hotplugd is pretty damned neat on the user end. It allows you to define actions performed when a device is plugged in, such as a digital camera (ala cp/mnt/camera/* ~/pictures/$DATE/).
It's also mentioned in a recently slashdotted interview with some OpenBSD devs here: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/ openbsd _3_6.html
Take a state's population, divide by number of electoral points for the state. Have state citizens vote. Take ratio, and apply electoral points accordingly.
How hard is this? And who's doing it? Colorado? A couple other states?
Why is it that everytime Andrew Tanenbaum is mentioned on Slashdot, the "infamous thread" must be brought up, and not much else? This man IS UNIX history.
Tanenbaum was around looong before Linus/Linux. Before Linux even began, before Soft Landing Linux, those of us who wanted UNIX on our home computers used/loved Minix.
Minix was the technology that sparked a lifetime love of UNIX for many a users, not just the younger Linux.
Occasionally, I'll reflect on the beautiful blue console of my Amiga, on which I ran Minix off of 3 (as I recall) floppies.
So please, let's not dismiss Andrew Tanenbaum's role in computer history. Remember that his shoulders are the giant's that Linus has been standing on.
I can't wait to see what the people standing on Linus's shoulders come up with...
I can't wait for the next Windows virus or worm to take down all the cash machines.
You can't wait? So, let me get this straight. You hope that major portions of a financial infrastructure will get fucked up and make people's lives miserable just so you can say a geeky "told you so!"?
Was a notorious bug that really pissed me off as I lost all my files and of course, didn't have a backup. It was fixed several OS revisions ago and I've been using it for at least 8 months or so. Seems to work flawlessly, haven't had any corruption yet. I do A TON of writes with this File Vaulted account. No problems at all since the fix.
And I didn't have those problems. I don't doubt that you did. My setup (after days and days of initial tweaking) worked fine.
I've never had the guide data stoppage that you mentioned. I never had to compile anything, as well. I don't know what you mean about sharing your data, but I suspect that whatever it is, its both feasible and possible to do.
FYI, I went off of the popular Fedora Core 2/MythTV howto.
also you spend $300-$500 to make that mythbox. $100.00 for a replaytv + 12.95 a month sounds smarter.
Actually, no, I just bought a WinTV PVR-350 card for my existing PC, which usually sits under the desk turned off, as I use my spanking new dual G5 Mac for all of my computing needs.
With a card like the PVR's, you can use a relatively low-powered PC to do your tasks. I can fully use my PC as a normal PC whilst leaving MythTV running, it doesn't use hardly any CPU, thanks to the MPEG2 encoder/decoders on the PVR card.
$100 + 12.95 sounds really smart until those monthly fees add up to the cost of the MythTV box, or when you realize that ReplayTV isn't nearly as featureful (think Mythmusic, the MythTV web interface, the video game interface, mythweb, custom OSD alerts, etc). The ReplayTV also isn't nearly as hackable as MythTV.
In my approximate 4 days of fussing with MythTV and getting it right, I was essentially forced to become intimately familiar with Video4Linux, framebuffers, kernel module/driver topology, and NTSC. Most people would call that a serious downside, a hacker calls that "fun".
Uhm, it works fine here. You really have to get your hardware "right", here. NVidia video cards, and a WinTV PVR-x50 is highly recommended.
If MythTV isn't your taste, you could always take a look at the SageTV product (www.sage.tv). It's Windows-based, but is very stable, easy to setup, and cheap ~$79, no subscription fee. Plus, you can use your PC for other stuff, while your PVR is displayed on your TV.
Ballmer is either stupid or just plain misleading. The average person sees hardware as a physical commodity to buy. They really don't mind paying a few hundred for a computer, but sure, cheaper is always better.
However, they see software (aside from the cheap media costs) as intangible, as something ludicrous to pay much for. When you start approaching $60 or so for software, people start turning their heads away.
Nevermind the research and production and development costs. We're talking about the reality of the money source, here -- people.
It's funny to think there's people out there who will pay over $60, let alone well over $150 for a shrinkwrap copy of Windows. That's just insane.
Well, I'll have to disagree here. While you can "hire" hookers for a romp in a car, I have yet to do so. The only interaction I really enjoy with the hookers, is killing them -- preferably with a single shot from the sawed-off shotgun at close range.
Now, before you go on about sexism, realize that I do not discriminate and really, I shoot anything in the game that moves -- be it hookers or businessmen or cops. I spent a half hour shooting out the windows of a skyscraper once, with a sniper rifle.
