Was back in the 90s. This was a time when I played Quake1 with friends over 56k, chatted, got into trouble, and owner of my ISP was my friend. This was the day when you could hack Quake, and find the IP of the luser running the bot, and everyone would DOS him off the server.:)
This was the time when IRC was 'the' shit, and everyone sat in the channel for a week without leaving, or being disconnected. This was the time before DSL/Cable, and being able to have T1 bandwidth was a DREAM, and gave you a sense of power on the net.
I have to say the download is quite smooth. 160k a second is nice. I wonder how much bandwidth google actually has? Probably a gigabit or more?
This many people with Cable/DSL downloading that file, and its not even slashdotted.
I havn't untared the file yet. But I wonder just how many people it takes to run google. How many are on staff? And how many work on the actual code that powers such a huge site?
.. Is mainly because of these $400 prices, and for some of us, Nvidia hasn't opened the drivers yet.
I don't have $400 to shell out for a video card. Maybe $100, but not $400. Thats about 4 days work for me,
and I also have to feed myself and my wife. My parent's helped my wife buy me the parts for a new AthlonXP 1.6ghz to build.
But that wasn't an easy thing to buy.
If Nvidia wants people to buy their cards, they better lower the prices a lot. Untill then, ill stick with my V3 3000 running @ 90fps.
Is the Bells. Yes. The previous Monopoly, that was split up. They charge maybe $800-$1600 a month for a single T1. That is crazy. They charge thousands for bandwidth.
Now. AOL/TW/Carter/Rogers ALL provider's backbones are bought from the Bells right? Would it not be the Bells' fought for charging such high rates to the companys that use them? Plus Cable/DSL companys have to make money on the side!!!
Im not defending the Cable/DSL companys, and I highly disagree with what they are doing since I know they can afford it, and just want more money from us.
I fear my ISP will do this since I transfer maybe a gig in 4 days from my server (Telocity). I think $50 is enough. I wouln't pay anymore since I have more DSL choices that provide a static IP.
Not only that but my contract doesn't say anything about bandwidth usage, and for them to try to stick that on me would be a breach of contract and they would be subject to appear in court for a settlement.
This all needs to come to an end. The Bells need to wise up, and so do the Cable/DSL companys.
Although nobody can prove that one OpenSource OS is more secure than the other. OpenBSD has had its share of security flaws just like every other system. FreeBSD 4.3 & Linux 2.2.15 came to mind.
Linux 2.4 hasn't had a serious security flaw yet. And it is at a 2.4.18 (patch) level. Which is a better record than the 2.2.x series.
Any program ftp/httpd/smtp, that has a security flaw, effects ANY UNIX based system that uses it. Unless the flaw is OS specific.
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It would be scary to think that this could be applied to video games.
Think of this: You are sitting there playing Quake3 with your mouse, and all of a sudden this guy comes in acting like a bot. But he is not a bot. He is a man that has the ability to 'think' his shots. This guy can be dead accurate every time, just by thinking of where to shoot, instead of having to rely on hand-eye response times.
1. Setup a mail server (if not already), and block ALL of MSN/Hotmail/M$/ and all other free/spam sites. You could add these MCSEs to the mail server you setup, and wipe their dependency on M$'s sites/systems.
2. Block all free/spam sites, and tell them to tough it out.
3. Setup a.procmailrc filter. (MOST effective). And allow mail to be filtered on content, headers, source address, relay address, setup a password for users to enter in subject line, OR only accept mail from who you want to. (this is what I do with my systems, PASS/allow_only_blah@blah)
But from what I see, a lot of people don't want to pay for a browser. And they really shouln't have to. Its too popular of a client application for someone to have to pay for it.
This may be the fall of IE if Ms actually starts charging for it. People will start looking for free browsers. When they buy a new computer, they don't want to have to pay seperatly for a browser.
That this is the purpose of their new marketing scheme, using the 2000+, and the 1900+ to make consumers think that it is actually running at 2.0ghz, or 1.9ghz.
You should try. ABIWord, StarOffice, OpenOffice, Corel?
