It would be nice if the choice of Architecture was more open ->
Sun -Vs- x86 -vs- PowerPC -vs- Other designs.
While most of the market feel they're stuck to one I happy to try anything, especially if it can mean lower prices because I generally use a recompilable OS - Gentoo Linux or BSD.
x86 is so common that it's slowing improvements down. If Intel/whoever could scrap it and and start again, making sure BSD/linux or something open could run it then things would be most different.
Prognosis:
- OpenSource programs can redefine the market, making it more competitive by reducing industry inertia in terms of CPU arch. This is most applicable to anything licensed loosely.
- Binary programs increase industry inertia by seporating customers, commiting them to a platform. This is most applicable to restrictive properitory licenses.
Thus, technology is not just progressing by demand but also by the seller making note of what the buyer doesn't consider, aka ignorance.
Now, where can I buy a RISC, PowerPC cycled chip with Hyperthreading?
The patent offices have always had a big effect.
I had been using it to note down philosopical ideas.
The other day I tried to back it all up, seemed to work.
Redited some txt files afterwards. A duplicate was created so I deleted the old one. Tried to reload it to check it... gone, both blank.
I doubt I'll use one again quite so much after this experience.
I'm not saying they're crap but all it takes is one bad experience and you immediately form an emotional bad one with that piece of technology.
This is why for example I have a deep seated fear of Windows and Word. I have nearly failed my degree and lost my job due to that combo so I don't want to rely on a PDA. Not even a supposedly reliable one.
People don't trust complex technology and rightly so. It has to be simple.
Thus, I may exchange it for one of those catalogue cheapo electonix file-o-faxes.
Generally I hated school. Everything we did there seemed to be enforced so it felt jail because I knew no worse.
There was however one thing about my first school that was optional. Sitting in the corner of the room was a (state of the art..) BBC Computer. I was probably 6 when 1st saw one (I'm 21).
I wouldn't be suprised if nearly all the intelligence I now have stems from my later interest in computers that can be traced back to that one BBC. It spawned the interest that later gave way to Logo Turtle graphics (the little Turtle thing that you could drive round people's ankles via very basic geometric `programming`) and those 1/2 metre wide videodiscs; Ms Called it Doomsday Project, I thought it was about the 2nd coming at 1st but later turned out to be an experimental history lesson). Acorn Electrons, C64's Plus4's, my Amiga500,1200 and then the crap I've now got.
On the BBC I remember fondly my 1st experience of the geeks 1337ism respect. I successfully managed to get past level 3 of 'Stig of The Dump' a very basic RPG adpted from the book with... "Picture Graphics"! Other kids went quiet as I battled beyond the levels of "There is a fence - what do you do?". I was the only one who could spell 'Climb' correctly. All your base are belong to us!
Then we had Acorn Electrons for absolutely ages. Only the 1337est of the best shared the hidden knowledge of the F12 key. Using this sacred key was scorned on by our English teacher, only to drive us on! She was clearly worried what an 7 yr child who do with this immeasurable power. With this you had... COMMANDLINE! Hack the Planet! Well, no network but we'd sure try! My mate made a few basic programs for kicks, but we never managed to find god... that was until he showed me "Girl and snake by pool".
I tried to deny all knowledge as he loaded it up- with his father and the headmistress behind his back.
Later on I wasn't able to choose to use or study computers at school, I couldn't choose it for GCSE and due to this I'd have to move out from home to study it at any higher level. I wish I had.
If only the relexed attitude of my 1st school had continued to 2nd and 3rd I may not be studying Earth Science at University. right now I'm sure I'd be a lot smarted too.
This was only computing. I'm sure kids the world over have something introduced to them at school only to have it removed later.
ok, kids shouldn't be making there own choices all the time but you have to do what the kid wants to do, attenuated with what society whats to have them doing, so reading and writing remains the same.
I think all those private schools _tend_ to come up with better results because they have a freedom due to money that tends to be passed on to the kids.
Linux is about freedom. I think even kids should be able to choose between computers and something else. This is very important.
"The only way to stop such attacks is to fix the vulnerabilities on the machines that ultimately get taken over and used to launch them," Paller said. "There's no defense once the machines are under the attacker's control."
