Are you insinuating this BIOS is intelligent enough to configure the network interface to operate with any ISP, "ping" the server, and receive a response, without relying on the host OS at all?
That's some awesome technology! They should license it to AOL.:)
Surely it waits until there is traffic detected, then attempts to hit the server(s).
It looked like she was in an interactive console program designed to control the nodes. Y'know, like what you get if you run openssh with no arguments.
Also, assuming you are referring to Linux as "the kernel", GNU software is not useless without it. It was used in conjunction with existing operating systems before it was ever used with Linux.
The GNU operating system is an unfinished product of the GNU project. Read the first paragraph at www.gnu.org.
Redhat/Debian/Gentoo/Mandrake/whatever are also operating systems that chose to use tools from the GNU operating system, other projects, and the Linux kernel, to build their OS.
You could just call it GNU instead. It makes more sense to call Debian "GNU" than to call it "Linux". GNU refers to an OS and Linux refers to a kernel. You probably don't call Windows XP "NTOSKRNL".
Dedicated encryption/compression cards usually ship with replacement shared libraries for the system (e.g. SSL accelerator cards usually come with compatible replacement libraries that can drop into/usr/local/ssl). These replacements have the same API but take advantage of the hardware for computation.
Most likely any replacement for libz.so would try to use the hardware as much as possible, offloading compression and decompression. Ideally it'd be configurable by the administrator.
I agree and prefer dead-tree format, but it's useful to have an online copy for reference while you're actually doing the work. There is a "search code snippets" option that lets you search for code to copy/paste/modify, which is naturally more helpful in an electronic format.
Also it makes for cheap reviews of books you're interested in purchasing, if you're the type who buys a lot of tech books from the publishers included.
I've been using this for a bit, and it's a decent tool. There's a free 2-week trial (auto-rollover to 10-slot subscription) available on the site mentioned.
Interesting to note that many books authored in troff are not available (currently including the Sendmail book from O'Reilly, not mentioned in the review though Sendmail was). Books authored in FrameMaker (and books eventually converted to it) are more easily converted to their online format.
People are lazy. Most people probably aren't as likely to write a review if they found the product simply satisfactory (this is expected). But if the product is irritatingly poor, or noticably excellent, it may be more likely to make them want to say something about it.
Three different projects with separate ideals and goals. Their code has not been "one" for a long time, but code is quite often swapped between the projects in large chunks where deemed useful and possible. Merging the three codebases is really not necessary, as they give and take each other's code as they please; and merging the focus and direction of the three projects would be plenty more difficult than the code.:)
Also, keep in mind that these projects did used to be one. They're now three for many good reasons.
GNU is an OS for the hacker community, not the Apple community. It is not supposed to "just work" in the sense that Apple's OS "just works". OS X may be interesting, but the two projects are not comparable in the ways described in this thread.
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Are you insinuating this BIOS is intelligent enough to configure the network interface to operate with any ISP, "ping" the server, and receive a response, without relying on the host OS at all?
:)
That's some awesome technology! They should license it to AOL.
Surely it waits until there is traffic detected, then attempts to hit the server(s).
It looked like she was in an interactive console program designed to control the nodes. Y'know, like what you get if you run openssh with no arguments.
They already combined with Compaq, I don't see how this would help any.
Also, assuming you are referring to Linux as "the kernel", GNU software is not useless without it. It was used in conjunction with existing operating systems before it was ever used with Linux.
The GNU operating system is an unfinished product of the GNU project. Read the first paragraph at www.gnu.org. Redhat/Debian/Gentoo/Mandrake/whatever are also operating systems that chose to use tools from the GNU operating system, other projects, and the Linux kernel, to build their OS.
You could just call it GNU instead. It makes more sense to call Debian "GNU" than to call it "Linux". GNU refers to an OS and Linux refers to a kernel. You probably don't call Windows XP "NTOSKRNL".
Everyone knows it's pronounced "LAWH-KNACKZ".
Arctic Silver produces a thermal adhesive, but they produce thermal compounds as well.
Not the only reason. Some want quieter systems, and some want more efficient cooling for whatever reason, regardless of clock speed.
Dedicated encryption/compression cards usually ship with replacement shared libraries for the system (e.g. SSL accelerator cards usually come with compatible replacement libraries that can drop into /usr/local/ssl). These replacements have the same API but take advantage of the hardware for computation.
Most likely any replacement for libz.so would try to use the hardware as much as possible, offloading compression and decompression. Ideally it'd be configurable by the administrator.
Random data is not compressable; check your before and after file sizes.
If you want to test compression, try something like large log files, which usually have a lot of repetition.
I agree and prefer dead-tree format, but it's useful to have an online copy for reference while you're actually doing the work. There is a "search code snippets" option that lets you search for code to copy/paste/modify, which is naturally more helpful in an electronic format.
Also it makes for cheap reviews of books you're interested in purchasing, if you're the type who buys a lot of tech books from the publishers included.
I've been using this for a bit, and it's a decent tool. There's a free 2-week trial (auto-rollover to 10-slot subscription) available on the site mentioned.
Interesting to note that many books authored in troff are not available (currently including the Sendmail book from O'Reilly, not mentioned in the review though Sendmail was). Books authored in FrameMaker (and books eventually converted to it) are more easily converted to their online format.
You can do both. Sysadmins who code are usually more competent. Programmers who sysadmin often write more usable system administration programs.
Assuming that cloning humans yields similar results, I suppose we can eventually say goodbye to scientifically-accurate DNA matching in the crime lab.
"No! It wasn't me! I've been cloned!"
It was meant as a play on the more controversial (and dumb) samaritan laws which hold you personally responsible for your inaction. :)
Now ad blocking is no longer just stealing, it's a violation of the good samaritan law. ;)
People are lazy. Most people probably aren't as likely to write a review if they found the product simply satisfactory (this is expected). But if the product is irritatingly poor, or noticably excellent, it may be more likely to make them want to say something about it.
The reviews may be filtered for content, but this wouldn't necessarily stop someone from writing an uninformed review and getting it posted.
It's a public website; anyone can post a review. Trust it as much as you do Slashdot. :)
Three different projects with separate ideals and goals. Their code has not been "one" for a long time, but code is quite often swapped between the projects in large chunks where deemed useful and possible. Merging the three codebases is really not necessary, as they give and take each other's code as they please; and merging the focus and direction of the three projects would be plenty more difficult than the code. :)
Also, keep in mind that these projects did used to be one. They're now three for many good reasons.
The rc(8)man page in FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT describes how the new init works. Docs are also available for Gentoo's init.
It is searching for names of binaries, as opposed to names of the projects that created them. Try "httpd" and "sshd".
Also, Apache is not part of FreeBSD's base system.
GNU is an OS for the hacker community, not the Apple community. It is not supposed to "just work" in the sense that Apple's OS "just works". OS X may be interesting, but the two projects are not comparable in the ways described in this thread.