I've been waiting for Star Wars on DVD for a long time but if its not the original version I don't want it. I'll stick with my laser disk rips burned to DVD.
Now thats the best idea for multiplayer I've seen in a long time. That way all the morons stay on the beginner maps and the serious players are not bothered.
Bah, who cares. Let the lemmings get their service canceled. More bandwidth for me!
Re:What do you mean 99% useless to others?
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KDE 3.2.0 Released
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· Score: 2, Interesting
I see a lot of foolish comments about not being able to do anything useful with a KDE desktop. the only thing you cannot do just as well with kde3.2 compared to winXP is play games. thats it people, nothing more no arguements accepted. so in the corperate areana windows can put it's head between it's knees and kiss it's ass goodbye
Finally, someone who knows what the hell is going on. There are ALOT of companies out there with thousands of employees who basically sit there are enter bits of data into a single app, or take customer service phone calls, or maintain basic spread sheets. What do these non skilled people need Windows for? They are not installing apps on their own anyway. Why pay MS $100+ per seat when more often than not they can deploy Linux thin clients or basic systems for what could be massive savings.
Well boss, instead of upgrading all the hardware and the software we installed Linux. Its faster, more secure,free, and we were able to reuse most of our existing desktop systems. We saved the company millions of dollars. With the desktop hardware we could not reuse we made backup SMTP, DNS, and web servers..once again, with no cost to us for software or hardware. All we have to do is hire 1 or 2 competent people to maintain all this stuff. Of course, we'll have to pay them slightly more and give them good parking spots because they actually come with a friggen clue.
So, they get a bunch of customers becomming one of the largest ISPs and probably *the* largest broadband ISP. They don't like the fact that some users are actually USING their bandwith so they decide to make up near-random numbers so that they can cut you off when they want...
Its not that they don't want people to use the service, its just not right for the top 5% of people to be using 99% of the available bandwidth on a node, even if they are not home!
These people setup Newsbin to download pron, anime, etc 24/7 hours a day. Gigs upon gigs per day. Meanwhile, it hurts the service for EVERYONE ELSE. I say screw the leechers. Any normal person or even a family of 10 normal net users is not going to run into the invisible barrier. We're talking about people doing a terabyte of transfer a month, not simple using a consumer level connection for what is was designed for.
Does anyone even have any proof Comcast advertised 'Unlimited'? I mean, I've signed up with Comcast in three different places over the last 5 years and never once did I see them use the term.
Seems strange that google cannot find the word 'unlimited' anyplace on comcast.net.
It also seems like we've been having this 'unlimited' conversation for about 10 years now. 'Unlimited', if the term was used, does not mean unlimited transfer, just like in dialup day it didn't mean you could monopolize a phone line 24/7. ISPs and Telcos have services that will meed your needs if you require that type of 'dedicated' connection. All of these people are just NNTP users who collect junk and warez off Usenet.
I have an idea, find the place in your AUP that says its your god given right to be a member of Comcast.net, show them that, and I'm sure they will leave you alone!
to outlaw something that has been deemed by the courts to be free speach? Outlawing Open Source Software would be like outlawing a book on how to fix a car or be a carpenter because it takes away money from mechanics and real carpenters.
When Valve first annouced the problem they said they cracker got in by exploiting a buffer overflow in the Outlook preview pane which installed a key sniffer. Several people at the company fell for the trick. Hence, I made a comment about Outlook.
I can tell you, at my company, if there was a break-in that got all our code, we'd be up shit creek. There would be a complete overhaul of all our processes, interviews with all the personel, new security training, new procedures, a complete audit, and worst of all talented and hard working people would get fired. All of this would take time, affect everybody, and slow every project down.
Or you could just have people uninstall Outlook Express...
People always post this thing. It practically shows up in every Slashdot post now.
The fact is that Gentoo is bringing lot of young blood into the Linux community and at a perfect time. They might be uber l337 and all that but give them a couple years, they will learn.
Hey, talk to Gentoo. The portage system delivers to file to me. I'm not downloading it from the blessed kernel.org.
Re:Security, Stability and Performance
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Kernel 2.6.1 Released
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· Score: 2, Informative
Is it safe to assume that 2.6.1 is stable and secure to use, or would it be more reasonable to wait until it enters more main stream usage and possible problems are exposed?
That was the point of the whole 2.6.0 test series. The reason they did that was because it was likely that someone who wouldn't touch 2.5 with a ten foot pool would run 2.6 text X, and they did. 2.6.0 probably had more testing than any other kernel. I've been using it on two machines ince test1, the only problem I encountered was that DRI was broke in 1 release.
Have there been any articles or reviews comparing the performance of various kernel versions? I'd find it interesting how much progress has been made in areas such as network throughput, disk access, etc. I guess its possible there isn't any more room for progress in some areas, I would find that interesting too.
There are many benchmarks that illistrate how much better 2.6.0 is than 2.4. You can always boot to it and see for yourself and then switch back to 2.4 if you have problems. Just make your old kernel the second option in Grub/Lilo so you can go back and remove 2.6. You might be able to find more info on Kerneltrap.org
I'm not how how important network throughput and disk access are since they don't have much to do with the kernel and more to do with the network interface and filesystem respectively.
Copy the.config file from the 2.6.0 directory to the 2.6.1 directory. Then enter the 2.6.1 directory. Type: 'make oldconfig'. That will apply the old kernel configuration to the new one asking you manually about any new options. Then just do your normal, make, make modules_install.
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I've been waiting for Star Wars on DVD for a long time but if its not the original version I don't want it. I'll stick with my laser disk rips burned to DVD.
Now thats the best idea for multiplayer I've seen in a long time. That way all the morons stay on the beginner maps and the serious players are not bothered.
