I'm sorry if I wasn't clear enough. But I believe than the machines cannot be trusted and there was a fierce oposition to check them before the elections.
Particulary the last post shows the other side of the coin, what the system should have been, but without a third party check then the whole security of the system is just a plain speculation (everything looks nice in paper right?).
Venezuela was the victim of one of the bigges frauds in its history, thanks to the electronic voting machines provided by a company called 'Smartmatic'.
Americans (and the rest of the world) should learn about what just happened in Venezuela; The real chances to prove than there was a fraud are minimal.
Here are some articles you can red to get more informed about the problem:
This is welcomed news, but the people at Jabber (http://www.jabber.com) did something like this first. Using a Jabber client you can talk to the three other networks by using an special plugin installed on the server (http://www.jabber.org/user/userguide/).
Also Jabber is a very extensible platform that can be used almost for anything (like System monitoring, for example):
http://www.jabber.org/about/overview.php?PHPSESS ID =2517926c4f71caed9f6bff1af6843dbd
Also as the original poster mentions, Gaim already does this without problems (even when Yahoo decides to change their protocol, which is almost every 6 months:)).
Not so sure about how useful is to known assembler these days; A good design and a good compiler should be able to get the job done. And if performance is super critical chances are that you can buy a faster equipment to replace the old one instead of dealing with hard to maintain code.
I haven't read the book (and I'm not an expert with assembler, only the basics) so it could be interesting to know on which cases assembler is definitely the best option (like systems with small memory footprint for example).
I like the idea behind this project, but there are a couple of problems here:
1) They don't provide an easy way fo downloading the database. You have to accept their license to download it before getting the real thing. ICAT and CVE Mitre don't put such restrictions to use their databases. 2) The database schema is made for PostgreSQL: This is cool and all, but I don't wanna be tied or tie my tool with a particular database; What if I want to use MySQL or Sybase or Oracle or MSSQLServer?. They should allow you to download the data in a compressed format as XML or CVS and then you can tweak it in order to load it into your application. This is something I don't like about ICAT (they distribute their database in Access format). Mitre CVE on the other hand allows me to download the database in CSV format and (don't remember the organization) has made the CVE dictionary already in XML format. 3) Why they don't use the CVE numbers? Just what we need, another propietary numbering schema (just check how each vendor called their vulnerabilities). The whole Idea of Mitre CVE was to end that nigthmare. If you want to include a vulnerability, then why you don't propose it as a Mitre CAN, use it, and then if accepted it will become a proper CVE entry. Is the process too slow?
You can buy a MUCH powerfull server from EMachines or Dell, Load it with Debian, Mandrake or Fedora and have all the services (and more) for free.
Need a web server: Apache Need mail: Sendmail or Postfix Need firewall: Netfilter with FWBuilder Need a proxy: Squid Need Windows fileserver: SAMBA Need Unix fileserver: NFS (with NIS) Need backup: Amanda Need an IDS: Snort
The lisk can keep going....
Sorry, but the price is too high for whay they offer. Even on E-Bay you can find more powerfull servers for less.
Not only that. I Remember than I started learnign about Unix, first with SunOS (yeah, I'm that old:)), later with Slackware and finally tried RedHat (I remember i stuck with RedHat that time because of RPM and the ability to perform upgrades).
Students are an important part of any OS use base. A high price will likely move them to other OS or distributions.
I got several questions related with the new RedHat Enterprise edition:
1) How will be the desktop support on the WS edition?. Do you plan to drop support for video cards, audio, DVD. What about support for GNOME or KDE on the desktop (I develop applications on the desktop so for me this is an important question).
2) I know that RedHat will not offer any kind of support for Fedora, but if a security bug is found then how do you plan to address it on that distribution? Will the package be removed if the maintainer doesn't provide a patch or does RedHat plans to contribute with security fixes as well?
3) Does RedHat support a reseller option? I have a product that runs on RedHat as the main platform, and i would like to bundle it with the distro. The product needs to run on multiple boxes (a cluster) so licensing cost becomes an important issue here. There is a way to get a discount based on the volume of sold licenses?
