>I wouldn't worry though, SandStorm cannot do what it >says on the tin, unless there's a back door in all O/S >and servers
According to the WMF/EMF image file exploit that effects ALL versions of windows, and if windows is on 90% of computers like the stats tell us, then it's close to being a COMPLETE flaw in NEARLY all computers...
That would imply that my browsing in linux is not 100% useful. In fact, it's too 'useful' I have to use DNS to prevent adverts now that FF supports more kinds of crap. I dred the day it supports vbscript, that will mean further crap. BRING BACK THE WEB damnit, I want less crap and more plain text.
That looks really nice, but the main problem with kde is the time it takes to do things. Quite often I wonder why I'm loading so much into memory on my precious laptop battery when Window Maker is sufficient.
You notice how much is going on when dragging a window across the screen.
Great job, I'm really pleased to see this site is now strict dtd. I was under the impression that this site was generated from some form of database and then saved and generated to static HTML at predefined intervals, so why all the trouble with the conversion, surely that could have happened during the next output?
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> I am surprised by how high OpenBSD and NetBSD is. > I would have initially thought it would be lower.
OpenBSD is very good for firewalls, the pkgs are vetted carefully and the team do a great job in keeping it as secure as possible. FreeBSD is more desktop orientated these days from what I can tell, and this makes it a little less appealing to those who just want a firewall and nothing else.
> Specifically, the IIS feature set has been broken > down into modules to reduce overhead. Modules can > be changed on the fly, without restarting the Web > server. Also, the IIS metabase has been completely > dropped in favor of easily editable XML > configuration files. Each Web application can have > its own config file that overrides the system-wide > configuration.
Ok, why did it take so long to get here? IIS has been frowned upon for some time as being sub standard, the only reason that people use it is often because it is installed by default and that it is very hard to find a free alternative server for ASP. I suppose customer demand is now strong enough for the buyer to choose alternatives, with web authoring languages such as JSP, python, perl, php leading authors in more portable routes, oh and there is Mono, for most purposes serves as a fully compatible.net server.
I am pleased with this change of heart though, hosting on both windows and unix platforms this should enable me to perform more scripting functions than the current meta base allows. For this reason up until now I have always used unix as the default platform, unless a customer requests FPE (front page extensions).
> because Bill Gates is a lying sack of shit, we > need to know what he's saying so that we can > counter his lies when they are brought up in > conversation.
You should really be deciding for yourself, rather than going by what people say in/. when OS wars come up. Eventually you will know the reasons for using each based on their prime functions, which never change, such as scripting vs gui interface vs open source vs closed source etc.
In relation to the article, I saw nothing that would change suchs views, it's just marketing pitch.
or windows enlightenment? It's just another way of selling software to the public. Using year digits doen't work anymore so they use confusing non-descriptive versions now, nothing much has changed.
TFA isn't really adding anything to technology news, it's little short of being troll itself.
All the above is true. But, sometimes you want to make a new module for something and you really dont want to have to reboot. For example AFS, drbd etc which you really dont want to reboot a whole cluster one by one for, because you choose a new clustering method.
An especially never enter console commands on/. rated anything other than informative, even that is a bad idea. Never enter a console command without first reading the man page, yes it's long and could be a bore, but its not as boring as restoring from backups (if you have backsups of some important directory that you forgot about).
Well this is getting offtopic now, but it does not stop a side project from deploying this as a patch, like many features in the past, eventually enough people want it and then it becomes main stream.
I think it's just something that Linus will think 'hey i could have done this if it was a micro kernel' and his views may change. Who knows, it's forever being changed.
The thing about Darwin (OS X) is that it runs on a micro kernel. You can unload parts of the kernel, make changes and reload them. That's really cool. There is a micro kernel project for linux also, but I've never looked at that. I'm happy to restart my desktop when I recompile the kernel. That's acceptable for me.
i seriously dont care what the manufacturer puts on their cartridge. its a disgusting waste of materials if they expect the buyer to trash can the cartridge after use.
if the corporations are to enforce this they must refund the cartridge once used and offer a replacement.
for what it's worth you can go to a toner store, purchase the cheapest toner you like, remove the end caps and refil your expensive one, for those who were not aware (wear a protective face mask, toner is harmful).
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>I wouldn't worry though, SandStorm cannot do what it
>says on the tin, unless there's a back door in all O/S
>and servers
According to the WMF/EMF image file exploit that effects ALL versions of windows, and if windows is on 90% of computers like the stats tell us, then it's close to being a COMPLETE flaw in NEARLY all computers...
That would imply that my browsing in linux is not 100% useful. In fact, it's too 'useful' I have to use DNS to prevent adverts now that FF supports more kinds of crap. I dred the day it supports vbscript, that will mean further crap. BRING BACK THE WEB damnit, I want less crap and more plain text.
yeah sure its useful, but im kinda happy using:
for( int i=0, size=al.size() ; isize ; i++ )
{
foo( al[i] );
}
since c/c++ doesnt have foreach, ive never really got grown used to it anyway.
java has a foreach:
for (Object o : list)
System.out.println(o);
How long it's been there I don't know, I know it's in my runtime (jdk).
Linux freaks:
Now we dont have to care so much about windows restarts for updates
Windows freaks:
Now linux users can change kernels quicker.
