As long as it still runs linux... lol. Funny this article doesn't say anything at all about the architechture, anyone have any idea how these will compare to... say celerons... in clock speeds? How bout what will it connect through? This information must be available somewhere. I'd appreciate a link with greater info. Also, it doesn't mention possible price, or whether the architecture is slower or what, just mentions.018 micron. You get the picture... someone please link me to a better source of info. Now back to learning russian... DO CBNDAHR... man i need a russian keyboard for this. Throw a link to that too if you know any:-)
They would want you to think that... wouldn't they. Think about it... Hmm Why would the national security agency be letting the world know it can't handle security??? This would sure not be a good move for pr or such. I think that they just told us this because they want us to think that, so we let our guards down and don't worry so much about being cracked by the nsa... or maybe that's what they want us to think!! Maybe they just want us to think that they're not busted up because they really are and don't want to get cyberattacked up the wazoo! Thanks for reading my rant:-)
I can't decide whether to applaud for making the best OS I love run on another computer or flame for working on the most useless computer I know... Hmm... to "Get yourself a real computer" or not to "Get yourself a real computer"
For moderators: This was meant to be moderated up as "Funny" not to be moderated down as "Troll" or "Offtopic"
Since when is it gnome that gives Linux a point-and-click interface? I didn't notice any reference to the fact that gnome is not "the official GUI of linux". As we know, there is none. Most people use XF86, which Gnome plugs into. More people use KDE than Gnome too, last I heard. I for instance don't use Gnome or KDE. I use E. IMHO (dont flame me for this) E is the most stable, powerful, and fast GUI I've ever used. Most people would disagree with me [laff] but that's my opinion. The point of my post though, is that this article seems to make Gnome out to be the only solution for a GUI in linux. That's not so:-).
I find it amazing how this guy seems to accept the existence of aliens enough that he classifies them into colors. Alien Racism?
On a more serious note though, it is rather interesting that most of this report assumes the existence of aliens and discounts evidence of congenital defects and such, based on such flimsy evidence. Many times through this article he refers to Gray Aliens, only once did I notice that he stated "What a Gray alien might look like" instead of "similarity to gray aliens". Just my $0.02.
Open source does not equal this definition of OSS. When you and I think of OSS, we think "In beta forever, Great once it's released, etc." Keep in mind, that no one is suggesting that we beta test OSS on human beings. In my opinion, what it's suggesting is that instead of Medical Software being developed exclusively by whoever is hired, it will be developed in tandem. The paid software designers will be laying the groundwork and everyone else will be aiding in adding features, debugging, etc. It will simply speed up development by adding lots and lots of people to the developer list. This is a Good Thing (TM).
So much for the proprietary companies claiming that oss is unreliable and less useful than their "pay programs". If hospitals start using OSS en masse then it's a step ahead for the software industry, and a step back for proprietary software. YAY!
Sounds like a good idea... although windows could use this more, lol. But seriously, i have noticed some problems when it freezes (yes it has happened to me, but rarely) i have no idea why. [coughnetscape].
If we fail, we will lose the war. Had to do it lol
Yea I agree that that would be great, but no huge companies are interested in any of those. I'm not putting down Be, BSD, or anything else, but as long as linux has the media coverage, linux will be the os that companies port stuff to, linux will be the os that companies publicly support, and linux will be "the only contender" to microsoft in the unknowing public's eyes. Just My $0.02.
Anyone else notice that it claims that they both use the 2.3 kernel? I don't know about caldera, but i use RH6.1 and it uses the 2.2.12 kernel. (well mine uses 2.2.13 because i recompile it all the time)
5 posts and they're slashdotted already. Is this really the company you want to buy 100 acres of the moon from? lol I haven't read anything from them yet so don't moderate me down or anything, this IS a relevant post
Notice the part about the site being hosted on an NT server? (well of course microsoft uses microsoft software). How long have we been sayin it? LOL but seriously, cracking is bad. If these crackers would stop it for a while then the media would give up on that word "hacker" for a while and the people/media would have time to adjust to the word cracker.
Anyway, however you call them, they're not good. Even attacking microsoft (which, if i were in a normal mood, i would advocate) is against my morals, and that's all i have to say about that, cept *nix on any NT users. lol that's a really bad pun.
