The frivilous copyright lawsuits link has some advertisements that make it seem that your not doing work @ work (suicidegirls.com et cetera).
Just a warning...
For reasons of uniformity et cetera, I doubt that Gentoo would ever be usable in most Corporate environments.
One thing that they need to work on is a Jumpstart/Ignite/Kickstart/AutoYast like script to script the installation completely. Anaconda is very good in that respect.
If you had that, and a good DistCC setup, you could have a very easy setup of a cluster.
If I was buying server class hardware for a non-profit group or small business, I would look into smaller outfits that support Linux/BSD. Even bigger vendors who specialize it.
I personally haven't been very satisfied with HP's Linux support. It is very dificult to determine if one should be putting in a support call with your "Enterprise Linux Vendor" or HP. They only support certain kernels and at least in the past, didn't have support for their newest CCISS drives with the latest RedHat errata. This is a problem when you need it for a security or bugfix (most of RHEL's kernel patches contain both).
Good Linux support is harder to find than good hardware support. IMHO.
The good thing about HP/Compaq is that their utilities and monitoring software is great. You can setup SNMP traps or local scripts to pull information about failed drives, memory et cetera.
I request more detail. What year was this and what did they discuss as far as how the universe was created. I am assuming the Big Bang theory.
Didn't the Pope tell Stephen Hawking not to investigate further back than the Big Bang because that was the moment of creation or something to that effect?
Copyright exists because denying someone the right to profit in a capitalistic society is considered treason.
Maybe its the commie/hippy/liberal/open-source advocate in me talking but when we look at why these issues are problems we have to look at trying to change things at a much lower level.
Capitalism created this mess, it can deal with it.
I know piracy is illegal, but isn't that penalty a bit steep?
How much would he be fined if he stole and distributed a box of 100 DVDs of similar content.
It also said that he uploaded it to a web site. If he was using BT it is obviously technically wrong.
If I was going to punish the person, I would let the punishment fit the crime. The punishment would be similar to the punishment of theft of physical DVD/VHS movies. I understand there are differences, but it would just be used as a guideline.
My last rant is why haven't they tried to cleanup the people who sell the downloads for 10 bucks a pop in the Big Apple (and other cities). I go to Canal street and have to go one block back before people are chanting "CDs DVDs CDs DVDs" and peddling their pirated copies.
Isn't selling the content without paying royalties or being licensed worse?
There are single user workstations that are that cost, but those are workstations and most small businesses that I have come across are running older Desktop class hardware.
They run Linux and give you serial console access (with Stop-A and all that jazz) via SSH/telnet/https. We connect these to our Sun serial/RSC/LOM ports, HP-UX serial ports and some of our Linux clusters by just running a getty.
They also support radius authentication, modems, console logs through syslog-ng and lots of other neat features.
Our Linux boxen mostly have iLO (HP/Compaq Integrated Lights Out). The newer firmware supports SSH and https (with Java).
We mainly use laptops + WiFi and some desktop systems throughout our server room.
That's fine and dandy, but what about following laws of a country, state or other moral guidelines that most humans find to be acceptable.
If I tell a robot to grow pot for me and then program him to lie to the law about who gave him the orders, should that be in their code? I'm a moron.
What about illegal search and seasures and robot instruction data et cetera? Should robots be programmed to give any information required to the proper authorities. Should they be able to recognize warants et cetera.
I've got to assume there is some book by Stanislaw Lem that covers something like this, but I haven't read it yet. Still working ont he Futurological Congress.
That's fine and dandy, but what about following laws of a country, state or other moral guidelines that most humans find to be acceptable.
If I tell a robot to grow pot for me and then program him to lie to the law about who gave him the orders, should that be in their code?
What about illegal search and seasures and robot instruction data et cetera? Should robots be programmed to give any information required to the proper authorities. Should they be able to recognize warants et cetera.
I've got to assume there is some book by Stanislaw Lem that covers something like this, but I haven't read it yet. Still working ont he Futurological Congress.
You may not care if your next of kin have your pr0n collection either.
Your will is your place to leave your property to your family. If you want someone to have access to your e-mail and internet accounts then that is great, put it in your will.
The second issue is a free internet account your property to will. If the TOS state that you can't give access to an account like that once you die or become incapacitated, then one should think about that before using one of those accounts.
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The frivilous copyright lawsuits link has some advertisements that make it seem that your not doing work @ work (suicidegirls.com et cetera). Just a warning...
For reasons of uniformity et cetera, I doubt that Gentoo would ever be usable in most Corporate environments.
One thing that they need to work on is a Jumpstart/Ignite/Kickstart/AutoYast like script to script the installation completely. Anaconda is very good in that respect.
If you had that, and a good DistCC setup, you could have a very easy setup of a cluster.
Some people like formats that they could write a decoder for, and use it without patent/licensing issues.
:-/
Others stick with a format because their hardware uses it.
If you want to use mp3, that is fine. You happen to be on one side of the fence. It is the more populated side of teh fence, however.
It may have been able to create it, but it would have had to license it from the patent owner, which would obviously cut into profits.
