Actually, there aren't "two source trees here." There's one source tree here, openoffice. Then there's Sun's Staroffice tree, which isn't here, because it contains proprietary technology (the spell checker and other things) that Sun does not own.
But for all intents and purposes, openoffice and staroffice are one in the same:
"As promised, Sun Microsystems and CollabNet have worked together to build the infrastructure to put the StarOffice code into the open source arena on October 13th. The CVS repository is up and running, and the code is now available for checkout and download. A complete set of tech documentation is available, including a guide to the projects, whitepapers, a "build guide", and a porting guide. "
Wen Ho Lee - not a bad man by any means, but he admits he *did* illegally downlaod nuclear secrets for his personal use. Not an evil thing to do, but not a legal one, either.
Richard Jewel - absolutely wrongly accused. Saw a TV special on him during the Olympics. He's living a very happy life now as an Atlanta cop. No harm, no foul.
Unabomber - yup, he was hard to find.
World Trade Center - they definitely fucked up. They had prior knowledge it was going to happen; they could have prevented in. Still doesnt mean the FBI set the bomb.
Waco - 79 people who were loco killed themselves. Yummy, there's nothing like Koresh-kabobs.
1. If you send email or even complain verbally about your boss, well, you deserve to get fired. Just because you have a first amendment right to say whatever you want, doesnt make it prudent, politically wise, or good for your job. Think, 'toopid. Your right to express yourself at anytime doesn't mean you always have to express yourself. Focus on what your boss does right?
2. If you can follow a EZ form that most middle schoolers can read, and you actually paid your taxes, and you didnt embellish anything on the 10-40 that you knew was really false (its just a white lie...) anyway, what do you care if the IRS pays a visit? One of the fun things about following the law is that when things like that happen, you can slam it down their throats. There's nothing like getting pulled over for a traffic violation, arguing with the cop because he's an idiot, proving you're right, and then speeding away without a ticket. But I digress...
3. Your son doesnt make it into the army. Trust me, you don't want your son in the army anyway.
4. First off, its loses, not looses. So your brother loses his contract. See what happens when you run your big f*cking mouth. But thats the political game. Policitians either scratch each others backs, or stab each other there. Not a secret, not a surprise, not necessarily right, but thats the way it is.
5. So you ran your big mouth, your rectum got audited, and your brother is out some potential money. See what happens when you open your pie hole? But look at what else happened. The FBI caught that guy, just down the block from you, the one who would be molesting your daughter right now, only he's in jail, getting molested himself. And they caught those two teenagers, who go to that same high school where your son lost his scholarship. Theyre in juvy now, cuz they were planning to blow up the school.
Carnivore really sucks. That is, if you are not a good, honest, positive, can-do, hard-working person. Those bastards have it easy, because they have nothing to fear.
Millions of people communicating simultaneously is no doubt a great benefit of the 'net. The FBI have every right to spy on suspected drug dealers etc over the net. I could care less if they read my mail; I have nothing to hide. Let them slap Top Secret on it; Do I care if they know I downloaded porno over the net? Nope. Hell, I hope they like my selection and add it to their personal bookmarks. The reason I don't give a shit what the FBI does with my mail is that I don't do anything illegal. The FBI hunts criminals, and since I am not one, I have nothing to fear.
But I am afraid of you. The views you espouse in your post show that you are only a few steps shy of being involved in the next Waco, Ruby Ridge, or Columbine. I can only hope that when they do come and get you, for whatever it is you're doing that you don't want the FBI to see, that they don't hesitate and that they don't miss. The FBI exist to protect people like me from people like you. I like that.
BTW, the best and brightest minds are not working on the web - they're working for the military. On weapons. Isn't it great to know that our nations best minds are busy right now contemplating a more complete and clean means of mass and self destruction?
According to an article at Yahoo.com, it was recently revealed in an internal Microsoft document that the reason Bill Gates resigned his position as Microsfot CEO was that he wanted to spend more time posting so-called "FUD" comments on the popular internet site slashdot.org.
