Or perhaps set up a rule to forward your new Spam (said sarcastically because I know that makes one no better than the spamming scum -- but you can pretend).
The only thing owed to the poor is equal the opportunity to make a better standard of living for themselves. I think New Orleans has already demonstrated to the world what the end result of the welfare state is. Yes, I'd like to see cheaper hardware/software/tv's/cars/whatever but equally and for everybody. The "poor" deserve no special treatment -- a free ride only breeds apathy and complacency. You want a laptop? Get a job. You say "I can't get a job because I'm uneducated"? Tough -- life doesn't guarantee anything. Do something about it for your CHILDREN and teach them to be better than you. Teach them to articulate and to value hard work instead of dressing like thugs and shouting "discrimination!" when you don't condone their ebonics bullshit. Mostly, teach them toget off their asses and find a bus when you've got two days warning that a Category 5 hurricane is creeping your way and not to wait for the Government to come bail your sorry ass out.
As for the children and elderly caught in this tradgedy I am truly sorry but I'm tired of hearing about the "tradgedy of the poor" in New Atlantis and elsewhere. You're only owed what you earn. Period. Laptops included. Walk your poor ass to a librabry.
Our group has one of the Concurrent "iHawk" systems on order. They're pretty sweet. Essentially, RedHawk is a Concurrent-licensed version of Montevista's HardHat Linux modified to have its scheduler driven by a Concurrent-custom hardware interrupt card (the "RCIM"). You program your interrupt frequency, tie your task to be driven by the card, and determinism goes through the roof. The computer itself is COTS server-grade stuff. Presently Concurrent is using Dells I believe.
FWIW, I've been steadily hit for about the past 5 weeks by IP's from apnic, mostly N. Korea, attempting to gain access via SSH to root and non-root accounts. This adds an interesting bit of explanation to it. Hmmmm...
Back about '89 when 286's were high-end, the big cost was neither software nor the general hardware but rather the hard disk itself. I seem to recall Segate ST-4096's were going form upwards of $2K (and took most of the day to low-level and format!). Anyway, we sold a neat piece of hardware to several clients who wanted common access to files. It was called "OA Link" and was essentially a full 286 on an ISA card that coexisted with the host computer and had access to the hard drive as if it were its own. Keyboard and video were added via a pair of DB-15's over cables that could run up to about 50 ft away to a small interface box.
I'm 40 and a 7-year devotee of Linux. Before that I used OS/2 from Warp 4.0 back to 2.0. And before that, for a period, a Windows/286 v2.11 owner. For some years now I've been an obvious Microsoft basher but a realization came to me one day that I think holds a lot of truth.
When I first got involved with personal computing it was generally perceived that if you wanted the best tools available (e.g., compilers, linkers, whatever...) that Microsoft was the way to go. To a large degree that was true in the early 80's. My realization was that the explanation lies in the chief demographic of the day -- back then computing was relegated to engineers and scientists or hobbyists with high technical proficiency and accordingly high expectations. Microsoft provided quality product because that was what that market demanded. And likewise I believe a large portion of the blame for Microsofts current shoddiness is accordingly attributable to today's market of mindless masses -- the Wal-Mart crowed with stacks of AOL disks under arm who proclaim proudly "they've got the Internet on their computer" (oh, really? you must have a BIG hard drive!).
Anyway, MS has one of the largest pools of really good technical talent on the planet -- programmers, artists, you name it. But technical samaritans don't drive MS, marketing does. And as long as the masses continue to accept CRAP (or don't learn to differentiate crap from quality) things will never change. Microsoft's "agenda" is only money. Only if the consumer base demands better of them will things change. The way I see it, our community's biggest challenge is therefore education of the masses and spreading the realization that "computer" does not necessarily equate to "Windows" and that, with regard to viral attacks and security flaws that's not "all just part of being a computer" -- it's ALL about user competency. With a competent user even Windows can be tightened down to be a really good OS, and if competency ever becomes the computing norm again MS will be happy to oblige those user's expectations.
On a tangent, the worst thing to happen to PC's in my opinion was the transition to pre-loaded, pre-configured OS'es. Forcing the user to at least INSTALL the OS at minimum imparted a *little* bit of basic system savvy. Now all you have to be able to do is hit the power button and your cable modem completes your upgrade to full-blown viral-blasting American online.
Whatever Wal-Mart's motive or what you think of them, the fact remains that Wal-Mart IS the door to the masses and any computer sitting on their shelf with a non-Windows OS on it is a GREAT thing if for no other reason than it will be many people's first realization that another OS even EXISTS. The trick, though, is how to find a technical middle ground that doesn't intimidate them without dumbing down Linux (e.g., Lindows) to the point it's no better than Windows -- any OS is only as good/secure as its weakest sysadmin. If you know the answer to how to accomplish this please tell me know and I'll unpack my laptop and solar panel and cancel my one-way trip to New Zealand.
Actually, here in the US our individual votes are not even that meaningful. Most people forget we do not actually vote for the _candidate_ but rather for delegates to the "electoral college" who then pick our President for us (but alarmingly are not bound to cast their votes in the manner in which our votes indicated our preferences).
I've really been feeling left out lately. Does anyone know if this source code paylod has been released under the GPL? I mean, I'd really love to build this virus under Linux but only if I can compromise my OS without compromising anyone's IP.
Has SCO consented to the dissemination of this source code??
Slashdot Mirror
In the event you would like to express your opinions to his Honor, Judge Charles P. Kocoras, taken from HERE.
Or perhaps set up a rule to forward your new Spam (said sarcastically because I know that makes one no better than the spamming scum -- but you can pretend).
No dd under OS X?
If so, dd if= of= bs=512 and no need for Carbon Copy, unless you just want to buy something.
