You know, when I started reading this post it was annoying me because I liked the movie a lot but something about it didn't click with me...I was kind of getting sick of people bashing it. But after reading your post a few times, I realize it's exactly what's been bugging me about the movie.You hit it right on the head. ---- "Wars, conflict, it's all business. One murder makes a villain. Millions a hero. Numbers sanctify."
AND he sucks...god, I thought Jar Jar was going to annoy me in that movie but Jake was worse. They should have just CGI'd him in or used a puppet like Yoda, they would've got a better performance. ---- "Wars, conflict, it's all business. One murder makes a villain. Millions a hero. Numbers sanctify."
Blame M$. VBA being incorporated into office apps is a gaping security hole. I need excel macros for doing the math on orders. If I were using a Windoze box I'd be screwed. I can handle a macro virus on the Mac because in my situation it would be confined to excel documents. If I were using win9x I'd have to be concerned with everything from my word processor to Outlook...
For once Slackware is put into the lime-light it deserves. It is IMNSHO the most effic^H^H^H^H^H compact distro out so far.
I made my own "thin client" w/ Slacky: a 486/33 with a 204MB HD. I had Slack 4.0, complete Netscape, and all tcp/ip utils running with 50MB of room for userspace and a 10MB swap. Gets ~1Mb/s thru-put off of the wcarchive through our cable modem network. Not bad for obsolete hardware!
Descriptive combinations of words such as "Open Source" are too widely used at this point for someone such as MacroHard to snap them up. Once a phrase is used by a large group in an industry it is not available for register by any individual entity. Basic intellectual property law covers this so no one needs to worry.
yeah tell me about it... my dad and his company just purchased 23 t3's from philly to new york city... and theres a shitload more where those came from...
I'm currently working on a tool that resembles what you're looking for. It consists of 3 parts and a kernel patch. The patch adds a feature to the kernel that enables a "trace" driver to register and enables key kernel parts to call upon the driver to note that a given event has occured. In turn, the trace module takes care of the events and puts them in a buffer. When a certain quantity of information is in the driver's buffer, he sends a signal to a trace daemon. The daemon then reads from the driver and appends the trace information to a trace file. The last part is the trace data decoder. This decoder takes the binary data and transforms it into a human-readable format. Therefore, impact on the system is minimized. As of this time, all the above mentionned parts are complete. The only thing that remains to be done is to build a GUI for the decoder (right now it works perfectly on command line). This is what I'm working on right now.
This system enables the observer to know exactly what happens at every moment in the system . As for remotley observing a host, this is not a problem, it is actually planned. This will consist in the trace daemon offering it's services on an IP port which can be contacted by other hosts. If you're interested... send me an e-mail. I'll have a web page for it as soon as the GUI is complete.
I agree that it's good to have regulations on govmt contracting -- better than having it unregulated!
However, at the practical level, the existence of regulations means only that the contracting process is byzantine. Just because something is "required by law" doesn't mean that the process will genuinely be open, fair, logical, produce the best result, etc.
Believe me, as someone who's worked in govmt contracting for years, there are no rules so well-intentioned that they can't be manipulated. The "low bidder" rule being a perfect example -- the games you can play with THAT one... Don't mean to sound cynical, it's just the way business is done -- people will work the system to their best advantage. Implying that everything will work out OK because it's "required by law" is a misleading statement.
The best guarantee of a well-managed govmt is an involved citizenry. That's what is encouraging about this particular situation in Germany.
BTW the stakeholder method (forget the German term) of corporate governance has been the standard in Germany for decades, it does not relate specifically to contracts (large or small).
It's perfectly legal for Company X to provide me with BSD binaries with no source code. The license does nothing to prevent this. Therefore my copy of BSD may not be free.
Linux providers, OTOH, are required to provide source code under the GPL, which guarantees the freedom of the software I get.
