maybe a hardware issue, but i don't see how you can rule out rh's fault.
that machine had a uptime of 10 months before that. it's also VERY busy. the only "new" process on it was up2date. sure points to rhn to me. maybe it triggered a kernel bug, but it's rhn fault for triggering it. i would expect a company like redhat (that supposedly do thorough QA) to have caught such a glaring bug.
either way, i built a new machine based on debian (like all of our new servers) and they lived happily ever after.
i'm not sure of the specifics, but most likely they decreased the civilian bands (accuracy) over iraq, while maintaining (or increasing, due to more sattelites) the military bands. it's well known they have different bands for those two systems, no reason why they wouldn't use them.
na, they'll get busted for stealing the game because they can't get their hands on them otherwise (yeah yeah, lots of other way, just one of the reason someone is bound to bring up)
i'd rather have my kid play GTA 10 and understand why it's not Real Life, than they don't.much like drinking, wouldn't want em to hide their drinking and do stupid things (like driving) instead of drinking at home where you can look at them
i can't tell if you're a troll, or if you seriously believe that.
if you follow bugtraq and full-disclosure, you'll see a constant stream of security fixes from the sco security team. for roughly the same packages as redhat/debian/suse/etc.. (where applicable)
so no sco isn't "behind" in security fixes. most projects are "code once, modify slightly" anyway (hell, if debian can make their own patch, im sure sco can too)
it sound like a William Gibson novel, the one with the guy obsessed over the "form" or "shape" of the cyberspace being a "snapshot" of the universe. i can't seem to remember the name anymore
which they explicitly state is not part of debian, but merely using their facility for the sake of convenience.
right from their social contract:
Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Standards
We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of programs that don't conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We have created "contrib" and "non-free" areas in our FTP archive for this software. The software in these directories is not part of the Debian system, although it has been configured for use with Debian. We encourage CD manufacturers to read the licenses of software packages in these directories and determine if they can distribute that software on their CDs. Thus, although non-free software isn't a part of Debian, we support its use, and we provide infrastructure (such as our bug-tracking system and mailing lists) for non-free software packages.
ibm invented only the part about driving them out of business. they actually got the idea of suing in the first place from the numerous baseless claims that were filed against them (to increase stockprice, investors are fucked up)
around 1940-1950, the simple act of filling a lawsuit against IBM had the effect of increasing your stock price significantly. no matter how baseless your claim was.
they're just copying a proved and known tactic, that doesn't take any guts to do
aol too. on one hand they compete with microsoft. and on the other they "cooperate" by trading favors (i think they used to use IE in their install in exchange for an ad in windows or something like that, details are sketchy)
hu... outlets are 120 volts AC. you wouldn't want near a 120 volt DC outlet! and he was talking about the peak at ~170 (though he said rms, which he's wrong but he really meant peak). the rest of course, is dead on.
btw, there IS longer lasting light bulbs that almost never burn out. i can't remember the reason why they are longer lasting though
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sorry to disapoint you. the article doesn't mention this but according to someone on bugtraq some versions of mozilla are also affected
maybe a hardware issue, but i don't see how you can rule out rh's fault.
that machine had a uptime of 10 months before that. it's also VERY busy. the only "new" process on it was up2date. sure points to rhn to me.
maybe it triggered a kernel bug, but it's rhn fault for triggering it.
i would expect a company like redhat (that supposedly do thorough QA) to have caught such a glaring bug.
either way, i built a new machine based on debian (like all of our new servers) and they lived happily ever after.
i said kernel OOPS. not kernel update. as in it crashed the kernel (aka blue screen of death for windows users) WHILE updating, not after rebooting
beside, i dont trust pre built packages for my kernels, even on apt
wait until it OOPS' your kernel on your most critical machine. you'll change your mind then.
beside apt-get works better, and is free
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actually, the exploit was known (found by andrew morton) but didn't make it to 2.4.22 in time. RTA
haha! i've been wondering what was that guy's name for a while (well both, helmet and lone starr). thanks for the memory :)
i'm not sure of the specifics, but most likely they decreased the civilian bands (accuracy) over iraq, while maintaining (or increasing, due to more sattelites) the military bands. it's well known they have different bands for those two systems, no reason why they wouldn't use them.
:)
i could be wrong though
na, they'll get busted for stealing the game because they can't get their hands on them otherwise (yeah yeah, lots of other way, just one of the reason someone is bound to bring up)
i'd rather have my kid play GTA 10 and understand why it's not Real Life, than they don't.much like drinking, wouldn't want em to hide their drinking and do stupid things (like driving) instead of drinking at home where you can look at them
i sure hope they eliminate the "click" you see when the damn thing switches layer in this new format. easily the Single Most Annoying Bug
that was in the lastest cryptogram by bruce schneider
i can't tell if you're a troll, or if you seriously believe that.
if you follow bugtraq and full-disclosure, you'll see a constant stream of security fixes from the sco security team. for roughly the same packages as redhat/debian/suse/etc.. (where applicable)
so no sco isn't "behind" in security fixes. most projects are "code once, modify slightly" anyway (hell, if debian can make their own patch, im sure sco can too)
some of us prefer highlighting and pasting it. at least we know we're not getting redirected to goatse
yup! mona lisa overdrive, that's it. with a name like that who can blame me for not remembering? :)
it sound like a William Gibson novel, the one with the guy obsessed over the "form" or "shape" of the cyberspace being a "snapshot" of the universe. i can't seem to remember the name anymore
which they explicitly state is not part of debian, but merely using their facility for the sake of convenience.
right from their social contract:
Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Standards
We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of programs that don't conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We have created "contrib" and "non-free" areas in our FTP archive for this software. The software in these directories is not part of the Debian system, although it has been configured for use with Debian. We encourage CD manufacturers to read the licenses of software packages in these directories and determine if they can distribute that software on their CDs. Thus, although non-free software isn't a part of Debian, we support its use, and we provide infrastructure (such as our bug-tracking system and mailing lists) for non-free software packages.
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why not a cute little virus? nothing wrong with em
ibm invented only the part about driving them out of business. they actually got the idea of suing in the first place from the numerous baseless claims that were filed against them (to increase stockprice, investors are fucked up)
they refused to pay sco's generous extorsi^W license fee?
around 1940-1950, the simple act of filling a lawsuit against IBM had the effect of increasing your stock price significantly. no matter how baseless your claim was.
they're just copying a proved and known tactic, that doesn't take any guts to do
aol too. on one hand they compete with microsoft. and on the other they "cooperate" by trading favors (i think they used to use IE in their install in exchange for an ad in windows or something like that, details are sketchy)
well so far they don't even have a small pair. *shrugs* luck come, luck goes, but...
hu... outlets are 120 volts AC. you wouldn't want near a 120 volt DC outlet! and he was talking about the peak at ~170 (though he said rms, which he's wrong but he really meant peak). the rest of course, is dead on.
btw, there IS longer lasting light bulbs that almost never burn out. i can't remember the reason why they are longer lasting though
i've always been wary of network booting. how does it do speed wise (for disk access and such) in a server environment (say, web server?)