Security patches comes out all of the time for current software. But debian may have a version of that software in it's stable tree that isn't current but still vulnerable and require that patch. The debian folks simply backport the patch and release an update.
And this is exactly why I won't use Debian. It's hard to know just what your codebase is. I once had a program that wouldn't work because it wanted a version number of perl beyond a certain patch release, due to a known security bug in the "version" that debian shipped.
The only responses from debian folks was the typical, "our stuff isn't broke, so it must be you" attitude.
When I do a 'perl -v', I expect the stated version to actually be the version listed, not the version + some unknown patches. Yeah, RedHat does this too, (Thanks for all the UTF8 Bugs, RedHat!) and I am moving all my servers away from RedHat now.
Maybe I just have never been exposed to "enterprise" programming, but could you elaborate on why J2EE and JSP would be better for the enterprise? What do they do that php doesn't? I've heard this before, but I have not seen any solid examples.:/
Hasn't this discussion been held before? Stable kernel remain just that - Stable.
New features always go in new releases. Since 2.6 is around the corner, any new feature need to go in 2.7 now. Big deal. Move along, nothing new or interesting to see here.
Actually the nature of US politics creates a coup every 4 years or so. Just think what we would be capable of if we kept the same government for 20 years or more!
Just think of US politics as a honeypot and tarpit. Then it all starts to make sense...
What happened to ISPs protecting user's identities?
I doubt very many ISP's will disobey a court order for this sort of information. I won't give out my customer's info without one, but I sure as heck will cooperate with them if they go through the proper channels.
Iraq is far better now than it was before the war.
You sir, are a troll. There is no way anyone could possibly believe that, unless they are living with their head up Bush Jr's ass.
You, sir, are a troll. There is no way anyone could possibly believe that, unless they are living with their head up the mainstream news media's ass.
The Iraqi's had electricity restored to nearly the same levels as before the war within days or weeks of the end of the war. Yest, there are still rolling blackouts, but that had been going on before the war. Our troops have been busy building schools, working on infrastructure, and generally improving the country. If you actually did some research, you could find that Iraq is becoming a good place to live.
If you are concerned about the danger presented by the handful of terrorists taking potshots at our troops, maybe you should consider that statistically, it may be safer to be over there than driving in rush hour traffic in California.
I think it would truly be an accomplishment for any private enterprise to successfully launch into space, do something productive, and potentially come back, manned or unmanned.
Indeed. This competition is to get into space, but it does not require LEO. Thus not much time can be spent in space. In order to spend significant time in space, they need to reach LEO, or even higher speed orbits, or in the extreme case, even higher speeds to reach escape velocity. This prize is a long, long, long way from developing anythng useful for space exploration.
For one thing, the current attempts don't have to worry about the high speed re-entry heat problems that NASA has to deal with. They don't have the extended life support systems. I'm sure the list goes on and on... Things that NASA has known for years.
I fear that this prize is, for some, an attempt to prove that NASA is behind the times. Unfortunately, the proof falls really short.
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Show me some real statistics, anyone can say "Well the rich pay 92% of taxes" but without saying which taxes that number means nothing.
I know he's not too popular in this crowd, but check out these figures on Rush Limbaugh's site
Gah... Not much use to an ISP... there's still a lot of Win 95, Win98, and Win ME (shudder) boxes out there. I guess I can set it up for the percentage of population that could use it....
The problem is, the X-prize competition is just for getting into space; it doesn't require LEO, which is a much harder goal, and all the x-prize contenders are designing their spacecrafts for those requirements, not LEO.
I wish the X-prize required LEO, as that is far more important for space exploration.
The really funny thing is that any decent graphic artist should have done a much better job than that. I mean, even I can change the color or darken it without the jagged edges on that photo. (And I am no where close to being a graphic artist. Looks like someone loaded it into MS Paint, selected a black brush, and quickly marked over it.
I have a SCSI ICP Vortex controller in one of my servers... it's pretty darn good. If their IDE offerings are of the same quality, I'd highly reccommend this, if you can afford it.:P
Not to worry... with/.'s patent pending O(0) RTFM algorithm,/. readers can RTFM in no time at all, and be complete experts on the matter, as evidenced by the great quality of posts.
You know, it is possible to have ASP pages written in perl, on a Linux server, with Apache and mod_perl? Take a look at Apache-ASP. It runs pretty smooth - I'm sure it could withstand a/.'ing.
Of course, the site could very well be running Microsoft stuff... I was just pointing out that ASP doesn't necessarily imply it.
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Depends on whether you are a "DA" or if you manage DA's
I know there must have been at least one other, because I found sluggy from here over a year ago.
:P
+1 from me too.
Wow, best advice I've heard from Best Buy. Why were you there to buy a cable???
