That's what we're missing these days - noisy computers! We need whirring, and clanking, and popping, and probably a steam-powered whistle. Forget these silent PCs - I want to really know when it's doing some calculations!
It's true. Once companies get big, and old, and are run by a different batch of people that started it, they lose all the initiative and drive, and vision. I have worked for a few companies that you could just see starting down the path to bean-countery, and insignificance. I think people forget that R+D means throwing money around without necessarily anything to show for it - buy the latest toys, gadgets, hi-tech stuff, and let people play with it. It inspires, engenders ideas. Like Googles one-day-a-week to play around with external ideas. I think that is a fantastic idea. It works both ways too. If I think of something great on an evening, I will log in to work, and start developing the idea for a few hours. When I next get to work, I'll then continue it.
Damn shareholders. Always spoil it. And now Google has gone public...:(
Let's do what we usually do: cast our lots for the best thing that is currently available. That would be bittorrent. Let's also reserve the right to change our minds if and when something better comes along.
Or when it gets bundled with every copy of Windows.
Avalanche. Just another type of word in the "torrent" range. There are also "avalanche, barrage, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, drencher, flux, inundation, Niagara, overflowing, overrunning, pour, rush, spate, torrent".
Is it a:, so they have a nice list of people who know about the backdoor, or b:, so they can use the DMCA if someone reverses it without being told (i.e. given permission) by Sony?
Cue discussion about what equals an OS, and what is an app. passwd? mount? login? sshd? apache? The other reason I hear for having/usr/local separate is that you can rm/usr/local -rf it, and use the machine for something else. That's a pretty null argument as far as I'm concerned - it's just not common enough to worry about, and a fresh rebuild for a new server would never hurt.
NFS-mount/usr/local from a central file server, meaning that you only need to update applications in one place.
I know the theory behind it. I've never used it - my servers are a mixture of Sparc, Pentium 3, Pentium 4, etc. They all have different binaries.
I just much prefer the file locations under Linux. Not because I'm more familiar with them, but just because they make sense to me, anyway. Under a sensible OS (and I'm not saying that BSD* isn't), the filesystem should be set up so that you should be able to rm/opt/usr -rf and recover the box easily IMO.
That's funny. I don't use BSD because there are things I do't like about it.
1./usr/local. Everything that you add afterwards goes in there. It's just extra to type. And is apache config in/usr/local/apache/conf or/usr/local/etc/apache/conf ?
2. The interface names change with the drivers of the card. em0? or fxp0. Who knows. What a silly idea.
The problem with IP networks is the database that links you to your IP address. If there was a way of plucking an IP range out of the air, advertising it, and using it without any record of this, you would be anonymous. There's a network running now that does this with VPNs and OSPF. I'm sure they'd love intelligent peoples criticism and comment.
The http://www.spamhaus.org/ SpamHaus lists seem to be very effective. I've yet to hear of anyone being wrongly listed. They list individual hosts, not netblocks. Couple that with Spam Assassin and Vipuls Razor, and I don't see much spam if any.
Linux kernel patches are not mainly for security updates. They are to add extra functionality, and features, and develop the software more, not merely trying to keep the existing software working. (Obviously, some patches are for security.)
I did this once. I sent out an exe that would reboot the machine when ran, and renamed it "virus - do not run.exe". I sent it out to everyone in the company with the subject of "Do NOT run this exe". Needless to say, I got a few phone calls from annoyed (idiotic) users that had lost work. I've no sympathy at all. None. Zilch. Nada. Geen.
Knowledge is power? And it removes some of the dependancy on that company. Open the Word format fully, and up would spring fully interworking Word clones in months.
Exactly. I don't mind having something to prove my identity with, if I am required to. Such as my passport. Or my driving licence. Being forced to have one, and carry it around with me is what I disagree with. I signed up at around number 500. I wish they'd made it 100000, and £100.
You know what I say? Stop worrying about things. Live life. Life is dangerous. You might be killed tomorrow. Disease, car crash, something like that. And there are lots of people in the world. What are the chances it will happen to you. Set your root password to password. Run an open SMTP server. Do whatever you want. It's better to regret the things you have done than the things you haven't.
Are you behind NAT? Cos if you are, it means you can only download from people that aren't. If you aren't, or forward the ports on, it means you can download from everybody.
I find it amazing (and heartening) that in this world of money, and greed, that some people will build satellites, and get them launched into space, purely so Amateur Radio hams can bounce off them and talk all around the world. I've never done it myself, but I've watched someone going in on 2 metres, and hearing their output on 10. You only get a few minutes before the satellite disappears below the horizon again, but it's still cool. You could also listen to Mir on 143.625.
Slashdot Mirror
Or: "They're the ones who are creating a business worth billions of dollars."
