Unfortunately, nVidia will not release an open source (X11 license) driver for XFree86. Until then, only Linux x86 will be able to full use it. All of the BSD's and even Linux on other hardware platforms are out of luck.:(
This is all concerning the kernel driver they use to communicate with the card. Heck, they could have at least used XFree86's API for the hardware. This would have allowed all of the OS's on x86 to be supported.
I lived. UPS's are a must have (it was crying at me to shutdown, but it came back). I need to get one for my entertainment center. Hopefully, I can find one with a coax filter.
According to POSIX (B.3.3.1.3) you must not set the action for SIGCHLD to SIG_IGN. Here the BSD and SYSV behaviours differ, causing BSD software that sets the action for SIGCHLD to SIG_IGN to fail on Linux.
I think we should be able to ignore children dying--I bet people think Unix programmers are horrible creatures. It appears that POSIX is broken. How do we fix it?
Also, do not forget the difference between/proc and sysctl.
In addition, I'm still to se a BSD with a SysV-style init...
They are in between now. Many daemons are started from the rc.d directory out of a few locations (/etc/rc.d,/usr/local/etc/rc.d,/usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d). They all understand start and stop commands.
Anyways, I've always wanted to play with FreeBSD, my reluctance has been based more on device drivers, and the ability to get an X or whatever FreeBSD uses for a GUI operating with my hardware. It's always been my understanding that FreeBSD was limited in this aspect.
For the most part, if XFree86 has drivers for X11, it is supported on all platforms they support. The exceptions are mainly around nVidia which has a kernel (binary-only) driver for Linux. I am still able to run 2D and 3D (utah driver) applications on my FreeBSD box, but I do not see the extreme speed of this chip. Otherwise, all my hardware is supported on this box. Check out the Supported Hardware for FreeBSD to determine if your hardware is supported.
After using Linux since the days of v0.99.14?, I made the switch from Linux v2.2.12. Once I had my system nice and steady--a geek must tweak things--I found I did not miss Linux. Manual pages for almost anything, the ports system, and a more secure system allowed me to do other things like actually developing software in my free time.
One thing you will like a lot: all of the source to FreeBSD is in CVS.
They also recognize that this scheme doesn't work with many high-end home/car units. They're going to piss off a lot of audiophiles.
Which is why I will test all of my future CD's in all my CD playing devices. If it fails in just one of them, I will return it as defective. They will take it back, or I will raise hell with the manager until he/she does.
No, the proper answer is, "If you don't like the V-chip... don't buy one -- and let the people who want one pay the legitimate market price for it, not the subsidy price generated by forcing it on anyone who buys a new TV."
Of all the arguments against V-chips, this is the only one I can agree with. I think all shows should have a rating, but I don't think TV's should be required to have this chip. It is a feature that I will probably buy when I have children, but I see no need to make it mandatory.
Do you seriously think you can be with you children (to be:)) 100% of the time? What is wrong with having control over your own TV set? As long as people and not the government have the ultimate control over the chip, I do not see a problem.
I personally don't believe TV is bad, but I have to disagree with your statement:
And why have you taught your children that television isn't good for them? Soemthing to do with all the violence? Well, if that's the case, you should go into their school and force them to stop learning history. Because the world's history is filled with it. Hell, you should go into their English classes and stop them from learning great works of literature like MacBeth and Hamlet because they are filled with violence as well.
Of all the history and English courses I took, not one of them made violence into something glamorous. Discussing war is nothing compared to visualizing someone being blown apart and having the hero standing proud for his/her accomplishment. I would want my children to learn the truth about war as opposed to what Hollywood portrays.
I do not have children. When I do I will also censor what they watch and do, until I see they are old enough. What that age is I can only guess as different children develop mentally at different speeds.
Personally, I like the central development model that FreeBSD uses as opposed to Linux. FreeBSD uses CVS for the entire tree of code. This is the kernel and the user-land software. The ports system is quite easy to use.
For me, the only thing I miss from Linux is some of the drivers. The nVidia driver would be nice, especially if they would just license the source under the MIT license for inclusion into XFree86. I am not bitter at nVidia! Grrrr!!!:)
For a true comparison, you would have to try it out yourself as my needs are probably different than yours. I had nothing to hold me on Linux. FreeBSD had everything that I needed. As for you, I don't know your requirements for a Unix system.
Your first step is to check on the FreeBSD website for hardware compatibility. You should do this for any operating system. I learned that lesson when I first started using Linux during the 0.99.14? days. Anyone else remember the SLS distribution?:)
It makes sense to me. Just how many people 30+ years of age or older out there know how to program their VCR clocks let alone install software on a computer.:)
Out of curiosity, would it be hard to break the encryption if you had access to the private key? E-mail addressed to him and his private key could be retrieved under the FOIA.
