Yet another person tries linux, finds to their surprise that it is possible for a collection of loosely tied enthusiasts to produce something that works well, and writes about it, with the weight of "I'm a tech writer, so my opinion is more valid;-) ) It discourages me when I read comments like the one in the artice - "What was it like - surprisingly, rather like Windows". Rather than look for similarities between the two, see how well you can use it, and comment on that useability, not on it's similarities. This way, fewer first time adopters will be put off when they discover that some things definately are _not_ like Windows.
The problem with SMS spam is that it is mostly scams being operated by shady businesses, urging you to text back to this number (premium charge, or course) to win a vapour-prize, or dial-this-number-to-win etc. With the advent of SMS gateways years ago, sending bulk SMS-spam from a computer is fairly easy. Since most operators need to accept traffic from others to ensure connectivity, getting rid of the problem would involve too much pain IMO. My money is on end users having to live with it.. just like we do in the UK. The only lesson to be learnt is to be extremely careful who you give your personal information to. Treat your mobile number like your personal email address.
With his criminal records (I think he's had more than one brush with the law) he isn't going to be able to get a good paying conventional job in a hurry. Even if the court decided that it is proper for him to pay this ficticious amount, shouldn't it be means tested ? Otherwise, likelyhood is that he will either skip country (probably illegally, due to his record), or resort to crime again. Yet another shining example of how the system has worked !
There is something severely wrong about financially crippling somebody for life.. it is just totally out of proportion. Someone needs to pass round the smelling salts to the judges.
BestCrypt offers cool encryption for linux via a kernel module and the loopback interface. Choose from a glob of algorithms to protect your block device, such as Blowfish, Twofish, GOST and 3DES. Whilst not free, for a measly $89.95 you get the source code and 1 license, coupled with 1 years updates and online support. More than adequate for those with sensitive data.
Nobody seems to have mentioned "Extended Attributes and Access Control Lists" kernel patch for linux. Supports ext2/ext3. Patched for JFS/XFS available too. Check it out at http://acl.bestbits.at
There will be minimal impact with software incompatibilities. At last count, the 2.4.x linux tree has support for 16 different processors architectures. Windows has support for several processor architectures too (I don't have the exact count to hand). It is the job of the operating system to abstract the processor so that this type of issue does not occur. What can go wrong with this new processor ? Same issues that occur with every complicated design - unexpected/unnacounted for incidents (remember the pentium f00f bug ?)
Well, microsoft find an angle in just about everything too.. I cast my mind back to a commercial about child abuse, and was amazed to see at the end of it, emblazoned in big green letters "sponsored by Microsoft" at the end. I don't believe they fooled anyone with their sudden development of social conscience.
It would do nothing except force out of business those who implemented it. Imagine someone running a DoS against your box. Would you be happy coughing up for the charges the traffic would generate ? It's an unworkable proposition.
Most of the major companies did do their research, and did conclude that it was bad for business. Unfortunately, such is the way that the telecoms sector works led rise to the following scenario, repeated ad nausea:
Having worked for a few EMEA mobile network operators, and voiced my opinions over their forays into this hugely expensive arena, the common reply was:
"If we don't outlay all of this money (10's of billions) to push this new technology, then we will be out of the water. We don't want to do this, but we have no choice."
In a sense this is true. Do they stick with 2G technology and push their current business model ? If MobileCo down the road is developing 3G, chances are they will steal all of the other companies subscribers and game over.
Big business decisions are not a nice game to be playing in.
I don't know much about the definition of a virtual machine, but given the example you gave of the MC68K series instruction set, I am wondering:
The first instruction you illustrate is the MOVE from CCR (condition code register), the syntax being MOVE CCR, Size=(Word). The description of this command is "The content of the status register is moved to the destination location. The source operand is a word, but only the low order byte contains the condition codes. The upper byte is all zeros. Condition codes are not affected This is a priviledged 68010+ instruction
The equivalent for the 68K is MOVE from SR, Size=(Word), Condition codes not affected.
As far as I can see, the fact that you access the CCR or the SR for the condition codes do not affect the condition codes nor the state that the processor is in (supervisor or normal).
