Hi. I'm one of the ARM Server developers who just attended UDS Budapest. In fact, I'm still here at the hotel.
Ubuntu did not _switch_ to OpenStack. Rather, Ubuntu has added OpenStack as another method of creating a personal Cloud using Ubuntu. By doing so, we're adding to the rich diversity available in the Ubuntu universe. It's not replacing Eucalyptus! Eucalyptus remains supported.
Until you take into account that the total number of legitimate emails is between 100 and 300 million messages per day. Spam messages make up over 90% of the total stream, and that means untold amount of wasted bandwidth, processing time, and frankly wasted time on code needed to combat the issue.
Actually.. there are both yeasts and algae that literally -output- diesel as a byproduct of their metabolic processes. The researchers in this article focused on the conversion of algae to biofuels using heat and industrial processes, but this is not the technique currently in favor amongst the algae biofuel startups. Most have strains of yeasts (and algae) that were discovered around the world that have low yields of diesel fuel byproduct, and are working via rapid natural selection and genetic engineering techniques to increase the yield to commercially viable levels.
So, you get the valuable algae.. AND.. you get the diesel byproducts. It costs sunlight, and fertilizer plus some post processing and captures more carbon than is emitted by burning the fuel. Sounds pretty good to me.
Psystar has voluntarily suspended the sale of our Rebel EFI software product. Psystar feels it would be prudent to halt the sale of Rebel EFI while we explicitly ask the court for clarification on the legality of Rebel EFI. Our patience has been tested but our resolve is unwavering. Psystar's vision of bringing the Mac OS to generic PC hardware is and always will be unyielding. Although Rebel EFI may be temporarily unavailable for purchase on the Psystar online store, those who purchase a t-shirt or donate over twenty dollars will receive one free copy of Rebel EFI once the court has ruled in our favor on this issue.... (more moaning and groaning)...
Any and all information regarding Rebel EFI, future software products and all other things Psystar should be directed to press@psystar.com or legal@psystar.com.
Lets see.. you're a terrorist, and you want to get a bomb into place. So:
o) you make yourself as conspicuous as possible o)... put antisemitic stuff all over your baggage o)... post TONS of antisemitic stuff on the internet just to be sure o)... enter Israel from a country known to harbor terrorists
Get my drift? It's that very kind of behavior at a border crossing that makes her the least likely candidate to be carrying explosives. Also, most explosives have a residue signature that can be easily scanned for in Israel because they keep that kind of tech handy at customs points. A few swipes with a swab and a portable scanner later.. you know -exactly- what's in the bag. Five minutes or less. I can't say if shooting her bag was an over-reaction, but I can say that at least at that facility -- they had options.
At the end of the day, it's a wash. She is getting reimbursed for the laptop, and the Israeli security forces look good inside of Israel, but look silly to the outside world. Nobody really wins.
Gods, don't be so melodramatic and naive. These days Usenet is full of posts, and the pornographers are posting to everything from alt.comp.literacy to alt.binaries.pictures.landscapes and everything in between. Perhaps even the FBI is posting it as well, who knows.
To preserve privacy on your machine, for whatever reason, it's as simple as:
a) Use TOR! Preserver your privacy online by using onion routing networks. It's good sense for web browsing. a) Use the built in privacy features in your browser to delete the cache when you finish browsing. b) Use any of a number of utilities to overwrite the free space of your drive with zeroes. Heck, it's built in with mac OS X
--no-- computer forensic techiques exist to recover data once it has been overwritten once with zeros. There is a long standing challenge for any data recovery company to retrieve data from a hard drive that has been "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/whatever"ed to death. They won't take it, and for good reason.
That's what it boils down to. You don't need to smash your hard disk. You do need to be a levelheaded, smart person.
Actually.. there *IS* a flaw, as stated by Apple in the release, that does exactly what the SecureWorks people stated.
