I'm smart enough to infer from the term "Early Adopter" that this probably isn't quite ready for production use, but the less educated people can find sentences like "While suitable for testing and experimentation, these features may not be ready for production use." in the guide to help clue them in.
What if a terrorist is flying at buildings protected by a soft wall and then cuts off all the airplane's power? I'm sure there's some kind of backup power, etc. but if there was no power to control the rudders the plane would lose some speed and fly straight into the buildings.
They're buying Windows from Micros~1 because the pre-loaded install of Windows could be tainted. The PC manufacturer or one of their employees could have loaded keystroke logging software, etc.
It's a shame that the Army can't buy machines without Windows, and not pay Micros~1 twice, but there's no way MS would let that happen.
It could be worse though... Imagine being one of the guys that needs to reinstall Win XP on 494,000 machines.
"OS-X/Unix introduces timing problems for MIDI musicians. Better stick with an older version of the software."
I hate replying to AC trolls, but this had to be corrected. I use OS X in my recording studio, and have never been happier. No MIDI timing issues, no latency, no problems at all. I had all sorts of timing issues and latency on a 2.4 GHz P4 with 2 GB ram running W2k.
Don't even try suggesting that Linux would fix the latency because there aren't any quality pro audio apps for Linux.
Senator Orrin G. Hatch made statements about destroying computers belonging to suspected online file traders.
He said "Damaging someone's computer may be the only way you can teach somebody about copyrights."
He acknowledged Congress would have to enact an exemption for copyright owners from liability for damaging computers. He endorsed technology that would twice warn a computer user about illegal online behavior, then destroy their computer.
I feel that he needs to be reminded of the fact that we already have a system in place to handle issues like this. It's our justice system, and in our justice system, people are presumed innocent until proven guilty. We can't have copyright owners destroying computers because they think their work may have been illegally obtained.
I just wanted to make sure you are aware of Senator Hatch's remarks and let you know that I am not in support of anything that would give copyright owners more power than our justice system.
What a horrible analogy. Have you ever used a Mac? How do you know it's 2x slower than the competition? I use Macs in my recording studio. They're much faster and more reliable than P4s with Windows 2k or XP. I'm not going to waste time debating whether a Mac is faster than a Linux machine because I can't run the software I need on Linux. When I can run Logic Platinum and ProTools natively on a Linux machine, I'll... oh, nevermind. That would never happen anyways.
I'm already paying to watch the shows, and now they're mad because they're not going to make as much advertising money due to me skipping commercials?! I say "F them!" Times are changing, and in the business world, if your product isn't making you the money you'd like it to, you'll have to revise it. If I really wanted to tape something without commercials, I'd just hit the stop and record buttons. This just does it for me.
because they don't want anyone to know what sections of System V wound up in Linux. Knowing the comment would make it pretty easy to figure it out. They're afraid IBM is going to fix the offending sections before a trial.
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RedHat has been busted stealing ATA RAID code from FreeBSD.
FreeBSD is safe. We've already been through a big law suit. There's been no UNIX code in FreeBSD for years. Many closed-source projects (including MS) have used BSD code.
OTOH, there may not be any IBMs sponsoring FreeBSD (don't get me started, either. IBM is only on the bandwagon to sell more servers.), but a majority of the major open-source apps are designed with FreeBSD in mind.
Apache and PostgreSQL are both developed on (on, not for) FreeBSD. Yes, www.apache.org is powered by FreeBSD. So is Yahoo! Hell, use NetCraft.comtoconfirmthat the above sites are powered by FreeBSD, and while you're at it, check out what powers NetCraft. You'd be suprised.
No, he's totally correct. If they fork off Linux, their code needs to be GPL. They can fork off FreeBSD, close the source, sell it, whatever, and it's legit. The BSD license lets you do *anything* you want, including close the source, and sell a product 100% based on their work.
"Given that we have extensive legal resources put forth into making sure we respect the valid intellectual property rights of companies, we are not concerned with the statements that have been made" that Unix code appears in Linux, said Red Hat spokeswoman Leigh Day. "We do take intellectual property very seriously."
Not flamebait! Flamebait would be saying that you guys don't use FreeBSD because you're too stupid to use the text-based installer. FreeBSD is *much* better than Linux as far as stability goes. Maybe I can't use bleeding-edge hardware, etc. but my servers *never* go down, unless I issue "shutdown -h now."
It's actually pretty cool... You boot off a floppy, configure your network card to get an internet connection up, and then it downloads and installs FreeBSD. It's nice whey you're setting up a firewall/router and don't have a cdrom drive to install from.
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The major improveent of the ports' concept in Portage is fine-grained control of dependencies and system/application settings/configurations.
What?! Portage blows away configuration files every chance it gets! FreeBSD's ports system never overwrites config files, etc.
As far as dependencies are concerned, install portupgrade and then use pkgdb to fix any issues.
I live in West Palm Beach! I might try bribing his garbage man to dump a truckload of junk in his yard.
The FreeBSD project has an "Early Adopters Guide."
I'm smart enough to infer from the term "Early Adopter" that this probably isn't quite ready for production use, but the less educated people can find sentences like "While suitable for testing and experimentation, these features may not be ready for production use." in the guide to help clue them in.