The problem with the idea of opening access up to other content providers is this: It will cost more. If I subscribe to ISP x, and they provide the same content as CableModem Provider Y, I will spring for the cable modem provider. To say that CableModem providers must open their lines up to other companies that compete with them would be foolishness, as they would charge an additional fee. Here's the scenario as I see it:
The FCC decides to regulate broadband access to the internet. They mandate that broadband providers must allow other ISP's to provide the content (web access). So my cable company decides to go along, now charging separate fees for the cable modem and the internet access. Someone gets the bright idea to lower the price to internet access and raise the price to broadband, or worse yet make the internet access free. Now people have a choice between buying a broadband connection that comes with free internet access, or buying a broadband connection and paying additional fees for the internet access. Which do you think the average John Q Computeruser, who doesn't know the difference between phone ISP number one and phone ISP number two is going to pick?
Note: This strategy is obviously flawed for additional content providers, such as AOL, which let you access additional content that would not normally be available through another ISP. But, this is already available. The Bring your own Access plan does this.
I would appreciate it if someone would kindly point out all the flaws in my reasoning, and thanks for reading my rant.
Anyone else find it interesting how much linux software is still pre 1.0? Enlightenment is much more stable than any windows software i've ever used, i never even touched any beta windows code. Wonder how all this software is gonna look once it's 1.0...
Please don't get me for offtopic or flamebait, i don't need to lose any karma, but i'd just like to make note of something that's not right about this guy's post. He posted and then threatened to moderate. Any moderator or slashdot reader worth his salt knows you can't post and moderate in the same article. Do research before you make idle threats, lol.
OK true a freeze is better than corruption, but if freezes are common then what good is a G4 as a server platform? You'd have to have a guy on it all the time just making sure it didn't freeze, you might as well just go with alpha or some other stable platform. Stability IS important, even if it's not the most important. In my opinion, stability is more important than security. What good is a totally secure box (impossibility, unless it's underwater, off, and in 30 feet of cement, even then it might be possible...) What good is a totally secure box if you can't get it to do anything without freezing every 2 hours? OK this rant wasn't as exciting as my last one but it's an important rant nonetheless.
Even if data corruption should occur, a source said, the result would be nothing more than a system freeze, easily fixed with a restart.
Statements like this worry me. Restarts are NOT ok, and i'm sickened that people think they are. Especially when they're frequent like it sounds like this bug would make them. The world is not windows, if it were then everyone including me would have no problem with an occasional restart. But more importantly, G4's are usually going to be used as servers. Reboots are NEVER acceptable in a server, it can mean 20 minutes of downtime on a website which can mean lost revenue. It can mean lost e-mails within a company which is a VERY bad thing. Get the picture? I'm glad they're delaying the release, of course, as this is not a good bug. OK my rant is done:-) thanks for reading.
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As long as it still runs linux... lol. Funny this article doesn't say anything at all about the architechture, anyone have any idea how these will compare to ... say celerons ... in clock speeds? How bout what will it connect through? This information must be available somewhere. I'd appreciate a link with greater info. Also, it doesn't mention possible price, or whether the architecture is slower or what, just mentions .018 micron. You get the picture... someone please link me to a better source of info. :-)
Now back to learning russian... DO CBNDAHR... man i need a russian keyboard for this. Throw a link to that too if you know any
They would want you to think that... wouldn't they. Think about it... Hmm Why would the national security agency be letting the world know it can't handle security??? This would sure not be a good move for pr or such. I think that they just told us this because they want us to think that, so we let our guards down and don't worry so much about being cracked by the nsa... or maybe that's what they want us to think!! Maybe they just want us to think that they're not busted up because they really are and don't want to get cyberattacked up the wazoo! Thanks for reading my rant :-)
They were planning on buying out microsoft anyway... (see various geeks in space episodes)
Oh come on, i was joking. Fine take my karma away...
I can't decide whether to applaud for making the best OS I love run on another computer or flame for working on the most useless computer I know... Hmm... to "Get yourself a real computer" or not to "Get yourself a real computer"
For moderators:
This was meant to be moderated up as "Funny" not to be moderated down as "Troll" or "Offtopic"
What if it cost $10G...
$10G= Ten ?Gazillion? dollars?
LOL
Since when is it gnome that gives Linux a point-and-click interface? I didn't notice any reference to the fact that gnome is not "the official GUI of linux". As we know, there is none. Most people use XF86, which Gnome plugs into. More people use KDE than Gnome too, last I heard. I for instance don't use Gnome or KDE. I use E. IMHO (dont flame me for this) E is the most stable, powerful, and fast GUI I've ever used. Most people would disagree with me [laff] but that's my opinion. The point of my post though, is that this article seems to make Gnome out to be the only solution for a GUI in linux. That's not so :-).
Does it really have the ! in it??? That really reminds me of terrible games like Skydive! and eXtreme Paintball lol... sorry for the offtopicness
I find it amazing how this guy seems to accept the existence of aliens enough that he classifies them into colors. Alien Racism?