From the security release:
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-3507
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9, Mac OS X Server v10.3.9, Mac OS X v10.4.7, Mac OS X Server v10.4.7
Impact: Attackers on the wireless network may cause arbitrary code execution
Description: Two separate stack buffer overflows exist in the AirPort wireless driver's handling of malformed frames. An attacker in local proximity may be able to trigger an overflow by injecting a maliciously-crafted frame into a wireless network. When the AirPort is on, this could lead to arbitrary code execution with system privileges. This issue affects Power Mac, PowerBook, iBook, iMac, Mac Pro, Xserve, and PowerPC-based Mac mini computers equipped with wireless. Intel-based Mac mini, MacBook, and MacBook Pro computers are not affected. There is no known exploit for this issue. This update addresses the issues by performing additional validation of wireless frames.
The Diebold machine used for this article came via private hands. There is no independent verification that the software contained in it is the same as the production Diebold machines used in the vote tallies.
On the other hand, the fact that the memory card is contained behind a door which can be easily picked, or completely subverted by removing screws, is practically criminal negligence on the part of Diebold. Frankly, I'm surprised these things aren't as security-hardened as the ATM's that Diebold makes that are used every day.
Remember when cablemodems were first rolled out? About one megabit speed, when everyone else was on 56k dialup, and we sat and watched and waited for the cable companies to roll out. ISDN was king, and DSL was something hard to get.
Now? Cablemodem access is pretty much everywhere, and download speeds are pretty decent in general. DSL and Cable both have offerings in the 4-6mbit range, and now there is something else to look forward to...
Fiber. Downtown San Francisco has some of that Verizon fiber available in limited areas, and the access download speeds get into the 60-100mbit range. Let me say that again, since I'm sure a lot of people are going to say "he said WHAT?"
100 megabits. downlink. speed.
Yes, there are still some non-sensical "can't host a server" issues. Yes, uplink speeds are artificially asymmetrical (~60mb down, about 1mbit up. Still an improvement over cablemodem service speeds.) It's part of an experimental rollout, and hard to get installed. So was DSL, once.
HDTV, phone, internet access, 'digital radio', and more on a single line, all for around $100/month, at least for now.
Cable companies have something to worry about. Definately.
It took AMD a very long time to create a low-wattage version of the dual core 280. With four cores burning away on the new chip, I wonder how efficient putting a quad-core chip on a server board will be. Right now, most servers are running more than 80W per chip, making for a massive thermal dissipation problem. There's a lot of heat to shunt away from the chip, after all.
I'd rather have an ultra-efficient dual core chip, sayyyy.. 25W.. over having a quad core monster at over 140W!
What is -with- all these merger suggestions? "Company X should by company Y!" It smells to high heaven of stock manipulation by the article writers. I bet, with disclosure, that each time one of these articles is published, that the author has some sort of vested financial interest in one or both of the companies.
I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if the Pirate Bay comes back up tomorrow, as version 2.0. Of course, there is no way you could BUY this much publicity, and the MPAA would have quite a bit of egg on it's face for publishing a crowing "Press Release" on the issue.
So, patience. Wait and see. June 2nd will tell if this is real or not. June 1st is a day of political satire, jokes, speech making, and such.
In the meantime, the poor servers have a rest from serving torrents... and get to serve the joke page!
Quick correction Re: Mac Mini and memory upgrade. Opening the case does not void the warranty. Also, installing memory does not void the warranty if you use an Apple approved memory part.
I'm in agreement overall with your assesment, if you are comparing the mini with a general purpose computer. On the other hand, I think the mini should be viewed primarily as no more than a particularly powerful console box.
I honestly wonder what would happen if.. say.. Dell were to create a similar computer. Closed form factor, 256Meg ram, 2.8Ghz processor, etc in a pretty case.
At many of the big computer surplus stores ( e.g. like Weird Stuff warehouse in Sunnyvale, CA) there are a lot of surplus office solutions that do pretty much what you want.