Frankly I fail to see how tcpdump can do anything else than finding that "A asked a freenet node B some information, and got something in return". That's pretty weak evidences to put someone into jail...
Actually, this is what I was talking about. You would know who the direct contact was. They could get him as an accomplice. You only need to make a few "examples" to put fear into people.
At least the King James Bible does actually have those statements printed in it. I have to take your word for it since I do not have that bible.
I was just stating the fact that the Constitution does not actually possess the phrase "Separation of Church and State". Right or wrong it still does not have it.
I think dumping the income tax on individuals for a national sales tax would do nicely. The more you spend; the more you pay taxes. It would encourage savings.
Of course, this would have the protection that several states already have with their sales tax laws, which do not tax basic food (grocery store items) and clothing. The poor would not have to pay a single penny in tax, while all the rich people would not be able to hide their money.
More importantly, the IRS would have to be downsized. Oh, the humanity!!!:)
P.S. I don't really envy people making more than me. I just want to know where I can get a job like theirs. I average about 50+ hours a week with spikes around 60-70, but I don't make anything close to you. I think I will be looking for a new job.:)
I wish I recall where I got the figure. I believe it was from a Dateline on the rich. The figure was that only 10% of people having $1 million or more will have $1 million or more in the next year. I might be wrong; it might only be 1%.
When people are fighting to keep the "rich" (whatever that actually means) from having too much money, I wonder if they truly understand that most will not be "rich" next year. Their group is very fluid. Besides, they only constitute less than 2% of the population.
Most of the really rich get around it by using trusts or such. The only people really getting screwed have their assets all locked up. Just look at what happened with the Indianapolis Colts some years ago. The team is worth a lot, but the son lacked the hard cash the tax was going to charge.
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Unfortunately, nVidia will not release an open source (X11 license) driver for XFree86. Until then, only Linux x86 will be able to full use it. All of the BSD's and even Linux on other hardware platforms are out of luck. :(
This is all concerning the kernel driver they use to communicate with the card. Heck, they could have at least used XFree86's API for the hardware. This would have allowed all of the OS's on x86 to be supported.
I think in photo 49 the guy is not grabbing himself. He is in shock and yelling at the camera: "Two! I lost two!". :)
You mean like the guy/gal posting about how BSD is dying all of the time. He/she must have no life.
FreeBSD was not in business to start with.
I lived. UPS's are a must have (it was crying at me to shutdown, but it came back). I need to get one for my entertainment center. Hopefully, I can find one with a coax filter.
According to POSIX (B.3.3.1.3) you must not set the action for SIGCHLD to SIG_IGN. Here the BSD and SYSV behaviours differ, causing BSD software that sets the action for SIGCHLD to SIG_IGN to fail on Linux.
/proc and sysctl.
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/usr/local/etc/rc.d, /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d). They all understand start and stop commands.
I think we should be able to ignore children dying--I bet people think Unix programmers are horrible creatures. It appears that POSIX is broken. How do we fix it?
Also, do not forget the difference between
In addition, I'm still to se a BSD with a SysV-style init
They are in between now. Many daemons are started from the rc.d directory out of a few locations (/etc/rc.d,
Lightning hit. Bye
Anyways, I've always wanted to play with FreeBSD, my reluctance has been based more on device drivers, and the ability to get an X or whatever FreeBSD uses for a GUI operating with my hardware. It's always been my understanding that FreeBSD was limited in this aspect.
For the most part, if XFree86 has drivers for X11, it is supported on all platforms they support. The exceptions are mainly around nVidia which has a kernel (binary-only) driver for Linux. I am still able to run 2D and 3D (utah driver) applications on my FreeBSD box, but I do not see the extreme speed of this chip. Otherwise, all my hardware is supported on this box. Check out the Supported Hardware for FreeBSD to determine if your hardware is supported.
After using Linux since the days of v0.99.14?, I made the switch from Linux v2.2.12. Once I had my system nice and steady--a geek must tweak things--I found I did not miss Linux. Manual pages for almost anything, the ports system, and a more secure system allowed me to do other things like actually developing software in my free time.
One thing you will like a lot: all of the source to FreeBSD is in CVS.
They also recognize that this scheme doesn't work with many high-end home/car units. They're going to piss off a lot of audiophiles.
Which is why I will test all of my future CD's in all my CD playing devices. If it fails in just one of them, I will return it as defective. They will take it back, or I will raise hell with the manager until he/she does.
I think the DVD's are coming out either late summer or in the fall. Not soon enough. :(
Anyone know if it will have surround-sound?
