the most common objection to this is that winnt and linux are multitasking OSes. this makes it somewhat dicey to reflash an EEPROM from under these OSes....too much time or load and wham - dead eeprom. thats why you dont get awdflash for linux, windows nt or any other windows (DOS only). i think you could do it using the real time threading on linux but its often simpler to just write an assembly bios flasher (or an eeprom one) under a non multitasking OS like DOS which is basically a glorified file loader. and FreeDOS is available if you dont like M$.
Re:hmm.. boycott Virgina & Maryland.
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netscape is under the mozilla public license and NOT the GPL. its a shrinkwrap license (although not a closed source one) and since its released by a company it actually benefits from the UCITA.
probably support. its impossible to support all the millions of distros out there and redhats THE most popular. lets face it - we need the linux standard base out there NOW. cmon you LSB guys - WTF are you guys doing ?
thats bullshit. we dont need to go that far because of the signal to noise ratio. there are so many people accessing so many things that no one bothers to launch a full scale manhunt to track down anything. if on the other hand you become complacent (or stupid) enough to drop your guard, you *will* have your rights stripped. do you know how many cameras are there on EVERY street and parking lot and shopping mall in the UK ? and how many companies in the UK sell video ID software ? and that its actually possible to track people via a camera from home to the place they work ?
yeah. i use AfterStep which is a NeXT clone too. it would be kewl to see a next generation user interface that gets out of your way. the NeXT interface is pretty good but we need an interface that allows you to move windows around rapidly using a gravity/friction type interface..i.e. you can "push" a window around with your mouse and it gradually slides to a stop. basically, interfaces need to step out of the way when the user wants to do real work..and none of the current ones do (afterstep comes pretty close tho).
umm..no. most software packages (e.g. the veritas, sun and HP volume managers that i use) ALL recommend a dedicated log disk. this is because in an array if an operation fails the only think that would help recover it (besides the NVRAM battery which protects the battery backed NVRAM cache on a hardware raid device) is the log disk. so..it may not be strictly required by the definition but you would be extremely *stupid* to not have it.
RAID is for hard disks with large amounts of changing data. its not just one parity disk..RAID systems use around 30-40% of the disks striped with parity information plus a log disk (extra) in RAID-5. youre better off with just one entire mirror of your data on a different set of disks.
read a bit more about RAID - its slightly different to what youre thinking.
i imagine that stuff like communication between license servers for software is one area which standards will *not* be opened and this covers it. dont forget that RMS has different ideals than the french who want to prevent bit rot as opposed to "free software for everything".
its clearly stated in their literature. only *one* handset will work - an ericsson. its a multi band digital and analog with global roaming. ive had omnipoint prepay for 2 1/2 years now with global roaming and an ericsson set..used it in the UK, germany and the US with no problems. i really *love* their service..no hassles, prepay once with no monthly fee (well..they deduct $25 per month effectively since your minutes "expire") and no recnneciton charge if you forget to pay or keep your balance upto date. plus they usually give you bonus minutes ( i get 200 or so per month for $25..but im a long time user ) and their network is accessible everywhere ive been.
thats what the comments section is for - slashdot has jumped the gun in the past or posted incorrect stories, but anyone reading the comments section would be able to find the correction. as in this case here, as you have demonstrated, it does work.
guns teach kids responsibility. if you blow your head off because you mishandled that.375 hollow point +P magnum loaded rifle, its *your* fault..and no one elses. simply having a real gun and living with one (i was 13 when my parent got me a.22 and it "lived" in my cupboard ever since..no accidents in 2 decades..and its still sitting there) teaches you a sense of real responsibility. unfortunately more an more people have biased attitudes because they themseleves have never handled any decent level of firepower. ive handled dozens of weapons (and still do - everything from.22 to.44 magnums) and im always cautious when handling them.
yep. thats the right attitude, IMHO. unfortunately thats a european attitude more than an american one. in the good old US of A thats prolly going to have social services pay you a late night visit. we must protect the children y'see.
independence war sucks. its controls are too difficult to use and its VERY awkward to even try to shoot at something (download the demo for IW1 and IW2 and see for yourself). the defining element in the success or failure of these games is the controls..if they can be customised nicely the game will succeed..otherwise it'll just piss people off.
