"multi-user OS" means that the OS is able to support tasks running as different users, without them interfering with each other. It is more concerned with the security (ie I can't read memory that your task is running in and e.g. find out the password to your mail account). The phrase "multi-user OS" is less concerned with the fact that different people could use the computer at different times, yet it will keep their settings for them.
Any modern OS will be multi-user, simply because it is more secure to restrict system services to the minimum privileges required to carry out their task. This is for the same reason that you should't run your {linux,windows} box as {root,Administrator}.
Further to this, successive goverments (in particular Conservatives) have cut public sector spending (so there are now less police than there should be, particularly in eg London, Birmingham, Manchester).
Labour talk a lot about increasing spending etc. but dont seem to do a lot about it.
But then when DID a politician ever fulfill their election promises?
i.e., the record companies that have settled with mp3.com, and umg or whatever that is still suing, are about to make fat amounts of money out of mp3.com.
Do the artists, whose music it is, see any of this money?
Why exactly DO record companies seem to require artists to sign over the copyright for their recordings? Could not, for example, the record companies accept "rights to artist's music for x years"?
Bring it on.
How come there are so many injustices in the world, but the people who care most about these injustices are in the position least able to do anything about them?
power gels together, power breeds with power, until you and I have nothing.
Won't it be hard to do feedback mouse using an optical mouse?
I don't rate this at all. The article says it will "allow online shoppers, for example, to get a feel for the material they're buying" - exactly how we've come to expect from those Playstation controllers, I expect.
Basically a rotating motor (with an off-centre weight attached) just isn't going to be able to provide very much information to the user: like it says in the articke, things "can be made to feel metallic or rubbery", and I suspect that is all it can do. Obviously it is a slow motor rotation speed is "rubbery" and a fast motor rotation speed is "metallic". Then what else is there left to choose from?
Compared to how many that work at Red Hat, Caldera, SuSE?
Well, debian has over 500 developers last count, if I remember correctly, which is probably more than redhat et al. employ overall.
OK, these aren't full time employees, but then debian does have more packages than any other distribution, and I suspect that the process leads to packages which are more rigorously tested and checked than any other distribution.
The original intent of Win32s and Windows 95 might have been to be a stepping stone to NT, but Microsoft has been strangely really lax about the execution. They've almost purpously kept NT out of the mainstream market by keeping things like Plug'n'Play, USB support, and DirectX on the shelf for 3 to 4 years after the 9x folks got it.
To me this suggests that Microsoft are maintaining their revenue stream with the win9x line, up until the point at which they believe that they can successfully generate revenue stream from online (.NET) services, rather than continual revisions of software.
In my opinion they have done a rather good job of stretching their revenue generating mechanism, flying in the face of common sense. (win95->win98->win98se is not worth the cost by Microsoft's own standards - look at the cost of win3x to win9x, compared to the cost of win95-win98se, then look at the features. If anything Microsoft are charging more for less, so no wonder Billy G is the richest)
Anonymity on Slashdot has become a haven for the ignorant and childish. I say remove it.
Couldn't agree more, except that if anonymity was removed, then previous AC's would register multiple (fake) names (so you still wouldn't know who the comment), and it would prevent the distinction between those who are prepared to stand by what they say, and those who aren't. As in, anything you post un-anonymously you mean, because everyone else knows who posted it/has your email address.
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yeah but when will they make it for my nokia 3310
"multi-user OS" means that the OS is able to support tasks running as different users, without them interfering with each other. It is more concerned with the security (ie I can't read memory that your task is running in and e.g. find out the password to your mail account). The phrase "multi-user OS" is less concerned with the fact that different people could use the computer at different times, yet it will keep their settings for them.
Any modern OS will be multi-user, simply because it is more secure to restrict system services to the minimum privileges required to carry out their task. This is for the same reason that you should't run your {linux,windows} box as {root,Administrator}.
hope this helps
frankie
george bush is a joker
can I wipe my arse with it?
yes absolute nutbars, all of them.
> Oh, and street crime is almost non-existant. Funny that.
You *know* thats cos all the criminals are too stoned to beat you.
