You sir, I applaud. Now if we could only get the rest of the weenies on both sides of the aisle to recognize that yours is really the path to go on, we'd be all set.
You have that "KISS/Best Tool For The Job" attitude, and you recognize that in some cases, 'FOSS' is the best tool, and use it, and in other cases, that proprietary software is the best tool, and use it.
Instead of arguing and playing trivial semantics tricks, you get Just Get The Job Done.
Congratulations! You have won at least +5 Internets today.
I hope the following tale satisfies your curiosity.
Back in the day, you had a company named Linksys. They made excellent home routers. I dare say the best you could get on the market. They release several versions of a certain wireless router, model WRT54G. People everywhere rejoice, because they can hack away at this machine to their heart's content. Modding the firmware, modding the hardware. You name it.
During this period, a certain, shall we say, rather shitty manufacturer of 'Enterprise' routers, named Cisco, decides to buy this rather successful smaller company. They want a piece of that vast home router market that Linksys enjoys.
So, the corporate behemoth decides to take a good look at the hardware that Linksys has been selling, and lo and behold, it is as good as or even better than the shite they sell to their 'Enterprise' customers! "Oh noes!" they exclaim, "We can't have THIS nonsense going on! What do we do if our 'Enterprise' customers see our webpage and start buying the Linksys branded routers instead of our over-priced 'Enterprise' Cisco-branded crap?"
Henceforth, it was decreed by the demi-dogs of Cisco Corporate Headquarters that "There shall not be any extra features or better hardware in the 'Consumer' class routers that already exist in our 'Enterprise' class routers!"
Narrator's Note: We ended up with the crippled turds known as the WRT54G v5 to v8.2.
Soon the Corporate demi-dogs started noticing they were swiftly losing sales and receiving MANY customer complaints about their latest iterations of the WRT54G. To save their own hides from the proverbial pitchforks and torches of their 'Consumer' class customers, and their cousins, called 'The Shareholders', they quickly released a version of the WRT54G, and designated it the WRT54GL v1.1 (US).
There was much rejoicing, as now we could happily hack away at our precious WRTs again, even if not quite so spectacularly as before.
Narrator's Note: For some odd reason, the US got a v1.1 and Europe started off with a v1.0c at the same time.
It is already fixed in 2.6.31-rc3-git3, I believe back on Thursday. This exploit was made generally known on Friday. Now you just get to wait for the distro maintainers to actually implement the patched kernel.
BTW, this issue has been found in -some- kernel versions going back to 2.6.18 or so. Apparently it's not been in every single kernel release, but keeps appearing now and again.
This can happen anywhere in the kernel or relative code that has similar structures, and allows the exploiter to A) cause overruns B) totally trash memory C) access userspace memory data from kernel-land and vice versa, as the kernel thinks it is accessing kernel memory space when it is in fact accessing userland memory space at address 0 (which shouldn't have been able to be mapped by Pulseaudio or any similar program/subsystem).
This particular structure should have never been written like this to begin with. Obvious error, and I am not even a day-to-day programmer.
Mine doesn't either, but I consider it a fair trade-off for having DivX and Xvid compatibility, VCD/SVCD capability, DVD-R/DVD+R/DVD-ROM booktype support, and being region-free. It even plays music files, but I haven't bothered with that feature.
Toshiba SD-6100 btw. One of the few players left that supports four different ways (HDMI up to 1080i/1080p, S-Video, Co-Axial Component, and Analog) to connect to a tv, as well as offering digital audio out (co-axial), analog-out and Dolby 5.1.
It's nice to have a light-weight player that is compatible with most televisions on the market. Makes it easy to take a binder full of movies along to my brother's house while on vacation.
Obviously, you haven't been paying any attention to anything posted above you.
NPG isn't right as far as -US- law is concerned. They ARE right as far as -UK- law is concerned.
Photographs of Public Domain works are not copyrightable under US law. This is a special exception to the general rule concerning copyright and photographs, and only applies to works in the Public Domain. In the specific case of Public Domain works, photographic reproduction of the works is treated as a mechanical process, and not a creative process (the way photographs are normally treated under US law).
