Point 1 - I don't know how much room is on the DVD, so I can't speak to that. Slackware packages only take up 4 CD's though, the last two are source. A SlackBuild script for i386 and x86_64 could be provided with all the source still fitting on 2 CD's. You would probably then have to add 2 more CD's to hold the rest as I don't believe the rest of disks were full, I believe CD 5 or 6 is just KDE. The current filesystem layout that existed since Slackware 3's floppies might need to be revamped to make more efficient use of space though.
Point 2 - Slackware upgrades are braindead simple and are indeed supported. UPGRADE.TXT always details how. As upgradepkg is simply remove the old package and install the new one (while being intellegent with config files) I don't see why you couldn't simply remove the old i386 packages and replace them with x86_84 ones. In a perfect world anyway.
Point 3 - I have used Slackware for a bit and I know the release cycle. I can however still wonder.
No it wasn't. Slackware is the longest surviving distro, but at least two came before it, SLS and Yggdrasil. Slackware grew out of SLS if memory serves.
I wonder if it's too much to ask that the DVD have both i386 and x86_64 on them. I also wonder if they'll support upgrading from i386 to x86_64. I wonder when 13 will be released.
They also didn't have any ISA cards there. VLB existed for a short time between E/ISA and PCI. The article was about 3d accelerator/accelerated cards. By the time they came along, PCI was king of the hill. There may have been some VLB cards made after that in the same way that AGP held on, but PCI was where it was at and VLB cards would have just been the same chip set on another bus.
VESA cards were solidly 2d cards with 3d effects being software rendered.
The only answer is that they think the customers won't care, because the customers will not be disadvantaged by using non-genuine Windows.
And they're right. Without any consequences, everyone would just continue using their pirated Windows without paying MS a dime. Until MS gives Windows away, they are entitled to whatever they will charge for it if you want to use it. Until you pay, you are not entitled to use it at all.
OS X still uses a forked filesystem, its just that it can ALSO deal with extensions if that metadata is missing.
It made our mac users incapable of dealing with NFS because their apps don't write file extensions by default and the datafork was lost over NFS. Heaven forbid they do it themselves, but that was seen as far too much work and take far to much of their valuable time.
abusing its dominant position in chips by giving large rebates to computer makers,... and by offering chips for server computers at prices below actual cost
In what alternate dimension does the EU exist where the above are illegal? Because AMD isn't large enough to do the same they get to have the EU demand minimum prices on processors?
"The 1918 flu pandemic (commonly referred to as the Spanish flu) was an influenza pandemic that spread to nearly every part of the world. It was caused by an unusually virulent and deadly Influenza A virus strain of subtype H1N1"
"The Spanish flu, also known as La Gripe Española, or La Pesadilla, was an unusually severe and deadly strain of avian influenza, a viral infectious disease, that killed some 50 million to 100 million people worldwide over about a year in 1918 and 1919"
It has since mutated (several times) and there is a H1N1 variant in swine today. However, the Spanish Flu was an avian flu and that specific strain no longer exists in the wild.
We now return to your regularly scheduled unsubstantiated fear mongering.
Where are you that savings to facilities means a savings to IT? Individual departments have their own budgets and little managers guard their little fiefdoms as much as they can. A savings of power would show up under what ever department is in control of the power.
In short, in many companies IT would be doing a whole lot of work so the Facilities manager can get a raise. Hell, IT might even get reprimanded for creating busy work for itself instead of focusing on core deliverables or some other bullshit.
You're joking right? Connectors have been next to impossible to plug into the wrong port for a while, and the few that still are (audio) are colour coded.
No it's not trollish. Most people have never met the guy. When a loss occurs you react in a way in line with how they impacted you. For the majority of people here, that was by creating and maintaining Ad Block Plus. Yes it's sad for his family and friends, but the primary concern for the users is what happens to the project.
On top of that he asked on a tech site where someone might know, he didn't go up to the guys widow (or mother or whatever) and ask what's going to happen with the project.
Apparently, Mozilla can't help but add feature after feature after feature to anything they create. Might as well just merge SeaMonkey, Firefox, Thunderbird and Sunbird back into one big, bloated app again.
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Point 1 - I don't know how much room is on the DVD, so I can't speak to that. Slackware packages only take up 4 CD's though, the last two are source. A SlackBuild script for i386 and x86_64 could be provided with all the source still fitting on 2 CD's. You would probably then have to add 2 more CD's to hold the rest as I don't believe the rest of disks were full, I believe CD 5 or 6 is just KDE. The current filesystem layout that existed since Slackware 3's floppies might need to be revamped to make more efficient use of space though.
