Jan 2 01:12 cpu0: SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi (upaid 0 impl 0x12 ver 0x13 clock 333 MHz) SunOS Release 5.6 Version Generic_105181-15 [UNIX(R) System V Release 4.0]
For whatever reason, Sun decided to overcomplicate the version numbering with SunOS. Solaris 1.x is SunOS 4.x just as Solaris 2.x is SunOS 5.x. To make matters worse, 'Solaris 1.x' is revisionist history.
I have read a fair number of the preceeding post and, quelle suprise, the posts seem to be either in one camp or the other. What I haven't seen anyone pose is; What about personal responsibility? All of those posts in favor of censorship seem to be praising the governments efforts to 'protect' the innocents and the immature. Parents of course look at little Jimmy and Sally and are more than happy to abdicate freedom of expression....so that they can have more time to watch Sally Jesse or go bowling. After all, teaching kids respect and instilling maturity is much too much like work. Personally, if you desire to use censoring software at home until such time as your child has the maturity and the trustworthiness to be able to decide for him or herself what is worth looking at on the internet, please, feel free. Just keep your fscking censorship laws in the circular file wher they belong.
Wierd vapor trails == shock diamonds. Look at the photos of the exhausts of many high powered military turbo[jet|fan] powered aircraft and you can plainly see these dimaonds. I don't kow the dynamics of why these diamonds are formed, but it isn't some new form of propulsion. Oh, and ramjets also create them also.
While I agree with the editorial that Slashdot's job is to post relevant news articles, the question remains whether or not Mr. Peren's e-mail constitutes news. I mentioned in a post I made yesterday that perhaps it is time that Slashdot obtain the services of Managing editor. The problem I have with the whole mess is that, for all of the 'importance' the original article had, it wasn't really news at all. Consequently there have been hundreds of posts on the whole issue _about_ the whole issue.
I can see posting an article had Mr. Perens filed for a lawsuit, but to post an article about an e-mail to a discussion group borders on yellow journalism. I don't perceive a lack of articles being posted on Slashdot, so to choose to print an article with very little substance makes little sense unless the attitude in the editorial offices was 'Cool...bad news, just like the local televison news broadcasts...let's post it!'.
Having read the majority of the posts, it seems to boil down to the following: 1)BP posted an angry letter to a debian mailing list. 2)Slashdot picked up the story and headlined it. So, where does the fault lie? BP has already posted a few times claiming that the post he made was in anger and, he thought, to a relatively obscure Debian mailing list. Somewhere in the mix Slashdot [finds|gets alerted to] that post and runs with it. Like nearly everyone else, I have said things in anger that I wish later that I hadn't said. Fortunately, not being quotably famous, in general the only ones affected by it are those around me. I am not sure what the staffing level of Slashdot is, but it seems that there is at least the need for one additional to do some crosschecking of headlines before they get posted, or at a minimum, that the subjects of the headline get contacted before inflammatory headlines get published.
Too late. Lusers don't need this movie to make them scared thier cars aren't going to run on January 31st.
Back in march I left a job I had with a motorcycle importer. This company had been manufacturing fuel injected V-twins since 1993.
Since I was in the parts department I was usually the first line of defense for those owners who didn't get what they wanted from the dealer network.
I recall that one day early in February getting a call from a really worried customer. he had called his local dealer to find out if his fuel injected motorcycle was Y2K compliant.....*boggle*...
He wouldn't take his dealer's word for it and it took a great deal of time for me to convince him that 'No, we don't need to test your computer, it doesn't use dates.'
Basically, everything I run is some form of UNIX. What would be nice is a console server that I can use for remote access and setup. (To include being able to set/reset BIOS settings) I remember seeing a card that was supposed to do that a while back, but is there anything commercially available (and affordable) for x86 boxen?
Let me ask you this -- go to your linux box, delete vi and gcc, and reboot. Does it still work? Of course it does. Might you have trouble configuring things or adding new applications? Yes, but that's not the point.
I would argue that adding applications is, minimally, one of the points. If all the OS was capable of doing was allowing _access_ to the disks, KB, framebuffer, et al., without actually being able to write to the disk and making that binary (or script) executable, what would be the point?
All of the posts that I have read in this thread keep trying to narrow down the 'OS' to the point that all that is left is the kernel. What I think people have been glossing over is the fact that the S stands for system. If the system requires a compiler to be useable, then a compiler can logically be assumed to be part of the system.
Of course, that does not mean the a compiler is always required (or many other parts of the 'system') Your example of the floppy based linuces points out that some systems have vastly fewer requirements to operate. It would make a useless development box though.
