Microsoft adjusted its licensing terms for the Maxtor system, Williams noted. Unlike general-purpose servers, a Maxtor machine doesn't require that customers pay for client access licenses--the fees often required for computers that use the server.
"That's the first time Microsoft has done this," Williams said.
I really disagree with this statement. Composing music is the ultimate way to express yourself. I would hate to think there is any way to express yourself in a mathematical proof...
You've never seen two people try to prove the same thing, have you?
Hey man, programming is an art - many fellow musicians I know are also computer geeks and likewise - many programmers are also accomplished musicians.
I'm sure both use similar mechanisms in the mind.
Some quotes from Knuth:
A scientific approach is generally characterized by the words logical, systematic, impersonal, calm, rational, while an artistic approach
is characterized by the words aesthetic, creative, humanitarian, anxious,
irrational. It seems to me that both of these apparently contradictory
approaches have great value with respect to computer programming.
The chief goal of my work as an educator and author is to help people
learn to write beautiful programs.
Therefore I want to address my closing remarks to the system
programmers and the machine designers who produce the systems that
the rest of us must work with. Please, give us tools that are a pleasure
to use, especially for our routine assignments, instead of providing
something we have to fight with. Please, give us tools that encourage
us to write better programs, by enhancing our pleasure when we do so.
It's very hard for me to convince college freshmen that programming
is beautiful, when the first thing I have to tell them is how to punch
``slash slash JOB equal so-and-so.''
We have seen that computer programming is an art,
because it applies accumulated knowledge to the world, because it
requires skill and ingenuity, and especially because it produces objects
of beauty.
Donald E. Knuth, Computer programming as an Art, 1974
I'm currently using version M 1993-12-28 j on a FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE system, compiled from the sources available at AT&T.
My question is about ksh's regex capabilities. You mention that you don't have a need for Perl anymore due to expanded features in ksh. I have found the only area in which ksh seems to need improvement is in it's regular expression syntax, which differs greatly than the "norm" (if there is such a thing) in the UNIX world.
Are there any plans to move towards a more POSIX-style for regular expressions, like those found in grep and Perl?
CS is:
brain teasers
logic problems
algorithms (linear and parallel)
complexity theory
language design
data structures
OS design
cache coherence
research oriented (at least where I went)
CS isn't:
HOWTO program
3733T haXorZ
OS holy-wars
I'm glad I got my theory-oriented CS degree at the U of Rochester - I coded up a quick subroutine trace program in Perl (a language I taught myself easily, since language design was studied) in about 2 hours using a pseudo-tree structure (implemented with a hash of hashes) and depth-first traversal. As soon as I was given the problem the solution was easy, since I'd studied the concepts behind it in school.
My job is as a technical trainer, so it isn't CS related directly, but the concepts come up all of the time.
1994 : MkLinux on PowerMac 6100
(Begins CS degree at U of Rochester)
1996 : RedHat 4.2 on AMD K6
1997 : RedHat 5
1998 : FreeBSD 3 on same AMD
(Finishes CS degree - note OS enlightenment)
1999 : OpenBSD on AMD K6-3
2000 : OpenBSD on VPN - IPF firewall setup,
FreeBSD on SMP Dell 2300 with RAID.
Also remember that sprintf is in userland programs which make open holes themselves if they run root. I wasn't just talking about the kernel - when you use a BSD UNIX you get the whole system integrated together, not just a kernel with programs added in at the distro's whim.
I may be way off but I think Debian is the only Linux distro to organize their development like this.
Sure, out of the box, OpenBSD is probably way more secure than ANY Linux distro.
No, actually, it is more secure than any Linux distribution out-of-the-box, period. It requires administrator intervention to make it insecure, rather than being insecure after the first reboot. It does put the responsibility for security after installation squarely on the shoulders of the administrator, but it also gives them the best starting point to work with.
But I know where to look to patch up my Linux box, and I don't on OpenBSD.
One of the main points for using OpenBSD is that you can do a default install and be sure that your box is secure. Unlike any other OS, which requires post-installation tweaking to insure security, OpenBSD requires no such tweaking. You have to go manually add/turn on those services you need, and in the process hopefully are aware enough of what you're doing to help ensure their security. I'd rather know how to set up Apache correctly than hope the folks at RedHat did their job right.
I'm curious also as to which chemistry software you refer that is available only for Linux
I think my Red Hat setup is more secure than OpenBSD, because i know how to fix it better.
Unless you have personally audited the Linux kernel source, chances are your RedHat box is not as secure as OpenBSD, simply due to the extensive kernel audit that OpenBSD has had and continues to undergo.
Why don't you do a grep 'sprintf' on the source for your Linux box and see what comes back? The OpenBSD team just fixed 800 format string errors in the current source, not because they are known exploits but because they simply could be. This proactive stance sets OpenBSD apart from any other OS.
This is so incorrect I can't believe people are still using this to denounce Christianity. Hitler, Stalin, and Mao all killed more people in just this century than were killed in all the Crusades and Inquisitions combined.
