In doing a minimal amount of research, I note that the only ISP listed through the trail of domain regs is BigPlanet, out of Provo, UT (according to to the reg for bigplanet.com.
I believe that they may be the culprit, since the tech and admin contact is sammcc@BESTGUIDES.COM which -> sammcc@BIGPLANET.COM in the reg for bestguides.com.
However, I'm appalled by the flak that has been thrown around because of this. The only crime here is that MassLinux didn't have a large amount of cash reserves, and that a STUPID decision from their feeder ISP (because of possible theft?) could destroy their business. Maybe they were too naive...
There is KDE and there is Gnome. Competition here is a good then, and both are equally welcome. There are, however, many concerns about software incompatibilites of Gnome apps vs. KDE apps, and that there is a fracturing of inter-program communication standards, since Gnome and KDE apparently handle this differently and may be incompatilble.
Some time back, there were some noises made about the KDE developers and the Gnome developers coming together and finding some common ground that would allow both environments to get (somewhat) get along together.
Has there been any talk between the two camps about standards development and such?
> I am not afraid to belittle Project Gutenberg. > I sign my name, too!
A bit odd for a AC post.:)
And so hostile, rambling and full of what are apparently personal issues that I can't even comment, since it seems so, er, out there. Sorry can't help you.
PG is a good project. There should be more like it. And I don't understand all the hostility for a project whose goals are to provide and preserve texts in an electronic form.
Actually you are belitting them. The link you gave credits Project Gutenberg for most of it's information and only lists two groups, Project Gutenberg and Celebration of Women Writers, as actual organized groups doing online texts.
And while does list a number of online books, most are small individual online collections, and many are formatted HTML.
Project Gutenberg is:
a) Organized b) Just the text, no formatting c) Extensive
They are the premier group doing online texts. You really have to give them that.
Many of us in the network security community (that is, those of us who actually make a living at it) find things like Packet Storm and attrition.org rather helpful at times as well.
On the other hand, I've never found anything of value at AntiOnline. Nothing. Nada.
While I don't really care for some of the attitudes and actions of the black hat community (the l0pht being one huge exception), I find AntiOnline's much, much worse. AntiOnline's goals seem to be more to harass people who may or may not be involved in questionable activities, rather than educate people about security and privacy issues, which is what I believe is the true purpose of a security professional.
And no, I never was a 'c00l hax0r d00d' either.:)
I personaly don't think that Mr. Vranesevich is qualified to act as a security professional, let alone as an 'expert'.
I have no questions that I would care to hear his answer on. In fact, when his article comes up, I would hope that no one reads it or comments on it. That would be the ultimate protest on Slashdot...
Since *BSD forked, Linux HAS to, right? Since 'free' entities can't share a common vision? Bah!
At best, the code is good and Linus incorporates it as a kernel option.
At worst, it's a patch for a very specialized function, examples of which already exist:
Embedded Linux uLinux RT Linux e2compr (compression for the ext2fs filesystem)
I don't see something as specialized as server clustering forcing an actual 'fork' of the Linux kernel, except as a vertical application (Like Embedded Linux).
Yes, thank you, I know the meaning of sarcasm. Been doing it for years..:)
The point is that the use of this particular bit of sarcasm didn't really make much sense, since it is not same groups pushing anti-evolution and pro-Mosaic2000 ideas. The ONLY reason I can see is to try to stroke the./ community, which I find somewhat offensive.
Just because it's sarcasm, doesn't mean that I can't take issue with it. It's like the guy who thinks he can say anything he likes to anyone....as long as he smiles and says 'Just kidding!' afterward.
>Why not get to the really dangerous people loose >in schools, maybe programming Mosaic to hunt down >and identify religious fanatics such as those who >believe in the literal truth of the Bible and >reject Darwin and evolution? Aren't they a threat >to school science programs?
First off, just because you have a religious faith (of any sort) and may not believe in Darwinism, does not instantly make you a fanatic OR dangerous. And doesn't mean do you necessarily object to the teaching of the theory of evolution.
And teachers and school administration staff tend to be more liberal, not members of the religous right. And the one teacher I had in high school who WAS a dyed in the wool, born-again, Bible-thumping Christian, was my science teacher for 3 years, and we covered quite a lot of Darwin, and no Creationism, except in a few personal editiorials in private.
Second, this is nothing but bait. Due to the large reaction over the Kansas evolution, I get the idea that this is an attempt to influence readers using an already popular reference completely out of context. The school/evolution debate has NOTHING to do with Mosaic2000, and the idea that they are somehow related is wrong.