4) What is all the fuzz about RedHat not supporting the desktop (better go to Windows!). Today i read an article saying than IBM, the OSDN and RedHat will support the desktop. I'm confused here:)
5) Will Fedora support upgrades between versions? (I installed Fedora and managed to upgrade my RedHat 9 version).
I downloaded the Fedora ISOs two days ago; I though "well, my company is evaluating buying RedHat ES for their servers and maybe I can still use Fedora on my personal computer or my laptop, so I can see what is comming" so I gave it a shot.
Here is what I found:
First the good things: - The installer is much better and gives you the option to upgrade from RedHat 9 to fedora. - The Video configuration is much more responsive. It got some problems with my NVidia drivers, but it managed to start again without much effort (though the acelerated drivers were deactivaded). - The OS is much responsive. The Java apps ran faster and i was able to run more things at the same time using the same equipment (Its an old 800Mhz 512MB of ram Dell desktop machine).
Now the bad things: - I had to reinstall the OS without upgrading; Upgrading broke my printer support (though it got fixed after the reinstall). Also my old GNOME desktop configuration broke. If you can, install from scratch (I have my home directory on a different partition so it wasn't that bad). - GCVS doesn't work with Fedora. There is a nasty compilation error that prevents it from compile. - Mozilla is pretty unstable. It crashed today at least four times. - Firewall builder has some compilation problems.
Luckily I'm the type of user that doesn't need the RedHat support for trivial problems, so their support is not appealing to me (I can survive buyin the WS edition for $179). But now with RedHat saying that they will not support RedHat on the desktop (use Microsoft Windows they say) makes me wonder how good will be WS for application development without an appropiate desktop support (how good or bad the GUI support like GNOME or KDE will be there?).
I'm used to browse the web, chat and read email from Linux; At my work I don't use Windows at all (got OpenOffice, evolution, Jedit and Vi to do all the stuff I require). It is sad to install a Windows license to later log on your Linux server to do development or to administer it.
Don't get me wrong here; I've been a supporter of RedHat in the past (bought their CDs, become a RedHat Certified Engineer), but what incentive I have to report bugs / contribute code / support a 'beta' distribution like Fedora if I'm not going to receive security updates (they state that kind of support is not guaranteed and if the broken app doesn't get a patch then it is removed from the distro).
RedHat needs to come with more information about WS on the desktop, a better support structure for Fedora (security patches, quality control) or their user base will probably move to another distro (why support two flavors of Linux, lets say RedHat and Suse / Debian when they offer support for the desktop and the server).
I wish Mac OS X boxes were cheaper, probably that's an option to consider;)
Saddly this book is focused on a product that has only 5 months of life.
I expect to see books focusing on the Enterprise version soon tough. Hopefully they will talk about the advanced features of the ES family of RedHat and not on the stuff you can find for free on the Linux Documentation project, for example.
It is not completely true that Neo 'dies' on the last movie (the Oracle at the end mentions something about Neo returning).
The idea seems to be really cool. If the effects and the technology are half of decent like "Enter the Matrix", then this game will give a lot of people (including me) a compeling reason to play a Online game. Hopefully they will take care of the story line and the quests too.
I found the following cronology of the Matrix, interesting indeed:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/146831_matr ix 05q.html
WHEN IS THE MATRIX?
What is the Matrix? That's an old question. The real head-scratcher is:
Using background culled from the three movies and Animatrix shorts, The Associated Press compiled an estimated timeline of the war between men and machines:
2010-60 -- Humans create humanoid drone robots with artificial intelligence to fill jobs as construction laborers and servants.
2069 -- The hovercraft transport ship Nebuchadnezzar, later to be captained by Morpheus, is constructed in the United States.
2075 -- AI programs evolve and some robots began to resent their human overlords.
2077 -- In the first case of a machine rising up against its owners, the butler robot B166ER slaughters two humans, leading to B166ERs eradication and a backlash against robots and artificial intelligence.
2080-85 -- Rioting and violence against machines prompts robots to flee major cities and establish their own community -- known as Zero One -- in a remote part of the Middle East.
2085-2095-- Zero One thrives, creating superior vehicles, computers and weaponry and decimating the economies of many human nations, which now lack the machine-based labor that made them strong.
2096-- United Nations officials refuse to accept the robot civilization of Zero One as a sovereign nation. A trade blockade of robot goods leads to war.