MS has no standards. MSOffice formats are not, and never were recognised, as any type of standard file format. Maybe going with true standard file formats would be a better idea. There are many out there.
Ive had a few issues with DMA. I have 10 & 8 gig HDs. Both of which are trying to 'write over the end of the drive'. Which is fairly odd. The 10gig has been the most trouble. Has caused 1 lockup, and 3 reboots.:\
A while back, Nvidia bought out its largest competitor, 3Dfx. Nvidia calimed that 3Dfx ignored some of its so called 'patents', and used, what they claimed was their technology.
Ive owned 3Dfx cards since 3Dfx was in the marketplace, I still own a Voodoo3, and don't really care to buy an Nvidia since I don't like waiting weeks for some company to fix their driver bugs.
Since this happened with Nvidia vs. 3Dfx, this put Nvidia in a sort of 'monopoly position'. Which means that they now have most of the 3D market in terms of which gamers are concerned. This would give M$ even more leverage with these patents, and would ultimatly FORCE gamers that use their OS to run DirecX, or whatever they call it.
On a personal note (Moderators: This last paragraph is my 2 cents, and should be ignored when moderating, just my little rant.) I use 3Dfx becuase I CHOOSE to. I have no reason to switch to a closed source driver card, and yes, I DO get angry when I can't find the latest source because of Nvidia's tactics. I see MANY people online using Nvidia's, but I say to myself, they are only hurting themselves in the longrun, and let it go.
What about when "Windows" was patented? Wouln't Microsoft had patented it later than when it was released? I remember it took them a LONG ass time before they got a patent on it. So maybe X-Windows is prior art, and COULD claim the patent, and this would allow Lindows to run free?
... that all the 'Windows' in my house, and on my door infringe on their so called 'copyright' too.
Heck. They can't sue over somthing like this. Its like the crook breaking into your home, stealing your TV, and on the way out, steps on a nail, and then sues you because he was hurt on your property.
The chances of that happening are plain ludacris.
1 out of 1,000.
What about kernel.org? How is that expensive?
What about linuxiso.org? How is that expensive?
What about OSDN itself? How is that expsensive?
I downloaded and installed linux on my server that I built myself, making the OS cost $0. Making my total around $600. Now why would I pay $900 for licenses for a commercial OS, in which the server doesn't even have a monitor for that GUI stuff? That means that the OS would have cost more than the Server itself? How would I loose money? I don't get it.
I just recently ordered parts for a AthlonXP 1900+ running @ 1.6ghz. (yep, its fast). And I ordered some really nice cooling on it. The heatsink is much larger than I thought, and the fan is enormous. Talk about noise... The brand name is 'Volcano', attached to the top of the Heatsink of the Athlon.. And it makes a sound like a jet taking off the runway. It runs at 7031rpm according to the sensors built into the Epox motherboard. I actually like the sound of the hum. I have 3 machines in my room alone, several others throughout the house. But the 2 workstations, and the house server in my room generate a loud noise that puts me to sleep at night. The 2nd workstation has only one fan, and sounds like a small commercial plane. The server has 2 large, and one for the PII processor, and it sounds like an air conditioner when I shut down the Athlon.
The hard drivers generate very little noise, if none at all.
Im paying $50 a month for Telocity, bought out by DirecTV in the middle of this year. I get 262k/14500k, and must say that even during their peak times, i get a full 160k/per-second download from kernel.org, which is my top speed. I run Web/Ftp/SMTP/DNS, all from my server there that uses NAT, with a static ip, and it has my domain pointed to it.
I can't complain at the moment, and I don't think they would cap the bandwidth because I know there would be a LOT of noise made about it. I can't go with an ISP that doesn't provide me with 2 things. Those 2 things are 1. A static ip, and 2. No less than 256k up/1500k down.
I get this for $50 a month under no contract. If they changed, then I would call them, shout, bitch, and complain, and then find their top competitor, and sign up with them (if they fit my requirements).
