That reminds me of my older AT case. I had to get a pair of cutters, and cut out the 5 Pin keyboard hole to make room for the newer motherboard with 2 PS/2 ports. I think many of us have done THAT one.
The Amiga 1000 was at least 5 years ahead of it's time. It ran a 68000 CPU at about 7.16 Mhz, and had a whopping 256 kbytes of RAM. (Remember, this is 1984 we're talking about.) It could handle 640x400 graphics at 16 colors. (320x200 and 320x400 could do a maximum of 64 colors.) The 1000 also had seperate graphics processors.
This machine was pushed as a Gaming machine, a Graphics machine, Video Production (Ah, the days of the Video Toaster) Programming, and desktop. Unfortunately, as the article states, Commodore was not exactly a Marketing Wizard. Sure, they put out a hell of a good product (almost everything from Commodore rocked), but when it came to actually pushing the product, they failed.
It's unfortunate that companies which make viable products get stomped out like this, but it's a hard lesson. It's also pretty sad that making a good product just isn't good enough to survive in business anymore.
She looks like Alicia Bridges, from the song "I Love the Nightlife." Personally, I thought the article was much more interesting than this woman's photo. (Although the girl in the SECOND picture down on the right side is quite......interesting. She caught my attention quickly.:)
So far, the most accurate prediction (in my opinion) was from Gordon Moore in 1965 stating that the density of transistors on integrated circuits would double every 18 months. Other then that, I think we can learn from the past when it comes to trying to predict the future. Take these examples:
1.) When Woz took the Apple I into work to see if they were going to hold him to his IP contract with them, they laughed at the notion of a Personal Computer.
2.) There's the famous Bill Gates "640k should be enough for anybody." quote from '81.
3.) "...There are no significant threats to the Intel or Microsoft desktop PC franchises through 2003," -Chris Goodhue, PC analyst with the Gartner Group, 1998
4.) The Titanic was deemed unsinkable by the press and media because of the technological achievement of the watertight compartments. (As a matter of fact, White Star Line never advertised it as unsinkable. An article in in an engineering magazine during the period was quoted as saying the Titanic was "virtually unsinkable" which started the hype.
5.) According to Xerox, paper usage is growing 7% annually. We were supposed to have a paperless society by now.
6.) In 1899, Charles Duell, the director of the U.S. Patent office stated "Everything that can be invented already has been." (GASP! Exactly 100 years ago!)
Plus, about 50 years ago, computer companies scoffed at the idea of any kind of portable computer. Shall I go on?
While some have offered PCs under $500, they have generally been with outdated, end-of-life technologies such as slower processors and CD-ROM drives.
Amazing. CD-ROM is DEAD. Incredible, considering 99.99999998% of software in the distribution market is using this obsolete media. Stop pusing so hard to make our machines obsolete! WE LIKE THEM.
But wait:
Timna will combine a Pentium processor core developed specifically for this low-cost market...
Huh? A Pentium Processor core? Isn't that a bit....DATED? We have Pentium III right now, and they're developing a chip with 5 year old technology. Hey, stick one of those end-of-life CD-ROM drives in there too.
Of course the PRESIDENT NSA is loaded with information. They take any and every BOMB piece of dirt on someone and store it away in WASHINGTON filing systems just to sit there and wait for it to be reviewed. While it's stored in BILL CLINTON their systems, the NSA is collecting more and more TERRORISTS information on top of the stuff they already have.
Of course, the mall owners are terrified of E-Commerce, but there's more to "The Mall" than just buying things.
What they forget, is that the Mall isn't just a place to buy stuff. It's a social scene itself. People get together to go to "The Mall." That's not something you can do with E-Commerce sites online. I don't think I've ever seen friends say "Oh, let's go to MY house, and we can go shopping on the internet!"
The main thing about getting people together to go to the mall is social interaction. Not only that, but you also have things there that aren't offered online. (i.e.: Resturants, snack bars, etc.) The presence of these places makes the Mall a viable option to make a day of being there. You aren't offered the same option online. Social entities like the Mall aren't going to disappear because of Online shopping.
Unfortunately, I work an hour away from where I live, so my work days don't go as well as this guy's.
