that our countries law enforcement is going after those evil, awful, wretched *pirates* ! These pirates are a much greater threat to our communal well being than, say, undercover terrorist cells!
I, for one, applaud our law enforcement for a job well done!
I am truly impressed. I think I may convert my project over to Oracle now (from Postgresql). Not sure though, as the cost of Oracle might eat me and my soul alive.
Perhaps Microsoft should try this strategy. Im sure the kids would thoroughly enjoy that assignment! They'd have bugs coming out the wazoo! A's for everyone!
Splash, the official ReactOS newsletter, had a small piece on it:
"Ge van Geldorp has been fiddling with getting ReactOS on the XBox: I think most of the differences between a standard PC and the Xbox can be handled by using a custom HAL for the Xbox, after all, that's what the HAL is for. At the moment, we build 1 HAL, based on the value of MP in config it's either a UniProcessor HAL or a MultiProcessor HAL. Which code is compiled is based on preprocessor statements. I'd like to be able to build 3 HALs in parallel, the UP, MP and Xbox HALs.
Alex Ionescu noted that a new kernel will probably be needed to sucessfully get ReactOS on the XBox. This is because, despite how hard Microsoft tried, the kernel is still architecturally dependant to a degree. Furthermore, between Steven Edwards and Alex, they decided that ReactOS on the XBox would be complicated by the lack of BIOS, proprietary graphics, lack of legacy I/O, proprietary PnP, etc.
Steven eplains a little more about the propietary graphics: [It] is a standard NVidia GeForce Chip minus a VGABios. VBE works fine on it and we have been in discussion with the xbox-linux people about how to trick it in to working with the Nvidia windows binary driver. The Windows driver supports everything from the old Riva cards up through TNT, GeForce[2,3,4}, etc. All we have to do is add a few hacks to videoprt.sys, the HAL and a few other places and it should load according to the research I have done. They have not done this on Linux already because of lack of resources.
GvG hopes that it won't be necessary to put Xbox specific code in the kernel, but I'm not 100% sure about that.
Maritn Misuth brings up an interesting question regarding how ReactOS will behave under the XBox: I've heard that XBOX WinNT kernel implementation has only around 120 kb in mem, allows single process only, (propably windows messaging) is done by polling and has not memory protection, so games can access hardwae directly. Will ReactOS on XBOX mimic this behavior? This was answered with a definitive "No". The XBox port is meant to run ReactOS on the XBox, not to create an XBox OS. It should be noted that the port of ReactOS is not mean to run XBox games (like the XBox WinNT kernel port by Microsoft), but merely to run ReactOS on the hardware."
Personally, I'm really into computer science/programming. I am taking an independant study in Assembly, an independant study in Web Programming (the web courses at my school are a joke), C++ and Java this year. I already know VB, VB.Net and C.
Personally, I would love some direction on large scale project mangement. I would really like to know how best to organize very *large* amounts of code. Often, my big project gets ambushed by previous organizational mistakes, forcing a lot of rewriting.
Alternatively, teach something like Python or Assembler. Or perhaps a Linux class. Everyone likes games, you could set up LAN tournaments.
But wait...its anonymous. No more karma whoring for you kids. Oh, and no more/. effect, it takes about an hour to load one page anyhow, so the increased traffic won't even be noticed!
Perhaps if the ISP got pounded by extra traffic, they would look into their own network and find the reason for the traffic to begin with. It would be nice if the ISP's were also helping to cut down on spam, and this collective near-DDoS might get their attention.
If you RTFA, it said that the printing of the yellow dots happened *BEFORE* the laser, presumably not using the traditional method at all to mark it down. I'm betting it is a totally seperate mechanism to lay down the dots.
Hmm, so now I can use my own bandwidth (and money) to provide "legal" songs for others. Furthermore, I can suffer the slow and crappy connections of others so I can pay for "legal" music? Wow! What a deal!
If i'm going to pay for music, why wouldn't I just use iTunes or some other service, download from a reliable and fast service, and not waste my own bandwidth?
The idea is retarded. The only reason P2P is nice is because you can get content from other sources in a decentralized manner. But if you have to check with a central source anyway to determine if your download is "legal", then that source should provide the actual download itself. This is just a way for the business to host a "Music Download Service" without actually hosting the music. Instead, they are freeloading off the users. Beautifull business strategy, another way to stick it to the consumer.
Sure, email will change. It might not even be recognizable as email anymore. But there is still a need on the internet for some type of "mail" system, where both parties don't have to be online. Furthermore, there is still a need to contact people you might not know.
For instance, I had to recently contact a prof. at a university. He had no idea who I was, as we had never met or exchanged mail. Sad day for me if the new system only accepts mail from known people.
QDOS was made in 2 months of work by Seattle Computer Products (albiet after seeing CP/M). It was coded completely by hand with NO THEFT involved. Gates then purchased QDOS off of Seattle Computer products, rebranded it to MS-Dos and added a few improvements, then licensed to IBM.
Its not about the speed, but the fact that they can handle the load. Coral Cache isn't going to get slashdotted. It might be slow, but the site is still up. Dont use it to download movies. Doh.
Slashdot Mirror
I, for one, applaud our law enforcement for a job well done!
Either way, should be fun to play with :)
Now that is impressive if it is true! I might have to look into that. :)
Hah! My trackball has a Back button on it!
You forget you are talking to the /. crowd...
welcome our pre-alpha sourceforge vaporware 12-year old overlords
Oh, wait. Its called a cell phone...