The only problem ive had with Telocity was the quality of service. Used to the connection would drop 1-3 times a day, and it would be every day, and sometimes I would get a weird packet loss for no reason from around 6:00-11:00pm. But now, I don't get that, and have had a strait 6 day uptime on my connection (Not counting a power outage in which the router isn't connected to my server's UPS). My connection hasn't dropped by itself in 2 weeks.
If anyone is interested in exactly what this program is and what it does. Here is the trial version produced by ElcomSoft. They had to strip it from their site. But here is the URL for the download. I would suggest version 2.2. Version 2.2 decrypts %25 of the e-book. The full version was originally sold for $99.
It will be interesting to see if anyone will hack this version and make it able to decrypt %100 of the E-Book.
...This year, a Senator had tried to stop the release of XP, and this was news posted on Slashdot. But it seems that he was not heard well by the other Senators. But this did make a noise on Slashdot, and some other major news sites.
Will you help prevent Microsoft from doing this kinds of things? For example: Prevent Microsoft from forcing it's users to sign up for their.NET project, or restrain Microsoft from making products that sends private information back to them, in a case that would violate the privacy of it's user?
Would you also help decide wether or not Microsoft should patent method X for doing this or that, or prevent them from buying a company, or new technology if they like it?
One thing I would like to see happen is that Microsoft be prevented from entering new markets. One example was their release of the X-Box, to attempt compete with PS2 & the GameCube, for the soul purpose of gaining market share, and monopolizing the game market. Another is their attempt in the DVD market. This article was posted yesterday, here on Slashdot. I am not familiar with the details.
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Was back in the 90s. This was a time when I played Quake1 with friends over 56k, chatted, got into trouble, and owner of my ISP was my friend. This was the day when you could hack Quake, and find the IP of the luser running the bot, and everyone would DOS him off the server. :)
This was the time when IRC was 'the' shit, and everyone sat in the channel for a week without leaving, or being disconnected. This was the time before DSL/Cable, and being able to have T1 bandwidth was a DREAM, and gave you a sense of power on the net.
I have to say the download is quite smooth. 160k a second is nice. I wonder how much bandwidth google actually has? Probably a gigabit or more?
This many people with Cable/DSL downloading that file, and its not even slashdotted.
I havn't untared the file yet. But I wonder just how many people it takes to run google. How many are on staff? And how many work on the actual code that powers such a huge site?
.. Is mainly because of these $400 prices, and for some of us, Nvidia hasn't opened the drivers yet.
I don't have $400 to shell out for a video card. Maybe $100, but not $400. Thats about 4 days work for me,
and I also have to feed myself and my wife. My parent's helped my wife buy me the parts for a new AthlonXP 1.6ghz to build.
But that wasn't an easy thing to buy.
If Nvidia wants people to buy their cards, they better lower the prices a lot. Untill then, ill stick with my V3 3000 running @ 90fps.
Is the Bells. Yes. The previous Monopoly, that was split up. They charge maybe $800-$1600 a month for a single T1. That is crazy. They charge thousands for bandwidth.
Now. AOL/TW/Carter/Rogers ALL provider's backbones are bought from the Bells right? Would it not be the Bells' fought for charging such high rates to the companys that use them? Plus Cable/DSL companys have to make money on the side!!!
Im not defending the Cable/DSL companys, and I highly disagree with what they are doing since I know they can afford it, and just want more money from us.
I fear my ISP will do this since I transfer maybe a gig in 4 days from my server (Telocity). I think $50 is enough. I wouln't pay anymore since I have more DSL choices that provide a static IP.
Not only that but my contract doesn't say anything about bandwidth usage, and for them to try to stick that on me would be a breach of contract and they would be subject to appear in court for a settlement.
This all needs to come to an end. The Bells need to wise up, and so do the Cable/DSL companys.
Although nobody can prove that one OpenSource OS is more secure than the other. OpenBSD has had its share of security flaws just like every other system. FreeBSD 4.3 & Linux 2.2.15 came to mind.
Linux 2.4 hasn't had a serious security flaw yet. And it is at a 2.4.18 (patch) level. Which is a better record than the 2.2.x series.
