For Intels, FreeBSD is probably the best choice, speaking of performance.
NetBSD is cool because it runs on almost anything with a decent CPU inside (Sparc, Toaster, Mower...) I plan on using it for my NAT/FW on an almost obsolete SparcStation 5 and for a SSH-only Mailmachine on an even obsoleter (but still cute) Sparc IPX.
Speaking of OpenBSD I still believe that a reasonable admin can achieve as much a secure system with Free- and NetBSD or a Linux as he could with OpenBSD.
Mostly, the choice is of your BSD is rather ideological than technical. As is with choosing a Linux Distribution. (For example, I quite like Slackware because of it's BSDish approach to Linux.)
Self destruction, well okay if it just renders the laptop out of use but implementing semtex or anything like these is a bit exagerated. Just think, some evil coder builds a virus with a payload to trigger self destruction if available. As Melissa, Iloveyou and other viruses have shown, within some days most governments and secret services will have to buy new laptops for their employees and have new employees as well.
The blue screen of death will have to be renamed to "blow screen of death".
I wouldn't say Public Domain software is of lower quality than commercial software. This is being too general.
We've seen an increasing number of commercial products of minor quality being published/sold, mostly just to make money. Or what other reason can there be for a software house to publish beta-versions and lots of "Service-Packs" for it?
It's a patent owned by someone. Either you pay the license or your shoes will be confiscated and you need to walk barefoot (which process is patented as well...)
There are times, when I wish to be able to keep staying awake for as long as I want.
But to all you thinking sleeping is a waste of time, besides (as some other slashdotters pointed out) that our body needs the rest, have you ever heard of lucid dreaming? Alternate Reality anyone?
Although Linux is all english, or at least most of it, there are lots of people I know of who want to try it but are scared away, because they fear not understanding the manuals. SuSE (though not being my favourite distro) is still translating the kernel-config, glibc and the man-pages. They really have done a good job up to now (judging the translations).
There also are numerous books in german over a wide range. Books for beginners and for the more experiences Penguinista.
My first book was "Linux" written by Marc-André Selig (Markt & Technik Verlag). It talks about installation of Slackware, Debian, SuSE and Red Hat and it gives the newbie a crashcourse in using the bash. Quite sufficient for a start.
The next book was "Linux Intern" (Data Becker Verlag). This book comes with a Slackware on CD but also talks about installing other distributions. I don't recommend this book for the total clueless newbie because beside installation topics it also discusses the internal structure of I-Nodes or devicedrivers and the like. I have yet read it twice but still do not understand everything written in it. =:-)
(I'm using Slackware and I like it very much, so I'm probably biased)
Slackware is the most "Unix" Distribution I know of. It has no such specialized things like a YaST, apt-get or rpm. It's also much slicker than the scripts found in a SuSE-Distribution.
Probably that's why it's included in most of the books.
Although I hear you say: "What? No package-manager? Are you crazy?" There ARE packages for Slackware and they do work very well. Check http://www.linuxmafia.org.
But they could mark entire batches with separate watermarks. So they would at least know, of which country the copy was coming from.
Also, it'd be possible to use the watermark as a region code, which will only play on some players. (Think DVD)
Of course, older CD-Players are not affectet, but (I think it was) Sony has invented some sort of "double-density CD" which can store about 99 minutes of music.
Fascinating. Now you can embed stupid banner ads directly into the audio content of an mp3. This is both cool and scary.
That's right. On the other hand, the playersoftware needs to have this stuff implemented.
Let's hope that at least some of the players have the ability to disable that feature.
You buy a CD at your local recordstore or via the Web and pay with your creditcard. The CD itself has a unique serialnumber which is also watermarked into every track on the CD itself.
The recordcompanies now know who you are and which CD you bought.
Now, you lend (or even give it as a present) to a friend of yours, who rips a track, encodes it to MP3 and puts the file on gnutella.
Some weeks later, you'll receive a letter from the RIAA and though you don't have the CD anymore this will make it even harder for you to prove your innocence.
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Sounds interesting. Can you name any Distros?
Nope, it's based off of Ping-Pong which is based off of tennis.
For Intels, FreeBSD is probably the best choice, speaking of performance.
NetBSD is cool because it runs on almost anything with a decent CPU inside (Sparc, Toaster, Mower...) I plan on using it for my NAT/FW on an almost obsolete SparcStation 5 and for a SSH-only Mailmachine on an even obsoleter (but still cute) Sparc IPX.
Speaking of OpenBSD I still believe that a reasonable admin can achieve as much a secure system with Free- and NetBSD or a Linux as he could with OpenBSD.
Mostly, the choice is of your BSD is rather ideological than technical. As is with choosing a Linux Distribution. (For example, I quite like Slackware because of it's BSDish approach to Linux.)
I've met different Newbies than yours are.
