I agree with you about adequacy, but are you really trying to tell me that Wil Wheaton, Hollywood Actor, spends his time reading websites like slashdot ? Come on, are you sure you haven't been trolled ? After all, anybody could easily pretend to be Wil Wheaton. In fact, here goes. I am Wil Wheaton. Posting to slashdot.
I wasn't sure if they faked it, or if Wil is really like that. Either way, the so-called 'adequacy' site sucks, so I won't be going back there in a hurry.
Surprisingly enough, the security companies actually did think of this, which is why cutting the line will result in an alert being generated at the monitoring center.
What the hell do you need this level of security for ? Which country do you live in ? This sounds like the kind of thing you might need in South Africa, or possible the Ex USSR, or certain parts of the United Kingdom, but in America ? Are you for real ?
Although I'll probably get modded down by crackheaded groupthink moderators for daring to insult their beloved Linus.
And, contrary to popular belief, BSD is not dying either.
As an example of the power of this OS, consider the popular website adequacy.org. Apparently they switched from Linux to FreeBSD, because it can run Scoop up to 40% faster than Linux. (they claimed that Linux's TCP implementation perfomed poorly).
I think Linux needs to take a few leaves from the FreeBSD book, especially in the security arena. FreeBSD is streets ahead of Linux in this crucial area.
In a position of power at NASA. Perhaps now we will see the huge wastes of money come to an end, and maybe some practical benefits (aside from bragging rights) will come out of the space program.
Maybe now we can put disasters like the Hubble distorted lens, and the Mars lander crash behind us, and let NASA get back to what it does best: world class astrological research.
I know some people will disapprove of this guy's bean-counter mentality, but as a taxpayer fed up with seeing my dollars flushed down NASAs ever increasing budget black hole, I am stoked about this appointment.
For sure, it is better to have end-to-end strong encryption, but for some of us, that is impractical. I would be reluctant to share my logs with anyone, since it amounst to a 'customer list' of my organization.
I think the best security involves both encryption, AND obscurity. Stands to reason really.
If I could give one piece of advice from personal experience, the pink thermal pad supplied with certain heatsinks is not adequate for the job. If you intend to overclock your cpu, scrape off all the pink crap, and use some proper thermal compound like arctic silver. Spread it very thinly, too much and it will act as an insulator.
Also, bear in mind that not only will your warrenty be void, but some people have said you may be liable to penalties under the DMCA, since the clock multiplier lock is considered a form of 'encryption' and the increased processor speed gained by unlocking it can be seen as 'copyrighted software'.
Quite how this can be the case is beyond me, surely the speed at which I run my software is down to me, but you never know with these DMCA issues. It can all get a bit surreal at times.
But what I would like to see would be a competition for fuel-cell based vehicles. Fuel Cells are obviously the way forward for the future, so why is no attention paid to them ?
Could it be that the big oil interests have no interest in a cheap efficient environmentally friendly source of power ?
You have to wonder sometimes when good technology is ignored, is there some sort of hidden oil-company aganda ?
So how long before the only choice of provider is AOL-Time-Warner or Microsoft ?
I really sometimes wonder if our elected officials have any clue whatsoever about technology. There is scant evidence that they do.
Music industry wants to have its cake and eat it.
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They want to sell you a 'license' to listen to the music, but then when you try and make a legitimate copy to protect your investment, they get all legalistic and accuse you of a crime.
The music industry needs to take a look at its model of doing business. The current model is fundamentally flawed.
Your Nazis are not as sophisticated at the moment. Nazis in Europe are somewhat better spoken, and hence we need hate speech laws to contain them.
You Americans are insane to allow unrestricted freedom of speech since this is the tool that the extreme right wing will use to take over your country, and turn it into an even more totalitarian state than it already is.
You Americans just cannot take the blinkers off even for one second, can you.
Since the population of Europe at around 310 million is greater than that of the USA, its about time we got a more European feel to the Internet.
I have never been able to understand why Americans feel that they can use racial slurs and hate speech freely. What purpose does it serve ? All civilised countries have laws about what can and cannot be said, to protect the minorities, and ensure stability.
Anyway, I hope Slashdot gets a censorship policy up and running soon, since all the racist crap that I have to put up with when I read at -1 will surely contravene this law...
I do not agree with everything Icke says. But it may be the case that he is acting crazy because that is the only way he will be left alone by the authorities.
What he has to say, you can take with a pinch of salt, but something is definately afoot, and the EU, and the Bilderburg group are definately not democratic organizations. They are in effect, shadow governments.
Just because Icke can be seen as a nutcase does not mean that some of what he says is not true. Just because you are paranoid does not mean they are not out to get you.
Sometimes, you get something through the snail mail that actually interests you. Occasionally those carefully targetted advertizing campaigns actually hit the mark.
Now I am not trying to apologize for irresponsible spammers, but you have to admit, some spam is actually interesting. I am talking about the mailings from corporations whose product you have bought in the past, and who you might be interested in dealing with again.
