I for one am very happy about this announcement. I need more time to save up for a G5 Mac before these awesome new games come out and force my hand. My TiBook currently plays Q3A and Unreal 2003 very nicely and I'd like to stay 'cutting edge' for a little while longer.
Some people will tell you that sheep gut will do the trick, but doctors advise that only latex based products can keep out desease as well as provide effective contraceptive protection. Whichever you chose, remember to use it with a water-based lubricant.
I bet laptops will continue to gain market share over desktops. For most people a good laptop has more than enough power to use office apps, Internet and maybe the odd game. And that's all most people need to do with their computers.
Now that you don't have to sacrifice power and performance for portability in any significant way, why would you bother buying a desktop other than cost? So I think a lot of people are thinking that getting a desktop that they can only use in one location is a major drawback.
Personally, I've been drooling over the new Apple G5s, but I really think my next computer will be another Powerbook. I take my TiBook everywhere with me, and with WIFI at home and work, I can use it all day. If I buy a desktop for home, I won't get to use it for most of my day.
If I understand this correctly, the aim of this project is to provide enough false positives that any authorities snooping the Internet will give up on using such surveillance as a method of catching real bad guys. Do the idiots who dreamt this up understand that there actually ARE real bad guys out there?
If you don't want someone snooping your mail or online activities, then use encryption. But deliberately getting in the way of law enforcement efforts to catch terrorists seems a completely reprehensible thing to do. The blood of the next victims will to a certain extent be on your hands for participating in a scheme like this.
Personally, I think such morons should be locked up for doing shit like this.
SCO Statement on Novell's Recent Actions
Wednesday May 28, 10:15 am ET
LINDON, Utah, May 28/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The following statement is being issued by SCO (Nasdaq: SCOX - News):
SCO owns the contract rights to the UNIX® operating system. SCO has the contractual right to prevent improper donations of UNIX code, methods or concepts into Linux by any UNIX vendor.
Copyrights and patents are protection against strangers. Contracts are what you use against parties you have relationships with. From a legal standpoint, contracts end up being far stronger than anything you could do with copyrights.
SCO's lawsuit against IBM does not involve patents or copyrights. SCO's complaint specifically alleges breach of contract, and SCO intends to protect and enforce all of the contracts that the company has with more than 6,000 licensees.
We formed SCOsource in January 2003 to enforce our UNIX rights and we intend to aggressively continue in this successful path of operation.
Interesting perspective. Anybody know if this statement is consistent with their recent claims?
Um, I may be the only one to actually READ the linked article, but it really doesn't say that they're redesigning the Space Shuttle. They're considering a new design for the part that is supposedly responsible for causing the crash. To say that they're redesigning the shuttle I think is overstating things.
I haven't seen it mentioned in this thread, so it's either so obvious that everyone got it, or nobody did:
At the end of the movie, it becomes clear that what we have come to know as the world outside of the matrix is still happening INSIDE the matrix.
We know this b/c the Architect states that with each iteration, the machines become more adept at drilling down to Zion, and because Neo finds he can use his powers outside in the so-far-known real world.
What worries me about the third installment is how they will justify this. The first movie was great because it had simple themes. By saying, "oops, fooled you, they're still in the matrix even when they're not", I worry that it will end up being super lame.
One of the major problems facing us with regard to pandemics thesedays is air travel. In the past, SARS would not have spread directly from Hong Kong to Toronto for example.
The Internet also provides help in this area by making it less necessary to make physical trips to do business or keep in touch with friends and family.
One of the recent trends in Business Continuity Planning for example is considering the idea of a the virtual workplace as a hot site. How useful is a physical backup location if your workers can't sit in the same room together for medical reasons? For this reason, I suspect the Internet will continue to play an increasingly important role in emergency management.
While we're all trading experiences, I'll share my thoughts on my TiBook 800Mhz.
Executive summary: I love it. It is the best machine I have ever owned.
Caveat: You need to add a few things to it for it to become truly great.
Heat was/is an issue with this laptop as with all powerbooks. Fortunately, the TiBook doesn't have the drop back screen so you can add a tote 'n tilt handle to give the undercarriage lots of room to breathe. Believe it or not, but this handle means that my system fan now only ever comes on if I play a 3D game or DVD. Otherwise, I run cool and silent. Say that about your 12" AlBook if you can!
Airport could be better. If this becomes an issue, you can get a PCMCIA wifi card to boost signal. No worries there anymore.
Other than that, I tweak this heck out of OS X using themes, CodeTek Virtual Desktop, Fruit Menu, ASM and other great haxies.
In all cases, I believe (as one tends to) that my additions ought to be part of the base system. But that's ok. At least I can add them. So far I haven't seen a viable, portable solution to the heat, wobble problems on 12" 'books and that's a shame b/c they look so cool, and I honestly believe the Apple Powerbook line is the very best laptop line on the market. Certainly the TiBook is.