Dual booters:
We're happy.
ebay for the nokia 8310! It's still one of the smallest and useful phones.
7 layer OSI is quite clear, and works well in practice.
Would that be the same OSI that is the 7 layer model of which TCP/UDP/ICMP is the fourth layer and IP is the third?
That looks really nice, but the main problem with kde is the time it takes to do things. Quite often I wonder why I'm loading so much into memory on my precious laptop battery when Window Maker is sufficient.
You notice how much is going on when dragging a window across the screen.
Isn't that the idea behind MSN passport?
I resist thinsg like this. I really don't want someone gathering more information about me.
Great job, I'm really pleased to see this site is now strict dtd. I was under the impression that this site was generated from some form of database and then saved and generated to static HTML at predefined intervals, so why all the trouble with the conversion, surely that could have happened during the next output?
> I am surprised by how high OpenBSD and NetBSD is.
> I would have initially thought it would be lower.
OpenBSD is very good for firewalls, the pkgs are vetted carefully and the team do a great job in keeping it as secure as possible. FreeBSD is more desktop orientated these days from what I can tell, and this makes it a little less appealing to those who just want a firewall and nothing else.
> Specifically, the IIS feature set has been broken
.net server.
> down into modules to reduce overhead. Modules can
> be changed on the fly, without restarting the Web
> server. Also, the IIS metabase has been completely
> dropped in favor of easily editable XML
> configuration files. Each Web application can have
> its own config file that overrides the system-wide
> configuration.
Ok, why did it take so long to get here? IIS has been frowned upon for some time as being sub standard, the only reason that people use it is often because it is installed by default and that it is very hard to find a free alternative server for ASP. I suppose customer demand is now strong enough for the buyer to choose alternatives, with web authoring languages such as JSP, python, perl, php leading authors in more portable routes, oh and there is Mono, for most purposes serves as a fully compatible
I am pleased with this change of heart though, hosting on both windows and unix platforms this should enable me to perform more scripting functions than the current meta base allows. For this reason up until now I have always used unix as the default platform, unless a customer requests FPE (front page extensions).
> because Bill Gates is a lying sack of shit, we
/. when OS wars come up. Eventually you will know the reasons for using each based on their prime functions, which never change, such as scripting vs gui interface vs open source vs closed source etc.
> need to know what he's saying so that we can
> counter his lies when they are brought up in
> conversation.
You should really be deciding for yourself, rather than going by what people say in
In relation to the article, I saw nothing that would change suchs views, it's just marketing pitch.
FWIW, there are some interesting adverts here: http://www.sun.com/emrkt/rejected/
TFA article offers no technology information, has slashdot beocme the borg gazette now?
Come on, why was not posted if not to troll?
> > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda
/dev/hda
>
> dev/urandom is a better source...
Do you know how much time this takes, and how many CPU cycles are wasted? It will probably exceed any profit made from the sale.
Better off using a script to stagger random blocks of 64 bytes at mixed positions over the surface to get the same effect.
Personally I'd just write 0's then 1's then 0's again.
I don't know if there's a better way, but pahaps I'll try a few things with a removable disk like this:
echo $( yes 1 | tr '\n' ' ' ) >
dd is just cp/cat with translation.
plain, salt and vinegar, barbaque etc.
or windows enlightenment? It's just another way of selling software to the public. Using year digits doen't work anymore so they use confusing non-descriptive versions now, nothing much has changed.
TFA isn't really adding anything to technology news, it's little short of being troll itself.
Indeed. With all these versions the priates will have to get more courier sites etc.
The end user will be too confused, and probably get Mandriva instead, which is in three flavours, all probably cheaper.
There really hasn't been a better time for the end user to switch.
All the above is true. But, sometimes you want to make a new module for something and you really dont want to have to reboot. For example AFS, drbd etc which you really dont want to reboot a whole cluster one by one for, because you choose a new clustering method.
An especially never enter console commands on /. rated anything other than informative, even that is a bad idea. Never enter a console command without first reading the man page, yes it's long and could be a bore, but its not as boring as restoring from backups (if you have backsups of some important directory that you forgot about).
Well this is getting offtopic now, but it does not stop a side project from deploying this as a patch, like many features in the past, eventually enough people want it and then it becomes main stream.
I think it's just something that Linus will think 'hey i could have done this if it was a micro kernel' and his views may change. Who knows, it's forever being changed.
The thing about Darwin (OS X) is that it runs on a micro kernel. You can unload parts of the kernel, make changes and reload them. That's really cool. There is a micro kernel project for linux also, but I've never looked at that. I'm happy to restart my desktop when I recompile the kernel. That's acceptable for me.
But, most laptops have terrible graphics ability, this will mean incredibly poor performance on the laptop to do even the most meanial of tasks.
Bring back the command line, I mean monad.
Because windows really does need all that ram.
i seriously dont care what the manufacturer puts on their cartridge. its a disgusting waste of materials if they expect the buyer to trash can the cartridge after use.
if the corporations are to enforce this they must refund the cartridge once used and offer a replacement.
for what it's worth you can go to a toner store, purchase the cheapest toner you like, remove the end caps and refil your expensive one, for those who were not aware (wear a protective face mask, toner is harmful).