The biggest issue I'm facing with 2.6 is getting module loading to work correctly. Seems that Debian/Knoppix isn't reading through the correct config file at bootup, even with the correct version of module-init-tools running. SpeedStep seems a bit sketchy too, but it's Centrino, so it could just be a matter of time.
Has anyone else had this problem? I've read that it may be a symptom of running a mixed stable/testing system, but I have yet to see a solution for the problem.
USB has a lot of advantages though. The fact that I can connect a printer, gamepad, Wacom (which doubles as a mouse), and a number pad with one cable makes a big difference for me, on a notebook.
And although I do find that occasionally they'll interfere with each other, in general, everything seems to work pretty well. Aside from a webcam, I haven't really had any real problems with stuff connected through a hub.
The real problem I see is what happens when these guns are adopted, at least in some sectors, be it 5 or 10 years from now, or maybe even sooner with the way the world works today.
Because it's all well and good for a cop to be able to prove that, Yes, I did fire in self-defense, but when courts start basing cases on the evidence from guns that record user details, and these things affect peoples lives, it becomes a whole lot scarier.
Sure, the crypto that ensures that only the gun and authorized dealers can modify the onboard memory is great now, and will be better when they actually hit production, what happens in 30 years, when guns made 5 years from now are a quarter century old?
Do you want to trust that the records in a gun made 25 years earlier are secure enough? Because everything's fine until some ex-employee of the gun's manufacturer cracks the ram, or flash memory, or whatever they used to store the data, and frames you for a murder. Think about it, 30 years from now how hard would it be to get somebody's fingerprint, when even today they're being used for authentication?
The real question is, if you wouldn't entrust your email and IM conversations to 1970's crypto technology, in the future is it a good idea to trust peoples' lives to what we've got today?
While Canada isn't influenced by corporate interests as much, the pressure from the US through media and pressure from American companies with offices/divisions in Canada tends to influence our government.
We don't have hollywood, but we're still influenced by it, and we get much of our media from the States, so it really makes a big difference in Canadian policy.
I really hope we don't get something like the DMCA, but realistically, whatever happens in the States as far a protected media, etc. is going to affect Canada and everybody else to varying degrees, so I'm not sure it will make much of a difference. Still worth trying to stop it though, even if just to avoid things like the Dmitry DMCA thing.
Well, the desk I have is way too high off the ground, so it kinda makes you sit up.
Plus, keeping at a nice 30 - 35 degree angle with your feet on the desk helps...
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The biggest issue I'm facing with 2.6 is getting module loading to work correctly. Seems that Debian/Knoppix isn't reading through the correct config file at bootup, even with the correct version of module-init-tools running. SpeedStep seems a bit sketchy too, but it's Centrino, so it could just be a matter of time.
Has anyone else had this problem? I've read that it may be a symptom of running a mixed stable/testing system, but I have yet to see a solution for the problem.
USB has a lot of advantages though.
The fact that I can connect a printer, gamepad, Wacom (which doubles as a mouse), and a number pad with one cable makes a big difference for me, on a notebook.
And although I do find that occasionally they'll interfere with each other, in general, everything seems to work pretty well. Aside from a webcam, I haven't really had any real problems with stuff connected through a hub.
The real problem I see is what happens when these guns are adopted, at least in some sectors, be it 5 or 10 years from now, or maybe even sooner with the way the world works today.
Because it's all well and good for a cop to be able to prove that, Yes, I did fire in self-defense, but when courts start basing cases on the evidence from guns that record user details, and these things affect peoples lives, it becomes a whole lot scarier.
Sure, the crypto that ensures that only the gun and authorized dealers can modify the onboard memory is great now, and will be better when they actually hit production, what happens in 30 years, when guns made 5 years from now are a quarter century old?
Do you want to trust that the records in a gun made 25 years earlier are secure enough? Because everything's fine until some ex-employee of the gun's manufacturer cracks the ram, or flash memory, or whatever they used to store the data, and frames you for a murder. Think about it, 30 years from now how hard would it be to get somebody's fingerprint, when even today they're being used for authentication?
The real question is, if you wouldn't entrust your email and IM conversations to 1970's crypto technology, in the future is it a good idea to trust peoples' lives to what we've got today?
While Canada isn't influenced by corporate interests as much, the pressure from the US through media and pressure from American companies with offices/divisions in Canada tends to influence our government.
We don't have hollywood, but we're still influenced by it, and we get much of our media from the States, so it really makes a big difference in Canadian policy.
I really hope we don't get something like the DMCA, but realistically, whatever happens in the States as far a protected media, etc. is going to affect Canada and everybody else to varying degrees, so I'm not sure it will make much of a difference. Still worth trying to stop it though, even if just to avoid things like the Dmitry DMCA thing.
Well, the desk I have is way too high off the ground, so it kinda makes you sit up. Plus, keeping at a nice 30 - 35 degree angle with your feet on the desk helps...