Sigh...not always. Many QUALIFIED eyes make all bugs shallow.
Case in point, the OpenSSL issue with Debian. Crippled for 1 year and 8 months because of a coding error. Very FOSS, but not a lot of people who know the intricacies of crypto. Read the latest comment in my journal for details.
FOSS is a massive improvement over closed source in this case, don't get me wrong. Just don't assume that because the code is visible it is automatically secure.
Ummm...tor is for anonymizing traffic, not securing it. It is one tool in the arsenal. Of course, if you send plain text missives on labeled letterhead tor isn't much help. Actually, it could be.
They may know those documents originated from the Latvian Embassy, but they don't know where the transmission originated from. Tor is good for publishing things like political opinions and helping hide WHERE you connected from to publish.
Besides the other two replies, which are confusing claiming ownership vs getting something back, this DOES happen in BSD land. Specifically, OpenSSH and OpenBSD made quite a stink about lack of funding and freeloaders who used the products extensively and never gave anything back. They went as far as naming names like IBM, Sun, any commercial Linux distro, Oracle, etc.
Right around the time of "if we can't raise more cash, we're closing up shop" this happened. While I understand the need for money, the rancor in the surrounding discussion about "freeloaders" was pretty strong.
At that time I concluded the BSDers were idealists while GPL people were more pragmatic. In the ideal BSD world, enough people would contribute back to useful software without being asked/shamed/cajoled. Yes, this would be a good thing. In the real world, however, companies and people will suck you dry and freeload until you die. BSD is essentially "we'll share", while quietly hoping the other guys will share back.
In GPL land it is more "we'll share if, and only if, you'll share". No guilt, no cajoling, just share and share alike or write your own damn code.
Both have their place. BSD is wonderful for getting quality code spread around. Like the BSD TCP/IP stack that made it into Windows and several routers. It improved the networking world by providing a high quality TCP/IP stack for free. Ditto OpenSSH, which provides a fantastic secure shell for free.
The GPL is becoming useful for getting hardware vendors to open things up. It allays their fears that a competitor may gain a material advantage by seeing their software. With GPL code, the competitor may improve the code but must share back or face the lawyers.
PCI is well know, well documented and much easier to debug. There are scads of tools out there for dealing with PCI logic.
PCI-X is really just a double-wide version of the PCI interface with the option to ramp up the clock to 4x. PCI-X is backwards compatible with PCI, as long as you use the correct voltage cards. It allows you to work with 32-bit and 64-bit interfaces all in one. PCI-X and standard PCI buses may run on a PCIe bridge
PCIe is an entirely different animal from the signal level on up.
I believe most hobbyists -- people who program HDL, not video hobbyists -- probably have access to PCI tools.
All that being said, after reading thru the OpenGraphics newsletters, they gave the #1 reason for PCI vs PCIe as cost. PCI is lots cheaper.
WTF do you think GPS was invented for? It was a couple of scientists who had managed to land hot girlfriends/wives and needed to make sure they could find their way home. They just sold it to the military to get someone else to pay for the satellite launches.
Components of the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation3 also contained high levels of phthalates, one of which - DEHP - is known to interfere with sexual development in mammals: including humans and, especially, males.
Hmmm...that explains the plethora of Viagra spam to geeks. The more you game, the harder it is to satisfy a woman thus the less chance of actually keeping a girlfriend. Not having a girlfriend and not getting any directly contributes to gaming more. A vicious circle!
Speaking of the seventies, in the 1870s someone actually predicted the huge environmental problems that would be posed by the futuristic society of the 1970s - the continent, he predicted, would be hip deep in horse shit.
Was he making an environmental commentary or political one?
Sorry, I should have put in more info that just the fan site link.
The MSX was trotted out about the same time as the Apple II, Atari 400/800, Commodore 64 and in the U.K., Sinclair ZX Spectrum. The MSX sales figures, in comparison to the competition at the time, were dismal. They were off by an order of magnitude -- several compared to the all-time-best-selling computer, the C64. Really only in Japan and S. Korea were the units considered successful at the time.