There is a lot of 'content free' information here. In this article we see the statement "The level of teen violence is at it's lowest point in years" (sic), yet we see no references or research. I'm not arguing the point, but it is NOT an accepted fact. We have one anonymous e-mailer that Jon mentions, quoted several times. What about the rest of the e-mails? Nothing quotable?
I once liked some of Jon's articles, but now I'm starting to view them as attempts at pandering to the./ community, who really doesn't want it. I don't like the idea of Mosaic2000 ('Lies, damn lies, and psychological exams') any more than the next geek, but let's talk about it honestly; good, bad, 'warts and all', and not just try to stroke the geek community.
IBM released their version of the 1.1.8 (final) JDK and JRE for Linux last month.
It is fairly fast (only somewhat slower in some areas than the 'Official' SunSoft version), native threads, comes with a JIT compiler, and is anywhere from 5-10 times faster than the the Blackdown 1.1.7 VM and 100-100,000 (!) times faster than the Java VM in Netscape 4.7 for Linux, according to CaffineMark 3.0. (Personal testing, your milage may vary).
IBM released their version of the 1.1.8 (final) JDK and JRE for Linux last month.
It is fairly fast (only somewhat slower in some areas than the 'Official' SunSoft version), native threads, comes with a JIT compiler, and is anywhere from 5-10 times faster than the the Blackdown 1.1.7 VM and 100-100,000 (!) times faster than the Java VM in Netscape 4.7 for Linux, according to CaffineMark 3.0. (Personal testing, your milage may vary).
That's funny, I keep my moderation filter at '1' and didn't see any anti-Chinese posts. Just goes to show that./'s moderation system DOES work.:)
BTW, how can you tell that AC posts are from US citizens or even from a 'Western' country? Maybe it's a Taiwanese/Japanese/'Insert Eastern Country Here' person.
I also got the feeling that it was the same person posting most of the AC anti-Chinese remarks.
Sigh...
jf
BTW, AOL is not 'shelving' Netscape (Mozilla)..
on
Whither Netscape 5.0?
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· Score: 2
Quote:
"Netscape's parent, America Online, has quietly put off the release of Netscape Communicator 5.0."
This means delay, not kill.
Also, the article is a mirror of a recent, possibly inaccurate, C|NET, anti-Mozilla article. The author claimed the 'e-mail/instant messenger' feature, which is NOT part of Mozilla. Mozilla will have a IM component, but not integrated with the e-mail. Netscape may have other plans, but AS WE ALL KNOW!!!! Netscape != Mozilla, especially recently.
Development on Mozilla is continuing on, and while it has been delayed by about 1 month, things are still looking very good, especially on the Linux end.
I had just checked out one of the Linux nightly builds the other day (which was partially broken), and I was quite impressed. Very nice features, not TOO much bloat. The rendering was VERY fast, the new networking code works MUCH better than NS 4.x, and I was able to use it for quite a while before running into any problems. Very good for Alpha quality code.
This is just part of the latest rash of anti-opensource articles. It will pass, just like all the articles from last year about Linux. When Mozilla is done, it may actually be Open Source's finest hour.....
Although, I got my III for $165, and I find it VERY useful and worth the price. Not as useful as the Visor Deluxe would be (I got mine the DAY BEFORE the visors were announced. DOH!).
I don't have much use for the V's or VII's, though. Not enough for the money. My next Palm will probably be a Visor.....
Although the Ultra 5's are fairly nice for Unix workstations. Not as nice as, say, the Ultra 1 or Ultra 2, since they use a cheaper processor and are IDE (vs SCSI which is fine for a workstation), but still very decent.
1) Linux has never clamed someone else's works as 'innovative' and then actively tries to drive the origional company out of business.
2) Linux is about making software available to EVERYONE free of charge. Yes, RedHat, Caldera, and others are trying to make money from it, but you can still download everything free of charge.
World Domination (TM) by Linux is good, because it's not domination by a single company, but rather freedom from a single company who dictates how my computer works.
I use Solaris, Linux, and *BSD almost every day, and I can't say that this does anything to really change the way I feel about Solaris.
I tend to use Solaris in situations where I either have to have it for commercial applications, or places where I REALLY want Sparc hardware (which is very nice to work with in a server environment). And I use it because it works well and is rock solid.
