Funny... I'm thinking that the government needs regulated here. If the government is going to be conducting raids, they need to be more accountable for their actions. Specifically, if they take items, they should fully document the items taken. In an example like this, the company can be damaged if it does not know what inventory is taken. Such poor documentation does not speak well for the FBI.
As for their intimidation tactics... if they had a good case, they really wouldn't need them.
I'm torn here. Sonique (www.sonique.com) has got the most awesome interface. Its interface breaks the common desktop mold, it is eye candy, intuitive, and useful. I wish all programs had a wicked interface like this one.
On the useful application side, I have to give a hands down to Veritas Volume Manager (X version). Make and break mirrors, migrate data between disks, consolidate disk space -- all with a wave and a click of the mouse. This interface makes management of a large number of disks into something very managable.
Okay. I'm torn between Pico and Star Office. Star Office clearly is the *best* open source text editor from a technological point of view. However, Pico really has done a lot for me, and the fact that I use it all the time gives it my vote.
The correct nominee for the "Favorite Slashdot Comment Poster" should be quite obvious to everyone. It is the ever-present Anonymous Coward. However, the irony is that AC would also be the winner of the least favorite slashdot comment poster.
Actually, I voted with you on this one. Natalie Portman *is* deserving of the Best Dressed award. The television news journals as well as the print media were incredibly obsessed with the style of clothing she wore in Star Wars. It was the geek fashion event of 1999, if there ever was one.
I know that a certain "well known" telecommunications carrier looked into the feasability of creating nationwide Internet access in England. The problem was just what you expect.
The cost to deploy such a network, even over an area as limited as England, was extremely costly. The revenue opportunity looked poor. A flat rate model or a usage based system wouldn't bring in the dollars to make it profitable.
Then, you add in the factor of competition, and there's a great deal of risk. And there's the known risk of the technology they used becoming outdated.
Its just not something big business will go after anytime soon -- and big business is the only one with a scale to do it... except for the government.
Well, all my messages going out via elm (my primary mailreader) are sent from the year 100. Great. I've got the word "fool" stamped on all my messages. And, there hasnt been an update for elm in ages. Is this thing an orphan?
The Y2K Download Page lists "AllClear 2000 Pro v2.7e" as "new", yet it is dated 02-25-99. Possibly a mix-up in an auto-labelling of "new" based I date? Hmmmm...
I like the article... it was amusing. But I'm scratching my head here. Why was the Yahoo! version of this story linked instead of the original ZDNN version?
First: Let's all write some very intelligent and thought provoking letters about the situation. Then: We're going to run them through Babelfish. Finally: we're going to send it to them!
I would *love* to see the look on their face when they read the twisted Babelfish phrases...
I look it reprehensible that the enterprise of you would thwart a pre-existing non-money group that stocks the lowly phrase of "Leonardo" which you have somehow run to be handed intellectual posession protection to which. You should be shamed filled!
> Also, the Web site is just brochureware, there is no gateway to anything important.
That's starting to change. Remember the web pages of three years ago? Hi! We're here! We sell stuff! Visit us in the real world! Nothing more than a billboard on the side of the highway. Now corporations are starting to use their webpages for something useful.
But brochureware is going down the wayside. What we REALLY need right now is one of the self-proclaimed "e-commerce" commanies to build a real online store app for mom and pop. (Or a rentable service.) Of course, it would also make a REALLY USEFUL open source project.
But as we get away from brochureware, boy, it is going to be Christmas time for the crackers.
I administrate high-end production Sun servers for a living. While I like Linux, I can safely say that it has a very long ways to go to catch up to the high-end features of Solaris. Heck, I'd be surprised to see Linux support Dynamic Reconfiguration. (Dynamic reconfiguration is the magical ability to add hardware to a system while it is running, or remove it, or make changes. Like replacing memory that has ECC errors, or adding CPUs and such.)
That's just a sample, though. Solaris is very robust and feature filled. And the support behind it is excellent. The only thing that really stands out as not-so-hot are the prices. WHEW! They are HIGH when you get to the big servers (E3000-Starfire).
Running a Starfire on Linux? Forget it. Might as well throw away a half a million dollars in additional hardware features.
