Gosh....... Too bad he isn't checking his email. I sure would like to know what the news is with SGI porting their XFS journalling file system to Linux. This will be awsome. I hope this is what Linus was refering to by the term "file system"???
I got several books published by Tim, and some of the bindings are cracked due to the so called more expensive binding being able to lay flat. In fact, Barnes N'Noble wouldn't let me return a brand new book because it had been opened once, and the binding began to crack. This is not even normal usage of the book...... It was still very new. However, I don't think I would buy a hard cover book either. The reason is that the O'Reily books are somewhat portable, and easy to fit many in one book bag. In conclusion I think that The bindings may in fact be more expencive and durable, but they sure do get ugly after a small amount of reading. Maybe this is what zilym was trying to point out?
I think a good subject for a colledge book might be some sort of unix for entry level college students. With it being a series type of thing so that the professor can have some sort of continuity in the books for next semester. Remember, these texts should be intended to be used after school is over as a reference book, and that the students would be going on to higher levels in their CS degree path.
Gosh, I would think that the NSA is not too happy about this!! Obviously there are other strong crypto systems avalible and from non-U.S.A. sources, but this is like slapping the NSA in the face, and saying "hahahahaha". Well, I'm sure it doesn't bother the majority of you out there who(like me) hold the US goverment in contempt. The big issue here is not that it is from another country, but that it is open source.
The US goverment considers crypto to be a form of munition abeit not a very deadly munition, but a munition non-the-less.
now that everyone has the right to poke around in the sources for this kewl crypto system the US goverment should think twice about its ongoing push to create back doors in the various crypto systems developed inside the country. I mean, if everyone has the code, how are they going to hide a backdoor entry? We all know the answer to that question: they can't!! Yippy!!!
Now what needs to happen, or may already be happening(?), is to port the sources to other operating systems. Yes...yes, even the nasty old windows operating system too. Once this happens to a good number of OS's it will become a standard crupt system and no goverment will be able to snoop around in your data.
Well, guess its time to start porting the sources over to my prefered OS, the BeOS. Letme just say thanks to the nice people who hate the goverment as much as I do for makeing this possible. Your sooo kewl!!!:) -Diz
I think its time to see if MS is lying. If the two keys are the exact same then I should get a smile on my face. If they differ then I'm unhappy.
Am I able to create my own signed package for the cryptoAPI?? If not, then I suggest that the RC5 teams around the world stop what they are doing and crack those two keys.
I don't think MS should have the right to decide what crypto is appropriate for the API. What if I wanted to make my own crypt system on NT4? I wouldn't be able too unless them RC5'ers get their act together and crack the two keys.
I'm sure the US goverment would be happy for you to telnet in and destroy as much data as possible from the source tree. Adding , or auditing the code would be silly. Considerring the US has them internet listening stations all around I wouldn't want to risk it. Then again, with them listening stations I'm sure they would actually consider you a patriot for letting them listen to you log in. theres no telling how usefull that kind info is. especially since you made your intentions public on slashdot.
Wack me on the head with the relization Red Hat does have code from BSD, and other diferent licencing systems. I guess they have the right to implement their own umbrella disribution policy.
I think this must have everything to do with Tech support and nothing to do with anything else. Those tech people have to get paid, and the officail RH distro is the only dirrect entry that RH has to the market. Hence their only real source of income they draw on to pay the techs, with the new IPO being the exception.
Those poor newbies that thought they had they had free tech support. I would be mad, really mad at myself(If I were them). You got to be cheap to buy stuff at auction, stupid to buy something that is free. I get a funnny picture in my mind of open sorce software up for sale on an auction. Then again people actually sell their soul on Ebay. Open Source licencing, and the competitive nature of capitalism sure do make a strange mix. This is not the last of these type of changes, at least in my opinion. And BTW, in my opinion I think this is a good thing for RH to do. -Diz
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Gosh....... Too bad he isn't checking his email. I sure would like to know what the news is with SGI porting their XFS journalling file system to Linux. This will be awsome. I hope this is what Linus was refering to by the term "file system"???