the problem is that SEI level 5 is completely nuts - the only use for software like that is in critical systems like the shuttle. an acceptable level of failure (e.g. the linux kernel or BSD kernels etc) are fine without going overboard. the shuttle group costs $35 million *every year*...thats more than most companies will *earn* in a year.
that line is fairly meaningless. ive seen netscape for irix (i kid you not!) running as part of a UK future command and control system/missile defense system demonstration at DERA. This is completely nuts - if they keyboard or mouse was to lock up thanks to netscape during a real missile defense, that would be the end of the system (or at least that terminal) and enemy missiles would likely get through or worse. The excuse for running netscape was that it could render images and data for the operator to identify the capabilities of enemy vehicles/missiles in real time.
The official U.S. retail launch date is June 8th 2000. We were scheduled to ship in May but the date was pushed back to June. Now before any of you come up with a conspiracy theory on this, here's what happened: Vatical, our publisher, met with many of the major retailers to introduce Terminus to them. It turned out that the decision makers at some of these retailers, including Electronics Boutique, have known about Terminus and have been following the game's progress for more than a year. And let me tell ya, they were pretty psyched to see it nearing completion. What happened was, when we finally nailed down a solid timeframe for going gold, the retailers came back to Vatical saying that they needed more time to prepare for the launch. So it was decided that the date be pushed back so we can give it a proper retail launch. It's really thrilling to see some of the retailers getting behind the game!
plus if you can get a CDROM based distro working like these guys you have a portable ssh + clean OS to take anywhere as a secure network terminal without lugging along a laptop.
Re:What it is and why Linux won't run on it.
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uuh..linux can support upto 16 cpu's..check the kernel archives..someone put a dmesg up there for 16 cpus. compactPCI/VME are usually real time...true..but linux IS supported on there - go to the page and you'll see linux support in bold letters. SCSI will work nicely on a VME board...and linux can survive on the flash. linux VME patches are also available.
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the linux kernel uses DocBook to generate automatic documentation. much better than writing documentation manually.
the most common objection to this is that winnt and linux are multitasking OSes. this makes it somewhat dicey to reflash an EEPROM from under these OSes....too much time or load and wham - dead eeprom. thats why you dont get awdflash for linux, windows nt or any other windows (DOS only). i think you could do it using the real time threading on linux but its often simpler to just write an assembly bios flasher (or an eeprom one) under a non multitasking OS like DOS which is basically a glorified file loader. and FreeDOS is available if you dont like M$.
netscape is under the mozilla public license and NOT the GPL. its a shrinkwrap license (although not a closed source one) and since its released by a company it actually benefits from the UCITA.
probably support. its impossible to support all the millions of distros out there and redhats THE most popular. lets face it - we need the linux standard base out there NOW. cmon you LSB guys - WTF are you guys doing ?
thats bullshit. we dont need to go that far because of the signal to noise ratio. there are so many people accessing so many things that no one bothers to launch a full scale manhunt to track down anything. if on the other hand you become complacent (or stupid) enough to drop your guard, you *will* have your rights stripped. do you know how many cameras are there on EVERY street and parking lot and shopping mall in the UK ? and how many companies in the UK sell video ID software ?
and that its actually possible to track people via a camera from home to the place they work ?
yeah. i use AfterStep which is a NeXT clone too. it would be kewl to see a next generation user interface that gets out of your way. the NeXT interface is pretty good but we need an interface that allows you to move windows around rapidly using a gravity/friction type interface..i.e. you can "push" a window around with your mouse and it gradually slides to a stop. basically, interfaces need to step out of the way when the user wants to do real work..and none of the current ones do (afterstep comes pretty close tho).
well..if you hack the kernel with the best of them...sleep is optional anyway. :)
umm..no. most software packages (e.g. the veritas, sun and HP volume managers that i use) ALL recommend a dedicated log disk. this is because in an array if an operation fails the only think that would help recover it (besides the NVRAM battery which protects the battery backed NVRAM cache on a hardware raid device) is the log disk. so..it may not be strictly required by the definition but you would be extremely *stupid* to not have it.
well..duh. i prefer java myself.
is here http://penwin.com/ibm/ ..although this seems to be for a compaq device.