The only thing owed to the poor is equal the opportunity to make a better standard of living for themselves. I think New Orleans has already demonstrated to the world what the end result of the welfare state is. Yes, I'd like to see cheaper hardware/software/tv's/cars/whatever but equally and for everybody. The "poor" deserve no special treatment -- a free ride only breeds apathy and complacency. You want a laptop? Get a job. You say "I can't get a job because I'm uneducated"? Tough -- life doesn't guarantee anything. Do something about it for your CHILDREN and teach them to be better than you. Teach them to articulate and to value hard work instead of dressing like thugs and shouting "discrimination!" when you don't condone their ebonics bullshit. Mostly, teach them toget off their asses and find a bus when you've got two days warning that a Category 5 hurricane is creeping your way and not to wait for the Government to come bail your sorry ass out.
As for the children and elderly caught in this tradgedy I am truly sorry but I'm tired of hearing about the "tradgedy of the poor" in New Atlantis and elsewhere. You're only owed what you earn. Period. Laptops included. Walk your poor ass to a librabry.
Our group has one of the Concurrent "iHawk" systems on order. They're pretty sweet. Essentially, RedHawk is a Concurrent-licensed version of Montevista's HardHat Linux modified to have its scheduler driven by a Concurrent-custom hardware interrupt card (the "RCIM"). You program your interrupt frequency, tie your task to be driven by the card, and determinism goes through the roof. The computer itself is COTS server-grade stuff. Presently Concurrent is using Dells I believe.
Kinda sounds like Way Forward Technologies' "Anthem" to me (DGHDA). Nothing "new" there.
Sure, if I was running on PPC and Windows came my way I'd find something else immediately.
FWIW, I've been steadily hit for about the past 5 weeks by IP's from apnic, mostly N. Korea, attempting to gain access via SSH to root and non-root accounts. This adds an interesting bit of explanation to it. Hmmmm...
All of the stunt helicopter practice recoveries were successful. I believe the cause of impact had something to do with the unparachuted plummet...
Back about '89 when 286's were high-end, the big cost was neither software nor the general hardware but rather the hard disk itself. I seem to recall Segate ST-4096's were going form upwards of $2K (and took most of the day to low-level and format!). Anyway, we sold a neat piece of hardware to several clients who wanted common access to files. It was called "OA Link" and was essentially a full 286 on an ISA card that coexisted with the host computer and had access to the hard drive as if it were its own. Keyboard and video were added via a pair of DB-15's over cables that could run up to about 50 ft away to a small interface box.
When I first got involved with personal computing it was generally perceived that if you wanted the best tools available (e.g., compilers, linkers, whatever...) that Microsoft was the way to go. To a large degree that was true in the early 80's. My realization was that the explanation lies in the chief demographic of the day -- back then computing was relegated to engineers and scientists or hobbyists with high technical proficiency and accordingly high expectations. Microsoft provided quality product because that was what that market demanded. And likewise I believe a large portion of the blame for Microsofts current shoddiness is accordingly attributable to today's market of mindless masses -- the Wal-Mart crowed with stacks of AOL disks under arm who proclaim proudly "they've got the Internet on their computer" (oh, really? you must have a BIG hard drive!).
Anyway, MS has one of the largest pools of really good technical talent on the planet -- programmers, artists, you name it. But technical samaritans don't drive MS, marketing does. And as long as the masses continue to accept CRAP (or don't learn to differentiate crap from quality) things will never change. Microsoft's "agenda" is only money. Only if the consumer base demands better of them will things change. The way I see it, our community's biggest challenge is therefore education of the masses and spreading the realization that "computer" does not necessarily equate to "Windows" and that, with regard to viral attacks and security flaws that's not "all just part of being a computer" -- it's ALL about user competency. With a competent user even Windows can be tightened down to be a really good OS, and if competency ever becomes the computing norm again MS will be happy to oblige those user's expectations.
On a tangent, the worst thing to happen to PC's in my opinion was the transition to pre-loaded, pre-configured OS'es. Forcing the user to at least INSTALL the OS at minimum imparted a *little* bit of basic system savvy. Now all you have to be able to do is hit the power button and your cable modem completes your upgrade to full-blown viral-blasting American online.
Whatever Wal-Mart's motive or what you think of them, the fact remains that Wal-Mart IS the door to the masses and any computer sitting on their shelf with a non-Windows OS on it is a GREAT thing if for no other reason than it will be many people's first realization that another OS even EXISTS. The trick, though, is how to find a technical middle ground that doesn't intimidate them without dumbing down Linux (e.g., Lindows) to the point it's no better than Windows -- any OS is only as good/secure as its weakest sysadmin. If you know the answer to how to accomplish this please tell me know and I'll unpack my laptop and solar panel and cancel my one-way trip to New Zealand.
Actually, here in the US our individual votes are not even that meaningful. Most people forget we do not actually vote for the _candidate_ but rather for delegates to the "electoral college" who then pick our President for us (but alarmingly are not bound to cast their votes in the manner in which our votes indicated our preferences).
And here's a link to one of the better articles I've read on the AGC...
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http://www.free-definition.com/Apollo-Guidance-
I've really been feeling left out lately. Does anyone know if this source code paylod has been released under the GPL? I mean, I'd really love to build this virus under Linux but only if I can compromise my OS without compromising anyone's IP.
Has SCO consented to the dissemination of this source code??
http://www.caldera.com/support/docs/wabi/
Solution? Replace those $$$ AT&T SkyPhones on the seatbacks with Uzi's.
NOW stand up with your boxcutter, Osama.
Well, I'm able to recognize more than 200 words and fetch a previously-unseen toy from another room on command.