However, with Linux, and to a lesser extent *BSD (NetBSD in my case), I don't just use it; I feel like I OWN it. It's mine and no one can a) take it away; b) Change it to where I can't stand to use it any more; or c) go out of business and leave my OS of choice unsupported. I'll never have that feeling with Solaris, since it isn't free; either in cost or in the way it's developed.
This sense of ownership has been the prime reason why I've used Linux as my primary desktop for over 4 years, even before there were any hints of good application software or decent emulators.
All accredited registrars would be obligated to provide query-based access to registration data and would be barred from placing conditions upon any legal use of that data, except to prohibit use of the data to enable the transmission of mass unsolicited commercial solicitations via e-mail (spam) and to enable high-speed processes for applying for registrations.
(SNIP!)
So, it is perfectly legal to use WHOIS information for any use, except for registrations and SPAM. Take THAT, NSI!
However, this is immediatly followed by:
(SNIP!)
All accredited registrars also would be required to provide third-party bulk access to registration data (subject to the restrictions discussed above) for an annual fee that may not exceed $10,000. This obligation would remain in effect until it is replaced by a different policy adopted by ICANN or a finding by the Department of Commerce that no individual or entity is able to exercise market power with respect to data used for development of third-party value added products and services.
That's what I do with my Palm III and AdvantGo (http://www.advantgo.com).
In addition, AdvantGo and ProxyWeb (http://www.proxynet.net/) sell content munching servers to reformat web pages to a more Palm friendly format and put it into the MAL format that Palm's use for web 'clipping' services, but I haven't had a chance to find out much about that.
I have a problem where the cursor occasionally gets 'stuck' in the upper right hand corner of the screen and I have to kill X to get it back. This started happening right after the PS/2 code was merged with the keyboard driver.
Slashdot Mirror
Darn...So much for the Sherlock Holmes.... :)
Anyone have an IP address for the origional www.masslinux.com?
jf
In doing a minimal amount of research, I note that the only ISP listed through the trail of domain regs is BigPlanet, out of Provo, UT (according to to the reg for bigplanet.com.
I believe that they may be the culprit, since the tech and admin contact is sammcc@BESTGUIDES.COM which -> sammcc@BIGPLANET.COM in the reg for bestguides.com.
However, I'm appalled by the flak that has been thrown around because of this. The only crime here is that MassLinux didn't have a large amount of cash reserves, and that a STUPID decision from their feeder ISP (because of possible theft?) could destroy their business. Maybe they were too naive...
jf
There is KDE and there is Gnome. Competition here is a good then, and both are equally welcome. There are, however, many concerns about software incompatibilites of Gnome apps vs. KDE apps, and that there is a fracturing of inter-program communication standards, since Gnome and KDE apparently handle this differently and may be incompatilble.
Some time back, there were some noises made about the KDE developers and the Gnome developers coming together and finding some common ground that would allow both environments to get (somewhat) get along together.
Has there been any talk between the two camps about standards development and such?
jf
> I am not afraid to belittle Project Gutenberg. > I sign my name, too!
:)
A bit odd for a AC post.
And so hostile, rambling and full of what are apparently personal issues that I can't even comment, since it seems so, er, out there. Sorry can't help you.
PG is a good project. There should be more like it. And I don't understand all the hostility for a project whose goals are to provide and preserve texts in an electronic form.
jf
Actually you are belitting them. The link you gave credits Project Gutenberg for most of it's information and only lists two groups, Project Gutenberg and Celebration of Women Writers, as actual organized groups doing online texts.
And while does list a number of online books, most are small individual online collections, and many are formatted HTML.
Project Gutenberg is:
a) Organized
b) Just the text, no formatting
c) Extensive
They are the premier group doing online texts. You really have to give them that.
jf
Many of us in the network security community (that is, those of us who actually make a living at it) find things like Packet Storm and attrition.org rather helpful at times as well.
:)
On the other hand, I've never found anything of value at AntiOnline. Nothing. Nada.
While I don't really care for some of the attitudes and actions of the black hat community (the l0pht being one huge exception), I find AntiOnline's much, much worse. AntiOnline's goals seem to be more to harass people who may or may not be involved in questionable activities, rather than educate people about security and privacy issues, which is what I believe is the true purpose of a security professional.
And no, I never was a 'c00l hax0r d00d' either.
I personaly don't think that Mr. Vranesevich is qualified to act as a security professional, let alone as an 'expert'.
I have no questions that I would care to hear his answer on. In fact, when his article comes up, I would hope that no one reads it or comments on it. That would be the ultimate protest on Slashdot...
jf
That's what we need!
jf
Since *BSD forked, Linux HAS to, right? Since 'free' entities can't share a common vision? Bah!
