Perhaps stars really do collapse and that energy forms a new star composed entirely of "dark matter". It just seems a bit odd. Didn't LANL or BNL create a black hole for a few seconds, several times? Are they denying their findings or simply restructuring them?
In cases like this (and many others) security is only as strong as the person who manages it. Choose a weak password, choose weak security. I'm sure, however, if this information is public that their actual system is much more advanced. Sort of makes you wonder how sophisticated the NSA's equipment is.
The more support the better, especially from mainstream vendors like Adobe. Of course, I would really like to see Photoshop, Illustrator and others come to Linux (and therefore, *BSD through Linux emulation at the least). Adobe gains customers, the open source community gets more applications and more people can migrate away from Windows without excuses. Sure there's GIMP, but some people don't want to learn an entirely new application if they don't have to.
Where was that when I was bashing, throwing and generally destroying all the alarm clocks of my youth? I remember I had one that played "The Macarena" (what better way than to wake up to a HORRIBLE song) for a few mornings until I threw it out the window. Now if it hid, I would find it, but at least it would've lasted a *little* longer.
Because it was a piece of crap! I need to remove the battery to change the game or something like that? Again, fantastic engineering... btw did the NGage even have an mp3 player, video player and all that frivelous goodness? I didn't think so.
Hardware accelerated encryption is a novel idea, but how easy is it to to a "peer review" of something that requires a proprietary device to truly recognize the benefits of it?
They've been consistantly rejecting or dumbing down several forcefully proposed legislation by the US, such as the missile defense system being installed on Canadian sites, stricter drug laws and now this. I'm impressed... now if only Europe could do something similiar with the software patent bs.
This seems a bit absurd. What's the point of such a device? How about a PSP with 802.11g and mobile phone capability? Then you can play video games, listen to mp3s, watch movies AND make phone calls? Maybe even store some names/numbers and have a calender! Maybe it could even run NetBSD, like my toaster!:D
I mean, who wants a cell phone that on which you can't ever easily replace the battery? Now that's *GREAT* engineering!
SCO basically created a situation where they were the nemesis of open source software and everything it stands for. Through their frivelous claims and litigation, they hoped to boost their stock value enough for many of the bigwigs to cash out before the enevitable end (see: delisting) transpired. In the midst of all this, they obviously did not count of the amazing amount of good press and support the open source community garnered. The looming threat now is the ridiculous patent law in Europe which could potentially hinder OSS development.
I think it's important to recognize that Microsoft, SCO and other like minded companies will do whatever it takes to distribute harmful and baseless propaganda in order to further their cause (monopolization of desktop and server markets, proprietization of media and so on). The fact is, while each distribution has minor differences in the way userland and package management is iemplemented, the fundamental Linux kernel is the same and works across all of the distributions.
As we've seen in previous anti-Linux efforts on Microsoft's part, this is another effort to steer current Microsoft users away from Linux that may be considering it to lower licensing fees and hardware overhead. We all know it takes a *lot* more sysadmin time and monetary investment in hardware and software to reach the same results with a Microsoft-based workstation or server vs. a Linux or Unix equivelent. While Microsoft's sales are strong, their propaganda efforts show some desperation and fear.
While open source developers may spend a lot of time battling Microsoft's rhetoric, I think it's more important to concentrate on creating a solid operating system for everyone, from the hobbiest to the corporate user. The best way to beat Microsoft at its own game is not to play it. That is, Microsoft seems to value marketing and scare tactics over actual development and innovation. Let's not let Linux fall in Microsoft's trap of smoke and mirrors.
It really depends on what you need it for. It didn't quite fit in on my Athlon 64 machine because there was very little hardware support. It works nicely on one of my workstations that's an Athlon XP 3200+ with pretty standard hardware. I've experimented with it vs. the other BSDs and found I prefer FreeBSD on high end web and e-mail servers most of the time.
NetBSD is overall a decent operating system, but it lacks a lot of the features that mainstream users may desire. Essentially, it's pretty bare bones. That can be a great thing to some and an annoying feature to others.
The main problem, in my opinion, is poor and lackadaiscal project management, lack of PR and a general "someone else can do it for us" attitude about getting the proper exposure. On the one hand, on the mailing lists I've read, I've found that NetBSD people are adament about talking about getting things done, but when it comes down to actually doing it, that's another story. Of course, they're backed by donations of monetary value, hardware and time of developers- so the more exposure, theorhetically, the more they can grow.
However, I've had my own negative experience with the foundation running a small BSD news site called BSDFreak.org (http://bsdfreak.org/), where I received a cease and desist letter for selling some merchandise with the NetBSD logo which I was intending to actually donate the profits of back to the foundation. I opened up a shop on CafePress and two months later they followed suit opening up their own and threatening legal action if I didn't close down or raise my prices to match theirs (at least that's the impression I got). It wasn't a very pleasent experience. I wrote more about it on my site, here: http://www.bsdfreak.org/modules/news/article.php?s toryid=83
Sun's Java, a programming language aimed for all platforms and operating systems, supposedly ubiquitous in any computing environment. So, let me ask, why would they, with that goal in mind, revoke *any* license for *any* operating system? They simply limit their potential users and the potential of their language as being widely adopted.
