I am using uswest as an ISP and for my DSL line. (see my email address?) Yes, when I got my modem I had to connect to it (using a serial line at first) and set it up for ppp mode. What it does is it sets up my username and password in the nvram of the modem, and when it is first turned on (it is always on though, but whenever it needs to reconnect) it uses that name and password to authenticate on the network, then uses DHCP. On my side of the network I am a 10.0.0.x, and I connected a hub so I could potentially have hundreds of computers in my house on the internet, I think. The modem gives out the 10.0.0.x to local machines using DHCP on the local network. The modem uses NAT (network address translation) so my IP address (which changes) is different to the outside world. If you try to telnet to me you will actually get my modem, (which has a password of course, and I think I have WAN telnets disabled anyway). This works fine for email and web stuff. Unfortunately I cannot: run a web server accept files in ICQ connect to a lot of IRC servers because the identd can't get through to me It's due to that stupid NAT. Uswest said I had to subscribe to their home office offering to get dedicated IPs without NAT. I'm not sure how much it is but I bet it isn't free.
I think a lot of slashdotters were waiting for you to do something about it. I don't think any kind of posting on slashdot is the same as sending hate mail to corel, which no one did. It was more talking about them behind their back. You were the first to contact them. Speaking of which, it was funny seeing in that email what you really think of slashdot.:-)
First they posted the requirements for the beta, "requires Windows." OK, so that was a mistake. An overlooked boilerplate bullet. Then they did the same with the software license. I don't think they intended to violate the GPL. They seem to have repeated trouble with details. Just think of it as a code review for software licenses.
This is not "Linux for Windows" per se
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This is not Linux for Windows in the same sense of "Word for Windows." I know that is what a lot of people thought because I thought that too... and that is what a lot of the comments seem to be saying. It has an installer that runs under windows, pulls settings from Windows to make installing Linux easier, and uses UMSDOS to put the linux files on the C: drive. e.g. c:\linux\usr\bin\netscape etc. Then when you run linux, an icon set up for you, (probably using loadlin) Windows is shut down and the linux kernel takes over completely starting with text mode and everything. Your best bet for running Linux at the same time as Windows is VMWARE for windows NT (or vmware for linux, you can run win95/98/NT or almost any other OS under linux).
Just create a swap partition, say 128 MB, and use as much space as you want for linux as the other partition, mounted as root (/).
I'll have to take your word on the "considerable experience" part. If there is some reason you want separate partitions for other reasons then you know more about your intentions of the system than anyone else.
You don't have to sell the software... just distributing the software means you have to follow the GPL (or else you can't distribute it.) What company are you talking about? (or am I feeding a troll?)
BSD sounds pretty good. Which one should I install? If OpenBSD is secure, why don't the other two distro's merge the code into {Free,Net}BSD? Are each of the three really completely different kernels? NetBSD runs on tons of computers apparently, and FreeBSD has the best Intel/PC compatibility right? Do some things run on one BSD that don't run on another? If so why isn't there a best one? Are there different distributions of nBSD (for some reasonable value of n) like there are a ton of Linux distributions? If not, why not? I am asking these questions for information, not to make a point. Thanks!
Don't worry. I am meta-moderating this moderation (off-topic) as we speak. I am marking it (the moderation) 'unfair' as the moderator apparently has no clue. The original author probably could have explained the context of the message better though, perhaps. I was here investigating the context of this post. It would probably be a good idea to stop complaining about the moderators so much... but then we wouldn't be having this conversation would we? It's a self organizing system, as long as people like you and me take their mod "duties" seriously.
I knew I was in trouble when I got first post, no matter what I said. Of course I read it. I did not really think that it required Windows. I was just pointing out that their web page was humorously incorrect. Linux requiring Windows. How ironic. It's funny... Laugh.:)
(Don't worry, I have been known to take things too seriously myself.)
I see. I don't have a TV, but I remember seeing that commercial now at my friends' house. It's amazing that people in other countries believe that real Americans are like those fake people on TV.
From the article: I am amazed that a country where people drive to the corner postbox has chosen a digital TV system that does not allow mobile reception
What the f is that supposed to mean? Is he trying to say that US mail delivery people don't pick up the mail from mailboxes? Does he expect people to watch TV while driving to the post office? Or is the passenger going to watch TV while accompanying the driver going on an unnecessary trip to the postoffice instead of leaving a letter in the mail? I don't have to drive anywhere to send a letter, and I live in the US. And I thought they already solved the echo problem. Great way to sell phones. Insult the customer.
