It does signal processing in free software. This means you can learn from it, and modify it to do new things. The big idea is to give ordinary software people easy access to 'hack' the electromagnetic spectrum, that is, to understand the radio spectrum and think of clever ways to use it.
So I was skimming along when all of a sudden, they got all preachy on me:
PRAYER FOR RELIEF
WHEREFORE, counterclaim-plaintiff IBM prays that this Court enter
judgment on-the counterclaims in favor of IBM and against SCO:
Huh?? Pray for relief?? Well, okay. Here it goes:
IBM is my shepherd; I shall not want.
IBM maketh me to lie down in green tinted monitors: IBM leadeth me beside the still line printers.
IBM restoreth my deleted files: IBM leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for the heck of it.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of SCO, I will fear no eavil: for IBM art with me; their rod and their staff and their lawyers, they comfort me.
Thou preparest a legal brief before me in the presence of mine enemies: though anointest my code with gdb; my buffer does not runneth over.
Surely goodess and mercy shall follow me all the days I code: and I will dwell in the house of Stallman forever.
Does anyone have a freakin' timeline on all of this?
There's "The SCO Group", there's "Original SCO", there's "The Santa Cruz Operation", there's "Tarantella", there's "Caldera", on and on...
I'm so confused.
The Santa Cruz Operation had that God-aweful operating system of years ago. But that OS dropped off the radar eons ago. What happened in between? I missed it. Where do these other companies fit in? Who bought whom? Who bought what? Who started what?
First, let me be honest. I just skimmed the LinuxDevices article and didn't read the Microsoft article.
One thing I've noticed among PHBs is an ever-broadening definition of "embedded systems". I've seen more than one project go down the road of using a cPCI system running Windows NT 3.51 (yes these are current systems running this old version) on a harddrive. These systems are calling themselves "embedded".
This has been especially in systems that had serious size, weight, and power needs. Had I designed the system, I guess I would've used something like QNX or Linux on a much smaller processor, compact flash card, etc.
I guess my point is that these days it seems like general-purpose computers are being called "embedded" when I see embedded as much, much smaller (e.g. no moving parts, a microcontroller, etc...).
I skimmed the Project Page and aren't a couple of the examples awefully obvious?
The following one line of code brings every UNIX system I've run it on TO ITS KNEES WITHIN MINUTES!! This is a major vulnerability in EVERY UNIX system! Something must be done!
Oh, and I must say, that Trinity freakin' kicks ass. As you can see from the pictures, nmap says "No exact OS matches for host". Trinity goes ahead and throws the sploit anyway without knowing the system's architecture AND IT WORKS!
I saw The Matrix Reloaded yesterday and, at that pivitol moment, yelled "Holy SHIT! Trinity's using nmap!".
Other's in the theater were less than pleased.
In this message, you say you did the "r00t dance". Can you please demonstrate the r00t dance for the Slashdot audience?
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Rent a Segway
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We put GPS... units on them so we could track their location but its hidden within the machine so don't bother looking for it.
Sure thing dude. A GPS receiver and tracking transmitter are SO tiny, dare I say microscopic, that there's NO WAY anyone could find it in your Segway. NOT!
It's not like the Segway is the size of a dump truck where it would be a pain in the neck to look for.
There are only so many places they could hide it in the Segway: in the post, in the handles, and in the part you stand on.
Gimme some Torx drivers and I'll find it in under 10 minutes.
A related issue is that of linking up major metropolitan areas.
Who decided that San Jose should get a Light Rail system that is wholely incompatible with BART. If they had thought for maybe a second, the entire Bay Area could be linked by one complete system.
The same goes for Baltimore's Light Rail and Washington's Metro. Sure, they're about 25 miles apart now... but eventually they'll converge. When they converge they'll be incompatible.
I'm no transit expert, but it seems like it is COMPLETELY RETARDED to have adjacent metropolitan areas building incompatible systems.
And what crackhead decided to build Seattle's Bus Tunnels. That's just weird.
Las Vegas' Monorail (that's right, MONORAIL!) will be cool but doesn't go very far and is a couple of LARGE blocks off The Strip.
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For the ultimate in merging Linux with radios:
GNU Radio
From the FAQ:
Obligatory 1984 paraphrase:
This is doubleplusungood.
Also, to quote Winston Smith:
Here are some example Chinese distros:
Red Flag
Cosix
Magic Linux
XTeam
Well, here's The List of Fortune 500 companies.
One of these companies is a HUGE SUCKER.
Which one is it?
So I was skimming along when all of a sudden, they got all preachy on me:
Huh?? Pray for relief?? Well, okay. Here it goes:
IBM is my shepherd; I shall not want.
IBM maketh me to lie down in green tinted monitors: IBM leadeth me beside the still line printers.
IBM restoreth my deleted files: IBM leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for the heck of it.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of SCO, I will fear no eavil: for IBM art with me; their rod and their staff and their lawyers, they comfort me.
Thou preparest a legal brief before me in the presence of mine enemies: though anointest my code with gdb; my buffer does not runneth over.
Surely goodess and mercy shall follow me all the days I code: and I will dwell in the house of Stallman forever.
