SourceForge doesn't actually pay for most of the servers and bandwidth used to serve up their projects and they never have. All of the downloads are hosted on a network of mirrors run by organisations like universities out of the pure goodness of their heart.
I think it's time to have a serious talk with those providers.
Hey, asshole. They usurped an account claiming that it was inactive and abandoned when the fucking source update record says completely fucking otherwise.
SourceForge/Slashdot Media is saying the project was abandoned in 2013. GIMP for Windows is constantly updated on a SLOW RELEASE CYCLE. We're talking a minimum of 5-6 months before any worthwhile incremental update. The updates through 2014 and this year show as much, plus any look at prior release cycles shows the same, with a period of almost ONE YEAR as a maximum update time. (That one was 11 months.)
Yet the account is suddenly handled by SF-Editor1.
Give me a fucking break, Slashdot. Do you REALLY want me to show where CentOS fails in security?
I can give the internet every detail of your database, because you're too stupid to keep it properly encrypted.
That includes who meta-moderated what. That means we can figure out your agenda.
No, your information is not safe. SF is hijacking accounts claiming them to be abandoned (and being caught in the lie) in order to wrap the installer around the software package without consent of the account owner.
These things are going to need some sortof centralized control, anyways. That's what stuff like nest, etc are for. That one thing should have the webserver, etc. None of the other devices should, at all.The other devices should be very simple and dumb send data/receive data. I don't need my thermostat to have 32MB of RAM to receive a signal that says "As soon as you register 72F or lower from all sensors, stop the AC and not kick back on until 76F is shown on all sensors."
DNS should not be necessary for devices that aren't going to run web servers.
You can have a limited TCP/IP stack with defined functions specifically for the device, IoTs aren't trying to serve webpages, they're trying to get quick 4KB data packets with the info they need telling them to do something, or they're sending out the packets. You don't need a server, a simple daemon would do the same job.
You don't need Zeroconfig. That in itself is a shit security weakness.
Security protocols are not necessary if you keep the TCP/IP stack simple and hard-bake in what is allowed to connect to what.
I was working on systems before Math Co-processors existed.
You also apparently can't read - "On Windows Vista and Windows 7, this can be fixed by configuring the msahci device driver to start at boot time (rather than on-demand)"
That is bullshit. Turning off AHCI just forces SATA into typical IDE mode, and you lose hot-swap and NCQ among other things. The system should boot just fine. If it doesn't, you've got a fucked system and even out of warranty the seriousness of the defect is such that it should still trigger a recall.
Slashdot Mirror
The fact your account has a daily posting limit says it all.
Oh to boot...
SourceForge doesn't actually pay for most of the servers and bandwidth used to serve up their projects and they never have. All of the downloads are hosted on a network of mirrors run by organisations like universities out of the pure goodness of their heart.
I think it's time to have a serious talk with those providers.
You think I'm crazy. I told you fucks about the NSA back in 2003. Guess what? I was RIIIIIIIIIIGHT.
And I'm right here. CentOS is pretty shit. So is /.'s security.
Soylent isn't any better, either. They're running an OLDER codebase. They're more vulnerable, even after I forced them to patch their shit.
Hey, asshole. They usurped an account claiming that it was inactive and abandoned when the fucking source update record says completely fucking otherwise.
Try again when you've got a fucking clue.
"Take your stuff off SF. Oh, wait, you do not have anything up at SF"
I did take my stuff off of SF. About three years ago. Oh, wait, you're just as ignorant as everyone else! Welcome to the sheep herd!
" I'd wager the people who read Slashdot exclusively and don't hear anything from any other tech sites is vanishingly small nowadays."
Yup. Slashdot has very few exclusives. To think they could keep this under wraps is bullshit.
http://slashdot.org/submission...
http://slashdot.org/submission...
http://slashdot.org/submission...
Welcome to being utilized as a herd of sheep, people.
Enjoy your Slashdot Media-tainted SourceForge downloads.