My days off however, are quite similar. I usually never leave my Computer room except maybe for some food. I usually do take showers on my day off, but there have been days where I skipped it. Breakfast on the day off is usually better than workdays. It should be the other way around, but it's not. I enjoy my days off, and breakfast is my favorite meal, so 2 eggs hit the frying pan, toast gets toasted, and I read my daily comics with some juice.
The rest of the day is internet-based. Slashdot, E-Mail, and TFC (Team Fortress Classic) steal my day, with occasional breaks for lunch, dinner, and a midday snack.
Reminds me of that Nike commercial where the guy wakes up on New Years Day to go for a jog, and along his merry way he passes fires, riots, and malfunctioning building control systems.
The best is the missle that lost it's trajectory, and *just* misses impact with the city. Great Stuff.
Of course, we all know Y2K is going to be MUCH worse then everyone is suggesting. (said with dripping sarcasm.)
If you take an old PII board with SIMM slots, and you fill it with SIMM memory with a Pentium II 266.....You're going to get shitty performance. Given, PC100 RAM would perform better but for higher performance you would need to equalize the system out.
If we had the processor and system bus running at the same speed, the computer's performance would be phenomenal. But since Intel is pushing processor clock speeds rather than improving the rest of the system, we have a Megahertz (gigahertz?) war between companies.
A Computer is only as fast as it's slowest component.
Amazing. I love how governments (The U.S. Included, folks) can take an act that would normally be illegal, but if the Government needs it done, they encourage it. Akin to murder, but not quite. It makes a good metaphor:
1a: Go out there on that battlefield, and kill as many people as you can. (NOTE: Killing is illegal, but in times of war, Go for it.)
1b: Go out there on that network, and kill as many workstations as you can. (NOTE: System Cracking is illegal, but *apparently* in times of war, encouraged.)
Amazing. Well no, not really. This is exactly the type of thing JP is best at. "Sure, I'll do an interview. Ask me questions." Then, when he DOES get questions (not necessarily those that make him look good), he comes back with this vague answer, and insults the entire Slashdot community.
Well, I've seen many people say that I can't take criticism. Believe me, if that were true, I surely never would have opened myself up to a SlashDot inquisition.
You didn't. As far as I can tell, the most insightful questions posed were ignored. And the fact that you wrote up this dissertation defending yourself clearly shows you CAN'T take criticism.
I knew before I even agreed to the interview, that things would be ugly. Needless to say, I was right on the money. However, I will say this. I was very disappointed in the downright lack of maturity that many of the posts showed.
If you knew "things would be ugly", why were you disappointed in the posts? You obviously knew they were coming, so clearly you expected them. (Oh, please use a colon or a comma occasionally, will you?)
I like to believe that most people who frequent this type of forum are of an intellectual nature.
They are. Take a look at some RELEVANT discussions.
I found it very disheartening to hear nearly every rumor ever voiced about myself or my company being regurgitated as if they were all fact. An educated bunch of people should understand that not everything that they hear is true at all, and that almost nothing that they hear is totally accurate.
Not one single post that I read (Blieve me, I read most of them) said that it was factual. As a matter of fact, much of the posts actually gave you an opportunity to dismiss these "facts" as untrue, AND to explain your position. But you didn't do that, did you?
But, some of that could be my fault. Many posts pointed out the fact that I have never "given explanations of" or provided "blow-by-blow responses" to any of the things that have been written about me. This is true. If I spent my life defending myself from every individual who had a nasty thing to say about me, my life would end up pretty meaningless in the end.
This doesn't lend much to your credibility. What you're saying is that both the petty shit, and the REAL allegations are both meaningless, and you shouldn't have to prove or disprove them at all?
But, never the less, I saw this SlashDot invitation as the perfect opportunity to talk about some of those very issues.
But you DIDN'T, Did you?
It's not that I feel that people who posted negative comments will read what I have to say, and then decide that they were totally wrong about me. Those who despise me for whatever reason will continue to do so no matter what I ever say or do. Even SlashDot faced the wrath of dozens of people who are "no longer going to visit this site" for one reason or another after reading the interview bio on Monday.
See, it's not that people despise you "whatever [you] say or do", they hate you BECAUSE of everything you say and do. None of the other people interviewed on Slashdot have had this problem. I wonder why.
So much for loyalty in this day and age I suppose.
Loyalty? What about all of the people you stabbed in the back to get a story? Loyalty is earned, and yet, you're shocked to find out nobody is loyal to you? Pffft.