What if a terrorist is flying at buildings protected by a soft wall and then cuts off all the airplane's power? I'm sure there's some kind of backup power, etc. but if there was no power to control the rudders the plane would lose some speed and fly straight into the buildings.
Code Red wasn't a "scare," it was an epidemic.
Get an M-Audio Delta 410.
It has 4 inputs, and 10 outputs.
They're buying Windows from Micros~1 because the pre-loaded install of Windows could be tainted. The PC manufacturer or one of their employees could have loaded keystroke logging software, etc.
It's a shame that the Army can't buy machines without Windows, and not pay Micros~1 twice, but there's no way MS would let that happen.
It could be worse though... Imagine being one of the guys that needs to reinstall Win XP on 494,000 machines.
"OS-X/Unix introduces timing problems for MIDI musicians. Better stick with an older version of the software."
I hate replying to AC trolls, but this had to be corrected. I use OS X in my recording studio, and have never been happier. No MIDI timing issues, no latency, no problems at all. I had all sorts of timing issues and latency on a 2.4 GHz P4 with 2 GB ram running W2k.
Don't even try suggesting that Linux would fix the latency because there aren't any quality pro audio apps for Linux.
That's the funniest shit I've read on /. in a long time.
Keep it up Tim.
Email or fax your senators. Let them know that you don not approve of these ideas. Mailing Senator Hatch is useless unless you live in Utah.
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Here's what I mailed my senators:
Dear Sir,
Senator Orrin G. Hatch made statements about destroying computers belonging to suspected online file traders.
He said "Damaging someone's computer may be the only way you can teach somebody about copyrights."
He acknowledged Congress would have to enact an exemption for copyright owners from liability for damaging computers. He endorsed technology that would twice warn a computer user about illegal online behavior, then destroy their computer.
I feel that he needs to be reminded of the fact that we already have a system in place to handle issues like this. It's our justice system, and in our justice system, people are presumed innocent until proven guilty. We can't have copyright owners destroying computers because they think their work may have been illegally obtained.
I just wanted to make sure you are aware of Senator Hatch's remarks and let you know that I am not in support of anything that would give copyright owners more power than our justice system.
Respectfully,
What a horrible analogy. Have you ever used a Mac? How do you know it's 2x slower than the competition?
I use Macs in my recording studio. They're much faster and more reliable than P4s with Windows 2k or XP. I'm not going to waste time debating whether a Mac is faster than a Linux machine because I can't run the software I need on Linux. When I can run Logic Platinum and ProTools natively on a Linux machine, I'll... oh, nevermind. That would never happen anyways.
I don't ever get spam on my Nextel phone.
I'm already paying to watch the shows, and now they're mad because they're not going to make as much advertising money due to me skipping commercials?! I say "F them!" Times are changing, and in the business world, if your product isn't making you the money you'd like it to, you'll have to revise it. If I really wanted to tape something without commercials, I'd just hit the stop and record buttons. This just does it for me.
So how does your license differ from the BSD license?
because they don't want anyone to know what sections of System V wound up in Linux. Knowing the comment would make it pretty easy to figure it out. They're afraid IBM is going to fix the offending sections before a trial.
RedHat has been busted stealing ATA RAID code from FreeBSD.
Here's the Shashdot article
FreeBSD is safe. We've already been through a big law suit. There's been no UNIX code in FreeBSD for years. Many closed-source projects (including MS) have used BSD code.
OTOH, there may not be any IBMs sponsoring FreeBSD (don't get me started, either. IBM is only on the bandwagon to sell more servers.), but a majority of the major open-source apps are designed with FreeBSD in mind.
Apache and PostgreSQL are both developed on (on, not for) FreeBSD. Yes, www.apache.org is powered by FreeBSD. So is Yahoo! Hell, use NetCraft.com to confirm that the above sites are powered by FreeBSD, and while you're at it, check out what powers NetCraft. You'd be suprised.
No, he's totally correct. If they fork off Linux, their code needs to be GPL. They can fork off FreeBSD, close the source, sell it, whatever, and it's legit. The BSD license lets you do *anything* you want, including close the source, and sell a product 100% based on their work.
"Given that we have extensive legal resources put forth into making sure we respect the valid intellectual property rights of companies, we are not concerned with the statements that have been made" that Unix code appears in Linux, said Red Hat spokeswoman Leigh Day. "We do take intellectual property very seriously."
right...
http://slashdot.org/bsd/01/09/24/1432223.shtml
Not flamebait! Flamebait would be saying that you guys don't use FreeBSD because you're too stupid to use the text-based installer. FreeBSD is *much* better than Linux as far as stability goes. Maybe I can't use bleeding-edge hardware, etc. but my servers *never* go down, unless I issue "shutdown -h now."
Yeah, they did post a follow-up. They still didn't tune half the things they should have, but sendmail on FreeBSD rocked all the other OSs.
I know, I know. Nobody should run sendmail.
It's actually pretty cool... You boot off a floppy, configure your network card to get an internet connection up, and then it downloads and installs FreeBSD. It's nice whey you're setting up a firewall/router and don't have a cdrom drive to install from.
Mod this up, not down. It was funny. Read the article he linked to.
so if Linux is so great, why can't they fix a stupid uptime counter?
Yeah, because it's 99.999% Mozilla. Download Mozilla 1.3, you won't regret it. It even runs on OS X.