Further to this, successive goverments (in particular Conservatives) have cut public sector spending (so there are now less police than there should be, particularly in eg London, Birmingham, Manchester).
Labour talk a lot about increasing spending etc. but dont seem to do a lot about it.
But then when DID a politician ever fulfill their election promises?
nothing fancy, just "relevant," "neutral," or "irrelevant"; maybe a five-point scale rather than three-point
except youre only interested in the positive side of the scale, e.g. Really relevant, relevant, quite relevant, related, or unhelpful.
do pregnant women use tampax? methinks you have spent a little too long focussing on the Frys/Comp USA/Best Buy/Computer stuff :-P
I hope that either a) that you regretted posting that, or b) (for your sake) that you live under a bridge.
[everyone makes mistakes]
i.e., the record companies that have settled with mp3.com, and umg or whatever that is still suing, are about to make fat amounts of money out of mp3.com.
Do the artists, whose music it is, see any of this money?
Why exactly DO record companies seem to require artists to sign over the copyright for their recordings? Could not, for example, the record companies accept "rights to artist's music for x years"?
Bring it on.
How come there are so many injustices in the world, but the people who care most about these injustices are in the position least able to do anything about them?
power gels together, power breeds with power, until you and I have nothing.
Won't it be hard to do feedback mouse using an optical mouse?
I don't rate this at all. The article says it will "allow online shoppers, for example, to get a feel for the material they're buying" - exactly how we've come to expect from those Playstation controllers, I expect.
Basically a rotating motor (with an off-centre weight attached) just isn't going to be able to provide very much information to the user: like it says in the articke, things "can be made to feel metallic or rubbery", and I suspect that is all it can do. Obviously it is a slow motor rotation speed is "rubbery" and a fast motor rotation speed is "metallic". Then what else is there left to choose from?
5-6 "Special" sugar cubes in their morning coffee. Mmmm LSD never tasted so good
How many people on slashdot do you really think have done acid?
Compared to how many that work at Red Hat, Caldera, SuSE?
Well, debian has over 500 developers last count, if I remember correctly, which is probably more than redhat et al. employ overall.
OK, these aren't full time employees, but then debian does have more packages than any other distribution, and I suspect that the process leads to packages which are more rigorously tested and checked than any other distribution.
The original intent of Win32s and Windows 95 might have been to be a stepping stone to NT, but Microsoft has been strangely really lax about the execution. They've almost purpously kept NT out of the mainstream market by keeping things like Plug'n'Play, USB support, and DirectX on the shelf for 3 to 4 years after the 9x folks got it.
To me this suggests that Microsoft are maintaining their revenue stream with the win9x line, up until the point at which they believe that they can successfully generate revenue stream from online (.NET) services, rather than continual revisions of software.
In my opinion they have done a rather good job of stretching their revenue generating mechanism, flying in the face of common sense. (win95->win98->win98se is not worth the cost by Microsoft's own standards - look at the cost of win3x to win9x, compared to the cost of win95-win98se, then look at the features. If anything Microsoft are charging more for less, so no wonder Billy G is the richest)
I hope that everybody who visits the website will take the time to mail them and "tell us your thoughts, take action and stay informed."
Anonymity on Slashdot has become a haven for the ignorant and childish. I say remove it.
Couldn't agree more, except that if anonymity was removed, then previous AC's would register multiple (fake) names (so you still wouldn't know who the comment), and it would prevent the distinction between those who are prepared to stand by what they say, and those who aren't.
As in, anything you post un-anonymously you mean, because everyone else knows who posted it/has your email address.
methinks: apt-get upgrade
frankie
debian/rules
Has anyone running Debian Potato got any luck yet? (Or have they established what the problem is?)
Wow, I really wanted to hear an honest review of CTP, instead of all the [lINuX i5 s0 g0OD] style reviews.
Now I know that if I buy CTP, (which I have't yet seen in any shops in the UK, anyone?) I will have to wait until they sell it at a cheaper price.
Thanks.
Well, the more people using a particular kernel, the quicker problems come to light, and the quicker they can be fixed...