What about loading your public key onto a public key server that you trust e.g. MIT and then getting the P2P software to check the key server before it accepts your requests?
The old ways are still the best. Private FTP has been the best method of sharing *whatever* data you want since the early days sharing (pre-p2p). Of course, the downside is that's is a "members club only" meaning you don't get access unless you know other members and it takes a long time to build networks like this. The upside is that your friends, and friends of friends, usually like the same stuff you do.
And you leeching buggers are now all going to have to pay me to read it, as is SlashDot! You're all reproducing my copyright in your stinking browsers so cough up. Hell, I don't even care if you haven't read down this far, it's in your browser anyway. I take PayPal.
I used to believe in the indivisability of atoms, until some smart bugger split them. People used to think flight was impossible, the world was flat, that the sun rotated around the world, that there is an ether, and all sorts of other stuff that has simply been shown to be wrong. Even stuff that everyone takes for granted now is only theoretical e.g. the theory of relativity is exactly that, a theory! Now, even with quarks, quantum physics and all sorts of other strange phenomena that was previously thought to be bunk or not thought of at all we still get some people trotting out the old idea that science knows all and is infallible.
All we need to see if this experiment is valid is the experimental data and that can be checked against various statistical methods (like chi-squared maybe) and correlated against the mangitude of the event. Perhaps even geographical factors come into play. If it's science, it can be proven with science - and there's no real reason to believe it isn't science just because our present understanding is so limited.
"Last year, with the release of community technology previews, we took a huge step forward in transparency, and that was only the first step," Somasegar said. "Every build that comes out of the main build lab, I want to be able share with you. Every spec or specific document that I like, I want to be able to share with you. Every feature decision that I make, I want to be able to get your input and involve you in the process."
All we need to know abou the moon has already been discovered by Sam and Max, Freelance Detectives. Giant cockroaches! Who would have thought. I especially love their "budget conscious space gear" they took with them AKA a paper bag filled with air tied around their heads.
Linux fonts *can* look better than Windows ones, especially if you use Japanese on occassion like I do. However, it is down to the user to configure it all propertly a lot of the time - and this is a stumbling block. The other problem is getting really good, royalty free fonts in the first place.
I look forward to the day when I can dual boot either a Hurd or Linux kernel and run *all* my *nix software, just like choosing between a 2.4/2.6 kernel today. I'd like to toy with the hurd, later, when it has something to offer, but not at the expense of running two setups. Any idea if this is possible?
When I read about projects like this I know it is being worked on by guys who are more interesting in writing code than finishing a project. That's great for them, kudos that they have spent over twenty years on the same basic idea, but what about the people who wanted to actually get some work done in that time frame. The hurd is interesting as an example of a micro-kernel - but I got MP3's to rip, video to encode, documents to write, emails to reply to and life to get on with. Let us all know in another 5 years when they have some useful code running on the hurd.
I rarely have the chance or the need to say this but you are a pure bread moron.
You really need to do a little research before calling someone else a "bread moron", thus tarring yourself with the same brush. For what it's worth you meant to say "I rarely have the chance or the need to say this but you are a purebred moron." or perhaps "pure bred". All you are implying is that he is a moron made of some sort of delicious pastry. Welcome to humiliation on Slashdot, enjoy your stay.
I've also been using the P2Phone service and it's really great! It's cheaper than all other phone services, offers terrific sound quality, and I can use my PC headset to do it. I'm calling from the UK to a crappy handset in Australia where the phone line (in Aus) can only support dial-up speeds of 28kbs, so you *know* it is a crappy line...and yet Skype sounds great on it.
The best aspect ratio for Woody "I *really* love my daughter" Allen film is 1:0 - then turn the sound down too. To quote Ned Flanders "I like Woody Allen films except for that nervous guy who is always in them."
It was probably just light in flavour. Great new advertising slogan for them "We take the flavour out so you can guzzle it like water. Slam it down, you know it makes profit^H^H^H^H^H^Hsense".