There is no exception yet for photographic reproductions of Public Domain works under UK law, which is what this entire dispute is about: The conflict between the two laws, as it applies between NPG (UK) and Wikipedia (US).
As I stated in another post, the most fair and equitable solution for all sides is for Wikipedia to remove the high-res versions and replace them with the still high-quality but lower-res versions offered to them for 'Fair Use' by NPG.
Everybody wins, no courts or ambulance-chasers need to be involved.
No, the better solution is for both groups to compromise. NPG already offered lower-res versions of the same photographs for Wikipedia to use free of charge. I think to retain good-will for all, and not appear to be selfish asstards, Wikipedia should take them up on the offer. The representatives on all sides could then present this as a workable solution to similar future situations without involving courts and lawyers. Everybody wins, including the public.
If you think that is bad enough, just use Process Explorer and click on Firefox.exe in the process list. You'll be extremely saddened by all the IE-specific nonsense that Firefox apparently is now reliant on.
Firefox even decides to load driver files (.dll files and others) for Windows services I specifically have disabled.
Firefox, do you honestly need to start winspool.drv, dnsapi.dll, rasadhlp.dll, rasapi32.dll, ieframe.dll, ieframe.dll.mui, etc? Really? Even with the associated services disabled? When the associated hardware is not installed (printer, 56k modem)?
Note: I've checked the process threads of Opera and other browsers, and they don't load half of the shit that Firefox.exe does.
We won't even go into why Firefox would load sound drivers. A second time. After the OS already has them loaded.
And people wonder why Firefox has memory leaks from hell.
Still, this is my browser of choice, because Opera is just horribly hideous to look at and doesn't work on half of the websites I visit. IE8 at least is a serious improvement over any previous version of IE. Chrome is just...let us just say I don't need Google recording every single link I click on and selling the information or providing me with targeted advertising 24/7. It's bad enough I use GMail (at least for unimportant things).
That works unless you are applying that logic to the personal computer user space.
In which case, you can get a small array of operating systems for free that do what %1 of the user market uses a computer for, or you can pay Microsoft.
Apple is right out, as they don't sell their operating system for use on anything but their own hardware, and we are speaking general market here.
If by great looking, you mean "Ugly, cheap, flimsy white plastic, just like the eating utensils at McDonald's" then I concur.
If by great interface, you mean "I have to keep using this stupid wheel?" then I concur.
But what about the Touch interface you say? Big freaking whoop. I remember using touch screens on electronics back in the '80s that were a heck of a lot more responsive than that found on the iPod.
Oh, you need to change your battery? SORRY! You get to wait two weeks for Apple to change it for you!
Is it wrong that the tools I keep stuffed into my pouches don't require the use of batteries?
I guess I am really old-school...slide rule, protractor, t-square, multi-tool, compass...
The really sad thing about it is that I am younger than 40. People look at me funny when I tell them I don't have a cell phone, nor do I ever, ever, care to own one. If I wanted a ball and chain that badly, I'd go work someplace like Microsoft, EA or Apple.
They almost don't know how to respond when I ask them to leave a message on my voicemail and I will call them back when it is convenient for ME.
Anything below 85% on that list is considered worthless by the site author. So that leaves the first 22 selections on the list.
I am patiently waiting for a new comparatives for this year, and to see where former first place Kaspersky falls. They went from 1st to 4th on the last round of testing.
I dare say sir, that you could do that. Microsoft, in turn, would have been given the valid excuse needed to reply as follows, "No Visual Studio, MS Office compatibility, filesystem compatibility, driver signing (they are already pushing to completely remove unsigned driver functionality from Windows), or networking compatibility (AKA kill SAMBA for good), cross/compatible DRM support, etc for you!"
Let's see what your average corporate tower full of PHBs say to you and your IT department then. I have a feeling you and your like-minded associates would soon be familiar faces at the unemployment office. This could be a good or bad thing, depending upon how much money you have squirreled away for just such an occasion. My suggestion would be to go take a nice long vacation somewhere warm and sunny while you consider your career change.