:P
And this is exactly why I won't use Debian. It's hard to know just what your codebase is. I once had a program that wouldn't work because it wanted a version number of perl beyond a certain patch release, due to a known security bug in the "version" that debian shipped.
The only responses from debian folks was the typical, "our stuff isn't broke, so it must be you" attitude.
When I do a 'perl -v', I expect the stated version to actually be the version listed, not the version + some unknown patches. Yeah, RedHat does this too, (Thanks for all the UTF8 Bugs, RedHat!) and I am moving all my servers away from RedHat now.
Yeah, and if that doesn't "equalize" things, I get out a knife, or bash them.
:P
It really make people mad when they get owned by a knife.
Quick, someone mod this one "funny"... ;)
Clueless is right.... If you pay attention, you'll notice other mood swings just before they get cranky. Food cravings may also be a key.
;)
If you don't know what I mean, I'm not tellin'. You need to pay more attention.
Maybe I just have never been exposed to "enterprise" programming, but could you elaborate on why J2EE and JSP would be better for the enterprise? What do they do that php doesn't? I've heard this before, but I have not seen any solid examples. :/
Hasn't this discussion been held before? Stable kernel remain just that - Stable.
New features always go in new releases. Since 2.6 is around the corner, any new feature need to go in 2.7 now. Big deal. Move along, nothing new or interesting to see here.
Just think of US politics as a honeypot and tarpit. Then it all starts to make sense...
I doubt very many ISP's will disobey a court order for this sort of information. I won't give out my customer's info without one, but I sure as heck will cooperate with them if they go through the proper channels.
You sir, are a troll. There is no way anyone could possibly believe that, unless they are living with their head up Bush Jr's ass.
You, sir, are a troll. There is no way anyone could possibly believe that, unless they are living with their head up the mainstream news media's ass.
The Iraqi's had electricity restored to nearly the same levels as before the war within days or weeks of the end of the war. Yest, there are still rolling blackouts, but that had been going on before the war. Our troops have been busy building schools, working on infrastructure, and generally improving the country. If you actually did some research, you could find that Iraq is becoming a good place to live.
If you are concerned about the danger presented by the handful of terrorists taking potshots at our troops, maybe you should consider that statistically, it may be safer to be over there than driving in rush hour traffic in California.
God obviously doesn't use Microsoft... He uses something that works better. I would think that would be obvious on a site like /. :P
Indeed. This competition is to get into space, but it does not require LEO. Thus not much time can be spent in space. In order to spend significant time in space, they need to reach LEO, or even higher speed orbits, or in the extreme case, even higher speeds to reach escape velocity. This prize is a long, long, long way from developing anythng useful for space exploration.
For one thing, the current attempts don't have to worry about the high speed re-entry heat problems that NASA has to deal with. They don't have the extended life support systems. I'm sure the list goes on and on... Things that NASA has known for years.
I fear that this prize is, for some, an attempt to prove that NASA is behind the times. Unfortunately, the proof falls really short.
I know he's not too popular in this crowd, but check out these figures on Rush Limbaugh's site
Unless you are running a large server farm, and you want to make sure that all the servers are running the correct version.
Gah... Not much use to an ISP... there's still a lot of Win 95, Win98, and Win ME (shudder) boxes out there. I guess I can set it up for the percentage of population that could use it....
Um, Where? I would love to provide a mirror for Windows Update, it would save on bandwidth and make updates aheck of a lot faster.
The problem is, the X-prize competition is just for getting into space; it doesn't require LEO, which is a much harder goal, and all the x-prize contenders are designing their spacecrafts for those requirements, not LEO.
I wish the X-prize required LEO, as that is far more important for space exploration.
The really funny thing is that any decent graphic artist should have done a much better job than that. I mean, even I can change the color or darken it without the jagged edges on that photo. (And I am no where close to being a graphic artist. Looks like someone loaded it into MS Paint, selected a black brush, and quickly marked over it.
I have a SCSI ICP Vortex controller in one of my servers... it's pretty darn good. If their IDE offerings are of the same quality, I'd highly reccommend this, if you can afford it. :P
Not to worry... with /.'s patent pending O(0) RTFM algorithm, /. readers can RTFM in no time at all, and be complete experts on the matter, as evidenced by the great quality of posts.
In other words, you're new here, aren't you?
The config file is so arcane you have to use an ugly macro language to generate the config file. What's up with that?
Postfix is a breeze to set upeasy installations, and very mild to set up complex installations.
Replying to myself, I know... but I found this interesting:
:)
telnet www.rferl.org 80
Trying 164.109.176.100...
Connected to www.rferl.org.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET / HTTP/1.1
HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 17:36:24 GMT
Connection: close
Content-Length: 4009
Content-Type: text/html
Server: Apache/1.3.20
Hmmm.
Of course, the site could very well be running Microsoft stuff... I was just pointing out that ASP doesn't necessarily imply it.