My sister is even more addicted to the game than I am. My mom is also known to enjoy playing.
Uhm no, because I already have. Don't buy the hype about speed lag and buy a Mac. If you don't want to buy a Mac don't bother sitting and dreaming about OS X on x86.
My beefed up dual G5 costs me around $2300, big whoopy. I sold my old G4/867 (2001) for almost $900 on Ebay this past June. So I ponied up $1400 for a new dual 2ghz G5. I imagine in a few years, I'll do the same exact thing.
Which part of "Active Server Pages" doesn't make sense to you? ASP is not a language. It's a server-side scripting model. VBScript and JScript are (some of the languages) contained within ASP pages.
You shouldn't assume before criticizing something, you'll end up looking stupid, which it appears you often do.
Many of us won't pay for his DRM-enabled portable players, nor his DRM-enabled computers. And we'll tell our family and friends not to buy his crap, either.
So keep blathering on Steve. Keep trying to take away our rights to fair use. I for one, won't be buying your shit. And I'll do everything I can to subvert your attempts.
You're on crack, the Tungsten C with built-in Wi-Fi has enormous battery life, and you can use it for hours and hours while connected to an AP.
Wi-Fi doesn't change once a year. We've had the old trusty standard 11b for years and years, what "changes" have we had since then? Pretty much just 11g.
If you want us to bother reading your submissions and attached URLs, refrain from the use of such infantile terms as "pimp", "sweet", and similars and variants. You won't be taken seriously by the over-16 crowd using those kinds of words.
I like Eric's blog. It's probably the first Sun person's blog I've read that isn't filled with debate-class drivel. He actually lays down the facts in a technical, but concise manner which significantly eases getting his point across. Many of the other Sun-sters should take note.
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hotplugd is pretty damned neat on the user end. It allows you to define actions performed when a device is plugged in, such as a digital camera (ala cp /mnt/camera/* ~/pictures/$DATE/).
/ openbsd _3_6.html
It's also mentioned in a recently slashdotted interview with some OpenBSD devs here:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28
Take a state's population, divide by number of electoral points for the state. Have state citizens vote. Take ratio, and apply electoral points accordingly.
How hard is this? And who's doing it? Colorado? A couple other states?
Perhaps you missed the sections about large sequences of opcodes in SoBig matching opcode sequences in Send-Safe. That's pretty damning evidence.
Why is it that everytime Andrew Tanenbaum is mentioned on Slashdot, the "infamous thread" must be brought up, and not much else? This man IS UNIX history.
Tanenbaum was around looong before Linus/Linux. Before Linux even began, before Soft Landing Linux, those of us who wanted UNIX on our home computers used/loved Minix.
Minix was the technology that sparked a lifetime love of UNIX for many a users, not just the younger Linux.
Occasionally, I'll reflect on the beautiful blue console of my Amiga, on which I ran Minix off of 3 (as I recall) floppies.
So please, let's not dismiss Andrew Tanenbaum's role in computer history. Remember that his shoulders are the giant's that Linus has been standing on.
I can't wait to see what the people standing on Linus's shoulders come up with...
Only on Slashdot does a coherent reply to a trolled story submission get marked as a troll.
I can't wait for the next Windows virus or worm to take down all the cash machines.
You can't wait? So, let me get this straight. You hope that major portions of a financial infrastructure will get fucked up and make people's lives miserable just so you can say a geeky "told you so!"?
Was a notorious bug that really pissed me off as I lost all my files and of course, didn't have a backup. It was fixed several OS revisions ago and I've been using it for at least 8 months or so. Seems to work flawlessly, haven't had any corruption yet. I do A TON of writes with this File Vaulted account. No problems at all since the fix.
And I didn't have those problems. I don't doubt that you did. My setup (after days and days of initial tweaking) worked fine.
I've never had the guide data stoppage that you mentioned. I never had to compile anything, as well. I don't know what you mean about sharing your data, but I suspect that whatever it is, its both feasible and possible to do.
FYI, I went off of the popular Fedora Core 2/MythTV howto.
also you spend $300-$500 to make that mythbox. $100.00 for a replaytv + 12.95 a month sounds smarter.
Actually, no, I just bought a WinTV PVR-350 card for my existing PC, which usually sits under the desk turned off, as I use my spanking new dual G5 Mac for all of my computing needs.
With a card like the PVR's, you can use a relatively low-powered PC to do your tasks. I can fully use my PC as a normal PC whilst leaving MythTV running, it doesn't use hardly any CPU, thanks to the MPEG2 encoder/decoders on the PVR card.
