I had a linux box in my lab at uni for a long time, and one day the IT departments DHCP server died. Well I was running dhcpd for my machines, serving 10.0.x.x IPs for my lab's private LAN.
Turns out that my little linux server must have been faster than their M$ server. I ended up serving useless IPs to most of the workstations. They stopped working, because none of them could execute their login scripts, making them useless.
Funniest thing was the leases where 3 months long.
They ended up having to do the cable trace trick. you know:
<unplug> "is that it?", "no".
<plug><unplug> "is that it?", "no". etc
BTW, there have been half-binary, half-source drivers for Lucent modems
Unless I'm mistaken, the lucent source package consists of some c files and a binary library.
Not open source, but good enough for me to get my lucent modem working under kernel 2.4 in a compaq armada e500...
I don't recall agreeing to or signing any license agreement when I installed Linux, fired up the KDE CD player, and added freedb.org to the setup info.
I seem to remember downloading the SDK for CDDB way back, and I think you'll find the this "license agreement" thing is on the part of the developer, not the user. So in fact it would the responsibility of the coder of the KDE CD player to ensure that if you CDDB, you dont use anything else.
Dude, Evolution doesn't just look like outlook, its as if they have taken screenshots of outlook, and then made them work.
This is a Good Thing(tm), I use outlook everyday at work, and it is actually pretty good. But Evolution will be better because it will be easier to script with, plug things into etc etc.
I seem to recall that the people who coded Gnumeric open admitted that they copied the interface directly from Excel.
Because lets face it, some MS apps are actually pretty good, untill they fail, and then they suck. But in terms of UI, they mostly have it right, so why re-invent the wheel?
Their Helix Gnome software masks the drab, complex text interface of Linux with rich and colorful images that let users control Linux by clicking a mouse, just as they do with Microsoft Corp.'s Windows software.
Yay!
We are just like windows now!
I stopped reading the article right there.
BTE: I think HELIX is great, and it will shake up the other linux desktop solutions
so the persons placing music on Napster is doing something wrong. Downloading the music is not theft
Um, isn't it the same as receiving stolen goods?
The person making copywrite material publically available is comparable to your friend borrowing you rlawn mower, and leaving it on the side walk with a big "please take me" sign.
The person taking the lawn mower is receiving stolen goods, which is a crime, right?
.... but do the companies they're collecting it for have a right to it? What rights do I have to it? It it is being sold, that means it has value.
There have been angencies collection credit information about you since you were born. And I'm sure sure whether you "allowed" to view that either.
My university lecturer turned his computer screen away from me, because it containing my personal information. Perhaps they didn't want me to see comments made about me.
If you and I own a peice of property, and you sell it without my knowledge or consent, and I find out about it, can't I sue for my share?
Well, do you own that property? Really? The "property" here is data. It wasn;t created by you, in fact you might not even know it existed. Perhaps the fact that its data "about" means nothing.
isn't this the sort of thing that the common folk look at to make their decisions?
well, remember, companies are probably going to choose linux because they have an smart employed geek suggesting it to them.
I have found that many employers (the people) are not technical, and rely on more that what they read to make decisions. I introduced Linux to many employers, but I'm sure I was because I was there convincing them, and agreeing to support it.
I agree with most of what you say, to coin a cliche, "Horses for courses".
However:
Uptime is not nearly as important for the typical PC user. Also, most Windows users turn their boxes on and off regularly anyway.
Pardon? I dont think so - ask any user who has to reboot their Windows box 2 or 3 times in a working day, and see what they think about uptime not being important.
Really though, everybody used to expect a certain standard from computers. These days, even Joe Blow Windows user is starting to lower these standards.
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If they are really supporting the movement then they should be willing to stand up and take a stand.
:)
and painting on sidewalks is just not enough
DHCP can be funny though....
I had a linux box in my lab at uni for a long time, and one day the IT departments DHCP server died. Well I was running dhcpd for my machines, serving 10.0.x.x IPs for my lab's private LAN.
Turns out that my little linux server must have been faster than their M$ server. I ended up serving useless IPs to most of the workstations. They stopped working, because none of them could execute their login scripts, making them useless.
Funniest thing was the leases where 3 months long.
They ended up having to do the cable trace trick. you know:
<unplug> "is that it?", "no".
<plug><unplug> "is that it?", "no". etc
What they were unplugging were entire campuses.
oops.
