"Amazing how even with all we've got, things go back to the same kind of viruses that were written back in the days of DOS 2."
Most likely because the way PC's work at a low level hasn't changed all that much. The BIOS is going to load whatever it finds in the first 512 bytes if disk into RAM. And the MBR doesn't necessarily have to be there; it is relocatable.
Actually, it *has* happened before. About 20 years ago the art world was rocked by the fact that Nippon Television (NTT) basically bought the rights to photograph the Sistine ceiling in exchange for funding the restoration of it.
This may be completely off topic but I strongly agree in an odd way. You see, I'm an artist. I mean the traditional kind, with oil paints and charcoal and etc. As such the lighting is very sensitive and critical. I prefer to mix warm and cold flourescents with incandescents and a few 9k color temp halogens.
It's expensive but you have to get a true color.
If you go back a few hundred years you can easily see where the artists of the time were sub-consciously compensating for poor lighting.
I'll be the first one to tell you that this kinda thing sucks down juice like crazy.
So I decided to compromise. Most CFL's give me a huge headache almost instantly, even the higher quality ones. I needed to dim off the north american 60-Hz buzz so I mixed a bunch of 40-watt "night-light" bulbs in with the 14-watt CFL's all under a good glass diffuser or lampshade.
Then I designated one room in the house for art and natural light. It's on its own circuit. Soon as possible the entire room gets its own UPS also. The critters and plants are happy there in the meanwhile, and I minimized my environmental impact as much as possible.
I prefer diesel, 5-speeds, and have a pretty small car (2-seats) otherwise. But for our non North-American readers, what makes you think our politicians are any less ass-hat?
I'm posting this from FF 3.0 beta2 right now. It's a good improvement, IMHO and I intend to keep it. Much smoother, pages are more legible for some reason, very quick rendering. It imported everything except the plugins.
System specs: Dual P3 coppermines at 1 gHz, IGig of PC-133 ram, cable modem at 100-base-T eth0. OpenSuSE 10.3 with all updates and a bunch of add-ons.
I'm happy with it so far and will either look for a source RPM or roll my own SuSE RPM for it.
You must be much younger than I. I had both a KAYPRO with a z-80 and an original IBM PC at 4.7 mHz. No hard disks at all, just a pair of floppies and a dot-matrix printer. Still works, too.
You can cram busybox and a kernel of your choice into a floppy which will boot, unpack itself, and run inside of 4 megs of RAM regardless of CPU speed. I've done it before. The Linux Documentation Project has a (slightly outdated) Bootdisk-HOWTO.
You get a bash-like shell, networking with dhcp, and all essential utils.
Hey now, I'm a grammar/english type myself. True, the mis-usage hurts the eyes, but still I would maintain that the question is not one of being a useless heap of shit. Rather, I say that the question is "Does the otherwise useless heap of shit have a kernel of corn in it?"
This is in stark contrast to my own recollections. When I was in HS (mid-1980's) one was *required* to take a bit of everything in addition to the core courses or fundamentals. Any sort of hobby was encouraged, but not part of curriculum.
True, strictly speaking. But why would you want all the sounds to be at the same level? This does not occur in nature, and our hearing is a product of nature,
For what its worth, try doing a comparison between a live event and a recording of it -- I did, and the difference was astounding.
Last I heard (no pun) the standard technique is analog tape to this very day even if the final product will be digitized onto CD/DVD.
Disclaimer: I was an audio tech/high-end hi-fi repair during the early 1990's. Hence, I made a living doing analog stuff from end-to-end. In rare cases I still swear by an analog solution, though most people simply don't need it.
For everything else, there is a pile of HP and Tektronics test equipment, not to mention a couple hundred bucks an hour of labor.
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Most likely because the way PC's work at a low level hasn't changed all that much. The BIOS is going to load whatever it finds in the first 512 bytes if disk into RAM. And the MBR doesn't necessarily have to be there; it is relocatable.
There was also the matter of Wallace v. GPL here in the US. The case was dismissed with prejudice IIRC.
