That might have something to do with the fact that modern astronomy and the study of heavenly bodies is a relatively new science. We had no concept of 'planets' a few hundred years ago. The Aztecs and other ancient cultures that studied the stars were awestruck by the complexity of what they found and utilized it for accurate calendars. Still, until we began to develop high powered telescopes and theorize about how things in space work, we had no reason to pursue space as more than a curiousity. Hence it never really made it into any established religions.
Well the fossil record preserves much of earth history pre-humans, but the fact remains that humans, in our present iteration, haven't been around very long relative to the age of the planet. The human race surely hasn't been around "millions of years". At best we've been here as Homo Sapiens Sapiens for around 130,000 years. Anything that predates what we've found to be historical evidence of past civilizations is usually fiction.
That's feasible in my estimation. The best creator would be one that creates self-sustaining systems that grow and evolve by themselves over time. Creating things one by one would be a major pain in the ass. Building a machine (earth) with all the ingredients to create more life in and of itself, along with all the interdependent systems required to sustain life, would be the most challenging creation of all. Consider the fact that many generations of literally millions of creatures have come and gone based on a complex ruleset of survival, variable environmental factors, etc. Some have killed others off, some have inherited niches that are extremely specific (sea vent worm tubes, deep sea shrimp, etc.). The variety, breadth and depth of life on this planet is staggering.
Perhaps God created this big ant farm we live in but not us?
I've had a feeling that the true history of humankind, and most of the early biblical events, took place on Mars or another planet. Not until you reach Noah's Ark do you begin the Earth section.
Noah's Ark, in my theory, is an allegory to a spaceship fitted for colonization of a foreign planet. You bring paired species to repopulate another world. Taken literally, this falls flat on it's face, because genetic diversity of most higher species wouldn't be great enough to support more than 2 generations, 3 with simpler organisms. Serious genetic defects emerge in humans in only the second generation (first generation being two non-related individuals). However, taken more loosely (which the majority of the bible should be anyway), it's somewhat feasible.
You do know about external firewire and scsi enclosures right?
Maybe you should check out a scsi card sometime. They have connectors on the back specifically for external arrays. All the old, great powermacs *9500 cough cough* had scsi all around. Great for hooking up scanners, MO drives, hard drive arrays, you name it.
Then again, it's guaranteed to cost you an arm and a leg. Maybe...external SATA?
Passively cooled card? You must really enjoy the games of Frozen Bubble you're playing, because anything fast or serious for 3d gaming has a fan, which is considered active cooling.
I think even my TNT2 Ultra had a fan, and that thing is ancient in videocard years.
Um, start at the lowest key on the piano and assign it a 1. Assign the highest key the highest number. That's about it...start your port knocking transcriptions.
Or if you're really bored you can transcribe each note into hex via an old commodore 64 with DMC music composition software or the excellent JCH composer. Convert that hex back to regular digits and those are your ports.
I may try waste also. Padlock doesn't run worth a shit on Mandrake 10.1 and kernel 2.6.3-7mdk. It lets me attempt to generate a key, and during that process, bombs out with "/usr/local/bin/padlocksl: line 3: 22609 Aborted". Wow. Real verbose guys.
Maybe I need to report this but each time I retry it, the line 3 : 2xxxx number gets higher. WTF.
Let's go down a preliminary list of what might transpire in this type of setup.
1. Attempt to deliver message via WASTE or similar.
2. Attempt delivery via ssh/sftp direct to host. Keypairs cached on both machines to allow automatic logins. Yeah, not too secure but we're assuming trust between both boxen.
3. Attempt delivery via email.
4. Attempt delivery via IM protocol of choice.
Is Trolltech's QT license different on Windows than it is on linux? On linux, if you're building software for personal or non-commercial uses, there's no licensing agreement. If you plan to make money on it, then a license purchase is required. There are other stipulations but that's the gist.
Maybe I need to go read up on their licensing terms for Windows.
Admittedly though, the N-Gage 1.0 was just plain craptacular on all fronts. The newer one looks improved, but they'd be smart to buy the rights to the Atari Lynx, shrink it, add some cellphone features and take the whole games collection back to market. Epyx made some kickass games for the Lynx. Oh and it also does fake 3d for those of you that can't live without it. Hardware scaling, rotation, transparency..what a lovely little handheld it was.
