OSs need a standard application interface commmonly accepted by software developers You mean like POSIX? (Portable Operating System Interface for uniX)
For those not aware, you can change the shortcuts in gimp to whatever you want. Some people have already made the photoshop shortcuts for you. So all you have to do is download the gimp-photoshop shortcut file and you're set.
The Neuros (audio computer) will do it for you. When you listen to radio on it, hit the record button. When you sync it'll id the song for you (using MusicBrainz or something similar).
Sensor Network research has been going on for quite some time. CENS isn't the only place doing the research. Some of the original work actually came from SCADDS from USC/ISI, with some of the same people now at CENS. All the UCs are very involved in Sensor Networks, Berkeley for example was the orginator of the current most popular hardware, the motes, now manufactured by Crossbow. Intel also makes their own version of the motes, though they are not sold comertially yet.
Most of the hardware runs in a specific OS called TinyOS, which is open source. Other hardware, like the Stargates (also from Crossbow) run an arm version of debian.
You can find lots of neat info about Sensor Networks from the specialized conferences like Sensys, IPSN, etc.
Most of the projects done with Sensor Networks have been geared towards the biological monitoring fields. However, the funding comes in from NSF as well as DARPA so sometimes it is security/military based.
I once asked RMS in a conference what he thought about products with a short shelf life value, like games. There are not too many ways to create a profit out of a game if you make it open source.
His answer was that in those cases they can have it closed source for a few months (3?) and then release it open source.
I guess a trend that might be possible today would be to have open source engines and pay-for content.
You mean like http://www.wirlab.net/kphone/ or http://www.gnomemeeting.org/? kphone only has a few codecs and I can't vouch for it's full functionality since I haven't used it for calls (though it seems to authenticate me just fine). gnomemeeting doesn't do SIP yet, but they're working on it.
And, BTW, like others have said before Speex is unrelated to NAT.
If he's a geek worth his weight in salt (or silicon) he'll be reading slashdot and might be able to guess that you are you.
I wonder how many of the geeks with GF/BF that read slashdot are wondering if you're their significant other.
So, given that the cover of a surprise gift might be blown, you could always ask him what he wants. If it's surprise what you want, then you could practically get him anything. Personalized stuff and niche stuff (i.e. cafepress) can always be an option. Non geek can always be an option.
Given that it's Valentine's you're asking about, remember that it's better if the gift is something romantic and/or for both of you.
A long time ago I programmed a card for my gf in delphi. It was an autorun CD with a small interactive program that showed pictures, music and had a presentation mode. I got a good response with that:-). Which makes me wonder, since we broke up, where is the code and can I relsease it under the GPL...
Without RTFA I can say, why not the Neuros? Albeit a bit bigger you can swap in the hard drive module and voila. You also get the ability to transmit FM and song identification, not to mention support for Ogg and Linux via positron.
While you might have half a point, what about the drink? Add that in and the difference is what?... $1 to $2 per person.
Now consider the time to make the pasta, which includes clean up and similar. Assuming it takes you 20 mins, that is 20 minutes you could have spent doing something else, i.e working (hopefully for more than $3-6/hour)
I realize it takes time to go to the fast food joint, but you might be on the way back from somewhere or on the go, the time saved can be invaluable.
There are other questions that come into play too. How close is your nearest BK? Do you have to cook by yourself or do you have somebody/something to keep you company. Cooking by/for yourself is not something everybody enjoys.
I don't think that saving money is one of the best arguments to eat at home. Try a different dish, for example, a chicken sandwich, what's the difference there?
It's not like they're killing you because you need to pay $$$$ to upgrade to RedHat 2005. All you need to do is download the new version and upgrade. I do think a year is kind of short... Like someone said maybe they should support at least the last mayor release.
I mean, how does FreeBSD do it? Do "they" fully support 4.0?... 4.7? 4-stable? I don't see them recommending 4.4 to anybody right now, even though it was pretty stable. 4-stable is the recommended Server software until what... 5.2?
In this case, the question is, how long do you give support for a product so that your costumers feel that the upgrade will be stable, after all, it's not like they _have_to_ request PHB for a few grand to upgrade.
All I can say is good for RH, but I would have thought a "previous major version support" would have been better.