I understand that, but it is simply not answering this man's question to say use AVI. Using AVI could be good (if the CODEC is XVid) but bad if they choose Video1. Even in the early days of AVI there were more than 1 CODEC to choose from - personally I liked the Intel one:-)
AVI is a container format, not a CODEC. Use Xvid, do a two pass variable bitrate encode on your source. Select a bitrate that is suitable for your bandwidth requirements. Divx is also a good candidate.
With eroding marketshare and hard competition from Linux Sun have formulated a decent plan to hold their position. They are transitioning from a product company to a services based one. You get the OS for free now, and they make their money further up the stack. All very clever if you ask me. Check out Novell for a company with a similar fight-back plan.
The other part to this is that you will be able to develop open source apps for Solaris and even variants of Solaris e.g. cut down version for portable devices, etc. I guess they are hoping to tap into the market of keen and talented programmers out there and enjoy some of the benefits that Linux has now.
You can dual licence new software that shares a common codebase. Others can take the Solaris version and enhance, or the Linux version and enhance that, and this can be done in lock-step. When the codebase is finally released everyone has the choice of migrating to SunOS or dual booting it, and checking out the benefits of this OS over others.
Yes, the licence is designed to foster open source development on Solaris, but Sun have to reap some reward from this too. It's equivalent trade (Full Metal Alchemist).
And perhaps they should stop building roads in your country to weed out the week people who can't build their own road. Maybe they should stop educating people in your country to weed out the ones too stupid to set their own curriculum and self study - hey, so what if you're five years old, you gotta make it on your own.
This is not an either / or situation, there are other things which will also improve their standard of living and survival chances, these things are being done now. Meanwhile, you expect them to all be left to die or lie lives as cripples because you don't like the way someones else's money is being spent. You make my enemies list, not because I hate you or anything, but because I really don't need to waste my time reading such poorly thought out postings.
I do fight their monopoly, I'm a dyed in the wool Linux evangelist. Very hot on freedom, personal expression, and the ability to take control of your own hardware. Money is tight for me, despite a decent wage, but I do donate my time. Maybe I'm not directly helping a child in Africa, but I may be helping a person who *is* helping that child. It's a ripple effect.
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Downloads more than 4 GB / month
Uploads heaps too
Most traffic is on P2P style ports
INVESTIGATE! Face it, it's not hard to spot who to investigate, they pull far more traffic than anyone else.
What about loading your public key onto a public key server that you trust e.g. MIT and then getting the P2P software to check the key server before it accepts your requests?
The old ways are still the best. Private FTP has been the best method of sharing *whatever* data you want since the early days sharing (pre-p2p). Of course, the downside is that's is a "members club only" meaning you don't get access unless you know other members and it takes a long time to build networks like this. The upside is that your friends, and friends of friends, usually like the same stuff you do.
And you leeching buggers are now all going to have to pay me to read it, as is SlashDot! You're all reproducing my copyright in your stinking browsers so cough up. Hell, I don't even care if you haven't read down this far, it's in your browser anyway. I take PayPal.
All we need to see if this experiment is valid is the experimental data and that can be checked against various statistical methods (like chi-squared maybe) and correlated against the mangitude of the event. Perhaps even geographical factors come into play. If it's science, it can be proven with science - and there's no real reason to believe it isn't science just because our present understanding is so limited.
Maybe you're not good at geography, but India and Thailand, some places where the tsunami hit, are not in the west.
Surely you mean g-url!
"Last year, with the release of community technology previews, we took a huge step forward in transparency, and that was only the first step," Somasegar said. "Every build that comes out of the main build lab, I want to be able share with you. Every spec or specific document that I like, I want to be able to share with you. Every feature decision that I make, I want to be able to get your input and involve you in the process."
All we need to know abou the moon has already been discovered by Sam and Max, Freelance Detectives. Giant cockroaches! Who would have thought. I especially love their "budget conscious space gear" they took with them AKA a paper bag filled with air tied around their heads.
Bugger the oil, I want them to bring me back some of those moon women and moon cheese, in that order.
