Wrong: you already lost the right to your own genes (almost). Check this and this; I agree it's crazy, but as always money talks - at least in the U.S, that is.
The only solution is to structure the network by using "super clients" or "servants" or "super nodes"[...]
But won't this "super singularties" become, on the long run, bottlenecks themselves, prone to abuse, DoS etc., plus the logical target for the "other side" that wants this kind of p2p to be buried and forgoten?
One of the strenghts of the p2p model is that is hard to pursue 1000's of (arguably) minor copyright infingements as opposed to charge one entity (Napster?) with all of them...
The article mentioned that the U.S. Military was now capable of Jamming GPS signals so that is the reason they turned off Selective Availability
This is a good point to justify an alternative EU GPS system: the US can jam or make "selectively available" their own system, but doing something like that on someone else's system would be an outright act of war.
Of course this boils down to some leverage in commercial talks, after all; and I don't see the US and the EU engaged in more than "heated talks" in the next 10-15 years.
He had -pre1 sitting there for about a week letting people hammer at it, and people didn't
have any major problems with it, so he released it
Hammer it, as in trying the most stressful things load-wise (cpu, storage, video etc.). The lesson to be learnt here is that there are other things that must be tested - like the very-rarely occuring reboot.
Ok, in the real world there are a lot of linux machines that don't run crazy uptimes - like dual or multi-boot machines, with people booting windows to play games or to use m$ office. Give them a confidence boost - that they can use a "stable" kernel from the 2.[even] series without having to reinstall linux.:)
From the candidates list: [...]RMS [...] In 1983, while formulating plans for the GNU operating system, I decided it should include a window system.
This sounds awful. It's like "God said there shall be light" -- I'm sure there can be better reasons than this to be in the Gnome board.
My vote goes to Miguel (I know it's not a vote, I'm just making a statement).
From the article: Although commercial tools are available that scan for vulnerabilities, the lag time between development of the exploit and the next periodic update to security scanning packages is too long for many enterprises.
Not to mention that the commercial tools usually cost $$$, and have their own problems and shortcomings; the alternative being to download the exploit from bugtraq and try it yourself against your machines. From my experience - I work as a unix sysadmin for a small-to-medium software company - waiting for vendor updates (any vendor, from Sun to M$) is akin to giving up... blocking the traffic in the firewall is to survive. You have to know what to block, obviously.
So, IMHO there is nothing like first-hand experiencing the exploits. I know the script-kiddies say the same thing.:) But what's the alternative?
From the press release: SAN FRANCISCO -- November 12, 2001 -- In conjunction with the launch of Enterprise Ready Server, Covalent Technologies today announced a coalition of support for its new enterprise solution for the Apache Web server.
Is this a little bit confusing, or what? I mean, I had a meeting on Monday the 12th... well... which I don't recall yet.:)
Come on, how hard can that be?
I personally think this is part of a bigger strategy, maybe to get full disclosure outlawed under the SSSCA - call me paranoid, but there have been a lot of deliberate moves lately in this direction.
Imagine the surprise it can cause to the guys in the baloon if it suddenly comes down.:)
There's a lot of space junk already floating aroung, no need to send it on purpose... imho.
Astronomers are now able to control the telescopes from their desktops in the research labs, such is the speed of the connection and the
reliability of Internet2.
They should enjoy it while it lasts... that is, until the spammers find their internet2 mail addresses.:)
The parent remains at "0, redundant", while some of the replys are at +4 and +5.
The moderation system doesn't seem impressive lately, and the M2 doesn't help either.
I'd call a "donation" (if you will) of 20 Million to a country that was paying their teachers with bottles of Vodka because they couldn't afford anything else "massive".
Ok, 20 million may be a lot of money for Russian teachers, but still, they are just a drop in a bucket for their space program. And that was what te original article implied - getting funding for nasa.
How about utilizing the Peltier Effect - a.k.a. thermo electric cooling?
You still have to get rid of the heat somehow - and thus the peltiers come with bulky radiators plus noisy fans themselves.
As a bonus, you also have to handle somehow the condensation problem - the peltiers being able to refrigerate (or at least to go down to pretty low temperatures, close to zero Celsius).
So, it's a promising technology, but it's not ready yet.
The Russians sent up that guy (Tito?) and had a massive infusion of capital into their space program
20 million, to be precise. Not a really "massive" infusion, by the space agencies' standards.
Also think about how many people could afford that... it's not a cash-cow.
... and thus ensured a heated discussion on slashdot.
Seriously, how many companies have gone under trying to produce and sell better things, with better marketing pitches etc., without any mentioning whatsoever?
Transmeta tried to take on Intel and lost. IMHO not the first one, nor the last. No BIG news here, just a sidenote.
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I've supported Windows for a living in the past. It's ALREADY a support nightmare.
:)
Is it so hard is to say "reinstall" 200 times per day?
Wrong: you already lost the right to your own genes (almost).
Check this and this; I agree it's crazy, but as always money talks - at least in the U.S, that is.
I always look for new viruses here.
does not see Microsoft as a real threat in the datacenter market where reliability, availability, serviceability and security are key [...]
:)
Note to self: "duh!"