-- "Please remember that how you say something is often more important than what you say." - Rob Malda
I also think this is your best bet...I unzipped the muLinux X disk, tweaked a bit, and ended up with a working X install of about 4.5 MB (combined with the LRP console install, the whole OS was only 8.5 MB). A warning, though: the mulinux X I got was libc5-based, so if your system is g/libc6, you may need to grab an X server from elsewhere.
I also recommend the 9wm window manager...at about 25k, it's hard to beat for size. It's also very simple...no libraries needed, no configuration files to keep track of, etc...perfect for a minimal X install. Not much to look at, but functional...
"...the diminutive box is packed with ports, including Universal Serial Bus..."
I didn't think Linux USB was ready for prime time. Is WYSE jumping the gun with this announcement (i.e. vaporware) or have they made source mods that haven't been contributed back?
And speaking of which, is anyone checking up on these "embedded Linux" companies to make sure they are making the source available? -- "Please remember that how you say something is often more important than what you say." - Rob Malda
How is this different than yesterday, when "open source" wasn't trademarked, we all knew it wasn't trademarked, but that fact hadn't been published?
Are we worried about Microsoft stealing the term? Gosh, too bad. We'd have to go back to what we really mean: Free Software.
You see, the issue isn't over whether I can read the source code (or rather, that's not the full issue). The biggest issue is whether I can do whatever I want with it. "Open" doesn't describe this condition very well, which is how we got saddled with so many "read-only" licenses.
I'd go on, but I'm sure some brain-dead moderator already thinks this post is offtopic, a troll or flamebait... -- "Please remember that how you say something is often more important than what you say." - Rob Malda
Now, now...we're not all that slow. (Well, some of us are.) It's just that we have other priorities. Come on, folks, there are lots of people in the world who don't have the time or interest to look into every fad (tech or otherwise) that goes around. It's a workable sorting mechanism to ignore things until they've hung around long enough to prove that they have a lifespan longer than a mayfly.
There are clued corp types that have been reserving judgment on linux as a corp infrastructure, for good reasons...fortunately, many of the events of the past year have helped immeasureably in building acceptability in the corp sector.
So be happy, things are looking up...although as the posts on this Redhat article show, there are plenty of people who will be upset once linux is well accepted in the corp world, to counterbalance the people who are upset because it isn't accepted...
I disagree with the various comments about how the virus problem would be solved if those "stupid lazy" users would just do as they're told.
One great truth about human civilization: Every existing problem would be solved if people would just do what they're "supposed" to do. But they don't. For various perfectly good reasons. Just because people don't behave the way you think they should, doesn't make them dumber than you.
Human (incl tech) systems need to be designed with the expectation that people will NOT do what they're "supposed" to do. That's reality.
So, yes, education is good, but you can't shrug off the problem as being totally the fault of "those dummies." People don't like this when their government, bosses, or teachers say it to them -- why should they like it any better when IT guys say it to them?
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Posted by The Incredible Mr. Limpett:
You know, when I started reading this post it was annoying me because I liked the movie a lot but something about it didn't click with me...I was kind of getting sick of people bashing it.
But after reading your post a few times, I realize it's exactly what's been bugging me about the movie.You hit it right on the head.
----
"Wars, conflict, it's all business. One murder makes a
villain. Millions a hero. Numbers sanctify."
Posted by The Incredible Mr. Limpett:
AND he sucks...god, I thought Jar Jar was going to annoy me in that movie but Jake was worse. They should have just CGI'd him in or used a puppet like Yoda, they would've got a better performance.
----
"Wars, conflict, it's all business. One murder makes a
villain. Millions a hero. Numbers sanctify."
Posted by Lord Kano-The Gangster Of Love:
Blame M$. VBA being incorporated into office apps is a gaping security hole. I need excel macros for doing the math on orders. If I were using a Windoze box I'd be screwed. I can handle a macro virus on the Mac because in my situation it would be confined to excel documents. If I were using win9x I'd have to be concerned with everything from my word processor to Outlook...
LK
Posted by CanSmegWillSmeg:
How about Ada Lovelace?