I've yet to see a decent 3d game on the gameboy SP. I've played my way through excellent 2d games such as Metroid and Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, as well as tactical games like Ogre Battle and Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. I played both of the Golden Sun games all the way through. If only the Metal Slug series would get released on GB SP. Now, why anyone would want or ask for 3d on this thing, I have no idea. 2d is not dead, nor will it ever be with handhelds. I don't think 3d is the future for these little devices.
Then again, I'm an old timer that grew up playing 70's and 80's video games in the arcade, then Atari 2600, then Commodore 64, then Nintendo..so my opinion might be skewed.
Number one, burning under windows vs. burning under linux sucks. Particularly with the new 2.6 kernel's ide burning features..no more ide-scsi emulation, so less overhead. I saw 2 to 3% processor overhead during my last 1x dvd burn.:)
Number two, fifth rule of hardware building: never put burners and hard drives on the same ide channel, if you can help it.
For the wife using publisher, Staroffice or Openoffice will suffice. For Dad's digital camera binoculars, if it has a usb connector or even a digital media memory card, you plug it in and a desktop icon appears (just like Windows or MacOSX).
I seriously doubt old timers that enjoy bird watching use computer databases to sort things out. Sounds like fringeware to me, hence the high price.
I thought your art sucked while I was looking at the paintings, but after seeing your pen and ink work, I was impressed. I was never good at painting but have decent skill with ink. Now I know I'm not alone.:)
If they turn to you for free support too often, you start charging. You're their only linux go-to guy, so what can they do? Format and go back to XP where their problems will multiply?
If you don't think the average XP user doesn't have a shitload of problems, you should install cable modems or DSL for a little while. Every computer is own3d with dozens of spyware and malware programs the user probably isn't aware of.
The main problem with Linux and other OS's has been compatibility for day to day tasks.
Average Joe has only a handful of needs. He wants to surf the net, watch flash animations, some occasional java, send and receive email (and filter spam), open Word and/or Excel documents for viewing, editing, etc. He also wants some media software to listen to mp3's, watch streaming video of any format, and maybe the occasional game.
In the past, MacOS has done all of these things but with a prohibitive cost due to the outrageously priced hardware. Also, Joe knows nobody else with a Mac. So Apple hasn't been a viable option for the majority of users in the past....and as long as it remains the Porsche of hardware/software combos, it'll remain on the fringes.
These days, linux can do all of the things that Joe needs, but Joe still needs local support. Nobody at CompUSA, BestBuy or any local chains has any clue about linux. Joe doesn't know any local linux geeks that'll come fix something for a 6 pack of Duff. He does, however, know a friend/cousin/coworker that will come over and fix his Windows box when it inevitably gets hosed.
You can wave the linux flag all you want, and beat people over the head with it's superiority, but you have to step up when the time comes. You have to push a distro or livecd to your friends and neighbors. You have to be willing to support them when they need help. Once YOU become the local linux guru, people will feel more secure with their choice of an alternative OS. All of this is necessary because no matter how you look at it, Linux is still more complex in many ways than Windows.
I don't know how much government intervention can do. The whole DOJ-Microsoft fiasco was yet another travesty of justice, proving once again that you can buy your own justice in this country. Don't ever forget that Microsoft is 50% marketing, 30% lawfirm and 20% software.
I agree with you. This article was a shitload of blabla and foofoo, nothing to do with hacking at all. You could have interviewed any crystal-wearing hippie and gotten the exact same interview.
'I just try to make things work in a different way.' WTF does that have to do with breaching security on networks? Am I missing something here?
It looks like dropping PCI slots will be a trend for the future. I looked at some reference board designs for BTX boards, and all but the largest have very, very few slots.
Then again, the majority of us will be buying the largest size, so maybe it's a non-issue.
From lightly reading the article, it sounds like the hardware helps with the firewall but the firewall config (and maybe alot of the firewall itself) is still software.
Besides, people have trusted hardware firewalls for a long time now. If they're done right, they're better than software.
Personally I prefer elevators that return to the ground floor after a preset amount of time.
Nothing is more frustrating than waiting for an elevator that's up on a high floor to come down, only to find that nobody is on it. It's one of those 'wtf' moments.
And the last time I checked, those 7200 rpm drives have little advantage over ATA or SATA drives of the same speed rating, unless they have large caches or something.
There's no reason to go scsi in an array like this unless you're using 10k rpm drives or higher.
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With that physique, he really should've considered a costume of the Guardian.
I still want to see someone do Sark also. The red glow is so much cooler and everyone aaaalways does Tron.
