Not for your sake, as per your comment your aware of other shells for windows, but for the rest of the/.'ers, there are alternatives such as blackbox for windows. Quite cool, imho:)
Much like any other marketing ive seen by lindows, it seems to reflect the tongue-in-cheek attitude towards opposition. Its unfortunate that in the corp market, where linux seems to actually have a strong chance of adoption, these antics seem childish and unprofessional. Lindows would be better served catering to the executive market imho, rather than people that just "hate" microsoft... On a positive note, looks like Robertson made good on a frontpage replacement:D ( http://www.nvu.com/ )
Your absolutely right. Spending millions in legal fees for what is inevitably going to be a keystone judgement for Linux is small potatoes compared to a website with installation information.
Yea, I actually asked ( http://www.elonka.com )Elonka of Kryptos fame about this yesterday, it seems someone has indeed cracked it, although im not sure if any of them have come forward.
Although i havent personally worked on this, it really seems like something that nasa put together for middle school students looking for something fun to do, not something any experienced codebreaker would have trouble poking through.
Any peice of hardware that can spank the competition EVEN while its potential isn't fully being realized by the software testing it deserves my dollar. And yes, im talking about how well it games, I can really give a flying fsck about how quickly it runs office...
Microsoft strongarmed Intel into adopting AMDs x86-64 instruction set, basically saying that there was no way in hell MS would maintain 3 different 64 bit trees for windows.
Cant really blame MS on that one though, cant bend over backwards for everyone, especially considering product testing gets exponentially more difficult for each codebase.
Good god, i just finished reading the third world medical conditions link, and im absolutely sick:(. I happen to live in st louis and im trying to think about anything i can do to bring more light to this.
The only reason why this would almost be newsworthy is the fact that IMHO a much superior product, vmware doesnt offer a consumer level version. i cant say i would mind that much if i were limited to 1 guest OS or what have you, but the pricetag is WAY to steep compared to virtual pc:(. until then, i may be forced to pay for an MS product.
[Small FYI, last time i installed linux under vmware, i wasnt able to get X to run in the session until the guest colordepth was set to the same as the host OS, and although they say its safe to run 24 bit color in the guest while the host is running 32 bit, i was never able to get this to work.]
True, but it's still STRONG numbers in favor of these online services, and hopefully some RIAA execs will read this and get a fscking clue. I use both iTunes and Rhapsody and although i find both services VERY appealing, (Im very suprised at how little i hear about rhapsody, it really is a fantastic service for those of us who spend our time in front of our computers) there are still some bands i cant find on either service (Tool). /shrug, just more money i would have spend but cant.
heh. slashdot is the only place i know where im going to get owned if im slightly careless with the words i use. in case this was lost on anyone, our safest modern encryption systems use the product of 2 *very* large primes as a (unless you have the key) one way function, since its hard / currently impossible to factor the result.
You shouldnt confuse quantum computing with quantum cryptography. Quantum cryptography, even with a quantum computer, would still be unbreakable because of how it utilizes the randomness of photons, one time pads, and one hell of an anti-easedropping mechanism. Quantum computing would also have a far more severe impact on modern cryptography than breaking it "really quickly". With the ability to instantly factor every large prime, for example, it would nullify the best we've got.
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An SQL based file system is long overdue on the desktop, and as much as it may hurt to say it, Microsoft is actually somewhat on the ball here. I'll probably use longhorn when it comes out, and ill probably be impressed with all of the new bells and whistles. It really doesnt look well for open source if we only see features in linux months or years after theyve been in windows... and it really enforces the idea that open source software relies on the copying of ideas, not innovation. Longhorn isnt due out for a few years, so why not prioritize features like these now? It sure would be nice to have an sql based fs and an interface rivaling OSX *before* longhorn is released....
integrated animated search / office assistants!
Seriously though, as someone mentioned in the embedding linux quick booting article, windows does have the edge on linux as far as a snappier boot time because it continues loading services, even while the user has logged in. It may not seem like a big deal with system uptimes of 1-2 years, but to the average user, seeing an insanly fast boot would definitly be impressive.
Spammers are liable for $5000 per email, so thats going to cost them...
[pinky to lips] one meeeelllion dollarrs. for my hotmail inbox this morning. Now all we need is a means to actually track spammers....
If apple can sell 10 million songs on a platform that only has 5-10% of the consumer market share, theres no telling what they can do with the windows market. I wouldnt be suprised if we saw 1 million songs sell on the first day....
Its more than obvious that the record labels dont listen to fans, but they do seem to listen to the almightly dollar, and I really think that this will be the breaking point for digital music distribution. Crisp, easy to obtain music delivered straight to your computer, and at a somewhat reasonable price and tolerable DRM. My only question now is when do we get a linux client?/grin
that the software we take for granted every day is being given such stiff auditing. I mean, sure it sucks to patch so often, but honestly, wouldnt you rather read this and patch before some jackass releases a public exploit, and every 15 year old that cant find something better to do decides to take down a production box?
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Not for your sake, as per your comment your aware of other shells for windows, but for the rest of the /.'ers, there are alternatives such as blackbox for windows. Quite cool, imho :)
require('includes/starwars.joke');
require('includes/pr0n.joke');
My work here is done.