Perhaps Microsoft should try this strategy. Im sure the kids would thoroughly enjoy that assignment! They'd have bugs coming out the wazoo! A's for everyone!
welcome our new lizard overlords...err...wait...
p2p.Make()
p2p.Connect(myFriends)
p2p.Share(pr0n)
p2p.Hide(New Regex("[[:alpha:]][[:alpha:]]AA"))
p2p.Rawr()
p2p.Make() p2p.Connect(myFriends) p2p.Share(pr0n) p2p.Hide(New Regex("[[:alpha:]][[:alpha:]]AA")) p2p.Rawr();
Look! 5 lines of filesharing goodness!
"Ge van Geldorp has been fiddling with getting ReactOS on the XBox: I think most of the differences between a standard PC and the Xbox can be handled by using a custom HAL for the Xbox, after all, that's what the HAL is for. At the moment, we build 1 HAL, based on the value of MP in config it's either a UniProcessor HAL or a MultiProcessor HAL. Which code is compiled is based on preprocessor statements. I'd like to be able to build 3 HALs in parallel, the UP, MP and Xbox HALs.
Alex Ionescu noted that a new kernel will probably be needed to sucessfully get ReactOS on the XBox. This is because, despite how hard Microsoft tried, the kernel is still architecturally dependant to a degree. Furthermore, between Steven Edwards and Alex, they decided that ReactOS on the XBox would be complicated by the lack of BIOS, proprietary graphics, lack of legacy I/O, proprietary PnP, etc.
Steven eplains a little more about the propietary graphics: [It] is a standard NVidia GeForce Chip minus a VGABios. VBE works fine on it and we have been in discussion with the xbox-linux people about how to trick it in to working with the Nvidia windows binary driver. The Windows driver supports everything from the old Riva cards up through TNT, GeForce[2,3,4}, etc. All we have to do is add a few hacks to videoprt.sys, the HAL and a few other places and it should load according to the research I have done. They have not done this on Linux already because of lack of resources.
GvG hopes that it won't be necessary to put Xbox specific code in the kernel, but I'm not 100% sure about that.
Maritn Misuth brings up an interesting question regarding how ReactOS will behave under the XBox: I've heard that XBOX WinNT kernel implementation has only around 120 kb in mem, allows single process only, (propably windows messaging) is done by polling and has not memory protection, so games can access hardwae directly. Will ReactOS on XBOX mimic this behavior? This was answered with a definitive "No". The XBox port is meant to run ReactOS on the XBox, not to create an XBox OS. It should be noted that the port of ReactOS is not mean to run XBox games (like the XBox WinNT kernel port by Microsoft), but merely to run ReactOS on the hardware."
Personally, I'm really into computer science/programming. I am taking an independant study in Assembly, an independant study in Web Programming (the web courses at my school are a joke), C++ and Java this year. I already know VB, VB.Net and C.
Personally, I would love some direction on large scale project mangement. I would really like to know how best to organize very *large* amounts of code. Often, my big project gets ambushed by previous organizational mistakes, forcing a lot of rewriting.
Alternatively, teach something like Python or Assembler. Or perhaps a Linux class. Everyone likes games, you could set up LAN tournaments.
Hope that helps.
Sidenote: Would that constitute as slashdotting the government? =)
Why not just grow a spine and keep your brat kids from watching inappropriate material?
But wait...its anonymous. No more karma whoring for you kids. Oh, and no more /. effect, it takes about an hour to load one page anyhow, so the increased traffic won't even be noticed!
A decent comment, raped by spam. C'est la vie.
Perhaps if the ISP got pounded by extra traffic, they would look into their own network and find the reason for the traffic to begin with. It would be nice if the ISP's were also helping to cut down on spam, and this collective near-DDoS might get their attention.
If you RTFA, it said that the printing of the yellow dots happened *BEFORE* the laser, presumably not using the traditional method at all to mark it down. I'm betting it is a totally seperate mechanism to lay down the dots.
Damn. Indeed I did :D
Pretty soon our TV's will turn into Viewscreens, and we wont be able to turn them off. Oh yeah, they will watch us too...
If i'm going to pay for music, why wouldn't I just use iTunes or some other service, download from a reliable and fast service, and not waste my own bandwidth?
The idea is retarded. The only reason P2P is nice is because you can get content from other sources in a decentralized manner. But if you have to check with a central source anyway to determine if your download is "legal", then that source should provide the actual download itself. This is just a way for the business to host a "Music Download Service" without actually hosting the music. Instead, they are freeloading off the users. Beautifull business strategy, another way to stick it to the consumer.
Sure, email will change. It might not even be recognizable as email anymore. But there is still a need on the internet for some type of "mail" system, where both parties don't have to be online. Furthermore, there is still a need to contact people you might not know.
For instance, I had to recently contact a prof. at a university. He had no idea who I was, as we had never met or exchanged mail. Sad day for me if the new system only accepts mail from known people.
Think a little.
QDOS was made in 2 months of work by Seattle Computer Products (albiet after seeing CP/M). It was coded completely by hand with NO THEFT involved. Gates then purchased QDOS off of Seattle Computer products, rebranded it to MS-Dos and added a few improvements, then licensed to IBM.
Get your facts straight
Its not about the speed, but the fact that they can handle the load. Coral Cache isn't going to get slashdotted. It might be slow, but the site is still up. Dont use it to download movies. Doh.