems with some mainboards. Does anyone know for certain which work the best under Linux? I haven't seen anything on the distro sites other than "some mainboards have caused problems with Linux."