Linux as a desktop on Sparc hardware? Yeah. The kernel for Solaris 7 and below is really geared more towards high-end hardware. Linux is lean and mean and up for the task here. Not a lot of complex stuff to deal with.
Would I install Linux on my Sparc desktop? Not a chance. I've got a dual-processor ultra-60 with a Creator3D graphics card, SCSI drives, solid-state drive, and the high-end wide-screen monitor which is driven at 1920x1200 resolution. A power-user configuration. Needless to say, Linux doesn't have the drivers for it. And there isn't a chance in hell I'm going to give up my screen's real estate to run Linux. [As to an earlier comment, YES, I once wondered if it was what was making my eyes BLEED. No, it wasn't.]
Sun has some awesome hardware, and having gone through a non-disclosure presentation of future Sun hardware down the road, I can say that they've got one hell of a roadmap. It is a shame that SPARC Linux just can't hold a candle to the support of Solaris. Heck, if SPARC Linux was on the ball, they could even provide features that Sun has held back on (like multiple domains inside an E4500).
This move was done to done to satisfy their ISP customers. The kind that run the low-end sparcs in banks as web servers (or even those cool 1 RU jobs that they started selling earlier this year). It isn't for the mainstream datacenter customer. Justifying Linux vs. Solaris for any project would be suicide in a large production environment. Linux just isn't there... YET.
Is anyone pushing Linux on the high end -- datacenter features?
Here's a take on this. If this is possible, and it would work between human and primate, what this opens the door to is a no-fuss pregnancy for the working woman. Donate an egg. Donate a sperm. Incubate. Place in primate. Carry to term. Deliver. All the joys of having a child of your own without the fuss of pregnancy. Pretty out there, but the possibility would seem to exist. And you know there has to be a market for it.
Some interesting thoughts from the book.
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Lots of familiar themes here. Lots of high tech topics in the "Into Cyberspace" chapter. On the subject of relationships, it talks about tribes. Tribes used to be formed by geographic location. Today, we have a choice of neighbors in a virtual tribe -- such as Slashdot. Elsewhere in the book it talks about the "death of distance".
A few interesting quotes: "Technology has the power to change relationships between people. It is not neutral." "If a standard is 'owned' by one company... then the company ends up with something very like a monopoly." "People 'in' cyberspace and deeply experienced with it tend to overrate it." "Money has always been somewhat virtual..."
Most useless chapter: Cyberspace: what lies ahead?
I wouldn't take this book as an authorative reference on cyberspace, but it does point out a lot of interesting things.
Gattaca? Is this an obscure reference?
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Have I been underground for too long? I've never heard of Gattaca and have to wonder if it is a reference to an obscure movie. Was this an NBC made-for-TV thing? Something that actually came out in theaters? Something that is out now? ==confused==
And people who buy into "RHAT" think they're getting a clothing manufacturer? And people who buy "FON" think they're getting every telephone on the planet? * Nobody is that stupid.
* - Okay. There's got to be one or two numbskulls out there who invest completely upon the name of a stock. But they're so small, why worry about them?
I've read that the judge enjoined them from running an website at the domain "www.etoy.com". However, that does NOT prevent them from running a web site at "etoy.com".
Of course, technically, you could run a domain redirector at www.etoy.com, but I don't think the judge would see the distinction as clearly. Heh.
I like your work normally, but this stuff is more hot-air than red-hot. And there really isn't all that much to talk about here. There's got to be a REAL story worth writing about SOMEWHERE in Orlando.
A simple matter of fact. Linux and Apache beat the Micrsoft solution hands down.* The question is if the Microsoft solution is really competitive at all? Would it be on anyone's radar if it was a product outside of Microsoft and its power?
* The only category this has been disproven is in serving static pages using multiple network cards at outrageous bandwidths. Hardly worth this footnote.
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Wow. It all happened so fast. Good thing I'm not alone! HA! I'm typing under the influence. Glad it isn't illegal yet. Maybe I should visit eBay? :)
Uh... about the sparkler bomb. Cool. But the wierd blue laser coming out the top? Yeah. That's just a camera effect. Bummer, huh?
I gotta get that TOILET!!!
-- Monolithic Fishmonger-X (wu-tang name)
(Thanks HP LoveJet!)
