No, that is not it, and you just don't get it... it isn't about having knowledge, it's about finding it. Asking a FAQ on a mailing list should get you flamed any where. "Asking" stupid questions like "I installed OpenBSD on my Dell but got no sound k thnx" sould also.
All anyone on misc@openbsd ever asks is that you do your homework (read the FAQ, search the archives, serch google), and if that fails then ask an intelligent question.
Are there any easy tools to do CPU emulation for something like that?
You want to test your software on software pretending to be hardware?
How would you like your dentist to work on your mouth by only looking at xrays?
Emulators are neat for videogames. When code starts throwing off errors that you're having a hard time grokking, you really want to be able to eliminate the enviornment as a variable.
First, I was joking when I implied that I have slashed car tires. Get over it.
Second, I was meerly pointing out that if you wanted to make life difficult for someone, the ubergeek way is seldom the easiest; you wouldn't shit on Mitnick for pointing out how Social Engineering works. (Yes, geeks don't do it 'cause it is easy... but most geeks aren't vandals.)
Finally, the whole thread is bunk: "Too much Bluetooth DOSes a Toyota!" The original poster of that comment didn't realize the issue was that the car was on all day with out the alternator spinning, not that teh radi0 wavez were doing nasty things.
A much easier to execute Denial-of-Service would be to slash the tires, doncha think? Only takes about 45 seconds to get to all four of 'em, it isn't terribly noisy, and I've never been caught doing it.
I mean, it seems like that detection would be very unlikely.
Yes. Most cars in park with the key, accessories, and god know what else on -- but the engine not running -- will drain the battery eventually. It's called the "I locked my keys in the car"-DOS.
Granted, the transmission may not be working -- but there should be a diagnostic saying "OMFG Battery Voltage Low" first. If you lost your arms in an industrial accident you don't start by telling the doctor that you have a hard time holding pens...
A trademark used in one indstry has nothing to do with a trademark used in another industry; this is how Apple Computers can call itself "Apple", much to the displeasure of Apple Record Label. I highly doubt that a trademark infringment suit brougt by the Tiger-Cats against Tiger Direct will get anywhere. (How the former World Wrestling Foundation lost the rights to WWF stumps the shit out of me.) IMHO Apple is in the wrong on this.
most of your clone-made server boards have this capability, and most of your high-dollar major OEM-made servers do too.
You're kinda proving my point: the discussion is on a neophyte-friendly BSD, and I don't think the typical consumer x86 system will redirect I/O to a serial console. At least, none of the desktops that I've seen will do that.
What makes you think that users want to install software? They don't, they just want their computers to work.
At home, that generally means a reliable computer with a good internet connection. Adding software beyond what is need generally does no good. Users easily installing software leads to grandma asking why everytime she checks her hotmail account she gets bombarded with pr0n pop-ups.
And in a corporate setting... hell, I've been paring down my user's computers: most of them don't have word processor or spreadsheet programs anymore. The application we us is being migrated to a web interface, and as soon as I find a good fax solution we'll start migrating users off of Windows and on to an OS OS.
A computer is just a tool; it should be reliable and functional, and it's users should be trained on using that tool. With open source, I expect the training to be more along the lines of "this is how you get the most out of this application", not "what this error message really means is...".
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Why woud you want to use such a GENERIC operating system?
Oh, I get it... you're shooting for that +5, Funny, right?
My biggest pet peeve with HTML formatted email is... HTML formatted email.
Can you really communicate any clearer with mark-up than with plain text? Is it really worth the message bloat?
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
(Orginally seen written by JCR on the misc@openbsd list)
Is that the same attack the chinese exchange student used in Lineage II?
You are a tool.
"People are so subjective. Technology is never wrong."
Ever hear the phrase "good enough for government work"? Who do you think calibrates these cameras?
Yeah, take me for example: I make the meanest double frapachino on this side of the Mason-Dixon.
How many barista do you know that go through three metal detectors a bomb-sniffing dog every morning?
That as what I have always liked about rosin core... I never get flux on my capicitors since swiching solder.
