Wow very few remote exploits Well I feel much better now. Unix might have less high profile automated attacks against it, but don't kid yourself into thinking its any safer on the Internet then anything else.
Its not like I really had to look hard either, it took longer to write the little HTML in this post. Results 1 - 10 of about 150,000 for remote linux root exploits. (0.30 seconds)
I think it should be required to be printed and shiped with the computer/software I agree that would be a much better solution but its not required, and that saves a bunch of trees for a little while. The only requirement is it be accessable and I pointed out 2 resources where the EULA's are, so its one less thing to whine about. Incedentally, the last time I opened a computer it had an OEM version of Windows 98, and I could swear it had a booklet that had the EULA in it. They probably stopped because no one read it and it was therefore a waste of money and paper. I could be wrong about that though, its been a while.
how can I read it before I have a computer Its freely available before you buy it, accessing it is your problem, where would it end otherwise? If a motherboard mfg shippes an updated bios that fixes a problem with a board after it was packaged, should they have to come right to your house, tell you the problem and give you the fix? No, they make the issue and the update available on their site, how you get to it is your problem. Should Microsoft place a lawyer in every computer store or have on IM you as soon as you make motions to buy one online? Maybe they should train all sales people as lawyers.
Requiring a computer to buy a computer I never saw any requirement to have a computer to see those, only access to one. Do your friends not have one, or your library, maybe the local cyber cafe might have one, never use one at work? Once again, a bios update, or any update at all for the most part, would also require access to a computer, not nessesarally use of your own however.
Like other OS's that support NX, often on multiple architectures that do not all have NX support in the hardware, NX can be handled by software, and XP SP2 does have that software support.
Re:kernel modules are not applications
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What you're referring to is a stable ABI, not API. A stable, locked-down binary interface. Yes your right, my mistake.
strong bias toward requiring people and organizations to release their software in source form And this is the childishness of Linux. My Linux system has a nvidia tnt2 card because thats what I had around when I put the system together. Now I have 2 choices of drivers, nvidias official one, or the barely works nv in X. Now if I felt like being a childish zealot, the nv driver would be a no brainer, however I like to use what works best, and thats the nvidia binary driver. Anywhere else, this is fine, but not with Linux because Linus and others have decided that I shouldn't use the best choice for my card, I should either use an inferior solution (nv), or bought another card, also an inferior solution (spent money I didn't have on an open card that doesn't exist). They seem to go out of there way to break every binary driver they can with every release without even considering that the open source alternatives range from almost alright to compleatly useless. Linux can be a little hobby or an actual, usefull OS product and at the moment the kernel dev's have gone with acting like children and developing Linux like a little hobby.
Ok, how about cdrecord, thats an app and has been broken with several releases of 2.6. Its still a problem, whether its a kernal modual or an app. I can use a nic driver from 2000 in XP, sometimes even from 98 in XP. Every other major OS sees the need for a stable API and backwards compatability except Linux. Why? Because of a shildish, if its not Open Source you shouldn't use it, even though there isn't always a good open source alternative. Untill there is an alternative that is as good as the closed driver or app, the kernel devs need to grow up and have a stable API and stick to it within a stable release cycle.
VMWare and just about anything that requires a kernal module does have to be recompiled, even if it is just the kernel modual parts, for every kernel release. So sorry, but yes the reporter is correct for somethings, but the ery broad statement is a little misleading.
Good guys and bad guys is bullshit. Red Hat is a company, they will do what they think is going to make money, nothing more, nothing less. If they didn't buy Suse, it was because it did not make sence to their positioning, not because of some honour you seem to wish to see in them.
regardless of my choice I will support both distributions and tell others of them simply to get the ball out of MS's court I just love a fair and ballenced view. Guess what Red Hat isn't Jesus Christ and MS isn't the devil, they are just companies with the same goal, to make money. On top of that, Microsoft does make a good product. It might not do everything right, but neither does Red Hat, or Suse, or Solaris. Letting a religious feeling decide what tools you use without ever considering actual technical reasons is retarded.
They leveled up in Tactics as well, it made both 8 and Tactics a lot more challenging. The leveling system wasn't quite as linear as you make it out, while they did get more HP it wasnt an equal increase to your strength, agility, luck, etc.
Many, many people live and die by pivot tables, well people that use Excel to any extent do, it is only obscure to people that use Excel as if it was a pad of paper. As such, any spreadsheet product that did not have a similar feature that was at least as usefull and powerfull would indeed be primative, and pretty much useless to anyone using Excel professionally. Don't let zealotry dictate what tools you use.
At 80 hours of FFX, just go do the last boss. I played it for 80h, had my characters all over that sphere grid and it only took Yuna 2 physical attacks to dispatch the final boss, there was no challange at all. Unfortunatly the enemies don't level up with you.
Exactly what is so hard about Solaris that is so much easier in Linux?
