People answering overly positive on these are doing more harm than good to their company... My company ended up on this list and I was shocked to say the least.
"The beatings will continue until morale improves!"
Some very interesting content on this subject in a recent Google Tech Talk.
It's a very technical but interesting talk about these alternate and simpler approaches to fusion confinement. I'm interested if some knowledgeable people could comment on his ideas and designs. He sounds like he's got something. What he explains about politics around funding of the project sounds pretty typical of the government.
Hmm. I just tested this with Firefox 2.0 and it seems to cause problems immediately. Not all sites will handle this correctly. It seemed like some of the piplined requests were being ignored -- I'd get a page and none of the images would load. Certain application servers are probably written under the assumption that 1 connection = 1 request. Also hardware load balancers, reverse proxy servers and application layer firewalls might not handle pipelining properly as well. It's surprising though, because it is part of the HTTP/1.1 spec.
Can anyone confirm this actually works most of the time? It could be something specific to me, mine is certainly not a definitive test.
I think IE7 is the first browser with integrated real-time anti-phishing functionality, with an RSS platform and support for Simple List Extensions (see below), with "QuickTabs," with support for OpenSearch, and with shrink-to-fit printing on by default. In Windows Vista with Protected Mode, IE7 is the first browser to "put itself into a sandbox" and run with low privileges.
He makes it sound like IE is forging ahead on some sort of visionary path. Not true. Just keeping pace, if that.
Firefox has had integrated RSS support for several releases now, originally just called "Live bookmarks" and first available in Firefox 1.0... in 2004. It's just been enhanced in 2.0 to include support for feed subscriptions using other web services (bloglines, etc) or via external application.
By default the following URL shows me a sample of the feed, and provides several options for subscribing. http://www.mozilla.org/news.rdf
I don't know what 'Quicktabs' are, but we all know Internet Explorer is a little late to the party with tabbed browsing, Opera, Safari, Firefox, and even Mozilla way back via add-ons had this functionality.
Firefox has had a simple and extensible search plug in system for a while now. (Since 1.0?). I beleive both OpenSearch and Sherlock format are also supported in 2.0.
(PS: This post is spelling mistake-free thanks to Firefox integrated spell checking)
No so different from a traditional web-page attack.
With a pick-ax handle?
Just a web attack, but in person... the guy got de-faced...
It was de-facement... get it?
*yawn*
In short, this is just some exploit writer trying to be a pain in the ass. This is not being actively exploited, 99% of users have little or no exposure to this.
Let me summarize:
Him: Closed source drivers are bad... Us: Why? I like my graphics, it works well. I'm happy. Him: (*writes exploit*) See, that's why! Bad bad baaaad!
No worries. First off, they can never place restrictions on how you may *USE* GPL'd software. Linux can only make it really really annoying to use closed source drivers. They can forbid redistribution without source code, and that's it. But to take it any further than that, by say, refusing to load non-GPL kernel modules, they would be falling into the very same trap that GPL3 is trying to eliminate. The so-called "tivofication", where the software is open but if you change it, it ceases to function.
>> So my guess: zero impact!
Agreed. Nobody cares.
*yawn*
It's like this... All software has bugs. Some bugs can be exploited. Nothing is risk free. You can't patch what you don't know exists. If I have remote network exploit against FreeBSD, and I don't tell anyone, it's not likely to get fixed anytime soon. Now some might argue that no such thing exists. But you can't say it's impossible can you?
But what about closed source network drivers? Wifi maybe... Oh you're using one now? What happens if there's a driver exploit for that? Uh-oh... Already happened... oops.
You are correct in your description of what is being labeled "HDR" currently. However, you are actually a bit backwards on the subject. HDR is really the gimmick here. It's a trick, a way of approximating reality.
The term HDR is misleading. It's more accurate to describe it as a technique which uses dynamic range compression. Taking a real-life scene with a large dynamic range and compressing it into the limited range available on a monitor or in print. You are not increasing dynamic range, you are merely creating the perception of it. An image of the sun will not be displayed any brighter than what your monitor is capable of producing.
These new monitors are capable generating genuine high dynamic range. They produce blinding bright highlights while still rendering deep dark shadow details, but you can't assess this quality without viewing it directly. They're subject to the same "have to see it to beleive it" problem as HDTV.