2097 -- Zero One survives a nuclear attack -- its inhabitants are impervious to the heat and radiation and casualties are quickly replaced. Counterstrikes launched against humans.
2098 -- As cities fall beneath the might of mechanized forces, desperate military leaders attempt to block the main source of energy for the robot city: the sun. The plan destroys the atmosphere and fills the sky with choking black smoke -- but does not stop the machines.
2099-- Machine forces overtake human armies and capture survivors and civilians for experimentation, determining that human bio-electricity can be harnessed to replace the sun's energy.
2100 -- Machines create the Matrix, a dreamlike world set in 1999, to extend the lives of the comatose human batteries.
2105 -- The first human known as The One, locked in bondage inside the Matrix, learns he can manipulate the world through thought and manages to break free. Seeks sanctuary in the underground human stronghold of Zion.
2105-2150 -- Zion resistance movement created, although The One later dies under unexplained circumstances.
2161 -- Morpheus born in a Matrix womb; freed in childhood.
2167 -- Trinity born in a Matrix womb; freed in early childhood.
2175 -- The Oracle prophesizes that Morpheus will discover the second coming of The One.
2199 -- Trinity and Morpheus discover Neo, a hacker in the Matrix. They free him and do battle with Agent Smith, a program designed to rid the Matrix of humans who detect its flaws.
2201 -- The Osiris, another human rebellion ship, discovers machines drilling through the Earth above Zion. Crew members send a message through the Matrix to their compatriots shortly before being destroyed.
2201 -- Now living in Zion and working with the rebellion against the machines, Neo encounters The Architect, the artificial intelligence program that created the Matrix.
2201 --The Architect reveals that the Matrix places rebellious humans in Zion, which it then targets for destruction, thus eradicating bugs in its system. He states that Zion has been destroyed five previous times -- suggesting the Matrix may be much older than he thinks.
The freenet idea is greath, but a quick search on SourceForge or Freshmeat shows only a handfull of projects; From those only two decent frontends (Phyton and Java exist) and both projects seems to be dead for at least two years...
Anyone has an idea what is the status of these projects? (i don't have much experience with these projects).
The last time i tried to use Opera on Linux it was beta, Javascript and Java support didn't worked at all (and by that time Mozilla was already doing good in that area).
As far as i know Opera is really fast, but Mozilla is fast enough for what i need and better than all i don't have to worry about installing a new browser on my box just to surf. XML support is good also (DOM and XUL proves that).
Other thing is the cool amount of plugins available for mozilla at mozdev.
I don't agree with that. Java, Flash and other client dinamic content tools are greath, but still browser usability lacks a lot to be desired.
Content rendering: Browsers are still forgiving about handling crappy HTML, not to mention than they are heavy as hell (Opera maybe is fast but i use Linux so Mozilla is my choice).
In an ideal world XHTML or even pure XML (with proper Stylesheets) will be the commonplace.
Secure browsing? yeah, every three weeks or so i have to install a patch for my Windows XP box because a new vulnerability in IE was found.
Interoperability: JavaScript is dead (unless you're masochist enough trying to be complatible with IE and Netscape), Java applets are slow as hell, Flash abilities are more limited than Java (thus is controled by a single vendor).
Spyware: Cookies are abused, ads are anoing (only mozilla seems to care enough to allow you to block them).
You mention PHP... what that has to do with the browser, thats a server side languaje not a client side languaje like Javascript or VBScript.
I think browsers like Mozilla, Safary and Opera do a cool job; Others like lynx let you do usefull job with little and some others like IE5 are just useless (i mean no competition == no inovation).
Browsers could do better than this and hopefully one day they will.
Don't forget your "Lord of The Rings" pillow for today pijama party, you little geek:D.
(Yes, PERL in uppercase instead of lowercase makes a LOT OF DIFFERENCE to the real world:)).
SCO only damaged its image with the Open Source community doing this (they're so desperate). I hope IBM win this case so other companies trying to rip Linux learn their lesson.
I was wondering how complicated is to get funding for an Open Source project from big companies like IBM, SuSe or even RedHat. I mean, probably you have to create a "business plan" kind of document to explain why someone should invest money on your project, but what important things should be included as a part of such proposal? (or this is just a matter of have a proper "networking").
