FYI, Fyodor of nmap fame endorsed this book in his earlier (and quite thorough) slashdot interview.
If it's good enough for him, it's good enough for me. That spurred me to read it, and I've found it to be quite an interesting read. It also has a good history section, detailing the "family-tree" of all the unices.
OIS is currently made up of companies or organizations. We originally excluded individual researchers on the basis of maintaining equity between the representation of research and vendor communities. Recently, however, we have been reconsidering that decision, though no new decision has been reached. Since the OIS launched, we have been overwhelmed by requests for membership and are deliberating on the best way to address the outpouring of interest. Participation in the mission of the OIS, developing and promulgating guidelines for handling vulnerability information, does not require membership, however. All interested parties will be strongly encouraged to participate in the review and comment process once the draft guidelines are released.
I was actually screwing around toying with the idea of writing the PHB in java, and have it be readable, not necessarily executable.
Lol, sadly, I know all too well of PCGen and can't stand it. In fact, my friend and I started a project "currently in planning" that one day will be better than PCGen.
After lurking on the pcgen-xml mailing list for a while, we decided to do our own thing because we didn't like the static direction pc-gen was moving towards, cause it'll almost always be locked into a d20 system.
Then again, since I don't think there's a high enough demand for something like that, we'll never get it done. It's more fun to play RPGs than to write impossible software for a few people who play RPGs.
SWEET! The D&D Player's Handbook is going to be available in Java?! I'm so excited, I don't even know what that means? Hopefully, they'll port it to XML and other buzz-worthy technologies soon. Haha, stick it to WotC
God, I'm a dork. I (futily) hope someone else finds this amusing.
I use a laptop for all my note taking for the most part. There are exceptions! Basically, if the teacher is drawing a bunch of diagrams, and you're someone who needs to see those later on to make relationships, you better have a pencil and paper ready.
With that caveat, I find that I keep much more comprehensive and organized notes with my laptop.
Hey guys, I'm not bashing the original poster, or even the "me too" people. Frankly, I agree with your sentiments. It's fine and dandy to give your opinion on an article, in fact it *was* a great interview.
But the fsking moderator who gives modpoints for a "I liked this" post is off their rocker. There's far more quality posts that need to get bumped up for people to read.
"Couldn't they use their brains for a better business model?"
Ha! They've already spent all their resources on staffing the law department. I bet because there are such huge losses they slashed the business department thinking, "Lawyers are a successful business model, right? Riight?"
So, like I said earlier, we've been doing this at work, and we found some new stuff since my post yesterday.
I believe we've found our solution (hope I'm not speaking too soon). But we happened upon eXist for an XML database solution. While sourceforge lists it as alpha, the currunt version number is 0.9 and it seems rather mature, and FAR faster than Xindice. It looks to be a really good solution, and is easy to administrate. It also boasts Cocoon interoperability. Since you're going to be using Java anyways, it shouldn't be a problem that it's based on Java 1.3/1.4, thus being cross platform to boot.
Also, you said you were worrying about DBs having a Java API. Quoted from the eXist homepage:
Java developers should have a look at the XML:DB API, which provides a common interface to access XML database services.
Manually, by hand, figuring out a way to store XML relationaly can be a nightmare, especially as schema's grow more complex. XML databases solve this problem
Impossible? Not at all, ever. There's always a way to represent it in an RDBMS, but it usually makes it quite hairy to retrieve in a meaningful fasion. It may not be effecient, but it's always possible.
Basically, that whole paragraph describes ALL XML databases (although, many do it better), not just Xindice. The benifit of native XML databases is that you don't have to figure out a way to represent the XML relationaly, so it can be searched through more easily.
Most of them just parse the XML and use their magic to index the files relationaly or by some other means.
For what it's worth, at my workplace at the moment, we're doing the exact same thing, but already have a ton of data that we need to get ingested. The pointy haired boss hired These Guys who know there stuff pretty well, and prefer to use Xindice. The only problem is that it's well.. quite slow.
Other commercial alternatives are Ipedo or Tamino if your development house has the cash. Education discounts of 99% are availible I believe from Tamino, but the Ipedo people aren't as forthcoming with what they're willing to deal on.
Sadly, there just isn't a hands down winner in this market, but if you're looking for something to go with Cocoon, Xindice looks to be the best OSS solution for the moment.
Out of curiosity, what languages do you consider NOT to be toy languages. Or if you have time for the long answer, what makes a language a toy language in your opinion?