Netscape runs just fine. I'm much more a sadist than a machochist. Coinicidentally, this talk is purty kewl - its actually got screenshots of carnivore running.
USB provides isochronous, bulk, interrupt, and control transfers. Isochrony is necessary for things like USB microphones and speakers - they HAVE to have a constant deivery rate to ensure no signal distortion occurs.
Coincidentally, it turns out that USB chipsets ARE easier to implement - that seems to be the only advantage of USB over Firewire.
Good question. As far as getting a hub to make 1.x devices go faster, I don't see how that would be possible. The 1.x devices either aren't going to generate data fast enough (clock speed), or the actual cable/port itself won't physically allow for 2.x speeds (transmission line problem). However, isn't USB supposed to allow isosynchrony? It seems like there could be slow 1.x devices on a 2.x system, and 2.x devices could still be guaranteed 2.x-level speeds. Alas, I've no clue. Seems to me that USB's only advantage is the cables are cheaper. Firewire has smaller ports, and allows daisy-chaining sans hubs. Of course, a lot of implementation depends on the complexity of the chipset. Anyone have any info on this?
Dude, hold off on the Jolt cola, OK? Personal Beowulf? Just implement TCP/IP over firewire? I have neither the desire/need/time/skill to do either of these. I was merely pointing out that soon, both USB and firewire will exceed the capability of the PCI bus - which is, if you go to any electronics store, the bus most commonly used to implement firewire or USB add-ons.
480 Mbits for USB, or 60MBytes per second. Firewire is supposed to go to 3200Mb sometime in the not-so-far future. That's 400MBytes per second. A great idea, you think, for that personal Beowulf cluster you've got sitting around in your basement - just implement TCP/IP over firewire, and you're done. But wait! 32-bit PCI busses allow for only 132MB/sec (32 bits at 133Mhz) or 264MB/s (if you're lucky enough to get a 64-bit extension on that bus of yours).
The article states that stroke victims are at risk of thrombosis, yet these devices are made out of glass capillaries, which is thrombogenic. Furthermore, while the current electrode-electrical therapies can be painful, I want you all to consider the size of a 12-gauge needle: 3.7mm in diameter. I would kindly prefer the electrodes, thank you sir. Furthermore, think of the hacking possibilities here: who wants to hack into the DoD and post silly messages when you can make the old lady next door get jiggy with it at your control...it'd be like having your own programmable puppet. Lastly, the critic mentioned in the article is correct: long-term studies are needed. These lil things can become lodged in joints, escape into the bloodstream, etc. They might be carcinogenic. Who knows? Its time for a randomized trial.
That said, it IS a step in the right direction. Current science is 99% focused on the chemistry of neurology...theyre forgetting the electrical aspects of it. Not until doctors looked at the heart as an electrical organ did they really do anything that can be described as "cardiology," and the brain is every bit as electrical as the heart.
Yay for you...just another example of how Linux can benefit essentially everyone. Not sure of the status out there, but out here in muggy Va, most of the rescue squads are volunteer, and I'm in the process of trying to convince them that not only is Linux better because of the cost (an important issue for volunteer squads), but also because of its reliability. I will be sure to include your article with the report that I submit to them.
I am amused and the notion of "collecting" anti-matter. When a positron (that's the electron's anti-matter counterpart) and an electron come in contact, they annhilate one another, producing two 511 KeV photons. So my question is, how do you "collect" antimatter, in our universe, without antimatter and matter annhilating each other before you get a chance to study it?
fingerprints??? Wouldnt that destroy the ability of the atomic tip to read the CD electrostatically? I know what you're thinking--just put it in a case that the drive can open to read it---but then its still susceptible to dust and foreign particles in the air, which are HUGE in scale compared to the data on the disc. So, the only application I see for these devices is in sealed hard drives:-(
Microsoft is responsible for everything in quotations that I see being read as question marks. Standards are always a good, portable thing, so long as M$ does not create the standard. Of course, once the standard is created, M$ will either embed it in their OS and then change it slightly so as not to be compatible with anything else, or they will buy the standard and then sell it off as their own. Either way, I love the tik tcl/tk windowing script available for us Linux/FreeBSD users who talk to people on IM.