TV's in mobile phones. What is this world coming to?
Ok newbie. There already was a poll. A new feature was added that you can filter against the author as well as the topic. In fact Katz wrote an article about it, called "Shut Up Software."
Look people. You don't need to comment on the moderators in the discussion. The moderators are randomly selected users like you and me. As far as one person's reply mentioning Andover, they have nothing to do with it. Now there is meta moderation, and if the meta moderators (again, you and me) don't like how it is moderated, the one who moderated will be moderated down. Now stop whining.
First we hear that there are not enough students going into CS and so we need to increase the number of visas for foreign tech workers, and now we hear that everyone is going into CS. So which is it? I guess it depends on your special interest.
At NMSU we had to take a 1 credit pass/fail Social Implications of Computing. "Privacy, security of information, work and leisure, professionalism and licensing, legal safeguards, poitical and economic implications" We looked at one company that was offering memberships in a professional association and they had a code of ethics. I think they were just trying to make money though. Actually that's what I think of most honor societies that you have to pay money for something useless to put on your resume.
Hatred, actually. It's ever better that way because you only have to rearrange and concatenate the words.
As someone said, "The pedants are revolting."
Re:DVD is still a year or two away..
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Wait a minute. There is only enough information on a DVD to light up each scanline on a normal TV (except for Anamorphic widescreen, that's another matter). It looks much better on TV, I think. I guess it depends on if you have a hardware DVD decoder with an s-video (or better) out. I can't imagine what it would look like if it displayed on the VGA and then was converted to a TV signal (shudder). I have the usual Dxr2 board and it looks great on TV but crappy on the monitor. I would like to see software decoding on the monitor though, that might be OK.
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I am using uswest as an ISP and for my DSL line. (see my email address?) Yes, when I got my modem I had to connect to it (using a serial line at first) and set it up for ppp mode. What it does is it sets up my username and password in the nvram of the modem, and when it is first turned on (it is always on though, but whenever it needs to reconnect) it uses that name and password to authenticate on the network, then uses DHCP. On my side of the network I am a 10.0.0.x, and I connected a hub so I could potentially have hundreds of computers in my house on the internet, I think. The modem gives out the 10.0.0.x to local machines using DHCP on the local network. The modem uses NAT (network address translation) so my IP address (which changes) is different to the outside world. If you try to telnet to me you will actually get my modem, (which has a password of course, and I think I have WAN telnets disabled anyway). This works fine for email and web stuff. Unfortunately I cannot:
run a web server
accept files in ICQ
connect to a lot of IRC servers because the identd can't get through to me
It's due to that stupid NAT. Uswest said I had to subscribe to their home office offering to get dedicated IPs without NAT. I'm not sure how much it is but I bet it isn't free.
I think a lot of slashdotters were waiting for you to do something about it. I don't think any kind of posting on slashdot is the same as sending hate mail to corel, which no one did. It was more talking about them behind their back. You were the first to contact them. Speaking of which, it was funny seeing in that email what you really think of slashdot. :-)
First they posted the requirements for the beta, "requires Windows." OK, so that was a mistake. An overlooked boilerplate bullet. Then they did the same with the software license. I don't think they intended to violate the GPL. They seem to have repeated trouble with details. Just think of it as a code review for software licenses.
This is not Linux for Windows in the same sense of "Word for Windows." I know that is what a lot of people thought because I thought that too... and that is what a lot of the comments seem to be saying. It has an installer that runs under windows, pulls settings from Windows to make installing Linux easier, and uses UMSDOS to put the linux files on the C: drive.
e.g. c:\linux\usr\bin\netscape etc.
Then when you run linux, an icon set up for you, (probably using loadlin) Windows is shut down and the linux kernel takes over completely starting with text mode and everything.
Your best bet for running Linux at the same time as Windows is VMWARE for windows NT (or vmware for linux, you can run win95/98/NT or almost any other OS under linux).
Just create a swap partition, say 128 MB, and use as much space as you want for linux as the other partition, mounted as root (/).
I'll have to take your word on the "considerable experience" part. If there is some reason you want separate partitions for other reasons then you know more about your intentions of the system than anyone else.
Dude. I already had that song stuck in my head.
How can I find a woman like that?
For commercial development, the Qt libs cost about twice as much as VisualC++ and NT4.0 WS. combined.
Is this true? Do you really have to pay a license to develop commercial K applications?