$100 + 12.95 sounds really smart until those monthly fees add up to the cost of the MythTV box, or when you realize that ReplayTV isn't nearly as featureful (think Mythmusic, the MythTV web interface, the video game interface, mythweb, custom OSD alerts, etc). The ReplayTV also isn't nearly as hackable as MythTV.
In my approximate 4 days of fussing with MythTV and getting it right, I was essentially forced to become intimately familiar with Video4Linux, framebuffers, kernel module/driver topology, and NTSC. Most people would call that a serious downside, a hacker calls that "fun".
Uhm, it works fine here. You really have to get your hardware "right", here. NVidia video cards, and a WinTV PVR-x50 is highly recommended.
If MythTV isn't your taste, you could always take a look at the SageTV product (www.sage.tv). It's Windows-based, but is very stable, easy to setup, and cheap ~$79, no subscription fee. Plus, you can use your PC for other stuff, while your PVR is displayed on your TV.
Ballmer is either stupid or just plain misleading. The average person sees hardware as a physical commodity to buy. They really don't mind paying a few hundred for a computer, but sure, cheaper is always better.
However, they see software (aside from the cheap media costs) as intangible, as something ludicrous to pay much for. When you start approaching $60 or so for software, people start turning their heads away.
Nevermind the research and production and development costs. We're talking about the reality of the money source, here -- people.
It's funny to think there's people out there who will pay over $60, let alone well over $150 for a shrinkwrap copy of Windows. That's just insane.
Well, I'll have to disagree here. While you can "hire" hookers for a romp in a car, I have yet to do so. The only interaction I really enjoy with the hookers, is killing them -- preferably with a single shot from the sawed-off shotgun at close range.
Now, before you go on about sexism, realize that I do not discriminate and really, I shoot anything in the game that moves -- be it hookers or businessmen or cops. I spent a half hour shooting out the windows of a skyscraper once, with a sniper rifle.
My sister is even more addicted to the game than I am. My mom is also known to enjoy playing.
Right, because the alien genocide, property damage, and xenophobia of Doom is much more righteous!
Uhm no, because I already have. Don't buy the hype about speed lag and buy a Mac. If you don't want to buy a Mac don't bother sitting and dreaming about OS X on x86.
My beefed up dual G5 costs me around $2300, big whoopy. I sold my old G4/867 (2001) for almost $900 on Ebay this past June. So I ponied up $1400 for a new dual 2ghz G5. I imagine in a few years, I'll do the same exact thing.
Try getting that kind of resale value on any PC.
The same people complaining about GPL violations are all too eager to violate other people's copyrights just for the hell of it.
Which part of "Active Server Pages" doesn't make sense to you? ASP is not a language. It's a server-side scripting model. VBScript and JScript are (some of the languages) contained within ASP pages.
You shouldn't assume before criticizing something, you'll end up looking stupid, which it appears you often do.
What're they gonna do, send a space shuttle full of astronauts up to arrest you?
ASP != ASP.NET
They are *completely* different languages/technology. Perhaps you should spend more time actually learning than bashing stuff you have no clue about.
PS: How did this get modded up, when it was an obviosu flame? Oh right. It's Slashdot.
grep outlawed, labeled a "munition". New program, "grap", to replace. Will only search files if the "public" bit is set on a file.
Yes, but does it run Linu....oh it does.
Many of us won't pay for his DRM-enabled portable players, nor his DRM-enabled computers. And we'll tell our family and friends not to buy his crap, either.
So keep blathering on Steve. Keep trying to take away our rights to fair use. I for one, won't be buying your shit. And I'll do everything I can to subvert your attempts.
You're on crack, the Tungsten C with built-in Wi-Fi has enormous battery life, and you can use it for hours and hours while connected to an AP.
Wi-Fi doesn't change once a year. We've had the old trusty standard 11b for years and years, what "changes" have we had since then? Pretty much just 11g.
If you want us to bother reading your submissions and attached URLs, refrain from the use of such infantile terms as "pimp", "sweet", and similars and variants. You won't be taken seriously by the over-16 crowd using those kinds of words.
Must have been running Linux
I've read way to many HP Lovecraft stories to go messing around with caves, man.
The first time I heard something even remotely similar to Cthulhu belching, I'd be scrambling out of there in a panic.
I like Eric's blog. It's probably the first Sun person's blog I've read that isn't filled with debate-class drivel. He actually lays down the facts in a technical, but concise manner which significantly eases getting his point across. Many of the other Sun-sters should take note.