i always thought, that people who really want to do illegal stuff wouldn't be brainless enough to use the current existing encryption methods. Why even something like a Morse-code-over-ping (ping... ping ping... ping... ping ping ping... you get the idea) could transmit some information which outsiders have entirely no idea what it is.
Conversely, this thing is great for governments to audit suspicious people who might be going to do something potentially politically harmful to the government (good intention or not, like trying to overthrow the govt. or maybe just opposing some evil government policies) by checking his emails and stuff, and if he is then get him into jail or whatever. Kind of like what China was famous for, except it seems that those countries that are famous for bashing China for this are enforcing these laws.
And for software patents... well, does this mean patenting the source code or the design/look of it? I always thought that patents are a bit silly anyway... and the patent office is nice enough to let people patent the wheel. oh well...
I don't know, just hope that my place doesn't get polluted with these dirty issues. It's not very nice to know that our govt. might be implementing these "features" in seeing that these "advanced countries" are using it as well (IFAIK we don't have these things here yet... lucky me;-)
Re:Put all new releases in their own category
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Kernel 2.4.14 is out
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it's not really uninteresting, but there are so many kernel releases in a short time that some people get bored seeing "Kernel 2.4.xx is out!" stuff all the time.
isn't mirrors supposed to be used to reduce the load of the network?
i mean, when the kernel.org server is located on the other side of the planet of the person downloading it, then perhaps there's a good reason to download it off a mirror physically located near you. It would help reduce the cost of the lines, i think
Besides, i want 800kb/s!;-)
(my line is fast enough to do that, but for most US sites i don't usually go above 100kb/s)
really i don't actually know what.NET is, but doesn't this sound a bit similar??? (it is an OSS development platform where anyone can plug in their development tool. I remember that it was written in Java, but not specifically geared towards Java. In other words I could develop C++ code in Eclipse.) or is it a known fact that it is aimed at killing.NET or am i completely wrong?
Debian seems to aim at making their releases as stable and secure as possible, while commercial companies who need to grab as many customers as possible tend to release stuff which are new and flashy to attract more customers.
A great thing about linux is that you get choice, and to some people who need stability and scurity having the newest software included is not always the best, since it takes time for the software to be tested and proved to be good enough for production uses.
Actually Redhat 7.2 quality sometimes is more "beta" than Woody
Re:Big Deal! Linux 2.2.20 is out...
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Linux 2.2.20 is Out
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and i've yet to see anyone not working for MS who knows they've released a new windows kernel.
Windows is not only a kernel, it's rather similar to a Distribution.
For kernels, you may get a new one when u get a new version of windows, or maybe with Windows Update (yuck), but aside from noticing the system is more stable/faster (or unstable/slower) it isn't really a big deal anyway. Compared to windows, the linux kernel has all the publicity it needs.
And don't forget how many people reads/. everyday...
unless the universe is exactly identical everytime it BOOMS, nobody is sure that this world will end up in the same way as the other one. So, there might be some cases where the BOOM is so strong where gravity cannot pull back the matter, or such...
On the other hand, assume that the chance of this split second of time being identical with another random split second of time in the past has a chance of 1/infinity being identical (being identical in all ways, to the finest detail), then after infinity amount of time, it is possible that the universe now is the exactly identical to the one in the past. If they are identical, then they are in the same state, so what had happened after that moment will repeat again, over and over again...
So by if the above proof has some truth in it, the universe might be an endless loop
but "precaching" everything into memory IS something new, isn't it?
it would be nice if the OS could record what things are used more often than others, and preload them into the cache before the user actually loads them.
Why is it so hard to get this level of funcionality in Linux ? The OS has been around for longer and with open source it should be easier ? The thing is Redhat and Mandrake with Gnome and KDE are getting closer and closer to the point where they can be a desktop replcament - Koffice is very good - but as long as installing ANY software requires arcane knowledge of terminal windows and make files and lib dependencies it will never get there - the average home user (ie 90% of them) wont do this.
this is not the problem about the OS, it is the problem about the distribution vendors. If they were good enough to include a mplayer package installed then it would be as simple as installing it on the win2k one. (What you might want is Debian)
not everything could be GPLed or open sourced. The system would involve some huge harddisks and storage devices, and how should they expect hackers around the world to install it and test it out themselves? telnet to the machine and mess with the code? why would anyone be interested in the code when it's all based on propietary things (hardware, OS, etc)? and GPL? barely anyone would be interested to buy the same hardware MIT uses and help them develop the software for $0, not to mention trying to redistribute them to other users.
if i had to choose, i'd rather prefer linux remain a super user dept than a "average joe schmo computer". Of course, the UI is now trying to be friendly to BOTH super users and avg joe, which is good.
i haven't been following these topics lately, and maybe i sound redundant, but can anyone tell me how earth did people get the impression that terrorists used the internet for communication? and even if so, why on earth would they be using our standard protocols instead of their own protocols with 2^1000 0000 bit encryption???