L8r Days & Waves....
Posted by fR0993R-on-Atari-5200:
For once Slackware is put into the lime-light it deserves. It is IMNSHO the most effic^H^H^H^H^H compact distro out so far.
I made my own "thin client" w/ Slacky: a 486/33 with a 204MB HD. I had Slack 4.0, complete Netscape, and all tcp/ip utils running with 50MB of room for userspace and a 10MB swap. Gets ~1Mb/s thru-put off of the wcarchive through our cable modem network. Not bad for obsolete hardware!
Posted by King_Arthur:
I think it all depends on the hardware you're using and the stuff you need to run. Not only the kernel can be buggy.
Posted by Jdahlber:
Descriptive combinations of words such as "Open Source" are too widely used at this point for someone such as MacroHard to snap them up. Once a phrase is used by a large group in an industry it is not available for register by any individual entity. Basic intellectual property law covers this so no one needs to worry.
Posted by FrankGraphics:
You'll find the kits at:
http://www.associatedpro.com/apsprice.html
Posted by The Mongolian Barbecue:
we must stop this before it is too late! Nooooo!
Posted by Assmodeus:
yeah tell me about it... my dad and his company just purchased 23 t3's from philly to new york city... and theres a shitload more where those came from...
Posted by Assmodeus:
yeah tell me about it... my dads company just purchased 23 t3's from philly to new york city... and theres a shitload more where those came from...
I'm currently working on a tool that resembles what you're looking for. It consists of 3 parts and a kernel patch. The patch adds a feature to the kernel that enables a "trace" driver to register and enables key kernel parts to call upon the driver to note that a given event has occured. In turn, the trace module takes care of the events and puts them in a buffer. When a certain quantity of information is in the driver's buffer, he sends a signal to a trace daemon. The daemon then reads from the driver and appends the trace information to a trace file. The last part is the trace data decoder. This decoder takes the binary data and transforms it into a human-readable format. Therefore, impact on the system is minimized. As of this time, all the above mentionned parts are complete. The only thing that remains to be done is to build a GUI for the decoder (right now it works perfectly on command line). This is what I'm working on right now.
This system enables the observer to know exactly what happens at every moment in the system . As for remotley observing a host, this is not a problem, it is actually planned. This will consist in the trace daemon offering it's services on an IP port which can be contacted by other hosts. If you're interested ... send me an e-mail. I'll have a web page for it as soon as the GUI is complete.
Posted by FascDot Killed My Previous Use:
CareBearWare?
NoSnareWare?
StarWare?
JediWare?
ForceWare?
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"Please remember that how you say something is often more important than what you say." - Rob Malda
Posted by Forward The Light Brigade:
er no...
linux can utilize 4+ eth cards, you just need
to give it a boot-time parameter that you have them
check the Ethernet-HOWTO
and I am not surprised it took a while to have the 50 clients set up when there was 1/4 the available net bandwidth...
Posted by FascDot Killed My Previous Use:
SPAM!
Lemon curry?
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"Please remember that how you say something is often more important than what you say." - Rob Malda
Posted by Mary CW:
I agree that it's good to have regulations on govmt contracting -- better than having it unregulated!
However, at the practical level, the existence of regulations means only that the contracting process is byzantine. Just because something is "required by law" doesn't mean that the process will genuinely be open, fair, logical, produce the best result, etc.
Believe me, as someone who's worked in govmt contracting for years, there are no rules so well-intentioned that they can't be manipulated. The "low bidder" rule being a perfect example -- the games you can play with THAT one... Don't mean to sound cynical, it's just the way business is done -- people will work the system to their best advantage. Implying that everything will work out OK because it's "required by law" is a misleading statement.
The best guarantee of a well-managed govmt is an involved citizenry. That's what is encouraging about this particular situation in Germany.
BTW the stakeholder method (forget the German term) of corporate governance has been the standard in Germany for decades, it does not relate specifically to contracts (large or small).