Linux fonts *can* look better than Windows ones, especially if you use Japanese on occassion like I do. However, it is down to the user to configure it all propertly a lot of the time - and this is a stumbling block. The other problem is getting really good, royalty free fonts in the first place.
I look forward to the day when I can dual boot either a Hurd or Linux kernel and run *all* my *nix software, just like choosing between a 2.4/2.6 kernel today. I'd like to toy with the hurd, later, when it has something to offer, but not at the expense of running two setups. Any idea if this is possible?
When I read about projects like this I know it is being worked on by guys who are more interesting in writing code than finishing a project. That's great for them, kudos that they have spent over twenty years on the same basic idea, but what about the people who wanted to actually get some work done in that time frame. The hurd is interesting as an example of a micro-kernel - but I got MP3's to rip, video to encode, documents to write, emails to reply to and life to get on with. Let us all know in another 5 years when they have some useful code running on the hurd.
You really need to do a little research before calling someone else a "bread moron", thus tarring yourself with the same brush. For what it's worth you meant to say "I rarely have the chance or the need to say this but you are a purebred moron." or perhaps "pure bred". All you are implying is that he is a moron made of some sort of delicious pastry. Welcome to humiliation on Slashdot, enjoy your stay.
I've also been using the P2Phone service and it's really great! It's cheaper than all other phone services, offers terrific sound quality, and I can use my PC headset to do it. I'm calling from the UK to a crappy handset in Australia where the phone line (in Aus) can only support dial-up speeds of 28kbs, so you *know* it is a crappy line...and yet Skype sounds great on it.
50 + 5 = 50 under slashdot. Anyone who posts regularly will have their karma maxed out ages ago. It really is totally meaningless...
Let's not forget Apple's other great success stories, like the Lisa personal computer and the Newton.
The best aspect ratio for Woody "I *really* love my daughter" Allen film is 1:0 - then turn the sound down too. To quote Ned Flanders "I like Woody Allen films except for that nervous guy who is always in them."
It was probably just light in flavour. Great new advertising slogan for them "We take the flavour out so you can guzzle it like water. Slam it down, you know it makes profit^H^H^H^H^H^Hsense".
You're hosed, and now they will come and arrest you for grey imports. What colour would you like your hand-cuffs in?
I understand that, but it is simply not answering this man's question to say use AVI. Using AVI could be good (if the CODEC is XVid) but bad if they choose Video1. Even in the early days of AVI there were more than 1 CODEC to choose from - personally I liked the Intel one :-)
AVI is a container format, not a CODEC. Use Xvid, do a two pass variable bitrate encode on your source. Select a bitrate that is suitable for your bandwidth requirements. Divx is also a good candidate.
The other part to this is that you will be able to develop open source apps for Solaris and even variants of Solaris e.g. cut down version for portable devices, etc. I guess they are hoping to tap into the market of keen and talented programmers out there and enjoy some of the benefits that Linux has now.
You can dual licence new software that shares a common codebase. Others can take the Solaris version and enhance, or the Linux version and enhance that, and this can be done in lock-step. When the codebase is finally released everyone has the choice of migrating to SunOS or dual booting it, and checking out the benefits of this OS over others.
Yes, the licence is designed to foster open source development on Solaris, but Sun have to reap some reward from this too. It's equivalent trade (Full Metal Alchemist).
This is not an either / or situation, there are other things which will also improve their standard of living and survival chances, these things are being done now. Meanwhile, you expect them to all be left to die or lie lives as cripples because you don't like the way someones else's money is being spent. You make my enemies list, not because I hate you or anything, but because I really don't need to waste my time reading such poorly thought out postings.
I do fight their monopoly, I'm a dyed in the wool Linux evangelist. Very hot on freedom, personal expression, and the ability to take control of your own hardware. Money is tight for me, despite a decent wage, but I do donate my time. Maybe I'm not directly helping a child in Africa, but I may be helping a person who *is* helping that child. It's a ripple effect.