About the only reason that I am not considering NetBSD is its seeming lack of support for XFree86 adapters. I did a fair bit of research on just what I was going to install on my Alpha, and it boils down to either Linux of FreeBSD as having the widest range of supported hardware. Even though it was a pain in the butt nailing down exactly what was supported in FreeBSD, I did choose that. Now Compaq goes and tosses a wrench into the works. Oh well....off to find a supported HW list.
If all they did was design neat stuff for the other agencies to use, you would likely be correct. On the other hand if you take into account the rumor that the NSA also intercepts a huge quantity of message traffic and other sundry communications snooping, they would need several boatloads of personnel. .
Actually, the chambers were not nickel plated. The real reason the M16 had such a high failure rate was marketing. Colt sold the M16 as a point and shoot automatic rifle, no cleaning required. When it was used as advertised a combination of the South East Asian climate and powder residue/gunk caused the failures. What was added was the chamber assist knob and instructions to clean the rifle everyday.
That and send _everyone_ an e-mail. IANAL, but all of the places I have worked have had me sign a waiver stating that all internal e-mail was the property of the company. Somwhere in that waiver it also states that all e-mail could be audited at any time. That said, I am not sure if it is implied that _not_ signing such a statement ensures that e-mail is private.
If HRs goal is to 'catch' someone with proscribed items, perhaps they will be annoyed that you choose to warn the lusers beforehand. OTOH, if the goal is to reduce/eliminate a problem, then everyone should be happy.
In the article, the author states that he knows the know outcome. He also states that observing the computation destroys the state of the superposition. So, what this means is that I still don't quite understand exactly how this works. If only one state provides the 'answer', and that the answer is returned by observing the state to return the answer. wtf?
Apparently its down again at 1855 CDT. Not much of a test on my part, I just followed the links from the news article. linuxppc replied and loaded immediately, whereas MS never even replied.
I haven't taken too close a look at how Sun does this, but what you suggest has already been done. It would depend on whether or not the RS box uses multiple motherboards (which I can't imagine it not doing so) I know that a Starfire can have up to 8 domains across all of it's motherboards. The domains to not share memory, AFAIK.
Simulators have very little to do with flying skills. The largest benefit is gained in obtaining emergency management skills, and actually 'experiencing' emergencies in a safe enviornment.
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Not true.
bash-2.02$ dmesg | more
Jan 2 01:12
cpu0: SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi (upaid 0 impl 0x12 ver 0x13 clock 333 MHz)
SunOS Release 5.6 Version Generic_105181-15 [UNIX(R) System V Release 4.0]
For whatever reason, Sun decided to overcomplicate the version numbering with SunOS. Solaris 1.x is SunOS 4.x just as Solaris 2.x is SunOS 5.x. To make matters worse, 'Solaris 1.x' is revisionist history.
I have read a fair number of the preceeding post and, quelle suprise, the posts seem to be either in one camp or the other. What I haven't seen anyone pose is; What about personal responsibility? All of those posts in favor of censorship seem to be praising the governments efforts to 'protect' the innocents and the immature. Parents of course look at little Jimmy and Sally and are more than happy to abdicate freedom of expression ....so that they can have more time to watch Sally Jesse or go bowling. After all, teaching kids respect and instilling maturity is much too much like work. Personally, if you desire to use censoring software at home until such time as your child has the maturity and the trustworthiness to be able to decide for him or herself what is worth looking at on the internet, please, feel free. Just keep your fscking censorship laws in the circular file wher they belong.
Wierd vapor trails == shock diamonds. Look at the photos of the exhausts of many high powered military turbo[jet|fan] powered aircraft and you can plainly see these dimaonds. I don't kow the dynamics of why these diamonds are formed, but it isn't some new form of propulsion. Oh, and ramjets also create them also.
While I agree with the editorial that Slashdot's job is to post relevant news articles, the question remains whether or not Mr. Peren's e-mail constitutes news. I mentioned in a post I made yesterday that perhaps it is time that Slashdot obtain the services of Managing editor. The problem I have with the whole mess is that, for all of the 'importance' the original article had, it wasn't really news at all. Consequently there have been hundreds of posts on the whole issue _about_ the whole issue.
...bad news, just like the local televison news broadcasts ...let's post it!'.
