Yeah, I was surprised by the quality of the system. I had expected that Dell would do something brain-dead thus requiring me to re-install Ubuntu, but it was effectively a vanilla install with a couple extra restricted drivers for the video and wifi.
You mean wifi on Linux is ready for Aunt Tillie?
Oh, no. It can't be. Then all the trolls will have nothing to complain about!
Is it not also good news for Windows users, Linux users, and *BSD users? I mean, it's likely that these OSes will also be made to make use of Larrabee when the technology is released, right?
Yet, it's not news for any of those platforms or Apple users unless/until those platforms are able to make use of the new GPU technology. Everything else is just speculation, especially so for Apple, who might easily decide not use Larrabee. Since Apple is the only legit supplier of Mac OS X hardware, it's definitely not news for Apple users until Apple says it is. OTOH, Windows, Linux and *BSD users can get their hardware from any supplier.
You know I'm turning Japanese, you know I'm turning Japanese you know I think so.
(FWIW, the parent is probably referring to the word 'Facebookification' because he apparently has that English is slowly adopting the Japanese practice of positional grammar by verbifying nouns and nounifying verbs.
How so? Has Apple announced that it will adopt Larrabee for the Mac Mini or the MacBook? No. All you have are rumors and speculation by MacRumors and Ars Technica. When Apple says they will adopt the Larrabee GPU, then you can say that it is good news for Mac users of any stripe. Until then, it's just Intel news, not Apple news.
And how many times do you plan on phone-walking Aunt Tillie through that procedure?
You fail to give Aunt Tillie enough credit. There's a nice big link at the bottom to add an exception. You click that, and then, as you can see from the dialogs, it actually almost forces you to read the certificate info so that you can decide for yourself whether you're still going to allow the exception. The idea is to make you think about what you're doing.
I think the author just has a stick up his arse about having to click 4 times when working with test sites/servers, which often use self-signed certs since no one really cares.
I've successfully bought SSL certificates for companies that I had little or no verifiable connection with, from authorities that are trusted by all major browsers. Now, I obtained these with full permission of the companies in question, as a contractor, but as far as the authority was concerned, I was Joe Bloggs.
Same exact experience here. And the thing is that they don't even bother calling anyone to verify anything. I've even used my own credit card to buy certificates.
A harsher punishment doesn't reduce the amount of crime -- that's a false belief. If anything, it causes criminals to take more desperate measures not to get caught.
I disagree. I think that harsher punishment does work, to an extent, in deterring crime.
An example: When I was younger (and stupider), many years ago, I used to perform various feats of security cracking. Since then, the penalties have gotten much, much harsher and that at least has something to do with the fact that I now refrain from doing so except on systems I control (for security hardening purposes).
So, what you're saying is that Fucking tourists from the UK visit and then steal the Fucking signs. Since the Fucking village is so small, they can't afford to replace the Fucking signs.
And what you're asking is, then, for the Fucking tourists to keep their Fucking hands off the Fucking signs?
Sounds Fucking good to me.
Unfortunately for many theories and schools of economics, it turns out that capitalism destroys the market mechanisms supposedly vital for capitalism to work
I took a class in high school called 'social justice', which was ran by a very liberal teacher who said that communism works -- but only on a small scale and only if nobody cheats.
It turns out he was right. But that goes for any theory of economics.
Capitalism, socialism, it doesn't matter what system you use. The fact is that turn out that none of the theories and schools of economics work the way that economists theorize them. In the end, there will always be those who will find out how to abuse the system and those people will abuse it.
In the end, the only way to make any system work is to punish the cheaters.
Yeah, I was drooling over that, too. Although, given that this is Slashdot, I'm sure I wasn't the only one looking at that server and thinking "ooooh! look at those CPUs..."
agent is making it available in the public domain, I'd have thought it legal to download.
That word “public domain” doesn't mean what you think it means. Public domain refers to stuff that is not under copyright. Just because the Linux kernel is available for free from kernel.org (and countless other places), doesn't mean it is in the “public domain.” It doesn't even necessarily mean that you have the right to download it, either.
Uh huh. Good luck with that. $12 million is a drop in the bucket if you intend to rebuild everything from the ground up. It took *decades* and a lot more money than that to build what we have now.
You're forgetting - he is one of these emotional American types
Wait! Are you saying that Americans are emotional! WTF, man! We are not fscking emotional!!!
Gods, those Brits make me MAD AS HELL!! And I'm NOT going to take it anymore!!!
I think the sysadmins who set up a "secure military system" that could be breached by an amateur on the internet should be executed.
If they even had been setup by 'real' sysadmins. Too often companies and governments try to save money by skimping on 'non-necessary personnel' such as an IT staff.
It's important to remember that Dementia != Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's can cause a form of dementia (Alzheimer's-related dementia), but dementia has many other causes, some are age-related and some are not.
Not only that, but think of the power savings that could be had by eliminating the servo motor doing the focusing.
Now if only they could come up with a way to avoid the need for the disc to spin...;)
The Scrabble IP isn't owned by Hasbro -- they use it under license from a Mattel subsidiary that owns it. They are probably contractually obligated to 'zealously defend' that IP.
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Yeah, I was surprised by the quality of the system. I had expected that Dell would do something brain-dead thus requiring me to re-install Ubuntu, but it was effectively a vanilla install with a couple extra restricted drivers for the video and wifi.
You mean wifi on Linux is ready for Aunt Tillie? Oh, no. It can't be. Then all the trolls will have nothing to complain about!
Once the ashes spread through the atmosphere... ALL of us will have a little Scotty in them from now on.