Remember that one could say all of the new-world exploreres were on religious crusades when they went exploring. Last estimate that I heard was that 80 million people over the course of the last 500 years in the new world lost their lives due to the likes of Columbus and his sucessors.
that when the OpenBSD team finds 800 or so format string errors, fixes them, and lets everyone know therough the errata page and cvs tree they're aiding and abetting also, since format string programming errors might be exploitable?
Should they not release this sensitive information until every other OS catches up with them, and fixes their sprintf errors as well?
Actually, I think religion X is more correct than your religion.
Replace X with whatever other religion has a "creation" myth.
Remember, Christianity doesn't have a monopoly on being right.
PS- Praise Jesus and all that, too.
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Wow, it all comes down to money and materialism with you. How noble, really.
You sound like some kind of objectivist. Go home and whack off to sexy pictures of Ayn Rand, won't you? Thanks.
You know the old saying....................
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If voting could change anything, it would be illegal...........
Just remember who actually runs this country - it's not the people we elect, at least on a national level. We're "given" the opportunity to vote every once in a while to at least have the sense of making a difference, but believe me, if the masses could actually wrest power from those who have it simply by voting, well, we'd quickly lose our right.
So go out and vote nationally, but make sure that you actually are informed of your local issues, ones that can make a difference to you and your community.
And if you want real change, it has to start from below, from your neighborhood. You can never expect or hope for real progress from those in power.
So, yeah, I'm voting for what I believe in nationally. I know it won't make an inkling of a difference in the outcome (most likely a Gore victory) but at least I will have kept my conscience.
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your ignorance is astounding:
(the dingo dog? remember that?)
there are plenty of dingoes in australia.
The only proof against evolution which I can think of right now, though, is the platypus.
please, tell us all how this animal is proof against evolution?
the fact that drug-resistant bacteria evolve so quickly should be proof to anyone looking for evidence of evolution.
RTFA --
Microsoft adjusted its licensing terms for the Maxtor system, Williams noted. Unlike general-purpose servers, a Maxtor machine doesn't require that customers pay for client access licenses--the fees often required for computers that use the server.
"That's the first time Microsoft has done this," Williams said.
It has no SMP support for one thing.
Why does this matter? Sure doesn't matter if you're running a firewall.
I feel damn near helpless to stop crap like this.
Of course, the first and second items are much easier than the last, since the only power we have as citizens now is with our wallets.
I really disagree with this statement. Composing music is the ultimate way to express yourself. I would hate to think there is any way to express yourself in a mathematical proof...
You've never seen two people try to prove the same thing, have you?
Hey man, programming is an art - many fellow musicians I know are also computer geeks and likewise - many programmers are also accomplished musicians.
I'm sure both use similar mechanisms in the mind.
Some quotes from Knuth:
A scientific approach is generally characterized by the words logical, systematic, impersonal, calm, rational, while an artistic approach is characterized by the words aesthetic, creative, humanitarian, anxious, irrational. It seems to me that both of these apparently contradictory approaches have great value with respect to computer programming.
The chief goal of my work as an educator and author is to help people learn to write beautiful programs.
Therefore I want to address my closing remarks to the system programmers and the machine designers who produce the systems that the rest of us must work with. Please, give us tools that are a pleasure to use, especially for our routine assignments, instead of providing something we have to fight with. Please, give us tools that encourage us to write better programs, by enhancing our pleasure when we do so. It's very hard for me to convince college freshmen that programming is beautiful, when the first thing I have to tell them is how to punch ``slash slash JOB equal so-and-so.''
We have seen that computer programming is an art, because it applies accumulated knowledge to the world, because it requires skill and ingenuity, and especially because it produces objects of beauty.
Donald E. Knuth, Computer programming as an Art, 1974
Day Job: UNIX/Perl Guru/Programmer at Software Company.
Night Job: Professional Bassoonist in Spokane Symphony Orchestra.
B.A. in CS from University of Rochester.
B.M. in Music Performance from the Eastman School of Music.
You make the call.
I'm currently using version M 1993-12-28 j on a FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE system, compiled from the sources available at AT&T.
My question is about ksh's regex capabilities. You mention that you don't have a need for Perl anymore due to expanded features in ksh. I have found the only area in which ksh seems to need improvement is in it's regular expression syntax, which differs greatly than the "norm" (if there is such a thing) in the UNIX world.
Are there any plans to move towards a more POSIX-style for regular expressions, like those found in grep and Perl?
c'mon people, it's time.
.goatsex, like everyone wants around here. :-)
there is NO reason a group of well-organized ambitious net users couldn't set up an "alternative" DNS system.
then we could have
CS is:
brain teasers
logic problems
algorithms (linear and parallel)
complexity theory
language design
data structures
OS design
cache coherence
research oriented (at least where I went)
CS isn't:
HOWTO program
3733T haXorZ
OS holy-wars
I'm glad I got my theory-oriented CS degree at the U of Rochester - I coded up a quick subroutine trace program in Perl (a language I taught myself easily, since language design was studied) in about 2 hours using a pseudo-tree structure (implemented with a hash of hashes) and depth-first traversal. As soon as I was given the problem the solution was easy, since I'd studied the concepts behind it in school.