Posted by stodge:
You can compare apples and oranges - they're both fruit, but one's green, and one's erm orange (its a joke!)
I do think the price is a bit high for a thin client, when you can buy a full PC for the same price.
Posted by FascDot Killed My Previous Use:
It's perfectly legal for Company X to provide me with BSD binaries with no source code. The license does nothing to prevent this. Therefore my copy of BSD may not be free.
Linux providers, OTOH, are required to provide source code under the GPL, which guarantees the freedom of the software I get.
--
"Please remember that how you say something is often more important than what you say." - Rob Malda
Posted by NateY.:
I also think this is your best bet...I unzipped the muLinux X disk, tweaked a bit, and ended up with a working X install of about 4.5 MB (combined with the LRP console install, the whole OS was only 8.5 MB). A warning, though: the mulinux X I got was libc5-based, so if your system is g/libc6, you may need to grab an X server from elsewhere.
I also recommend the 9wm window manager...at about 25k, it's hard to beat for size. It's also very simple...no libraries needed, no configuration files to keep track of, etc...perfect for a minimal X install. Not much to look at, but functional...
Posted by FascDot Killed My Previous Use:
"Why don't you do it if you want to play self-appointed security person?"
What on earth are you talking about? I'm not playing self-appointed anything, I'm asking a question.
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"Please remember that how you say something is often more important than what you say." - Rob Malda
Posted by FascDot Killed My Previous Use:
"...the diminutive box is packed with ports, including Universal Serial Bus..."
I didn't think Linux USB was ready for prime time. Is WYSE jumping the gun with this announcement (i.e. vaporware) or have they made source mods that haven't been contributed back?
And speaking of which, is anyone checking up on these "embedded Linux" companies to make sure they are making the source available?
--
"Please remember that how you say something is often more important than what you say." - Rob Malda
Posted by FascDot Killed My Previous Use:
How is this different than yesterday, when "open source" wasn't trademarked, we all knew it wasn't trademarked, but that fact hadn't been published?
Are we worried about Microsoft stealing the term? Gosh, too bad. We'd have to go back to what we really mean: Free Software.
You see, the issue isn't over whether I can read the source code (or rather, that's not the full issue). The biggest issue is whether I can do whatever I want with it. "Open" doesn't describe this condition very well, which is how we got saddled with so many "read-only" licenses.
I'd go on, but I'm sure some brain-dead moderator already thinks this post is offtopic, a troll or flamebait...
--
"Please remember that how you say something is often more important than what you say." - Rob Malda
Posted by Mary CW:
Now, now...we're not all that slow. (Well, some of us are.) It's just that we have other priorities. Come on, folks, there are lots of people in the world who don't have the time or interest to look into every fad (tech or otherwise) that goes around. It's a workable sorting mechanism to ignore things until they've hung around long enough to prove that they have a lifespan longer than a mayfly.
There are clued corp types that have been reserving judgment on linux as a corp infrastructure, for good reasons...fortunately, many of the events of the past year have helped immeasureably in building acceptability in the corp sector.
So be happy, things are looking up...although as the posts on this Redhat article show, there are plenty of people who will be upset once linux is well accepted in the corp world, to counterbalance the people who are upset because it isn't accepted...
Posted by WildDev:
Haha, we should create a parody page for people to post replies like this
Posted by Mary CW:
I disagree with the various comments about how the virus problem would be solved if those "stupid lazy" users would just do as they're told.
One great truth about human civilization: Every existing problem would be solved if people would just do what they're "supposed" to do. But they don't. For various perfectly good reasons. Just because people don't behave the way you think they should, doesn't make them dumber than you.
Human (incl tech) systems need to be designed with the expectation that people will NOT do what they're "supposed" to do. That's reality.
So, yes, education is good, but you can't shrug off the problem as being totally the fault of "those dummies." People don't like this when their government, bosses, or teachers say it to them -- why should they like it any better when IT guys say it to them?