If your answer is "no, they don't need all these ungodly rich Britney Spears types" etc., and should be able to sell it for just the costs of bandwidth, who the hell are YOU to decide that?
We are the market. It's called capitalism.
Some artists have mass market appeal and become rich regardless of piracy.
Some can't even give their songs away. It's all market demand.
And in other countries not under the stranglehold of the US copyright system, where we cannot get our act together and supply what consumers want, other people are stepping in and doing that. Have you not learned anything from the phenomenal success of the iTunes Music Store?
Wow. In the time you took to write that useless complaint, you could've found out for yourself. Aren't you curious? You'd rather complain here and wait to let someone explain it to you than find the answer yourself?
Seriously. WGA is something even Linux users have heard of by now. Defining it would be as silly as defining PCI, VGA, or DSL.
Keep jargonfile/wikipedia bookmarked or in your firefox search bar... it comes in handy.
I just realized that Redhat patent policy link is not terribly relevant. I googled for a bit but couldn't quite find a good source. If anyone knows where the proper info can be found please post it.
Basically MP3 is patent-encumbered and not freely available. In RedHat's case, they would have to pay licensing fees to Fraunhofer (the owner of the MP3 patent) for distributing MP3 codcs (Which I beleive Microsft does in fact do). But this goes for any peice of software open source or binary which does not have a free license. You are subject to certain restrictions on how that software or code can be used and distributed.
Also, while this applies to the US, many other countries don't recognize patents on software (and I would have to aggree).
The solution is to always use Free and Open software when a reasonable option is available. (Ogg, OpenOffice, Xvid, etc). Laws suddenly become important when you are forced to obey them.
>>> 2. Why the hell do I have to install a new kernel? Why?
These are build numbers. Many are test builds which are not released. These are not always changes bugs but lots of times performance and hardware compatibility adjustments.
Windows also does this, it's called Windows Update. But most of it's fixes and patches tend to be in other applications. The windows kernel rarely changes because Microsft is not actively developing or maintaining it. Also hardware support does not need to be programmed into the kernel in the same way it does in Linux. But this has tradeoffs in terms of security and stability.
>>> 3. Point 2 also breaks my nvidia drivers. >>> I don't want to re-compile new drivers everytime there's a new 'patch'. For the love of god, why?!
You generally shouldn't have to, unless the kernel changes version or some other change breacks ABI (application binary interface) compatibility. That's where two compiled programs no longer work together and need to be recompiled to function. Sometimes syscalls get removed or changed in linux and then you need to recompile to get them working again.
Again windows doesn't have this issue because windows never changes (which may or may not be a good thing).
>>> 4. X-Windows. What a mess. Why do I have to tell it my x & y refresh rates for my monitor?
It *DOES* just 'know'. For quite a while now. It's call EDID, short for "Extended display identification data". It's an open hardware standard that allows the video card to query the monitors capability. If things are configured properly, X along with your video driver will query the card and will know which scanrates are valid. Check your/var/log/Xorg.log.0 for details. You should no longer have any 'ModeLines' in your/etc/xorg.conf file.
>>> 5. Lack of decent file-browser. The best I've come across is Nautilus >>> in a mode that resembles Windows Explorer. It'll do for now...
Not every enjoys "spacial mode", the default on some distros. It was introduced as the default for Gnome in 2.10 I beleive to very much mixed review. It can be disabled via gconf (similar to windows registry). See: http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/133.html
>>> as far as I'm aware, offers no context-sensitive menus for applications >>> (like the Winamp "Play in Winamp" right-click menu on folders.
In fact, it actually does. In fact it's got "Open With" and a feature to allow you to specify which program to launch with, which is remembered and presented in the menu and associated with the file type by it's mime-type (file extentions don't matter), which is superior with windows, imho.
From the right-click context menu on any file, choose Properties, and go to the "Open With" tab.
>>> Actually, I think that's largely it. In all, Linux has, and is >>> continuing to be great fun to play with. So many cool tools - >>> yum being one of them. I'll stick to Linux @ home; it can only >>> get better, but I'd be interested to know what people think of >>> the above points - any suggestions maybe? I want this to work after all...
Glad to hear it. I wish more people shared your supportive and constructive attitude. The fact that desktop linux is where it is now is even amazing considering it's being built and shaped by so many people and specialized into so many different areas of use. It's still relatively new in comparis
In other words, AT&T has just admitted that they are spying on you.