I can see posting an article had Mr. Perens filed for a lawsuit, but to post an article about an e-mail to a discussion group borders on yellow journalism. I don't perceive a lack of articles being posted on Slashdot, so to choose to print an article with very little substance makes little sense unless the attitude in the editorial offices was 'Cool
Having read the majority of the posts, it seems to boil down to the following: 1)BP posted an angry letter to a debian mailing list. 2)Slashdot picked up the story and headlined it. So, where does the fault lie? BP has already posted a few times claiming that the post he made was in anger and, he thought, to a relatively obscure Debian mailing list. Somewhere in the mix Slashdot [finds|gets alerted to] that post and runs with it. Like nearly everyone else, I have said things in anger that I wish later that I hadn't said. Fortunately, not being quotably famous, in general the only ones affected by it are those around me. I am not sure what the staffing level of Slashdot is, but it seems that there is at least the need for one additional to do some crosschecking of headlines before they get posted, or at a minimum, that the subjects of the headline get contacted before inflammatory headlines get published.
Too late. Lusers don't need this movie to make them scared thier cars aren't going to run on January 31st.
.....*boggle*...
Back in march I left a job I had with a motorcycle importer. This company had been manufacturing fuel injected V-twins since 1993.
Since I was in the parts department I was usually the first line of defense for those owners who didn't get what they wanted from the dealer network.
I recall that one day early in February getting a call from a really worried customer. he had called his local dealer to find out if his fuel injected motorcycle was Y2K compliant
He wouldn't take his dealer's word for it and it took a great deal of time for me to convince him that 'No, we don't need to test your computer, it doesn't use dates.'
Oops, I didn't mean to AC that post.....
Basically, everything I run is some form of UNIX. What would be nice is a console server that I can use for remote access and setup. (To include being able to set/reset BIOS settings) I remember seeing a card that was supposed to do that a while back, but is there anything commercially available (and affordable) for x86 boxen?
Let me ask you this -- go to your linux box, delete vi and gcc, and reboot. Does it still work? Of course it does. Might you have trouble configuring things or adding new applications? Yes, but that's not the point.
I would argue that adding applications is, minimally, one of the points. If all the OS was capable of doing was allowing _access_ to the disks, KB, framebuffer, et al., without actually being able to write to the disk and making that binary (or script) executable, what would be the point?
All of the posts that I have read in this thread keep trying to narrow down the 'OS' to the point that all that is left is the kernel. What I think people have been glossing over is the fact that the S stands for system. If the system requires a compiler to be useable, then a compiler can logically be assumed to be part of the system.
Of course, that does not mean the a compiler is always required (or many other parts of the 'system') Your example of the floppy based linuces points out that some systems have vastly fewer requirements to operate. It would make a useless development box though.
About the only reason that I am not considering NetBSD is its seeming lack of support for XFree86 adapters. I did a fair bit of research on just what I was going to install on my Alpha, and it boils down to either Linux of FreeBSD as having the widest range of supported hardware. Even though it was a pain in the butt nailing down exactly what was supported in FreeBSD, I did choose that. Now Compaq goes and tosses a wrench into the works. Oh well ....off to find a supported HW list.
When they got rid of the moon man. All downhill after that.
If all they did was design neat stuff for the other agencies to use, you would likely be correct. On the other hand if you take into account the rumor that the NSA also intercepts a huge quantity of message traffic and other sundry communications snooping, they would need several boatloads of personnel. .
Actually, the chambers were not nickel plated. The real reason the M16 had such a high failure rate was marketing. Colt sold the M16 as a point and shoot automatic rifle, no cleaning required. When it was used as advertised a combination of the South East Asian climate and powder residue/gunk caused the failures. What was added was the chamber assist knob and instructions to clean the rifle everyday.
That and send _everyone_ an e-mail. IANAL, but all of the places I have worked have had me sign a waiver stating that all internal e-mail was the property of the company. Somwhere in that waiver it also states that all e-mail could be audited at any time. That said, I am not sure if it is implied that _not_ signing such a statement ensures that e-mail is private.
If HRs goal is to 'catch' someone with proscribed items, perhaps they will be annoyed that you choose to warn the lusers beforehand. OTOH, if the goal is to reduce/eliminate a problem, then everyone should be happy.
In the article, the author states that he knows the know outcome. He also states that observing the computation destroys the state of the superposition. So, what this means is that I still don't quite understand exactly how this works. If only one state provides the 'answer', and that the answer is returned by observing the state to return the answer. wtf?
Apparently its down again at 1855 CDT. Not much of a test on my part, I just followed the links from the news article. linuxppc replied and loaded immediately, whereas MS never even replied.
I haven't taken too close a look at how Sun does this, but what you suggest has already been done. It would depend on whether or not the RS box uses multiple motherboards (which I can't imagine it not doing so) I know that a Starfire can have up to 8 domains across all of it's motherboards. The domains to not share memory, AFAIK.
Simulators have very little to do with flying skills. The largest benefit is gained in obtaining emergency management skills, and actually 'experiencing' emergencies in a safe enviornment.