Funny... I'm thinking that the government needs regulated here. If the government is going to be conducting raids, they need to be more accountable for their actions. Specifically, if they take items, they should fully document the items taken. In an example like this, the company can be damaged if it does not know what inventory is taken. Such poor documentation does not speak well for the FBI.
As for their intimidation tactics... if they had a good case, they really wouldn't need them.
I'm torn here. Sonique (www.sonique.com) has got the most awesome interface. Its interface breaks the common desktop mold, it is eye candy, intuitive, and useful. I wish all programs had a wicked interface like this one.
On the useful application side, I have to give a hands down to Veritas Volume Manager (X version). Make and break mirrors, migrate data between disks, consolidate disk space -- all with a wave and a click of the mouse. This interface makes management of a large number of disks into something very managable.
Okay. I'm torn between Pico and Star Office. Star Office clearly is the *best* open source text editor from a technological point of view. However, Pico really has done a lot for me, and the fact that I use it all the time gives it my vote.
Major pico complaint: Wrapping of long lines.
The correct nominee for the "Favorite Slashdot Comment Poster" should be quite obvious to everyone. It is the ever-present Anonymous Coward. However, the irony is that AC would also be the winner of the least favorite slashdot comment poster.
Actually, I voted with you on this one. Natalie Portman *is* deserving of the Best Dressed award. The television news journals as well as the print media were incredibly obsessed with the style of clothing she wore in Star Wars. It was the geek fashion event of 1999, if there ever was one.
I really appreciate it! I wish I could mod you up!
Nominee #1 : Xscreensaver. (obvious)
Nominee #1a: Sproingies screensaver. YUMMY!
> Windows Googol
> Windows Googolplex Back Office Server.
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> Then of course: Windows Infinity
HA! Windows Infinity+1 is the obvious sequel.
I know that a certain "well known" telecommunications carrier looked into the feasability of creating nationwide Internet access in England. The problem was just what you expect.
The cost to deploy such a network, even over an area as limited as England, was extremely costly. The revenue opportunity looked poor. A flat rate model or a usage based system wouldn't bring in the dollars to make it profitable.
Then, you add in the factor of competition, and there's a great deal of risk. And there's the known risk of the technology they used becoming outdated.
Its just not something big business will go after anytime soon -- and big business is the only one with a scale to do it... except for the government.
Well, all my messages going out via elm (my primary mailreader) are sent from the year 100. Great. I've got the word "fool" stamped on all my messages. And, there hasnt been an update for elm in ages. Is this thing an orphan?
Guess I have to dig into the code to save face.
The Y2K Download Page lists "AllClear 2000 Pro v2.7e" as "new", yet it is dated 02-25-99. Possibly a mix-up in an auto-labelling of "new" based I date? Hmmmm...
I like the article... it was amusing. But I'm scratching my head here. Why was the Yahoo! version of this story linked instead of the original ZDNN version?
First: Let's all write some very intelligent and thought provoking letters about the situation. Then: We're going to run them through Babelfish. Finally: we're going to send it to them!
I would *love* to see the look on their face when they read the twisted Babelfish phrases...
I look it reprehensible that the enterprise of you would thwart a pre-existing non-money group that stocks the lowly phrase of "Leonardo" which you have somehow run to be handed intellectual posession protection to which. You should be shamed filled!
> Also, the Web site is just brochureware, there is no gateway to anything important.
That's starting to change. Remember the web pages of three years ago? Hi! We're here! We sell stuff! Visit us in the real world! Nothing more than a billboard on the side of the highway. Now corporations are starting to use their webpages for something useful.
But brochureware is going down the wayside. What we REALLY need right now is one of the self-proclaimed "e-commerce" commanies to build a real online store app for mom and pop. (Or a rentable service.) Of course, it would also make a REALLY USEFUL open source project.
But as we get away from brochureware, boy, it is going to be Christmas time for the crackers.
Did anyone else notice the Battlezone arcade game in the background? Hey, these hackers have TASTE.