That's what we're missing these days - noisy computers! We need whirring, and clanking, and popping, and probably a steam-powered whistle. Forget these silent PCs - I want to really know when it's doing some calculations!
It's true. Once companies get big, and old, and are run by a different batch of people that started it, they lose all the initiative and drive, and vision. I have worked for a few companies that you could just see starting down the path to bean-countery, and insignificance. I think people forget that R+D means throwing money around without necessarily anything to show for it - buy the latest toys, gadgets, hi-tech stuff, and let people play with it. It inspires, engenders ideas. Like Googles one-day-a-week to play around with external ideas. I think that is a fantastic idea. It works both ways too. If I think of something great on an evening, I will log in to work, and start developing the idea for a few hours. When I next get to work, I'll then continue it. :(
Damn shareholders. Always spoil it. And now Google has gone public...
Or when it gets bundled with every copy of Windows.
Avalanche. Just another type of word in the "torrent" range. There are also "avalanche, barrage, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, drencher, flux, inundation, Niagara, overflowing, overrunning, pour, rush, spate, torrent".
It's "laser". It stands for something. It's not Light Amplification through the Ztimulation and Emission of Radiation, is it?
No, you're not that stupid - you got the +5 Insightful you were after :)
That's why those people should employ other people to tell them that it's mature enough.
Hey Grub :) :)
Stop wasting your time posting here, and read your email..
Is it a:, so they have a nice list of people who know about the backdoor, or b:, so they can use the DMCA if someone reverses it without being told (i.e. given permission) by Sony?
Cue discussion about what equals an OS, and what is an app. passwd? mount? login? sshd? apache? The other reason I hear for having /usr/local separate is that you can rm /usr/local -rf it, and use the machine for something else. That's a pretty null argument as far as I'm concerned - it's just not common enough to worry about, and a fresh rebuild for a new server would never hurt.
I know the theory behind it. I've never used it - my servers are a mixture of Sparc, Pentium 3, Pentium 4, etc. They all have different binaries. /opt /usr -rf and recover the box easily IMO.
I just much prefer the file locations under Linux. Not because I'm more familiar with them, but just because they make sense to me, anyway. Under a sensible OS (and I'm not saying that BSD* isn't), the filesystem should be set up so that you should be able to rm
That's funny. I don't use BSD because there are things I do't like about it.
/usr/local. Everything that you add afterwards goes in there. It's just extra to type. And is apache config in /usr/local/apache/conf or /usr/local/etc/apache/conf ?
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2. The interface names change with the drivers of the card. em0? or fxp0. Who knows. What a silly idea.
The problem with IP networks is the database that links you to your IP address. If there was a way of plucking an IP range out of the air, advertising it, and using it without any record of this, you would be anonymous. There's a network running now that does this with VPNs and OSPF. I'm sure they'd love intelligent peoples criticism and comment.
The http://www.spamhaus.org/ SpamHaus lists seem to be very effective. I've yet to hear of anyone being wrongly listed. They list individual hosts, not netblocks. Couple that with Spam Assassin and Vipuls Razor, and I don't see much spam if any.
Linux kernel patches are not mainly for security updates. They are to add extra functionality, and features, and develop the software more, not merely trying to keep the existing software working. (Obviously, some patches are for security.)
I did this once. I sent out an exe that would reboot the machine when ran, and renamed it "virus - do not run.exe". I sent it out to everyone in the company with the subject of "Do NOT run this exe". Needless to say, I got a few phone calls from annoyed (idiotic) users that had lost work. I've no sympathy at all. None. Zilch. Nada. Geen.
Knowledge is power? And it removes some of the dependancy on that company. Open the Word format fully, and up would spring fully interworking Word clones in months.
Exactly. I don't mind having something to prove my identity with, if I am required to. Such as my passport. Or my driving licence. Being forced to have one, and carry it around with me is what I disagree with. I signed up at around number 500. I wish they'd made it 100000, and £100.
You know what I say? Stop worrying about things. Live life. Life is dangerous. You might be killed tomorrow. Disease, car crash, something like that. And there are lots of people in the world. What are the chances it will happen to you. Set your root password to password. Run an open SMTP server. Do whatever you want. It's better to regret the things you have done than the things you haven't.
Create a new internet.
That used to be my sig :)
Are you behind NAT? Cos if you are, it means you can only download from people that aren't. If you aren't, or forward the ports on, it means you can download from everybody.
Narrow-band FM. I don't think you'll be hearing it now though :)
I find it amazing (and heartening) that in this world of money, and greed, that some people will build satellites, and get them launched into space, purely so Amateur Radio hams can bounce off them and talk all around the world. I've never done it myself, but I've watched someone going in on 2 metres, and hearing their output on 10. You only get a few minutes before the satellite disappears below the horizon again, but it's still cool.
You could also listen to Mir on 143.625.