Also, do you known if there is any company that dedicates itself to help Open Source projects, besides de FSF?
The game "Enter The Matrix" contains a lot of information about the third movie. (by the way, I just finished playing as Ghost and now playing as Naomi i found than the gameplay has different missions and strategies!. Really good indeed.).
There are a lot of analogies in this movie, i think that creates a lot of speculation and thus makes it more interesting.
I guess when the Animatrix comes out, then more information will be made available (not all episodes are available on the site).
The graphic engine kind of sucks..., you definitely will find (for example) than Mortal Kombat Deadly Aliance has better 3D graphics on the XBOX.
On the other hand the game is easy to master, the difficulty level is well balanced, the cinematics complement the movie very well and it shows some details about what is going to happen on the third movie. Some missions were a little bit boring (like when you play against the agent Smith) but still the game kept me several hours playing.
Also is very cool to play against the agents on "bullet time":).
You should follow your instincts and never trust these crappy game magazines that sometines bash good games and praise crappy games instead.
In short: if you like the movie then buy the game.
>One of the main criticisms of the first Matrix >was the lack of character development. Well, I >won't lie to you... there's not a whole lot of >character development in this one either. There >was more, but not for any of the main characters >really. A little more insight into Morpheus's >life, a new take on the Oracle, the introduction >of some new characters, and the whole thing going >on with Agent Smith. But there are still a lot of >gaps in the characters, but Reloaded does make >you >feel like you're starting to understand >things >better, and that the next movie will be >very enlightening.
I don't agree with this. I saw the movie last nigth and i have to say than the plot is more rich and the characters show a lot more in the film; Neo has obvious problems by being threated like a good (because he's the one) and also Trinity has to cope with it; The new role of the agent Smith is a coold adition to the movie.
>The movie also flowed well. I didn't ever feel >like a scene was put in "just because", except >once. I personally felt that the love scene >between Neo and Trinity was a little overboard, >and that a lot more could have been said with a >much more subtle approach. Intermixed with this, >were shots of the people of Zion having a wild >dance party/orgy. Ok, so the orgy was implied with >the whole sexual nature of the dance scene. I >couldn't help but relate it to Herbert's Fremen >spice orgy in Dune, except without the spice. It >struck me as the same type of situation.
Againg wrong here. I liked the scene not because was very sexual (it is) but because i think it tried to show that how humans feels about their inminent battle for survival (and what best way to say than you're alive than that one). Also this movie is more "adult" because of the languaje and how they show the characters (human beings that have families, fuck, sweat, die wich is really good because you have to admit than the first one is very vanilla in that matter).
Maybe it's time for you to stop renting the Lion King and rent Show Girls:).
This link is wortless. I'm a Sysadmin that use Java for SA stuff (just look for OpenNMS at http://www.opennms.org) and you will see than even with its problems Java is a good adition on your bag of tools.
The best part of the article is the one that claims than OO is useless!:).
JV.
I really like the idea of the Safary books; Actually i'm a big fan of their books (my bookshelf is full with their titles) but i have to say than the service should improved:
- When i registered i got problems with my password. I managed to register, paid with my credit card but the system didn't recognized my password. I emailed their tech support and the problem was fixed in a day. - The service is a little bit expensive. I can always go to Barnes & Nobles and check the book, and if i like it i'll buy it (i do that for books i really like). On the other hand if you're into using 10 books just to throw them away after some time then this is for you. - Their policy for changing books is a little bit restrictive (how much time you have to wait to change a book title on your digital bookshelf). Some times you just want to check the book contents (on similar books). Maybe if they offer a comparison review for each title that would help to make better purchases. - Last time i used their HTML was not working on Mozilla. I use Linux, not Windows at my work and their site should be browser neutral or at least should work with other browsers.
Rigth now i'm not using the service; Probably if they fix the problem then i will start using their service again.
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Hi,
I'm sorry if I wasn't clear enough. But I believe than the machines cannot be trusted and there was a fierce oposition to check them before the elections.
Particulary the last post shows the other side of the coin, what the system should have been, but without a third party check then the whole security of the system is just a plain speculation (everything looks nice in paper right?).
