Well, since there's several different slash-like Open Source alternatives Out There(TM) (slash, php-slash, Squishdot...) I'd hardly think that it would be a problem. As it has been mentioned, imitation is the sincerest form of flatterly...
That being said, most do give some credit, at least... --
give credit where credit is due. If you run slashcode, then you (should) have a Slash logo with a link to slashcode.com, and it would seem appropriate to provide a link to Slashdot, too. In this case, I'd think that a link to linux.com and certainly a nice writeup on the credits page (like "the layout of this site was inspired by linux.com, blah, blah")... besides, this is a kid's site on his linux box in his dorm room (yes, he does host autctions). I think we could cut him some slack here - this really isn't a commercial website, so it shouldn't be a big deal. Likewise, he should give credit for the layout. Really not much of a problem, though. --
For a while (back in '96) I was using notpad.exe as my shell for win95 (no joke, really). It worked well - took out a lot of the useless gook, and kept an otherwise unstable system and helped it out quite a bit (slowed down that memory leak). I still remember using the Central Point shell for Win3.1... multiple deskspaces... way ahead of it's time (as windows goes - X had quite a few WMs that would do this, of course).
Expecting a power cycle now and then to keep a system stable is a corner-cutting way of not fixing your O/S and apps (are you listening, MS?) --
Heh? You don't need to reboot into "safe mode" - just regular mode with Standard PCI SVGA driver... worked for me... personally, I've always like the Matrox windows drivers updates. Run the setup.exe, make a few choices on the add-ons - it puts up a little window that tells you not to click until this is done, then runs through the control panel, etc and does everything for you (a lot quicker than a person could, of course, since it is scripted).
>Besides, anyone else noticed that some mailing lists (esp. ZDNet ones) tend to multiply? As if they decide to add your address to other lists of theirs?
That and the pages that have tiny hidden boxes with nearly invisible text "click here if you don't wan't to receive mail from us, our partners, and whomever else we see fit to sell your info to". Opt-out is one thing, but some of these hardly give you a fair chance...
Just fill out the info with MAILER-DAEMON@[theirsite] and have them send you all the additional mailings you could ever want 8^) --
It's not a contract it's a policy that they make, and part of your contract with them is that they can change the policies at any time - they are not explicitly stated in the contract (TOS or similar acro).
I use B&N.com... get a nice extra cash-back when I use my Discover, and I can always walk in to the 'real' store downtown if I want to. There's still some merit in that. Great selection, good prices, great service.
(I don't work for either Discover or B&N, but they built their store in an old theater downtown, and it is really amazingly decorated - sort of a castle/fantasy look).
Well, as usual they have one of those nice "we reserve the right to change this however we see fit, no matter if you like it or not" policies... Technically since it *is* a private business, they can do things like this, and you have to like it - so they say... --
True - it doesn't happen nearly as often, but if you try, it really isn't all that hard to get them that hot;-) Certainly not within normal limits (speed, turning, etc)...
I do think that Firestone acted as responsibly as they could in this situation, and I would applaud them for their actions. The defect seems limited to one plant during one stretch of time, but they did the 'right thing' by issuing the larger recall. Myself - I only buy Pirreli 8^)
>. A recent Firestone tire has a flaw: if it heats up above 175 F (which is sometimes possible in southern states during the summer), ka-blooie. Ford uses that tire on their Explorer trucks. Although there have been no cases reported of accidents caused by this flaw, Ford and Firestone immediately put out a recall.
Two quick points:
the 175F+ tire temp can happen in northern states (i.e. Minnesota) in 95-100 degree weather, too...
Two: As of several weeks ago, nearly 50 *deaths* were directly attributed to the tire failures. The newest government study looks to place that number somewhere between 70-90... No cases? I think you are quite misinformed.... --
True, sudo is, but there's times when you need to be root for an extended period... 'sudo/bin/sh' doesn't seem all that reasonable, and typing sudo before each command doesn't either. sudo is great for a limited set, but when you *are* root, sometimes you need to be root, not just behave like it.
How are you supposed to get in as root if you can't su? A secure box shouldn't allow root console access - if you force su access, you can trace who is logging in as root, otherwise, well, 'console' isn't all that helpful (without a timed vid record).
