This way, if one lander loses the ability to communicate with the orbiters or with Earth, or even two of them lose it, the third can relay their data. If something goes wrong on a lander, debugging should become far easier if you can still communicate with the broken system.
Man, sshing into a probe on another planet...I can't even begin to imagine how much lag the tech would experience. It would be painful to work with.
This man is right. This mere software development, as insubstantial as it may seem, is tied to the fate of several laws and technologies which can really screw people over. Who would have challenged the DMCA, if not for opensource developers who wanted to watch DVDs on Linux? Who would be here to challenge the Microsoft OS monolopy? I think you get the idea.
We're not/just/ developing software. When you look at it, we're preseving/looking out for the freedom of hundreds of thousands of people. (Millions, billions?)
What job is this? Um...that would be public advocate for the hacker tribe, speaker-to-journalists, evangelist/interface to the corporate world.
Pretty much a marketing position, right? 'Public advocate', 'interface to the corporarte world', eh? [And getting a bit off my point, ESR did this fairly well. He was willing to work with everyone.]
Well, I don't think our new opensource overlord is right for this position. I mean, look at this.
Mister Nelson says 'marketing nonsense.'
Well, RN (we could use your middle initial...), running the OSI is all about that so-called 'marketing nonsense.' We've heard it right from the mouth of the former president.
This is a troll. ESR never claimed that he came up with the term opensource. He even went so far as to correct Illiad of UF when one of the comics stated that ESR coined the term.
And you now also know one person who almost blew his brains out over SuSE. No operating system should/ever/ be so...friendly. *shiver*
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I doubt you can get an internet connection, so why would you want to start the computer.
You know, there was a point in time when people used computers WITHOUT networking, and there are still people today who barely use the internet. Ever hear of wordprocessing? How about bookeeping? A few educational games for the kiddies?
If SCO weren't heading for bankruptcy, I'd prefer them to VeriSign. At least SCO has demonstrated that they can understand complex systems (The US legal system), even if they do abuse them...
Problem is, linux can't really get an exclusive game. Anyone who'd be interested in doing something like UT2k4 for linux would be an opensource bloke. And the game *would* get ported.
I guess the problem is that were too huggy. The point isn't really to make a killer linux app, it's to make a killer game for everyone to enjoy freely. =/
FPS games tend to get ported because developers/publishers see the value of having user-run Linux servers, and it's easier (although by no means guaranteed) to get a client port from a dev team that's already porting the server code.
Just something I'd like to note: Most FPSes these days aren't being ported to linux/mac by their dev team. this guy does it for them.
"Shadow Internet"-way just sounds comic-book super-hero, and as we all know thats as literary as most peoples thoughts go, it won't be obvious that 'any joe can build their own private and secret Internet on top of the Internet'.
However, at the same time, said people are admitting in court that they downloaded (or attempted to download) media for which they didn't hold the copyright.
Ah yes, but the RIAA is so nicely offering the music for download. They do hold the copyright, don't they? Perfectly legal. =)
I don't know that I necessarily believe that Microsoft has never been concerned about security. I just don't think that they ever gave it a priority until recently.
Actually, I don't think they really gave it any priority. They just wanted to ship their next product and have it Just Work(tm) for the end-user. No configuring crap, just do it like the last windows release.
Microsoft didn't become all that concerned about the security of their products until Windows security became a major selling point for Linux/BSD. We all know that *nix is spanking them in the server market, and Billy doesn't like that.
It doesn't break the system. It just pisses everyone off because the firewall does its job. You know, preventing packets from reaching ports. I nearly clawed my eyes out everytime one of them said it breaks everything. How can two Windows fanatics be so bloody/stupid/? I'm one of the biggest linux zealots you'll ever have the pleasure of meeting, and DAMN. The firewall would be/working as it should/, not breaking things.
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Or security is an OS battlefield.
You don't 'sell' OSes : OSes for OSes are useless. OSes are something you sell and they need security.
Huh, wonder why Debian is the largest linux distro project, then...
No, heil Linus, you silly citizen!
Well, now you do know that WMA's DRM has been exploited.
Darn tootin'. The Thank You Poland banner will proudly be displayed on my website until the end of time.
Or until I forget to pay the hosting bill. Whichever comes first...
Regards to Poland.
This man is right. This mere software development, as insubstantial as it may seem, is tied to the fate of several laws and technologies which can really screw people over. Who would have challenged the DMCA, if not for opensource developers who wanted to watch DVDs on Linux? Who would be here to challenge the Microsoft OS monolopy? I think you get the idea.
We're not /just/ developing software. When you look at it, we're preseving/looking out for the freedom of hundreds of thousands of people. (Millions, billions?)
Interesting indeed. This is what really gets me.
Pretty much a marketing position, right? 'Public advocate', 'interface to the corporarte world', eh? [And getting a bit off my point, ESR did this fairly well. He was willing to work with everyone.]
Well, I don't think our new opensource overlord is right for this position. I mean, look at this. Mister Nelson says 'marketing nonsense.'
Well, RN (we could use your middle initial...), running the OSI is all about that so-called 'marketing nonsense.' We've heard it right from the mouth of the former president.
This is a troll. ESR never claimed that he came up with the term opensource. He even went so far as to correct Illiad of UF when one of the comics stated that ESR coined the term.
And you now also know one person who almost blew his brains out over SuSE. No operating system should /ever/ be so...friendly. *shiver*
Hey, I got that book for christmas!
I opened it up, started reading, found two typos on the first page, and just put it back on my nightstand...
If SCO weren't heading for bankruptcy, I'd prefer them to VeriSign. At least SCO has demonstrated that they can understand complex systems (The US legal system), even if they do abuse them...
Problem is, linux can't really get an exclusive game. Anyone who'd be interested in doing something like UT2k4 for linux would be an opensource bloke. And the game *would* get ported.
I guess the problem is that were too huggy. The point isn't really to make a killer linux app, it's to make a killer game for everyone to enjoy freely. =/
Just something I'd like to note: Most FPSes these days aren't being ported to linux/mac by their dev team. this guy does it for them.
Dude. It's a /wired/ article.
Ah yes, but the RIAA is so nicely offering the music for download. They do hold the copyright, don't they? Perfectly legal. =)
Actually, I don't think they really gave it any priority. They just wanted to ship their next product and have it Just Work(tm) for the end-user. No configuring crap, just do it like the last windows release.
Microsoft didn't become all that concerned about the security of their products until Windows security became a major selling point for Linux/BSD. We all know that *nix is spanking them in the server market, and Billy doesn't like that.
It doesn't break the system. It just pisses everyone off because the firewall does its job. You know, preventing packets from reaching ports. I nearly clawed my eyes out everytime one of them said it breaks everything. How can two Windows fanatics be so bloody /stupid/? I'm one of the biggest linux zealots you'll ever have the pleasure of meeting, and DAMN. The firewall would be /working as it should/, not breaking things.
Whatever.
Meh. I for one welcomed our new republican overlords with open arms. I'd prefer you guys to Kerry any day.
Yes. He would have a heart attack when he found out. That about takes care of the Bush administration...