The reality was the sales figures given were for "all MSX" computers, trying to push the myth that they were compatible and comparable. When in fact there were problems with "this software only runs on MSX-2 machines; this on MSX-2+, etc." And due to some fundamental differences in the way the systems were programmed in comparison to the Sinclair and C-64, porting software wasn't as easy. If you didn't know the tricks -- and most non-Japanese software houses didn't seem to -- graphics were sluggish, meaning games were crap.
This was also tried again later, in a program by Intel and Microsoft, to create "Level 1, Level 2", etc. systems. That way they could simplify hardware requirement in saying "this works on any Level 1 PC". I can't remember the specifics beyond that, but believe this was a program in the mid-90s.
+ What is a MSX computer?
The whole MSX story started in 1983 when the computer companies
wanted to make a worldwide home computer standard.
The idea was that you could run programs made for one machine
on a variation on models from different companies (Just like the
PC standard today).
Companies involved with this was among others, Sony, Philips,
Spectravideo, Sanyo, Yamaha, Mitshubishi, Panasonic, Dragon,
Daewoo and a lot of other companies.
The MSX was based around the Z80 3.5Mhz 8Bit CPU, a well
know and well supported CPU for its time. It also came with
a 3 channel PSG which had no problems matching the poor quality
PC sound or other machines made in the early 80's. There was also
the possibility to add extra sounds via SCC cartridges made by
Konami, MSX Music (FM-Pac) from Panasonic and also a soundcard
originally made by Philips. As it also supported 16 colors the
machine was well suited for games and education programs.
Later models had more colors and more RAM.
The MSX did very well in Japan, South America (there are 400.000
MSX machines only in Brazil!) and quite well also in Europe.
It did not however become a huge success worldwide, but it did
reasonably well, in fact it was made and sold in Japan till
well into the 90's... and the user base still have lots of active
fans (including myself), though not the same as it was 10 years
ago for natural reasons... (the developent goes on and so does the
computer freaks:)) Still it is possible to obtain new hardware
for the MSX even today thanks to various MSX clubs. These clubs
make the Moonsound soundcard based on OPL-4 and is said to be
very good. There is also the GFX9000 graphics board that add even
better graphics to the MSX in addition comes things like SCSI
interfaces, adapters etc......
Is this a subtle joke, or are you serious (and wrong)?
The OLPC doesn't accept used laptops for donations. They're wanting $$ to purchase the XO unit and donate it abroad. This has nothing to do with old laptops in your possession that you want to get rid of responsibly.
Postini's anti-spam service does wonders. We use it for about 200 accounts and people love it. It works, rarely gets things wrong and is simple. IT (me) loves it because spam is no longer my problem. For a fee that would be less than my effort and aggravation is worth, they take care of it. We are currently investigating expanding use to compliance filtering and archiving as well.
For the record, Google purchased Postini in the not to distant past.
This is a fundamental issue that I fervently disagree with.
The government of this country should give ZERO dollars in aid. It should come from the people. It is NOT the purpose of a Republican government (Republican as is in "a republic", not the political party) to redistribute the wealth of the citizenry, much less to foreign nations.
The American people are some of the most giving in the world, assuming they have money left to give and it isn't all sucked up by a series of socialist wealth redistribution programs.
The Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 explicitly gives people the right to make personal, non-commercial copies of music they own (in the form of a tape, album, CD, etc.). The Senate commentary that accompanied the passage of that bill specifically addressed making copies for family members or use in a car.
Slashdot Mirror
Sigh...not always. Many QUALIFIED eyes make all bugs shallow.
Case in point, the OpenSSL issue with Debian. Crippled for 1 year and 8 months because of a coding error. Very FOSS, but not a lot of people who know the intricacies of crypto. Read the latest comment in my journal for details.
FOSS is a massive improvement over closed source in this case, don't get me wrong. Just don't assume that because the code is visible it is automatically secure.
Ummm...tor is for anonymizing traffic, not securing it. It is one tool in the arsenal. Of course, if you send plain text missives on labeled letterhead tor isn't much help. Actually, it could be.