Oh, you mean a fancy capacitor! Why didn't you just say so? j/k:P Seriously, thanks for the answer. If I had 1/2 a brain I coulda figured cap = 'capacitor'.
I think it's great that these guys did this, and I'm quite impressed at the hardware statistics and performance for such a quiet system. Although, there is a conspicuous lack of one element from the whole article...
Longevity.
While I've been desperately wanting a completely quiet computer that runs decently for some time now, I don't have the money to invest in a solution that is going to last only for a year or so. I guess I wish these guys had done more extended testing of their system.
Has any other/.er made a comparable system? How has it lasted?
Maybe I'm just a skeptic, but an overclocked GeForce 4 Ti with no active cooling makes me anxious, and somewhat hesitant.
Sorry buddy, but I feel your pain. I too bought a Sony Vaio, and will never again, due to hardware AND support issues.
When I bought my Sony, they knew fully well of the battery problem you mentioned, and as a result offered a free rebate for an extra high-capacity battery. Immediately, I sent one in. Waiting 90 days like a good little monkey (per the instructions on the rebate) I sat expectantly, only to have no battery shipped to me.
Soooo... when I called up Tech Support and explained my predicament, they refused to ship me a replacement battery (I was past warranty) unless I shipped them my Proof of Purchase. Yeah, you guessed it; the warranty requires the Proof of Purchase. So, now I'm blessed with a Sony Vaio that must be plugged into the wall because I can't afford another battery. I will never buy or recommend a Sony computer again. Ever.
Kindly pass this story on to anyone who you find in the market for buying a new laptop, as I hope it'll help to guide him or her towards a sensible purchase.
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If there'll ever be a boy who can swim faster than a shark?
I've no idea why my dungeons and dragons player's handbook is afraid :(
Raph Koster, overseer of Ultima Online, and previously of Star Wars Galaxies, has had some very specific thoughts on this topic.
Read on if you're interested.
Blashphemy!!!! Beer is the nectar of the Gods!!
FYI, Fyodor of nmap fame endorsed this book in his earlier (and quite thorough) slashdot interview.
If it's good enough for him, it's good enough for me. That spurred me to read it, and I've found it to be quite an interesting read. It also has a good history section, detailing the "family-tree" of all the unices.
Apparently, someone else is mininformed as well. He does in fact appear to be related.
1st google on "hatch sco orrin"
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OIS is currently made up of companies or organizations. We originally excluded individual researchers on the basis of maintaining equity between the representation of research and vendor communities. Recently, however, we have been reconsidering that decision, though no new decision has been reached. Since the OIS launched, we have been overwhelmed by requests for membership and are deliberating on the best way to address the outpouring of interest. Participation in the mission of the OIS, developing and promulgating guidelines for handling vulnerability information, does not require membership, however. All interested parties will be strongly encouraged to participate in the review and comment process once the draft guidelines are released.
I was actually screwing around toying with the idea of writing the PHB in java, and have it be readable, not necessarily executable.
Lol, sadly, I know all too well of PCGen and can't stand it. In fact, my friend and I started a project "currently in planning" that one day will be better than PCGen.
http://xrl.sf.net is the project but it's not much to look at.
After lurking on the pcgen-xml mailing list for a while, we decided to do our own thing because we didn't like the static direction pc-gen was moving towards, cause it'll almost always be locked into a d20 system.
Then again, since I don't think there's a high enough demand for something like that, we'll never get it done. It's more fun to play RPGs than to write impossible software for a few people who play RPGs.
Is that quite or quietly?
SWEET! The D&D Player's Handbook is going to be available in Java?! I'm so excited, I don't even know what that means? Hopefully, they'll port it to XML and other buzz-worthy technologies soon. Haha, stick it to WotC
God, I'm a dork. I (futily) hope someone else finds this amusing.
I can tell you that you'll be out on your ear quickly if you're clicking on laptop keys in my classroom.
Why is this? I can not see any reason to deny a student *their* most effective learning tools.
If sound is your concern, I can only presume that you've only encoutered extremely noisy laptops in the past.
I use a laptop for all my note taking for the most part. There are exceptions! Basically, if the teacher is drawing a bunch of diagrams, and you're someone who needs to see those later on to make relationships, you better have a pencil and paper ready.
With that caveat, I find that I keep much more comprehensive and organized notes with my laptop.
Hey guys, I'm not bashing the original poster, or even the "me too" people. Frankly, I agree with your sentiments. It's fine and dandy to give your opinion on an article, in fact it *was* a great interview.
