these point releases are like service packs for MS products. They do a roll up of all the bug fixes in one neat package.
Compared to installing an the os, service packs, and twenty some patches, which is what a MS installation takes, a kernel upgrade is one step process.
MS would take a lot less flack if they were to release roll up service packs as often as the open source world. The code red thing is a good example of the need for this.
is its limited use. Most every web page I've run across uses encryption for only sensitive things, which is like a red flag saying "here is the good stuff worth the effort".
I'd like to setup my own web server, and encrypt everything, making it that much harder on any potential adversary.
It would be nice to make the feds decrypt a weeks worth of spam, before getting to the juicy emails.
they don't want to cannibalize their leased line business. If you want to run a server, they want you to have a T1, not a DSL line at a fraction of the price.
Or take a clue from the OpenBSD project, and audit their code, and fix all of the buffer overruns, and other problems that have plagued them in the past, and are usually repeated the same way throughout the code base.
this is going to further the convergence of TV and computers, in that your TV is going to look like the Windows Desktop, with a list of icons at the bottom of the screen.
You would have to watch the terms on the software licenses that you sign. I'm sure that MS and others have put in language that says you must cooperate with any efforts to verify complience with the license.
cd/usr/ports/xxxx/package
su root
(Enter password)
make install
and that is it. The xxx above is broken down by package type. This results in the program being fetched, patched, compiled, and installed. All dependancies are also fetched, and the installed package database is updated. There is also a remove function.
In the US, yes it is. In Europe a single power transformer serves maybe a hundred homes, which can be served by single internet connection.
In the US, only about a half dozen homes are served by a single transformer, meaning you need at least 10 times as much connection equipment.
Power line networking will be limited to the internal home uses in the USA for a long time. There is a lot of room to grow in this area, alot of which will be driven by energy costs, and having applicances communicate, and having them run during off-peak hours.
The X-10 system is a very simple implementation that has been around for years. Works fine for semi reliable lighting control.
Vaxen booted off of devices, thus you could boot off whatever disk you wanted. The machine booted
its console loader, and from there you could boot
almost any device.
Put in a pack, or tape with whatever os, or version you wanted.
This is a further example of what is meant by the term "hacking", which NASA seems to exemplify. Don't have what you need, hack something together out of what you have.
The Deep Space 1 mission, and the piloting fix applied mid-mission, is another great hack job.
The International Obfuscated C code contest has lots of examples of code written solely for expressive intents.
It is computer code, which has no purpose other than to stimulate the human mind, in the same way as other expressive works.
The "contest" to write DeCSS in as few lines of code as possible, and in as many forms or languages is the same idea, and is not unlike
painters who use different styles.
Remember when people put effort into album covers?
Sticky Fingers, Yes albums, In the Court of the Crimson King, Dark Side of the Moon, and too many more to name. All had substantial creative effort put into their designs.
Mostly lost in the age of the CD, reducing the size even further puts the nail in the coffin of this artform, the album cover.
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these point releases are like service packs for MS products. They do a roll up of all the bug fixes in one neat package.
Compared to installing an the os, service packs, and twenty some patches, which is what a MS installation takes, a kernel upgrade is one step process.
MS would take a lot less flack if they were to release roll up service packs as often as the open source world. The code red thing is a good example of the need for this.
Being the weekend, this is a slow news day, so they have to dig for every little bit of news.
If the alternative is no news, I'll take hearing about a new kernel.
is its limited use. Most every web page I've run across uses encryption for only sensitive things, which is like a red flag saying "here is the good stuff worth the effort".
I'd like to setup my own web server, and encrypt everything, making it that much harder on any potential adversary.
It would be nice to make the feds decrypt a weeks worth of spam, before getting to the juicy emails.
they don't want to cannibalize their leased line business. If you want to run a server, they want you to have a T1, not a DSL line at a fraction of the price.
Very large dataset display, a couple of things come to mind:
Pictures of the universe, it is hard to get things visible, and yet to scale from other things.
Very large graphs, the graph of the distribution of hosts across the internet.
Modeling of large molecules.
Or take a clue from the OpenBSD project, and audit their code, and fix all of the buffer overruns, and other problems that have plagued them in the past, and are usually repeated the same way throughout the code base.
this is going to further the convergence of TV and computers, in that your TV is going to look like the Windows Desktop, with a list of icons at the bottom of the screen.
You would have to watch the terms on the software licenses that you sign. I'm sure that MS and others have put in language that says you must cooperate with any efforts to verify complience with the license.
Couple this with a turbine and generator to produce power to run your computer and tools. The more you work, the more and cooler beer you can have.
Exactly what you have to do now, find the relivent patches and programs, and install them yourself.
A specialized distribution just makes it easier for someone who isn't interested in computer configuring, but rather getting the end job done.
Launch a shuttle, with minimal crew, and leave it up there for a few months, until the next one comes, and send it back.
There were some rumors that NASA wanted to idle a shuttle, this would be a way to do it.
But yes, NASA needs more funding for these continuing operations.
It is the directory on the system.
/usr/ports/xxxx/package
to install a package, one does:
cd
su root
(Enter password)
make install
and that is it. The xxx above is broken down by package type. This results in the program being fetched, patched, compiled, and installed. All dependancies are also fetched, and the installed package database is updated. There is also a remove function.
People with choice may, in general most people run whatever the people that sign their paycheck say to.
MS is its own worst enemy, it won't take too long of strangling business with subscriptions before the accountants start looking for alternatives.
In the US, yes it is. In Europe a single power transformer serves maybe a hundred homes, which can be served by single internet connection.
In the US, only about a half dozen homes are served by a single transformer, meaning you need at least 10 times as much connection equipment.
Power line networking will be limited to the internal home uses in the USA for a long time. There is a lot of room to grow in this area, alot of which will be driven by energy costs, and having applicances communicate, and having them run during off-peak hours.
The X-10 system is a very simple implementation that has been around for years. Works fine for semi reliable lighting control.
It is done all the time, it is called a "sump pump" and just about every house has one.
Vaxen booted off of devices, thus you could boot off whatever disk you wanted. The machine booted
its console loader, and from there you could boot
almost any device.
Put in a pack, or tape with whatever os, or version you wanted.
My neighbor uses Juno/Win98 and a digital video camera to video conference with other family members.
This is a further example of what is meant by the term "hacking", which NASA seems to exemplify. Don't have what you need, hack something together out of what you have.
The Deep Space 1 mission, and the piloting fix applied mid-mission, is another great hack job.
e=MC^2
All we are, is whats left after the big bang, if it wasn't for that formula, we wouldn't be.
Isn't that what the Linux Standards Base is supposed to bring? Standards for the base
software across the distributions.
The International Obfuscated C code contest has lots of examples of code written solely for expressive intents.
It is computer code, which has no purpose other than to stimulate the human mind, in the same way as other expressive works.
The "contest" to write DeCSS in as few lines of code as possible, and in as many forms or languages is the same idea, and is not unlike
painters who use different styles.
It was only one message.
It sets a legal precedent of $50 per message, which could really hurt a mass spammer.
Fifty per message is a detering figure.
What you should do is send the notice, but without promoting anything else.
Yes, and SBC has been real good at covering it up, nobody seems to know anything about it, other than this one paragraph in a somewhat related story.
Remember when people put effort into album covers?
Sticky Fingers, Yes albums, In the Court of the Crimson King, Dark Side of the Moon, and too many more to name. All had substantial creative effort put into their designs.
Mostly lost in the age of the CD, reducing the size even further puts the nail in the coffin of this artform, the album cover.