Hope this helps.
Venezuela was the victim of one of the bigges frauds in its history, thanks to the electronic voting machines provided by a company called 'Smartmatic'.
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Americans (and the rest of the world) should learn about what just happened in Venezuela; The real chances to prove than there was a fraud are minimal.
Here are some articles you can red to get more informed about the problem:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/84715
http://news.phaseiii.org/article3109.html
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http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0
http://gnosis.python-hosting.com/
Hopefully things like this will never happen in the US.
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:)).
This is welcomed news, but the people at Jabber (http://www.jabber.com) did something like this first. Using a Jabber client you can talk to the three other networks by using an special plugin installed on the server (http://www.jabber.org/user/userguide/).
Also Jabber is a very extensible platform that can be used almost for anything (like System monitoring, for example):
http://www.jabber.org/about/overview.php?PHPSES
Also as the original poster mentions, Gaim already does this without problems (even when Yahoo decides to change their protocol, which is almost every 6 months
Regards,
Greetings,
Not so sure about how useful is to known assembler these days; A good design and a good compiler should be able to get the job done. And if performance is super critical chances are that you can buy a faster equipment to replace the old one instead of dealing with hard to maintain code.
I haven't read the book (and I'm not an expert with assembler, only the basics) so it could be interesting to know on which cases assembler is definitely the best option (like systems with small memory footprint for example).
Regards,
JV.
I like the idea behind this project, but there are a couple of problems here:
1) They don't provide an easy way fo downloading the database. You have to accept their license to download it before getting the real thing. ICAT and CVE Mitre don't put such restrictions to use their databases.
2) The database schema is made for PostgreSQL: This is cool and all, but I don't wanna be tied or tie my tool with a particular database; What if I want to use MySQL or Sybase or Oracle or MSSQLServer?. They should allow you to download the data in a compressed format as XML or CVS and then you can tweak it in order to load it into your application. This is something I don't like about ICAT (they distribute their database in Access format). Mitre CVE on the other hand allows me to download the database in CSV format and (don't remember the organization) has made the CVE dictionary already in XML format.
3) Why they don't use the CVE numbers? Just what we need, another propietary numbering schema (just check how each vendor called their vulnerabilities). The whole Idea of Mitre CVE was to end that nigthmare. If you want to include a vulnerability, then why you don't propose it as a Mitre CAN, use it, and then if accepted it will become a proper CVE entry. Is the process too slow?
Hopefully they will fix this soon.
You can buy a MUCH powerfull server from EMachines or Dell, Load it with Debian, Mandrake or Fedora and have all the services (and more) for free.
Need a web server: Apache
Need mail: Sendmail or Postfix
Need firewall: Netfilter with FWBuilder
Need a proxy: Squid
Need Windows fileserver: SAMBA
Need Unix fileserver: NFS (with NIS)
Need backup: Amanda
Need an IDS: Snort
The lisk can keep going....
Sorry, but the price is too high for whay they offer. Even on E-Bay you can find more powerfull servers for less.
JV.
Not only that. I Remember than I started learnign about Unix, first with SunOS (yeah, I'm that old :)), later with Slackware and finally tried RedHat (I remember i stuck with RedHat that time because of RPM and the ability to perform upgrades).
Students are an important part of any OS use base. A high price will likely move them to other OS or distributions.
Hi,
:)
I got several questions related with the new RedHat Enterprise edition:
1) How will be the desktop support on the WS edition?. Do you plan to drop support for video cards, audio, DVD. What about support for GNOME or KDE on the desktop (I develop applications on the desktop so for me this is an important question).
2) I know that RedHat will not offer any kind of support for Fedora, but if a security bug is found then how do you plan to address it on that distribution? Will the package be removed if the maintainer doesn't provide a patch or does RedHat plans to contribute with security fixes as well?
3) Does RedHat support a reseller option? I have a product that runs on RedHat as the main platform, and i would like to bundle it with the distro. The product needs to run on multiple boxes (a cluster) so licensing cost becomes an important issue here. There is a way to get a discount based on the volume of sold licenses?