No, that is not it, and you just don't get it... it isn't about having knowledge, it's about finding it. Asking a FAQ on a mailing list should get you flamed any where. "Asking" stupid questions like "I installed OpenBSD on my Dell but got no sound k thnx" sould also.
All anyone on misc@openbsd ever asks is that you do your homework (read the FAQ, search the archives, serch google), and if that fails then ask an intelligent question.
Worst. Pun. Ever.
You want to test your software on software pretending to be hardware?
How would you like your dentist to work on your mouth by only looking at xrays?
Emulators are neat for videogames. When code starts throwing off errors that you're having a hard time grokking, you really want to be able to eliminate the enviornment as a variable.
Mother,
tell your children not to walk my way.
Tell your children not to hear my words,
what they mean, what they say,
mother.
Mother,
can you keep them in the dark for life?
Can you hide them from the waiting world?
Oh... mother...
Father,
gonna take you daughter out tonight...
Gonna show her my world,
oh father!
Man... that's depressing...
(Ugh. Why am I even replying?)
First, I was joking when I implied that I have slashed car tires. Get over it.
Second, I was meerly pointing out that if you wanted to make life difficult for someone, the ubergeek way is seldom the easiest; you wouldn't shit on Mitnick for pointing out how Social Engineering works. (Yes, geeks don't do it 'cause it is easy... but most geeks aren't vandals.)
Finally, the whole thread is bunk: "Too much Bluetooth DOSes a Toyota!" The original poster of that comment didn't realize the issue was that the car was on all day with out the alternator spinning, not that teh radi0 wavez were doing nasty things.
Sophistication? I have a post with the term "OMFG" modded +5 Insightful... what's this "sophistication" you speak of?
A much easier to execute Denial-of-Service would be to slash the tires, doncha think? Only takes about 45 seconds to get to all four of 'em, it isn't terribly noisy, and I've never been caught doing it.
I mean, it seems like that detection would be very unlikely.
Yes. Most cars in park with the key, accessories, and god know what else on -- but the engine not running -- will drain the battery eventually. It's called the "I locked my keys in the car"-DOS.
Granted, the transmission may not be working -- but there should be a diagnostic saying "OMFG Battery Voltage Low" first. If you lost your arms in an industrial accident you don't start by telling the doctor that you have a hard time holding pens...
A trademark used in one indstry has nothing to do with a trademark used in another industry; this is how Apple Computers can call itself "Apple", much to the displeasure of Apple Record Label. I highly doubt that a trademark infringment suit brougt by the Tiger-Cats against Tiger Direct will get anywhere. (How the former World Wrestling Foundation lost the rights to WWF stumps the shit out of me.) IMHO Apple is in the wrong on this.
The best thing to happen in Auburn Hills was the invasion of the Germans. Before then, "Motor On Pavement After Race" was appropriate.
You're kinda proving my point: the discussion is on a neophyte-friendly BSD, and I don't think the typical consumer x86 system will redirect I/O to a serial console. At least, none of the desktops that I've seen will do that.
... and the x86 platform is so eager to pipe I/O out to a serial console. narf.
Isn't that more of a HW issue than a software/installation issue?
Oh, the injustice... someone ring up RMS, I'm sure he'll swap some gnus for their yaks.
'cause it's easier to install junkware.
duh.
What makes you think that users want to install software? They don't, they just want their computers to work.
At home, that generally means a reliable computer with a good internet connection. Adding software beyond what is need generally does no good. Users easily installing software leads to grandma asking why everytime she checks her hotmail account she gets bombarded with pr0n pop-ups.
And in a corporate setting... hell, I've been paring down my user's computers: most of them don't have word processor or spreadsheet programs anymore. The application we us is being migrated to a web interface, and as soon as I find a good fax solution we'll start migrating users off of Windows and on to an OS OS.
A computer is just a tool; it should be reliable and functional, and it's users should be trained on using that tool. With open source, I expect the training to be more along the lines of "this is how you get the most out of this application", not "what this error message really means is...".