Enjoy your activities being possibly tracked when you download from their sites.
Enjoy assholes raping your privacy for profit.
http://slashdot.org/submission...
http://slashdot.org/submission...
http://slashdot.org/submission...
And then they get caught LYING about it.
SourceForge/Slashdot Media is saying the project was abandoned in 2013. GIMP for Windows is constantly updated on a SLOW RELEASE CYCLE. We're talking a minimum of 5-6 months before any worthwhile incremental update. The updates through 2014 and this year show as much, plus any look at prior release cycles shows the same, with a period of almost ONE YEAR as a maximum update time. (That one was 11 months.)
Yet the account is suddenly handled by SF-Editor1.
Give me a fucking break, Slashdot. Do you REALLY want me to show where CentOS fails in security?
I can give the internet every detail of your database, because you're too stupid to keep it properly encrypted.
That includes who meta-moderated what. That means we can figure out your agenda.
Because Slashdot Media, owner of SourceForge, doesn't want it getting out.
Various Toolbars, like Ask.com, and other shit.
No, your information is not safe. SF is hijacking accounts claiming them to be abandoned (and being caught in the lie) in order to wrap the installer around the software package without consent of the account owner.
http://slashdot.org/firehose.p...
http://slashdot.org/submission...
http://slashdot.org/submission...
http://slashdot.org/submission...
To boot, add in account hijacking.
http://slashdot.org/submission...
http://slashdot.org/submission...
http://slashdot.org/submission...
http://slashdot.org/submission...
http://slashdot.org/submission...
http://slashdot.org/submission...
http://slashdot.org/submission...
http://slashdot.org/submission...
http://slashdot.org/submission...
Because Slashdot is pulling the wool over your eyes.
Batteries are DC.
These things are going to need some sortof centralized control, anyways. That's what stuff like nest, etc are for. That one thing should have the webserver, etc. None of the other devices should, at all.The other devices should be very simple and dumb send data/receive data. I don't need my thermostat to have 32MB of RAM to receive a signal that says "As soon as you register 72F or lower from all sensors, stop the AC and not kick back on until 76F is shown on all sensors."
I get:
1. Advertisements for Brillo scouring pads
2. Advertisements for Brillo OS
I get NOTHING regarding anything mentioned in that Medium article.
Also, Medium is a known shit source of information.
DNS should not be necessary for devices that aren't going to run web servers.
You can have a limited TCP/IP stack with defined functions specifically for the device, IoTs aren't trying to serve webpages, they're trying to get quick 4KB data packets with the info they need telling them to do something, or they're sending out the packets. You don't need a server, a simple daemon would do the same job.
You don't need Zeroconfig. That in itself is a shit security weakness.
Security protocols are not necessary if you keep the TCP/IP stack simple and hard-bake in what is allowed to connect to what.
The hustle has been a metric of drive and growth and determination for the under-privileged urban youth for at LEAST 4 decades.
For Khan Academy and Google to say they created this 'metric' is bullshit.
I was working on systems before Math Co-processors existed.
You also apparently can't read - "On Windows Vista and Windows 7, this can be fixed by configuring the msahci device driver to start at boot time (rather than on-demand)"
Derp.
Yes. I had head-mounted dual-screen (640x480) displays for gaming back in the days of the GeForce 5 and 6.
Horrible contrast ratio (shit TFT LCDs) but great for watching porno DVDs without anyone else watching.
If there were sources to back all of this up, I'd be more inclined to believe it.
Sensors, simple damned commands, and a TCP/IP stack should not need anywhere NEAR 32MB of RAM to run.
Google needs to step back and re-learn some goddamned Assembler.
That is bullshit. Turning off AHCI just forces SATA into typical IDE mode, and you lose hot-swap and NCQ among other things. The system should boot just fine. If it doesn't, you've got a fucked system and even out of warranty the seriousness of the defect is such that it should still trigger a recall.