Who knows..... But if ya do please do tell..
-Diz
I got several books published by Tim, and some of the bindings are cracked due to the so called more expensive binding being able to lay flat. In fact, Barnes N'Noble wouldn't let me return a brand new book because it had been opened once, and the binding began to crack. This is not even normal usage of the book...... It was still very new. However, I don't think I would buy a hard cover book either. The reason is that the O'Reily books are somewhat portable, and easy to fit many in one book bag. In conclusion I think that The bindings may in fact be more expencive and durable, but they sure do get ugly after a small amount of reading. Maybe this is what zilym was trying to point out?
I think a good subject for a colledge book might be some sort of unix for entry level college students. With it being a series type of thing so that the professor can have some sort of continuity in the books for next semester. Remember, these texts should be intended to be used after school is over as a reference book, and that the students would be going on to higher levels in their CS degree path.
-diz
Gosh, I would think that the NSA is not too happy about this!! Obviously there are other strong crypto systems avalible and from non-U.S.A. sources, but this is like slapping the NSA in the face, and saying "hahahahaha". Well, I'm sure it doesn't bother the majority of you out there who(like me) hold the US goverment in contempt. The big issue here is not that it is from another country, but that it is open source.
:)
The US goverment considers crypto to be a form of munition abeit not a very deadly munition, but a munition non-the-less.
now that everyone has the right to poke around in the sources for this kewl crypto system the US goverment should think twice about its ongoing push to create back doors in the various crypto systems developed inside the country. I mean, if everyone has the code, how are they going to hide a backdoor entry? We all know the answer to that question: they can't!! Yippy!!!
Now what needs to happen, or may already be happening(?), is to port the sources to other operating systems. Yes...yes, even the nasty old windows operating system too. Once this happens to a good number of OS's it will become a standard crupt system and no goverment will be able to snoop around in your data.
Well, guess its time to start porting the sources over to my prefered OS, the BeOS. Letme just say thanks to the nice people who hate the goverment as much as I do for makeing this possible. Your sooo kewl!!!
-Diz
I think its time to see if MS is lying. If the two keys are the exact same then I should get a smile on my face. If they differ then I'm unhappy.
Am I able to create my own signed package for the cryptoAPI?? If not, then I suggest that the RC5 teams around the world stop what they are doing and crack those two keys.
I don't think MS should have the right to decide what crypto is appropriate for the API. What if I wanted to make my own crypt system on NT4? I wouldn't be able too unless them RC5'ers get their act together and crack the two keys.
-Diz
I'm sure the US goverment would be happy for you to telnet in and destroy as much data as possible from the source tree. Adding , or auditing the code would be silly. Considerring the US has them internet listening stations all around I wouldn't want to risk it. Then again, with them listening stations I'm sure they would actually consider you a patriot for letting them listen to you log in. theres no telling how usefull that kind info is. especially since you made your intentions public on slashdot.
Wack me on the head with the relization Red Hat does have code from BSD, and other diferent licencing systems. I guess they have the right to implement their own umbrella disribution policy.
I think this must have everything to do with Tech support and nothing to do with anything else. Those tech people have to get paid, and the officail RH distro is the only dirrect entry that RH has to the market. Hence their only real source of income they draw on to pay the techs, with the new IPO being the exception.
Those poor newbies that thought they had they had free tech support. I would be mad, really mad at myself(If I were them). You got to be cheap to buy stuff at auction, stupid to buy something that is free. I get a funnny picture in my mind of open sorce software up for sale on an auction. Then again people actually sell their soul on Ebay. Open Source licencing, and the competitive nature of capitalism sure do make a strange mix. This is not the last of these type of changes, at least in my opinion. And BTW, in my opinion I think this is a good thing for RH to do.
-Diz