Any program ftp/httpd/smtp, that has a security flaw, effects ANY UNIX based system that uses it. Unless the flaw is OS specific.
It would be scary to think that this could be applied to video games.
Think of this: You are sitting there playing Quake3 with your mouse, and all of a sudden this guy comes in acting like a bot. But he is not a bot. He is a man that has the ability to 'think' his shots. This guy can be dead accurate every time, just by thinking of where to shoot, instead of having to rely on hand-eye response times.
I wonder if this would not scare most gamers.
Please allow me to suggest the following:
.procmailrc filter. (MOST effective). And allow mail to be filtered on content, headers, source address, relay address, setup a password for users to enter in subject line, OR only accept mail from who you want to. (this is what I do with my systems, PASS/allow_only_blah@blah)
1. Setup a mail server (if not already), and block ALL of MSN/Hotmail/M$/ and all other free/spam sites. You could add these MCSEs to the mail server you setup, and wipe their dependency on M$'s sites/systems.
2. Block all free/spam sites, and tell them to tough it out.
3. Setup a
But from what I see, a lot of people don't want to pay for a browser. And they really shouln't have to. Its too popular of a client application for someone to have to pay for it.
This may be the fall of IE if Ms actually starts charging for it. People will start looking for free browsers. When they buy a new computer, they don't want to have to pay seperatly for a browser.
http://new.usps.com/cgi-bin/uspsbv/scripts/content .jsp?B=contactform&C=Community%20Services&BB=-8216 &TT=2&CC=-8216&DD=null&Comments=null
I told them what I think, and ask if they could
improve a few things, and told them what I did like about them.
Don't post childishly, or they will not take it into concern.
That this is the purpose of their new marketing scheme, using the 2000+, and the 1900+ to make consumers think that it is actually running at 2.0ghz, or 1.9ghz.
Im quite pleased with my 1900+ running @ 1.6ghz.
M$'s Database was $5,000 per processor, and if you have an 8 processor machine.... :)
Yes. Linux/BSD/UNIX will always be a bit cheaper.
You should try. ABIWord, StarOffice, OpenOffice, Corel?
MS has no standards. MSOffice formats are not, and never were recognised, as any type of standard file format. Maybe going with true standard file formats would be a better idea. There are many out there.
Ive had a few issues with DMA. I have 10 & 8 gig HDs. Both of which are trying to 'write over the end of the drive'. Which is fairly odd. The 10gig has been the most trouble. Has caused 1 lockup, and 3 reboots. :\
A while back, Nvidia bought out its largest competitor, 3Dfx. Nvidia calimed that 3Dfx ignored some of its so called 'patents', and used, what they claimed was their technology.
Ive owned 3Dfx cards since 3Dfx was in the marketplace, I still own a Voodoo3, and don't really care to buy an Nvidia since I don't like waiting weeks for some company to fix their driver bugs.
Since this happened with Nvidia vs. 3Dfx, this put Nvidia in a sort of 'monopoly position'. Which means that they now have most of the 3D market in terms of which gamers are concerned. This would give M$ even more leverage with these patents, and would ultimatly FORCE gamers that use their OS to run DirecX, or whatever they call it.
On a personal note (Moderators: This last paragraph is my 2 cents, and should be ignored when moderating, just my little rant.) I use 3Dfx becuase I CHOOSE to. I have no reason to switch to a closed source driver card, and yes, I DO get angry when I can't find the latest source because of Nvidia's tactics. I see MANY people online using Nvidia's, but I say to myself, they are only hurting themselves in the longrun, and let it go.
Then It won't be OpenGL anymore.
M$ will kill the Open in it, and turn it into ClosedGL, or MSGL.
What about when "Windows" was patented? Wouln't Microsoft had patented it later than when it was released? I remember it took them a LONG ass time before they got a patent on it. So maybe X-Windows is prior art, and COULD claim the patent, and this would allow Lindows to run free?
... that all the 'Windows' in my house, and on my door infringe on their so called 'copyright' too.