It has been tested in both USA and Euro courts, If you've been reading Groklaw at all in the last few years. And no, I don't mean SCO.
You have just fallen for a very old Mac troll - first saw this one back in 1998 or so.
Here, leave a puddle. Or something.
I won't even bother to say much except "what an interesting smell" and "the neighbors and small mammals stayed away".
I would just redirect the neighbor's fridge to goatse and wait....
Actually, it *has* happened before. About 20 years ago the art world was rocked by the fact that Nippon Television (NTT) basically bought the rights to photograph the Sistine ceiling in exchange for funding the restoration of it.
This may be completely off topic but I strongly agree in an odd way. You see, I'm an artist. I mean the traditional kind, with oil paints and charcoal and etc. As such the lighting is very sensitive and critical. I prefer to mix warm and cold flourescents with incandescents and a few 9k color temp halogens. It's expensive but you have to get a true color. If you go back a few hundred years you can easily see where the artists of the time were sub-consciously compensating for poor lighting. I'll be the first one to tell you that this kinda thing sucks down juice like crazy. So I decided to compromise. Most CFL's give me a huge headache almost instantly, even the higher quality ones. I needed to dim off the north american 60-Hz buzz so I mixed a bunch of 40-watt "night-light" bulbs in with the 14-watt CFL's all under a good glass diffuser or lampshade. Then I designated one room in the house for art and natural light. It's on its own circuit. Soon as possible the entire room gets its own UPS also. The critters and plants are happy there in the meanwhile, and I minimized my environmental impact as much as possible. I prefer diesel, 5-speeds, and have a pretty small car (2-seats) otherwise. But for our non North-American readers, what makes you think our politicians are any less ass-hat?
Of course you have. Clippy and Bob made life much more painful.
I'm posting this from FF 3.0 beta2 right now. It's a good improvement, IMHO and I intend to keep it. Much smoother, pages are more legible for some reason, very quick rendering. It imported everything except the plugins. System specs: Dual P3 coppermines at 1 gHz, IGig of PC-133 ram, cable modem at 100-base-T eth0. OpenSuSE 10.3 with all updates and a bunch of add-ons. I'm happy with it so far and will either look for a source RPM or roll my own SuSE RPM for it.
What's next? Getting laid.
Dented?!?!
I could have saved 15% or more on my solar system insurance...
You must be much younger than I. I had both a KAYPRO with a z-80 and an original IBM PC at 4.7 mHz. No hard disks at all, just a pair of floppies and a dot-matrix printer. Still works, too.
That is way both IBM and RedHat have Lanham Act counterclaims -- to punch through the corporate veil. Give it a few more years.
You can cram busybox and a kernel of your choice into a floppy which will boot, unpack itself, and run inside of 4 megs of RAM regardless of CPU speed. I've done it before. The Linux Documentation Project has a (slightly outdated) Bootdisk-HOWTO. You get a bash-like shell, networking with dhcp, and all essential utils.
Hey now, I'm a grammar/english type myself. True, the mis-usage hurts the eyes, but still I would maintain that the question is not one of being a useless heap of shit. Rather, I say that the question is "Does the otherwise useless heap of shit have a kernel of corn in it?"
This is in stark contrast to my own recollections. When I was in HS (mid-1980's) one was *required* to take a bit of everything in addition to the core courses or fundamentals. Any sort of hobby was encouraged, but not part of curriculum.
For what its worth, try doing a comparison between a live event and a recording of it -- I did, and the difference was astounding.
Disclaimer: I was an audio tech/high-end hi-fi repair during the early 1990's. Hence, I made a living doing analog stuff from end-to-end. In rare cases I still swear by an analog solution, though most people simply don't need it.
For everything else, there is a pile of HP and Tektronics test equipment, not to mention a couple hundred bucks an hour of labor.
This makes no sense, since ultimately *all* device access is in the kernel. It's OS design 101.
I thought of goatse, but then I've been here a while...
Money and special interests.
You could always do it "old style" and dd the kernel image to the first disk sector.
Aren't you glad it was slashdot and not goatse?