Your friend in (in)sanity, thejynxed
P.S.- Good luck reverse-engineering anything if they ever decide to encrypt their system files by default. Also, good luck filling those gaps with FOSS software that doesn't visually and functionally resemble an Introduction to C Programming 101 project from the 80's.
You obviously need to pay closer attention to the FBI warning that comes on every single MPAA-produced commercial DVD.
The warning states that it is a criminal offense to copy AND distribute (aka fileshare, etc) the material on the dvd without the express written permission of blah blah blah [insert company name here]. Penalty of $100,000, etc per offense, and the appropriate legal code listing so you can go look it up.
Try reading it for a change instead of downloading the versions from TPB with the warnings stripped out.
I would dare say all of the damned botnets and whatnot that contain rather large numbers of IP blocks belonging to Comcast disavow any notion of them not supporting spammers amongst other low-lifes, even if support=NotDoingADamnedThingToPrevent(TM).
If they even put forth minimal effort in policing their own networks for that crap instead of worrying about P2P traffic, you'd see a major drop in malicious traffic period.
But no, instead they'd rather putz about with P2P limiting and screwing up Vonage.
That's because Comcrap blocks outgoing port 25 traffic, but not incoming. Their tech support will lie to you about this, of course, and point to the ToS section that says "no servers".
(Currently, the processor is assumed to be an ARM, but unknown version and clock speed, Apple makes vague claims about being twice as fast on average as the ARM 11 in the previous iPhone 3G)
Camera: 3.0 megapixel autofocus with macro mode and auto white balance. -- You mean I can finally take outdoor shots at the Audubon and have them look somewhat decent? AND be able to send them back to my PC remotely? AND not have to lug along my laptop? HELL YES.
Video: 30fps VGA with on-device editing capability -- Now you don't need to jailbreak your phone to record video. Hallelujah.
Voice Control: Dialing, music control --- I hope it actually works, and if it does? Sweeeeeeeeeet.
Nike+ Support: Yes - For you exercise nuts.
Networking: 7.2Mbps HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR --- This alone makes it worth the upgrade, note that the 7.2Mbps is double what the old iPhone 3G has to offer. Essential for making tethering actually useful.
Oil/Water resistant finish: Yes - Less smudges? Finally.
Integrated Magnetic Compass: Yes --- Awesomesauce.
Headphones: Inline remote for music control --- Remote control my iPhone music playing? ABOUT DAMNED TIME.
Battery Life: Up to 5 hours talk time / data on 3G, 12 hours on 2G. Up to 9 hours data on WiFi. Up to 30 hours audio. Up to 10 hours video. -- Standard 3G talk time is the same as before. 2G, WiFi, audio and video are all extended a few hours each, with the largest allotment going to audio @ a 4 hour increase.
I hope this answers your question as to WHY people would want this over the old craptacular 3G iPhone.
I surely hope you are jesting. We don't call it BuildWars and GrindWars for nothing you know.
You want that slim-to-none chance of the monthly Everlasting Tonic drop? Go grind in PvP for Balthazar Faction to purchase Zaishen Keys with.
You want that nifty Obsidian Armor set? Go grind for months in the high-end PvE areas for the low-drop-rate Obsidian Shards and Ectos.
Oh? You want to participate in Heroes' Ascent? Go grind in Team Arenas for months to get your Gladiator ranks up high enough so that a semi-decent team even takes a second look at you.
Want max titles? Go grind.
So yeah, I reiterate the hope that you are speaking in jest.
You didn't miss much. It was over-priced and buggy. The game seems to have fallen victim to the SWG (Star Wars: Galaxies) syndrome, only right out of the gate.
Debian (and essentially all distros based on Debian) now uses eglibc. You can now safely forget appeasing Stallman and put whatever the hell you want there on that spot.
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You sir, I applaud. Now if we could only get the rest of the weenies on both sides of the aisle to recognize that yours is really the path to go on, we'd be all set.
You have that "KISS/Best Tool For The Job" attitude, and you recognize that in some cases, 'FOSS' is the best tool, and use it, and in other cases, that proprietary software is the best tool, and use it.
Instead of arguing and playing trivial semantics tricks, you get Just Get The Job Done.