Then again, you can always just get the latest stable version of whatever software you need so much (apache? sendmail? vi?). And in the case you're building a new system, why not install the latest stable distro version anyway.
I do understand that people have different requirements, so there are exceptions to everything. I mean, you can always do your own RedHat 5.0 support department if you wish.
I've seen quite a few posts that seem to imply that binary modules cannot be used with the new kernel. That is not true.
What is true is that they are doing things like not exporting the system call table so that any module can change it at their will. That is, a binary module can't replace the write call or fork call. There are other mechanisms like syscall registering for modules that need some new system call. (I haven't looked into that aspect yet).
What they are doing is not encouraging binary only modules. (and by binary I mean non GPL). The example they use is the modification of work queues. Things like tainting the kernel (so the kernel knows when it's been tampered with by proprietary code (read loaded a non GPL module)) have been around for a while now. Kernel people will not give support to problems with tainted kernels.
I use and nvidia driver in one of my computers, and that taints my kernel. I understand the implications. I also see no reason why nvidia has to modify my syscall table.
In short, I don't think normal "drivers" need to modify the syscall table. You can add a new filesystem, network protocol, etc without the need to modify the syscall table. So stop complaining about no more binary only drivers.
I agree with the developers in the choice. I also wish nVidia, along with the other companies, GPLed their drivers. After all, they are _drivers_ for the hardware I bought. And if they don't want to, they could at least release the complete specifications for the hardware so we can build our own 3D accelerated drivers.
I frequent the #costarica (undernet) channel, where as you expect, they would speak spanish. As it turns out, they don't really speak spanish, they speak a mixture of spanish, costarican slang, english, english netspeak and spanish netspeak.
For a english newcommer, it is very hard to understand. Even for a spanish speaker newcommer it might be hard to understand. How the hell did we go from "huevón" to "weon"?
This is also to say that a lot of people (myself included) have stopped using the "beggining" punctuation marks in spanish, i.e. and
I don't know where this will lead the language, I definately don't think it has affected schools yet. I'm just glad I can understand it.
I wonder how this has affected other languages? Specially since to me it looks that english is the dominating net language (until Mandarin or whatever is supposed to take over)
What are the 1337 speak slangs of other languages out there?
What is the percentage of sites that actually use third party modules?
I think the fact that it's not being adopted is more because there is no need for the new version from most sites. What they have works and is stable, so there is no reason to upgrade.
Maybe Bruce can ask some of the audience if they want to participate. I don't know if this has other legal implications like conspiracy or something. It would be a stronger statement to see a group of people breaking the DMCA.
Just imagine, old respectable people, young workers, house dads/wifes, etc. It would be even be more interesting if he could get some "big" figures to back him up. Most big figures have ties with the industry, so it would be hard to see Celine Dion marking her own record. Maybe Ozzy or Marylin. Anybody have contacts with sports stars? I guess it would also be neat to see some republicans/democrats/greens, etc doing it.
Another thing that is important is good media coverage.
I can't join you, but I'll contribute (the little that I have) to legal expenses.
You meant a web site developer, right?
I'm sure code developers where happy with vim/emacs/code warrior/make, etc. I don't think they needed too much Visual Studio or whatever the equivalent for Macs is.
I wouldn't like to be stuck developing code in windows, specially code for SUNs.
For web developing I guess Macs are OK.
I would think that it's our obligation to use that knowledge. Not because we agree with how it was obtained, but because those people shouldn't have died in vain. It is, however, our duty to make sure research is done the right way. But if we learn something from "mistakes" it doesn't mean that knowledge is bad.
I see more controversial the research in military weapons or tactics, which definately are going to be used for war/destruction.
Take the knowledge that we might have "wrongfully" gained and start doing good stuff, solve cancer or something.
Slashdot Mirror
This was at PARC
For those not aware, you can change the shortcuts in gimp to whatever you want. Some people have already made the photoshop shortcuts for you. So all you have to do is download the gimp-photoshop shortcut file and you're set.
cl
The Neuros (audio computer) will do it for you. When you listen to radio on it, hit the record button. When you sync it'll id the song for you (using MusicBrainz or something similar).
cl
Sensor Network research has been going on for quite some time. CENS isn't the only place doing the research. Some of the original work actually came from SCADDS from USC/ISI, with some of the same people now at CENS. All the UCs are very involved in Sensor Networks, Berkeley for example was the orginator of the current most popular hardware, the motes, now manufactured by Crossbow. Intel also makes their own version of the motes, though they are not sold comertially yet.