Sorry, but that's bullshit.
Defending your privacy has nothing to do with admitting guilt. Do you think there could possibly be trade secrets in those documents somehow unrelated to the charges against AT&T?
A good example here might be a court trying to admit as evidence your complete credit card purchase history in an attempt to prove acts of terrorism. Even if there was *nothing* in there linking you to terrorism, you might seriously object to the disclosure of it, would you not?
And I just love double standard concept of law... Should have two versions of the law, one where corporations are Guilty until proven innocent?
I'd love to see them nailed against the wall as much as the next guy, but let's not become hypocrits in the process, ok? AT&T has the right to contest public disclosure of internal documents as much as you do.
"without causing any one server a huge bandwidth bill"
Unfortunately, it would still create huge spikes in bandwidth shortly after videos are posted, since you're now asking the site to seed as well as track torrents.
Normally each user posting a torrent is responsible for seeding it. By centralizing that you are losing all the benefits. Only if a torrent becomes very popular and users keep their share ratios fair do you get any benefit. Most of the time, especially for all but the top popular torrents, there are only a few seeds. In this case you're bascially back to just a plain centralized download site with the main site footing the bill.
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Agreed. Total joke.
People answering overly positive on these are doing more harm than good to their company...
My company ended up on this list and I was shocked to say the least.
"The beatings will continue until morale improves!"
Oh yeah, almost forgot!
The Jython Project
- Rhino Javascript engine - built in to Java SE 6
- Groovy - An agile dynamic language for the Java Platform
- BeanShell: Lightweight Scripting for Java
- The Sleep Scripting Project
I'm sure there's others...Some very interesting content on this subject in a recent Google Tech Talk.
6 673788606&q=Google+nuclear
It's a very technical but interesting talk about these alternate and simpler approaches to fusion confinement. I'm interested if some knowledgeable people could comment on his ideas and designs. He sounds like he's got something. What he explains about politics around funding of the project sounds pretty typical of the government.
Link (Google Video):
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=199632184
Hmm. I just tested this with Firefox 2.0 and it seems to cause problems immediately.
Not all sites will handle this correctly. It seemed like some of the piplined requests were being ignored -- I'd get a page and none of the images would load. Certain application servers are probably written under the assumption that 1 connection = 1 request. Also hardware load balancers, reverse proxy servers and application layer firewalls might not handle pipelining properly as well. It's surprising though, because it is part of the HTTP/1.1 spec.
Can anyone confirm this actually works most of the time? It could be something specific to me, mine is certainly not a definitive test.
He makes it sound like IE is forging ahead on some sort of visionary path. Not true. Just keeping pace, if that.
Firefox 2 has integrated anti-phishing protection
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/phishing-pro
Firefox has had integrated RSS support for several releases now, originally just called "Live bookmarks" and first available in Firefox 1.0... in 2004. It's just been enhanced in 2.0 to include support for feed subscriptions using other web services (bloglines, etc) or via external application.
By default the following URL shows me a sample of the feed, and provides several options for subscribing.
http://www.mozilla.org/news.rdf
I don't know what 'Quicktabs' are, but we all know Internet Explorer is a little late to the party with tabbed browsing, Opera, Safari, Firefox, and even Mozilla way back via add-ons had this functionality.
Firefox has had a simple and extensible search plug in system for a while now. (Since 1.0?). I beleive both OpenSearch and Sherlock format are also supported in 2.0.
(PS: This post is spelling mistake-free thanks to Firefox integrated spell checking)
No so different from a traditional web-page attack. With a pick-ax handle? Just a web attack, but in person... the guy got de-faced... It was de-facement... get it? *yawn*
In short, this is just some exploit writer trying to be a pain in the ass. This is not being actively exploited, 99% of users have little or no exposure to this.
Let me summarize:
Him: Closed source drivers are bad...
Us: Why? I like my graphics, it works well. I'm happy.
Him: (*writes exploit*) See, that's why! Bad bad baaaad!
No worries. First off, they can never place restrictions on how you may *USE* GPL'd software.
Linux can only make it really really annoying to use closed source drivers. They can forbid redistribution without source code, and that's it. But to take it any further than that, by say, refusing to load non-GPL kernel modules, they would be falling into the very same trap that GPL3 is trying to eliminate. The so-called "tivofication", where the software is open but if you change it, it ceases to function.
