* internet connection sharing. we used to call that a router.
win98-style internet connection sharing is a simple matter under linux. I never could get it to work under windows.
my roommates' windows 2000 boxes are configured to login to my box, and bring the connection up or down automatically. my ppp connection is routed out my network card with a standard iptables routing chain. the whole system is controlled by a pair of shell scripts. one keeps track of who wants the connection, and when none are left, it brings it down.
right, I know, not everyone can write this kind of stuff right away, but all you have to to is seach on google.
* a single distribution...?
there isn't even a single distribution of windows. people will want different distributions for different things. there was windows 3.1, and then 95, 98, then ME, then back to 2000, back to the letters with XP, and now they're back to 2003. I don't think Joe Blow will have any trouble understanding the consistent versioning scheme used by houses like Red Hat... 7, 7.3, 8, 9... nothing nearly so obfuscated as 9x/ME/2k/XP -- an abbreviation we see everywhere.
* HD-swap installation
and I suppose it will simply do device detection for the powered-off machine across the room... well, either with telekinesis or a whole lot of manual driver selection. I don't understand the point of this one. the people who need this are system administrators and they already know how to make this work.
true -- there are hardly any devices left that aren't supported. but, there are still "MS only" houses such as Silicon Integrated Systems, who are very mysterious and secretive about their VGA drivers -- they release drivers for their AGP chipsets, but won't even release specifications for the graphics chipsets.
yeah, so don't buy anything from SiS! lesson learned.
a common complaint is that there is not enough support for specific hardware devices under (gnu/)linux or other GPL OS's.
really I think this is just a function of another, larger phenomenon: with free software there is a great focus on the most common applications but not for niche applications. everyone uses a web browser, office programs, CD recording, audio extraction/encoding/playback, etc. the same is true for server systems: apache, perl, python et al, samba, SQL & friends all fill the voids in a free server system
but until recently, applications that only a few people would find useful have not been available. it's only been recently that linux has become a viable platform for audio production/editing. I think device drivers will follow soon.
it only takes one programmer to write the code and then it can be copied at a marginal cost approaching zero.
no need to worry about voiding warranties. just pick up a bottle of ronsonol or similar lighter fluid, and wipe it off clean. no one will ever know the difference!
well actually, I advocate monarchy, but a lot of people are closed-minded about it and reject it without consideration so I don't expect to win anyone over here. the climate has to be ripe, and someone will step in. keep in mind that a large, developed nation is a very different atmosphere from the small developing nation that tends to develop military dictators.
I think the reality is that fear of assasination will keep a monarch in line; it might work particularly well in a large country with a dense population. the king/queen is simply recognized as the ruler; there's no party animosity or voting scandals or congress for corporations to buy out.
I'm aware of the risks, but look what 'representative democracy' has accomplished -- by and large, a system where the elites are ruling anyway. viz DMCA.
There is a need in the US for a better voter turnout
personally I'm tired of the mostly-uneducated masses making political decisions. experts make (or review) all legal actions; experts design and administer computer systems; experts control high-level financial decisions. and even with our best and brightest running the game in these fields, there are problems sometimes.
the need is for a government to protect the rights of the citizen, period. giving the susceptible public control over the system is not a means to that end.
the student government at my college switched to computer voting a couple of years ago. every semester it's the same story; some terrible problem with the system means we have to do it all over again, usually twice.
I've written to the voting committee, written editorials, but no one cares. they claim that it's better than paper voting because machines don't make mistakes.
once I voted 12 times. but that was because they were relying on cookies. that was fixed in the revote. once they used checkboxes instead of radio buttons, and I voted for everyone. but that was fixed in the next one.
people are lazy, and even if it's got problems, they prefer clicking on some web form to actually going and voting in person. I say if you're too lazy to get up and vote, then you probably shouldn't be voting anyway.
but nobody cares, machines don't make mistakes... yeah? well, I've got a 20 page study of georgia voting technology that disagrees.
it's high time we had an election server h4x0red to make people think twice about it.
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problem solved!