All I have to say is, wow, someone is actually using Fedora?
Bah, who cares. Let the lemmings get their service canceled. More bandwidth for me!
I see a lot of foolish comments about not being able to do anything useful with a KDE desktop. the only thing you cannot do just as well with kde3.2 compared to winXP is play games. thats it people, nothing more no arguements accepted. so in the corperate areana windows can put it's head between it's knees and kiss it's ass goodbye
Finally, someone who knows what the hell is going on. There are ALOT of companies out there with thousands of employees who basically sit there are enter bits of data into a single app, or take customer service phone calls, or maintain basic spread sheets. What do these non skilled people need Windows for? They are not installing apps on their own anyway. Why pay MS $100+ per seat when more often than not they can deploy Linux thin clients or basic systems for what could be massive savings.
Well boss, instead of upgrading all the hardware and the software we installed Linux. Its faster, more secure,free, and we were able to reuse most of our existing desktop systems. We saved the company millions of dollars. With the desktop hardware we could not reuse we made backup SMTP, DNS, and web servers..once again, with no cost to us for software or hardware. All we have to do is hire 1 or 2 competent people to maintain all this stuff. Of course, we'll have to pay them slightly more and give them good parking spots because they actually come with a friggen clue.
Transparent kicker, how have I longed for you!!!
If your boss doesn't know about Linux at this point he/she should be fired.
Its not that they don't want people to use the service, its just not right for the top 5% of people to be using 99% of the available bandwidth on a node, even if they are not home!
These people setup Newsbin to download pron, anime, etc 24/7 hours a day. Gigs upon gigs per day. Meanwhile, it hurts the service for EVERYONE ELSE. I say screw the leechers. Any normal person or even a family of 10 normal net users is not going to run into the invisible barrier. We're talking about people doing a terabyte of transfer a month, not simple using a consumer level connection for what is was designed for.Does anyone even have any proof Comcast advertised 'Unlimited'? I mean, I've signed up with Comcast in three different places over the last 5 years and never once did I see them use the term.
Seems strange that google cannot find the word 'unlimited' anyplace on comcast.net.
It also seems like we've been having this 'unlimited' conversation for about 10 years now. 'Unlimited', if the term was used, does not mean unlimited transfer, just like in dialup day it didn't mean you could monopolize a phone line 24/7. ISPs and Telcos have services that will meed your needs if you require that type of 'dedicated' connection. All of these people are just NNTP users who collect junk and warez off Usenet.
I have an idea, find the place in your AUP that says its your god given right to be a member of Comcast.net, show them that, and I'm sure they will leave you alone!
All they did was build a product spec matrix. Thats worthy of Slashdot? There is nothing in there we haven't known since the launch of Athlon 64.
I wonder what kind of hardware and bandwidth you need to survive a post on slashdot with the words "star wars" and "video clip".
Someone needs to figure this out.
This bug has been known for months, probably years by some. How hard can it be to fix!?
to outlaw something that has been deemed by the courts to be free speach? Outlawing Open Source Software would be like outlawing a book on how to fix a car or be a carpenter because it takes away money from mechanics and real carpenters.
Basically its just Canopy trading back and forth keeping the volume up.
When Valve first annouced the problem they said they cracker got in by exploiting a buffer overflow in the Outlook preview pane which installed a key sniffer. Several people at the company fell for the trick. Hence, I made a comment about Outlook.
All this because Gabe couldn't resist opening the attachment on that 'Lose W.e.i.g.h.t, Feel Younger and Look Great' email.
I can tell you, at my company, if there was a break-in that got all our code, we'd be up shit creek. There would be a complete overhaul of all our processes, interviews with all the personel, new security training, new procedures, a complete audit, and worst of all talented and hard working people would get fired. All of this would take time, affect everybody, and slow every project down.
Or you could just have people uninstall Outlook Express...
People always post this thing. It practically shows up in every Slashdot post now.
The fact is that Gentoo is bringing lot of young blood into the Linux community and at a perfect time. They might be uber l337 and all that but give them a couple years, they will learn.
Ahhhh Linux n00bs, so green you can almost mow them. Reminds me of the good old days when I used to foget to compile in EXT2.
Why are they doing Episode III, they should go back and fix the debacle we all know as Episode I.
Yeah, Forbes doesn't have a single good technology writer who knows what Linux actually is. Its a damn shame.
Hey, talk to Gentoo. The portage system delivers to file to me. I'm not downloading it from the blessed kernel.org.
That was the point of the whole 2.6.0 test series. The reason they did that was because it was likely that someone who wouldn't touch 2.5 with a ten foot pool would run 2.6 text X, and they did. 2.6.0 probably had more testing than any other kernel. I've been using it on two machines ince test1, the only problem I encountered was that DRI was broke in 1 release.
Have there been any articles or reviews comparing the performance of various kernel versions? I'd find it interesting how much progress has been made in areas such as network throughput, disk access, etc. I guess its possible there isn't any more room for progress in some areas, I would find that interesting too.
There are many benchmarks that illistrate how much better 2.6.0 is than 2.4. You can always boot to it and see for yourself and then switch back to 2.4 if you have problems. Just make your old kernel the second option in Grub/Lilo so you can go back and remove 2.6. You might be able to find more info on Kerneltrap.org
I'm not how how important network throughput and disk access are since they don't have much to do with the kernel and more to do with the network interface and filesystem respectively.
Try this.
.config file from the 2.6.0 directory to the 2.6.1 directory. Then enter the 2.6.1 directory. Type: 'make oldconfig'. That will apply the old kernel configuration to the new one asking you manually about any new options. Then just do your normal, make, make modules_install.
Copy the
Beats the hell out of make menuconfig.