My favorite? The 3Com OfficeConnect 56K Lan/Modem. It's basically a small router with an integrated 56k modem (does PPP and SLIP), and a four port switch. 3Com model number: 3c886
I've seen them for anything between $5, and $20. They automatically dial the LAN when a network request is generated, and drop the line when a phone is picked up.
Just my $.02
I doubt this can just blue one face out of many...
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I can't imagine the technology is so good, that it would be able to pick a face up out of a crowd. So much for stopping the Papparazi.
For that matter, I can imagine that this technology would false very easily. You could be trying to take a picture of a flower, but someone nearby might have a "magic no picture" transmitter on. Result? Blurred flower, or perhaps the loss of a one-in-a-lifetime photo.
This kind of device seems to have far, far, far more drawbacks than advantages in any real life scenario.
When Oracle first made a bid for PeopleSoft in 2002, PeopleSoft froze all hiring, and completely halted their Linux initiatives.
Ever since then, both companies have had "financial challenges," and the combination of both companies was bound to create a lot of redundancies. It's just a pity that the combined company believes that there are over 5,000 redundant jobs in the merged corporation.
Of course, that also speaks -volumes- to both companies hiring policies. Oracle is famous for creating projects, pumping them with quick new hires, and then dumping the projects (and sometimes a hundred jobs).
It's not surprising, but what it says about corporate culture and hiring practices is sad.
Most likely, he's working out a way to offshore the whole operation into a shell corporation in the Bahamas, and will (again) laugh his way to the bank.
Infecting the net with spyware, choking the backbones with spam. Making his money in the sleazebag way he always does.
Police Hat Desirable laptops are desirable to thieves too. Disguise your laptop with a PowerPizza and reduce the risk of getting it nicked.
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New and Impoved design design
Based on our customers feedback we've been working on our recipe. Powerpizza is now lighter, quicker and easier to use.
They'll think you're having pizza for lunch again whilst youll be preparing that last minute presentation for the board.
Accessories too!
Unlike most laptop cases, in a PowerPizza there's room to store the essential accessories too! As well as your laptop a PowerPizza can easily accommodate a mouse, power supply and more...
Quality Construction
Each PowerPizza laptop disguise is handmade in London using genuine italian-style pizza boxes for maximum authenticity.
Waterproof
Need to go out in the rain? Putting your PowerPizza in a carrier bag will not only increase the level of disguise - it'll keep it dry too.
Technical
Corrugated cardboard pizza box
Max. laptop size: 37 x 37 x 3.6 cm
Min. laptop width: 28 cm
Weight: 300 grams
Ext. dimensions: 38 x 38 x 4.7 cm
Some assembly required
Available Wholesale
Powerpizza is now available wholesale. We are looking for stockists and distributors worldwide.
... at the top of the page. You know, the one that says "Yeah, hey, this product is 100% fake. Please don't bother slashdotting us, or even trying to order one."
The sidekick, mark 1, suffers from having a fantastic java based architecture.. and -zip- all for software.
In fact, at first all the ringtones you could want were free. A few months later, the SAME ringtones cost anywhere from $.99-->1.99!
One of the most useful applications, an ssh client/terminal was also free.. and now costs $4.99.
The carriers are afraid to deploy software, especially T-Mobile. Software updates are few and far between.
Things I would have liked to have seen on the sidekick2? Oh, simple things like an SD memory slot, on-device synchronization of contact information, bluetooth (it's funky to hold and have a conversation with)... oh.. and if not a touch screen at -least- a less awkward way to dial numbers.
Oh well. Danger has yet another cute device, but if all we get is a digital camera out of it? what's the point.
Nice going, Danger. Try again. Maybe the design team will do ACTUAL MARKET RESEARCH next time, and get it right when the sidekick gets cubed.
As for now, the existing device should probably be crushed.. and cubed.
Not quite. Although there is one current and one upcoming counterexample (The introduction of new VM mode in 2.4.19, and the upcoming addition of SATA into 2.4.27) radical subtractions and additions to core kernel functionality did not generally occur in 2.4.