You don't have to sell the software... just distributing the software means you have to follow the GPL (or else you can't distribute it.)
What company are you talking about? (or am I feeding a troll?)
What self respecting slashdotter is going to trust their money to something called MFC Merchant Bank?
:-)
:-) for the humor impaired
Please tell me you are just trolling. My faith in humanity is dwindling here.
I'm trying to figure out how that would work.
Prosecution: Yes I have found X on the computer hard drive.
Cross examination: How did you determine this?
Prosecution: I'm not going to divulge that information.
Judge: The witness will answer the question.
Prosecution: No.
What would the jury think?
BSD sounds pretty good. Which one should I install? If OpenBSD is secure, why don't the other two distro's merge the code into {Free,Net}BSD? Are each of the three really completely different kernels? NetBSD runs on tons of computers apparently, and FreeBSD has the best Intel/PC compatibility right? Do some things run on one BSD that don't run on another? If so why isn't there a best one? Are there different distributions of nBSD (for some reasonable value of n) like there are a ton of Linux distributions? If not, why not? I am asking these questions for information, not to make a point. Thanks!
Don't worry. I am meta-moderating this moderation (off-topic) as we speak. I am marking it (the moderation) 'unfair' as the moderator apparently has no clue. The original author probably could have explained the context of the message better though, perhaps. I was here investigating the context of this post. It would probably be a good idea to stop complaining about the moderators so much... but then we wouldn't be having this conversation would we? It's a self organizing system, as long as people like you and me take their mod "duties" seriously.
I knew I was in trouble when I got first post, no matter what I said. Of course I read it. I did not really think that it required Windows. I was just pointing out that their web page was humorously incorrect. Linux requiring Windows. How ironic. It's funny... Laugh. :)
(Don't worry, I have been known to take things too seriously myself.)
Look at their Beta Requirements:
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Windows® 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT® (4.0)
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The page is whatever your browser's default is.
I see. I don't have a TV, but I remember seeing that commercial now at my friends' house. It's amazing that people in other countries believe that real Americans are like those fake people on TV.
From the article:
I am amazed that a country where people drive to the corner postbox has chosen a digital TV system that does not allow mobile reception
What the f is that supposed to mean? Is he trying to say that US mail delivery people don't pick up the mail from mailboxes? Does he expect people to watch TV while driving to the post office? Or is the passenger going to watch TV while accompanying the driver going on an unnecessary trip to the postoffice instead of leaving a letter in the mail? I don't have to drive anywhere to send a letter, and I live in the US. And I thought they already solved the echo problem. Great way to sell phones. Insult the customer.
TV's in mobile phones. What is this world coming to?
Hasbro also owns Atari. You realize what this means don't you? AD&D for the 2600! Woohoo!
Ok newbie. There already was a poll. A new feature was added that you can filter against the author as well as the topic. In fact Katz wrote an article about it, called "Shut Up Software."
Look people. You don't need to comment on the moderators in the discussion. The moderators are randomly selected users like you and me. As far as one person's reply mentioning Andover, they have nothing to do with it. Now there is meta moderation, and if the meta moderators (again, you and me) don't like how it is moderated, the one who moderated will be moderated down. Now stop whining.
hehe. Judging by the number of posts that are pointing out spelling and technical errors I might as well join in.
It does not "beg the question." It raises the question. Begging the question is a logical falacy.
First we hear that there are not enough students going into CS and so we need to increase the number of visas for foreign tech workers, and now we hear that everyone is going into CS. So which is it? I guess it depends on your special interest.
At NMSU we had to take a 1 credit pass/fail Social Implications of Computing. "Privacy, security of information, work and leisure, professionalism and licensing, legal safeguards, poitical and economic implications" We looked at one company that was offering memberships in a professional association and they had a code of ethics. I think they were just trying to make money though. Actually that's what I think of most honor societies that you have to pay money for something useless to put on your resume.
Hatred, actually. It's ever better that way because you only have to rearrange and concatenate the words.
As someone said, "The pedants are revolting."
Wait a minute. There is only enough information on a DVD to light up each scanline on a normal TV (except for Anamorphic widescreen, that's another matter). It looks much better on TV, I think. I guess it depends on if you have a hardware DVD decoder with an s-video (or better) out. I can't imagine what it would look like if it displayed on the VGA and then was converted to a TV signal (shudder). I have the usual Dxr2 board and it looks great on TV but crappy on the monitor. I would like to see software decoding on the monitor though, that might be OK.