There are any number of vendors that are working on PCI-X, but PCs would still be better served if we could see some 64bit slots in them. Any 33MHz card will cause the 66MHz(PCI) or 133MHz(PCI-X) bus to operate at 33MHz (unless you add more bridges so they are separate phsical busses), but 64b slots can buy you a lot with not too much effort (a bunch of extra board traces, chip pinout, connector, etc) and not all that much more cost. Heck the DEC Alpha PC boards (note: 21164PC chip, not PC as in x86) had 64b PCI since, what, 96?
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Yes, bus mastering has been around since the PIIX days (95/96), but all that says is that the IDE controller is a bus master on the PCI bus, with DMA capability. Whoop-dee-freakin-doo. This still doesn't let the main proc out of the other tasks of drive management that it has to do. There's a lot of good stuff that a SCSI initiator and target take care of that the IDE controller and target don't, and this is where the benefit is.
So, yes, bus mastering is good. My $3 network card does it too, as does (should) any non-brain-dead PCI device that involves any sort of data flow (LAN, drive controller, video, capture). It doesn't take care of everything, though. --
Ultra2/80 performs remarkably better than ATA/100, and supports a load more devices, too... Ultra 320 (packetized SCSI - like FC) is not too far off, with 640 being just a little pipe-dream at the moment (the silicon tech required for the SCSI drivers... well, that many lines with that much speed with that much driving capability all on one chip is a tall order).
Once ATA gets fixed (trashed) we won't need to bother with it anymore... damn legacy 8^)
>3) IBM's callup application. It's a program to look up info on IBM employees, and it has every interface known to man. I'm willing to be that some Unix dork back in the day wrote an X front end to it. It's prolly even more than 3 tiers.
You mean more than the 5250 emulator interface? 8^) --
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Well, since there's several different slash-like Open Source alternatives Out There(TM) (slash, php-slash, Squishdot...) I'd hardly think that it would be a problem. As it has been mentioned, imitation is the sincerest form of flatterly...
That being said, most do give some credit, at least...
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give credit where credit is due. If you run slashcode, then you (should) have a Slash logo with a link to slashcode.com, and it would seem appropriate to provide a link to Slashdot, too. In this case, I'd think that a link to linux.com and certainly a nice writeup on the credits page (like "the layout of this site was inspired by linux.com, blah, blah")... besides, this is a kid's site on his linux box in his dorm room (yes, he does host autctions). I think we could cut him some slack here - this really isn't a commercial website, so it shouldn't be a big deal. Likewise, he should give credit for the layout. Really not much of a problem, though.
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Yes, but I think he means that half the people say "wasn't there a story on ./ about this a couple months ago" and come across as fools.
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Only serve ice-coffee - much safer ;-)
People are stupid and can't take responsibility for their own actions (like spilling on themsleves). The feel the need to blame somebody else.
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For a while (back in '96) I was using notpad.exe as my shell for win95 (no joke, really). It worked well - took out a lot of the useless gook, and kept an otherwise unstable system and helped it out quite a bit (slowed down that memory leak). I still remember using the Central Point shell for Win3.1... multiple deskspaces... way ahead of it's time (as windows goes - X had quite a few WMs that would do this, of course).
Expecting a power cycle now and then to keep a system stable is a corner-cutting way of not fixing your O/S and apps (are you listening, MS?)
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Heh? You don't need to reboot into "safe mode" - just regular mode with Standard PCI SVGA driver... worked for me... personally, I've always like the Matrox windows drivers updates. Run the setup.exe, make a few choices on the add-ons - it puts up a little window that tells you not to click until this is done, then runs through the control panel, etc and does everything for you (a lot quicker than a person could, of course, since it is scripted).
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>Besides, anyone else noticed that some mailing lists (esp. ZDNet ones) tend to multiply? As if they decide to add your address to other lists of theirs?
That and the pages that have tiny hidden boxes with nearly invisible text "click here if you don't wan't to receive mail from us, our partners, and whomever else we see fit to sell your info to". Opt-out is one thing, but some of these hardly give you a fair chance...
Just fill out the info with MAILER-DAEMON@[theirsite] and have them send you all the additional mailings you could ever want 8^)
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Methinks nobody on Wall St. will care for a while... such are the ways of the market.
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It's not a contract it's a policy that they make, and part of your contract with them is that they can change the policies at any time - they are not explicitly stated in the contract (TOS or similar acro).