Then, he continued by stating that the list of questions forwarded by roblimo were "stupid." I disagree. Many of them posed interesting subjects that many more would have liked an answer to. This opened up the perfect opportunity to clear up any (IF any) misconceptions about you, your website, and your position on those particular topics.
That's a good question. At first, he was a regular op, but the channel owner (RLoxley) decided to make him the channel's senior op. Antionline started out as a shitty hole-in-the-wall site on PITT.edu's servers, and his popularity exploded when PITT kicked him off.
Seeing how his public image surged, Rloxley made him the one and only senior op. When I openly (quite openly) voiced my opinion on JP's knowledge, skills, situation handling, and occasionally sexual orientation, I was removed as an op.
Rloxley thankfully saw the error in having this asshole run the channel, and JP was removed. at this point, JP took over the channel, banned *!*@*, and pretty much threw a tantrum. In the meantime, Antionline was growing from a small useless waste of bandwidth into a big one.
The answer to your question is this: A long time ago, JP was a reasonable person. That's when he got ops. Then he turned into a media whore. Whenever JP removed me, RLoxley repeatedly re-added me. Now, myself, alienbaby, doxical, and L1thium are senior ops. JP never comes into #HackPhreak anymore. Whee!
Ok, normally I'll sit back and watch the interviews, maybe ask a question if I have an interest in what is being discussed. Also, let me take the time to say that I am a longtime reader of Slashdot, and it is easily my favorite website on the internet.
But John Vranesevich?
He is arguably the most despised figure in the h(cr)acker community, with Carolyn Meinel neck and neck. Both of them follow the same ideals and public image. What's that? Being a FAKE. Vranesevich has shown many many times that he has absolutely no clue about real computer security, and has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt in my mind that he goes to disgusting lengths to get a story, i.e.: "Hey, here's some cash. Hack that site, and let me cover it." (Attrition's site has remarkable backing for this theory.)
What's more, Vranesevich absolutely cannot stand being criticized. Any site which puts up content that criticizes, parodies, or shows Vranesevich to be a fraud, he throws a fit, cries, and threatens legal action. Attrition, Innerpulse, PacketStorm all have received threats. (At one point, Slashdot ran a less-than-flattering story about him, and I E-Mailed CmdrTaco letting him know that he quite possibly might get possible legal action from JP. (Nothing happened, but everyone knew it could have.)
You may be wondering how I know all of this. Well, a long long time ago, JP was an operator in a very large IRC channel on undernet. I happened to be an op too. The difference is, I still am. He knows I know him, as does everyone in the channel. We knew him when he was a small time loser. He's still a loser, but now just big-time.
Which is why I'm puzzled, amazed, and quite frankly disappointed that Slashdot chose him for an interview. He's not at all insightful, and can't offer any kind of intelligence to this forum.
It's actually much more inconceivable to include specialized hardware drivers for every possible configuration on the boot disks.
This would A) Take up way too much room, (THESE ARE FLOPPIES!), and B) Put more duress on the system than needed. The boot floppies are to get your system up and running. Customization comes later. (Imagine placing furniture in a house before the walls are up.)
System Requirements, Availability and Pricing Lotus Domino R5 for Linux is supported on two leading commercial distributions of Linux: Red Hat Linux 6.0 and Caldera OpenLinux.
Ack! WHY?! That's not a very good idea on IBM's part. That's like saying "This product is only supported under Windows 95. You MAY be able to run it under Windows 98, but we won't support you if you do." They really should have made it generalized enough that it can run on all major distributions. There are going to be sysadmins out there who want Domino Server, but run Slackware or Debian.
Now this is the kind of stuff chicks want. Want to impress a woman? Press a button and summon a 130kW bolt of lightning, and watch them jump all over you. (After you've discharged, of course.)
Great. This is cool research, but what are the implications here?
"Well hello. My name is John Smith. I have computer controlled limbs. Let me just walk through this Airline Metal detector." Poor guy would look like he's having a seizure. Plus, what happens when someone finds out how to broadcast signals to interfere (and possibly take over) the computer controlled nerve impulses? Gee, let me immobilize you and take your wallet.
When we can live in a harmonious society, this would be perfected technology. Until then (i.e.: Not damn likely), there's gonna be problems. Hey, don't get me wrong. This is damn cool stuff, but look at what could go wrong.