I'd excpect you could do secure scp by creating an anonymous acct on your system requiring either no password, or a password you make public.
Just out of interest, if you are willing to allow anyone to get a file from your server (ie: anonymous), why the heck would you bother using an encrypted protocol to do the file transfer? If you're willing to make it public, who cares whether someone sniffs your download?
Nice article. I've had similar thoughts, but it's possible to do what this guy suggests using existing, off-the-shelf, technology (and it can all be done open source too).
The argument in a nutshell is that if everybody were using authentication (and encryption would be nice), then everybody could filter spam at the gateway by simply saying, "I don't want to see any un-authenticated mail".
Ok, fine then. Let's all authenticate our email. There are loads of PKI based SMTP gateways. If you're an MS shop, you could even implement this on a per-user basis. There's a lot of security technology out there that isn't being used.
Ask your favourite Win2K network admin this: do they use L2TP and IPSec on all connections between all machines on their network? Probably not. It's kinda crazy that nobody does since this has got to be one of the most sure fire way to improve your security posture because it prevents all passive network scanning from seeing any data of importance.
Similarly, why aren't we all using PKI to sign and encrypt our email. It's nuts that confidential legal and personal messages are sent around the 'net everyday with no encryption whatsoever. When was the last time your mailclient had to use it's S/MIME capability to decrypt a message from anyone? Would your lawyer send you those important documents on the back of a postcard? How about that multi-million dollar deal your company is working on? Would your CEO be happy mailing the paperwork in a clear-plastic envelope that anyone could see?
Seems to me that we need to be smarter and more consistent in using the technology that we have today before we rush out and architect a new solution that will no doubt be full of holes that we can't forsee at the moment. The open standards of the Internet make it both strong and weak. But as they say, "guns don't kill people, I kill people."
Or perhaps someone provides permanent IP addresses which I can add to my server via VPN?
Let's face it, with the way things are going thesedays, the chances are that ISPs are going to become even bigger losers about blocking services for their customers. My ISP (Rogers Cable in Toronto) has in recent months chosen to block P2P (more than just block it, if it discovers you using a gnutella client, all traffic to your IP is suspended until you stop using that application).
So it seems to me that the idea of using a colocated server that creates a VPN to you could be the best bet. Pretty much any hosting company that can provide you with a *nix box should be suitable as long as you have enough control over your hosting box to install something like IPSec and tell it to route traffic for you. This solution may be a bit costly (considering it will be over and above you ISP charges), but lots of hosting companies provide such solutions. And, you're protected from your ISP changing their policies somewhere down the line.
I really don't know what Slashdot editors do, but if they're not reading the site on a daily basis, couldn't they at least search the damn site before they post to see if someone has beaten them to it?
It's getting pretty rediculous. It wasn't always this bad.
Just to add to the recommendations for Apple Powerbooks, I have a 15" TiBook 800Mhz and cannot recommend it strongly enough or to enough people. This machine is the best. OS X makes it just work. It is light, strong and fast (especially for the weight). Don't worry that it's too heavy...I carry mine around all day and it truly is light. DVD etc is great. If you want Japanese friendliness, Apple is the only vendor you should be looking at.
I'd recommend the 15" over the newer AlBooks if only because the screen hinge lets you attach a "tilt 'n tote" which helps with heat issues. You really will love this accessory.
Everyone should be lucky enough to have an Apple laptop.
I agree with a lot of what the article has to say. One thing that could help a lot is if GnuStep matures to the point that porting apps from Mac OS X starts to happen en-masse. If that were to occur then the Gnu world could end up being the beneficiaries of a whole lot of high-quality Mac OS X programs. This could go a very long way to producing a fantastic desktop experience.
I read recently that Microsoft will set the bit to binary 1 on all new versions of Windows 2003 and XP. After embracing the new protocol, they then plan to extend the bit to two bits so that in subsequent versions it will be set to 11 or "most evil".
If you go to the OOO OS X page, download the program, and make sure you read the whole page and have the right things in the right places, it works fine. I'm running 10.2.4 on a PBG4 800 btw.
After updating my firmware the last time (from 1.1 to 1.2) I noticed a significant reduction in standby time. I did some research and found that the inclusion of a clock was the culprit: the iPod was never designed to keep time using a small power trickle in the same way that say, a digital watch, or your PC, is able to keep time without requiring a massive battery. The solution was to revert to v. 1.1 of the firmware and I got my standby life back.
Does anyone know if the new firmware removes the clock feature? Personally I have no real desire to upgrade: I don't need any more functions from the device - I only need it to play tunes and that's it.
Does anybody know if you can install YDL to run exclusively from an external firewire drive? I'd like to try it out, but don't want to mess around with partitioning my existing HDD. But, I do have an iPod and could use that as the harddrive for it if that is possible. Does anyone know if this sort of thing can be done?