How is Sloaris about detecting your GNU software and installing the appropriate new version when you upgrade your OS?
How easy is a Linux distro at detecting software you added yourself outside of its package base? Only Slackware will do that without complaint, and thats because there is no dependacy checking. For that matter, how good is Apple or Microsoft at upgrading software you added over and above the OS? Heres a little secret I've learned that might help you. When you update the OS, you only update what shipped in the base, for anything you added your on your own. I know, its not fair, but I guess its assumed you knew how to install it, you might be able to install a patch for it.
average IQ of the guy wearing cheese on his head and screaming obscenities at a referee and the average Star Trek fan leave no comparison
I would highly doubt that. Watching Sci-Fi doesn't instantly make you any more intellegent then anyone else, the fanatical fans are probably just as stupid as the cheesehead, and guess what, the fans in general have the same intellegence level as anyone else. He's just saying what he thinks Slashdot wants to hear.
self-styled experts based on TV knowledge If your going to base your view of the world and events that happen on a TV show, you have bigger problems then what TV show to base it on.
I don't think education is a bad thing, and as I said CSI doesn't do a bad job CSI is a TV show, its entertaining, not educational. It doesn't do the job of educating at all, let alone doing a good or bad job of it. Its a TV show, its meant to be exciting and entertaining for an hour, thats it.
Re:Umm, using a tool is a hack?
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The book however isn't talking about creating Knoppix, but using it. The actual creation my fall under the realm of a hack, but using it to recover data, or to show off Linux is not. For instance looking at the 5 sample 'hacks' on at www.oreilly.com:
Hack 5: Free Your CD to Make Knoppix Run Faster (PDF Format)
Hack 33: Install Knoppix as a Single-Boot System (PDF Format)
Hack 40: Create an Emergency Router (PDF Format)
Hack 61: Migrate to a New Hard Drive (PDF Format)
Hack 78: Scan for Viruses (PDF Format)
These all equate to, Using your hammer, pulling nails with your hammer, removing drywall with your hammer. They are instructions on how to use the tool, not 'hacks'.
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All of the '* Hacks' books are simply collections of tips with very few if any actuall hacks. I guess 'Knoppix tips' and the like just didn't make the book seem interesting enough.
Misstyping a word when it is right in front of you is a typo. Maybe I was in a rush. Perhaps someone or something distracted me. There are a million reasons why someone would misspell something when the correct spelling is right infront of them, yet you chose the one that makes you feel superior. Well I hope you feel good, I'm sure its the only satisfaction you get in a day.
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Wow very few remote exploits
Well I feel much better now. Unix might have less high profile automated attacks against it, but don't kid yourself into thinking its any safer on the Internet then anything else.
Its not like I really had to look hard either, it took longer to write the little HTML in this post. Results 1 - 10 of about 150,000 for remote linux root exploits. (0.30 seconds)
I think it should be required to be printed and shiped with the computer/software
I agree that would be a much better solution but its not required, and that saves a bunch of trees for a little while. The only requirement is it be accessable and I pointed out 2 resources where the EULA's are, so its one less thing to whine about. Incedentally, the last time I opened a computer it had an OEM version of Windows 98, and I could swear it had a booklet that had the EULA in it. They probably stopped because no one read it and it was therefore a waste of money and paper. I could be wrong about that though, its been a while.
how can I read it before I have a computer
Its freely available before you buy it, accessing it is your problem, where would it end otherwise? If a motherboard mfg shippes an updated bios that fixes a problem with a board after it was packaged, should they have to come right to your house, tell you the problem and give you the fix? No, they make the issue and the update available on their site, how you get to it is your problem. Should Microsoft place a lawyer in every computer store or have on IM you as soon as you make motions to buy one online? Maybe they should train all sales people as lawyers.
Requiring a computer to buy a computer
I never saw any requirement to have a computer to see those, only access to one. Do your friends not have one, or your library, maybe the local cyber cafe might have one, never use one at work? Once again, a bios update, or any update at all for the most part, would also require access to a computer, not nessesarally use of your own however.
I have this bad habbit of bringing facts to the irrational discussions on Slashdot.
they [b]must[/b] be publicly visible
Have you ever looked? Here let me help
Windows XP Home here
Windows 98 Downloads here
A whole bunch more
They had a 5 minute battery pack.
What slashdot are you using?
Like other OS's that support NX, often on multiple architectures that do not all have NX support in the hardware, NX can be handled by software, and XP SP2 does have that software support.
What you're referring to is a stable ABI, not API. A stable, locked-down binary interface.