Does anyone have a freakin' timeline on all of this?
There's "The SCO Group", there's "Original SCO", there's "The Santa Cruz Operation", there's "Tarantella", there's "Caldera", on and on...
I'm so confused.
The Santa Cruz Operation had that God-aweful operating system of years ago. But that OS dropped off the radar eons ago. What happened in between? I missed it. Where do these other companies fit in? Who bought whom? Who bought what? Who started what?
Thanks
First, let me be honest. I just skimmed the LinuxDevices article and didn't read the Microsoft article.
One thing I've noticed among PHBs is an ever-broadening definition of "embedded systems". I've seen more than one project go down the road of using a cPCI system running Windows NT 3.51 (yes these are current systems running this old version) on a harddrive. These systems are calling themselves "embedded".
This has been especially in systems that had serious size, weight, and power needs. Had I designed the system, I guess I would've used something like QNX or Linux on a much smaller processor, compact flash card, etc.
I guess my point is that these days it seems like general-purpose computers are being called "embedded" when I see embedded as much, much smaller (e.g. no moving parts, a microcontroller, etc...).
I dunno, I'm rambling...
Please do not just throw away dead batteries. Please recycle them.
I use tons of NiMH batteries in my various gadgets.
The prices aren't the best, but REI has all you probably need right here.
Battery Barn has some good prices.
Lots and lots of methamphetamine.
'nuf said.
My own stats on the OSes I run daily:
Linux: 0 crashes per day
OpenBSD: 0 crashes per day
What an accomplishment!
Did they smash a bottle of cheap Champagne over it to dedicate it?
I skimmed the Project Page and aren't a couple of the examples awefully obvious?
The following one line of code brings every UNIX system I've run it on TO ITS KNEES WITHIN MINUTES!! This is a major vulnerability in EVERY UNIX system! Something must be done!
With the sound meter you can measure how loud that dude has to say "Can you hear me now?" to be hear over the static.
Pictures can be found on Fyodor's site.
Oh, and I must say, that Trinity freakin' kicks ass. As you can see from the pictures, nmap says "No exact OS matches for host". Trinity goes ahead and throws the sploit anyway without knowing the system's architecture AND IT WORKS!
That just kicks ass.
A big Eartha-Kitt-Cat-Woman growl for Trinity.
THE MATRIX RELOADED SPOILER ALERT
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I saw The Matrix Reloaded yesterday and, at that pivitol moment, yelled "Holy SHIT! Trinity's using nmap!".
Other's in the theater were less than pleased.
In this message, you say you did the "r00t dance". Can you please demonstrate the r00t dance for the Slashdot audience?
Sure thing dude. A GPS receiver and tracking transmitter are SO tiny, dare I say microscopic, that there's NO WAY anyone could find it in your Segway. NOT!
It's not like the Segway is the size of a dump truck where it would be a pain in the neck to look for.
There are only so many places they could hide it in the Segway: in the post, in the handles, and in the part you stand on.
Gimme some Torx drivers and I'll find it in under 10 minutes.
THIS is their space anti-piracy task force.
What's wrong with law enforcement these days, anyway?
They could just submit an Ask Slashdot question on "Where is David A. Nelson who works for Tektronix?".
As we all know, most Ask Slashdot questions can be found on Google. Is it really so hard?? Come on people.
A related issue is that of linking up major metropolitan areas.
Who decided that San Jose should get a Light Rail system that is wholely incompatible with BART. If they had thought for maybe a second, the entire Bay Area could be linked by one complete system.
The same goes for Baltimore's Light Rail and Washington's Metro. Sure, they're about 25 miles apart now... but eventually they'll converge. When they converge they'll be incompatible.
I'm no transit expert, but it seems like it is COMPLETELY RETARDED to have adjacent metropolitan areas building incompatible systems.
And what crackhead decided to build Seattle's Bus Tunnels. That's just weird.
Las Vegas' Monorail (that's right, MONORAIL!) will be cool but doesn't go very far and is a couple of LARGE blocks off The Strip.
Yeah, and how hard is it to capture the stream and write it to disk?
(BTW, this is a rhetorical question. The answer is: "Not hard at all.".)
In my book, "saving a stream" ~ "sharing".
SADDLE UP, BOYS!
I'M PUTTIN' ME TOGETHER A POSSE!
We're gonna round up them bandwidth rustlers and get us the bounty!
Obligatory link to an article by Courtney Love:
Courtney Love does the math
The final score?
Band: $0.00
Record Label: $6,600,000.00
They're losing their Whack-A-Mole game with the true pirates. As a result, they're getting frustrated. They are bound and determined to take their frustrations out on the little guy and want to extend legislation.
Okay guys, let me get this straight...
Novell is still around!?
And they want to "help" us with Linux!?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I thought they were deader than SCO.
SCO and Novell dropped off my radar at around the same time about 10 years ago.
I must say, I'm blown away...
Oh, just for fun, let's take a look at their stock prices:
NOVL: $2.40
SCOC: No such ticker symbol. D'OH! That's gotta hurt.
The REAL link to the article is this: