A feature that solves no problem. An interesting idea placed in the wrong location. And I'm glad its shelved.
On paper, this sounds neat kind of in a thesis paper sort of way. But the practicality of it was way beyond what any desktop user would need.
The fact of the matter is that NTFS 5 is the one file system that it appears no one can reliably write to without creating problems, except windows.
Most file utils want you to boot to DOS, Knoppix boots you to Linux, and if you're lucky, you can read, but not write.
You should use captive-ntfs on Knoppix, or better yet:
Knoppix STD --
Security Tools Sistribution,
a customized distribution of the Knoppix Live Linux CD. Boot to the CD and you have Knoppix-STD. That would include a customized linux kernel (2.4.21 with ntfs rw, openmosix, and superfreeswan patches), Fluxbox windows manager, incredible hardware detection and hundreds of applications. Boot without the CD and you return to your original operating system. Aside from borrowing power, peripherals and some RAM, Knoppix-STD doesn't touch the host computer.
Local Area Security Linux -- a Live CD distribution with a small footprint.
Containing over 200 information security and administration related tools. As well as a full desktop environment and office productivity applications. With such a small footprint L.A.S. Linux can be optionally loaded and run from physical RAM (assuming there is 256MB or more). We currently have 2 different versions of L.A.S. to fit two specific size requirements.
dyne:bolic -- a GNU/Linux distribution simply running from a CD, without the need to install anything, able to recognize most of your devices and periferals: sound, video, TV, network cards, firewire, usb devices and more.
It is optimized to run on slower computers, turning it into a full media station: the minimum you need is a pentium1 or k5 PC 64Mb RAM and IDE CD-ROM, or a modded XBOX game console -- and if you have more than one, you can easily do clusters.
F.I.R.E. -- Forensic and Incident Response Environment Bootable CD, a.k.a. DMZS-Biatchux,
a portable bootable cdrom based distribution with the goal of providing an immediate environment to perform forensic analysis, incident response, data recovery, virus scanning and vulnerability assessment.
For any kind of Linux-related media recording whatsoever, you should definitely check out dyne:bolic, i.e. a free multimedia studio in a GNU/Linux live CD:
"dyne:bolic is shaped on the needs of media activists, artists and creatives, being a practical tool for multimedia production: you can manipulate and broadcast both sound and video with tools to record, edit, encode and stream, all using only free software.
"dyne:bolic is a GNU/Linux distribution simply running from a CD, without the need to install anything, able to recognize most of your devices and periferals: sound, video, TV, network cards, firewire, usb devices and more.
"It is optimized to run on slower computers, turning it into a full media station: the minimum you need is a pentium1 or k5 PC 64Mb RAM and IDE CD-ROM, or a modded XBOX game console--and if you have more than one, you can easily do clusters."
It is unquestionably invaluable to explore if you are not sure which software do you need to install and use on your own GNU/Linux system (e.g. Debian or Gentoo). I hope this helps.
I don't know whether there is any free DVD recording software for Linux, but I am sure that "DVD Jon" will gladly write it in no time, provided that doing so would violate copyright, DMCA and/or patent law.
It's not even a good porn name. They should have used something like "Long Dong Silver" or something. Creativity people!
Long Dong Silver? Are you serious? I have just done a little research and there seems to be a huge amount of prior art on images.google.com (and "huge" is surely an understatement, while "art" is probably an exaggeration).
So Linux doesn't exist, right?
With a little bastardisation of propositional logic one could soundly reason that Darl McBride doesn't exist either, because of ego cogito, ergo sum.
Funny jokes aside, if SCO Says "Linux Doesn't Exist" it is almost by definition impossible for Linux not to exist, therefore Linux exists.
It will be a cold day in Santa Cruz, Utah, before SCO says anything even remotely intelligent. Actually, I would be kind of surprised if SCO said that Linux exists.
It must have been some mistake
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I don't know--and quite frankly I'm not sure whether I want to know--who is that CmdrTaco, if that is his real name, but I believe it must have been some mistake to post news about "company called Artificial Life that has developed a solution for men without a partner, in the form of a virtual girlfriend" on the Slashdot frontpage. I--and I'm sure I can safely speak for every slashdotter--find this news completely uninteresting and the "solution" unnecessary. Also, it's a dupe.
Why bother doing a trademark search?
I'm guessing they're going to call it GAIM
Very true, Google is not very smart with their trademarks. I always said Google should have asked Ernst Gräfenberg for permission before starting to use the name "G-mail." They didn't listen to me, so they're in trouble now. They asked for it if you ask me.
