the most recent evolutions of the Quake 1 server are awesome. in CTF ('Catch The Flag') mode those servers convey the usual coherency and ultrafast heartbeat of the Quake 1 universe, a helluva set of maps... and graphism is very pleasant with modern clients. check http://customtf.com/, soon with a ready-to-use client package
trying to use MS-Windows as a critical system was a bad choice on the Navy (read about the USS Yorktown, "stealthed" by port-stalling). I know that some think that it is a hoax, but did not see their evidences.
moreover the US Army understood and officialy adopts more and more free software (read "Evidence shows that Linux is more stable. We are moving in general to where the Army is going, to Linux-based OS" in an article about the future land warrior (already referenced in a/. comment)
Toshiba SETUP ('BIOS' configuration) software tools.
dunno if they take care of all the parms of the very last models.
since 1999 I had 2 Toshiba Portégé laptops (the last one is a 3480CT). theyre are robust but I'm not very happy, esp. with the last one:
* an asterisk for each touch punched when you type your BIOS password (not very secure, one can read on the number of asterisk to know the number of characters, you cannot fake the earer counting the punches by typing on dead keys)
* the screen doesn't open up completely (it can be useful)
* crappy 'micro joystick' mouse (imprecise, erratic moves), w only 2 buttons
* crappy screwing (most screws fall appart), probably due to the assembling made in Europe
* the integrated sound port is near the USB port, it is unusable when this last one is used (electronic noise)
* the Ethernet port is not integrated (you have to carry the big thingie containing the extensions ports) and the Linux driver cannot warm reset it
(note: there is an internal port for an external screen! and no place for Eth:-( )
* bad PCMCIA placement (your hang weights on the netcard connector)
and so on...
moreover they are overpriced, and the parts are pricey
example: the power supply cable to the laptop is proprietary (specific connector on the PC side) was cut by simple an normal usage (I fold it in order to put the laptop in a case) and the catalog price is 120 euros (1 euro is approx 1 US buck) here (France)!
thanks to MS-Windows NT: "For about two-and-a-half hours, the ship was what we call 'dead in the water,'" said Commander John Singley of the Atlantic Fleet Surface Force"... read on (1998)
here is an excerpt from an old press article: "one of the first companies to offer hacker insurance, has begun charging its clients 5 percent to 15 percent more if they use Microsoft's Windows NT software...
has been selling hacker insurance since 1998, based his decision on more than 400 security analyses
[... ]
system administrators working on open source systems tend to be better trained and stay with their employers longer than those at firms using Windows"
read on: short (long)
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the most recent evolutions of the Quake 1 server are awesome. in CTF ('Catch The Flag') mode those servers convey the usual coherency and ultrafast heartbeat of the Quake 1 universe, a helluva set of maps... and graphism is very pleasant with modern clients. check http://customtf.com/, soon with a ready-to-use client package
moreover the US Army understood and officialy adopts more and more free software (read "Evidence shows that Linux is more stable. We are moving in general to where the Army is going, to Linux-based OS" in an article about the future land warrior (already referenced in a /. comment)
Security-Enhanced Linux is sponsored by the NSA
moreover: he may use the RAIDtools2 (md ...) in order to gain on every front (perfs and data-availability)
Toshiba SETUP ('BIOS' configuration) software tools. dunno if they take care of all the parms of the very last models. since 1999 I had 2 Toshiba Portégé laptops (the last one is a 3480CT). theyre are robust but I'm not very happy, esp. with the last one: * an asterisk for each touch punched when you type your BIOS password (not very secure, one can read on the number of asterisk to know the number of characters, you cannot fake the earer counting the punches by typing on dead keys) * the screen doesn't open up completely (it can be useful) * crappy 'micro joystick' mouse (imprecise, erratic moves), w only 2 buttons * crappy screwing (most screws fall appart), probably due to the assembling made in Europe * the integrated sound port is near the USB port, it is unusable when this last one is used (electronic noise) * the Ethernet port is not integrated (you have to carry the big thingie containing the extensions ports) and the Linux driver cannot warm reset it (note: there is an internal port for an external screen! and no place for Eth :-( )
* bad PCMCIA placement (your hang weights on the netcard connector)
and so on...
moreover they are overpriced, and the parts are pricey
example: the power supply cable to the laptop is proprietary (specific connector on the PC side) was cut by simple an normal usage (I fold it in order to put the laptop in a case) and the catalog price is 120 euros (1 euro is approx 1 US buck) here (France)!
... because 'secure operating system' is qualitative, and 'lot money and programmers' is quantitative (one million monkeys ... typewriter ... you know)
thanks to MS-Windows NT: "For about two-and-a-half hours, the ship was what we call 'dead in the water,'" said Commander John Singley of the Atlantic Fleet Surface Force" ... read on (1998)
here is an excerpt from an old press article: "one of the first companies to offer hacker insurance, has begun charging its clients 5 percent to 15 percent more if they use Microsoft's Windows NT software ...
has been selling hacker insurance since 1998, based his decision on more than 400 security analyses
[ ... ]
system administrators working on open source systems tend to be better trained and stay with their employers longer than those at firms using Windows"
read on: short (long)