Much like any other marketing ive seen by lindows, it seems to reflect the tongue-in-cheek attitude towards opposition. :D ( http://www.nvu.com/ )
Its unfortunate that in the corp market, where linux seems to actually have a strong chance of adoption, these antics seem childish and unprofessional. Lindows would be better served catering to the executive market imho, rather than people that just "hate" microsoft...
On a positive note, looks like Robertson made good on a frontpage replacement
Your absolutely right. Spending millions in legal fees for what is inevitably going to be a keystone judgement for Linux is small potatoes compared to a website with installation information.
Upgrade my old, yet "safe" version of Realplayer, or risk having my box get owned...
Well, i do backup regularly....
Yea, I actually asked ( http://www.elonka.com )Elonka of Kryptos fame about this yesterday, it seems someone has indeed cracked it, although im not sure if any of them have come forward.
Although i havent personally worked on this, it really seems like something that nasa put together for middle school students looking for something fun to do, not something any experienced codebreaker would have trouble poking through.
Any peice of hardware that can spank the competition EVEN while its potential isn't fully being realized by the software testing it deserves my dollar.
And yes, im talking about how well it games, I can really give a flying fsck about how quickly it runs office...
Microsoft strongarmed Intel into adopting AMDs x86-64 instruction set, basically saying that there was no way in hell MS would maintain 3 different 64 bit trees for windows.
Cant really blame MS on that one though, cant bend over backwards for everyone, especially considering product testing gets exponentially more difficult for each codebase.
The cell phone listed to be redirected to some middle age cattle rancher by the end of the day.
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Good god, i just finished reading the third world medical conditions link, and im absolutely sick :(. I happen to live in st louis and im trying to think about anything i can do to bring more light to this.
The only reason why this would almost be newsworthy is the fact that IMHO a much superior product, vmware doesnt offer a consumer level version. i cant say i would mind that much if i were limited to 1 guest OS or what have you, but the pricetag is WAY to steep compared to virtual pc :(. until then, i may be forced to pay for an MS product.
[Small FYI, last time i installed linux under vmware, i wasnt able to get X to run in the session until the guest colordepth was set to the same as the host OS, and although they say its safe to run 24 bit color in the guest while the host is running 32 bit, i was never able to get this to work.]
True, but it's still STRONG numbers in favor of these online services, and hopefully some RIAA execs will read this and get a fscking clue.
I use both iTunes and Rhapsody and although i find both services VERY appealing, (Im very suprised at how little i hear about rhapsody, it really is a fantastic service for those of us who spend our time in front of our computers) there are still some bands i cant find on either service (Tool).
/shrug, just more money i would have spend but cant.
heh. slashdot is the only place i know where im going to get owned if im slightly careless with the words i use. in case this was lost on anyone, our safest modern encryption systems use the product of 2 *very* large primes as a (unless you have the key) one way function, since its hard / currently impossible to factor the result.
You shouldnt confuse quantum computing with quantum cryptography. Quantum cryptography, even with a quantum computer, would still be unbreakable because of how it utilizes the randomness of photons, one time pads, and one hell of an anti-easedropping mechanism.
Quantum computing would also have a far more severe impact on modern cryptography than breaking it "really quickly". With the ability to instantly factor every large prime, for example, it would nullify the best we've got.
before anyone jumps in and complains about superposition being a theory, not a law, im drunk and allowed to make such mistakes. As you were....
to allow me to sleep in late, wake up early and play camelot, show up on time to work, and spend some productive time reading ;)
Gnucash
you mean to tell me that this flying window thing isnt the hacker logo?
only when im playing ET on an atari.
An SQL based file system is long overdue on the desktop, and as much as it may hurt to say it, Microsoft is actually somewhat on the ball here. I'll probably use longhorn when it comes out, and ill probably be impressed with all of the new bells and whistles.
It really doesnt look well for open source if we only see features in linux months or years after theyve been in windows... and it really enforces the idea that open source software relies on the copying of ideas, not innovation.
Longhorn isnt due out for a few years, so why not prioritize features like these now? It sure would be nice to have an sql based fs and an interface rivaling OSX *before* longhorn is released....
integrated animated search / office assistants! Seriously though, as someone mentioned in the embedding linux quick booting article, windows does have the edge on linux as far as a snappier boot time because it continues loading services, even while the user has logged in.
It may not seem like a big deal with system uptimes of 1-2 years, but to the average user, seeing an insanly fast boot would definitly be impressive.
Spammers are liable for $5000 per email, so thats going to cost them...
[pinky to lips] one meeeelllion dollarrs.
for my hotmail inbox this morning. Now all we need is a means to actually track spammers....
If apple can sell 10 million songs on a platform that only has 5-10% of the consumer market share, theres no telling what they can do with the windows market. I wouldnt be suprised if we saw 1 million songs sell on the first day.... Its more than obvious that the record labels dont listen to fans, but they do seem to listen to the almightly dollar, and I really think that this will be the breaking point for digital music distribution. Crisp, easy to obtain music delivered straight to your computer, and at a somewhat reasonable price and tolerable DRM. My only question now is when do we get a linux client? /grin
I really wish Theo wouldnt make a wonderfull software product the vessel of his political opinion. /shrug, im always wrong anyway.
that the software we take for granted every day is being given such stiff auditing. I mean, sure it sucks to patch so often, but honestly, wouldnt you rather read this and patch before some jackass releases a public exploit, and every 15 year old that cant find something better to do decides to take down a production box?