>> Thus Microsoft can be constuded as an assistant in the attack, especially since they made spoofing etc easier with XP/2k (no other motive to do so?).
It is a little worrying that we were down to 4 DNS's, but what about the fact that they're in the US.
As a non-american I feel left out. On a shallow level it actually gives a felling of aggressive capitalism.
However as a westerner I try to be aware that we do give off a bad impression, particually when it comes to money. If I'm in my local Supermarket and it gets bombed by a terrorist group who belive it stands as an icon of western capitalism, I can at least empathise with them, understanding why they do it.
If I don't empathise with them and understand why they did it how can I fight it?
It's easy to see why a citizen of a other countries with no part in the backbone be resentful; they're connecting to other countries and they've got to play by thier rules, often under democratic and the rule of money (capitalism). So you could feel quite helpless and left out of the internet. "I've voted for Communism,(i.e.) why can't I live by it?"
This is of course just DNS what I'm talking about, it's more compilcated than this - content etc...
"Where is this written? There is no should -- a person can make money in any manner as long as it is legal"
> can't base a business on promises, even legal promises. In order to achieve this you need to control your customer, using the power of the law; EULA's, patents.
I remind that the law was insufficient in preventing impersonators of famous composers in the Classical era of music for example. Also didn't work for cassette tapes and ultimately digital data.
Whatever the moral answer, I shant be basing my business on hopes that:
- people will not break a legal agreement
- law will enforce the unenforcable
- the high population density for one - willingness for people over there to take a subordinate role in online games
This has led to clans who meet up and hand out at the local Baang to take on another clan.
So:-
- social influences - population density = cheap broadband for them
They go thier to meet thier friends, they don't really go thier to play a single player game.
It's social, that's important for success I'm sure.
What you don't want is the odd kid coming in every now and then on his own simply because his brother won't let him use the family computer. He should be there because all his mates are and they're there for ownage.
Good luck, hope the area is busy and you're Open Minded, much easier said than done.
Don't forget your unique position - you can afford hardware us individuals can't; VR etc. Take a look at successful arcades the world over. Why are Arcades most successful in Japan while less so in America and then Europe?
You think they can't be bothered. Usually they don't know which manual to read.
Even after that 100th Mandrake user asked me how to install NVidia drivers I referred him to the best guide I knew and waited for questions....he didn't even know how to install software...
I'm happy for gates to snap up new computer users but if those new computer users become intelligent then I'm just as happy to help them with linux.
Sure, it's a shame when my girlfriend has a p90, 16mb and she using Win98 and there's not much I can do about it, but I don't tell her to RTFM.
And I make sure my patience is replenished 2.
Anyone know of a /real/ hacking book?
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Every so often we hear of a book such as "Hacking Exposed", "Lean how to Hack!" and other sensationalist titles to increase sales.
Typically these aren't what they masquerade as since if they did it...wouldn't get published?
So, can anyone tell me where I might find a published book telling people how to hack maliciously with little intent on how to prevent it.
Perhaps there's some old ones available that got published before people relised what hacking is?
I'd find it amusing to get a book like it from the library.
In fact, I'd love to find a "Banned Books" second hand book store, tat could be a laugh.
I expect I may have to come from a country with more / different approach to freedom of speech such as around asia, Russia, Central-Americas.
I was going to buy a Mac when the time was right.
Wether of not the storie`s true this has effected my decision to do so. I don't trust Apple.
I always was worried about buying into a company with hardware and software influences since I had to leave Microsoft.
This is just one demonstration of M$ style tactics. Wether the storie's true or not I may stay well clear.
Hi, I'm coming from the Deep South of England here and we sure are getting a lot of them troublesome lawers on the rise.
Just the other day I was sitting 'out back when I heard a rustling back in the bedroom. I took my shotgun and moved back.
Two of those pesky lawers searching making a fast one for my wallet!
Trying to undermine my freedom, democracy and economy no doubt! Dare thee! So I took those critters out straight up, no pause in my doors no sir.
It's just something that's getting more and more common these days. Apparently it's all a matter of hygiene, if you keep the place from festering with decaying lawer soaps you can really cut them down from the source. No Ally McBeal in my back yard for sure.