I think they are going to linux because they've been soundly whipped by MSFT in the office suite business, and Adobe in the graphics app busniess.
That's exactly my point. The probability of Adobe entering the Linux market is nill, and you can be damn sure Microsoft isn't going to buddy up with Linux any time soon. So? That means Corel has an edge over these other companies, and pretty much says "nyah nyah, I did this and you didn't."
And if the other companies DO join the bandwagon, they'll be accused of following suit. POOF. Instant PR for Corel.
I'm still not totally convinced this is A Good Thing. Well, maybe that's a wrong choice of words. I'm not concerned about another distribution out there, but I am concerned about Corel's motivation.
I get the impression that Corel is putting out a Linux Distribution, pushing WordPerfect for Linux, and contributing to the community just to thumb their nose at the other companies (i.e.: Microsoft) who can't edge into the market. Yeah, the Linux community is getting support from a big company, but it forces you to wonder why they're doing it. Look at the Beta of the Corel distribution. If they were really into the effort of Linux as LINUX instead of Linux as "just another product", they would have made damn sure nothing violated the licensing. But they're rushing.
Corel is running fast, and they're holding scissors. Let's hope they can jump where they might trip.
Here is an E-Mail from Richard Braakman regarding how the freeze will work.
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 23:36:59 +0100 From: Richard Braakman To: debian-devel-announce@lists.debian.org Subject: Status of Potato
(Please send followups to debian-devel, not debian-devel-announce)
Potato looks ready to freeze. Its primary goals have been achieved, and the only things left to do are to finish the bootdisks and fix lots of bugs. I think it is advisable to freeze now, before we start major new developments in potato.
Last weekend has shown that the bug count can be reduced rapidly in intense sessions. We'll need more of those, and probably a large number of packages will also have to be removed from frozen.
The freeze will be the coming weekend, on Sunday, November 7th.
Before the freeze, we will have to deal with the backlog in Incoming somehow. There are more than 200 packages in it now and it's growing. Help is on the way, but probably not in time. In any case, I do not think it is wise to install a hundred new packages just before the freeze! My plan is to handle all the packages that fix bugs, and leave the rest for the new unstable.
After the freeze, I expect it will take a week or two for frozen to settle down. A lot of bugs can be fixed in that time. This period will be similar to the traditional freeze.
Then we can start with Test Cycles. These will address the problems we had with the previous two freezes. A Test Cycle looks like this:
1. Boot disks and CD images are created. 2. The distribution is tested for a fixed amount of time. No changes of any kind will be made to frozen during this time. Fixes for problems that are discovered will of course be prepared, but they will not be installed yet. 3. The results are evaluated. If the distribution is good enough to release, it is released as it is. 4. Otherwise, fixes are installed, and if necessary, extra time is taken to fix the problems. 5. New boot disks and CD images are created, and the cycle begins again.
Not only do the comments resemble each other, but did you notice how lots of the submitters all had the same idea to circle their "proof" in paint.exe?
Does anyone else find it incredible how Intel manages to push out Faster and Faster clocked processors (700 mHZ!), but when it comes to the important stuff (i.e.: Bus Speeds) they choke?
Ever since Intel stopped manufacturing processors and started manufacturing marketing gimmicks, they've been slipping behind giving other companies like AMD the space to edge into the market. If Intel spent half the money on technology that they do on marketing and/or developing faster processors, there would be far less setbacks, and we would have superior machines.
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This machine was pushed as a Gaming machine, a Graphics machine, Video Production (Ah, the days of the Video Toaster) Programming, and desktop. Unfortunately, as the article states, Commodore was not exactly a Marketing Wizard. Sure, they put out a hell of a good product (almost everything from Commodore rocked), but when it came to actually pushing the product, they failed.
It's unfortunate that companies which make viable products get stomped out like this, but it's a hard lesson. It's also pretty sad that making a good product just isn't good enough to survive in business anymore.
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http://www.ottawa citizen.com/hightech/991126/3206262-3206309.jpeg
She looks like Alicia Bridges, from the song "I Love the Nightlife." Personally, I thought the article was much more interesting than this woman's photo. (Although the girl in the SECOND picture down on the right side is quite......interesting. She caught my attention quickly.
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1.) When Woz took the Apple I into work to see if they were going to hold him to his IP contract with them, they laughed at the notion of a Personal Computer.