Of course, if M$ wins this, I'm sure things like tik will no longer be offered...
Who cares how Linux compares to NT? If I wanted NT, I would run it...I do sometimes, through VMWare. I use Linux because it's free, because it's open source, and because it's a good way for me to learn UNIX and programming in general. Linux is NOT going to be a Windows clone, nor is it going to achieve "world domination." I use Linux because I like hacking at it; I think it's great that Office suites and the like are beginning to be supported by it, but it's not a concern. If I wanted to use the best network server available, I'd use (and I do) FreeBSD...which Slashdot recently switched to, I believe (and which runs Yahoo!, M$'s own Hotmail, and pretty much every serious hardcore site you can think of). Linux IS NOT a windows killer; it is simply another (albeit WONDERFUL) alternative. If you think--and I hate Windoze bugginess too--that Linux is going to replace or defeat windows, you're F***ing nuts. Linux is a good, free way to learn UNIX and pragramming languages; now, with the support from HP etc, it is a syustem that people can actually get (Office-suite style) work done on. Nothing more. Am I concerned that NT beat it? NO. NT is generally crap--I run NT through VMWare for no other reason than it provides a convenient interface to/dev/lp0 for my school projects. If M$ came out with Office for linux, it'd be gone...but then they'd hopefully release Quicktime and MS media player for linux too:-)
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Actually, there aren't "two source trees here." There's one source tree here, openoffice. Then there's Sun's Staroffice tree, which isn't here, because it contains proprietary technology (the spell checker and other things) that Sun does not own.
But for all intents and purposes, openoffice and staroffice are one in the same:
"As promised, Sun Microsystems and CollabNet have worked together to build the infrastructure to put the StarOffice code into the open source arena on October 13th. The CVS repository is up and running, and the code is now available for checkout and download. A complete set of tech documentation is available, including a guide to the projects, whitepapers, a "build guide", and a porting guide. "
Here you go, little gurl:
I'm a little gurl
Actually, according to the moderators, he is funny.
You admit you smoke pot. Last I checked, pot use is illegal in the US. YOU ARE AN ADMITTED DRUG USER. Yes, you should be afraid of the FBI.
Wen Ho Lee - not a bad man by any means, but he admits he *did* illegally downlaod nuclear secrets for his personal use. Not an evil thing to do, but not a legal one, either.
Richard Jewel - absolutely wrongly accused. Saw a TV special on him during the Olympics. He's living a very happy life now as an Atlanta cop. No harm, no foul.
Unabomber - yup, he was hard to find.
World Trade Center - they definitely fucked up. They had prior knowledge it was going to happen; they could have prevented in. Still doesnt mean the FBI set the bomb.
Waco - 79 people who were loco killed themselves. Yummy, there's nothing like Koresh-kabobs.
1. If you send email or even complain verbally about your boss, well, you deserve to get fired. Just because you have a first amendment right to say whatever you want, doesnt make it prudent, politically wise, or good for your job. Think, 'toopid. Your right to express yourself at anytime doesn't mean you always have to express yourself. Focus on what your boss does right?
2. If you can follow a EZ form that most middle schoolers can read, and you actually paid your taxes, and you didnt embellish anything on the 10-40 that you knew was really false (its just a white lie...) anyway, what do you care if the IRS pays a visit? One of the fun things about following the law is that when things like that happen, you can slam it down their throats. There's nothing like getting pulled over for a traffic violation, arguing with the cop because he's an idiot, proving you're right, and then speeding away without a ticket. But I digress...
3. Your son doesnt make it into the army. Trust me, you don't want your son in the army anyway.
4. First off, its loses, not looses. So your brother loses his contract. See what happens when you run your big f*cking mouth. But thats the political game. Policitians either scratch each others backs, or stab each other there. Not a secret, not a surprise, not necessarily right, but thats the way it is.