(Sorry, I forgot to comment the second paragraph.)
Disclosure really doesn't matter when "NiftyFreeWebApp" buries the fact that it requires the sacrifice of your firstborn on page 972 of a EULA written in obfuscated legalese.
I would suggest to anyone to maybe not agree with anything which is too long to read or too hard to understand. What a crazy idea! I must be new here. No, it's much better to agree with anything and then complain.
Last time I read an EULA was when I got a new Dell laptop with Windows XP preinstalled few months ago. Of course being a remotely intelligent person I couldn't possibly agree with it so I just installed Debian, but the point is that yes, there really are people who actually read contracts they agree with, be it software EULA, bank TOC, or work NDA, no matter how long or boring it is. I will never sign or agree with anything I haven't read. Period.
What's the difference between this new Sunbird and the old Thunderfox and Firebird? Are there any real differences in CSS and DXHTML rendering to justify getting used to the new interfece? I know that probably Slashdot will look exactly the same, but there are lots of websites out there which are not W3C and ISO compliant. Does anyone have any real world experience?
gtaylor writes "You know that new computer smell? Some people (like me) get sick from it. Can Slashdot readers provide good suggestions for mice or keyboards made from ceramic, unlacquered hardwood, metal, etc, non-plastic headphones and microphones, screens like the new metal-framed cinema display from Apple, etc?"
I know what you mean, it made me sick too. Fortunately I managed to solve this problem by washing my hands every time I visit images.google.com. But interestingly enough, I have also thought about mice and keyboards made from ceramic, taking example from the floor and walls in my bathroom.
That's a very good idea. I am personally selling all of my MSFT, YHOO and some USON right now to buy GOOG. That will be less than 30000 shares, but still I look forward to short it soon. This is a great news for every Free Software advocate like myself. I am sure this day will become a very important point in history of global economy and computer science. I am very excited.
Ultra fast or otherwise, how on Earth can any disk drive have no moving parts is beyond me. Does it have an independent head over every sector so the platters don't have to spin or what? Wouldn't it mean lots of wiring and thus high interference and power wastage?
Slashdot reports that CowboyNeal posts that an anonymous reader writes that rumors are that at the informal rump session, an unknown researcher will announce a collision in full MD5, two ACs confirm, all slashdotters consider MD5 definitely proved broken, film at eleven. That is what I call good journalism.
Geek fandom aside, you don't launch a product (even a beta) and not grab the name. What did they *think* would happen?
I totally agree. I always said Google should have asked Ernst Gräfenberg for permission before starting to use the name "G-mail." They didn't listen to me, so they're in trouble now. They asked for it if you ask me.
3 concurrent applications, results effectively in 4 concurrent programs, if one of those is internet explorer!
You remember: MSIE is part of the OS, and as such does not count as an application!
No, sorry. Those 3 concurrent applications include Internet Explorer, kernel and blscrn32.dll.
You're not going to compete with Linux by crippling your operating system, Bill.
This is the PCjr. of operating systems, destined to be a laughed-at memory.
It is not crippling, not at all. It's just that the GUI used in XP Lite, MS Bob, can only run at 800x600 max.
Slashdot Mirror
You mean, beyond 640kB?
You should use captive-ntfs on Knoppix, or better yet:
I hope it helps.
For any kind of Linux-related media recording whatsoever, you should definitely check out dyne:bolic, i.e. a free multimedia studio in a GNU/Linux live CD:
"dyne:bolic is shaped on the needs of media activists, artists and creatives, being a practical tool for multimedia production: you can manipulate and broadcast both sound and video with tools to record, edit, encode and stream, all using only free software.
"dyne:bolic is a GNU/Linux distribution simply running from a CD, without the need to install anything, able to recognize most of your devices and periferals: sound, video, TV, network cards, firewire, usb devices and more.
"It is optimized to run on slower computers, turning it into a full media station: the minimum you need is a pentium1 or k5 PC 64Mb RAM and IDE CD-ROM, or a modded XBOX game console--and if you have more than one, you can easily do clusters."
It is unquestionably invaluable to explore if you are not sure which software do you need to install and use on your own GNU/Linux system (e.g. Debian or Gentoo). I hope this helps.
I don't know whether there is any free DVD recording software for Linux, but I am sure that "DVD Jon" will gladly write it in no time, provided that doing so would violate copyright, DMCA and/or patent law.