linux pen drivers are here :
http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffer/#pen
RAID is for hard disks with large amounts of changing data. its not just one parity disk..RAID systems use around 30-40% of the disks striped with parity information plus a log disk (extra) in RAID-5. youre better off with just one entire mirror of your data on a different set of disks.
read a bit more about RAID - its slightly different to what youre thinking.
ok..you host it. download from here :
http://wiretap.area.com/Gopher/Library/ clicky here
i imagine that stuff like communication between license servers for software is one area which standards will *not* be opened and this covers it. dont forget that RMS has different ideals than the french who want to prevent bit rot as opposed to "free software for everything".
its clearly stated in their literature. only *one* handset will work - an ericsson. its a multi band digital and analog with global roaming. ive had omnipoint prepay for 2 1/2 years now with global roaming and an ericsson set..used it in the UK, germany and the US with no problems. i really *love* their service..no hassles, prepay once with no monthly fee (well..they deduct $25 per month effectively since your minutes "expire") and no recnneciton charge if you forget to pay or keep your balance upto date. plus they usually give you bonus minutes ( i get 200 or so per month for $25..but im a long time user ) and their network is accessible everywhere ive been.
thats what the comments section is for - slashdot has jumped the gun in the past or posted incorrect stories, but anyone reading the comments section would be able to find the correction. as in this case here, as you have demonstrated, it does work.
guns teach kids responsibility. if you blow your head off because you mishandled that .375 hollow point +P magnum loaded rifle, its *your* fault..and no one elses. simply having a real gun and living with one (i was 13 when my parent got me a .22 and it "lived" in my cupboard ever since..no accidents in 2 decades..and its still sitting there) teaches you a sense of real responsibility. unfortunately more an more people have biased attitudes because they themseleves have never handled any decent level of firepower. ive handled dozens of weapons (and still do - everything from .22 to .44 magnums) and im always cautious when handling them.
yep. thats the right attitude, IMHO. unfortunately thats a european attitude more than an american one. in the good old US of A thats prolly going to have social services pay you a late night visit. we must protect the children y'see.
shit. forgot to close the brackets. oh well.
correct link .
independence war sucks. its controls are too difficult to use and its VERY awkward to even try to shoot at something (download the demo for IW1 and IW2 and see for yourself). the defining element in the success or failure of these games is the controls..if they can be customised nicely the game will succeed..otherwise it'll just piss people off.
the problem is that SEI level 5 is completely nuts - the only use for software like that is in critical systems like the shuttle. an acceptable level of failure (e.g. the linux kernel or BSD kernels etc) are fine without going overboard. the shuttle group costs $35 million *every year*...thats more than most companies will *earn* in a year.
that line is fairly meaningless. ive seen netscape for irix (i kid you not!) running as part of a UK future command and control system/missile defense system demonstration at DERA. This is completely nuts - if they keyboard or mouse was to lock up thanks to netscape during a real missile defense, that would be the end of the system (or at least that terminal) and enemy missiles would likely get through or worse. The excuse for running netscape was that it could render images and data for the operator to identify the capabilities of enemy vehicles/missiles in real time.
here's an excerpt from this page.
The official U.S. retail launch date is June 8th 2000. We were scheduled to ship in May but the date was pushed back to June. Now before any of you come up with a conspiracy theory on this, here's what happened:
Vatical, our publisher, met with many of the major retailers to introduce Terminus to them. It turned out that the decision makers at some of these retailers, including Electronics Boutique, have known about Terminus and have been following the game's progress for more than a year. And let me tell ya, they were pretty psyched to see it nearing completion.
What happened was, when we finally nailed down a solid timeframe for going gold, the retailers came back to Vatical saying that they needed more time to prepare for the launch. So it was decided that the date be pushed back so we can give it a proper retail launch. It's really thrilling to see some of the retailers getting behind the game!
i meant www.demolinux.org..bad link earlier.
plus if you can get a CDROM based distro working like these guys you have a portable ssh + clean OS to take anywhere as a secure network terminal without lugging along a laptop.
uuh..linux can support upto 16 cpu's ..check the kernel archives..someone put a dmesg up there for 16 cpus.
compactPCI/VME are usually real time...true..but linux IS supported on there - go to the page and you'll see linux support in bold letters.
SCSI will work nicely on a VME board...and linux can survive on the flash.
linux VME patches are also available.