Well, as long as your approved toolkit contains a sufficient variety of tools, there shouldn't be any problems. Make sure you aren't writing file crunching applications in C... there should be a quick and dirty language (perl? python?) available for analysis/protyping/instrumentation.
Oh yeah, everyone should use the same compiler and/or interpreter. There is nothing more annoying than attempting to reuse code that has been written for the.NET 2.0 framework when you are limited to the 1.0 environment.
Given that their topic sites are generally in the top three for any search engine query, the volume of traffic they're dealing with (and the budget that they have!) is very impressive. I always thought that they had much beefier infrastructure than the article says.
It's almost as if they build their motherboards to die after a year (+/- 1 month) of use... I've had four of them die on me so far (I'm a bit of a glutton for punishment), while the Asus and Gigabyte ones continue to hum along just fine.
I know this is going to come off as unhelpful, but if you're going to be developing projects of any complexity on Microsoft platforms, you're going to have to deal with Visual Studio sooner or later. Suck it up and learn it -- it's not as horrible as it looks at first glance, and in time, you may even come to like it (heresy on Slashdot, I know).
Have to agree with you there... also, in a pleasant change from the rest of the OSS world, their systems are superbly documented. I find the debian-amdministration site particularly well-grounded in the real world.
After reading the article, I'm impressed by both the ingenuity of the researchers in infiltrating the network, and also by the skills of the malware writers. Engineering a DHT-based network is no trivial matter, and the fact that people out there went through the trouble of creating one implies that the payoff must have been commensurate to the effort involved.
I don't know about other industries, but in the financial industry (as far as I know) employees are required to have an address of format [name1.name2]@[company domain].
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The problem being that you have to deal with GoDaddy in order to obtain these certificates...
What does *NIX store configuration files in? Text files you say? Oh...
Brought to you from a Linux machine, of course.
Didn't the guy who invented ethernet sketch out his idea on the back of a napkin back in the day?
Well, as long as your approved toolkit contains a sufficient variety of tools, there shouldn't be any problems. Make sure you aren't writing file crunching applications in C... there should be a quick and dirty language (perl? python?) available for analysis/protyping/instrumentation.
Oh yeah, everyone should use the same compiler and/or interpreter. There is nothing more annoying than attempting to reuse code that has been written for the .NET 2.0 framework when you are limited to the 1.0 environment.
Given that their topic sites are generally in the top three for any search engine query, the volume of traffic they're dealing with (and the budget that they have!) is very impressive. I always thought that they had much beefier infrastructure than the article says.
You mean your friend's experience, right?
I for one will be first in line to buy a Googlemobile.
Correct. All parts are seem to work just fine in other systems. Things worked fine for a year or so and then bailed.
They've got more bandwidth than God himself... I don't think even Slashdot could bring them to their knees.
Coral cache link, anyone?
For once, I'd actually like to RTFA...
PEBKAC would make sense if the 15 other computers with other motherboards hadn't been working flawlessly...
It's almost as if they build their motherboards to die after a year (+/- 1 month) of use... I've had four of them die on me so far (I'm a bit of a glutton for punishment), while the Asus and Gigabyte ones continue to hum along just fine.
If their laptops are anything like their motherboards, you'd be well advised to steer clear of this one.
Wait, wait, wait.
Are you telling me that it is now possible to run Visual Studio 2005... IN LINUX?
See ya, Windows! I won't be calling you again. Ever.
I know this is going to come off as unhelpful, but if you're going to be developing projects of any complexity on Microsoft platforms, you're going to have to deal with Visual Studio sooner or later. Suck it up and learn it -- it's not as horrible as it looks at first glance, and in time, you may even come to like it (heresy on Slashdot, I know).
Ctrl-f[n], right?
Have to agree with you there... also, in a pleasant change from the rest of the OSS world, their systems are superbly documented. I find the debian-amdministration site particularly well-grounded in the real world.
Note how the parent refrained from selecting the "Nice try, assh0le! I'm going to find out where you live and burn your house down!" option.
He scared that the feds will come after him. A culture of fear, I tell you... it's a culture of fear.
I actually just finished reading Starship Troopers... I'm pretty sure it will inform how I think about politics for a long time to come.
Is there really that much smut out there?
After reading the article, I'm impressed by both the ingenuity of the researchers in infiltrating the network, and also by the skills of the malware writers. Engineering a DHT-based network is no trivial matter, and the fact that people out there went through the trouble of creating one implies that the payoff must have been commensurate to the effort involved.
Scary.
I'll bludgeon you to death with my wounded comrade!
Free means that you're free to look out for yourself.
As long as they don't inhibit other people from making desktop distros, I see nothing wrong with this.
Anyone working for a financial institution for starters...
I don't know about other industries, but in the financial industry (as far as I know) employees are required to have an address of format [name1.name2]@[company domain].
Makes for easy spamming...