2.) There's the famous Bill Gates "640k should be enough for anybody." quote from '81.
3.) "...There are no significant threats to the Intel or Microsoft desktop PC franchises through 2003," -Chris Goodhue, PC analyst with the Gartner Group, 1998
4.) The Titanic was deemed unsinkable by the press and media because of the technological achievement of the watertight compartments. (As a matter of fact, White Star Line never advertised it as unsinkable. An article in in an engineering magazine during the period was quoted as saying the Titanic was "virtually unsinkable" which started the hype.
5.) According to Xerox, paper usage is growing 7% annually. We were supposed to have a paperless society by now.
6.) In 1899, Charles Duell, the director of the U.S. Patent office stated "Everything that can be invented already has been." (GASP! Exactly 100 years ago!)
Plus, about 50 years ago, computer companies scoffed at the idea of any kind of portable computer. Shall I go on?
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While some have offered PCs under $500, they have generally been with outdated, end-of-life technologies such as slower processors and CD-ROM drives.
Amazing. CD-ROM is DEAD. Incredible, considering 99.99999998% of software in the distribution market is using this obsolete media. Stop pusing so hard to make our machines obsolete! WE LIKE THEM.
But wait:
Timna will combine a Pentium processor core developed specifically for this low-cost market...
Huh? A Pentium Processor core? Isn't that a bit....DATED? We have Pentium III right now, and they're developing a chip with 5 year old technology. Hey, stick one of those end-of-life CD-ROM drives in there too.
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*Cough*Cough* ECHELON *Cough*Cough* Evil *Cough*
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What they forget, is that the Mall isn't just a place to buy stuff. It's a social scene itself. People get together to go to "The Mall." That's not something you can do with E-Commerce sites online. I don't think I've ever seen friends say "Oh, let's go to MY house, and we can go shopping on the internet!"
The main thing about getting people together to go to the mall is social interaction. Not only that, but you also have things there that aren't offered online. (i.e.: Resturants, snack bars, etc.) The presence of these places makes the Mall a viable option to make a day of being there. You aren't offered the same option online. Social entities like the Mall aren't going to disappear because of Online shopping.
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My days off however, are quite similar. I usually never leave my Computer room except maybe for some food. I usually do take showers on my day off, but there have been days where I skipped it. Breakfast on the day off is usually better than workdays. It should be the other way around, but it's not. I enjoy my days off, and breakfast is my favorite meal, so 2 eggs hit the frying pan, toast gets toasted, and I read my daily comics with some juice.
The rest of the day is internet-based. Slashdot, E-Mail, and TFC (Team Fortress Classic) steal my day, with occasional breaks for lunch, dinner, and a midday snack.
What a wonderful life.
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The best is the missle that lost it's trajectory, and *just* misses impact with the city. Great Stuff.
Of course, we all know Y2K is going to be MUCH worse then everyone is suggesting. (said with dripping sarcasm.)
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If you take an old PII board with SIMM slots, and you fill it with SIMM memory with a Pentium II 266.....You're going to get shitty performance. Given, PC100 RAM would perform better but for higher performance you would need to equalize the system out.
If we had the processor and system bus running at the same speed, the computer's performance would be phenomenal. But since Intel is pushing processor clock speeds rather than improving the rest of the system, we have a Megahertz (gigahertz?) war between companies.
A Computer is only as fast as it's slowest component.
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Just out of morbid curiosity, how did your system get that number?
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1a: Go out there on that battlefield, and kill as many people as you can. (NOTE: Killing is illegal, but in times of war, Go for it.)
1b: Go out there on that network, and kill as many workstations as you can. (NOTE: System Cracking is illegal, but *apparently* in times of war, encouraged.)
Pretty interesting when considered.
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Well, I've seen many people say that I can't take criticism. Believe me, if that were true, I surely never would have opened myself up to a SlashDot inquisition.
You didn't. As far as I can tell, the most insightful questions posed were ignored. And the fact that you wrote up this dissertation defending yourself clearly shows you CAN'T take criticism.
I knew before I even agreed to the interview, that things would be ugly. Needless to say, I was right on the money. However, I will say this. I was very disappointed in the downright lack of maturity that many of the posts showed.