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I use B&N.com... get a nice extra cash-back when I use my Discover, and I can always walk in to the 'real' store downtown if I want to. There's still some merit in that. Great selection, good prices, great service.
(I don't work for either Discover or B&N, but they built their store in an old theater downtown, and it is really amazingly decorated - sort of a castle/fantasy look).
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Well, as usual they have one of those nice "we reserve the right to change this however we see fit, no matter if you like it or not" policies... Technically since it *is* a private business, they can do things like this, and you have to like it - so they say...
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The management *major*... (most schools probably call it business...). They don't suddenly get pointy haired... that comes in time.
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True - it doesn't happen nearly as often, but if you try, it really isn't all that hard to get them that hot ;-) Certainly not within normal limits (speed, turning, etc)...
I do think that Firestone acted as responsibly as they could in this situation, and I would applaud them for their actions. The defect seems limited to one plant during one stretch of time, but they did the 'right thing' by issuing the larger recall. Myself - I only buy Pirreli 8^)
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Head to the Midwest, and get yourself a good Lutheran cup of coffee - guaranteed not to disapoint.
My coffee and my beer are about the same color and consistency (I drink Guinness).
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>. A recent Firestone tire has a flaw: if it heats up above 175 F (which is sometimes possible in southern states during the summer), ka-blooie. Ford uses that tire on their Explorer trucks. Although there have been no cases reported of accidents caused by this flaw, Ford and Firestone immediately put out a recall.
Two quick points:
the 175F+ tire temp can happen in northern states (i.e. Minnesota) in 95-100 degree weather, too...
Two: As of several weeks ago, nearly 50 *deaths* were directly attributed to the tire failures. The newest government study looks to place that number somewhere between 70-90... No cases? I think you are quite misinformed....
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True, sudo is, but there's times when you need to be root for an extended period... 'sudo /bin/sh' doesn't seem all that reasonable, and typing sudo before each command doesn't either. sudo is great for a limited set, but when you *are* root, sometimes you need to be root, not just behave like it.
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How are you supposed to get in as root if you can't su? A secure box shouldn't allow root console access - if you force su access, you can trace who is logging in as root, otherwise, well, 'console' isn't all that helpful (without a timed vid record).
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There are any number of vendors that are working on PCI-X, but PCs would still be better served if we could see some 64bit slots in them. Any 33MHz card will cause the 66MHz(PCI) or 133MHz(PCI-X) bus to operate at 33MHz (unless you add more bridges so they are separate phsical busses), but 64b slots can buy you a lot with not too much effort (a bunch of extra board traces, chip pinout, connector, etc) and not all that much more cost. Heck the DEC Alpha PC boards (note: 21164PC chip, not PC as in x86) had 64b PCI since, what, 96?
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Yes, bus mastering has been around since the PIIX days (95/96), but all that says is that the IDE controller is a bus master on the PCI bus, with DMA capability. Whoop-dee-freakin-doo. This still doesn't let the main proc out of the other tasks of drive management that it has to do. There's a lot of good stuff that a SCSI initiator and target take care of that the IDE controller and target don't, and this is where the benefit is.
So, yes, bus mastering is good. My $3 network card does it too, as does (should) any non-brain-dead PCI device that involves any sort of data flow (LAN, drive controller, video, capture). It doesn't take care of everything, though.
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Ultra2/80 performs remarkably better than ATA/100, and supports a load more devices, too... Ultra 320 (packetized SCSI - like FC) is not too far off, with 640 being just a little pipe-dream at the moment (the silicon tech required for the SCSI drivers... well, that many lines with that much speed with that much driving capability all on one chip is a tall order).
Once ATA gets fixed (trashed) we won't need to bother with it anymore... damn legacy 8^)
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Same way at RPI, CMU... any good school...
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Yup, they usually change into management at that point.... or the new IT/IS majors (shudder).
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>3) IBM's callup application. It's a program to look up info on IBM employees, and it has every interface known to man. I'm willing to be that some Unix dork back in the day wrote an X front end to it. It's prolly even more than 3 tiers.
You mean more than the 5250 emulator interface? 8^)
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>By the way, pixels have a depth of 24 bits anyway.
??? It all depends what you set it to, last time I checked...
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