Long Dong Silver? Are you serious? I have just done a little research and there seems to be a huge amount of prior art on images.google.com (and "huge" is surely an understatement, while "art" is probably an exaggeration).
Having read Winamp's EULA, I believe "circumcision" would be much more appropriate.
So Linux doesn't exist, right? With a little bastardisation of propositional logic one could soundly reason that Darl McBride doesn't exist either, because of ego cogito, ergo sum.
Funny jokes aside, if SCO Says "Linux Doesn't Exist" it is almost by definition impossible for Linux not to exist, therefore Linux exists.
It will be a cold day in Santa Cruz, Utah, before SCO says anything even remotely intelligent. Actually, I would be kind of surprised if SCO said that Linux exists.
I don't know--and quite frankly I'm not sure whether I want to know--who is that CmdrTaco, if that is his real name, but I believe it must have been some mistake to post news about "company called Artificial Life that has developed a solution for men without a partner, in the form of a virtual girlfriend" on the Slashdot frontpage. I--and I'm sure I can safely speak for every slashdotter--find this news completely uninteresting and the "solution" unnecessary. Also, it's a dupe.
Very true, Google is not very smart with their trademarks. I always said Google should have asked Ernst Gräfenberg for permission before starting to use the name "G-mail." They didn't listen to me, so they're in trouble now. They asked for it if you ask me.
Thanks to the "Peeping Tom Worm That Uses Webcams" headline, my antipornography firewall has just blocked Slashdot frontpage.
"This campaign is not so much against IE, but for the use of safer and more user-friendly browsers." [emphasis added]
In other words, it is against IE.
(Sorry, I forgot to comment the second paragraph.)
I would suggest to anyone to maybe not agree with anything which is too long to read or too hard to understand. What a crazy idea! I must be new here. No, it's much better to agree with anything and then complain.
Last time I read an EULA was when I got a new Dell laptop with Windows XP preinstalled few months ago. Of course being a remotely intelligent person I couldn't possibly agree with it so I just installed Debian, but the point is that yes, there really are people who actually read contracts they agree with, be it software EULA, bank TOC, or work NDA, no matter how long or boring it is. I will never sign or agree with anything I haven't read. Period.
Unless you have 2^2048 monkeys and-- Illiad? Oh, sorry, I thought you said Hamlet. You're right then.
So verb is a noun? Who would have noun...
What's the difference between this new Sunbird and the old Thunderfox and Firebird? Are there any real differences in CSS and DXHTML rendering to justify getting used to the new interfece? I know that probably Slashdot will look exactly the same, but there are lots of websites out there which are not W3C and ISO compliant. Does anyone have any real world experience?
gtaylor writes "You know that new computer smell? Some people (like me) get sick from it. Can Slashdot readers provide good suggestions for mice or keyboards made from ceramic, unlacquered hardwood, metal, etc, non-plastic headphones and microphones, screens like the new metal-framed cinema display from Apple, etc?"
I know what you mean, it made me sick too. Fortunately I managed to solve this problem by washing my hands every time I visit images.google.com. But interestingly enough, I have also thought about mice and keyboards made from ceramic, taking example from the floor and walls in my bathroom.
That's a very good idea. I am personally selling all of my MSFT, YHOO and some USON right now to buy GOOG. That will be less than 30000 shares, but still I look forward to short it soon. This is a great news for every Free Software advocate like myself. I am sure this day will become a very important point in history of global economy and computer science. I am very excited.
Ultra fast or otherwise, how on Earth can any disk drive have no moving parts is beyond me. Does it have an independent head over every sector so the platters don't have to spin or what? Wouldn't it mean lots of wiring and thus high interference and power wastage?
Slashdot reports that CowboyNeal posts that an anonymous reader writes that rumors are that at the informal rump session, an unknown researcher will announce a collision in full MD5, two ACs confirm, all slashdotters consider MD5 definitely proved broken, film at eleven. That is what I call good journalism.
Any windows wall is less secure than a solid wall.
I totally agree. I always said Google should have asked Ernst Gräfenberg for permission before starting to use the name "G-mail." They didn't listen to me, so they're in trouble now. They asked for it if you ask me.
No, sorry. Those 3 concurrent applications include Internet Explorer, kernel and blscrn32.dll.
I like this new colour scheme. At least my eyeballs stopped bleeding.
It is not crippling, not at all. It's just that the GUI used in XP Lite, MS Bob, can only run at 800x600 max.