If you knew "things would be ugly", why were you disappointed in the posts? You obviously knew they were coming, so clearly you expected them. (Oh, please use a colon or a comma occasionally, will you?)
I like to believe that most people who frequent this type of forum are of an intellectual nature.
They are. Take a look at some RELEVANT discussions.
I found it very disheartening to hear nearly every rumor ever voiced about myself or my company being regurgitated as if they were all fact. An educated bunch of people should understand that not everything that they hear is true at all, and that almost nothing that they hear is totally accurate.
Not one single post that I read (Blieve me, I read most of them) said that it was factual. As a matter of fact, much of the posts actually gave you an opportunity to dismiss these "facts" as untrue, AND to explain your position. But you didn't do that, did you?
But, some of that could be my fault. Many posts pointed out the fact that I have never "given explanations of" or provided "blow-by-blow responses" to any of the things that have been written about me. This is true. If I spent my life defending myself from every individual who had a nasty thing to say about me, my life would end up pretty meaningless in the end.
This doesn't lend much to your credibility. What you're saying is that both the petty shit, and the REAL allegations are both meaningless, and you shouldn't have to prove or disprove them at all?
But, never the less, I saw this SlashDot invitation as the perfect opportunity to talk about some of those very issues.
But you DIDN'T, Did you?
It's not that I feel that people who posted negative comments will read what I have to say, and then decide that they were totally wrong about me. Those who despise me for whatever reason will continue to do so no matter what I ever say or do. Even SlashDot faced the wrath of dozens of people who are "no longer going to visit this site" for one reason or another after reading the interview bio on Monday.
See, it's not that people despise you "whatever [you] say or do", they hate you BECAUSE of everything you say and do. None of the other people interviewed on Slashdot have had this problem. I wonder why.
So much for loyalty in this day and age I suppose.
Loyalty? What about all of the people you stabbed in the back to get a story? Loyalty is earned, and yet, you're shocked to find out nobody is loyal to you? Pffft.
Then, he continued by stating that the list of questions forwarded by roblimo were "stupid." I disagree. Many of them posed interesting subjects that many more would have liked an answer to. This opened up the perfect opportunity to clear up any (IF any) misconceptions about you, your website, and your position on those particular topics.
But you didn't do that.....DID you?
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Seeing how his public image surged, Rloxley made him the one and only senior op. When I openly (quite openly) voiced my opinion on JP's knowledge, skills, situation handling, and occasionally sexual orientation, I was removed as an op.
Rloxley thankfully saw the error in having this asshole run the channel, and JP was removed. at this point, JP took over the channel, banned *!*@*, and pretty much threw a tantrum. In the meantime, Antionline was growing from a small useless waste of bandwidth into a big one.
The answer to your question is this: A long time ago, JP was a reasonable person. That's when he got ops. Then he turned into a media whore. Whenever JP removed me, RLoxley repeatedly re-added me. Now, myself, alienbaby, doxical, and L1thium are senior ops. JP never comes into #HackPhreak anymore. Whee!
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Also, I noticed it's impossible to wander through antionline without tripping over bad spelling. Look at the first paragraph on that very same page.
The AntiOnline offices are located in the beautyful and rural...
So much for professionalism.
By the way, is it me, or are those computer tables converted exercise bikes?
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But John Vranesevich?
He is arguably the most despised figure in the h(cr)acker community, with Carolyn Meinel neck and neck. Both of them follow the same ideals and public image. What's that? Being a FAKE. Vranesevich has shown many many times that he has absolutely no clue about real computer security, and has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt in my mind that he goes to disgusting lengths to get a story, i.e.: "Hey, here's some cash. Hack that site, and let me cover it." (Attrition's site has remarkable backing for this theory.)
What's more, Vranesevich absolutely cannot stand being criticized. Any site which puts up content that criticizes, parodies, or shows Vranesevich to be a fraud, he throws a fit, cries, and threatens legal action. Attrition, Innerpulse, PacketStorm all have received threats. (At one point, Slashdot ran a less-than-flattering story about him, and I E-Mailed CmdrTaco letting him know that he quite possibly might get possible legal action from JP. (Nothing happened, but everyone knew it could have.)
You may be wondering how I know all of this. Well, a long long time ago, JP was an operator in a very large IRC channel on undernet. I happened to be an op too. The difference is, I still am. He knows I know him, as does everyone in the channel. We knew him when he was a small time loser. He's still a loser, but now just big-time.