>> So my guess: zero impact!
Agreed. Nobody cares.
*yawn*
It's like this... All software has bugs. Some bugs can be exploited. Nothing is risk free. You can't patch what you don't know exists. If I have remote network exploit against FreeBSD, and I don't tell anyone, it's not likely to get fixed anytime soon. Now some might argue that no such thing exists. But you can't say it's impossible can you?
But what about closed source network drivers? Wifi maybe...
Oh you're using one now?
What happens if there's a driver exploit for that?
Uh-oh...
Already happened... oops.
You are correct in your description of what is being labeled "HDR" currently. However, you are actually a bit backwards on the subject. HDR is really the gimmick here. It's a trick, a way of approximating reality.
The term HDR is misleading. It's more accurate to describe it as a technique which uses dynamic range compression. Taking a real-life scene with a large dynamic range and compressing it into the limited range available on a monitor or in print. You are not increasing dynamic range, you are merely creating the perception of it. An image of the sun will not be displayed any brighter than what your monitor is capable of producing.
These new monitors are capable generating genuine high dynamic range. They produce blinding bright highlights while still rendering deep dark shadow details, but you can't assess this quality without viewing it directly. They're subject to the same "have to see it to beleive it" problem as HDTV.
It's right there on the page. Read more carefully next time.
We are the market. It's called capitalism.
Some artists have mass market appeal and become rich regardless of piracy.
Some can't even give their songs away. It's all market demand.
And in other countries not under the stranglehold of the US copyright system, where we cannot get our act together and supply what consumers want, other people are stepping in and doing that. Have you not learned anything from the phenomenal success of the iTunes Music Store?
Wow.
In the time you took to write that useless complaint, you could've found out for yourself. Aren't you curious? You'd rather complain here and wait to let someone explain it to you than find the answer yourself?
Seriously. WGA is something even Linux users have heard of by now. Defining it would be as silly as defining PCI, VGA, or DSL.
Keep jargonfile/wikipedia bookmarked or in your firefox search bar... it comes in handy.
I just realized that Redhat patent policy link is not terribly relevant. I googled for a bit but couldn't quite find a good source. If anyone knows where the proper info can be found please post it.
Basically MP3 is patent-encumbered and not freely available. In RedHat's case, they would have to pay licensing fees to Fraunhofer (the owner of the MP3 patent) for distributing MP3 codcs (Which I beleive Microsft does in fact do). But this goes for any peice of software open source or binary which does not have a free license. You are subject to certain restrictions on how that software or code can be used and distributed.
Also, while this applies to the US, many other countries don't recognize patents on software (and I would have to aggree).
The solution is to always use Free and Open software when a reasonable option is available. (Ogg, OpenOffice, Xvid, etc). Laws suddenly become important when you are forced to obey them.
>>> 1. No fecking media support!
/var/log/Xorg.log.0 for details. You should no longer have any 'ModeLines' in your /etc/xorg.conf file.
Distributor's policy.
For RedHat, please see: http://www.redhat.com/legal/patent_policy.html
>>> 2. Why the hell do I have to install a new kernel? Why?
These are build numbers. Many are test builds which are not released. These are not always changes bugs but lots of times performance and hardware compatibility adjustments.
See http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/22/idpl/28456 36/com/changelog.html for an example of changes.
Windows also does this, it's called Windows Update. But most of it's fixes and patches tend to be in other applications. The windows kernel rarely changes because Microsft is not actively developing or maintaining it. Also hardware support does not need to be programmed into the kernel in the same way it does in Linux. But this has tradeoffs in terms of security and stability.
>>> 3. Point 2 also breaks my nvidia drivers.
>>> I don't want to re-compile new drivers everytime there's a new 'patch'. For the love of god, why?!
You generally shouldn't have to, unless the kernel changes version or some other change breacks ABI (application binary interface) compatibility. That's where two compiled programs no longer work together and need to be recompiled to function. Sometimes syscalls get removed or changed in linux and then you need to recompile to get them working again.
Again windows doesn't have this issue because windows never changes (which may or may not be a good thing).
>>> 4. X-Windows. What a mess. Why do I have to tell it my x & y refresh rates for my monitor?