But the fsking moderator who gives modpoints for a "I liked this" post is off their rocker. There's far more quality posts that need to get bumped up for people to read.
"Couldn't they use their brains for a better business model?"
Ha! They've already spent all their resources on staffing the law department. I bet because there are such huge losses they slashed the business department thinking, "Lawyers are a successful business model, right? Riight?"
- Ugly but Informative
- Great Description page
- a Vendor who sells OTEC and other enegry harvesting alternatives. Has some nice diagrams.
- Pedestrian newspaper article.
</karmawhore>I believe we've found our solution (hope I'm not speaking too soon). But we happened upon eXist for an XML database solution. While sourceforge lists it as alpha, the currunt version number is 0.9 and it seems rather mature, and FAR faster than Xindice. It looks to be a really good solution, and is easy to administrate. It also boasts Cocoon interoperability. Since you're going to be using Java anyways, it shouldn't be a problem that it's based on Java 1.3/1.4, thus being cross platform to boot.
Also, you said you were worrying about DBs having a Java API. Quoted from the eXist homepage:Cheers.
Manually, by hand, figuring out a way to store XML relationaly can be a nightmare, especially as schema's grow more complex. XML databases solve this problem
Impossible? Not at all, ever. There's always a way to represent it in an RDBMS, but it usually makes it quite hairy to retrieve in a meaningful fasion. It may not be effecient, but it's always possible.
Basically, that whole paragraph describes ALL XML databases (although, many do it better), not just Xindice. The benifit of native XML databases is that you don't have to figure out a way to represent the XML relationaly, so it can be searched through more easily.
Most of them just parse the XML and use their magic to index the files relationaly or by some other means.
For what it's worth, at my workplace at the moment, we're doing the exact same thing, but already have a ton of data that we need to get ingested. The pointy haired boss hired These Guys who know there stuff pretty well, and prefer to use Xindice. The only problem is that it's well.. quite slow.
Other commercial alternatives are Ipedo or Tamino if your development house has the cash. Education discounts of 99% are availible I believe from Tamino, but the Ipedo people aren't as forthcoming with what they're willing to deal on.
Sadly, there just isn't a hands down winner in this market, but if you're looking for something to go with Cocoon, Xindice looks to be the best OSS solution for the moment.
Seriously, that movie minus the burning building was the most accurate representation I've seen yet.
Out of curiosity, what languages do you consider NOT to be toy languages. Or if you have time for the long answer, what makes a language a toy language in your opinion?
"Here are some specs about the system:
* 6 axes..."
Doesn't sound too safe to me. I'll stick with normal roller-coasters.
Oh, you mean a fancy capacitor ! Why didn't you just say so? j/k :P
Seriously, thanks for the answer. If I had 1/2 a brain I coulda figured cap = 'capacitor'.
Another mid-term problem would be the electrolytic caps. They will dry up over time, which will introduce sporadic instability/reboots at first...
Uh, what exactly is an "electrolytic cap"? Where is it in my computer? Purpose/Function??
I think it's great that these guys did this, and I'm quite impressed at the hardware statistics and performance for such a quiet system. Although, there is a conspicuous lack of one element from the whole article...
/.er made a comparable system? How has it lasted?
Longevity.
While I've been desperately wanting a completely quiet computer that runs decently for some time now, I don't have the money to invest in a solution that is going to last only for a year or so. I guess I wish these guys had done more extended testing of their system.
Has any other
Maybe I'm just a skeptic, but an overclocked GeForce 4 Ti with no active cooling makes me anxious, and somewhat hesitant.
Sorry buddy, but I feel your pain. I too bought a Sony Vaio, and will never again, due to hardware AND support issues.
When I bought my Sony, they knew fully well of the battery problem you mentioned, and as a result offered a free rebate for an extra high-capacity battery. Immediately, I sent one in. Waiting 90 days like a good little monkey (per the instructions on the rebate) I sat expectantly, only to have no battery shipped to me.
Soooo... when I called up Tech Support and explained my predicament, they refused to ship me a replacement battery (I was past warranty) unless I shipped them my Proof of Purchase. Yeah, you guessed it; the warranty requires the Proof of Purchase. So, now I'm blessed with a Sony Vaio that must be plugged into the wall because I can't afford another battery. I will never buy or recommend a Sony computer again. Ever.
Kindly pass this story on to anyone who you find in the market for buying a new laptop, as I hope it'll help to guide him or her towards a sensible purchase.