That same cluster spec running 1 instance of a game for someone to play on:).
Someday I hope for clustering software to be to the point where when someone at a LAN party goes to sleep, their processing power can be used to help other machines.
You probably have simply looked at features a Linux distro and Windows have in common and come to the conclusion that Linux leeches all of it's GUI elements from MS.
As a case example:
I have been using Linux since RedHat 6. GNOME and KDE both had virtual desktop pagers.
Years later XP is released... A while after XP is released, Powertoys for XP is released. There is now a feature extremely similar to the Virtual Desktops in KDE/Gnome.
In the US, doesn't the government own and control access to the fiber lines? I may be mistaken, but why does it cost for a cable ISP to give you more bandwith? Since a cable modem can give a thouroughput of ~34 megabit, and cable providers don't give near that, someone must be charging them alot.
Anyone have links to some model which portrays who physically controls the Internet (in the USA)?
What if this happened at a library...
Imagine the company published its earnings report in a book in a public library and someone checked that book out. Was a crime committed?
Same exact principle to me. Maybe the case isn't as plausable but still...
I havent read the details yet, but I am a little curious as to how the money was stolen. If the password was "abiword", for example, I would not think less of PayPal if they laughed.
On the other hand, if a server was hacked or a rep socially engineered, PayPal should fire whoever didn't follow the security policy and give the money back no questions asked. Perhaps even slip in a little more money so that the robbed will keep quiet.
Like most people, I think governments should do something to keep PayPal in check (assuming this whole ordeal is their fault).
The best advice for regulating the internet is DON'T!
All regulating the internet does is make criminals out of people doing nothing wrong. Parents need to be responsible enough to let minors make the right choices when browsing the net whether it be not going to porn sites, piracy, whatever.
Law enforcement on the internet is too difficult. And impractical. Perhaps the music industry should take the initiative to secure its own music. Impossible you say? They need to adapt to the world, not the world adapt to them.
Senators and Representatives are elected to act for the voters, and the voters alone. Perhaps being closer to the people who vote for you isn't such a bad thing. Ever wondered what percent of voters are in favor of extremely crippled computers?
I'm not saying congressmen in general are evil. But it is the few bad and corrupt ones which should be shunned. Whatever Berman calls this crappy bill, don't even agree to put it up for vote unless you think most of the people you represent would vote the same way.
Luckilly all my oponents use the same ISP I do:)
But I would never do something like that... or would I?:D
Don't forget the "Tri" in "Triangulate"!
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WiFi Triangulation
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Not the best option if you want security...
Triangulation requires 3 WAPs in distinctly different spots. Most home users don't have a WAP in their kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom.
It may be argued that universities have WAPs all over the campus. That may be so, but is a wardriver usually in the range of 3? I am no expert on campus WAP placement, but the only places I immagine could be triangulated would be roughly the center of the campus. So while multiple gradebooks are being accessed by a host with an unknown MAC address, the triangulation software will say "Not enough base stations to determine location".
Since artists don't get too much from record companies anyway, if you are angry enough, don't buy cd's. If you are against being a music pirate, just download winamp and listen to Shoutcast radio (www.shoutcast.com). I found a station with very very little interruption which plays songs I really like and some new ones which I like the first time I hear them. Besides, when you can listen to a particular song on demand, the song can become tiring. I haven't listened to winamp radio for all of my life.
And for the Linux diehards, you can just download the playlist file (.pls) and use XMMS to listen. No hassle, the music you want, and not illegal.
From time to time, I have read about experimental cars which kinda drive themselves. We need to perfect a technology which can drive safely and (practically) flawlessly on the ground in automobiles. While aerospace startups are making SkyCar (or whatever else it might be called), GMC, Ford, Dodge, Toyota, or whoever should be developing a way to make cars drive completely by themselves.
I'm sure it is possible. Many have questions and or worries about the mechanical (technological) aspect. I think technology (as in fueling systems) should come along just fine. Humans seem to be the weak point, and since not every rich person should fly manually (insert airhead with cellphone imagery), we need computers to be able to handle everything from takeoff to landing.
Just wait until Spyware For Linux(TM) comes out... With Bonzai Buddy For Linux(TM), Real Center For Linux(TM), XMMS Agent(TM), Linux Messenger(TM), Linux Update(TM), and FindFast for OpenOffice.org(TM). Then you will know why 100,000 parallel threads in two seconds is a good thing:P.
It takes two seconds to start 100,000 threads????
Piff! With my ME computer, It doesn't matter how many parallel threads I am running... I can stop them all instantly by simply attempting to use my computer:P.
If your a software developer, then you know that recompiling is simply issuing a few commands and then waiting for your program to finish being built.