Caught one climbing over the back yard fence the other day. He was probably working one the basis that since there are no solid truths in life he could argue to satisfy the dirty greed! Dare thee! One shot to the back was all it took. He won't be bending the law no more!.....
When the freedom of computing and the Nazism of Law collide......
In my opinion these disclaimers are a very, VERY loud sign that the law is failing, being used by people and lawers to make money.
My dads being sued right now for Sexual Harrassment, not because someone wants justice but because they want money and vengance for him sacking her boyfriend (who was married to someone else). If she wins the whole company, it's employees and thier families will go under. How would that control any sense of sexual stupidity my dad has?
I'm not allowed anymore to do dangerous things. What if I want to drive fast? If no one but myself is in danger and I like danger why can't I?
If a computer program wipes my computer I am responsible. -I- should be jailed if I try to use the law to sue someone over it.
- because I can sue someone for it. And it's THIS that isn't right. I shouldn't be rewarded money as compensation for something! The law should do this.
This is what happens when people are allowed freedom to Mod from a games developer.
It's one thing to make a successful game but it's another to make a really sucessful game. To do that in my opinion you have use the Mod scene,
let people do what they want.
Every big online game pretty much is a mod of something else because game making requires creative ideas from a large pool of thought, not just a team of programmers - sorry but trying to think in terms of actual gameplay is somethink not exactly condusive with munching C++ code. This is why games today seem unoriginal; because games dev are programmers. It's rare for them to acknowledge marketing and not neglect code, let alone the freedom vs sell.
If your making games you've got to make some decisions as to how much freedom to give people over your game - if you don't let them alter it you lose out on the mod scene but at the same time you trying to sell thething in the first place? right? oh so you're not sure that's what you're really doing?
Either way, got to strike a balance. Some companies like Valve started off pretty unhelpful to modders but after watching CounterStike become the most sucessful game on the planet... (hmm ok outside Asia?) they're trying to cash in. Unfortunately unlike ID games they haven't got a clue. ID games have released source code and generally been helpful where as the makers of UnrealT and Half-Life haven't.
It turns out that the 3D engines from ID games are the basis for >80% of online gaming. Quake1,2,3 engines, Half-life being based off Q2. And Rtcw as well. Mods for UnrealT were coming out really fast to start off with but now we have a lot less freedom with it - the new version of UT will be charge for, closed source (fully closed source), probably Windows only and any linux support didn't actually come from the makers of UT - it came from loki.
Another example is MaxPayne. Great engine, good new features to try but the Mod scene is sssslow. Why? Because it hasn't been pirated? Should they allow people to pirate and then charge corporations who try to use it when it then becomes big? The makers of MaxPayne probably didn't value the mod scene and what about online play with it? Either way they probably aren't interested, stupid since without a Mod scene and online play I for one ain't interested.
ID Games I'm sure will be successful with the changing game climate so long as they continue to be cooperative with independant modders and gaming companies alike. It's possible that another company will overtake them by taking an RPG style online cooperation games or something different that isn't a 3D FPS (if it takes off like in Asia) but I hope they don't block us Mod makers out.
If I could program I'm sure I'd make original stuff, but I can't. And I don't want to, I just want you to let me Mod.
Slashdot Mirror
agreed.
I don't like it as much as I did though. I think my sense of humour has straightened out
I remember fondly guiding that wobbly shiney Videodisc into the outboard drive at school - it was as wide as my shoulders!
I'm suprised the data can't be converted. I suppose that would cost too much.
So, where can I download the lot then? (partly joking). I wanna know what my great,great grandad did for a living.
Hopefully the data really is public.
I'm sure there are quiet a few resources available (often free)
where people will advise you on
Open Source buisness plans.
I thought it was gnu.org who advised people like RedHat and Trolltech on making a buisness from Open Source.
I must be thinking of someone else since i couldn't see company advisory info on site after a very brief look,
if you can remember who does this please post for this guy, thanks.
It would be nice if the choice of Architecture was more open ->
Sun -Vs- x86 -vs- PowerPC -vs- Other designs.
While most of the market feel they're stuck to one I happy to try anything, especially if it can mean lower prices because I generally use a recompilable OS - Gentoo Linux or BSD.
x86 is so common that it's slowing improvements down. If Intel/whoever could scrap it and and start again, making sure BSD/linux or something open could run it then things would be most different.