At best, the code is good and Linus incorporates it as a kernel option.
At worst, it's a patch for a very specialized function, examples of which already exist:
Embedded Linux
uLinux
RT Linux
e2compr (compression for the ext2fs filesystem)
I don't see something as specialized as server clustering forcing an actual 'fork' of the Linux kernel, except as a vertical application (Like Embedded Linux).
jf
Yes, thank you, I know the meaning of sarcasm. Been doing it for years.. :)
./ community, which I find somewhat offensive.
The point is that the use of this particular bit of sarcasm didn't really make much sense, since it is not same groups pushing anti-evolution and pro-Mosaic2000 ideas. The ONLY reason I can see is to try to stroke the
Just because it's sarcasm, doesn't mean that I can't take issue with it. It's like the guy who thinks he can say anything he likes to anyone....as long as he smiles and says 'Just kidding!' afterward.
jf
From the article....
./ community, who really doesn't want it. I don't like the idea of Mosaic2000 ('Lies, damn lies, and psychological exams') any more than the next geek, but let's talk about it honestly; good, bad, 'warts and all', and not just try to stroke the geek community.
>Why not get to the really dangerous people loose
>in schools, maybe programming Mosaic to hunt down
>and identify religious fanatics such as those who
>believe in the literal truth of the Bible and
>reject Darwin and evolution? Aren't they a threat
>to school science programs?
First off, just because you have a religious faith (of any sort) and may not believe in Darwinism, does not instantly make you a fanatic OR dangerous. And doesn't mean do you necessarily object to the teaching of the theory of evolution.
And teachers and school administration staff tend to be more liberal, not members of the religous right. And the one teacher I had in high school who WAS a dyed in the wool, born-again, Bible-thumping Christian, was my science teacher for 3 years, and we covered quite a lot of Darwin, and no Creationism, except in a few personal editiorials in private.
Second, this is nothing but bait. Due to the large reaction over the Kansas evolution, I get the idea that this is an attempt to influence readers using an already popular reference completely out of context. The school/evolution debate has NOTHING to do with Mosaic2000, and the idea that they are somehow related is wrong.
There is a lot of 'content free' information here. In this article we see the statement "The level of teen violence is at it's lowest point in years" (sic), yet we see no references or research. I'm not arguing the point, but it is NOT an accepted fact. We have one anonymous e-mailer that Jon mentions, quoted several times. What about the rest of the e-mails? Nothing quotable?
I once liked some of Jon's articles, but now I'm starting to view them as attempts at pandering to the
jf
IBM released their version of the 1.1.8 (final) JDK and JRE for Linux last month.
It is fairly fast (only somewhat slower in some areas than the 'Official' SunSoft version), native threads, comes with a JIT compiler, and is anywhere from 5-10 times faster than the the Blackdown 1.1.7 VM and 100-100,000 (!) times faster than the Java VM in Netscape 4.7 for Linux, according to CaffineMark 3.0. (Personal testing, your milage may vary).
It can be downloaded from here.
Not Open Source, but still a step in the right direction. IBM has also stated its intention to port Java 2 (1.2) for Linux next.
jf
IBM released their version of the 1.1.8 (final) JDK and JRE for Linux last month.
It is fairly fast (only somewhat slower in some areas than the 'Official' SunSoft version), native threads, comes with a JIT compiler, and is anywhere from 5-10 times faster than the the Blackdown 1.1.7 VM and 100-100,000 (!) times faster than the Java VM in Netscape 4.7 for Linux, according to CaffineMark 3.0. (Personal testing, your milage may vary).
It can be downloaded from .
Not Open Source, but still a step in the right direction. IBM has also stated its intention to port Java 2 (1.2) for Linux next.
jf
That's funny, I keep my moderation filter at '1' and didn't see any anti-Chinese posts. Just goes to show that ./'s moderation system DOES work. :)
BTW, how can you tell that AC posts are from US citizens or even from a 'Western' country? Maybe it's a Taiwanese/Japanese/'Insert Eastern Country Here' person.
I also got the feeling that it was the same person posting most of the AC anti-Chinese remarks.
Sigh...
jf
Quote:
"Netscape's parent, America Online, has quietly put off the release of Netscape Communicator 5.0."
This means delay, not kill.