Plausable Scenario: I am running Mandrake Linux on a PC and on a Mac. On both computers, I download/extract the source code to a folder, run a command prompt, navigate to that folder, and type the word "make". For all you pro-Mac people, the Mac should finish first because of the processor, right?;). You can now run the same exact program on the same exact operating system by taking the same exact steps.
Now why can't Apple develop OS-X for PC? If my memory serves me correctly, it is based on FreeBSD, an operating system that mainly runs on x86 platforms. The most difficult part would be coming up with drivers, but I'm sure they could scoop up some Linux driver source codes, and recompile since many will probably work with few tweaks.
I look forward to OS-X on PC. I hope that happens. Heh, I don't care about not having "mac hardware performance", because then I could use Mac-OS X and still be able to pay the bills;).
100 MHz is what the network cable is rated to be able to carry. Although Cat6 is rated at 250 MHz, it doesn't mean that it can't run at a lower MHz. Same with Cat 5. You can use Cat5 at a higher MHz than 100, but if you use it over 100 MHz, it probably won't be able to go 100 meters.
I don't know how many MHz 100 or 1000 Mbits work at, but the main difference of Cat5 and Cat6 is that Cat6 is friendlier for signals.
When I think of DoS, i think of ping flooding with big packets. Ping flooding pirate computers to give cruddy bandwidth??? All I can see is lawsuits on their hands. Internet traffic usually goes through anywhere from 4-8 routers. That would mean 4-8 routers would suffer the effects of a ping attack. If this were to be done on a large scale, the whole internet would be crippled. After all, Yahoo.com traffic goes through the same routers as MP3 files, and if the RIAA attacked thousands of hosts at once...
A lot of WAN links are rented. Local ISPs do pay for the bandwith that they use. You don't think the RIAA would be able to get away scott free from lawsuits comming from cable ISPs only able to offer their customers 8 kilobytes a second to the website of the user's choice?
I wonder when the RIAA will realize that the people who pirate on P2P networks normally wouldn't buy a music cd anyway. I suppose they have the right to place dummy files or whatever, but not cripple the internet. Seems like the RIAA is just wasting time on this P2P thing. If they didn't want P2P networks, well they should have used Microsoft tactics on the companies when they were small -- buy them out:P
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At two day LAN's?:
:P.
The weak rich bastards with the P4 2.8 GHZ and 1 Gig of RAM
That same cluster spec running 1 instance of a game for someone to play on :).
Someday I hope for clustering software to be to the point where when someone at a LAN party goes to sleep, their processing power can be used to help other machines.
You probably have simply looked at features a Linux distro and Windows have in common and come to the conclusion that Linux leeches all of it's GUI elements from MS.
As a case example:
I have been using Linux since RedHat 6. GNOME and KDE both had virtual desktop pagers.
Years later XP is released...
A while after XP is released, Powertoys for XP is released. There is now a feature extremely similar to the Virtual Desktops in KDE/Gnome.
In the US, doesn't the government own and control access to the fiber lines? I may be mistaken, but why does it cost for a cable ISP to give you more bandwith? Since a cable modem can give a thouroughput of ~34 megabit, and cable providers don't give near that, someone must be charging them alot. Anyone have links to some model which portrays who physically controls the Internet (in the USA)?
What if this happened at a library... Imagine the company published its earnings report in a book in a public library and someone checked that book out. Was a crime committed? Same exact principle to me. Maybe the case isn't as plausable but still...
unless you consider trusting paypal.
I havent read the details yet, but I am a little curious as to how the money was stolen. If the password was "abiword", for example, I would not think less of PayPal if they laughed.
On the other hand, if a server was hacked or a rep socially engineered, PayPal should fire whoever didn't follow the security policy and give the money back no questions asked. Perhaps even slip in a little more money so that the robbed will keep quiet.
Like most people, I think governments should do something to keep PayPal in check (assuming this whole ordeal is their fault).
I guess it is just me ;)
The best advice for regulating the internet is DON'T! All regulating the internet does is make criminals out of people doing nothing wrong. Parents need to be responsible enough to let minors make the right choices when browsing the net whether it be not going to porn sites, piracy, whatever. Law enforcement on the internet is too difficult. And impractical. Perhaps the music industry should take the initiative to secure its own music. Impossible you say? They need to adapt to the world, not the world adapt to them. Senators and Representatives are elected to act for the voters, and the voters alone. Perhaps being closer to the people who vote for you isn't such a bad thing. Ever wondered what percent of voters are in favor of extremely crippled computers? I'm not saying congressmen in general are evil. But it is the few bad and corrupt ones which should be shunned. Whatever Berman calls this crappy bill, don't even agree to put it up for vote unless you think most of the people you represent would vote the same way.
or does this not seem like big news...
;). /me goes and plays Quake now
OMFG EVERYONE I CAN PLAY PACMAN ON MY LINUX BOX!!! LETS POST THIS ON SLASHDOT.
I like slashdot, and a lot of stories which are posted, but... this... well...