Congratulations! You have won at least +5 Internets today.
I hope the following tale satisfies your curiosity.
Back in the day, you had a company named Linksys. They made excellent home routers. I dare say the best you could get on the market. They release several versions of a certain wireless router, model WRT54G. People everywhere rejoice, because they can hack away at this machine to their heart's content. Modding the firmware, modding the hardware. You name it.
During this period, a certain, shall we say, rather shitty manufacturer of 'Enterprise' routers, named Cisco, decides to buy this rather successful smaller company. They want a piece of that vast home router market that Linksys enjoys.
So, the corporate behemoth decides to take a good look at the hardware that Linksys has been selling, and lo and behold, it is as good as or even better than the shite they sell to their 'Enterprise' customers! "Oh noes!" they exclaim, "We can't have THIS nonsense going on! What do we do if our 'Enterprise' customers see our webpage and start buying the Linksys branded routers instead of our over-priced 'Enterprise' Cisco-branded crap?"
Henceforth, it was decreed by the demi-dogs of Cisco Corporate Headquarters that "There shall not be any extra features or better hardware in the 'Consumer' class routers that already exist in our 'Enterprise' class routers!"
Narrator's Note: We ended up with the crippled turds known as the WRT54G v5 to v8.2.
Soon the Corporate demi-dogs started noticing they were swiftly losing sales and receiving MANY customer complaints about their latest iterations of the WRT54G. To save their own hides from the proverbial pitchforks and torches of their 'Consumer' class customers, and their cousins, called 'The Shareholders', they quickly released a version of the WRT54G, and designated it the WRT54GL v1.1 (US).
There was much rejoicing, as now we could happily hack away at our precious WRTs again, even if not quite so spectacularly as before.
Narrator's Note: For some odd reason, the US got a v1.1 and Europe started off with a v1.0c at the same time.
Mayhaps because the paintings reside in their brick and mortar establishment, under their care.
That being said, they made a fair offer. People still get to see and use the paintings in digital form.
The person who uploaded them could have at least had the courtesy to ask before re-appropriating the photos from their website.
Did anyone check if the guy actually uploaded copies or just hotlinked?
It is already fixed in 2.6.31-rc3-git3, I believe back on Thursday. This exploit was made generally known on Friday. Now you just get to wait for the distro maintainers to actually implement the patched kernel.
BTW, this issue has been found in -some- kernel versions going back to 2.6.18 or so. Apparently it's not been in every single kernel release, but keeps appearing now and again.
This can happen anywhere in the kernel or relative code that has similar structures, and allows the exploiter to A) cause overruns B) totally trash memory C) access userspace memory data from kernel-land and vice versa, as the kernel thinks it is accessing kernel memory space when it is in fact accessing userland memory space at address 0 (which shouldn't have been able to be mapped by Pulseaudio or any similar program/subsystem).
This particular structure should have never been written like this to begin with. Obvious error, and I am not even a day-to-day programmer.
Mine doesn't either, but I consider it a fair trade-off for having DivX and Xvid compatibility, VCD/SVCD capability, DVD-R/DVD+R/DVD-ROM booktype support, and being region-free. It even plays music files, but I haven't bothered with that feature.
Toshiba SD-6100 btw. One of the few players left that supports four different ways (HDMI up to 1080i/1080p, S-Video, Co-Axial Component, and Analog) to connect to a tv, as well as offering digital audio out (co-axial), analog-out and Dolby 5.1.
It's nice to have a light-weight player that is compatible with most televisions on the market. Makes it easy to take a binder full of movies along to my brother's house while on vacation.
Obviously, you haven't been paying any attention to anything posted above you.
NPG isn't right as far as -US- law is concerned. They ARE right as far as -UK- law is concerned.
Photographs of Public Domain works are not copyrightable under US law. This is a special exception to the general rule concerning copyright and photographs, and only applies to works in the Public Domain. In the specific case of Public Domain works, photographic reproduction of the works is treated as a mechanical process, and not a creative process (the way photographs are normally treated under US law).
There is no exception yet for photographic reproductions of Public Domain works under UK law, which is what this entire dispute is about: The conflict between the two laws, as it applies between NPG (UK) and Wikipedia (US).