Yes your right, my mistake.
strong bias toward requiring people and organizations to release their software in source form
And this is the childishness of Linux. My Linux system has a nvidia tnt2 card because thats what I had around when I put the system together. Now I have 2 choices of drivers, nvidias official one, or the barely works nv in X. Now if I felt like being a childish zealot, the nv driver would be a no brainer, however I like to use what works best, and thats the nvidia binary driver. Anywhere else, this is fine, but not with Linux because Linus and others have decided that I shouldn't use the best choice for my card, I should either use an inferior solution (nv), or bought another card, also an inferior solution (spent money I didn't have on an open card that doesn't exist). They seem to go out of there way to break every binary driver they can with every release without even considering that the open source alternatives range from almost alright to compleatly useless. Linux can be a little hobby or an actual, usefull OS product and at the moment the kernel dev's have gone with acting like children and developing Linux like a little hobby.
Can I use this form for work I need to do? Thanks for the laugh.
Ok, how about cdrecord, thats an app and has been broken with several releases of 2.6. Its still a problem, whether its a kernal modual or an app. I can use a nic driver from 2000 in XP, sometimes even from 98 in XP. Every other major OS sees the need for a stable API and backwards compatability except Linux. Why? Because of a shildish, if its not Open Source you shouldn't use it, even though there isn't always a good open source alternative. Untill there is an alternative that is as good as the closed driver or app, the kernel devs need to grow up and have a stable API and stick to it within a stable release cycle.
VMWare and just about anything that requires a kernal module does have to be recompiled, even if it is just the kernel modual parts, for every kernel release. So sorry, but yes the reporter is correct for somethings, but the ery broad statement is a little misleading.
Where did you get a liquid cooling kit for your shuttle?
Good guys and bad guys is bullshit. Red Hat is a company, they will do what they think is going to make money, nothing more, nothing less. If they didn't buy Suse, it was because it did not make sence to their positioning, not because of some honour you seem to wish to see in them.
regardless of my choice I will support both distributions and tell others of them simply to get the ball out of MS's court
I just love a fair and ballenced view. Guess what Red Hat isn't Jesus Christ and MS isn't the devil, they are just companies with the same goal, to make money. On top of that, Microsoft does make a good product. It might not do everything right, but neither does Red Hat, or Suse, or Solaris. Letting a religious feeling decide what tools you use without ever considering actual technical reasons is retarded.
They leveled up in Tactics as well, it made both 8 and Tactics a lot more challenging. The leveling system wasn't quite as linear as you make it out, while they did get more HP it wasnt an equal increase to your strength, agility, luck, etc.
Many, many people live and die by pivot tables, well people that use Excel to any extent do, it is only obscure to people that use Excel as if it was a pad of paper. As such, any spreadsheet product that did not have a similar feature that was at least as usefull and powerfull would indeed be primative, and pretty much useless to anyone using Excel professionally. Don't let zealotry dictate what tools you use.
At 80 hours of FFX, just go do the last boss. I played it for 80h, had my characters all over that sphere grid and it only took Yuna 2 physical attacks to dispatch the final boss, there was no challange at all. Unfortunatly the enemies don't level up with you.
Exactly what is so hard about Solaris that is so much easier in Linux?
How is Sloaris about detecting your GNU software and installing the appropriate new version when you upgrade your OS?
How easy is a Linux distro at detecting software you added yourself outside of its package base? Only Slackware will do that without complaint, and thats because there is no dependacy checking. For that matter, how good is Apple or Microsoft at upgrading software you added over and above the OS? Heres a little secret I've learned that might help you. When you update the OS, you only update what shipped in the base, for anything you added your on your own. I know, its not fair, but I guess its assumed you knew how to install it, you might be able to install a patch for it.
average IQ of the guy wearing cheese on his head and screaming obscenities at a referee and the average Star Trek fan leave no comparison
I would highly doubt that. Watching Sci-Fi doesn't instantly make you any more intellegent then anyone else, the fanatical fans are probably just as stupid as the cheesehead, and guess what, the fans in general have the same intellegence level as anyone else. He's just saying what he thinks Slashdot wants to hear.
The girls are hotter though.
self-styled experts based on TV knowledge
If your going to base your view of the world and events that happen on a TV show, you have bigger problems then what TV show to base it on.
I don't think education is a bad thing, and as I said CSI doesn't do a bad job
CSI is a TV show, its entertaining, not educational. It doesn't do the job of educating at all, let alone doing a good or bad job of it. Its a TV show, its meant to be exciting and entertaining for an hour, thats it.
All of the '* Hacks' books are simply collections of tips with very few if any actuall hacks. I guess 'Knoppix tips' and the like just didn't make the book seem interesting enough.
Don't be too hard on them. It's probably the only good feeling they get in their lives.
Misstyping a word when it is right in front of you is a typo. Maybe I was in a rush. Perhaps someone or something distracted me. There are a million reasons why someone would misspell something when the correct spelling is right infront of them, yet you chose the one that makes you feel superior. Well I hope you feel good, I'm sure its the only satisfaction you get in a day.
Couldn't be any worse then a P4.