It *DOES* just 'know'. For quite a while now. It's call EDID, short for "Extended display identification data". It's an open hardware standard that allows the video card to query the monitors capability. If things are configured properly, X along with your video driver will query the card and will know which scanrates are valid. Check your
>>> 5. Lack of decent file-browser. The best I've come across is Nautilus
>>> in a mode that resembles Windows Explorer. It'll do for now...
Not every enjoys "spacial mode", the default on some distros. It was introduced as the default for Gnome in 2.10 I beleive to very much mixed review. It can be disabled via gconf (similar to windows registry). See: http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/133.html
>>> as far as I'm aware, offers no context-sensitive menus for applications
>>> (like the Winamp "Play in Winamp" right-click menu on folders.
In fact, it actually does. In fact it's got "Open With" and a feature to allow you to specify which program to launch with, which is remembered and presented in the menu and associated with the file type by it's mime-type (file extentions don't matter), which is superior with windows, imho.
From the right-click context menu on any file, choose Properties, and go to the "Open With" tab.
>>> Actually, I think that's largely it. In all, Linux has, and is
>>> continuing to be great fun to play with. So many cool tools -
>>> yum being one of them. I'll stick to Linux @ home; it can only
>>> get better, but I'd be interested to know what people think of
>>> the above points - any suggestions maybe? I want this to work after all...
Glad to hear it. I wish more people shared your supportive and constructive attitude. The fact that desktop linux is where it is now is even amazing considering it's being built and shaped by so many people and specialized into so many different areas of use. It's still relatively new in comparis
In the hopes of salvaging this discussion (TFA is a non-story)
/ sku__SI758SL2
j ulaug/features/cool.html
Has anyone tried one of these? The priciples behind it make sense:
http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/product
And since hearing about this development:
http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2005/
It makes even more sense, though a neck-worn device is more practical for mobile usage.
.torrent files are on all the mirrors. Well seeded and screaming fast right now.
No need to wait!
No no no...
Java != JavaScript
It's not Perl, Python, or Ruby either... so SWIG does not apply here. SWIG is for binding C++ code to interpreted *scripting* languages.
SWIG is nice for cranking out some quick tools, but no way should you consider it an alternative to a ground-up re-write.
Also take into account the current offers:
$200 off E1405 (Instant coupon)
Free Shipping & Handling
So, taking into account the above comments:
For the 1.86Ghz Core Duo
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$1,249 -- Apple 80GB HD/1GB RAM/WXGA+ 13" -- DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo - 1yr Warranty
$1,441 -- Dell 80GB HD/1GB RAM/WXGA+ 14.1" --DVD±RW, DVD+R DL,CD-RW - 2yr Warranty
Looks pretty even to me...
but I thought I'd let you know, nano does has search/replace: Ctrl-W Ctrl-R
Vim's regular expression matching is obviously far superior.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart
The section "Competition in the United States" is blank... is that trying to make some sort of statement?
Sorry, but that's bullshit.
Defending your privacy has nothing to do with admitting guilt. Do you think there could possibly be trade secrets in those documents somehow unrelated to the charges against AT&T?
A good example here might be a court trying to admit as evidence your complete credit card purchase history in an attempt to prove acts of terrorism. Even if there was *nothing* in there linking you to terrorism, you might seriously object to the disclosure of it, would you not? And I just love double standard concept of law... Should have two versions of the law, one where corporations are Guilty until proven innocent?
I'd love to see them nailed against the wall as much as the next guy, but let's not become hypocrits in the process, ok? AT&T has the right to contest public disclosure of internal documents as much as you do.
"I would think that the preference would be for wifi first, THEN cellular. You'd burn less minutes that way."
Sure, if you're a cell provider willing to sacrifice profits to increase convenience and value for the user, then yes... that makes perfect sense!
"without causing any one server a huge bandwidth bill"
Unfortunately, it would still create huge spikes in bandwidth shortly after videos are posted, since you're now asking the site to seed as well as track torrents.
Normally each user posting a torrent is responsible for seeding it. By centralizing that you are losing all the benefits. Only if a torrent becomes very popular and users keep their share ratios fair do you get any benefit. Most of the time, especially for all but the top popular torrents, there are only a few seeds. In this case you're bascially back to just a plain centralized download site with the main site footing the bill.
Since when is shockwave a standard format for video?
How many choices do I have for software that can view/play shockwave files?
It has changed: http://groups.google.com/group/fa.linux.kernel/msg /a1224d9cced09617