As I stated in another post, the most fair and equitable solution for all sides is for Wikipedia to remove the high-res versions and replace them with the still high-quality but lower-res versions offered to them for 'Fair Use' by NPG.
Everybody wins, no courts or ambulance-chasers need to be involved.
No, the better solution is for both groups to compromise. NPG already offered lower-res versions of the same photographs for Wikipedia to use free of charge. I think to retain good-will for all, and not appear to be selfish asstards, Wikipedia should take them up on the offer. The representatives on all sides could then present this as a workable solution to similar future situations without involving courts and lawyers. Everybody wins, including the public.
If you think that is bad enough, just use Process Explorer and click on Firefox.exe in the process list. You'll be extremely saddened by all the IE-specific nonsense that Firefox apparently is now reliant on.
Firefox even decides to load driver files (.dll files and others) for Windows services I specifically have disabled.
Firefox, do you honestly need to start winspool.drv, dnsapi.dll, rasadhlp.dll, rasapi32.dll, ieframe.dll, ieframe.dll.mui, etc? Really? Even with the associated services disabled? When the associated hardware is not installed (printer, 56k modem)?
Note: I've checked the process threads of Opera and other browsers, and they don't load half of the shit that Firefox.exe does.
We won't even go into why Firefox would load sound drivers. A second time. After the OS already has them loaded.
And people wonder why Firefox has memory leaks from hell.
Still, this is my browser of choice, because Opera is just horribly hideous to look at and doesn't work on half of the websites I visit. IE8 at least is a serious improvement over any previous version of IE. Chrome is just...let us just say I don't need Google recording every single link I click on and selling the information or providing me with targeted advertising 24/7. It's bad enough I use GMail (at least for unimportant things).
That works unless you are applying that logic to the personal computer user space.
In which case, you can get a small array of operating systems for free that do what %1 of the user market uses a computer for, or you can pay Microsoft.
Apple is right out, as they don't sell their operating system for use on anything but their own hardware, and we are speaking general market here.
If by great looking, you mean "Ugly, cheap, flimsy white plastic, just like the eating utensils at McDonald's" then I concur.
If by great interface, you mean "I have to keep using this stupid wheel?" then I concur.
But what about the Touch interface you say? Big freaking whoop. I remember using touch screens on electronics back in the '80s that were a heck of a lot more responsive than that found on the iPod.
Oh, you need to change your battery? SORRY! You get to wait two weeks for Apple to change it for you!
A great product, it isn't.
Is it wrong that the tools I keep stuffed into my pouches don't require the use of batteries?
I guess I am really old-school...slide rule, protractor, t-square, multi-tool, compass...
The really sad thing about it is that I am younger than 40. People look at me funny when I tell them I don't have a cell phone, nor do I ever, ever, care to own one. If I wanted a ball and chain that badly, I'd go work someplace like Microsoft, EA or Apple.
They almost don't know how to respond when I ask them to leave a message on my voicemail and I will call them back when it is convenient for ME.
Anything below 85% on that list is considered worthless by the site author. So that leaves the first 22 selections on the list.
I am patiently waiting for a new comparatives for this year, and to see where former first place Kaspersky falls. They went from 1st to 4th on the last round of testing.
In other words, your suggested setup is absolutely useless to 99% of the computer-using population. Gotcha.
Symantec provided a removal tool because their idiot programmers couldn't be assed to write a proper uninstaller for their shite product.
Dear DigitalReverend,
I dare say sir, that you could do that. Microsoft, in turn, would have been given the valid excuse needed to reply as follows, "No Visual Studio, MS Office compatibility, filesystem compatibility, driver signing (they are already pushing to completely remove unsigned driver functionality from Windows), or networking compatibility (AKA kill SAMBA for good), cross/compatible DRM support, etc for you!"
Let's see what your average corporate tower full of PHBs say to you and your IT department then. I have a feeling you and your like-minded associates would soon be familiar faces at the unemployment office. This could be a good or bad thing, depending upon how much money you have squirreled away for just such an occasion. My suggestion would be to go take a nice long vacation somewhere warm and sunny while you consider your career change.