So, the 2.4 series has been about taking a lot of core features, freezing them, and then spending the resto of the time correcting bugs as they come along.
What's happening in 2.6 now, and since it's release, is an average of 10 -megabytes- of patch for each 2.6 kernel release. That's a lot of development. Greg has just proposed yanking all of devfs in 2.6. This isn't a minor change.
The point is, that the vanilla kernel series of 2.4 is a stable base for other developers to layer new functionality on.
People like myself can buld the UIboot code over that, and be certain that it will patch well.
Companies like IBM can build the ServeRaid drivers over that, and know that the code base they are working with will likely be the same for the whole 2.4 series.
I should not have to go to a third-party vendor to find a functionally-stable kernel.
I/certainly/ shouldn't have to go to another vendor to find a -code- stable kernel. Recent changes to the nforce ethernet driver broke it. The patch was put into the main line kernel, seemingly without enough testing to see if it -would- break. That's certainly bad enough.
The 2.6 kernel is not, and if this model of development continues.. WILL NOT BE.. stable. Certainly not code stable, and quite definately not functionally stable.
For my part, I'm having terrible problems with stability in 2.6, and have had a very different experience developing an embedded product that provides data backup and disaster recovery for wintel sysems. I'd like to switch to 2.6, but the number of continuing underlying code changes means that for every part that the kernel developers fix, two or three other things manage to break in the process.
That's not stability. That's also preventing me from adopting 2.6 for the product/despite/ there being a number of functions and features in the 2.6 kernel that would be clearly superior to the current 2.4 kernel being used.
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Hi. I'm one of the ARM Server developers who just attended UDS Budapest. In fact, I'm still here at the hotel.
Ubuntu did not _switch_ to OpenStack. Rather, Ubuntu has added OpenStack as another method of creating a personal Cloud using Ubuntu. By doing so, we're adding to the rich diversity available in the Ubuntu universe. It's not replacing Eucalyptus! Eucalyptus remains supported.
-Martin B
ARM Server Developer
(In Budapest)
Until you take into account that the total number of legitimate emails is between 100 and 300 million messages per day. Spam messages make up over 90% of the total stream, and that means untold amount of wasted bandwidth, processing time, and frankly wasted time on code needed to combat the issue.
Actually .. there are both yeasts and algae that literally -output- diesel as a byproduct of their metabolic processes. The researchers in this article focused on the conversion of algae to biofuels using heat and industrial processes, but this is not the technique currently in favor amongst the algae biofuel startups. Most have strains of yeasts (and algae) that were discovered around the world that have low yields of diesel fuel byproduct, and are working via rapid natural selection and genetic engineering techniques to increase the yield to commercially viable levels.
So, you get the valuable algae .. AND .. you get the diesel byproducts. It costs sunlight, and fertilizer plus some post processing and captures more carbon than is emitted by burning the fuel. Sounds pretty good to me.
December 22, 2009
Psystar has voluntarily suspended the sale of our Rebel EFI software product. Psystar feels it would be prudent to halt the sale of Rebel EFI while we explicitly ask the court for clarification on the legality of Rebel EFI. Our patience has been tested but our resolve is unwavering. Psystar's vision of bringing the Mac OS to generic PC hardware is and always will be unyielding. Although Rebel EFI may be temporarily unavailable for purchase on the Psystar online store, those who purchase a t-shirt or donate over twenty dollars will receive one free copy of Rebel EFI once the court has ruled in our favor on this issue. ... (more moaning and groaning) ...
Any and all information regarding Rebel EFI, future software products and all other things Psystar should be directed to press@psystar.com or legal@psystar.com.
