"It also talks about some of the most common linux features (ability to write to FAT partitions) that are disabled and you have to compile from source to change it."
FUD.
Where does it say you have to recompile anything to write to FAT? Anywhere near the bit that says "TIP: You can change this rather easy in the MCC in the partition management module. You go into expert mode (watch it!) and select umask=0."?
Maybe because students aren't the same as offering services to the general public. I wonder if the same situation applies to any large companies with large private networks connected to major internet backbones. Are there any that (almost) do without a seperate ISP?
To take CPU bottlenecking out of the equation. Comparisons of CPUs with the best graphics card likewise attempt to take GPU bottlenecking out of the equation.
A democratic government getting involved in open standards, in so much as using them, allows that government to be free of vendor lock-in for itself and its citizens viewing and using its own documents.
As for privacy concerns, surely you would be more worried about a government that sticks with proprietry or secret standards and formats for its documents than one, that considers a well designed and documented standard with no apparent DRM involved?
As for causing death and destruction, there is as much relationship between an open document format and such things as there is with all government's continuing usage of dihydrogen monoxide.;)
Defects in the manufacturing mean some components can't work at top spec, so they slow them, disable dud memory, etc. and make a cheaper product out of them to recoup the losses.
If you'd read the summary properly you'd see that's relating to the second link, not the first.
I'm not saying all 'old' articles are bad, just that in the fast-paced world of OSS a few years may be enough time for the successes of key projects (Firefox?) and companies(Google?) to infuence how such developers act and are motivated and inspired to accomplish goals.
Software firewalls useless? How about a software firewall running with admin/root credentials then? And wtf do u think is running on a seperate hardware firewall? Software, probably decent software like a secure OS.
Also anti-virus has nothing to do with firewalls, they are for different security threats.
Bad analogy. how about: if someone simply breaks into your house OmniCorp doesn't get harmed. However if the burgler uses something they gain from your house, ie a firearm/set of keys, then OmniCorp could lose something.
Right, but what of the new 'features' are gunna make you upgrade to this must have new version?
In a similar vein, I've always found Mandrake Linux to be a fine product for all my home needs. What I'm looking for from a OS is for it to be secure, easily compatable with my usual web/mail and office work, as well as programming. Linux has never let me down on that score.
Ok there's one reference, and after years of using Mandrake, and a lot of googling it's the only connection to the XBox other than one reference to a 2.6.11.3-xbox kernel which I've lost again now, but appears to be a simple option to compile in standard Linux support for the XBox boot process. So there's nothings confirming your cds will work as live/install cds straight away-not that they wont, or that this wouldnt be another great example of FOSS, but it just seems to have come from nowhere, when there's a lot of x86 and x64 being slung around.
You're not being a Devil's Advocate, you're just trolling. Normal users can usually download, compile and use apps, and delete that which is theirs, but that doesnt meant they have access to install or delete code or configurations available to every user on the system.
Ok, OS biometric software = better than closed source, with reasons being obvious to your possibly paranoid self.
"humans, being so error prone, can never come up with a fool proof system" Well there are these things called proofs, and they're used to prove things, such as how possible it is to break an encryption algorithm, or bypass some logical sequence of security.
Why are people going to suddenly start dying or automated systems start taking "'pre-emptive' action" because there's the choice of OSS for biometric identification?
One minute you're saying "And assuming ppl do get tech savvy, and put up monitors (the human kind) we come back to the same old question of who monitors the monitors??" and then next it's "Give me ppl any damn time.". Whether biometrics can be used alone or with human assistance for important identification is different from whether OS alternatives to the software are good, and seperate again from living in a society that has surrendered control to a corrupt government.
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"It also talks about some of the most common linux features (ability to write to FAT partitions) that are disabled and you have to compile from source to change it."
FUD.
Where does it say you have to recompile anything to write to FAT? Anywhere near the bit that says "TIP: You can change this rather easy in the MCC in the partition management module. You go into expert mode (watch it!) and select umask=0."?
Gotta admire the man a bit, he's right under Reese Witherspoon ;)
Maybe because students aren't the same as offering services to the general public.
I wonder if the same situation applies to any large companies with large private networks connected to major internet backbones. Are there any that (almost) do without a seperate ISP?