I dunno, what do you think? you think it will make water run uphill?
nothing to download here folks, move along.
how is it possible to have a rubik's cube competition? is there a standardized initial state for the cube?
oh yes. they could call it MSUX.
oh well, time to start looking for a vt-52 I guess.
ok. so the answer is "fake file".
give it up, bittorrent has fundamental design flaws. this is *not* the content distribution system of the future.
are there any good side- or top-scrollers for linux? FPS are fine, but I'd much rather be playing duke nukem 2.
Mod parent up!! +5 Funny!
if you're doing professional typesetting with Microsoft Word... well... your typesetting days are numbered.
win98-style internet connection sharing is a simple matter under linux. I never could get it to work under windows.
my roommates' windows 2000 boxes are configured to login to my box, and bring the connection up or down automatically. my ppp connection is routed out my network card with a standard iptables routing chain. the whole system is controlled by a pair of shell scripts. one keeps track of who wants the connection, and when none are left, it brings it down.
right, I know, not everyone can write this kind of stuff right away, but all you have to to is seach on google.
* a single distribution...?
there isn't even a single distribution of windows. people will want different distributions for different things. there was windows 3.1, and then 95, 98, then ME, then back to 2000, back to the letters with XP, and now they're back to 2003. I don't think Joe Blow will have any trouble understanding the consistent versioning scheme used by houses like Red Hat ... 7, 7.3, 8, 9... nothing nearly so obfuscated as 9x/ME/2k/XP -- an abbreviation we see everywhere.
* HD-swap installation
and I suppose it will simply do device detection for the powered-off machine across the room... well, either with telekinesis or a whole lot of manual driver selection. I don't understand the point of this one. the people who need this are system administrators and they already know how to make this work.
yeah, so don't buy anything from SiS! lesson learned.
look at KNOPPIX/knoppix-cheatcodes.txt (or hit F2 when it boots). fluxbox, icewm, twm, and windowmaker come to mind.
besides he's asking about free software, not the knoppix distribution...
really I think this is just a function of another, larger phenomenon: with free software there is a great focus on the most common applications but not for niche applications. everyone uses a web browser, office programs, CD recording, audio extraction/encoding/playback, etc. the same is true for server systems: apache, perl, python et al, samba, SQL & friends all fill the voids in a free server system
but until recently, applications that only a few people would find useful have not been available. it's only been recently that linux has become a viable platform for audio production/editing. I think device drivers will follow soon.
it only takes one programmer to write the code and then it can be copied at a marginal cost approaching zero.
wow. the scott lewallen design is brilliant.
can't wait until I've got a job and can afford one!
/me sends push
no, it seems to contain only patches.
still confusing why they're supplying patches to a kernel source they argue we shouldn't have.
well, I'd certainly hope they ran BugScan on the binary before shipping v1.0!
no need to worry about voiding warranties. just pick up a bottle of ronsonol or similar lighter fluid, and wipe it off clean. no one will ever know the difference!
'tis true, but how well do you think the Kazaa developers would do suing the RIAA?
I think the reality is that fear of assasination will keep a monarch in line; it might work particularly well in a large country with a dense population. the king/queen is simply recognized as the ruler; there's no party animosity or voting scandals or congress for corporations to buy out.
I'm aware of the risks, but look what 'representative democracy' has accomplished -- by and large, a system where the elites are ruling anyway. viz DMCA.
the need is for a government to protect the rights of the citizen, period. giving the susceptible public control over the system is not a means to that end.
I hope for lower turnout.
I've written to the voting committee, written editorials, but no one cares. they claim that it's better than paper voting because machines don't make mistakes.
once I voted 12 times. but that was because they were relying on cookies. that was fixed in the revote. once they used checkboxes instead of radio buttons, and I voted for everyone. but that was fixed in the next one.
people are lazy, and even if it's got problems, they prefer clicking on some web form to actually going and voting in person. I say if you're too lazy to get up and vote, then you probably shouldn't be voting anyway.
but nobody cares, machines don't make mistakes... yeah? well, I've got a 20 page study of georgia voting technology that disagrees.
it's high time we had an election server h4x0red to make people think twice about it.
morse code isn't binary.
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