If trying to use DFS to solve the travelling salesman problem doesn't work, how would using this Ants system work?
Running an ant through the map could be equivilant to one DFS search, so how many ants are needed to run through the maze before you find an answer? (and that answer might not be the optimum one either)
This might be one of the first attacks to use planes instead of conventional missiles... what's next? loading flocks of pigeons with gunpowder or what?
this raises an issue... ok i'm allowed to call my dog LegOS, but when my dog is becoming popular and recognized by more and more people i might be sued?
if i wanted a robot one, i'd just make applet and give it an AI... why bother buying one?
the robot dog is just a "toy", while a real one has life, has feelings, and it's not your "toy", its your "pet". Sometimes it's really hard to treat robots as if they're real things, no matter how smart the AI is... they'd look cool though, but it's just not the real thing
try compile and run linux0.1 and i'll give you a karma for each program which runs without any problem (ok, i can't REALLY give you karma points;-)
Sometimes there are reasons why you wouldn't like to support the older versions aside from $money$ issues. just imagine everyone believed that the earth is flat and is the center of the universe just because they wanna to be backward compatible.
> "whichever information needed by another artist to modify the original"
does this mean, if i want to modify your work and i require the name of your wife's ex-boyfriend you are required to give it to anyone who asks for it? (say, i REALLY need it)
a few years later we'll be using the GPL for everything in existance...
on first look this thing seems to be quite c00l... i haven't seen a similar OS written in C or some other higher level languages though
for those who think the guy shouldn't write the OS in assembly, i couldn't see why he shouldn't. Perhaps you were thinking: he'd be better off spending the load of time working on MY favorite project...
just because he wrote an OS in assembly does not imply he is obligated to code anything for you
(of course it's always a good thing to have a few big projects to fight against the evil than to have a million tiny programs scattered around...)
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Covalent is confident that the next generation Apache is mature and is ready for prime time.
;-)
And i thought it was already mature enough, otherwise why did it become the most popular web server?
btw, what is new with apache 2.0? (i am too lazy to read the docs
i always thought, that people who really want to do illegal stuff wouldn't be brainless enough to use the current existing encryption methods. Why even something like a Morse-code-over-ping (ping... ping ping... ping... ping ping ping... you get the idea) could transmit some information which outsiders have entirely no idea what it is.
;-)
Conversely, this thing is great for governments to audit suspicious people who might be going to do something potentially politically harmful to the government (good intention or not, like trying to overthrow the govt. or maybe just opposing some evil government policies) by checking his emails and stuff, and if he is then get him into jail or whatever. Kind of like what China was famous for, except it seems that those countries that are famous for bashing China for this are enforcing these laws.
And for software patents... well, does this mean patenting the source code or the design/look of it? I always thought that patents are a bit silly anyway... and the patent office is nice enough to let people patent the wheel. oh well...
I don't know, just hope that my place doesn't get polluted with these dirty issues. It's not very nice to know that our govt. might be implementing these "features" in seeing that these "advanced countries" are using it as well (IFAIK we don't have these things here yet... lucky me
it's not really uninteresting, but there are so many kernel releases in a short time that some people get bored seeing "Kernel 2.4.xx is out!" stuff all the time.
isn't mirrors supposed to be used to reduce the load of the network?
;-)
i mean, when the kernel.org server is located on the other side of the planet of the person downloading it, then perhaps there's a good reason to download it off a mirror physically located near you. It would help reduce the cost of the lines, i think
Besides, i want 800kb/s!
(my line is fast enough to do that, but for most US sites i don't usually go above 100kb/s)
.... Microsoft .NET platform??
.NET is, but doesn't this sound a bit similar??? (it is an OSS development platform where anyone can plug in their development tool. I remember that it was written in Java, but not specifically geared towards Java. In other words I could develop C++ code in Eclipse.) or is it a known fact that it is aimed at killing .NET or am i completely wrong?
really i don't actually know what
Debian seems to aim at making their releases as stable and secure as possible, while commercial companies who need to grab as many customers as possible tend to release stuff which are new and flashy to attract more customers.
A great thing about linux is that you get choice, and to some people who need stability and scurity having the newest software included is not always the best, since it takes time for the software to be tested and proved to be good enough for production uses.
The big list is here : http://www.debian.org/misc/README.mirrors
Actually Redhat 7.2 quality sometimes is more "beta" than Woody
and i've yet to see anyone not working for MS who knows they've released a new windows kernel.