No. No! Don't say that! mmmmuuuustttttt....rrrreesssssiiisssst..... But cap'n! I'm givin' 'er all she's got!
Is it not also good news for Windows users, Linux users, and *BSD users? I mean, it's likely that these OSes will also be made to make use of Larrabee when the technology is released, right? Yet, it's not news for any of those platforms or Apple users unless/until those platforms are able to make use of the new GPU technology. Everything else is just speculation, especially so for Apple, who might easily decide not use Larrabee. Since Apple is the only legit supplier of Mac OS X hardware, it's definitely not news for Apple users until Apple says it is. OTOH, Windows, Linux and *BSD users can get their hardware from any supplier.
You know I'm turning Japanese, you know I'm turning Japanese you know I think so. (FWIW, the parent is probably referring to the word 'Facebookification' because he apparently has that English is slowly adopting the Japanese practice of positional grammar by verbifying nouns and nounifying verbs.
This is good news for Mac mini and MacBook users.
How so? Has Apple announced that it will adopt Larrabee for the Mac Mini or the MacBook? No. All you have are rumors and speculation by MacRumors and Ars Technica. When Apple says they will adopt the Larrabee GPU, then you can say that it is good news for Mac users of any stripe. Until then, it's just Intel news, not Apple news.
And how many times do you plan on phone-walking Aunt Tillie through that procedure?
You fail to give Aunt Tillie enough credit. There's a nice big link at the bottom to add an exception. You click that, and then, as you can see from the dialogs, it actually almost forces you to read the certificate info so that you can decide for yourself whether you're still going to allow the exception. The idea is to make you think about what you're doing. I think the author just has a stick up his arse about having to click 4 times when working with test sites/servers, which often use self-signed certs since no one really cares.
I've successfully bought SSL certificates for companies that I had little or no verifiable connection with, from authorities that are trusted by all major browsers. Now, I obtained these with full permission of the companies in question, as a contractor, but as far as the authority was concerned, I was Joe Bloggs.
Same exact experience here. And the thing is that they don't even bother calling anyone to verify anything. I've even used my own credit card to buy certificates.
A harsher punishment doesn't reduce the amount of crime -- that's a false belief. If anything, it causes criminals to take more desperate measures not to get caught.
I disagree. I think that harsher punishment does work, to an extent, in deterring crime. An example: When I was younger (and stupider), many years ago, I used to perform various feats of security cracking. Since then, the penalties have gotten much, much harsher and that at least has something to do with the fact that I now refrain from doing so except on systems I control (for security hardening purposes).
MOdded down redundant. Must be some Fucking moderators. Anyway, I don't know why the Brits have an obsession with Fucking.
So, what you're saying is that Fucking tourists from the UK visit and then steal the Fucking signs. Since the Fucking village is so small, they can't afford to replace the Fucking signs.
And what you're asking is, then, for the Fucking tourists to keep their Fucking hands off the Fucking signs? Sounds Fucking good to me.
Unfortunately for many theories and schools of economics, it turns out that capitalism destroys the market mechanisms supposedly vital for capitalism to work
I took a class in high school called 'social justice', which was ran by a very liberal teacher who said that communism works -- but only on a small scale and only if nobody cheats.
It turns out he was right. But that goes for any theory of economics.
Capitalism, socialism, it doesn't matter what system you use. The fact is that turn out that none of the theories and schools of economics work the way that economists theorize them. In the end, there will always be those who will find out how to abuse the system and those people will abuse it.
In the end, the only way to make any system work is to punish the cheaters.
Either that or he works in the small legal firm IT department freelancer circuit.
Yeah, I was drooling over that, too. Although, given that this is Slashdot, I'm sure I wasn't the only one looking at that server and thinking "ooooh! look at those CPUs..."
That word “public domain” doesn't mean what you think it means. Public domain refers to stuff that is not under copyright. Just because the Linux kernel is available for free from kernel.org (and countless other places), doesn't mean it is in the “public domain.” It doesn't even necessarily mean that you have the right to download it, either.
Their main revenue stream is out-of court.
Really? Is that true anymore? I haven't bought a single RIAA CD in 10 years and I don't think anyone I know has either.
Doubtful. At then end of the day, if your cost isn't in billions, you're not thinking realistic numbers.
Uh huh. Good luck with that. $12 million is a drop in the bucket if you intend to rebuild everything from the ground up. It took *decades* and a lot more money than that to build what we have now.
Write a book on it? Hell, I applied for patent on it! Pay me!
It isn't free software. How could it not suck?
You're forgetting - he is one of these emotional American types
Wait! Are you saying that Americans are emotional! WTF, man! We are not fscking emotional!!! Gods, those Brits make me MAD AS HELL!! And I'm NOT going to take it anymore!!!
Yeah, that's what I said. He didn't pwn himself, he was pwned by someone using a tool he himself wrote. Two different things.
I think the sysadmins who set up a "secure military system" that could be breached by an amateur on the internet should be executed.
If they even had been setup by 'real' sysadmins. Too often companies and governments try to save money by skimping on 'non-necessary personnel' such as an IT staff.
It's important to remember that Dementia != Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's can cause a form of dementia (Alzheimer's-related dementia), but dementia has many other causes, some are age-related and some are not.
Not only that, but think of the power savings that could be had by eliminating the servo motor doing the focusing. Now if only they could come up with a way to avoid the need for the disc to spin... ;)
The Scrabble IP isn't owned by Hasbro -- they use it under license from a Mattel subsidiary that owns it. They are probably contractually obligated to 'zealously defend' that IP.