That might have something to do with the fact that modern astronomy and the study of heavenly bodies is a relatively new science. We had no concept of 'planets' a few hundred years ago. The Aztecs and other ancient cultures that studied the stars were awestruck by the complexity of what they found and utilized it for accurate calendars. Still, until we began to develop high powered telescopes and theorize about how things in space work, we had no reason to pursue space as more than a curiousity. Hence it never really made it into any established religions.
Well the fossil record preserves much of earth history pre-humans, but the fact remains that humans, in our present iteration, haven't been around very long relative to the age of the planet. The human race surely hasn't been around "millions of years". At best we've been here as Homo Sapiens Sapiens for around 130,000 years. Anything that predates what we've found to be historical evidence of past civilizations is usually fiction.
That's feasible in my estimation. The best creator would be one that creates self-sustaining systems that grow and evolve by themselves over time. Creating things one by one would be a major pain in the ass. Building a machine (earth) with all the ingredients to create more life in and of itself, along with all the interdependent systems required to sustain life, would be the most challenging creation of all. Consider the fact that many generations of literally millions of creatures have come and gone based on a complex ruleset of survival, variable environmental factors, etc. Some have killed others off, some have inherited niches that are extremely specific (sea vent worm tubes, deep sea shrimp, etc.). The variety, breadth and depth of life on this planet is staggering.
Perhaps God created this big ant farm we live in but not us?
I've had a feeling that the true history of humankind, and most of the early biblical events, took place on Mars or another planet. Not until you reach Noah's Ark do you begin the Earth section.
Noah's Ark, in my theory, is an allegory to a spaceship fitted for colonization of a foreign planet. You bring paired species to repopulate another world. Taken literally, this falls flat on it's face, because genetic diversity of most higher species wouldn't be great enough to support more than 2 generations, 3 with simpler organisms. Serious genetic defects emerge in humans in only the second generation (first generation being two non-related individuals). However, taken more loosely (which the majority of the bible should be anyway), it's somewhat feasible.
My pc at home quit before. I found out that 14 of 16 capacitors on the board (ECS=crap) had blown, slowly over time. New motherboard, problem solved.
Was it a Microsoft patent for Method of Eating a Bowl of Cereal?
I owe those fuckers over 2 million USD for infringement already.
You do know about external firewire and scsi enclosures right?
Maybe you should check out a scsi card sometime. They have connectors on the back specifically for external arrays. All the old, great powermacs *9500 cough cough* had scsi all around. Great for hooking up scanners, MO drives, hard drive arrays, you name it.
Then again, it's guaranteed to cost you an arm and a leg. Maybe...external SATA?
Passively cooled card? You must really enjoy the games of Frozen Bubble you're playing, because anything fast or serious for 3d gaming has a fan, which is considered active cooling.
I think even my TNT2 Ultra had a fan, and that thing is ancient in videocard years.
Um, start at the lowest key on the piano and assign it a 1. Assign the highest key the highest number. That's about it...start your port knocking transcriptions.
Or if you're really bored you can transcribe each note into hex via an old commodore 64 with DMC music composition software or the excellent JCH composer. Convert that hex back to regular digits and those are your ports.
I may try waste also. Padlock doesn't run worth a shit on Mandrake 10.1 and kernel 2.6.3-7mdk. It lets me attempt to generate a key, and during that process, bombs out with "/usr/local/bin/padlocksl: line 3: 22609 Aborted". Wow. Real verbose guys.
Maybe I need to report this but each time I retry it, the line 3 : 2xxxx number gets higher. WTF.
Let's go down a preliminary list of what might transpire in this type of setup.
1. Attempt to deliver message via WASTE or similar.
2. Attempt delivery via ssh/sftp direct to host. Keypairs cached on both machines to allow automatic logins. Yeah, not too secure but we're assuming trust between both boxen.
3. Attempt delivery via email.
4. Attempt delivery via IM protocol of choice.
On and on ad nauseum. Something like this?
Is Trolltech's QT license different on Windows than it is on linux? On linux, if you're building software for personal or non-commercial uses, there's no licensing agreement. If you plan to make money on it, then a license purchase is required. There are other stipulations but that's the gist.
Maybe I need to go read up on their licensing terms for Windows.
Reminds me of the old saying:
"Jack of all trades, master of none."
Admittedly though, the N-Gage 1.0 was just plain craptacular on all fronts. The newer one looks improved, but they'd be smart to buy the rights to the Atari Lynx, shrink it, add some cellphone features and take the whole games collection back to market. Epyx made some kickass games for the Lynx. Oh and it also does fake 3d for those of you that can't live without it. Hardware scaling, rotation, transparency..what a lovely little handheld it was.