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Yet another person tries linux, finds to their surprise that it is possible for a collection of loosely tied enthusiasts to produce something that works well, and writes about it, with the weight of "I'm a tech writer, so my opinion is more valid ;-) ) It discourages me when I read comments like the one in the artice - "What was it like - surprisingly, rather like Windows". Rather than look for similarities between the two, see how well you can use it, and comment on that useability, not on it's similarities. This way, fewer first time adopters will be put off when they discover that some things definately are _not_ like Windows.
The problem with SMS spam is that it is mostly scams being operated by shady businesses, urging you to text back to this number (premium charge, or course) to win a vapour-prize, or dial-this-number-to-win etc. With the advent of SMS gateways years ago, sending bulk SMS-spam from a computer is fairly easy. Since most operators need to accept traffic from others to ensure connectivity, getting rid of the problem would involve too much pain IMO. My money is on end users having to live with it.. just like we do in the UK. The only lesson to be learnt is to be extremely careful who you give your personal information to. Treat your mobile number like your personal email address.
With his criminal records (I think he's had more than one brush with the law) he isn't going to be able to get a good paying conventional job in a hurry. Even if the court decided that it is proper for him to pay this ficticious amount, shouldn't it be means tested ? Otherwise, likelyhood is that he will either skip country (probably illegally, due to his record), or resort to crime again. Yet another shining example of how the system has worked !
There is something severely wrong about financially crippling somebody for life.. it is just totally out of proportion. Someone needs to pass round the smelling salts to the judges.
BestCrypt offers cool encryption for linux via a kernel module and the loopback interface. Choose from a glob of algorithms to protect your block device, such as Blowfish, Twofish, GOST and 3DES. Whilst not free, for a measly $89.95 you get the source code and 1 license, coupled with 1 years updates and online support. More than adequate for those with sensitive data.
Nobody seems to have mentioned "Extended Attributes and Access Control Lists" kernel patch for linux. Supports ext2/ext3. Patched for JFS/XFS available too. Check it out at http://acl.bestbits.at
Every day they sit and worship a device invented by John Logie Baird, a Brit.
Did you piss off an ex-girlfriend or something ? She must have told _everyone_ that you have a really small dick.
There will be minimal impact with software incompatibilities. At last count, the 2.4.x linux tree has support for 16 different processors architectures. Windows has support for several processor architectures too (I don't have the exact count to hand). It is the job of the operating system to abstract the processor so that this type of issue does not occur. What can go wrong with this new processor ? Same issues that occur with every complicated design - unexpected/unnacounted for incidents (remember the pentium f00f bug ?)
Well, microsoft find an angle in just about everything too.. I cast my mind back to a commercial about child abuse, and was amazed to see at the end of it, emblazoned in big green letters "sponsored by Microsoft" at the end. I don't believe they fooled anyone with their sudden development of social conscience.
It would do nothing except force out of business those who implemented it. Imagine someone running a DoS against your box. Would you be happy coughing up for the charges the traffic would generate ? It's an unworkable proposition.
Most of the major companies did do their research, and did conclude that it was bad for business. Unfortunately, such is the way that the telecoms sector works led rise to the following scenario, repeated ad nausea:
Having worked for a few EMEA mobile network operators, and voiced my opinions over their forays into this hugely expensive arena, the common reply was:
"If we don't outlay all of this money (10's of billions) to push this new technology, then we will be out of the water. We don't want to do this, but we have no choice."
In a sense this is true. Do they stick with 2G technology and push their current business model ? If MobileCo down the road is developing 3G, chances are they will steal all of the other companies subscribers and game over.
Big business decisions are not a nice game to be playing in.
This would make doing a port of Hollywood Strip Poker Pro from the Amiga worthwhile :p
I don't know much about the definition of a virtual machine, but given the example you gave of the MC68K series instruction set, I am wondering:
The first instruction you illustrate is the MOVE from CCR (condition code register), the syntax being MOVE CCR, Size=(Word). The description of this command is "The content of the status register is moved to the destination location. The source operand is a word, but only the low order byte contains the condition codes. The upper byte is all zeros. Condition codes are not affected
This is a priviledged 68010+ instruction
The equivalent for the 68K is MOVE from SR, Size=(Word), Condition codes not affected.
As far as I can see, the fact that you access the CCR or the SR for the condition codes do not affect the condition codes nor the state that the processor is in (supervisor or normal).
Germans are more efficient !
Don't be a fool ! What happens when you power off ? Oh yeah.. Memory is non-retentive of data...