Prognosis:
- OpenSource programs can redefine the market, making it more competitive by reducing industry inertia in terms of CPU arch. This is most applicable to anything licensed loosely.
- Binary programs increase industry inertia by seporating customers, commiting them to a platform. This is most applicable to restrictive properitory licenses.
Thus, technology is not just progressing by demand but also by the seller making note of what the buyer doesn't consider, aka ignorance.
Now, where can I buy a RISC, PowerPC cycled chip with Hyperthreading?
The patent offices have always had a big effect.
I have one - a sharp Zaurus.
... gone, both blank.
I had been using it to note down philosopical ideas.
The other day I tried to back it all up, seemed to work.
Redited some txt files afterwards. A duplicate was created so I deleted the old one. Tried to reload it to check it
I doubt I'll use one again quite so much after this experience.
I'm not saying they're crap but all it takes is one bad experience and you immediately form an emotional bad one with that piece of technology.
This is why for example I have a deep seated fear of Windows and Word. I have nearly failed my degree and lost my job due to that combo so I don't want to rely on a PDA. Not even a supposedly reliable one.
People don't trust complex technology and rightly so. It has to be simple.
Thus, I may exchange it for one of those catalogue cheapo electonix file-o-faxes.
Just a little "Those were the days":-
... COMMANDLINE! Hack the Planet! Well, no network but we'd sure try! My mate made a few basic programs for kicks, but we never managed to find god... that was until he showed me "Girl and snake by pool".
Generally I hated school. Everything we did there seemed to be enforced so it felt jail because I knew no worse.
There was however one thing about my first school that was optional. Sitting in the corner of the room was a (state of the art..) BBC Computer. I was probably 6 when 1st saw one (I'm 21).
I wouldn't be suprised if nearly all the intelligence I now have stems from my later interest in computers that can be traced back to that one BBC. It spawned the interest that later gave way to Logo Turtle graphics (the little Turtle thing that you could drive round people's ankles via very basic geometric `programming`) and those 1/2 metre wide videodiscs; Ms Called it Doomsday Project, I thought it was about the 2nd coming at 1st but later turned out to be an experimental history lesson). Acorn Electrons, C64's Plus4's, my Amiga500,1200 and then the crap I've now got.
On the BBC I remember fondly my 1st experience of the geeks 1337ism respect. I successfully managed to get past level 3 of 'Stig of The Dump' a very basic RPG adpted from the book with... "Picture Graphics"! Other kids went quiet as I battled beyond the levels of "There is a fence - what do you do?". I was the only one who could spell 'Climb' correctly. All your base are belong to us!
Then we had Acorn Electrons for absolutely ages. Only the 1337est of the best shared the hidden knowledge of the F12 key. Using this sacred key was scorned on by our English teacher, only to drive us on! She was clearly worried what an 7 yr child who do with this immeasurable power. With this you had
I tried to deny all knowledge as he loaded it up- with his father and the headmistress behind his back.
Later on I wasn't able to choose to use or study computers at school, I couldn't choose it for GCSE and due to this I'd have to move out from home to study it at any higher level. I wish I had.
If only the relexed attitude of my 1st school had continued to 2nd and 3rd I may not be studying Earth Science at University. right now I'm sure I'd be a lot smarted too.
This was only computing. I'm sure kids the world over have something introduced to them at school only to have it removed later.
ok, kids shouldn't be making there own choices all the time but you have to do what the kid wants to do, attenuated with what society whats to have them doing, so reading and writing remains the same.
I think all those private schools _tend_ to come up with better results because they have a freedom due to money that tends to be passed on to the kids.
Linux is about freedom. I think even kids should be able to choose between computers and something else. This is very important.
that's all.
The one thing that I really need to have on me all the time is something roughly as good as a notepad.
If it's a watch that'll help. Been waiting for this sort of thing all my life though
- silicon affected
- more cancer in general
- more energy onto earth as a whole
As one of my lecturer put it:-
"I don't know why all these people are worrying about asteroids; we're going to fry when the poles reverse in your lifetime"
"The only way to stop such attacks is to fix the vulnerabilities on the machines that ultimately get taken over and used to launch them," Paller said. "There's no defense once the machines are under the attacker's control."
