samag has an article in sept 2004's issue called "System Inventory Using LDAP". their goal isn't quite the same as yours (they are mostly after installed software), but the principles apply in nearly the same way. try to find a copy and give it a read. it doesn't look like it's available online though =(
that i'd like to quote any one of the number of people who asked "and we are surprised by this why?" in today's earlier story about microsoft stopping unix/linux antivirus software
3com cards (3c905, 3c920, etc) aren't really that good to begin with. better than a realtek, sure. but no where near syskonnect (sk) or intel (fxp, em)
i think people think they are good because they used to be expensive. even then, people were paying for the name
i found one that doesn't suffer from this problem. my previous one did suffer from this problem. i was tired of 1. having my mails bounce and 2. supporting a company that was doing nothing to alleviate the problem
NSA, those goofballs? how about the DISA, NIMA, or even S(*&LKJ()&*
The United States is a wonderful country. I am proud to be an American and will protect my country as best as I can
there was lots of communication between developers on what people might be working on in the time leading up to the hackathon
oh, nevermind. i am wrong. developers communicating just isn't possible! the little dickwad who has something in for openbsd is just being completly subjective
ports are not audited nearly at the same level of base. auditing is usually up to the maintainer. patches are sent upstream and are hoped to be incorporated, but they aren't always
almost all of the community colleges in my area (maricopa county, az) allow high school students (at least seniors) to sign up and take classes. i was taking classes through one as a high school junior. see if you can do that. boom, now you're in college
as for joel's "advice"... imo, his 'success' has gone to his head and he now lives in a fantasy world. before i started working with computers, i painted houses and washed cars. both of those jobs taught me valuable life and career lessons a computer-related internship never would. plus, jobs like that are fun. you're still young... have some fun before it's too late
Now, to be fair, I have to concede the man does have a point. Supporting several configuration options and several platforms increases complexity, if your goal is simply to get the thing running and marketable.
I don't buy that. OpenBSD releases a new version every six months. Each CD set carries install sets for 6 hardware platforms. And then there are the 8 other platforms which one can install via FTP. And then there are the packages that are built, and the snapshots that, for some platforms, are built and distributed multiple times per week.
If anything, I think supporting multiple hardware platforms decreases complexity because it forces the programmer to program wisely, cleanly, and portably.
as a matter of fact, i have met and discussed the idea of a community based effort with a handful of people
but having to deal with DTC is not particularly easy. DTC is not a particularly pleasant organization. retribution is definitely within their capabilities. the city gov't is much the same (imo)
Downtown Tempe is managed by an ass-baggy organization, DTC. DTC is very pro-big biz and anti-mom & pop. Their track record confirms this. I wouldn't put it past DTC that if there were to be a community-based effort, the DTC would begin to levy fines against those downtown businesses who participated.
why give them credit? what about openbsd and freebsd? they borrowed heavily from them for ipso
sure, this is a step, but it's very small. i would give them a lot of credit if they came out and said "we're never going to sue anyone infringing on our software patents"
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not so much. it's sooooo easy for me to post to /. as you Mr. "Anonymous Coward"
samag has an article in sept 2004's issue called "System Inventory Using LDAP". their goal isn't quite the same as yours (they are mostly after installed software), but the principles apply in nearly the same way. try to find a copy and give it a read. it doesn't look like it's available online though =(
NTP is playing by the rules that are there (as stupid as they may be)
don't hate the player, hate the game. i think that's what the parent is saying
is just a cvs diff away. where are your diffs?
that i'd like to quote any one of the number of people who asked "and we are surprised by this why?" in today's earlier story about microsoft stopping unix/linux antivirus software
3com is *hardly* premium gear
replace that 3com with a syskonnect or intel and you will be blown away
3com cards (3c905, 3c920, etc) aren't really that good to begin with. better than a realtek, sure. but no where near syskonnect (sk) or intel (fxp, em)
i think people think they are good because they used to be expensive. even then, people were paying for the name
i found one that doesn't suffer from this problem. my previous one did suffer from this problem. i was tired of 1. having my mails bounce and 2. supporting a company that was doing nothing to alleviate the problem
in the real world, we get protection against those things in our contract before signing the contract
if the contract provides for a certain level of availability, and that availability isn't met, the the isp will have some explaining to do
Yes, I do get it. I have.