Lets see .. you're a terrorist, and you want to get a bomb into place. So:
o) you make yourself as conspicuous as possible ... put antisemitic stuff all over your baggage ... post TONS of antisemitic stuff on the internet just to be sure ... enter Israel from a country known to harbor terrorists
o)
o)
o)
Get my drift? It's that very kind of behavior at a border crossing that makes her the least likely candidate to be carrying explosives. Also, most explosives have a residue signature that can be easily scanned for in Israel because they keep that kind of tech handy at customs points. A few swipes with a swab and a portable scanner later .. you know -exactly- what's in the bag. Five minutes or less. I can't say if shooting her bag was an over-reaction, but I can say that at least at that facility -- they had options.
At the end of the day, it's a wash. She is getting reimbursed for the laptop, and the Israeli security forces look good inside of Israel, but look silly to the outside world. Nobody really wins.
Gods, don't be so melodramatic and naive. These days Usenet is full of posts, and the pornographers are posting to everything from alt.comp.literacy to alt.binaries.pictures.landscapes and everything in between. Perhaps even the FBI is posting it as well, who knows.
To preserve privacy on your machine, for whatever reason, it's as simple as:
a) Use TOR! Preserver your privacy online by using onion routing networks. It's good sense for web browsing.
a) Use the built in privacy features in your browser to delete the cache when you finish browsing.
b) Use any of a number of utilities to overwrite the free space of your drive with zeroes. Heck, it's built in with mac OS X
--no-- computer forensic techiques exist to recover data once it has been overwritten once with zeros. There is a long standing challenge for any data recovery company to retrieve data from a hard drive that has been "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/whatever"ed to death. They won't take it, and for good reason.
That's what it boils down to. You don't need to smash your hard disk. You do need to be a levelheaded, smart person.
Actually .. there *IS* a flaw, as stated by Apple in the release, that does exactly what the SecureWorks people stated.
From the security release:
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-3507
Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9, Mac OS X Server v10.3.9, Mac OS X v10.4.7, Mac OS X Server v10.4.7
Impact: Attackers on the wireless network may cause arbitrary code execution
Description: Two separate stack buffer overflows exist in the AirPort wireless driver's handling of malformed frames. An attacker in local proximity may be able to trigger an overflow by injecting a maliciously-crafted frame into a wireless network. When the AirPort is on, this could lead to arbitrary code execution with system privileges. This issue affects Power Mac, PowerBook, iBook, iMac, Mac Pro, Xserve, and PowerPC-based Mac mini computers equipped with wireless. Intel-based Mac mini, MacBook, and MacBook Pro computers are not affected. There is no known exploit for this issue. This update addresses the issues by performing additional validation of wireless frames.
The Diebold machine used for this article came via private hands. There is no independent verification that the software contained in it is the same as the production Diebold machines used in the vote tallies.
On the other hand, the fact that the memory card is contained behind a door which can be easily picked, or completely subverted by removing screws, is practically criminal negligence on the part of Diebold. Frankly, I'm surprised these things aren't as security-hardened as the ATM's that Diebold makes that are used every day.
Remember when cablemodems were first rolled out? About one megabit speed, when everyone else was on 56k dialup, and we sat and watched and waited for the cable companies to roll out. ISDN was king, and DSL was something hard to get.
Now? Cablemodem access is pretty much everywhere, and download speeds are pretty decent in general. DSL and Cable both have offerings in the 4-6mbit range, and now there is something else to look forward to...
Fiber. Downtown San Francisco has some of that Verizon fiber available in limited areas, and the access download speeds get into the 60-100mbit range. Let me say that again, since I'm sure a lot of people are going to say "he said WHAT?"
100 megabits. downlink. speed.
Yes, there are still some non-sensical "can't host a server" issues. Yes, uplink speeds are artificially asymmetrical (~60mb down, about 1mbit up. Still an improvement over cablemodem service speeds.) It's part of an experimental rollout, and hard to get installed. So was DSL, once.
HDTV, phone, internet access, 'digital radio', and more on a single line, all for around $100/month, at least for now.
Cable companies have something to worry about. Definately.
