Found a review of Lycoris's tablet:
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,11274 3,00.asp
And here's a homemade project that'll run on a Compaq:
http://linux-tablet-pc.dhs.org/
Agreed, but right now emerge -u world can break your system very badly. I've heard they're going to put a emerge --security in portage, so that'll help a little. Right now Hardened Gentoo seems rock-solid and pretty much impervious to buffer overflows. */me waits for the Gentoo flames to come...*
I see your point of view.
However, what I consider "hacking" IS tinkering with computers. Having skills is a side effect.
As with the "newbie" aspect, I would consider a lot of non-hackers to be newbies in the software world. Tinkering with computers does make you understand them, and that makes you pretty much adept. I wouldn't say that everyone that considers themselves a hacker is skilled, but I would respect that claim.
"Hacker" is just a group that people like to place themselves in. I personally don't care if the media interprets that as malicious, or if that automatically gives people the idea that I'm lower than trained "professionals."
More and more of people that aren't really hackers as I view them are calling themselves that. I'm not sure I want hackers to turn into some big organization.
Sorry about the disorganized writing, I'm kinda tired.
Very true, but the problem with using public key encryption is that if you're sending the document to multiple people, every single one of the people has to have that private key. A password would be better, but there's still the problem of communicating it. I'm sure there's a way of getting around that problem though. DRM has to use some kind of encryption, right?
IFAIK,Windows hasn't been put directly on the Xbox because no one can reach its source. I'm pretty sure the Xbox is different enough from a PC enough so that normal installs of Windows won't work on it.
Some kids' parents don't watch what their kids are playing or don't care, though. In fact, I know someone who plays vice city and spends basically all of his time on it. The scary thing is, he has a 4-year-old brother. Parents need to take responsibility for the content that their children see, then there won't be a problem.
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Good job spelling "Anonymous" right. Loser.
You mean like glsa-check?
er, actually, the dashboard/sidebar idea one taken from Nat Friedman.
nat.org/dashboard
500 meters? That's one big rat...
Umm... as far as i know, you CAN use the existing drivers with it. It's a fork of XFree86.
A Tribes 1 clone? That was certainly the best game ever according to my standards, although it has a steep learning curve.
One thing I just noticed--the robot's shadow is directly opposite to that of the cones/car.
Found a review of Lycoris's tablet:4 3,00.asp
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,1127
And here's a homemade project that'll run on a Compaq:
http://linux-tablet-pc.dhs.org/
Has anyone tried any of the Linux tablets?
Is there more than one?
Would they replace the Windows tablets in functionality?
I use emacs, you insensitive clod!
Erm... nuclear reactors?
Agreed, but right now emerge -u world can break your system very badly.
I've heard they're going to put a emerge --security in portage, so that'll help a little.
Right now Hardened Gentoo seems rock-solid and pretty much impervious to buffer overflows.
*/me waits for the Gentoo flames to come...*
And griiper arms! You gotta have gripper arms!
I see your point of view. However, what I consider "hacking" IS tinkering with computers. Having skills is a side effect. As with the "newbie" aspect, I would consider a lot of non-hackers to be newbies in the software world. Tinkering with computers does make you understand them, and that makes you pretty much adept. I wouldn't say that everyone that considers themselves a hacker is skilled, but I would respect that claim. "Hacker" is just a group that people like to place themselves in. I personally don't care if the media interprets that as malicious, or if that automatically gives people the idea that I'm lower than trained "professionals." More and more of people that aren't really hackers as I view them are calling themselves that. I'm not sure I want hackers to turn into some big organization. Sorry about the disorganized writing, I'm kinda tired.
Sorry about that, didn't know you could encrypt with multiple public keys. Probably should've looked at some good PGP faq's or something.
Very true, but the problem with using public key encryption is that if you're sending the document to multiple people, every single one of the people has to have that private key. A password would be better, but there's still the problem of communicating it. I'm sure there's a way of getting around that problem though. DRM has to use some kind of encryption, right?
IFAIK,Windows hasn't been put directly on the Xbox because no one can reach its source. I'm pretty sure the Xbox is different enough from a PC enough so that normal installs of Windows won't work on it.
Some kids' parents don't watch what their kids are playing or don't care, though. In fact, I know someone who plays vice city and spends basically all of his time on it. The scary thing is, he has a 4-year-old brother. Parents need to take responsibility for the content that their children see, then there won't be a problem.