>> Thus Microsoft can be constuded as an assistant
in the attack, especially since they made spoofing
etc easier with XP/2k (no other motive to do so?).
It is a little worrying that we were down to 4 DNS's, but what about the fact that they're in the US.
As a non-american I feel left out. On a shallow level it actually gives a felling of aggressive capitalism.
However as a westerner I try to be aware that we do give off a bad impression, particually when it comes to money. If I'm in my local Supermarket and it gets bombed by a terrorist group who belive it stands as an icon of western capitalism, I can at least empathise with them, understanding why they do it.
If I don't empathise with them and understand why they did it how can I fight it?
It's easy to see why a citizen of a other countries with no part in the backbone be resentful; they're connecting to other countries and they've got to play by thier rules, often under democratic and the rule of money (capitalism). So you could feel quite helpless and left out of the internet. "I've voted for Communism,(i.e.) why can't I live by it?"
This is of course just DNS what I'm talking about, it's more compilcated than this - content etc...
"Where is this written? There is no should -- a person can make money in any manner as long as it is legal" > can't base a business on promises, even legal promises. In order to achieve this you need to control your customer, using the power of the law; EULA's, patents. I remind that the law was insufficient in preventing impersonators of famous composers in the Classical era of music for example. Also didn't work for cassette tapes and ultimately digital data. Whatever the moral answer, I shant be basing my business on hopes that: - people will not break a legal agreement - law will enforce the unenforcable
"You have to respect the photographer's copyright"
> I don't respect copyright and this is why it's changing
Ownership and possession. I own your mind
but will another 4" be enough... ;)
well someone was gonna say it eh?
My dad's been running a business for 20 years now and still everything collapses if he takes a day off.
In fact he usually does 6am-8pm 6-7 days a week.
If you had a straight job I'd say go for it part-time.
But with self-employed:
- you never know what might come up
- usually a lot more at stake
You may wish to read about "PC Baangs".
Successful in korea / japan / asia due to:
- the high population density for one
- willingness for people over there to take a subordinate role in online games
This has led to clans who meet up and hand out at the local Baang to take on another clan.
So:-
- social influences
- population density = cheap broadband for them
They go thier to meet thier friends, they don't really go thier to play a single player game.
It's social, that's important for success I'm sure.
What you don't want is the odd kid coming in every now and then on his own simply because his brother won't let him use the family computer. He should be there because all his mates are and they're there for ownage.
Good luck, hope the area is busy and you're Open Minded, much easier said than done.
Don't forget your unique position - you can afford hardware us individuals can't; VR etc. Take a look at successful arcades the world over. Why are Arcades most successful in Japan while less so in America and then Europe?
Of course you MUST remember that Rasterman's definition of Desktop probably isn't the same as yours!
... Especially since M$ blurred it with .Net
I'm not sure where my University lab computers lie in the definition between Desktop, Embedded and server.
I've never told anyone to RTFM yet.
...he didn't even know how to install software...
You think they can't be bothered. Usually they don't know which manual to read.
Even after that 100th Mandrake user asked me how to install NVidia drivers I referred him to the best guide I knew and waited for questions.
I'm happy for gates to snap up new computer users but if those new computer users become intelligent then I'm just as happy to help them with linux.
Sure, it's a shame when my girlfriend has a p90, 16mb and she using Win98 and there's not much I can do about it, but I don't tell her to RTFM.
And I make sure my patience is replenished 2.
Every so often we hear of a book such as
...wouldn't get published?
"Hacking Exposed", "Lean how to Hack!" and other sensationalist titles to increase sales.
Typically these aren't what they masquerade as since if they did it
So, can anyone tell me where I might find a published book telling people how to hack maliciously with little intent on how to prevent it.
Perhaps there's some old ones available that got published before people relised what hacking is?
I'd find it amusing to get a book like it from the library.
In fact, I'd love to find a "Banned Books" second hand book store, tat could be a laugh.
I expect I may have to come from a country with more / different approach to freedom of speech such as around asia, Russia, Central-Americas.
java based.... o dear o dear o dear! :p
lol
I was going to buy a Mac when the time was right. Wether of not the storie`s true this has effected my decision to do so. I don't trust Apple. I always was worried about buying into a company with hardware and software influences since I had to leave Microsoft. This is just one demonstration of M$ style tactics. Wether the storie's true or not I may stay well clear.