My Mandriva build of FireFox 1.0.6 (which has patches from 1.0.7) has Google, eBay, Amazon, Dictionary, Creative Commons and Yahoo search engines.
To take CPU bottlenecking out of the equation. Comparisons of CPUs with the best graphics card likewise attempt to take GPU bottlenecking out of the equation.
You fork it, or stick with having a branch of the project that doesn't have such cheap hacks, and then the two solutions compete.
Yes, you're paranoid, or plain illogical.
;)
A democratic government getting involved in open standards, in so much as using them, allows that government to be free of vendor lock-in for itself and its citizens viewing and using its own documents.
As for privacy concerns, surely you would be more worried about a government that sticks with proprietry or secret standards and formats for its documents than one, that considers a well designed and documented standard with no apparent DRM involved?
As for causing death and destruction, there is as much relationship between an open document format and such things as there is with all government's continuing usage of dihydrogen monoxide.
Er, last time I checked there is an option to disable Steam starting when you boot Windows, look in the Settings menu...
Defects in the manufacturing mean some components can't work at top spec, so they slow them, disable dud memory, etc. and make a cheaper product out of them to recoup the losses.
If you'd read the summary properly you'd see that's relating to the second link, not the first.
I'm not saying all 'old' articles are bad, just that in the fast-paced world of OSS a few years may be enough time for the successes of key projects (Firefox?) and companies(Google?) to infuence how such developers act and are motivated and inspired to accomplish goals.
From the article:
This entry was posted on Friday, November 21st, 2003 at 6:48 pm...
A little out of touch maybe?
I believe it was 1 in 8 pounds actually, though I have no reference. I think it was in a Sky News Active article a while back.
Software firewalls useless? How about a software firewall running with admin/root credentials then? And wtf do u think is running on a seperate hardware firewall? Software, probably decent software like a secure OS.
Also anti-virus has nothing to do with firewalls, they are for different security threats.
Bad analogy. how about: if someone simply breaks into your house OmniCorp doesn't get harmed. However if the burgler uses something they gain from your house, ie a firearm/set of keys, then OmniCorp could lose something.
Because the record labels are paying for the governments to join in by passing the stupid laws.
Cut them some slack, they just lost the Ashes ;-D
Right, but what of the new 'features' are gunna make you upgrade to this must have new version?
In a similar vein, I've always found Mandrake Linux to be a fine product for all my home needs. What I'm looking for from a OS is for it to be secure, easily compatable with my usual web/mail and office work, as well as programming. Linux has never let me down on that score.
I've used Ebuyer, and Dabs also have been very good for availability and price.
how about rebooting so you're running the installed system and kernel rather than that of the install cd in RAM?
Ok there's one reference, and after years of using Mandrake, and a lot of googling it's the only connection to the XBox other than one reference to a 2.6.11.3-xbox kernel which I've lost again now, but appears to be a simple option to compile in standard Linux support for the XBox boot process.
So there's nothings confirming your cds will work as live/install cds straight away-not that they wont, or that this wouldnt be another great example of FOSS, but it just seems to have come from nowhere, when there's a lot of x86 and x64 being slung around.
Edit: ...it's never mentioned here, the official feature list.
Why can't you editors read the submission? You just got trolled about the XBox support-it's never mentioned.
Mandrake sets up the root account, but the default MdkKDM gui login doesnt allow root login, only the other accounts you set up at install.
You're not being a Devil's Advocate, you're just trolling.
Normal users can usually download, compile and use apps, and delete that which is theirs, but that doesnt meant they have access to install or delete code or configurations available to every user on the system.
Ok, OS biometric software = better than closed source, with reasons being obvious to your possibly paranoid self.
"humans, being so error prone, can never come up with a fool proof system"
Well there are these things called proofs, and they're used to prove things, such as how possible it is to break an encryption algorithm, or bypass some logical sequence of security.
Why are people going to suddenly start dying or automated systems start taking "'pre-emptive' action" because there's the choice of OSS for biometric identification?
One minute you're saying "And assuming ppl do get tech savvy, and put up monitors (the human kind) we come back to the same old question of who monitors the monitors??" and then next it's "Give me ppl any damn time.".
Whether biometrics can be used alone or with human assistance for important identification is different from whether OS alternatives to the software are good, and seperate again from living in a society that has surrendered control to a corrupt government.