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Perhaps stars really do collapse and that energy forms a new star composed entirely of "dark matter". It just seems a bit odd. Didn't LANL or BNL create a black hole for a few seconds, several times? Are they denying their findings or simply restructuring them?
In cases like this (and many others) security is only as strong as the person who manages it. Choose a weak password, choose weak security. I'm sure, however, if this information is public that their actual system is much more advanced. Sort of makes you wonder how sophisticated the NSA's equipment is.
The more support the better, especially from mainstream vendors like Adobe. Of course, I would really like to see Photoshop, Illustrator and others come to Linux (and therefore, *BSD through Linux emulation at the least). Adobe gains customers, the open source community gets more applications and more people can migrate away from Windows without excuses. Sure there's GIMP, but some people don't want to learn an entirely new application if they don't have to.
Where was that when I was bashing, throwing and generally destroying all the alarm clocks of my youth? I remember I had one that played "The Macarena" (what better way than to wake up to a HORRIBLE song) for a few mornings until I threw it out the window. Now if it hid, I would find it, but at least it would've lasted a *little* longer.
Because it was a piece of crap! I need to remove the battery to change the game or something like that? Again, fantastic engineering... btw did the NGage even have an mp3 player, video player and all that frivelous goodness? I didn't think so.
Hardware accelerated encryption is a novel idea, but how easy is it to to a "peer review" of something that requires a proprietary device to truly recognize the benefits of it?
While I'm sure this has a lot to do with Adaptec, Theo is a horrible diplomat.
They've been consistantly rejecting or dumbing down several forcefully proposed legislation by the US, such as the missile defense system being installed on Canadian sites, stricter drug laws and now this. I'm impressed... now if only Europe could do something similiar with the software patent bs.
This seems a bit absurd. What's the point of such a device? How about a PSP with 802.11g and mobile phone capability? Then you can play video games, listen to mp3s, watch movies AND make phone calls? Maybe even store some names/numbers and have a calender! Maybe it could even run NetBSD, like my toaster! :D
I mean, who wants a cell phone that on which you can't ever easily replace the battery? Now that's *GREAT* engineering!
SCO basically created a situation where they were the nemesis of open source software and everything it stands for. Through their frivelous claims and litigation, they hoped to boost their stock value enough for many of the bigwigs to cash out before the enevitable end (see: delisting) transpired. In the midst of all this, they obviously did not count of the amazing amount of good press and support the open source community garnered. The looming threat now is the ridiculous patent law in Europe which could potentially hinder OSS development.
I'm sure some of you may find this interesting: http://www.bsdfreak.org/modules/news/article.php?s toryid=83
I think it's important to recognize that Microsoft, SCO and other like minded companies will do whatever it takes to distribute harmful and baseless propaganda in order to further their cause (monopolization of desktop and server markets, proprietization of media and so on). The fact is, while each distribution has minor differences in the way userland and package management is iemplemented, the fundamental Linux kernel is the same and works across all of the distributions.
As we've seen in previous anti-Linux efforts on Microsoft's part, this is another effort to steer current Microsoft users away from Linux that may be considering it to lower licensing fees and hardware overhead. We all know it takes a *lot* more sysadmin time and monetary investment in hardware and software to reach the same results with a Microsoft-based workstation or server vs. a Linux or Unix equivelent. While Microsoft's sales are strong, their propaganda efforts show some desperation and fear.
While open source developers may spend a lot of time battling Microsoft's rhetoric, I think it's more important to concentrate on creating a solid operating system for everyone, from the hobbiest to the corporate user. The best way to beat Microsoft at its own game is not to play it. That is, Microsoft seems to value marketing and scare tactics over actual development and innovation. Let's not let Linux fall in Microsoft's trap of smoke and mirrors.
It really depends on what you need it for. It didn't quite fit in on my Athlon 64 machine because there was very little hardware support. It works nicely on one of my workstations that's an Athlon XP 3200+ with pretty standard hardware. I've experimented with it vs. the other BSDs and found I prefer FreeBSD on high end web and e-mail servers most of the time.
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NetBSD is overall a decent operating system, but it lacks a lot of the features that mainstream users may desire. Essentially, it's pretty bare bones. That can be a great thing to some and an annoying feature to others.
The main problem, in my opinion, is poor and lackadaiscal project management, lack of PR and a general "someone else can do it for us" attitude about getting the proper exposure. On the one hand, on the mailing lists I've read, I've found that NetBSD people are adament about talking about getting things done, but when it comes down to actually doing it, that's another story. Of course, they're backed by donations of monetary value, hardware and time of developers- so the more exposure, theorhetically, the more they can grow.
However, I've had my own negative experience with the foundation running a small BSD news site called BSDFreak.org (http://bsdfreak.org/), where I received a cease and desist letter for selling some merchandise with the NetBSD logo which I was intending to actually donate the profits of back to the foundation. I opened up a shop on CafePress and two months later they followed suit opening up their own and threatening legal action if I didn't close down or raise my prices to match theirs (at least that's the impression I got). It wasn't a very pleasent experience. I wrote more about it on my site, here: http://www.bsdfreak.org/modules/news/article.php?
Sun's Java, a programming language aimed for all platforms and operating systems, supposedly ubiquitous in any computing environment. So, let me ask, why would they, with that goal in mind, revoke *any* license for *any* operating system? They simply limit their potential users and the potential of their language as being widely adopted.