They may know those documents originated from the Latvian Embassy, but they don't know where the transmission originated from. Tor is good for publishing things like political opinions and helping hide WHERE you connected from to publish.
Besides the other two replies, which are confusing claiming ownership vs getting something back, this DOES happen in BSD land. Specifically, OpenSSH and OpenBSD made quite a stink about lack of funding and freeloaders who used the products extensively and never gave anything back. They went as far as naming names like IBM, Sun, any commercial Linux distro, Oracle, etc.
Right around the time of "if we can't raise more cash, we're closing up shop" this happened. While I understand the need for money, the rancor in the surrounding discussion about "freeloaders" was pretty strong.
At that time I concluded the BSDers were idealists while GPL people were more pragmatic. In the ideal BSD world, enough people would contribute back to useful software without being asked/shamed/cajoled. Yes, this would be a good thing. In the real world, however, companies and people will suck you dry and freeload until you die. BSD is essentially "we'll share", while quietly hoping the other guys will share back.
In GPL land it is more "we'll share if, and only if, you'll share". No guilt, no cajoling, just share and share alike or write your own damn code.
Both have their place. BSD is wonderful for getting quality code spread around. Like the BSD TCP/IP stack that made it into Windows and several routers. It improved the networking world by providing a high quality TCP/IP stack for free. Ditto OpenSSH, which provides a fantastic secure shell for free.
The GPL is becoming useful for getting hardware vendors to open things up. It allays their fears that a competitor may gain a material advantage by seeing their software. With GPL code, the competitor may improve the code but must share back or face the lawyers.
Ebay!
It was the cigar and bad attitude that gave it away.
PCI is well know, well documented and much easier to debug. There are scads of tools out there for dealing with PCI logic.
PCI-X is really just a double-wide version of the PCI interface with the option to ramp up the clock to 4x. PCI-X is backwards compatible with PCI, as long as you use the correct voltage cards. It allows you to work with 32-bit and 64-bit interfaces all in one. PCI-X and standard PCI buses may run on a PCIe bridge
PCIe is an entirely different animal from the signal level on up.
I believe most hobbyists -- people who program HDL, not video hobbyists -- probably have access to PCI tools.
All that being said, after reading thru the OpenGraphics newsletters, they gave the #1 reason for PCI vs PCIe as cost. PCI is lots cheaper.
Welcome to the 21st Century, Century 21.
That's the beauty of it, he already has the next job and doesn't need a reference.
Yeah, but unless he has a swimming pool, where does he keep the sharks?
WTF do you think GPS was invented for? It was a couple of scientists who had managed to land hot girlfriends/wives and needed to make sure they could find their way home. They just sold it to the military to get someone else to pay for the satellite launches.
Get thee to an electronics store!
Oklahoma? Only two things come from Oklahoma, and I don't see any horns in that picture...
No, they are just leasing land for a tower -- which farmers have been doing since the invention of radio.
Tower maintenance is handled by the owner.
Components of the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation3 also contained high levels of phthalates, one of which - DEHP - is known to interfere with sexual development in mammals: including humans and, especially, males.
Hmmm...that explains the plethora of Viagra spam to geeks. The more you game, the harder it is to satisfy a woman thus the less chance of actually keeping a girlfriend. Not having a girlfriend and not getting any directly contributes to gaming more. A vicious circle!
Speaking of the seventies, in the 1870s someone actually predicted the huge environmental problems that would be posed by the futuristic society of the 1970s - the continent, he predicted, would be hip deep in horse shit.
Was he making an environmental commentary or political one?
Sorry, I should have put in more info that just the fan site link.
The MSX was trotted out about the same time as the Apple II, Atari 400/800, Commodore 64 and in the U.K., Sinclair ZX Spectrum. The MSX sales figures, in comparison to the competition at the time, were dismal. They were off by an order of magnitude -- several compared to the all-time-best-selling computer, the C64. Really only in Japan and S. Korea were the units considered successful at the time.