My job is as a technical trainer, so it isn't CS related directly, but the concepts come up all of the time.
This is almost the same progression I took:
1994 : MkLinux on PowerMac 6100
(Begins CS degree at U of Rochester)
1996 : RedHat 4.2 on AMD K6
1997 : RedHat 5
1998 : FreeBSD 3 on same AMD
(Finishes CS degree - note OS enlightenment)
1999 : OpenBSD on AMD K6-3
2000 : OpenBSD on VPN - IPF firewall setup,
FreeBSD on SMP Dell 2300 with RAID.
It's evolution!
Also remember that sprintf is in userland programs which make open holes themselves if they run root. I wasn't just talking about the kernel - when you use a BSD UNIX you get the whole system integrated together, not just a kernel with programs added in at the distro's whim.
I may be way off but I think Debian is the only Linux distro to organize their development like this.
Sure, out of the box, OpenBSD is probably way more secure than ANY Linux distro.
No, actually, it is more secure than any Linux distribution out-of-the-box, period. It requires administrator intervention to make it insecure, rather than being insecure after the first reboot. It does put the responsibility for security after installation squarely on the shoulders of the administrator, but it also gives them the best starting point to work with.
But I know where to look to patch up my Linux box, and I don't on OpenBSD.
One of the main points for using OpenBSD is that you can do a default install and be sure that your box is secure. Unlike any other OS, which requires post-installation tweaking to insure security, OpenBSD requires no such tweaking. You have to go manually add/turn on those services you need, and in the process hopefully are aware enough of what you're doing to help ensure their security. I'd rather know how to set up Apache correctly than hope the folks at RedHat did their job right.
I'm curious also as to which chemistry software you refer that is available only for Linux
I think my Red Hat setup is more secure than OpenBSD, because i know how to fix it better.
Unless you have personally audited the Linux kernel source, chances are your RedHat box is not as secure as OpenBSD, simply due to the extensive kernel audit that OpenBSD has had and continues to undergo.
Why don't you do a grep 'sprintf' on the source for your Linux box and see what comes back? The OpenBSD team just fixed 800 format string errors in the current source, not because they are known exploits but because they simply could be. This proactive stance sets OpenBSD apart from any other OS.
Perople get tendinitis from having to type too many parenthesis characters!
This is so incorrect I can't believe people are still using this to denounce Christianity. Hitler, Stalin, and Mao all killed more people in just this century than were killed in all the Crusades and Inquisitions combined.
Remember that one could say all of the new-world exploreres were on religious crusades when they went exploring. Last estimate that I heard was that 80 million people over the course of the last 500 years in the new world lost their lives due to the likes of Columbus and his sucessors.
that when the OpenBSD team finds 800 or so format string errors, fixes them, and lets everyone know therough the errata page and cvs tree they're aiding and abetting also, since format string programming errors might be exploitable?
Should they not release this sensitive information until every other OS catches up with them, and fixes their sprintf errors as well?
Gimme a break!
The Socialist Party is also running a candidate, but I couldn't find a good link.
Vote Socialist!!
I hope people see this, 'cause it's really interesting.
This is a great system, but I believe that it has been found to be a difficult problem computationally.
Check out: Computational Politics for an example
Have you ever stopped and thought where we would be without money and materialism?
Sure, I've got one great example of what can happen when money and materialism don't matter, and when cooperation outweighs competition: Free Software
Sure, It's limited in scope, but it does show what people can do in an "alternative" society.
I suggest you go read up an your Marx if you think the Free Software movement is anything but communism
Actually, I think religion X is more correct than your religion.
Replace X with whatever other religion has a "creation" myth.
Remember, Christianity doesn't have a monopoly on being right.
PS- Praise Jesus and all that, too.
Wow, it all comes down to money and materialism with you. How noble, really.
You sound like some kind of objectivist. Go home and whack off to sexy pictures of Ayn Rand, won't you? Thanks.
If voting could change anything, it would be illegal...........
Just remember who actually runs this country - it's not the people we elect, at least on a national level. We're "given" the opportunity to vote every once in a while to at least have the sense of making a difference, but believe me, if the masses could actually wrest power from those who have it simply by voting, well, we'd quickly lose our right.
So go out and vote nationally, but make sure that you actually are informed of your local issues, ones that can make a difference to you and your community.
And if you want real change, it has to start from below, from your neighborhood. You can never expect or hope for real progress from those in power.
So, yeah, I'm voting for what I believe in nationally. I know it won't make an inkling of a difference in the outcome (most likely a Gore victory) but at least I will have kept my conscience.
Vote Socialist
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ispell, anyone?
Remember playing FF on a Nintendo?
Seems strange to be watching a preview for a CGI movie that is based (very very distantly, for sure) on those humble beginnings....