I find it delightfully ironic how it happened *immediately* after the FannieMae FreddieMac bailout in the US. This outage will have some very far-reaching consequences.
Sound was compressible and storable back then. Very high-end answering machines, note recorders, and PBX's used it. Think EEPROMS or even conventional RAM. Most everything was done in hardware, however -- sampling and digitizing, etc.
I dunno how to help directly but I do offer a data point. I've been using FF since day one, and Netscape before that, all on linux boxes. They generally don't like any kind of scripting in my experience, either Flash or Java. I do use a decent hosts file and script blocking but it still chokes on some sites. FWIW my hardware is older but respectable: dual intel coppermines at 1 gHz and big RAM on a cable modem.
"Surely though, the people who are looking to take advantage of security vulnerabilities, are generally the ones who already have a financial motivation to do so"
I bet a fair bunch in the pool you selected do it just for the hell of it. Also I think Linus and the distributors nee to take a vacation.
My ancient HP Deskjet 820 ran out of ink last night, it shipped when Win98 was the hot thing. So I went out back and grabbed the old Epson dot-marix and carried on just fine.
I've been using linux since slackware fit on a few floppies, on the everyday desktop. No, I am not an uber-programmer or a geek.
It's actually a pretty valid question IMHO. Most users (such as myself) were accustomed to the old even-odd versioning system and a vocal minority still rely on it. However the major kernel devs like the new system because it eases their work flow it seems. So its a fairly delicate balancing act.
I've got mod points but I decided to reply in the hope of offering another solution. See, you really don't need ad blocking extensions when you have a decent hosts file. On *nix that would be/etc/hosts. I can recommend this one and I'm using it at the moment. Instructions are given for all major platforms. So your browser never even sees ads in the first place with something like that, since it works at a lower level in the software stack.
LORD you tempt me to a dick size war. I recall watching music videos with RealPlayer on a 486-100 and linux under slackware. And it didn't take anything special. Gnome was new back then. I'm typing this on a quad pent 3 but I'd be just as happy on the 486 box./grunble, graybeard
I offer this more by way of commentary and observation, rather than debate. I do think there are some tasks which are better suited to either gender, but these things are rarely taken into account. Here is an example:
I work in (basically) construction, and my specialty is welding. In 20 years, I have seen exactly *one* woman in this line of work. Which is unfortunate because there are some things they are damn good at. I know what my strengths are as a guy, and I'm honest about my weaknesses.
Going back to coding, perhaps its just a different way of looking at things and a different way of dealing.
As another alternative but in the same spirit --
Most of my music and movies are on 12-inch LP records or tapes. Thousands of them.It used to be that having a cassette Walkman was a status symbol. Nowdays they have iPods.
Then they came out with CD's which totally blew out the market. Suddenly, I had to buy everything all over again.
When Napster came out I went nuts on cable broadband. And I still have most of it.
I refuse to pay for the same song or movie twice over, but I'll gladly pay for it in the original form. If they shove it down my cable that I'm paying for then I will damn well record whatever I want on my side of the box. You can do a lot with hi-impedance buffer amps.
Disclaimer: 40-something slashdotter. And the LP and tape deck sit in a closet.
Actually you are probably not far from the truth.On the other hand, its a cheap shot to try and shoot down a "sitting duck" president, no matter how well-justified it may be.
This is true and correct. As long as one can spin up a disk and read it, then it's game over. A bootable distro on a CD will easily do the job. You don't even need to build or replace the kernel to do it, since init and login are user-level as far as the kernel is concerned. You might need a few special drivers for volume mounting, reading, and decryption tho. Some really bare-bones disks come to mind as potentially useful, such as very early slackware (3.x) or Linux From Scratch/Busybox, all of which fit on a floppy or two. Recall that most boxes will seek the first possible bootable media.
Microsoft is the one who screwed over OOXML. The ISO process is supposed to be the same for everybody. It's called a "level playing field". Get used to it.
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Who needs sound when you project goatse from your cellphone on a crowded bus?
I find it delightfully ironic how it happened *immediately* after the FannieMae FreddieMac bailout in the US. This outage will have some very far-reaching consequences.
Sound was compressible and storable back then. Very high-end answering machines, note recorders, and PBX's used it. Think EEPROMS or even conventional RAM. Most everything was done in hardware, however -- sampling and digitizing, etc.