The reality was the sales figures given were for "all MSX" computers, trying to push the myth that they were compatible and comparable. When in fact there were problems with "this software only runs on MSX-2 machines; this on MSX-2+, etc." And due to some fundamental differences in the way the systems were programmed in comparison to the Sinclair and C-64, porting software wasn't as easy. If you didn't know the tricks -- and most non-Japanese software houses didn't seem to -- graphics were sluggish, meaning games were crap.
This was also tried again later, in a program by Intel and Microsoft, to create "Level 1, Level 2", etc. systems. That way they could simplify hardware requirement in saying "this works on any Level 1 PC". I can't remember the specifics beyond that, but believe this was a program in the mid-90s.
...are doomed to repeat it.
:)) Still it is possible to obtain new hardware
Can you say "MSX"?
+ What is a MSX computer?
The whole MSX story started in 1983 when the computer companies
wanted to make a worldwide home computer standard.
The idea was that you could run programs made for one machine
on a variation on models from different companies (Just like the
PC standard today).
Companies involved with this was among others, Sony, Philips,
Spectravideo, Sanyo, Yamaha, Mitshubishi, Panasonic, Dragon,
Daewoo and a lot of other companies.
The MSX was based around the Z80 3.5Mhz 8Bit CPU, a well
know and well supported CPU for its time. It also came with
a 3 channel PSG which had no problems matching the poor quality
PC sound or other machines made in the early 80's. There was also
the possibility to add extra sounds via SCC cartridges made by
Konami, MSX Music (FM-Pac) from Panasonic and also a soundcard
originally made by Philips. As it also supported 16 colors the
machine was well suited for games and education programs.
Later models had more colors and more RAM.
The MSX did very well in Japan, South America (there are 400.000
MSX machines only in Brazil!) and quite well also in Europe.
It did not however become a huge success worldwide, but it did
reasonably well, in fact it was made and sold in Japan till
well into the 90's... and the user base still have lots of active
fans (including myself), though not the same as it was 10 years
ago for natural reasons... (the developent goes on and so does the
computer freaks
for the MSX even today thanks to various MSX clubs. These clubs
make the Moonsound soundcard based on OPL-4 and is said to be
very good. There is also the GFX9000 graphics board that add even
better graphics to the MSX in addition comes things like SCSI
interfaces, adapters etc......
Is this a subtle joke, or are you serious (and wrong)?
The OLPC doesn't accept used laptops for donations. They're wanting $$ to purchase the XO unit and donate it abroad. This has nothing to do with old laptops in your possession that you want to get rid of responsibly.
Ummm..let me be very clear. No one is going down there with sharp objects! :-)
My wife had her tubes tied after giving birth to twins. She was still in the hospital and it was very simple at that point.
Our Bishop had one comment about that: "It is between you and your wife." I've never heard it brought up anywhere else.
Thank you for the clarifying post and your work on Konsole.
Postini's anti-spam service does wonders. We use it for about 200 accounts and people love it. It works, rarely gets things wrong and is simple. IT (me) loves it because spam is no longer my problem. For a fee that would be less than my effort and aggravation is worth, they take care of it. We are currently investigating expanding use to compliance filtering and archiving as well.
For the record, Google purchased Postini in the not to distant past.
Hmmm...time to upgrade the glasses, grandpa.
:-)
This is about resizing the text INPUT BOX, not the text itself.
You're right, but just the wrong subject.
And by the Government, not the people.
This is a fundamental issue that I fervently disagree with.
The government of this country should give ZERO dollars in aid. It should come from the people. It is NOT the purpose of a Republican government (Republican as is in "a republic", not the political party) to redistribute the wealth of the citizenry, much less to foreign nations.
The American people are some of the most giving in the world, assuming they have money left to give and it isn't all sucked up by a series of socialist wealth redistribution programs.
One of the "exceptions" you mention...
The Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 explicitly gives people the right to make personal, non-commercial copies of music they own (in the form of a tape, album, CD, etc.). The Senate commentary that accompanied the passage of that bill specifically addressed making copies for family members or use in a car.
Add a good subwoofer and some speakers to the electric car and jack in an iPod with the appropriate engine sound.
I remember seeing this mod on a couple of electric cars. They were just too quiet for most people who grew up with big engines.