4) What is all the fuzz about RedHat not supporting the desktop (better go to Windows!). Today i read an article saying than IBM, the OSDN and RedHat will support the desktop. I'm confused here
5) Will Fedora support upgrades between versions? (I installed Fedora and managed to upgrade my RedHat 9 version).
I downloaded the Fedora ISOs two days ago; I though "well, my company is evaluating buying RedHat ES for their servers and maybe I can still use Fedora on my personal computer or my laptop, so I can see what is comming" so I gave it a shot.
;)
Here is what I found:
First the good things:
- The installer is much better and gives you the option to upgrade from RedHat 9 to fedora.
- The Video configuration is much more responsive. It got some problems with my NVidia drivers, but it managed to start again without much effort (though the acelerated drivers were deactivaded).
- The OS is much responsive. The Java apps ran faster and i was able to run more things at the same time using the same equipment (Its an old 800Mhz 512MB of ram Dell desktop machine).
Now the bad things:
- I had to reinstall the OS without upgrading; Upgrading broke my printer support (though it got fixed after the reinstall). Also my old GNOME desktop configuration broke. If you can, install from scratch (I have my home directory on a different partition so it wasn't that bad).
- GCVS doesn't work with Fedora. There is a nasty compilation error that prevents it from compile.
- Mozilla is pretty unstable. It crashed today at least four times.
- Firewall builder has some compilation problems.
Luckily I'm the type of user that doesn't need the RedHat support for trivial problems, so their support is not appealing to me (I can survive buyin the WS edition for $179). But now with RedHat saying that they will not support RedHat on the desktop (use Microsoft Windows they say) makes me wonder how good will be WS for application development without an appropiate desktop support (how good or bad the GUI support like GNOME or KDE will be there?).
I'm used to browse the web, chat and read email from Linux; At my work I don't use Windows at all (got OpenOffice, evolution, Jedit and Vi to do all the stuff I require). It is sad to install a Windows license to later log on your Linux server to do development or to administer it.
Don't get me wrong here; I've been a supporter of RedHat in the past (bought their CDs, become a RedHat Certified Engineer), but what incentive I have to report bugs / contribute code / support a 'beta' distribution like Fedora if I'm not going to receive security updates (they state that kind of support is not guaranteed and if the broken app doesn't get a patch then it is removed from the distro).
RedHat needs to come with more information about WS on the desktop, a better support structure for Fedora (security patches, quality control) or their user base will probably move to another distro (why support two flavors of Linux, lets say RedHat and Suse / Debian when they offer support for the desktop and the server).
I wish Mac OS X boxes were cheaper, probably that's an option to consider
Saddly this book is focused on a product that has only 5 months of life.
I expect to see books focusing on the Enterprise version soon tough. Hopefully they will talk about the advanced features of the ES family of RedHat and not on the stuff you can find for free on the Linux Documentation project, for example.
It is not completely true that Neo 'dies' on the last movie (the Oracle at the end mentions something about Neo returning).
The idea seems to be really cool. If the effects and the technology are half of decent like "Enter the Matrix", then this game will give a lot of people (including me) a compeling reason to play a Online game. Hopefully they will take care of the story line and the quests too.
Just my two cents.
I found the following cronology of the Matrix, interesting indeed:
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/146831_mat
WHEN IS THE MATRIX?
What is the Matrix? That's an old question. The real head-scratcher is:
Using background culled from the three movies and Animatrix shorts, The Associated Press compiled an estimated timeline of the war between men and machines:
2010-60 -- Humans create humanoid drone robots with artificial intelligence to fill jobs as construction laborers and servants.
2069 -- The hovercraft transport ship Nebuchadnezzar, later to be captained by Morpheus, is constructed in the United States.
2075 -- AI programs evolve and some robots began to resent their human overlords.
2077 -- In the first case of a machine rising up against its owners, the butler robot B166ER slaughters two humans, leading to B166ERs eradication and a backlash against robots and artificial intelligence.
2080-85 -- Rioting and violence against machines prompts robots to flee major cities and establish their own community -- known as Zero One -- in a remote part of the Middle East.
2085-2095-- Zero One thrives, creating superior vehicles, computers and weaponry and decimating the economies of many human nations, which now lack the machine-based labor that made them strong.
2096-- United Nations officials refuse to accept the robot civilization of Zero One as a sovereign nation. A trade blockade of robot goods leads to war.
