the msdn version is 400-odd megs because it contains not only the binaries for xpsp2 but the debugging symbols also. since the binaries have changed, the debug symbols must be updated. stepping thru code in the debugger, it is alot more useful to see meaningful function names in your callstack, as opposed to plain memory addresses.
from kernel.org:
ChangeLog-2.6.8 13-Aug-2004 23:02 883K
ChangeLog-2.6.8.1 14-Aug-2004 04:12 263
was 2.6.8.1 not a fix to 2.6.8? wow, was this a fix, released a day after 2.6.8? why wasnt this front page news? why were there no snide comments like 'Of course, who would be surprised by this?'
remote debugging - run a program on one computer, and attach a debugger to it from another. this requires tcp/ip communication between the two, over a port which has undoubtedly been blocked by default on the SP2 firewall
The South African government passed laws about 2 years ago, requiring that all personal bank accounts be verified in person by the accout holder by providing an original ID book, as well as proof of residential address, in the form of an account (phone, electricity, water, etc) or a tax return. Accountholders who did not provide the information by the deadline (which was June30 or something) faced having their accounts frozen.
Of course, in the weeks before the deadline, everyone realised that a very tiny percentage of the bank accounts had been verified, and the deadline was extended by about 2 years.
Note that this isn't an individual bank that is requiring this information, its the government forcing the banks to obtain this information.
The IsDebuggerPresent function determines whether the calling process is being debugged.
BOOL IsDebuggerPresent(void);
Parameters This function has no parameters. Return Values If the current process is running in the context of a debugger, the return value is nonzero.
If the current process is not running in the context of a debugger, the return value is zero.
Remarks This function allows an application to determine whether or not it is being debugged, so that it can modify its behavior. For example, an application could provide additional information using the OutputDebugString function if it is being debugged.
To determine whether a remote process is being debugged, use the CheckRemoteDebuggerPresent function.
To compile an application that uses this function, define the _WIN32_WINNT macro as 0x0400 or later. For more information, see Using the SDK Headers.
Requirements Client: Included in Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Windows Me, and Windows 98. Server: Included in Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, and Windows NT Server 4.0. Header: Declared in Winbase.h; include Windows.h. Library: Use Kernel32.lib.
That was my immediate reaction as well, until I realised that if you're watching a show on tv, or listening to something on the radio, which ends up having 'questionable' material, you wouldn't have had the foresight to record it on the off-chance that the show you are watching/listening to would be 'questionable'. How often have radio DJ's been given formal warnings for inadvertedly swearing on air - it happens, and people phone in and complain, but it's very unlikely that someone is sitting and recording the show just in case the dj says something colourful.
Having said that, I personally am against the rush to censor everything that we see and hear:)
I just took the morning off to register at university for my masters in computer science. My research topic is a distributed caching proxy network. Obviously since i haven't started researching yet, i don't have all the details, but the basic idea, is to have a network of caching servers, each serving a group of users, but interconnected, so that if a user of a particular caching server requests a file that isn't in that server's cache, but is in the cache of another server on the network, then that server gets the file from its neighbouring cache instead of the origin server. Eventually, each of the caching servers end up with a copy of the file and the remote site is only hit once. There are obviously issues that I'll have to deal with, but thats the basic idea... kinda like squid crossed with bittorrent:)
At the company I work at, we used to store all the installations for the software we use on a server, until IT decided that too many people were copying the stuff and taking it home. Not wanting to be party to copyright infringement, they removed the software from the server, and now if you wanted to install something, you had to make a request.
When I wanted to update my MSDN, someone from IT brought the cd's to my desk, and left them with me for about 2 months, until she came around for something else and noticed them lying on my desk. There is a cd-writer 2 computers away from me...
yeah, you should have. windows can be configured to only display the logon box once you've pressed ctrl-alt-del, which apparently is trapped by the kernel, and can't be intercepted by a fake logon dialog to sniff your logon details.
its a pity that when microsoft implements security features, people still find ways to mock them.
in 95/98/me yes, but i think you'd find it pretty difficult to write a user-space program in 2k/xp that will crash the operating system
got any up-to-date examples you can share?