So before jumping on the spam==bad bandwagon, stop for a minute and think. Is it really bad ? Or are you just being a bit of a whiner...
Those irresponsible excuses for journalists at adequacy give false and misleading information on building a PC, simply to increase their page hits. They seem to think that any old Joe Sixpack can build a PC like lego.
I hate those idiots so much. They call themselves adequacy, but I prefer to use Linux King's appropriate nickname, and call them INadequacy.org
I am sure you would like to believe this is a troll. Unfortunately for all of us, globalization and world government is a reality we will all have to deal with in our lifetimes.
If it makes you feel better to mod me down for stating this fact, fine. But be aware governments are not benign entities. There are some truly evil people out there, and they don't all live in the deserts of Afghanistan.
There is a long running campaign in the western world (and for that matter, the rest of the world) to remove our basic freedoms. Of course it is done by stealth, bit by bit. Like the proverbial frog in cold water, who does not realize he is being boiled to death because the temperature increase is so slow, democracy in the USA and Europe is being gradually eroded to make way for the New World Order.
In this New World Order, we will have world governement. Treaties such as NAAFTA and GATT and organizations such as the WTO, WIPO, the Bilderberg group, the European Union have made voting a pointless and futile exercise.
The media under control of a few hyper-rich right-wing barons tells us only what the corporate and governement masters want us to hear.
In short, we are fucked. Democracy if it ever lived is now well and truly dead and buried.
In the next ten years, you will see the number of currencies in the world reduced to three: The US dollar. The Euro. And the Yen.
Eventually these three currencies will be merged, and at that point, World Government will be a reality.
Now, you may think I am a paranoid lunatic, or some deranged black-helicopter spotting wacko, but think about it. In the recent UK general election, the turnout was less than the turnout for the 'Big Brother' TV program. The public has given up and is letting Corporate and Govt/Military interests run things.
Few people are prepared to make a stand on this issue, but the interested reader is referred to David Icke's excellent website, which will explain the global conspiracy in more detail.
It seems as if Intel is playing a very clever game here. If Intel can unlock the true potential of the transmeta's code morphing architecture, then they are giving it a great deal of credibility in the industry.
Given that Intel makes a lot of its money from selling silicon, why on earth would it develop compiler technology which legitimized the approach of one of its major competitors ?
I can only assume that Intel has some fairly advanced code morphing technology of its own, and has been using the transmeta devices as a testbed.
I can just see it now, a 4GHz pentium with code morphing extensions.
I expect this one will be fought out in the patent arena. IBM and Intel are heavyweight players and I don't see either of them giving any ground willingly.
The more I read about modern physics, the more it seems our current models are flawed. I recently read an article in 'wired' about programmable materials made from 'atoms' which do not contain a nucleus. Simply lots of electrons forced into atom-like patterns.
I really wonder if we might not be better of throwing the physics textbooks out of the window and starting over again.
If the cycle was some sort of excercise bike, it could be a good thing, because I don't get enough exercise as it is. On the other hand if it is just a cheap toy, it will probably get used once for the novelty value and then packed away in the garage never to be used again.
I don't see why you would play quake with it. Are there any cycling simulations out there ?
As long as these languages are kept alive by their dedicated users, there is always the chance that the suits will see the light, and go for the productivity gains offered by high level languages.
I have never recovered from learning Smalltalk as a postgraduate, and then being forced to take a job programming in C++ because corporations are so far behind the times.
I look forward to the day when programmers in large corporations are able to use high level languages such as lisp, scheme and smalltalk instead of the current crop of low level languages like C++ Java and Perl.
Considering where microsoft's nebulous '.net' marketing strategy is at the moment, Ximinan and the gnome developers have a real shot at taking over the e-commerce middleware standards crown.
Question is, does it play well with windows. What is the interoperability going to be like ? I heard Microsoft were going to make parts of.net free software. Will these microsoft code snippets find their way into the Gnome code base ?
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Come on. Get real.
I wasn't sure if they faked it, or if Wil is really like that. Either way, the so-called 'adequacy' site sucks, so I won't be going back there in a hurry.
Who would have thought ?
What the hell do you need this level of security for ? Which country do you live in ? This sounds like the kind of thing you might need in South Africa, or possible the Ex USSR, or certain parts of the United Kingdom, but in America ? Are you for real ?
And, contrary to popular belief, BSD is not dying either.
As an example of the power of this OS, consider the popular website adequacy.org. Apparently they switched from Linux to FreeBSD, because it can run Scoop up to 40% faster than Linux. (they claimed that Linux's TCP implementation perfomed poorly).
I think Linux needs to take a few leaves from the FreeBSD book, especially in the security arena. FreeBSD is streets ahead of Linux in this crucial area.
Maybe now we can put disasters like the Hubble distorted lens, and the Mars lander crash behind us, and let NASA get back to what it does best: world class astrological research.
I know some people will disapprove of this guy's bean-counter mentality, but as a taxpayer fed up with seeing my dollars flushed down NASAs ever increasing budget black hole, I am stoked about this appointment.