2097 -- Zero One survives a nuclear attack -- its inhabitants are impervious to the heat and radiation and casualties are quickly replaced. Counterstrikes launched against humans.
2098 -- As cities fall beneath the might of mechanized forces, desperate military leaders attempt to block the main source of energy for the robot city: the sun. The plan destroys the atmosphere and fills the sky with choking black smoke -- but does not stop the machines.
2099-- Machine forces overtake human armies and capture survivors and civilians for experimentation, determining that human bio-electricity can be harnessed to replace the sun's energy.
2100 -- Machines create the Matrix, a dreamlike world set in 1999, to extend the lives of the comatose human batteries.
2105 -- The first human known as The One, locked in bondage inside the Matrix, learns he can manipulate the world through thought and manages to break free. Seeks sanctuary in the underground human stronghold of Zion.
2105-2150 -- Zion resistance movement created, although The One later dies under unexplained circumstances.
2161 -- Morpheus born in a Matrix womb; freed in childhood.
2167 -- Trinity born in a Matrix womb; freed in early childhood.
2175 -- The Oracle prophesizes that Morpheus will discover the second coming of The One.
2199 -- Trinity and Morpheus discover Neo, a hacker in the Matrix. They free him and do battle with Agent Smith, a program designed to rid the Matrix of humans who detect its flaws.
2201 -- The Osiris, another human rebellion ship, discovers machines drilling through the Earth above Zion. Crew members send a message through the Matrix to their compatriots shortly before being destroyed.
2201 -- Now living in Zion and working with the rebellion against the machines, Neo encounters The Architect, the artificial intelligence program that created the Matrix.
2201 --The Architect reveals that the Matrix places rebellious humans in Zion, which it then targets for destruction, thus eradicating bugs in its system. He states that Zion has been destroyed five previous times -- suggesting the Matrix may be much older than he thinks.
The freenet idea is greath, but a quick search on SourceForge or Freshmeat shows only a handfull of projects; From those only two decent frontends (Phyton and Java exist) and both projects seems to be dead for at least two years...
Anyone has an idea what is the status of these projects? (i don't have much experience with these projects).
Thanks in advance,
JV.
The last time i tried to use Opera on Linux it was beta, Javascript and Java support didn't worked at all (and by that time Mozilla was already doing good in that area). As far as i know Opera is really fast, but Mozilla is fast enough for what i need and better than all i don't have to worry about installing a new browser on my box just to surf. XML support is good also (DOM and XUL proves that). Other thing is the cool amount of plugins available for mozilla at mozdev.
I don't agree with that. Java, Flash and other client dinamic content tools are greath, but still browser usability lacks a lot to be desired.
Content rendering: Browsers are still forgiving about handling crappy HTML, not to mention than they are heavy as hell (Opera maybe is fast but i use Linux so Mozilla is my choice).
In an ideal world XHTML or even pure XML (with proper Stylesheets) will be the commonplace.
Secure browsing? yeah, every three weeks or so i have to install a patch for my Windows XP box because a new vulnerability in IE was found.
Interoperability: JavaScript is dead (unless you're masochist enough trying to be complatible with IE and Netscape), Java applets are slow as hell, Flash abilities are more limited than Java (thus is controled by a single vendor).
Spyware: Cookies are abused, ads are anoing (only mozilla seems to care enough to allow you to block them).
You mention PHP... what that has to do with the browser, thats a server side languaje not a client side languaje like Javascript or VBScript.
I think browsers like Mozilla, Safary and Opera do a cool job; Others like lynx let you do usefull job with little and some others like IE5 are just useless (i mean no competition == no inovation).
Browsers could do better than this and hopefully one day they will.
My two cents.
JV.
Looks like the rule changed, read this: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/ 20030626/wr_nm/microsoft_appeal_dc_23
Don't forget your "Lord of The Rings" pillow for today pijama party, you little geek :D.
(Yes, PERL in uppercase instead of lowercase makes a LOT OF DIFFERENCE to the real world :)).
SCO only damaged its image with the Open Source community doing this (they're so desperate). I hope IBM win this case so other companies trying to rip Linux learn their lesson.
:).