----- its in your power to sack them if you are unhappy with what they are doing ----- That must be the special formula crack#9 you're smoking.
No, its the election that the USA is holding in November. Sure, the opportunity to sack them only comes around once ever four years, but it does come around.
i honestly dont know wtf you're talking about, the page looks perfect in fireBIRD... in fact i've just compared firebirds rendition with IE6's and they're exactly the same
unless the mozilla team is adding bugs as they release new versions? how ironic
I would think its because if the new kickass graphics cards are going to be PCI-X or whatever it is, then apart from having spent big bucks on a new video card, which is going to become alot cheaper very soon, when time comes to upgrade, you're going to have to shell out for a new mobo as well
Actually, it makes sense to me that 84% of _users_ would not find it controversial, because typically, users wouldn't know or care about the implications that this will have behind the scenes. Now if Verisign was to quote the percentage of developers, administrators, and people who actually know what a bad thing this is, you'd have a more realistic figure.
This patch modifies the USB Bluetooth driver to use two ISOC URB's
per RX and TX transfer paths. This is needed for in time transfer
of SCO audio packets over HCI.
Linux is using SCO audio packets too??? Don't let them find out or they'll add it to their lawsuit:P
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the msdn version is 400-odd megs because it contains not only the binaries for xpsp2 but the debugging symbols also. since the binaries have changed, the debug symbols must be updated. stepping thru code in the debugger, it is alot more useful to see meaningful function names in your callstack, as opposed to plain memory addresses.
Sounds more likely a damning indictment of the author.
I'm sure open-source means 'the source is freely available', not 'the source must run on linux/unix'?
I believe that is 'cross platform' instead.
My passport login is my gmail address :D
Finally a voice of reason.
/. outcry when linux 2.6.8.1 was release a day after 2.6.8? Couldn't those linux programmers get it all right first time around?
Where was the
Where were the 'Of course, who would be surprised by this?' snide comments in response to that?
exactly
from kernel.org:
ChangeLog-2.6.8 13-Aug-2004 23:02 883K
ChangeLog-2.6.8.1 14-Aug-2004 04:12 263
was 2.6.8.1 not a fix to 2.6.8? wow, was this a fix, released a day after 2.6.8? why wasnt this front page news? why were there no snide comments like 'Of course, who would be surprised by this?'
the version of IE that shipped with SP2.
remote debugging - run a program on one computer, and attach a debugger to it from another. this requires tcp/ip communication between the two, over a port which has undoubtedly been blocked by default on the SP2 firewall
The South African government passed laws about 2 years ago, requiring that all personal bank accounts be verified in person by the accout holder by providing an original ID book, as well as proof of residential address, in the form of an account (phone, electricity, water, etc) or a tax return. Accountholders who did not provide the information by the deadline (which was June30 or something) faced having their accounts frozen.
Of course, in the weeks before the deadline, everyone realised that a very tiny percentage of the bank accounts had been verified, and the deadline was extended by about 2 years.
Note that this isn't an individual bank that is requiring this information, its the government forcing the banks to obtain this information.
From MSDN:
IsDebuggerPresent
The IsDebuggerPresent function determines whether the calling process is being debugged.
BOOL IsDebuggerPresent(void);
Parameters
This function has no parameters.
Return Values
If the current process is running in the context of a debugger, the return value is nonzero.
If the current process is not running in the context of a debugger, the return value is zero.
Remarks
This function allows an application to determine whether or not it is being debugged, so that it can modify its behavior. For example, an application could provide additional information using the OutputDebugString function if it is being debugged.
To determine whether a remote process is being debugged, use the CheckRemoteDebuggerPresent function.
To compile an application that uses this function, define the _WIN32_WINNT macro as 0x0400 or later. For more information, see Using the SDK Headers.
Requirements
Client: Included in Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Windows Me, and Windows 98.