No, the proper answer is, "If you don't like the V-chip... don't buy one -- and let the people who want one pay the legitimate market price for it, not the subsidy price generated by forcing it on anyone who buys a new TV."
Of all the arguments against V-chips, this is the only one I can agree with. I think all shows should have a rating, but I don't think TV's should be required to have this chip. It is a feature that I will probably buy when I have children, but I see no need to make it mandatory.
Do you seriously think you can be with you children (to be :)) 100% of the time? What is wrong with having control over your own TV set? As long as people and not the government have the ultimate control over the chip, I do not see a problem.
I personally don't believe TV is bad, but I have to disagree with your statement:
And why have you taught your children that television isn't good for them? Soemthing to do with all the violence? Well, if that's the case, you should go into their school and force them to stop learning history. Because the world's history is filled with it. Hell, you should go into their English classes and stop them from learning great works of literature like MacBeth and Hamlet because they are filled with violence as well.
Of all the history and English courses I took, not one of them made violence into something glamorous. Discussing war is nothing compared to visualizing someone being blown apart and having the hero standing proud for his/her accomplishment. I would want my children to learn the truth about war as opposed to what Hollywood portrays.
I do not have children. When I do I will also censor what they watch and do, until I see they are old enough. What that age is I can only guess as different children develop mentally at different speeds.
Enlightenment (BSD licensed) works for me. Does that help you?
Personally, I like the central development model that FreeBSD uses as opposed to Linux. FreeBSD uses CVS for the entire tree of code. This is the kernel and the user-land software. The ports system is quite easy to use.
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For me, the only thing I miss from Linux is some of the drivers. The nVidia driver would be nice, especially if they would just license the source under the MIT license for inclusion into XFree86. I am not bitter at nVidia! Grrrr!!!
For a true comparison, you would have to try it out yourself as my needs are probably different than yours. I had nothing to hold me on Linux. FreeBSD had everything that I needed. As for you, I don't know your requirements for a Unix system.
Your first step is to check on the FreeBSD website for hardware compatibility. You should do this for any operating system. I learned that lesson when I first started using Linux during the 0.99.14? days. Anyone else remember the SLS distribution?
It makes sense to me. Just how many people 30+ years of age or older out there know how to program their VCR clocks let alone install software on a computer. :)
Maybe instead of admiting that Americans have increasingly less privacy, he should be fighting for our rights.
FOIA does not affect Americans in general. It mainly affects elected officials.
Out of curiosity, would it be hard to break the encryption if you had access to the private key? E-mail addressed to him and his private key could be retrieved under the FOIA.
:)
I ask this of everyone besides the NSA.
Frankly I fail to see how tcpdump can do anything else than finding that "A asked a freenet node B some information, and got something in return". That's pretty weak evidences to put someone into jail...
Actually, this is what I was talking about. You would know who the direct contact was. They could get him as an accomplice. You only need to make a few "examples" to put fear into people.
He is talking about just using tcpdump--netstat would do the job--to see what server transfers illegal data. The encryption is irrelevant.
Ragging on Isaac Newton for not using the term Newtonian Physics in his documents would sound like an unprovoked attack. This sounds the same.
At least the King James Bible does actually have those statements printed in it. I have to take your word for it since I do not have that bible.
I was just stating the fact that the Constitution does not actually possess the phrase "Separation of Church and State". Right or wrong it still does not have it.
Since when was information "hate"?
When the "information" is used to attack and said "information" is not really information at all, people will take it as an attack from hate.
Read the Constitution and find the phrase "Separation of Church and State". You will not find it.
I think dumping the income tax on individuals for a national sales tax would do nicely. The more you spend; the more you pay taxes. It would encourage savings.
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Of course, this would have the protection that several states already have with their sales tax laws, which do not tax basic food (grocery store items) and clothing. The poor would not have to pay a single penny in tax, while all the rich people would not be able to hide their money.
More importantly, the IRS would have to be downsized. Oh, the humanity!!!
P.S. I don't really envy people making more than me. I just want to know where I can get a job like theirs. I average about 50+ hours a week with spikes around 60-70, but I don't make anything close to you. I think I will be looking for a new job.
I wish I recall where I got the figure. I believe it was from a Dateline on the rich. The figure was that only 10% of people having $1 million or more will have $1 million or more in the next year. I might be wrong; it might only be 1%.
When people are fighting to keep the "rich" (whatever that actually means) from having too much money, I wonder if they truly understand that most will not be "rich" next year. Their group is very fluid. Besides, they only constitute less than 2% of the population.
Most of the really rich get around it by using trusts or such. The only people really getting screwed have their assets all locked up. Just look at what happened with the Indianapolis Colts some years ago. The team is worth a lot, but the son lacked the hard cash the tax was going to charge.