Heck. They can't sue over somthing like this. Its like the crook breaking into your home, stealing your TV, and on the way out, steps on a nail, and then sues you because he was hurt on your property.
The chances of that happening are plain ludacris.
1 out of 1,000.
...could be %0 when using somthing you don't have to pay for.
"Ain't nothing but a clone attack."
"I like nothing better than to be killed that way."
(Backup Singers): "killed that way" "smashed that way"
What about kernel.org? How is that expensive?
What about linuxiso.org? How is that expensive?
What about OSDN itself? How is that expsensive?
I downloaded and installed linux on my server that I built myself, making the OS cost $0. Making my total around $600. Now why would I pay $900 for licenses for a commercial OS, in which the server doesn't even have a monitor for that GUI stuff? That means that the OS would have cost more than the Server itself? How would I loose money? I don't get it.
I just recently ordered parts for a AthlonXP 1900+ running @ 1.6ghz. (yep, its fast). And I ordered some really nice cooling on it. The heatsink is much larger than I thought, and the fan is enormous. Talk about noise... The brand name is 'Volcano', attached to the top of the Heatsink of the Athlon.. And it makes a sound like a jet taking off the runway. It runs at 7031rpm according to the sensors built into the Epox motherboard. I actually like the sound of the hum. I have 3 machines in my room alone, several others throughout the house. But the 2 workstations, and the house server in my room generate a loud noise that puts me to sleep at night. The 2nd workstation has only one fan, and sounds like a small commercial plane. The server has 2 large, and one for the PII processor, and it sounds like an air conditioner when I shut down the Athlon.
The hard drivers generate very little noise, if none at all.
Im paying $50 a month for Telocity, bought out by DirecTV in the middle of this year. I get 262k/14500k, and must say that even during their peak times, i get a full 160k/per-second download from kernel.org, which is my top speed. I run Web/Ftp/SMTP/DNS, all from my server there that uses NAT, with a static ip, and it has my domain pointed to it.
I can't complain at the moment, and I don't think they would cap the bandwidth because I know there would be a LOT of noise made about it. I can't go with an ISP that doesn't provide me with 2 things. Those 2 things are 1. A static ip, and 2. No less than 256k up/1500k down.
I get this for $50 a month under no contract. If they changed, then I would call them, shout, bitch, and complain, and then find their top competitor, and sign up with them (if they fit my requirements).
The only problem ive had with Telocity was the quality of service. Used to the connection would drop 1-3 times a day, and it would be every day, and sometimes I would get a weird packet loss for no reason from around 6:00-11:00pm. But now, I don't get that, and have had a strait 6 day uptime on my connection (Not counting a power outage in which the router isn't connected to my server's UPS). My connection hasn't dropped by itself in 2 weeks.
I believe that the Telocity routers run on embeded Linux with a Motorola processor. Is this correct?
If anyone is interested in exactly what this program is and what it does. Here is the trial version produced by ElcomSoft. They had to strip it from their site. But here is the URL for the download. I would suggest version 2.2. Version 2.2 decrypts %25 of the e-book. The full version was originally sold for $99.
It will be interesting to see if anyone will hack this version and make it able to decrypt %100 of the E-Book.
http://diddl.firehead.org/censor/adobe_ebook/
...This year, a Senator had tried to stop the release of XP, and this was news posted on Slashdot. But it seems that he was not heard well by the other Senators. But this did make a noise on Slashdot, and some other major news sites.
.NET project, or restrain Microsoft from making products that sends private information back to them, in a case that would violate the privacy of it's user?
Will you help prevent Microsoft from doing this kinds of things? For example: Prevent Microsoft from forcing it's users to sign up for their
Would you also help decide wether or not Microsoft should patent method X for doing this or that, or prevent them from buying a company, or new technology if they like it?
One thing I would like to see happen is that Microsoft be prevented from entering new markets. One example was their release of the X-Box, to attempt compete with PS2 & the GameCube, for the soul purpose of gaining market share, and monopolizing the game market. Another is their attempt in the DVD market. This article was posted yesterday, here on Slashdot. I am not familiar with the details.