Linux is here to stay
I was wondering how complicated is to get funding for an Open Source project from big companies like IBM, SuSe or even RedHat. I mean, probably you have to create a "business plan" kind of document to explain why someone should invest money on your project, but what important things should be included as a part of such proposal? (or this is just a matter of have a proper "networking").
:)
Also, do you known if there is any company that dedicates itself to help Open Source projects, besides de FSF?
Thanks in advance
The game "Enter The Matrix" contains a lot of information about the third movie. (by the way, I just finished playing as Ghost and now playing as Naomi i found than the gameplay has different missions and strategies!. Really good indeed.).
There are a lot of analogies in this movie, i think that creates a lot of speculation and thus makes it more interesting.
I guess when the Animatrix comes out, then more information will be made available (not all episodes are available on the site).
The graphic engine kind of sucks..., you definitely will find (for example) than Mortal Kombat Deadly Aliance has better 3D graphics on the XBOX.
:).
On the other hand the game is easy to master, the difficulty level is well balanced, the cinematics complement the movie very well and it shows some details about what is going to happen on the third movie. Some missions were a little bit boring (like when you play against the agent Smith) but still the game kept me several hours playing.
Also is very cool to play against the agents on "bullet time"
You should follow your instincts and never trust these crappy game magazines that sometines bash good games and praise crappy games instead.
In short: if you like the movie then buy the game.
Just my two cents.
JV.
>One of the main criticisms of the first Matrix >was the lack of character development. Well, I >won't lie to you... there's not a whole lot of >character development in this one either. There >was more, but not for any of the main characters >really. A little more insight into Morpheus's >life, a new take on the Oracle, the introduction >of some new characters, and the whole thing going >on with Agent Smith. But there are still a lot of >gaps in the characters, but Reloaded does make >you >feel like you're starting to understand >things >better, and that the next movie will be >very enlightening.
:).
I don't agree with this. I saw the movie last nigth and i have to say than the plot is more rich and the characters show a lot more in the film; Neo has obvious problems by being threated like a good (because he's the one) and also Trinity has to cope with it; The new role of the agent Smith is a coold adition to the movie.
>The movie also flowed well. I didn't ever feel >like a scene was put in "just because", except >once. I personally felt that the love scene >between Neo and Trinity was a little overboard, >and that a lot more could have been said with a >much more subtle approach. Intermixed with this, >were shots of the people of Zion having a wild >dance party/orgy. Ok, so the orgy was implied with >the whole sexual nature of the dance scene. I >couldn't help but relate it to Herbert's Fremen >spice orgy in Dune, except without the spice. It >struck me as the same type of situation.
Againg wrong here. I liked the scene not because was very sexual (it is) but because i think it tried to show that how humans feels about their inminent battle for survival (and what best way to say than you're alive than that one). Also this movie is more "adult" because of the languaje and how they show the characters (human beings that have families, fuck, sweat, die wich is really good because you have to admit than the first one is very vanilla in that matter).
Maybe it's time for you to stop renting the Lion King and rent Show Girls
This link is wortless. I'm a Sysadmin that use Java for SA stuff (just look for OpenNMS at http://www.opennms.org) and you will see than even with its problems Java is a good adition on your bag of tools. The best part of the article is the one that claims than OO is useless! :).
JV.
Greetings,
I really like the idea of the Safary books; Actually i'm a big fan of their books (my bookshelf is full with their titles) but i have to say than the service should improved:
- When i registered i got problems with my password. I managed to register, paid with my credit card but the system didn't recognized my password. I emailed their tech support and the problem was fixed in a day.
- The service is a little bit expensive. I can always go to Barnes & Nobles and check the book, and if i like it i'll buy it (i do that for books i really like). On the other hand if you're into using 10 books just to throw them away after some time then this is for you.
- Their policy for changing books is a little bit restrictive (how much time you have to wait to change a book title on your digital bookshelf). Some times you just want to check the book contents (on similar books). Maybe if they offer a comparison review for each title that would help to make better purchases.
- Last time i used their HTML was not working on Mozilla. I use Linux, not Windows at my work and their site should be browser neutral or at least should work with other browsers.
Rigth now i'm not using the service; Probably if they fix the problem then i will start using their service again.
JV.