5. So you ran your big mouth, your rectum got audited, and your brother is out some potential money. See what happens when you open your pie hole? But look at what else happened. The FBI caught that guy, just down the block from you, the one who would be molesting your daughter right now, only he's in jail, getting molested himself. And they caught those two teenagers, who go to that same high school where your son lost his scholarship. Theyre in juvy now, cuz they were planning to blow up the school.
Carnivore really sucks. That is, if you are not a good, honest, positive, can-do, hard-working person. Those bastards have it easy, because they have nothing to fear.
Millions of people communicating simultaneously is no doubt a great benefit of the 'net. The FBI have every right to spy on suspected drug dealers etc over the net. I could care less if they read my mail; I have nothing to hide. Let them slap Top Secret on it; Do I care if they know I downloaded porno over the net? Nope. Hell, I hope they like my selection and add it to their personal bookmarks. The reason I don't give a shit what the FBI does with my mail is that I don't do anything illegal. The FBI hunts criminals, and since I am not one, I have nothing to fear.
But I am afraid of you. The views you espouse in your post show that you are only a few steps shy of being involved in the next Waco, Ruby Ridge, or Columbine. I can only hope that when they do come and get you, for whatever it is you're doing that you don't want the FBI to see, that they don't hesitate and that they don't miss. The FBI exist to protect people like me from people like you. I like that.
BTW, the best and brightest minds are not working on the web - they're working for the military. On weapons. Isn't it great to know that our nations best minds are busy right now contemplating a more complete and clean means of mass and self destruction?
checkhere.
Netscape runs just fine. I'm much more a sadist than a machochist. Coinicidentally, this talk is purty kewl - its actually got screenshots of carnivore running.
the people *on* whom it will piss?
an Apex. It allows you to turn the region feature on and off. So if this is true, alls I have to do is turn the region thingy back on.
:)
And thanks Slashdot, since this is the place where I heard about the apex
the same Trinity from the Matrix? You know, the one who haxx0red the IRS code?
Your day can only be going so well, when you're quoting Keanu Reeves.
USB provides isochronous, bulk, interrupt, and control transfers. Isochrony is necessary for things like USB microphones and speakers - they HAVE to have a constant deivery rate to ensure no signal distortion occurs.
Coincidentally, it turns out that USB chipsets ARE easier to implement - that seems to be the only advantage of USB over Firewire.
Sorry, dude, but X has already been created, and Z is a shell. Y, however, appears to be available ;)
Good question. As far as getting a hub to make 1.x devices go faster, I don't see how that would be possible. The 1.x devices either aren't going to generate data fast enough (clock speed), or the actual cable/port itself won't physically allow for 2.x speeds (transmission line problem). However, isn't USB supposed to allow isosynchrony? It seems like there could be slow 1.x devices on a 2.x system, and 2.x devices could still be guaranteed 2.x-level speeds. Alas, I've no clue. Seems to me that USB's only advantage is the cables are cheaper. Firewire has smaller ports, and allows daisy-chaining sans hubs. Of course, a lot of implementation depends on the complexity of the chipset. Anyone have any info on this?
Dude, hold off on the Jolt cola, OK? Personal Beowulf? Just implement TCP/IP over firewire? I have neither the desire/need/time/skill to do either of these. I was merely pointing out that soon, both USB and firewire will exceed the capability of the PCI bus - which is, if you go to any electronics store, the bus most commonly used to implement firewire or USB add-ons.
480 Mbits for USB, or 60MBytes per second. Firewire is supposed to go to 3200Mb sometime in the not-so-far future. That's 400MBytes per second. A great idea, you think, for that personal Beowulf cluster you've got sitting around in your basement - just implement TCP/IP over firewire, and you're done. But wait! 32-bit PCI busses allow for only 132MB/sec (32 bits at 133Mhz) or 264MB/s (if you're lucky enough to get a 64-bit extension on that bus of yours).