What I do is get a new ISP that doesn't allow spammers.
Simple. Problem resolved.
then don't use MAPS or SBL on your mail servers. you will get all of the spam
by their argument, Smith & Wesson should get out of the gun business because guns can be used to kill people
hardware like that sucks, so, i avoid it and recommend that people avoid bad hardware like that
1. sometimes the companies don't even have documentation because they've never bothered to write it themselves
2. the company has gotten itself locked up into some NDA bullshit
3. the hardware sucks so bad they don't want people to have documentation proving how shitty it is (as is the case with Adaptec)
NSA, those goofballs? how about the DISA, NIMA, or even S(*&LKJ()&* The United States is a wonderful country. I am proud to be an American and will protect my country as best as I can
are opterons are super super fast and AMD kindly, and without NDAs, provides technical documentation on them. that's why i buy them
article was written april 2005
hackathon was last week
there was lots of communication between developers on what people might be working on in the time leading up to the hackathon
oh, nevermind. i am wrong. developers communicating just isn't possible! the little dickwad who has something in for openbsd is just being completly subjective
ports are not audited nearly at the same level of base. auditing is usually up to the maintainer. patches are sent upstream and are hoped to be incorporated, but they aren't always
and, when you install apache in redhat or debian or gentoo or whatever, it's fully customized and configured to your liking? during the os install?
... find a valid argument next time. the "but the default install is useless" is old
please
almost all of the community colleges in my area (maricopa county, az) allow high school students (at least seniors) to sign up and take classes. i was taking classes through one as a high school junior. see if you can do that. boom, now you're in college
... imo, his 'success' has gone to his head and he now lives in a fantasy world. before i started working with computers, i painted houses and washed cars. both of those jobs taught me valuable life and career lessons a computer-related internship never would. plus, jobs like that are fun. you're still young ... have some fun before it's too late
as for joel's "advice"
nazi germany? doesn't sound too far fetched that the next step would be only to allow blonde hair, blue eyed kids live
if you won't want the 'hearbreaking grind' raising an autistic child, don't have unprotected sex. really, it's that simple
Now, to be fair, I have to concede the man does have a point. Supporting several configuration options and several platforms increases complexity, if your goal is simply to get the thing running and marketable.
I don't buy that. OpenBSD releases a new version every six months. Each CD set carries install sets for 6 hardware platforms. And then there are the 8 other platforms which one can install via FTP. And then there are the packages that are built, and the snapshots that, for some platforms, are built and distributed multiple times per week.
If anything, I think supporting multiple hardware platforms decreases complexity because it forces the programmer to program wisely, cleanly, and portably.
i wonder how much was spent on licenses for microsoft software. like for the computer that monitors a tree by the driveway (something like that)
as a matter of fact, i have met and discussed the idea of a community based effort with a handful of people
but having to deal with DTC is not particularly easy. DTC is not a particularly pleasant organization. retribution is definitely within their capabilities. the city gov't is much the same (imo)
No one is stopping anyone. Well, officially.
Downtown Tempe is managed by an ass-baggy organization, DTC. DTC is very pro-big biz and anti-mom & pop. Their track record confirms this. I wouldn't put it past DTC that if there were to be a community-based effort, the DTC would begin to levy fines against those downtown businesses who participated.
why give them credit? what about openbsd and freebsd? they borrowed heavily from them for ipso
sure, this is a step, but it's very small. i would give them a lot of credit if they came out and said "we're never going to sue anyone infringing on our software patents"