This is not good.They actually managed to get a new Debian version out before I got laid...
Sure that wasn't "testicle"?
I dunno how to help directly but I do offer a data point. I've been using FF since day one, and Netscape before that, all on linux boxes. They generally don't like any kind of scripting in my experience, either Flash or Java. I do use a decent hosts file and script blocking but it still chokes on some sites. FWIW my hardware is older but respectable: dual intel coppermines at 1 gHz and big RAM on a cable modem.
Let me offer a minor correction to your last paragraph. The binaries are not trustworthy. But they are sue-able at law.
I bet a fair bunch in the pool you selected do it just for the hell of it. Also I think Linus and the distributors nee to take a vacation.
You are correct that "lots" is a subjective term.
My ancient HP Deskjet 820 ran out of ink last night, it shipped when Win98 was the hot thing. So I went out back and grabbed the old Epson dot-marix and carried on just fine.
I've been using linux since slackware fit on a few floppies, on the everyday desktop. No, I am not an uber-programmer or a geek.
And you've been trying to re-define an argument.
I'm sorry for the mis-reply then -- it seems we were responding to the same post.
The POSIX API is hardly obscure, nor are the file system and naming conventions. It's an ISO standard FFS!
It's actually a pretty valid question IMHO. Most users (such as myself) were accustomed to the old even-odd versioning system and a vocal minority still rely on it. However the major kernel devs like the new system because it eases their work flow it seems. So its a fairly delicate balancing act.
If he can make a windows box fly and post it here then I want to see it.
Let's talk.
Jesus H Christ, whoever originates this kind of spam is just colossally stupid, for political reasons. No, its not funny. and yes, I'm a USian.
Shit, somebody give this guy an "++ insightful" since I already commented earlier. Thx.
I've got mod points but I decided to reply in the hope of offering another solution. See, you really don't need ad blocking extensions when you have a decent hosts file. On *nix that would be /etc/hosts. I can recommend this one and I'm using it at the moment. Instructions are given for all major platforms. So your browser never even sees ads in the first place with something like that, since it works at a lower level in the software stack.
LORD you tempt me to a dick size war. I recall watching music videos with RealPlayer on a 486-100 and linux under slackware. And it didn't take anything special. Gnome was new back then. I'm typing this on a quad pent 3 but I'd be just as happy on the 486 box. /grunble, graybeard
I offer this more by way of commentary and observation, rather than debate. I do think there are some tasks which are better suited to either gender, but these things are rarely taken into account. Here is an example: I work in (basically) construction, and my specialty is welding. In 20 years, I have seen exactly *one* woman in this line of work. Which is unfortunate because there are some things they are damn good at. I know what my strengths are as a guy, and I'm honest about my weaknesses. Going back to coding, perhaps its just a different way of looking at things and a different way of dealing.
As another alternative but in the same spirit -- Most of my music and movies are on 12-inch LP records or tapes. Thousands of them.It used to be that having a cassette Walkman was a status symbol. Nowdays they have iPods. Then they came out with CD's which totally blew out the market. Suddenly, I had to buy everything all over again. When Napster came out I went nuts on cable broadband. And I still have most of it. I refuse to pay for the same song or movie twice over, but I'll gladly pay for it in the original form. If they shove it down my cable that I'm paying for then I will damn well record whatever I want on my side of the box. You can do a lot with hi-impedance buffer amps. Disclaimer: 40-something slashdotter. And the LP and tape deck sit in a closet.
Actually you are probably not far from the truth.On the other hand, its a cheap shot to try and shoot down a "sitting duck" president, no matter how well-justified it may be.
It must have been the Captain's Log...
This is true and correct. As long as one can spin up a disk and read it, then it's game over. A bootable distro on a CD will easily do the job. You don't even need to build or replace the kernel to do it, since init and login are user-level as far as the kernel is concerned. You might need a few special drivers for volume mounting, reading, and decryption tho. Some really bare-bones disks come to mind as potentially useful, such as very early slackware (3.x) or Linux From Scratch/Busybox, all of which fit on a floppy or two. Recall that most boxes will seek the first possible bootable media.
Microsoft is the one who screwed over OOXML. The ISO process is supposed to be the same for everybody. It's called a "level playing field". Get used to it.
My enis thanks you.