Most of the hardware runs in a specific OS called TinyOS, which is open source. Other hardware, like the Stargates (also from Crossbow) run an arm version of debian.
You can find lots of neat info about Sensor Networks from the specialized conferences like Sensys, IPSN, etc.
Most of the projects done with Sensor Networks have been geared towards the biological monitoring fields. However, the funding comes in from NSF as well as DARPA so sometimes it is security/military based.
It's an interesting world out there...
cl
I once asked RMS in a conference what he thought about products with a short shelf life value, like games. There are not too many ways to create a profit out of a game if you make it open source.
His answer was that in those cases they can have it closed source for a few months (3?) and then release it open source.
I guess a trend that might be possible today would be to have open source engines and pay-for content.
You mean like http://www.wirlab.net/kphone/ or http://www.gnomemeeting.org/? kphone only has a few codecs and I can't vouch for it's full functionality since I haven't used it for calls (though it seems to authenticate me just fine). gnomemeeting doesn't do SIP yet, but they're working on it.
And, BTW, like others have said before Speex is unrelated to NAT.
If he's a geek worth his weight in salt (or silicon) he'll be reading slashdot and might be able to guess that you are you.
:-). Which makes me wonder, since we broke up, where is the code and can I relsease it under the GPL...
I wonder how many of the geeks with GF/BF that read slashdot are wondering if you're their significant other.
So, given that the cover of a surprise gift might be blown, you could always ask him what he wants. If it's surprise what you want, then you could practically get him anything. Personalized stuff and niche stuff (i.e. cafepress) can always be an option. Non geek can always be an option.
Given that it's Valentine's you're asking about, remember that it's better if the gift is something romantic and/or for both of you.
A long time ago I programmed a card for my gf in delphi. It was an autorun CD with a small interactive program that showed pictures, music and had a presentation mode. I got a good response with that
Without RTFA I can say, why not the Neuros? Albeit a bit bigger you can swap in the hard drive module and voila. You also get the ability to transmit FM and song identification, not to mention support for Ogg and Linux via positron.
You mean the Piled Higher and Deeper Comic strip?
Why are there too many? Why should there even be a limit on the number of TLD's?
Scalability
DNS has a hierarchical structure so it can scale. If everybody had TLDs then then root servers would get swamped with queries.
cl
While you might have half a point, what about the drink? Add that in and the difference is what?... $1 to $2 per person.
Now consider the time to make the pasta, which includes clean up and similar. Assuming it takes you 20 mins, that is 20 minutes you could have spent doing something else, i.e working (hopefully for more than $3-6/hour)
I realize it takes time to go to the fast food joint, but you might be on the way back from somewhere or on the go, the time saved can be invaluable.
There are other questions that come into play too. How close is your nearest BK? Do you have to cook by yourself or do you have somebody/something to keep you company. Cooking by/for yourself is not something everybody enjoys.
I don't think that saving money is one of the best arguments to eat at home. Try a different dish, for example, a chicken sandwich, what's the difference there?
cl
here's a list of things I consider really important:
bread
jeans
teflon
duct tape
latex
I don't know if the surpassed the expectations, but they sure fill my needs.
cl
It's not like they're killing you because you need to pay $$$$ to upgrade to RedHat 2005. All you need to do is download the new version and upgrade. I do think a year is kind of short ... Like someone said maybe they should support at least the last mayor release.
... 4.7? 4-stable? I don't see them recommending 4.4 to anybody right now, even though it was pretty stable. 4-stable is the recommended Server software until what ... 5.2?
I mean, how does FreeBSD do it? Do "they" fully support 4.0?
In this case, the question is, how long do you give support for a product so that your costumers feel that the upgrade will be stable, after all, it's not like they _have_to_ request PHB for a few grand to upgrade.
All I can say is good for RH, but I would have thought a "previous major version support" would have been better.