/. everyday...
Windows is not only a kernel, it's rather similar to a Distribution.
For kernels, you may get a new one when u get a new version of windows, or maybe with Windows Update (yuck), but aside from noticing the system is more stable/faster (or unstable/slower) it isn't really a big deal anyway. Compared to windows, the linux kernel has all the publicity it needs.
And don't forget how many people reads
unless the universe is exactly identical everytime it BOOMS, nobody is sure that this world will end up in the same way as the other one. So, there might be some cases where the BOOM is so strong where gravity cannot pull back the matter, or such...
On the other hand, assume that the chance of this split second of time being identical with another random split second of time in the past has a chance of 1/infinity being identical (being identical in all ways, to the finest detail), then after infinity amount of time, it is possible that the universe now is the exactly identical to the one in the past. If they are identical, then they are in the same state, so what had happened after that moment will repeat again, over and over again...
So by if the above proof has some truth in it, the universe might be an endless loop
How does this compare to the other flight sims?
The best flight sim comes from IOCCC
(Here is the code and
here are some clues.)
but "precaching" everything into memory IS something new, isn't it?
it would be nice if the OS could record what things are used more often than others, and preload them into the cache before the user actually loads them.
Why is it so hard to get this level of funcionality in Linux ? The OS has been around for longer and with open source it should be easier ? The thing is Redhat and Mandrake with Gnome and KDE are getting closer and closer to the point where they can be a desktop replcament - Koffice is very good - but as long as installing ANY software requires arcane knowledge of terminal windows and make files and lib dependencies it will never get there - the average home user (ie 90% of them) wont do this.
this is not the problem about the OS, it is the problem about the distribution vendors. If they were good enough to include a mplayer package installed then it would be as simple as installing it on the win2k one. (What you might want is Debian)
not everything could be GPLed or open sourced. The system would involve some huge harddisks and storage devices, and how should they expect hackers around the world to install it and test it out themselves? telnet to the machine and mess with the code? why would anyone be interested in the code when it's all based on propietary things (hardware, OS, etc)? and GPL? barely anyone would be interested to buy the same hardware MIT uses and help them develop the software for $0, not to mention trying to redistribute them to other users.
if i had to choose, i'd rather prefer linux remain a super user dept than a "average joe schmo computer". Of course, the UI is now trying to be friendly to BOTH super users and avg joe, which is good.
i haven't been following these topics lately, and maybe i sound redundant, but can anyone tell me how earth did people get the impression that terrorists used the internet for communication? and even if so, why on earth would they be using our standard protocols instead of their own protocols with 2^1000 0000 bit encryption???
MS Office XP ads on that page
http://203.198.166.220/sidney/ms.png
If trying to use DFS to solve the travelling salesman problem doesn't work, how would using this Ants system work?
Running an ant through the map could be equivilant to one DFS search, so how many ants are needed to run through the maze before you find an answer? (and that answer might not be the optimum one either)
you'd consider an plane a missile?
This might be one of the first attacks to use planes instead of conventional missiles... what's next? loading flocks of pigeons with gunpowder or what?
this raises an issue... ok i'm allowed to call my dog LegOS, but when my dog is becoming popular and recognized by more and more people i might be sued?
good thing no one names his son Microsoft.
if i wanted a robot one, i'd just make applet and give it an AI... why bother buying one?
the robot dog is just a "toy", while a real one has life, has feelings, and it's not your "toy", its your "pet". Sometimes it's really hard to treat robots as if they're real things, no matter how smart the AI is... they'd look cool though, but it's just not the real thing
try compile and run linux0.1 and i'll give you a karma for each program which runs without any problem (ok, i can't REALLY give you karma points ;-)
Sometimes there are reasons why you wouldn't like to support the older versions aside from $money$ issues. just imagine everyone believed that the earth is flat and is the center of the universe just because they wanna to be backward compatible.
> "whichever information needed by another artist to modify the original"
does this mean, if i want to modify your work and i require the name of your wife's ex-boyfriend you are required to give it to anyone who asks for it? (say, i REALLY need it)
a few years later we'll be using the GPL for everything in existance...
the NSA is violating the DMCA, that's why they ain't got no $$$ ;-)
on the other hand, gimme a SSL port to my phone.
on first look this thing seems to be quite c00l... i haven't seen a similar OS written in C or some other higher level languages though
for those who think the guy shouldn't write the OS in assembly, i couldn't see why he shouldn't. Perhaps you were thinking: he'd be better off spending the load of time working on MY favorite project...
just because he wrote an OS in assembly does not imply he is obligated to code anything for you
(of course it's always a good thing to have a few big projects to fight against the evil than to have a million tiny programs scattered around...)