Server: Included in Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, and Windows NT Server 4.0.
Header: Declared in Winbase.h; include Windows.h.
Library: Use Kernel32.lib.
That was my immediate reaction as well, until I realised that if you're watching a show on tv, or listening to something on the radio, which ends up having 'questionable' material, you wouldn't have had the foresight to record it on the off-chance that the show you are watching/listening to would be 'questionable'. How often have radio DJ's been given formal warnings for inadvertedly swearing on air - it happens, and people phone in and complain, but it's very unlikely that someone is sitting and recording the show just in case the dj says something colourful.
:)
Having said that, I personally am against the rush to censor everything that we see and hear
I just took the morning off to register at university for my masters in computer science. My research topic is a distributed caching proxy network. Obviously since i haven't started researching yet, i don't have all the details, but the basic idea, is to have a network of caching servers, each serving a group of users, but interconnected, so that if a user of a particular caching server requests a file that isn't in that server's cache, but is in the cache of another server on the network, then that server gets the file from its neighbouring cache instead of the origin server. Eventually, each of the caching servers end up with a copy of the file and the remote site is only hit once. There are obviously issues that I'll have to deal with, but thats the basic idea... kinda like squid crossed with bittorrent :)
Funny that you mention cd burners...
;)
At the company I work at, we used to store all the installations for the software we use on a server, until IT decided that too many people were copying the stuff and taking it home. Not wanting to be party to copyright infringement, they removed the software from the server, and now if you wanted to install something, you had to make a request.
When I wanted to update my MSDN, someone from IT brought the cd's to my desk, and left them with me for about 2 months, until she came around for something else and noticed them lying on my desk. There is a cd-writer 2 computers away from me...
Perhaps its time for me to make more 'requests'
yeah, you should have. windows can be configured to only display the logon box once you've pressed ctrl-alt-del, which apparently is trapped by the kernel, and can't be intercepted by a fake logon dialog to sniff your logon details.
its a pity that when microsoft implements security features, people still find ways to mock them.
in 95/98/me yes, but i think you'd find it pretty difficult to write a user-space program in 2k/xp that will crash the operating system got any up-to-date examples you can share?
competing with windows is one thing, but kde and gnome seem to spend just as much effort competing with each other to be the dominant gui on linux
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its in your power to sack them if you are unhappy with what they are doing
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That must be the special formula crack#9 you're smoking.
No, its the election that the USA is holding in November. Sure, the opportunity to sack them only comes around once ever four years, but it does come around.
Actually, I do... I'm sure MS wouldnt include
"Portions of this software are based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group."
in the Help/About box of internet explorer if they were using the stuff without licensing it?
Oh, i forgot, this is slashdot... its uncool to disagree with an MS-bashing post
Or maybe Microsoft paid them licensing fees to use the format legitimately?
Is it really that big a fucking deal?
i honestly dont know wtf you're talking about, the page looks perfect in fireBIRD... in fact i've just compared firebirds rendition with IE6's and they're exactly the same unless the mozilla team is adding bugs as they release new versions? how ironic
I would think its because if the new kickass graphics cards are going to be PCI-X or whatever it is, then apart from having spent big bucks on a new video card, which is going to become alot cheaper very soon, when time comes to upgrade, you're going to have to shell out for a new mobo as well
even better... put the dvd iso image on the demo computer and then post a link to it on the net :D
I know you were trolling, but anyways...
Actually, it makes sense to me that 84% of _users_ would not find it controversial, because typically, users wouldn't know or care about the implications that this will have behind the scenes. Now if Verisign was to quote the percentage of developers, administrators, and people who actually know what a bad thing this is, you'd have a more realistic figure.
From the changelog:
:P
[Bluetooth] Always use two ISOC URB's
This patch modifies the USB Bluetooth driver to use two ISOC URB's
per RX and TX transfer paths. This is needed for in time transfer
of SCO audio packets over HCI.
Linux is using SCO audio packets too??? Don't let them find out or they'll add it to their lawsuit