it's nice to let students get $1,000+ worth of software for less than $200
Surely you mean software *costing* $1000, not software *worth* $1000
Re:Linux kernel did not need GCC/GNU/RMS
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Couldn't you reply without telling me whether you are a fan of somebody or something and without putting words into my mouth?
nope. Like most slashdotters, my every post must: (a) Be written without reading the article/post it is in reply to (b) Contain as complete a statement of my life philosophy as possible (c) Assume that everyone but me is dumb and needs to have the simplest things explained to them;)
Re:Linux kernel did not need GCC/GNU/RMS
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I am no fan of GNU/Linux (as opposed to Linux), and I think that these days RMS is just plain jealous of Linus. However, I still think he has had a much larger roll to play than Linus has.
True, there were other compilers, but that alone wouldn't be enough. A kernel does no an OS make. What about all the other gazillion Unix tools?
In fact, IIRC GNU GPL was the first well thought through free software license. Most other "freeware" licenses basicaly said something along the lines of "do whatever you like so long as you acknowledge the original author, and don't sell it for profit. Imagine what would have happened to Linux today if it was under one of those sloppy licenses?
First the lesser scenario: Companies like RedHat, who certainly have had a key role to play in making Linux a mainstream OS couldn't have existed because of the prohibition on selling. From a "big picture" perspective, the provision of the GPL that allows you to sell "free software" makes sense.
The second scenario: without the explicit protection of the "openness" of the source code it would be so much easier for Mr.Gates to "embrace and expand" linux.
I think FSF did a rather dumb thing by leaving the Kernel for the last, but on the whole, I think RMS and GNU have had a much larger role to play than Linux. If linux hadn't come along in 1991, I'm sure GNU would have had a kernel by now... GNU was just 7 years old then.
I guess I've run into that... I wouldn't go so far as to say "invariably" but yes, on a couple of occassions when I've downloaded umm.. linux ISOs... I have had then corrupted.
Since most of the large files I download are movies (home videos, you see...) I wouldn't notice, though
Kazaa is based on the concept of "supernodes"... computers which have high resources keep track of info about the "little guys" in their neighbourhood. When you do a querry, you're really only querrying the supernodes directly.... makes for great bandwidth savings exactly where they are needed.
I think that given the fact that bandwidth of internet users vary by a factor of a 1000 or more (compare a 33.6 kbps modem to a 100Mbps ethernet), any network (like Gnutella) which treats all computers the same way isn't going to perform very well.
Also, gnutella is almost defenseless against DOS attacks... because it uses flooding (thereby allowing an attacker to instantly turn one packet into thousands or millions). I don't know enough about Kazaa implementations to know how well it resists DOS attacks....
Sure... each of the three layers would deliver a different image to a different one of your three eyes.
Already very popular with beings from the outer fringes of the galaxy. (Andromeda hasn't caught up yet, though... 4 layers for them is a little harder to build)
Gnutella basically uses flooding (limited by some TTL)... basically the network expends a large effort to execute queries, and you still don't query all of the network (or even necessarily a very large part of it)
Gnutella might work OKish if you're connected by a fat-enough pipe, but otherwise it does very poorly.
the internet would totally shut off for 20-30 seconds at a time every 2 minutes
THE INTERNET would shut off???!!!! OMG this is bug. I thought the Internet was designed to be all robust and everything so that nothing short of a complete partition would prevent it from functioning
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Hell I wanted to take a closer look at the p0rn thingy
speaking of sarcophagi...
why not just build a pyramid around it? They've lasted 2000 years, haven't they? (Dead pharaoh, nuclear reactor... pah... big difference)
Well, an OPTICAL cable is different from WIRES isn't it?
Reliance is an Indian company without significant presence in other countries
And that's why they're practicing by melting EARTH's polar icecaps first???
In soview Russia, websites slashdot YOU
They used to used vaccum tubes to build computers before. Some properties of vaccum tubes were inherently more valuable than heaps of sand.
How is it that they aren't using vaccum tubes any more?
I think they're being Slashdotted.
Oh no... looks like Slashdot is gonna have to start a "Free Tuxlove" campaign soon when they come after YOU!!!
Apparently if you are older than 102 years (i.e. were born before 1900) you can't register on Washington post!!
On the contrary, black holes can be seen (indirectly... because of things they're sucking in etc)... they look quite fascinating, in fact
Naturally.... 1950 to now was 52 years... now to 2050 is only 48.
Windows XP doesn't do that. Think they forgot something in their quest to copy the WinXP interface???
nope. Like most slashdotters, my every post must:
(a) Be written without reading the article/post it is in reply to
(b) Contain as complete a statement of my life philosophy as possible
(c) Assume that everyone but me is dumb and needs to have the simplest things explained to them
I am no fan of GNU/Linux (as opposed to Linux), and I think that these days RMS is just plain jealous of Linus. However, I still think he has had a much larger roll to play than Linus has.
True, there were other compilers, but that alone wouldn't be enough. A kernel does no an OS make. What about all the other gazillion Unix tools?
In fact, IIRC GNU GPL was the first well thought through free software license. Most other "freeware" licenses basicaly said something along the lines of "do whatever you like so long as you acknowledge the original author, and don't sell it for profit. Imagine what would have happened to Linux today if it was under one of those sloppy licenses?
First the lesser scenario: Companies like RedHat, who certainly have had a key role to play in making Linux a mainstream OS couldn't have existed because of the prohibition on selling. From a "big picture" perspective, the provision of the GPL that allows you to sell "free software" makes sense.
The second scenario: without the explicit protection of the "openness" of the source code it would be so much easier for Mr.Gates to "embrace and expand" linux.
I think FSF did a rather dumb thing by leaving the Kernel for the last, but on the whole, I think RMS and GNU have had a much larger role to play than Linux. If linux hadn't come along in 1991, I'm sure GNU would have had a kernel by now... GNU was just 7 years old then.
Well, a judge held that source code constitutes free speech... is this what he was talking about?
I guess I've run into that... I wouldn't go so far as to say "invariably" but yes, on a couple of occassions when I've downloaded umm.. linux ISOs... I have had then corrupted.
Since most of the large files I download are movies (home videos, you see...) I wouldn't notice, though
Whoa... what have we here? Could it be an AC with a clue??? Noooooo!!!!
Over the hill -1
Delivering Sermons -1
Kazaa is based on the concept of "supernodes"... computers which have high resources keep track of info about the "little guys" in their neighbourhood. When you do a querry, you're really only querrying the supernodes directly.... makes for great bandwidth savings exactly where they are needed.
I think that given the fact that bandwidth of internet users vary by a factor of a 1000 or more (compare a 33.6 kbps modem to a 100Mbps ethernet), any network (like Gnutella) which treats all computers the same way isn't going to perform very well.
Also, gnutella is almost defenseless against DOS attacks... because it uses flooding (thereby allowing an attacker to instantly turn one packet into thousands or millions). I don't know enough about Kazaa implementations to know how well it resists DOS attacks....
Sure... each of the three layers would deliver a different image to a different one of your three eyes.
Already very popular with beings from the outer fringes of the galaxy. (Andromeda hasn't caught up yet, though... 4 layers for them is a little harder to build)
Gnutella basically uses flooding (limited by some TTL)... basically the network expends a large effort to execute queries, and you still don't query all of the network (or even necessarily a very large part of it)
Gnutella might work OKish if you're connected by a fat-enough pipe, but otherwise it does very poorly.
THE INTERNET would shut off???!!!! OMG this is bug. I thought the Internet was designed to be all robust and everything so that nothing short of a complete partition would prevent it from functioning