When I read the title I was almost sure it's a re-run of this
I imagine your execs combining this technology with this :)
The only solution is to structure the network by using "super clients" or "servants" or "super nodes"[...]
But won't this "super singularties" become, on the long run, bottlenecks themselves, prone to abuse, DoS etc., plus the logical target for the "other side" that wants this kind of p2p to be buried and forgoten?
One of the strenghts of the p2p model is that is hard to pursue 1000's of (arguably) minor copyright infingements as opposed to charge one entity (Napster?) with all of them...
The article mentioned that the U.S. Military was now capable of Jamming GPS signals so that is the reason they turned off Selective Availability
This is a good point to justify an alternative EU GPS system: the US can jam or make "selectively available" their own system, but doing something like that on someone else's system would be an outright act of war.
Of course this boils down to some leverage in commercial talks, after all; and I don't see the US and the EU engaged in more than "heated talks" in the next 10-15 years.
He had -pre1 sitting there for about a week letting people hammer at it, and people didn't have any major problems with it, so he released it
:)
Hammer it, as in trying the most stressful things load-wise (cpu, storage, video etc.). The lesson to be learnt here is that there are other things that must be tested - like the very-rarely occuring reboot.
Ok, in the real world there are a lot of linux machines that don't run crazy uptimes - like dual or multi-boot machines, with people booting windows to play games or to use m$ office. Give them a confidence boost - that they can use a "stable" kernel from the 2.[even] series without having to reinstall linux.
From the candidates list:
[...]RMS [...] In 1983, while formulating plans for the GNU operating system, I decided it should include a window system.
This sounds awful. It's like "God said there shall be light" -- I'm sure there can be better
reasons than this to be in the Gnome board.
My vote goes to Miguel (I know it's not a vote, I'm just making a statement).
From the article:
:) But what's the alternative?
Although commercial tools are available that scan for vulnerabilities, the lag time between development of the exploit and the next periodic update to security scanning packages is too long for many enterprises.
Not to mention that the commercial tools usually cost $$$, and have their own problems and shortcomings; the alternative being to download the exploit from bugtraq and try it yourself against your machines.
From my experience - I work as a unix sysadmin for a small-to-medium software company - waiting for vendor updates (any vendor, from Sun to M$) is akin to giving up... blocking the traffic in the firewall is to survive. You have to know what to block, obviously.
So, IMHO there is nothing like first-hand experiencing the exploits. I know the script-kiddies say the same thing.
From the press release:
:)
SAN FRANCISCO -- November 12, 2001 -- In conjunction with the launch of Enterprise Ready Server, Covalent Technologies today announced a coalition of support for its new enterprise solution for the Apache Web server.
Is this a little bit confusing, or what? I mean, I had a meeting on Monday the 12th... well... which I don't recall yet.
Come on, how hard can that be?
I personally think this is part of a bigger strategy, maybe to get full disclosure outlawed under the SSSCA - call me paranoid, but there have been a lot of deliberate moves lately in this direction.
Imagine the surprise it can cause to the guys in the baloon if it suddenly comes down.
There's a lot of space junk already floating aroung, no need to send it on purpose... imho.
Astronomers are now able to control the telescopes from their desktops in the research labs, such is the speed of the connection and the reliability of Internet2.
:)
They should enjoy it while it lasts... that is, until the spammers find their internet2 mail addresses.
[...] you can enjoy a GUI experience without creating bloatware.
:)
Yea, Evolution is good and helpful for gnome in general... the way it helped the dinosaurs some time ago.
The parent remains at "0, redundant", while some of the replys are at +4 and +5.
The moderation system doesn't seem impressive lately, and the M2 doesn't help either.
I'd call a "donation" (if you will) of 20 Million to a country that was paying their teachers with bottles of Vodka because they couldn't afford anything else "massive".
Ok, 20 million may be a lot of money for Russian teachers, but still, they are just a drop in a bucket for their space program. And that was what te original article implied - getting funding for nasa.
How about utilizing the Peltier Effect - a.k.a. thermo electric cooling?
You still have to get rid of the heat somehow - and thus the peltiers come with bulky radiators plus noisy fans themselves.
As a bonus, you also have to handle somehow the condensation problem - the peltiers being able to refrigerate (or at least to go down to pretty low temperatures, close to zero Celsius).
So, it's a promising technology, but it's not ready yet.
The Russians sent up that guy (Tito?) and had a massive infusion of capital into their space program
20 million, to be precise. Not a really "massive" infusion, by the space agencies' standards.
Also think about how many people could afford that... it's not a cash-cow.
[...] I am in Duluth, MN (47 degrees N lat duluth 46 degrees lat) [...]
:)
Well, you don't seem to have a firm grasp on your whereabouts... your're sure that it was night and no thick clouds...?
[...]and enlisted the god of Linux.
... and thus ensured a heated discussion on slashdot.
Seriously, how many companies have gone under trying to produce and sell better things, with better marketing pitches etc., without any mentioning whatsoever?
Transmeta tried to take on Intel and lost. IMHO not the first one, nor the last. No BIG news here, just a sidenote.
Very interesting. I wonder if you can point me to some info on the web about this...
[...] commonplace they're tiresome.
I read that as "commonplace as threesomes"... time to get that caffeine shot...