Hi, I'm coming from the Deep South of England here and we sure are getting a lot of them troublesome lawers on the rise. Just the other day I was sitting 'out back when I heard a rustling back in the bedroom. I took my shotgun and moved back. Two of those pesky lawers searching making a fast one for my wallet! Trying to undermine my freedom, democracy and economy no doubt! Dare thee! So I took those critters out straight up, no pause in my doors no sir. It's just something that's getting more and more common these days. Apparently it's all a matter of hygiene, if you keep the place from festering with decaying lawer soaps you can really cut them down from the source. No Ally McBeal in my back yard for sure. Caught one climbing over the back yard fence the other day. He was probably working one the basis that since there are no solid truths in life he could argue to satisfy the dirty greed! Dare thee! One shot to the back was all it took. He won't be bending the law no more! .....
When the freedom of computing and the Nazism of Law collide. .....
In my opinion these disclaimers are a very, VERY loud sign that the law is failing, being used by people and lawers to make money.
My dads being sued right now for Sexual Harrassment, not because someone wants justice but because they want money and vengance for him sacking her boyfriend (who was married to someone else). If she wins the whole company, it's employees and thier families will go under. How would that control any sense of sexual stupidity my dad has?
I'm not allowed anymore to do dangerous things. What if I want to drive fast? If no one but myself is in danger and I like danger why can't I?
If a computer program wipes my computer I am responsible. -I- should be jailed if I try to use the law to sue someone over it.
- because I can sue someone for it. And it's THIS that isn't right. I shouldn't be rewarded money as compensation for something! The law should do this.
This is what happens when people are allowed
freedom to Mod from a games developer.
It's one thing to make a successful game but
it's another to make a really sucessful
game. To do that in my opinion you have use the Mod scene,
let people do what they want.
Every big online game pretty much is a mod
of something else because game making requires
creative ideas from a large pool of thought,
not just a team of programmers - sorry but trying to
think in terms of actual gameplay is somethink
not exactly condusive with munching C++ code.
This is why games today seem unoriginal;
because games dev are programmers. It's rare
for them to acknowledge marketing and not
neglect code, let alone the freedom vs sell.
If your making games you've got to make some
decisions as to how much freedom to give people
over your game - if you don't let them alter it
you lose out on the mod scene but at the same
time you trying to sell thething in the first
place? right? oh so you're not sure that's what
you're really doing?
Either way, got to strike a balance.
Some companies like Valve started off pretty
unhelpful to modders but after watching
CounterStike become the most sucessful game
on the planet... (hmm ok outside Asia?) they're
trying to cash in. Unfortunately unlike ID games
they haven't got a clue. ID games have released
source code and generally been helpful where as
the makers of UnrealT and Half-Life haven't.
It turns out that the 3D engines from ID games
are the basis for >80% of online gaming.
Quake1,2,3 engines, Half-life being based off
Q2. And Rtcw as well. Mods for UnrealT were
coming out really fast to start off with but now
we have a lot less freedom with it - the new
version of UT will be charge for, closed source
(fully closed source), probably Windows only
and any linux support didn't actually come from
the makers of UT - it came from loki.
Another example is MaxPayne. Great engine, good
new features to try but the Mod scene is
sssslow. Why? Because it hasn't been pirated?
Should they allow people to pirate and then
charge corporations who try to use it when it
then becomes big? The makers of MaxPayne
probably didn't value the mod scene and what
about online play with it? Either way they
probably aren't interested, stupid since
without a Mod scene and online play I for one
ain't interested.
ID Games I'm sure will be successful with the changing game climate so long as they continue to
be cooperative with independant modders and gaming
companies alike. It's possible that another company will overtake them by taking an RPG style online cooperation games or something different that isn't a 3D FPS (if it takes off like in Asia) but I hope they don't block us Mod makers out.
If I could program I'm sure I'd make original
stuff, but I can't. And I don't want to, I just
want you to let me Mod.
Lets screw supermarkets next :)
Microsoft already look like a big mean ogre anyway and they don't seem to care much either! :)