So, should Xerox/Apple have been "rewarded" for their work with a patent and therefore $$$?
If I was buying server class hardware for a non-profit group or small business, I would look into smaller outfits that support Linux/BSD. Even bigger vendors who specialize it.
I personally haven't been very satisfied with HP's Linux support. It is very dificult to determine if one should be putting in a support call with your "Enterprise Linux Vendor" or HP. They only support certain kernels and at least in the past, didn't have support for their newest CCISS drives with the latest RedHat errata. This is a problem when you need it for a security or bugfix (most of RHEL's kernel patches contain both).
Good Linux support is harder to find than good hardware support. IMHO.
The good thing about HP/Compaq is that their utilities and monitoring software is great. You can setup SNMP traps or local scripts to pull information about failed drives, memory et cetera.
Just my 2 cents.
I request more detail. What year was this and what did they discuss as far as how the universe was created. I am assuming the Big Bang theory.
Didn't the Pope tell Stephen Hawking not to investigate further back than the Big Bang because that was the moment of creation or something to that effect?
The main reason is that evolution is being singled out as the only thing that is a theory, which may discredit it without merit.
All science is is theory. You can't "prove" anything. Why single out evolution or anything involving the origin of species?
Copyright exists because denying someone the right to profit in a capitalistic society is considered treason.
Maybe its the commie/hippy/liberal/open-source advocate in me talking but when we look at why these issues are problems we have to look at trying to change things at a much lower level.
Capitalism created this mess, it can deal with it.
I know piracy is illegal, but isn't that penalty a bit steep?
How much would he be fined if he stole and distributed a box of 100 DVDs of similar content.
It also said that he uploaded it to a web site. If he was using BT it is obviously technically wrong.
If I was going to punish the person, I would let the punishment fit the crime. The punishment would be similar to the punishment of theft of physical DVD/VHS movies. I understand there are differences, but it would just be used as a guideline.
My last rant is why haven't they tried to cleanup the people who sell the downloads for 10 bucks a pop in the Big Apple (and other cities). I go to Canal street and have to go one block back before people are chanting "CDs DVDs CDs DVDs" and peddling their pirated copies.
Isn't selling the content without paying royalties or being licensed worse?
I wouldn't be able to fucking look at my friends in the face if I was arrested for movies that bad.
I hope they don't release his identity, it should be considered cruel and unusual punishment.
There are single user workstations that are that cost, but those are workstations and most small businesses that I have come across are running older Desktop class hardware.
We have about 8 or so Cyclades Terminal Servers.
They run Linux and give you serial console access (with Stop-A and all that jazz) via SSH/telnet/https. We connect these to our Sun serial/RSC/LOM ports, HP-UX serial ports and some of our Linux clusters by just running a getty.
They also support radius authentication, modems, console logs through syslog-ng and lots of other neat features.
Our Linux boxen mostly have iLO (HP/Compaq Integrated Lights Out). The newer firmware supports SSH and https (with Java).
We mainly use laptops + WiFi and some desktop systems throughout our server room.
If you weren't there, you can download the keynote here.
Messages are vulnerable to interception!
My teams firmware is better than your teams firmware. I can hear it from across the partition now.
That's fine and dandy, but what about following laws of a country, state or other moral guidelines that most humans find to be acceptable.
If I tell a robot to grow pot for me and then program him to lie to the law about who gave him the orders, should that be in their code?
I'm a moron.
What about illegal search and seasures and robot instruction data et cetera? Should robots be programmed to give any information required to the proper authorities. Should they be able to recognize warants et cetera.
I've got to assume there is some book by Stanislaw Lem that covers something like this, but I haven't read it yet. Still working ont he Futurological Congress.
That's fine and dandy, but what about following laws of a country, state or other moral guidelines that most humans find to be acceptable. If I tell a robot to grow pot for me and then program him to lie to the law about who gave him the orders, should that be in their code? What about illegal search and seasures and robot instruction data et cetera? Should robots be programmed to give any information required to the proper authorities. Should they be able to recognize warants et cetera. I've got to assume there is some book by Stanislaw Lem that covers something like this, but I haven't read it yet. Still working ont he Futurological Congress.
Compete in professional sports?
You may not care if your next of kin have your pr0n collection either.
Your will is your place to leave your property to your family. If you want someone to have access to your e-mail and internet accounts then that is great, put it in your will.
The second issue is a free internet account your property to will. If the TOS state that you can't give access to an account like that once you die or become incapacitated, then one should think about that before using one of those accounts.
Just my 2 cents.
I personally am mainly concerned about speed and portability.
I'd like to see Mozilla as the fastest browser. Render time, load time, memory footprint. Teh whole shebang.
The Register's Article
The "Fleshlight" is not a can, sorry.
We know that you can put ITX mobos and embedded hardware a fly, to a nintendo or anything else you have laying around the house.
What is interesting about this, maybe I missed the significance.
Mods,
Any reason not to bump the above post up?
I thought it was very informative.
In case anyone missed this, it was reported to Microsoft on 2004-10-13.
Three months later, no sign of a patch.