Also, the article is a mirror of a recent, possibly inaccurate, C|NET, anti-Mozilla article. The author claimed the 'e-mail/instant messenger' feature, which is NOT part of Mozilla. Mozilla will have a IM component, but not integrated with the e-mail. Netscape may have other plans, but AS WE ALL KNOW!!!! Netscape != Mozilla, especially recently.
Development on Mozilla is continuing on, and while it has been delayed by about 1 month, things are still looking very good, especially on the Linux end.
jf
Mozilla will change a lot of things.
I had just checked out one of the Linux nightly builds the other day (which was partially broken), and I was quite impressed. Very nice features, not TOO much bloat. The rendering was VERY fast, the new networking code works MUCH better than NS 4.x, and I was able to use it for quite a while before running into any problems. Very good for Alpha quality code.
This is just part of the latest rash of anti-opensource articles. It will pass, just like all the articles from last year about Linux. When Mozilla is done, it may actually be Open Source's finest hour.....
Although, I got my III for $165, and I find it VERY useful and worth the price. Not as useful as the Visor Deluxe would be (I got mine the DAY BEFORE the visors were announced. DOH!).
I don't have much use for the V's or VII's, though. Not enough for the money. My next Palm will probably be a Visor.....
jf
Although the Ultra 5's are fairly nice for Unix workstations. Not as nice as, say, the Ultra 1 or Ultra 2, since they use a cheaper processor and are IDE (vs SCSI which is fine for a workstation), but still very decent.
More specs are here and here.
jf
Two REALLY big differences...
1) Linux has never clamed someone else's works as 'innovative' and then actively tries to drive the origional company out of business.
2) Linux is about making software available to EVERYONE free of charge. Yes, RedHat, Caldera, and others are trying to make money from it, but you can still download everything free of charge.
World Domination (TM) by Linux is good, because it's not domination by a single company, but rather freedom from a single company who dictates how my computer works.
Execuse the rant...
jf
I use Solaris, Linux, and *BSD almost every day, and I can't say that this does anything to really change the way I feel about Solaris.
I tend to use Solaris in situations where I either have to have it for commercial applications, or places where I REALLY want Sparc hardware (which is very nice to work with in a server environment). And I use it because it works well and is rock solid.
However, with Linux, and to a lesser extent *BSD (NetBSD in my case), I don't just use it; I feel like I OWN it. It's mine and no one can a) take it away; b) Change it to where I can't stand to use it any more; or c) go out of business and leave my OS of choice unsupported. I'll never have that feeling with Solaris, since it isn't free; either in cost or in the way it's developed.
This sense of ownership has been the prime reason why I've used Linux as my primary desktop for over 4 years, even before there were any hints of good application software or decent emulators.
my 2 cents..
jf
However in the fact sheet, we find the following:
(SNIP!)
WHOIS Data
All accredited registrars would be obligated to provide query-based access to registration data and would be barred from placing conditions upon any legal use of that data, except to prohibit use of the data to enable the transmission of mass unsolicited commercial solicitations via e-mail (spam) and to enable high-speed processes for applying for registrations.
(SNIP!)
So, it is perfectly legal to use WHOIS information for any use, except for registrations and SPAM. Take THAT, NSI!
However, this is immediatly followed by:
(SNIP!)
All accredited registrars also would be required to provide third-party bulk access to registration data (subject to the restrictions discussed above) for an annual fee that may not exceed $10,000. This obligation would remain in effect until it is replaced by a different policy adopted by ICANN or a finding by the Department of Commerce that no individual or entity is able to exercise market power with respect to data used for development of third-party value added products and services.
(SNIP!)
Spam(ers) suck(s)....
Whoops, I always stick the 'd' in AvantGo. (However, proxynet.net does in fact work fine, although it is a redirect to proxinet.com)...
jf
That's what I do with my Palm III and AdvantGo (http://www.advantgo.com).
In addition, AdvantGo and ProxyWeb (http://www.proxynet.net/) sell content munching servers to reformat web pages to a more Palm friendly format and put it into the MAL format that Palm's use for web 'clipping' services, but I haven't had a chance to find out much about that.
jf
I like computers..definately computers. Oh yeah...
jf
I have a problem where the cursor occasionally gets 'stuck' in the upper right hand corner of the screen and I have to kill X to get it back. This started happening right after the PS/2 code was merged with the keyboard driver.
:)
I HOPE this is what they fixed...
jf
That Slashdot is immune from the 'Slashdot Effect'. Slow yes. Dead no..
:)
Nice to see the new server(s?) are still breathing....
jf