Exactly.
Remember, lawyers will go after slashdot editors and which allow or disallow posts.
Comments are different, but they are moderated, so in effect its similar.
Telephone and postal companies are not responsable for what goes on in their service, but nor do they pick and choose what goes on in their service.
I hate my sig.
price wise, not space wise.
I run linux on a laptop. nuff said
BTW, there have been half-binary, half-source drivers for Lucent modems
Unless I'm mistaken, the lucent source package consists of some c files and a binary library.
Not open source, but good enough for me to get my lucent modem working under kernel 2.4 in a compaq armada e500...
That is an amazingly high number of failures for something like this.
I always percieved space vehicles to be perfect and assumed that nothing every broke on them, but simply wore out by design
Is is normal to have so many things fail on a space vehicle? Does this kind of thing always happen, but doesn't get mentioned?
Umm, when did Slashdot become linux based? This is the same attitude that people have towards Google, that it is a linux search engine.
I seem to remember downloading the SDK for CDDB way back, and I think you'll find the this "license agreement" thing is on the part of the developer, not the user. So in fact it would the responsibility of the coder of the KDE CD player to ensure that if you CDDB, you dont use anything else.
Unless, I'm mistaken, this dish that you put on your house must be very big and very powerfull to be able to send to a GEO sat.
Has there been a quantum leap in technology?
The only satellite uplink dishes I've seen have been 4 meters across, and have had little brick houses next to them.
I said that the user interface is great.
Actually using the "smart" features can make you feel like the program was never debugged. Somethings just plain dont work, with no reason.
I see Evolution as being all the best parts of the UI with the added bonus of actually working and being easy to use.
Dude, Evolution doesn't just look like outlook, its as if they have taken screenshots of outlook, and then made them work.
This is a Good Thing(tm), I use outlook everyday at work, and it is actually pretty good. But Evolution will be better because it will be easier to script with, plug things into etc etc.
I seem to recall that the people who coded Gnumeric open admitted that they copied the interface directly from Excel.
Because lets face it, some MS apps are actually pretty good, untill they fail, and then they suck. But in terms of UI, they mostly have it right, so why re-invent the wheel?
Yay!
We are just like windows now!
I stopped reading the article right there.
BTE: I think HELIX is great, and it will shake up the other linux desktop solutions
Um, isn't it the same as receiving stolen goods?
The person making copywrite material publically available is comparable to your friend borrowing you rlawn mower, and leaving it on the side walk with a big "please take me" sign.
The person taking the lawn mower is receiving stolen goods, which is a crime, right?
Perhaps the system of artist -> label -> consumer is old and needs a shake up.
A common problem is trying to make new technology fit ontop of old principles and ways of thinking.
There have been angencies collection credit information about you since you were born. And I'm sure sure whether you "allowed" to view that either.
My university lecturer turned his computer screen away from me, because it containing my personal information. Perhaps they didn't want me to see comments made about me.
Well, do you own that property? Really? The "property" here is data. It wasn;t created by you, in fact you might not even know it existed. Perhaps the fact that its data "about" means nothing.
dude, try this:
ipchains -A output -D doubleclick.net -j REJECT
works a charm.
If you think there are alot of bugs fixed in the Win2k SP1, then you should see the absolutely mind boggling amount of fixes in the Office 2000 SP1.
There are literately 100s!
isn't this the sort of thing that the common folk look at to make their decisions?
well, remember, companies are probably going to choose linux because they have an smart employed geek suggesting it to them.
I have found that many employers (the people) are not technical, and rely on more that what they read to make decisions. I introduced Linux to many employers, but I'm sure I was because I was there convincing them, and agreeing to support it.
I agree with most of what you say, to coin a cliche, "Horses for courses".
However:
Uptime is not nearly as important for the typical PC user. Also, most Windows users turn their boxes on and off regularly anyway.
Pardon? I dont think so - ask any user who has to reboot their Windows box 2 or 3 times in a working day, and see what they think about uptime not being important.
Really though, everybody used to expect a certain standard from computers. These days, even Joe Blow Windows user is starting to lower these standards.
Classrooms will alwys be the place to learn.
Talking about Hacking Through Air, have you read the FCC regualtions carefully?
In effect, they say that the device must not protect itself against external interference and/or probing.
This also reminds me of the NSA's "Clipper Chip". I wonder if the military will be using *those*.