Point 2 - Slackware upgrades are braindead simple and are indeed supported. UPGRADE.TXT always details how. As upgradepkg is simply remove the old package and install the new one (while being intellegent with config files) I don't see why you couldn't simply remove the old i386 packages and replace them with x86_84 ones. In a perfect world anyway.
Point 3 - I have used Slackware for a bit and I know the release cycle. I can however still wonder.
No it wasn't. Slackware is the longest surviving distro, but at least two came before it, SLS and Yggdrasil. Slackware grew out of SLS if memory serves.
I wonder if it's too much to ask that the DVD have both i386 and x86_64 on them. I also wonder if they'll support upgrading from i386 to x86_64. I wonder when 13 will be released.
I wonder a lot of things really.
They also didn't have any ISA cards there. VLB existed for a short time between E/ISA and PCI. The article was about 3d accelerator/accelerated cards. By the time they came along, PCI was king of the hill. There may have been some VLB cards made after that in the same way that AGP held on, but PCI was where it was at and VLB cards would have just been the same chip set on another bus.
VESA cards were solidly 2d cards with 3d effects being software rendered.
There is already a RFC defining a protocol for this, no need to reinvent the wheel.
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And they're right. Without any consequences, everyone would just continue using their pirated Windows without paying MS a dime. Until MS gives Windows away, they are entitled to whatever they will charge for it if you want to use it. Until you pay, you are not entitled to use it at all.
OS X still uses a forked filesystem, its just that it can ALSO deal with extensions if that metadata is missing.
It made our mac users incapable of dealing with NFS because their apps don't write file extensions by default and the datafork was lost over NFS. Heaven forbid they do it themselves, but that was seen as far too much work and take far to much of their valuable time.
God damn that netatalk monstrosity.
You must have missed it.
They have taken a little interest in a number of Sun and Sun related products.
In what alternate dimension does the EU exist where the above are illegal? Because AMD isn't large enough to do the same they get to have the EU demand minimum prices on processors?
The problems also affect Acrobat proper.
Yes, but guess who gets to call the shots.
[citation needed]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu -
"The 1918 flu pandemic (commonly referred to as the Spanish flu) was an influenza pandemic that spread to nearly every part of the world. It was caused by an unusually virulent and deadly Influenza A virus strain of subtype H1N1"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H1N1
"The Spanish flu, also known as La Gripe Española, or La Pesadilla, was an unusually severe and deadly strain of avian influenza, a viral infectious disease, that killed some 50 million to 100 million people worldwide over about a year in 1918 and 1919"
It has since mutated (several times) and there is a H1N1 variant in swine today. However, the Spanish Flu was an avian flu and that specific strain no longer exists in the wild.
We now return to your regularly scheduled unsubstantiated fear mongering.
HINT: NMAP and related tools might not be aimed at people like your parents.
You're talking about a user education problem, this is an article about a tool for IT professionals.
Where are you that savings to facilities means a savings to IT? Individual departments have their own budgets and little managers guard their little fiefdoms as much as they can. A savings of power would show up under what ever department is in control of the power.
In short, in many companies IT would be doing a whole lot of work so the Facilities manager can get a raise. Hell, IT might even get reprimanded for creating busy work for itself instead of focusing on core deliverables or some other bullshit.
Your monitor was most likely going to be running anyway so there is no real power wasted.
Oh the horror!
I thought that the idea was to move away from toy languages to doing something like, you know, actual programming.
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?date=2009-04-08
They may not be. Also, the 2003 blackout was caused by maintenance failures, specifically not trimming trees, not worms.
They are working on it, though I don't know what took them so long.
http://opensolaris.org/os/project/pkg/
Since he could even make Nemesis entertaining, I'd like to see him take a whack at this one.
You're joking right? Connectors have been next to impossible to plug into the wrong port for a while, and the few that still are (audio) are colour coded.
No it's not trollish. Most people have never met the guy. When a loss occurs you react in a way in line with how they impacted you. For the majority of people here, that was by creating and maintaining Ad Block Plus. Yes it's sad for his family and friends, but the primary concern for the users is what happens to the project.
On top of that he asked on a tech site where someone might know, he didn't go up to the guys widow (or mother or whatever) and ask what's going to happen with the project.
Honestly, I don't see how you can hold MySQL in the same arena as DB2 and Oracle. MySQL is no threat to DB2.
At least the screenshot of the toolbar is worth a chuckle.
Apparently, Mozilla can't help but add feature after feature after feature to anything they create. Might as well just merge SeaMonkey, Firefox, Thunderbird and Sunbird back into one big, bloated app again.