If this sentence does not sound loud warning bells about the applicability of the Linux OS for this kind of task, then you have a serious problem.
Netmeeting is free, works out of the box with most cams, and is the application that 98% of the world uses for video conferencing.
Perhaps you ought to consider whether OS partisanship should come in the way of actually getting some real work done :-)
I think the best security involves both encryption, AND obscurity. Stands to reason really.
That is really why they are ineffective. It is much easier to get this part wrong with the thermal pad. I blew up a perfectly good t-bird this way.
Also, bear in mind that not only will your warrenty be void, but some people have said you may be liable to penalties under the DMCA, since the clock multiplier lock is considered a form of 'encryption' and the increased processor speed gained by unlocking it can be seen as 'copyrighted software'.
Quite how this can be the case is beyond me, surely the speed at which I run my software is down to me, but you never know with these DMCA issues. It can all get a bit surreal at times.
Could it be that the big oil interests have no interest in a cheap efficient environmentally friendly source of power ?
You have to wonder sometimes when good technology is ignored, is there some sort of hidden oil-company aganda ?
So how long before the only choice of provider is AOL-Time-Warner or Microsoft ? I really sometimes wonder if our elected officials have any clue whatsoever about technology. There is scant evidence that they do.
The music industry needs to take a look at its model of doing business. The current model is fundamentally flawed.
You Americans are insane to allow unrestricted freedom of speech since this is the tool that the extreme right wing will use to take over your country, and turn it into an even more totalitarian state than it already is.
You Americans just cannot take the blinkers off even for one second, can you.
I have never been able to understand why Americans feel that they can use racial slurs and hate speech freely. What purpose does it serve ? All civilised countries have laws about what can and cannot be said, to protect the minorities, and ensure stability.
Anyway, I hope Slashdot gets a censorship policy up and running soon, since all the racist crap that I have to put up with when I read at -1 will surely contravene this law...
What he has to say, you can take with a pinch of salt, but something is definately afoot, and the EU, and the Bilderburg group are definately not democratic organizations. They are in effect, shadow governments.
Just because Icke can be seen as a nutcase does not mean that some of what he says is not true. Just because you are paranoid does not mean they are not out to get you.
Now I am not trying to apologize for irresponsible spammers, but you have to admit, some spam is actually interesting. I am talking about the mailings from corporations whose product you have bought in the past, and who you might be interested in dealing with again.
So before jumping on the spam==bad bandwagon, stop for a minute and think. Is it really bad ? Or are you just being a bit of a whiner...
Those irresponsible excuses for journalists at adequacy give false and misleading information on building a PC, simply to increase their page hits. They seem to think that any old Joe Sixpack can build a PC like lego.
I hate those idiots so much. They call themselves adequacy, but I prefer to use Linux King's appropriate nickname, and call them INadequacy.org
If it makes you feel better to mod me down for stating this fact, fine. But be aware governments are not benign entities. There are some truly evil people out there, and they don't all live in the deserts of Afghanistan.
In this New World Order, we will have world governement. Treaties such as NAAFTA and GATT and organizations such as the WTO, WIPO, the Bilderberg group, the European Union have made voting a pointless and futile exercise.
The media under control of a few hyper-rich right-wing barons tells us only what the corporate and governement masters want us to hear.
In short, we are fucked. Democracy if it ever lived is now well and truly dead and buried.
In the next ten years, you will see the number of currencies in the world reduced to three: The US dollar. The Euro. And the Yen.
Eventually these three currencies will be merged, and at that point, World Government will be a reality.
Now, you may think I am a paranoid lunatic, or some deranged black-helicopter spotting wacko, but think about it. In the recent UK general election, the turnout was less than the turnout for the 'Big Brother' TV program. The public has given up and is letting Corporate and Govt/Military interests run things.
Few people are prepared to make a stand on this issue, but the interested reader is referred to David Icke's excellent website, which will explain the global conspiracy in more detail.
thank you
Given that Intel makes a lot of its money from selling silicon, why on earth would it develop compiler technology which legitimized the approach of one of its major competitors ?
I can only assume that Intel has some fairly advanced code morphing technology of its own, and has been using the transmeta devices as a testbed.
I can just see it now, a 4GHz pentium with code morphing extensions.
I expect this one will be fought out in the patent arena. IBM and Intel are heavyweight players and I don't see either of them giving any ground willingly.
I really wonder if we might not be better of throwing the physics textbooks out of the window and starting over again.
I don't see why you would play quake with it. Are there any cycling simulations out there ?
I have never recovered from learning Smalltalk as a postgraduate, and then being forced to take a job programming in C++ because corporations are so far behind the times.
I look forward to the day when programmers in large corporations are able to use high level languages such as lisp, scheme and smalltalk instead of the current crop of low level languages like C++ Java and Perl.
Question is, does it play well with windows. What is the interoperability going to be like ? I heard Microsoft were going to make parts of .net free software. Will these microsoft code snippets find their way into the Gnome code base ?