On a more serious note though, it is rather interesting that most of this report assumes the existence of aliens and discounts evidence of congenital defects and such, based on such flimsy evidence. Many times through this article he refers to Gray Aliens, only once did I notice that he stated "What a Gray alien might look like" instead of "similarity to gray aliens". Just my $0.02.
Love how he ties alien skulls in with Open Source Software [grin].
Dont mark me down for offtopic, I'm not in the mood to lose Karma.
Open source does not equal this definition of OSS. When you and I think of OSS, we think "In beta forever, Great once it's released, etc." Keep in mind, that no one is suggesting that we beta test OSS on human beings. In my opinion, what it's suggesting is that instead of Medical Software being developed exclusively by whoever is hired, it will be developed in tandem. The paid software designers will be laying the groundwork and everyone else will be aiding in adding features, debugging, etc. It will simply speed up development by adding lots and lots of people to the developer list. This is a Good Thing (TM).
So much for the proprietary companies claiming that oss is unreliable and less useful than their "pay programs". If hospitals start using OSS en masse then it's a step ahead for the software industry, and a step back for proprietary software. YAY!
Sounds like a good idea... although windows could use this more, lol. But seriously, i have noticed some problems when it freezes (yes it has happened to me, but rarely) i have no idea why. [coughnetscape].
If we fail, we will lose the war.
Had to do it lol
At first glance, i thought he was saying that the drivers didn't work with the modem... think "winmodem in linux" :-) lol
Does this remind anyone of the search engine that wouldn't refer you to any other search engines? i forget who it was, i think excite.
Yea I agree that that would be great, but no huge companies are interested in any of those. I'm not putting down Be, BSD, or anything else, but as long as linux has the media coverage, linux will be the os that companies port stuff to, linux will be the os that companies publicly support, and linux will be "the only contender" to microsoft in the unknowing public's eyes. Just My $0.02.
Even more sound support for linux. This might just make me go out and buy an SBLive.
Anyone else notice that it claims that they both use the 2.3 kernel? I don't know about caldera, but i use RH6.1 and it uses the 2.2.12 kernel. (well mine uses 2.2.13 because i recompile it all the time)
That's about it, moderate me up
5 posts and they're slashdotted already. Is this really the company you want to buy 100 acres of the moon from? lol I haven't read anything from them yet so don't moderate me down or anything, this IS a relevant post
Notice the part about the site being hosted on an NT server? (well of course microsoft uses microsoft software). How long have we been sayin it? LOL but seriously, cracking is bad. If these crackers would stop it for a while then the media would give up on that word "hacker" for a while and the people/media would have time to adjust to the word cracker.
Anyway, however you call them, they're not good. Even attacking microsoft (which, if i were in a normal mood, i would advocate) is against my morals, and that's all i have to say about that, cept *nix on any NT users. lol that's a really bad pun.
The problem with the idea of opening access up to other content providers is this: It will cost more. If I subscribe to ISP x, and they provide the same content as CableModem Provider Y, I will spring for the cable modem provider. To say that CableModem providers must open their lines up to other companies that compete with them would be foolishness, as they would charge an additional fee. Here's the scenario as I see it:
The FCC decides to regulate broadband access to the internet. They mandate that broadband providers must allow other ISP's to provide the content (web access). So my cable company decides to go along, now charging separate fees for the cable modem and the internet access. Someone gets the bright idea to lower the price to internet access and raise the price to broadband, or worse yet make the internet access free. Now people have a choice between buying a broadband connection that comes with free internet access, or buying a broadband connection and paying additional fees for the internet access. Which do you think the average John Q Computeruser, who doesn't know the difference between phone ISP number one and phone ISP number two is going to pick?
Note: This strategy is obviously flawed for additional content providers, such as AOL, which let you access additional content that would not normally be available through another ISP. But, this is already available. The Bring your own Access plan does this.
I would appreciate it if someone would kindly point out all the flaws in my reasoning, and thanks for reading my rant.
Patrick Barrett
Yebyen@adelphia.net
Patrick Barrett
Yebyen@adelphia.net
Patrick Barrett
Yebyen@adelphia.net
Statements like this worry me. Restarts are NOT ok, and i'm sickened that people think they are. Especially when they're frequent like it sounds like this bug would make them. The world is not windows, if it were then everyone including me would have no problem with an occasional restart. But more importantly, G4's are usually going to be used as servers. Reboots are NEVER acceptable in a server, it can mean 20 minutes of downtime on a website which can mean lost revenue. It can mean lost e-mails within a company which is a VERY bad thing. Get the picture? I'm glad they're delaying the release, of course, as this is not a good bug. OK my rant is done
Patrick Barrett
Yebyen@adelphia.net