Never played the game so I will probably get flamed by the "Adventure" diehards
Luckilly all my oponents use the same ISP I do :) :D
But I would never do something like that... or would I?
Not the best option if you want security... Triangulation requires 3 WAPs in distinctly different spots. Most home users don't have a WAP in their kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom. It may be argued that universities have WAPs all over the campus. That may be so, but is a wardriver usually in the range of 3? I am no expert on campus WAP placement, but the only places I immagine could be triangulated would be roughly the center of the campus. So while multiple gradebooks are being accessed by a host with an unknown MAC address, the triangulation software will say "Not enough base stations to determine location".
Yeah... I know what you all are talking about. It's code named LSD.
Will they be able to resist the slashdotting???
;)
Nah!
Since artists don't get too much from record companies anyway, if you are angry enough, don't buy cd's. If you are against being a music pirate, just download winamp and listen to Shoutcast radio (www.shoutcast.com). I found a station with very very little interruption which plays songs I really like and some new ones which I like the first time I hear them. Besides, when you can listen to a particular song on demand, the song can become tiring. I haven't listened to winamp radio for all of my life.
And for the Linux diehards, you can just download the playlist file (.pls) and use XMMS to listen. No hassle, the music you want, and not illegal.
I hope you were kidding, because the Apple II sure seems to fit that description.
From time to time, I have read about experimental cars which kinda drive themselves. We need to perfect a technology which can drive safely and (practically) flawlessly on the ground in automobiles. While aerospace startups are making SkyCar (or whatever else it might be called), GMC, Ford, Dodge, Toyota, or whoever should be developing a way to make cars drive completely by themselves. I'm sure it is possible. Many have questions and or worries about the mechanical (technological) aspect. I think technology (as in fueling systems) should come along just fine. Humans seem to be the weak point, and since not every rich person should fly manually (insert airhead with cellphone imagery), we need computers to be able to handle everything from takeoff to landing.
I would rush my afflicted machine to the local church for prompt excorcism.
Just wait until Spyware For Linux(TM) comes out... With Bonzai Buddy For Linux(TM), Real Center For Linux(TM), XMMS Agent(TM), Linux Messenger(TM), Linux Update(TM), and FindFast for OpenOffice.org(TM). Then you will know why 100,000 parallel threads in two seconds is a good thing :P.
It takes two seconds to start 100,000 threads???? Piff! With my ME computer, It doesn't matter how many parallel threads I am running... I can stop them all instantly by simply attempting to use my computer :P.
If your a software developer, then you know that recompiling is simply issuing a few commands and then waiting for your program to finish being built. Plausable Scenario: I am running Mandrake Linux on a PC and on a Mac. On both computers, I download/extract the source code to a folder, run a command prompt, navigate to that folder, and type the word "make". For all you pro-Mac people, the Mac should finish first because of the processor, right? ;). You can now run the same exact program on the same exact operating system by taking the same exact steps.
Now why can't Apple develop OS-X for PC? If my memory serves me correctly, it is based on FreeBSD, an operating system that mainly runs on x86 platforms. The most difficult part would be coming up with drivers, but I'm sure they could scoop up some Linux driver source codes, and recompile since many will probably work with few tweaks.
I look forward to OS-X on PC. I hope that happens. Heh, I don't care about not having "mac hardware performance", because then I could use Mac-OS X and still be able to pay the bills ;).
100 MHz is what the network cable is rated to be able to carry. Although Cat6 is rated at 250 MHz, it doesn't mean that it can't run at a lower MHz. Same with Cat 5. You can use Cat5 at a higher MHz than 100, but if you use it over 100 MHz, it probably won't be able to go 100 meters.
I don't know how many MHz 100 or 1000 Mbits work at, but the main difference of Cat5 and Cat6 is that Cat6 is friendlier for signals.
When I think of DoS, i think of ping flooding with big packets. Ping flooding pirate computers to give cruddy bandwidth??? All I can see is lawsuits on their hands. Internet traffic usually goes through anywhere from 4-8 routers. That would mean 4-8 routers would suffer the effects of a ping attack. If this were to be done on a large scale, the whole internet would be crippled. After all, Yahoo.com traffic goes through the same routers as MP3 files, and if the RIAA attacked thousands of hosts at once...
:P
A lot of WAN links are rented. Local ISPs do pay for the bandwith that they use. You don't think the RIAA would be able to get away scott free from lawsuits comming from cable ISPs only able to offer their customers 8 kilobytes a second to the website of the user's choice? I wonder when the RIAA will realize that the people who pirate on P2P networks normally wouldn't buy a music cd anyway. I suppose they have the right to place dummy files or whatever, but not cripple the internet. Seems like the RIAA is just wasting time on this P2P thing. If they didn't want P2P networks, well they should have used Microsoft tactics on the companies when they were small -- buy them out