I've yet to see a decent 3d game on the gameboy SP. I've played my way through excellent 2d games such as Metroid and Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, as well as tactical games like Ogre Battle and Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. I played both of the Golden Sun games all the way through. If only the Metal Slug series would get released on GB SP. Now, why anyone would want or ask for 3d on this thing, I have no idea. 2d is not dead, nor will it ever be with handhelds. I don't think 3d is the future for these little devices.
Then again, I'm an old timer that grew up playing 70's and 80's video games in the arcade, then Atari 2600, then Commodore 64, then Nintendo..so my opinion might be skewed.
Ok, two points here.
:)
Number one, burning under windows vs. burning under linux sucks. Particularly with the new 2.6 kernel's ide burning features..no more ide-scsi emulation, so less overhead. I saw 2 to 3% processor overhead during my last 1x dvd burn.
Number two, fifth rule of hardware building: never put burners and hard drives on the same ide channel, if you can help it.
I get your point but you raised lame arguments.
For the wife using publisher, Staroffice or Openoffice will suffice. For Dad's digital camera binoculars, if it has a usb connector or even a digital media memory card, you plug it in and a desktop icon appears (just like Windows or MacOSX).
I seriously doubt old timers that enjoy bird watching use computer databases to sort things out. Sounds like fringeware to me, hence the high price.
I thought your art sucked while I was looking at the paintings, but after seeing your pen and ink work, I was impressed. I was never good at painting but have decent skill with ink. Now I know I'm not alone. :)
If they turn to you for free support too often, you start charging. You're their only linux go-to guy, so what can they do? Format and go back to XP where their problems will multiply?
If you don't think the average XP user doesn't have a shitload of problems, you should install cable modems or DSL for a little while. Every computer is own3d with dozens of spyware and malware programs the user probably isn't aware of.
The main problem with Linux and other OS's has been compatibility for day to day tasks.
Average Joe has only a handful of needs. He wants to surf the net, watch flash animations, some occasional java, send and receive email (and filter spam), open Word and/or Excel documents for viewing, editing, etc. He also wants some media software to listen to mp3's, watch streaming video of any format, and maybe the occasional game.
In the past, MacOS has done all of these things but with a prohibitive cost due to the outrageously priced hardware. Also, Joe knows nobody else with a Mac. So Apple hasn't been a viable option for the majority of users in the past....and as long as it remains the Porsche of hardware/software combos, it'll remain on the fringes.
These days, linux can do all of the things that Joe needs, but Joe still needs local support. Nobody at CompUSA, BestBuy or any local chains has any clue about linux. Joe doesn't know any local linux geeks that'll come fix something for a 6 pack of Duff. He does, however, know a friend/cousin/coworker that will come over and fix his Windows box when it inevitably gets hosed.
You can wave the linux flag all you want, and beat people over the head with it's superiority, but you have to step up when the time comes. You have to push a distro or livecd to your friends and neighbors. You have to be willing to support them when they need help. Once YOU become the local linux guru, people will feel more secure with their choice of an alternative OS. All of this is necessary because no matter how you look at it, Linux is still more complex in many ways than Windows.
I don't know how much government intervention can do. The whole DOJ-Microsoft fiasco was yet another travesty of justice, proving once again that you can buy your own justice in this country. Don't ever forget that Microsoft is 50% marketing, 30% lawfirm and 20% software.
I agree with you. This article was a shitload of blabla and foofoo, nothing to do with hacking at all. You could have interviewed any crystal-wearing hippie and gotten the exact same interview.
'I just try to make things work in a different way.' WTF does that have to do with breaching security on networks? Am I missing something here?
It looks like dropping PCI slots will be a trend for the future. I looked at some reference board designs for BTX boards, and all but the largest have very, very few slots.
Then again, the majority of us will be buying the largest size, so maybe it's a non-issue.
From lightly reading the article, it sounds like the hardware helps with the firewall but the firewall config (and maybe alot of the firewall itself) is still software.
Besides, people have trusted hardware firewalls for a long time now. If they're done right, they're better than software.
Personally I prefer elevators that return to the ground floor after a preset amount of time.
Nothing is more frustrating than waiting for an elevator that's up on a high floor to come down, only to find that nobody is on it. It's one of those 'wtf' moments.
And the last time I checked, those 7200 rpm drives have little advantage over ATA or SATA drives of the same speed rating, unless they have large caches or something.
There's no reason to go scsi in an array like this unless you're using 10k rpm drives or higher.