Your friend in (in)sanity,
thejynxed
P.S.-
Good luck reverse-engineering anything if they ever decide to encrypt their system files by default. Also, good luck filling those gaps with FOSS software that doesn't visually and functionally resemble an Introduction to C Programming 101 project from the 80's.
You obviously need to pay closer attention to the FBI warning that comes on every single MPAA-produced commercial DVD.
The warning states that it is a criminal offense to copy AND distribute (aka fileshare, etc) the material on the dvd without the express written permission of blah blah blah [insert company name here]. Penalty of $100,000, etc per offense, and the appropriate legal code listing so you can go look it up.
Try reading it for a change instead of downloading the versions from TPB with the warnings stripped out.
I would dare say all of the damned botnets and whatnot that contain rather large numbers of IP blocks belonging to Comcast disavow any notion of them not supporting spammers amongst other low-lifes, even if support=NotDoingADamnedThingToPrevent(TM).
If they even put forth minimal effort in policing their own networks for that crap instead of worrying about P2P traffic, you'd see a major drop in malicious traffic period.
But no, instead they'd rather putz about with P2P limiting and screwing up Vonage.
If two terms are good enough for the POTUS, then two terms are damned sure good enough for Congresscritters.
That is, until this upstart named Gutenburg came along with that damnable contraption of his...
That's because Comcrap blocks outgoing port 25 traffic, but not incoming. Their tech support will lie to you about this, of course, and point to the ToS section that says "no servers".
Here's why:
iPhone 3G-S
(Currently, the processor is assumed to be an ARM, but unknown version and clock speed, Apple makes vague claims about being twice as fast on average as the ARM 11 in the previous iPhone 3G)
Camera: 3.0 megapixel autofocus with macro mode and auto white balance. -- You mean I can finally take outdoor shots at the Audubon and have them look somewhat decent? AND be able to send them back to my PC remotely? AND not have to lug along my laptop? HELL YES.
Video: 30fps VGA with on-device editing capability -- Now you don't need to jailbreak your phone to record video. Hallelujah.
Voice Control: Dialing, music control --- I hope it actually works, and if it does? Sweeeeeeeeeet.
Nike+ Support: Yes - For you exercise nuts.
Networking: 7.2Mbps HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR --- This alone makes it worth the upgrade, note that the 7.2Mbps is double what the old iPhone 3G has to offer. Essential for making tethering actually useful.
Oil/Water resistant finish: Yes - Less smudges? Finally.
Integrated Magnetic Compass: Yes --- Awesomesauce.
Headphones: Inline remote for music control --- Remote control my iPhone music playing? ABOUT DAMNED TIME.
Battery Life: Up to 5 hours talk time / data on 3G, 12 hours on 2G. Up to 9 hours data on WiFi. Up to 30 hours audio. Up to 10 hours video. -- Standard 3G talk time is the same as before. 2G, WiFi, audio and video are all extended a few hours each, with the largest allotment going to audio @ a 4 hour increase.
I hope this answers your question as to WHY people would want this over the old craptacular 3G iPhone.
I surely hope you are jesting. We don't call it BuildWars and GrindWars for nothing you know.
You want that slim-to-none chance of the monthly Everlasting Tonic drop? Go grind in PvP for Balthazar Faction to purchase Zaishen Keys with.
You want that nifty Obsidian Armor set? Go grind for months in the high-end PvE areas for the low-drop-rate Obsidian Shards and Ectos.
Oh? You want to participate in Heroes' Ascent? Go grind in Team Arenas for months to get your Gladiator ranks up high enough so that a semi-decent team even takes a second look at you.
Want max titles? Go grind.
So yeah, I reiterate the hope that you are speaking in jest.
You didn't miss much. It was over-priced and buggy. The game seems to have fallen victim to the SWG (Star Wars: Galaxies) syndrome, only right out of the gate.
Debian (and essentially all distros based on Debian) now uses eglibc. You can now safely forget appeasing Stallman and put whatever the hell you want there on that spot.
I don't want to grow up. I'm a Toys R Us kid.