Most of the time, all I get is "My Linux does not work" or "I want a Webserver"... *sigh*
Self destruction, well okay if it just renders the laptop out of use but implementing semtex or anything like these is a bit exagerated. Just think, some evil coder builds a virus with a payload to trigger self destruction if available. As Melissa, Iloveyou and other viruses have shown, within some days most governments and secret services will have to buy new laptops for their employees and have new employees as well.
The blue screen of death will have to be renamed to "blow screen of death".
And for the rest, there ist the Open Directory Project.
Anyone remember "Decathlon" or "Track & Field" on the C64? Imagine playing these games using your head as a joystick... OUCH!
I wouldn't say Public Domain software is of lower quality than commercial software. This is being too general.
We've seen an increasing number of commercial products of minor quality being published/sold, mostly just to make money. Or what other reason can there be for a software house to publish beta-versions and lots of "Service-Packs" for it?
Either they upgraded the server or someone downloaded it before and it's in my ISP's proxy. I'm downloading it with 160 kb/s this moment.
It's a patent owned by someone. Either you pay the license or your shoes will be confiscated and you need to walk barefoot (which process is patented as well...)
I'm patenting the way I tie my shoes.
Everyone else either pays licensing fees or has to wear his shoes untied.
I agree with you.
But, the question is: Was it worth the try? Was it worth, giving life to a baby which might would not exist if the girl didn't have this disease?
but the ned result made it worth it, but still I dont know how "good" this all is..
Imagine you were that little girl. What'd you think? Was it right or wrong to do it?
On the other hand:
Imagine you were the baby. What'd you think? Was it right or wrong to do it?
One could call this a hack. Nobody is hurt because of it, it's just annoying to those user that tried to download the track from Napster.
Of course, I'd be annoyed when it'd happen to me, but on the other hand, this is a hackish way to fight. (Or do you prefer lawsuits over and over?)
No way! Encode them as small as possible!
It costs them per song, not per MByte!
There are times, when I wish to be able to keep staying awake for as long as I want.
But to all you thinking sleeping is a waste of time, besides (as some other slashdotters pointed out) that our body needs the rest, have you ever heard of lucid dreaming? Alternate Reality anyone?
It can also be found on gnutella.
Although Linux is all english, or at least most of it, there are lots of people I know of who want to try it but are scared away, because they fear not understanding the manuals. SuSE (though not being my favourite distro) is still translating the kernel-config, glibc and the man-pages. They really have done a good job up to now (judging the translations).
There also are numerous books in german over a wide range. Books for beginners and for the more experiences Penguinista.
My first book was "Linux" written by Marc-André Selig (Markt & Technik Verlag). It talks about installation of Slackware, Debian, SuSE and Red Hat and it gives the newbie a crashcourse in using the bash. Quite sufficient for a start.
The next book was "Linux Intern" (Data Becker Verlag). This book comes with a Slackware on CD but also talks about installing other distributions. I don't recommend this book for the total clueless newbie because beside installation topics it also discusses the internal structure of I-Nodes or devicedrivers and the like. I have yet read it twice but still do not understand everything written in it. =:-)
(I'm using Slackware and I like it very much, so I'm probably biased)
Slackware is the most "Unix" Distribution I know of. It has no such specialized things like a YaST, apt-get or rpm. It's also much slicker than the scripts found in a SuSE-Distribution.
Probably that's why it's included in most of the books.
Although I hear you say: "What? No package-manager? Are you crazy?" There ARE packages for Slackware and they do work very well. Check http://www.linuxmafia.org.
Besides, it's one rock solid Linux-Distribution.
http://www.esa.int
The European Space Agency
nobodywants.us
But they could mark entire batches with separate watermarks. So they would at least know, of which country the copy was coming from.
Also, it'd be possible to use the watermark as a region code, which will only play on some players. (Think DVD)
Of course, older CD-Players are not affectet, but (I think it was) Sony has invented some sort of "double-density CD" which can store about 99 minutes of music.
Fascinating. Now you can embed stupid banner ads directly into the audio content of an mp3. This is both cool and scary.
That's right. On the other hand, the playersoftware needs to have this stuff implemented.
Let's hope that at least some of the players have the ability to disable that feature.
Or else, we'd need a junkbuster for MP3..?
converted to analog, shifted phases, played through a tin-can phone...
I can see it coming:
You buy a CD at your local recordstore or via the Web and pay with your creditcard. The CD itself has a unique serialnumber which is also watermarked into every track on the CD itself.
The recordcompanies now know who you are and which CD you bought.
Now, you lend (or even give it as a present) to a friend of yours, who rips a track, encodes it to MP3 and puts the file on gnutella.
Some weeks later, you'll receive a letter from the RIAA and though you don't have the CD anymore this will make it even harder for you to prove your innocence.
I don't want that.