Time for a new architecture, I think.
to break the embryos of five-assed monkeys. That will be the obvious next step in all of this, two monkeys sharing ten asses...
The article states that stroke victims are at risk of thrombosis, yet these devices are made out of glass capillaries, which is thrombogenic. Furthermore, while the current electrode-electrical therapies can be painful, I want you all to consider the size of a 12-gauge needle: 3.7mm in diameter. I would kindly prefer the electrodes, thank you sir. Furthermore, think of the hacking possibilities here: who wants to hack into the DoD and post silly messages when you can make the old lady next door get jiggy with it at your control...it'd be like having your own programmable puppet. Lastly, the critic mentioned in the article is correct: long-term studies are needed. These lil things can become lodged in joints, escape into the bloodstream, etc. They might be carcinogenic. Who knows? Its time for a randomized trial.
That said, it IS a step in the right direction. Current science is 99% focused on the chemistry of neurology...theyre forgetting the electrical aspects of it. Not until doctors looked at the heart as an electrical organ did they really do anything that can be described as "cardiology," and the brain is every bit as electrical as the heart.
Yay for you...just another example of how Linux can benefit essentially everyone. Not sure of the status out there, but out here in muggy Va, most of the rescue squads are volunteer, and I'm in the process of trying to convince them that not only is Linux better because of the cost (an important issue for volunteer squads), but also because of its reliability. I will be sure to include your article with the report that I submit to them.
I am amused and the notion of "collecting" anti-matter. When a positron (that's the electron's anti-matter counterpart) and an electron come in contact, they annhilate one another, producing two 511 KeV photons. So my question is, how do you "collect" antimatter, in our universe, without antimatter and matter annhilating each other before you get a chance to study it?
I'd like to see Bill donate all of his cash to FSF/GNU. Then we'd have a kernel that ROCKED, and the stigma of M$ sucking would be gone...
fingerprints??? Wouldnt that destroy the ability of the atomic tip to read the CD electrostatically? I know what you're thinking--just put it in a case that the drive can open to read it---but then its still susceptible to dust and foreign particles in the air, which are HUGE in scale compared to the data on the disc. So, the only application I see for these devices is in sealed hard drives :-(
VFV
Time is honies
Microsoft is responsible for everything in quotations that I see being read as question marks. Standards are always a good, portable thing, so long as M$ does not create the standard. Of course, once the standard is created, M$ will either embed it in their OS and then change it slightly so as not to be compatible with anything else, or they will buy the standard and then sell it off as their own. Either way, I love the tik tcl/tk windowing script available for us Linux/FreeBSD users who talk to people on IM.
Of course, if M$ wins this, I'm sure things like tik will no longer be offered...
--VFV
Time is honies.
here
Who cares how Linux compares to NT? If I wanted NT, I would run it...I do sometimes, through VMWare. I use Linux because it's free, because it's open source, and because it's a good way for me to learn UNIX and programming in general. Linux is NOT going to be a Windows clone, nor is it going to achieve "world domination." I use Linux because I like hacking at it; I think it's great that Office suites and the like are beginning to be supported by it, but it's not a concern. If I wanted to use the best network server available, I'd use (and I do) FreeBSD...which Slashdot recently switched to, I believe (and which runs Yahoo!, M$'s own Hotmail, and pretty much every serious hardcore site you can think of). Linux IS NOT a windows killer; it is simply another (albeit WONDERFUL) alternative. If you think--and I hate Windoze bugginess too--that Linux is going to replace or defeat windows, you're F***ing nuts. Linux is a good, free way to learn UNIX and pragramming languages; now, with the support from HP etc, it is a syustem that people can actually get (Office-suite style) work done on. Nothing more. Am I concerned that NT beat it? NO. NT is generally crap--I run NT through VMWare for no other reason than it provides a convenient interface to /dev/lp0 for my school projects. If M$ came out with Office for linux, it'd be gone...but then they'd hopefully release Quicktime and MS media player for linux too :-)