It took AMD a very long time to create a low-wattage version of the dual core 280. With four cores burning away on the new chip, I wonder how efficient putting a quad-core chip on a server board will be. Right now, most servers are running more than 80W per chip, making for a massive thermal dissipation problem. There's a lot of heat to shunt away from the chip, after all.
.. 25W .. over having a quad core monster at over 140W!
I'd rather have an ultra-efficient dual core chip, sayyyy
Dell batteries subject to the recall :
.. would be an example of a battery subject to the
1K055 C5340 D6024 JD616 U5867 X5333 3K590
C5446 D6025 JD617 U5882 X5875 59474 C6269
F2100 KD494 W5915 X5877 6P922 C6270 F5132
M3006 X5308 Y1333 C2603 D2961 GD785 RD857
X5329 Y4500 C5339 D5555 H3191 TD349 X5332
Y5466
The bottom or side of the dell battery will have
a serial number in the form of:
JP-111111-22222-333-4444
You should look for the number in the [111111]
section -- e.g.
JP-A1K055-22222-333-4444
recall.
In order to verify your battery serial number, and
get one sent to you, go to:
https://www.dellbatteryprogram.com/Default.aspx
Nothing surprising there. This is just how a Beowulf cluster is provisioned and maintained. For more info, see Penguin Computing/Scyld.
What is -with- all these merger suggestions? "Company X should by company Y!" It smells to high heaven of stock manipulation by the article writers. I bet, with disclosure, that each time one of these articles is published, that the author has some sort of vested financial interest in one or both of the companies.
I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if the Pirate Bay comes back up tomorrow, as version 2.0. Of course, there is no way you could BUY this much publicity, and the MPAA would have quite a bit of egg on it's face for publishing a crowing "Press Release" on the issue.
So, patience. Wait and see. June 2nd will tell if this is real or not. June 1st is a day of political satire, jokes, speech making, and such.
In the meantime, the poor servers have a rest from serving torrents
Quick correction Re: Mac Mini and memory upgrade. Opening the case does not void the warranty. Also, installing memory does not void the warranty if you use an Apple approved memory part.
I'm in agreement overall with your assesment, if you are comparing the mini with a general purpose computer. On the other hand, I think the mini should be viewed primarily as no more than a particularly powerful console box.
I honestly wonder what would happen if
At many of the big computer surplus stores ( e.g. like Weird Stuff warehouse in Sunnyvale, CA) there are a lot of surplus office solutions that do pretty much what you want.
My favorite? The 3Com OfficeConnect 56K Lan/Modem. It's basically a small router with an integrated 56k modem (does PPP and SLIP), and a four port switch. 3Com model number: 3c886
I've seen them for anything between $5, and $20. They automatically dial the LAN when a network request is generated, and drop the line when a phone is picked up.
Just my $.02
I can't imagine the technology is so good, that it would be able to pick a face up out of a crowd. So much for stopping the Papparazi.
For that matter, I can imagine that this technology would false very easily. You could be trying to take a picture of a flower, but someone nearby might have a "magic no picture" transmitter on. Result? Blurred flower, or perhaps the loss of a one-in-a-lifetime photo.
This kind of device seems to have far, far, far more drawbacks than advantages in any real life scenario.
When Oracle first made a bid for PeopleSoft in 2002, PeopleSoft froze all hiring, and completely halted their Linux initiatives.
Ever since then, both companies have had "financial challenges," and the combination of both companies was bound to create a lot of redundancies. It's just a pity that the combined company believes that there are over 5,000 redundant jobs in the merged corporation.
Of course, that also speaks -volumes- to both companies hiring policies. Oracle is famous for creating projects, pumping them with quick new hires, and then dumping the projects (and sometimes a hundred jobs).
It's not surprising, but what it says about corporate culture and hiring practices is sad.
He's secretly in Belaruse, designing new Sims2 malware objects. Infecting every Dishwasher, TV, and Social Worker in the Sims2 universe!
"Sim1, can't get it up? Get Simagra!"