I administrate high-end production Sun servers for a living. While I like Linux, I can safely say that it has a very long ways to go to catch up to the high-end features of Solaris. Heck, I'd be surprised to see Linux support Dynamic Reconfiguration. (Dynamic reconfiguration is the magical ability to add hardware to a system while it is running, or remove it, or make changes. Like replacing memory that has ECC errors, or adding CPUs and such.)
That's just a sample, though. Solaris is very robust and feature filled. And the support behind it is excellent. The only thing that really stands out as not-so-hot are the prices. WHEW! They are HIGH when you get to the big servers (E3000-Starfire).
Running a Starfire on Linux? Forget it. Might as well throw away a half a million dollars in additional hardware features.
Linux as a desktop on Sparc hardware? Yeah. The kernel for Solaris 7 and below is really geared more towards high-end hardware. Linux is lean and mean and up for the task here. Not a lot of complex stuff to deal with.
Would I install Linux on my Sparc desktop? Not a chance. I've got a dual-processor ultra-60 with a Creator3D graphics card, SCSI drives, solid-state drive, and the high-end wide-screen monitor which is driven at 1920x1200 resolution. A power-user configuration. Needless to say, Linux doesn't have the drivers for it. And there isn't a chance in hell I'm going to give up my screen's real estate to run Linux. [As to an earlier comment, YES, I once wondered if it was what was making my eyes BLEED. No, it wasn't.]
Sun has some awesome hardware, and having gone through a non-disclosure presentation of future Sun hardware down the road, I can say that they've got one hell of a roadmap. It is a shame that SPARC Linux just can't hold a candle to the support of Solaris. Heck, if SPARC Linux was on the ball, they could even provide features that Sun has held back on (like multiple domains inside an E4500).
This move was done to done to satisfy their ISP customers. The kind that run the low-end sparcs in banks as web servers (or even those cool 1 RU jobs that they started selling earlier this year). It isn't for the mainstream datacenter customer. Justifying Linux vs. Solaris for any project would be suicide in a large production environment. Linux just isn't there... YET.
Is anyone pushing Linux on the high end -- datacenter features?
Here's a take on this. If this is possible, and it would work between human and primate, what this opens the door to is a no-fuss pregnancy for the working woman. Donate an egg. Donate a sperm. Incubate. Place in primate. Carry to term. Deliver. All the joys of having a child of your own without the fuss of pregnancy. Pretty out there, but the possibility would seem to exist. And you know there has to be a market for it.
Lots of familiar themes here. Lots of high tech topics in the "Into Cyberspace" chapter. On the subject of relationships, it talks about tribes. Tribes used to be formed by geographic location. Today, we have a choice of neighbors in a virtual tribe -- such as Slashdot. Elsewhere in the book it talks about the "death of distance".
A few interesting quotes:
"Technology has the power to change relationships between people. It is not neutral."
"If a standard is 'owned' by one company... then the company ends up with something very like a monopoly."
"People 'in' cyberspace and deeply experienced with it tend to overrate it."
"Money has always been somewhat virtual..."
Most useless chapter: Cyberspace: what lies ahead?
I wouldn't take this book as an authorative reference on cyberspace, but it does point out a lot of interesting things.
Have I been underground for too long? I've never heard of Gattaca and have to wonder if it is a reference to an obscure movie. Was this an NBC made-for-TV thing? Something that actually came out in theaters? Something that is out now? ==confused==
And people who buy into "RHAT" think they're getting a clothing manufacturer? And people who buy "FON" think they're getting every telephone on the planet? * Nobody is that stupid.
* - Okay. There's got to be one or two numbskulls out there who invest completely upon the name of a stock. But they're so small, why worry about them?
Of course, technically, you could run a domain redirector at www.etoy.com, but I don't think the judge would see the distinction as clearly. Heh.
Jon --
I like your work normally, but this stuff is more hot-air than red-hot. And there really isn't all that much to talk about here. There's got to be a REAL story worth writing about SOMEWHERE in Orlando.
A simple matter of fact. Linux and Apache beat the Micrsoft solution hands down.* The question is if the Microsoft solution is really competitive at all? Would it be on anyone's radar if it was a product outside of Microsoft and its power?
* The only category this has been disproven is in serving static pages using multiple network cards at outrageous bandwidths. Hardly worth this footnote.
What other projects is Vixie running, and will he be stepping down on any others?