Which is why I'm puzzled, amazed, and quite frankly disappointed that Slashdot chose him for an interview. He's not at all insightful, and can't offer any kind of intelligence to this forum.
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This would A) Take up way too much room, (THESE ARE FLOPPIES!), and B) Put more duress on the system than needed. The boot floppies are to get your system up and running. Customization comes later. (Imagine placing furniture in a house before the walls are up.)
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Lotus Domino R5 for Linux is supported on two leading commercial distributions of Linux: Red Hat Linux 6.0 and Caldera OpenLinux.
Ack! WHY?! That's not a very good idea on IBM's part. That's like saying "This product is only supported under Windows 95. You MAY be able to run it under Windows 98, but we won't support you if you do." They really should have made it generalized enough that it can run on all major distributions. There are going to be sysadmins out there who want Domino Server, but run Slackware or Debian.
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"That's right babe. Just call me Zeus."
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"Well hello. My name is John Smith. I have computer controlled limbs. Let me just walk through this Airline Metal detector." Poor guy would look like he's having a seizure. Plus, what happens when someone finds out how to broadcast signals to interfere (and possibly take over) the computer controlled nerve impulses? Gee, let me immobilize you and take your wallet.
When we can live in a harmonious society, this would be perfected technology. Until then (i.e.: Not damn likely), there's gonna be problems. Hey, don't get me wrong. This is damn cool stuff, but look at what could go wrong.
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That's exactly my point. The probability of Adobe entering the Linux market is nill, and you can be damn sure Microsoft isn't going to buddy up with Linux any time soon. So? That means Corel has an edge over these other companies, and pretty much says "nyah nyah, I did this and you didn't."
And if the other companies DO join the bandwagon, they'll be accused of following suit. POOF. Instant PR for Corel.
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I get the impression that Corel is putting out a Linux Distribution, pushing WordPerfect for Linux, and contributing to the community just to thumb their nose at the other companies (i.e.: Microsoft) who can't edge into the market. Yeah, the Linux community is getting support from a big company, but it forces you to wonder why they're doing it. Look at the Beta of the Corel distribution. If they were really into the effort of Linux as LINUX instead of Linux as "just another product", they would have made damn sure nothing violated the licensing. But they're rushing.
Corel is running fast, and they're holding scissors. Let's hope they can jump where they might trip.
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Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 23:36:59 +0100
From: Richard Braakman
To: debian-devel-announce@lists.debian.org
Subject: Status of Potato
(Please send followups to debian-devel, not debian-devel-announce)
Potato looks ready to freeze. Its primary goals have been achieved,
and the only things left to do are to finish the bootdisks and fix
lots of bugs. I think it is advisable to freeze now, before we
start major new developments in potato.
Last weekend has shown that the bug count can be reduced rapidly
in intense sessions. We'll need more of those, and probably a large
number of packages will also have to be removed from frozen.
The freeze will be the coming weekend, on Sunday, November 7th.
Before the freeze, we will have to deal with the backlog in Incoming
somehow. There are more than 200 packages in it now and it's growing.
Help is on the way, but probably not in time. In any case, I do not
think it is wise to install a hundred new packages just before the
freeze! My plan is to handle all the packages that fix bugs, and
leave the rest for the new unstable.
After the freeze, I expect it will take a week or two for frozen to
settle down. A lot of bugs can be fixed in that time. This period
will be similar to the traditional freeze.
Then we can start with Test Cycles. These will address the problems
we had with the previous two freezes. A Test Cycle looks like this:
1. Boot disks and CD images are created.
2. The distribution is tested for a fixed amount of time. No changes
of any kind will be made to frozen during this time. Fixes for
problems that are discovered will of course be prepared, but they
will not be installed yet.
3. The results are evaluated. If the distribution is good enough to
release, it is released as it is.
4. Otherwise, fixes are installed, and if necessary, extra time is
taken to fix the problems.
5. New boot disks and CD images are created, and the cycle begins again.
Richard Braakman
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Ever since Intel stopped manufacturing processors and started manufacturing marketing gimmicks, they've been slipping behind giving other companies like AMD the space to edge into the market. If Intel spent half the money on technology that they do on marketing and/or developing faster processors, there would be far less setbacks, and we would have superior machines.
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