Most likely, he's working out a way to offshore the whole operation into a shell corporation in the Bahamas, and will (again) laugh his way to the bank.
Infecting the net with spyware, choking the backbones with spam. Making his money in the sleazebag way he always does.
This doesn't change anything.
Police Hat Desirable laptops are desirable to thieves too. Disguise your laptop with a PowerPizza and reduce the risk of getting it nicked.
Be safe & protected
When secured your laptop is prevented from movement and the box can be held at any angle. The PowerPizza box is fully lined with 10mm of protective foam.
New and Impoved design design
Based on our customers feedback we've been working on our recipe. Powerpizza is now lighter, quicker and easier to use.
They'll think you're having pizza for lunch again whilst youll be preparing that last minute presentation for the board.
Accessories too!
Unlike most laptop cases, in a PowerPizza there's room to store the essential accessories too! As well as your laptop a PowerPizza can easily accommodate a mouse, power supply and more...
Quality Construction
Each PowerPizza laptop disguise is handmade in London using genuine italian-style pizza boxes for maximum authenticity.
Waterproof
Need to go out in the rain? Putting your PowerPizza in a carrier bag will not only increase the level of disguise - it'll keep it dry too.
Technical
Corrugated cardboard pizza box Max. laptop size: 37 x 37 x 3.6 cm Min. laptop width: 28 cm Weight: 300 grams Ext. dimensions: 38 x 38 x 4.7 cm Some assembly required
Available Wholesale
Powerpizza is now available wholesale. We are looking for stockists and distributors worldwide.
The sidekick, mark 1, suffers from having a fantastic java based architecture.. and -zip- all for software.
.. and if not a touch screen at -least- a less awkward way to dial numbers.
.. and cubed.
In fact, at first all the ringtones you could want were free. A few months later, the SAME ringtones cost anywhere from $.99-->1.99!
One of the most useful applications, an ssh client/terminal was also free.. and now costs $4.99.
The carriers are afraid to deploy software, especially T-Mobile. Software updates are few and far between.
Things I would have liked to have seen on the sidekick2? Oh, simple things like an SD memory slot, on-device synchronization of contact information, bluetooth (it's funky to hold and have a conversation with)... oh
Oh well. Danger has yet another cute device, but if all we get is a digital camera out of it? what's the point.
Nice going, Danger. Try again. Maybe the design team will do ACTUAL MARKET RESEARCH next time, and get it right when the sidekick gets cubed.
As for now, the existing device should probably be crushed
-feh-
Hmm .. independent chips, that communicate using capacitive inductance?
Isolinear chips anyone?
Not quite. Although there is one current and one upcoming counterexample (The introduction of new VM mode in 2.4.19, and the upcoming addition of SATA into 2.4.27) radical subtractions and additions to core kernel functionality did not generally occur in 2.4.
So, the 2.4 series has been about taking a lot of core features, freezing them, and then spending the resto of the time correcting bugs as they come along.
What's happening in 2.6 now, and since it's release, is an average of 10 -megabytes- of patch for each 2.6 kernel release. That's a lot of development. Greg has just proposed yanking all of devfs in 2.6. This isn't a minor change.
The point is, that the vanilla kernel series of 2.4 is a stable base for other developers to layer new functionality on.
People like myself can buld the UIboot code over that, and be certain that it will patch well.
Companies like IBM can build the ServeRaid drivers over that, and know that the code base they are working with will likely be the same for the whole 2.4 series.
I should not have to go to a third-party vendor to find a functionally-stable kernel.
I
The 2.6 kernel is not, and if this model of development continues
For my part, I'm having terrible problems with stability in 2.6, and have had a very different experience developing an embedded product that provides data backup and disaster recovery for wintel sysems. I'd like to switch to 2.6, but the number of continuing underlying code changes means that for every part that the kernel developers fix, two or three other things manage to break in the process.
That's not stability. That's also preventing me from adopting 2.6 for the product