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Geez, is there anything I can do that doesn't make me go blind!?!
I for one am very happy about this announcement. I need more time to save up for a G5 Mac before these awesome new games come out and force my hand. My TiBook currently plays Q3A and Unreal 2003 very nicely and I'd like to stay 'cutting edge' for a little while longer.
Take your time boys.
Some people will tell you that sheep gut will do the trick, but doctors advise that only latex based products can keep out desease as well as provide effective contraceptive protection. Whichever you chose, remember to use it with a water-based lubricant.
Personally though, I want to see how well it runs Seti@Home
My bet is you still won't find any signs of Alien life. So it won't be any better than my old crappy ass P1 166.
But good luck to ya.
I bet laptops will continue to gain market share over desktops. For most people a good laptop has more than enough power to use office apps, Internet and maybe the odd game. And that's all most people need to do with their computers.
Now that you don't have to sacrifice power and performance for portability in any significant way, why would you bother buying a desktop other than cost? So I think a lot of people are thinking that getting a desktop that they can only use in one location is a major drawback.
Personally, I've been drooling over the new Apple G5s, but I really think my next computer will be another Powerbook. I take my TiBook everywhere with me, and with WIFI at home and work, I can use it all day. If I buy a desktop for home, I won't get to use it for most of my day.
If I understand this correctly, the aim of this project is to provide enough false positives that any authorities snooping the Internet will give up on using such surveillance as a method of catching real bad guys. Do the idiots who dreamt this up understand that there actually ARE real bad guys out there?
If you don't want someone snooping your mail or online activities, then use encryption. But deliberately getting in the way of law enforcement efforts to catch terrorists seems a completely reprehensible thing to do. The blood of the next victims will to a certain extent be on your hands for participating in a scheme like this.
Personally, I think such morons should be locked up for doing shit like this.
Please! If anybody has mod points, mod this parent down.
And please! If anybody is in the same room with the parent poster, smack him!
Interesting perspective. Anybody know if this statement is consistent with their recent claims?
When used in this context, isn't it really a cracker?
Um, I may be the only one to actually READ the linked article, but it really doesn't say that they're redesigning the Space Shuttle. They're considering a new design for the part that is supposedly responsible for causing the crash. To say that they're redesigning the shuttle I think is overstating things.
I haven't seen it mentioned in this thread, so it's either so obvious that everyone got it, or nobody did:
At the end of the movie, it becomes clear that what we have come to know as the world outside of the matrix is still happening INSIDE the matrix.
We know this b/c the Architect states that with each iteration, the machines become more adept at drilling down to Zion, and because Neo finds he can use his powers outside in the so-far-known real world.
What worries me about the third installment is how they will justify this. The first movie was great because it had simple themes. By saying, "oops, fooled you, they're still in the matrix even when they're not", I worry that it will end up being super lame.
One of the major problems facing us with regard to pandemics thesedays is air travel. In the past, SARS would not have spread directly from Hong Kong to Toronto for example.
The Internet also provides help in this area by making it less necessary to make physical trips to do business or keep in touch with friends and family.
One of the recent trends in Business Continuity Planning for example is considering the idea of a the virtual workplace as a hot site. How useful is a physical backup location if your workers can't sit in the same room together for medical reasons? For this reason, I suspect the Internet will continue to play an increasingly important role in emergency management.
While we're all trading experiences, I'll share my thoughts on my TiBook 800Mhz.
Executive summary: I love it. It is the best machine I have ever owned.
Caveat: You need to add a few things to it for it to become truly great.
Heat was/is an issue with this laptop as with all powerbooks. Fortunately, the TiBook doesn't have the drop back screen so you can add a tote 'n tilt handle to give the undercarriage lots of room to breathe. Believe it or not, but this handle means that my system fan now only ever comes on if I play a 3D game or DVD. Otherwise, I run cool and silent. Say that about your 12" AlBook if you can!
Airport could be better. If this becomes an issue, you can get a PCMCIA wifi card to boost signal. No worries there anymore.
Other than that, I tweak this heck out of OS X using themes, CodeTek Virtual Desktop, Fruit Menu, ASM and other great haxies.
In all cases, I believe (as one tends to) that my additions ought to be part of the base system. But that's ok. At least I can add them. So far I haven't seen a viable, portable solution to the heat, wobble problems on 12" 'books and that's a shame b/c they look so cool, and I honestly believe the Apple Powerbook line is the very best laptop line on the market. Certainly the TiBook is.
I'd excpect you could do secure scp by creating an anonymous acct on your system requiring either no password, or a password you make public.
Just out of interest, if you are willing to allow anyone to get a file from your server (ie: anonymous), why the heck would you bother using an encrypted protocol to do the file transfer? If you're willing to make it public, who cares whether someone sniffs your download?
oh, you must be talking about scp
as with most of the other "ideas" on this thread, the thing you'd like to have already exists. all we have to do is use it.