Then again, you can always just get the latest stable version of whatever software you need so much (apache? sendmail? vi?). And in the case you're building a new system, why not install the latest stable distro version anyway.
I do understand that people have different requirements, so there are exceptions to everything. I mean, you can always do your own RedHat 5.0 support department if you wish.
cl
I've seen quite a few posts that seem to imply that binary modules cannot be used with the new kernel. That is not true.
What is true is that they are doing things like not exporting the system call table so that any module can change it at their will. That is, a binary module can't replace the write call or fork call. There are other mechanisms like syscall registering for modules that need some new system call. (I haven't looked into that aspect yet).
What they are doing is not encouraging binary only modules. (and by binary I mean non GPL). The example they use is the modification of work queues. Things like tainting the kernel (so the kernel knows when it's been tampered with by proprietary code (read loaded a non GPL module)) have been around for a while now. Kernel people will not give support to problems with tainted kernels.
I use and nvidia driver in one of my computers, and that taints my kernel. I understand the implications. I also see no reason why nvidia has to modify my syscall table.
In short, I don't think normal "drivers" need to modify the syscall table. You can add a new filesystem, network protocol, etc without the need to modify the syscall table. So stop complaining about no more binary only drivers.
I agree with the developers in the choice. I also wish nVidia, along with the other companies, GPLed their drivers. After all, they are _drivers_ for the hardware I bought. And if they don't want to, they could at least release the complete specifications for the hardware so we can build our own 3D accelerated drivers.
cl
s/to/too
You can download from here to:
sluglug ftp
cl
I frequent the #costarica (undernet) channel, where as you expect, they would speak spanish. As it turns out, they don't really speak spanish, they speak a mixture of spanish, costarican slang, english, english netspeak and spanish netspeak.
For a english newcommer, it is very hard to understand. Even for a spanish speaker newcommer it might be hard to understand. How the hell did we go from "huevón" to "weon"?
This is also to say that a lot of people (myself included) have stopped using the "beggining" punctuation marks in spanish, i.e. and
I don't know where this will lead the language, I definately don't think it has affected schools yet. I'm just glad I can understand it.
I wonder how this has affected other languages? Specially since to me it looks that english is the dominating net language (until Mandarin or whatever is supposed to take over)
What are the 1337 speak slangs of other languages out there?
cl
(yeah yeah, my spelling sucks)
What is the percentage of sites that actually use third party modules?
I think the fact that it's not being adopted is more because there is no need for the new version from most sites. What they have works and is stable, so there is no reason to upgrade.
cl
Works Suite includes Word, Works the "simple version" does not.
cl
Maybe Bruce can ask some of the audience if they want to participate. I don't know if this has other legal implications like conspiracy or something. It would be a stronger statement to see a group of people breaking the DMCA.
Just imagine, old respectable people, young workers, house dads/wifes, etc. It would be even be more interesting if he could get some "big" figures to back him up. Most big figures have ties with the industry, so it would be hard to see Celine Dion marking her own record. Maybe Ozzy or Marylin. Anybody have contacts with sports stars?
I guess it would also be neat to see some republicans/democrats/greens, etc doing it.
Another thing that is important is good media coverage.
I can't join you, but I'll contribute (the little that I have) to legal expenses.
cl
There's a slashdot.com!? .... wow, you learn new things every day.
cl
How safe do you thing their off-site backups are?
Are the off shore? If so, do the backups need to comply to the laws of the country they reside in?
cl
Then again, she isn't a developer...
You meant a web site developer, right?
I'm sure code developers where happy with vim/emacs/code warrior/make, etc. I don't think they needed too much Visual Studio or whatever the equivalent for Macs is.
I wouldn't like to be stuck developing code in windows, specially code for SUNs. For web developing I guess Macs are OK.
cl
I somewhat disagree.
I would think that it's our obligation to use that knowledge. Not because we agree with how it was obtained, but because those people shouldn't have died in vain. It is, however, our duty to make sure research is done the right way. But if we learn something from "mistakes" it doesn't mean that knowledge is bad.
I see more controversial the research in military weapons or tactics, which definately are going to be used for war/destruction.
Take the knowledge that we might have "wrongfully" gained and start doing good stuff, solve cancer or something.
cl