...and therein lies the challenge.
Nice article. I've had similar thoughts, but it's possible to do what this guy suggests using existing, off-the-shelf, technology (and it can all be done open source too).
The argument in a nutshell is that if everybody were using authentication (and encryption would be nice), then everybody could filter spam at the gateway by simply saying, "I don't want to see any un-authenticated mail".
Ok, fine then. Let's all authenticate our email. There are loads of PKI based SMTP gateways. If you're an MS shop, you could even implement this on a per-user basis. There's a lot of security technology out there that isn't being used.
Ask your favourite Win2K network admin this: do they use L2TP and IPSec on all connections between all machines on their network? Probably not. It's kinda crazy that nobody does since this has got to be one of the most sure fire way to improve your security posture because it prevents all passive network scanning from seeing any data of importance.
Similarly, why aren't we all using PKI to sign and encrypt our email. It's nuts that confidential legal and personal messages are sent around the 'net everyday with no encryption whatsoever. When was the last time your mailclient had to use it's S/MIME capability to decrypt a message from anyone? Would your lawyer send you those important documents on the back of a postcard? How about that multi-million dollar deal your company is working on? Would your CEO be happy mailing the paperwork in a clear-plastic envelope that anyone could see?
Seems to me that we need to be smarter and more consistent in using the technology that we have today before we rush out and architect a new solution that will no doubt be full of holes that we can't forsee at the moment. The open standards of the Internet make it both strong and weak. But as they say, "guns don't kill people, I kill people."
Or perhaps someone provides permanent IP addresses which I can add to my server via VPN?
Let's face it, with the way things are going thesedays, the chances are that ISPs are going to become even bigger losers about blocking services for their customers. My ISP (Rogers Cable in Toronto) has in recent months chosen to block P2P (more than just block it, if it discovers you using a gnutella client, all traffic to your IP is suspended until you stop using that application).
So it seems to me that the idea of using a colocated server that creates a VPN to you could be the best bet. Pretty much any hosting company that can provide you with a *nix box should be suitable as long as you have enough control over your hosting box to install something like IPSec and tell it to route traffic for you. This solution may be a bit costly (considering it will be over and above you ISP charges), but lots of hosting companies provide such solutions. And, you're protected from your ISP changing their policies somewhere down the line.
I really don't know what Slashdot editors do, but if they're not reading the site on a daily basis, couldn't they at least search the damn site before they post to see if someone has beaten them to it?
It's getting pretty rediculous. It wasn't always this bad.
Just to add to the recommendations for Apple Powerbooks, I have a 15" TiBook 800Mhz and cannot recommend it strongly enough or to enough people. This machine is the best. OS X makes it just work. It is light, strong and fast (especially for the weight). Don't worry that it's too heavy...I carry mine around all day and it truly is light. DVD etc is great. If you want Japanese friendliness, Apple is the only vendor you should be looking at.
I'd recommend the 15" over the newer AlBooks if only because the screen hinge lets you attach a "tilt 'n tote" which helps with heat issues. You really will love this accessory.
Everyone should be lucky enough to have an Apple laptop.
I agree with a lot of what the article has to say. One thing that could help a lot is if GnuStep matures to the point that porting apps from Mac OS X starts to happen en-masse. If that were to occur then the Gnu world could end up being the beneficiaries of a whole lot of high-quality Mac OS X programs. This could go a very long way to producing a fantastic desktop experience.
My car already has a device that plays free music: the radio. In case you were wondering, it did not in any way affect my choice of which car to buy.
I read recently that Microsoft will set the bit to binary 1 on all new versions of Windows 2003 and XP. After embracing the new protocol, they then plan to extend the bit to two bits so that in subsequent versions it will be set to 11 or "most evil".
If you go to the OOO OS X page, download the program, and make sure you read the whole page and have the right things in the right places, it works fine. I'm running 10.2.4 on a PBG4 800 btw.
After updating my firmware the last time (from 1.1 to 1.2) I noticed a significant reduction in standby time. I did some research and found that the inclusion of a clock was the culprit: the iPod was never designed to keep time using a small power trickle in the same way that say, a digital watch, or your PC, is able to keep time without requiring a massive battery. The solution was to revert to v. 1.1 of the firmware and I got my standby life back.
Does anyone know if the new firmware removes the clock feature? Personally I have no real desire to upgrade: I don't need any more functions from the device - I only need it to play tunes and that's it.
Does anybody know if you can install YDL to run exclusively from an external firewire drive? I'd like to try it out, but don't want to mess around with partitioning my existing HDD. But, I do have an iPod and could use that as the harddrive for it if that is possible. Does anyone know if this sort of thing can be done?