the root servers are setup in such a way that *2/3* of them can fail, and noone would notice.
[RFC2870]
2.3 At any time, each server MUST be able to handle a load of
requests for root data which is three times the measured peak of
such requests on the most loaded server in then current normal
conditions. This is usually expressed in requests per second.
This is intended to ensure continued operation of root services
should two thirds of the servers be taken out of operation,
whether by intent, accident, or malice.
mysql is avaliable via the gpl. however, there are different backends that you can use within mysql. the default current one is kinda lame. there is another one that is legally owned by someone not mysql (oracle now, I think). in theory this falcon engine is super awesome, free (as in tinkle), and isn't encumbered with ownership issues.
a big reason why you don't see that list is because vendors change underlying chipsets from time to time. I have three wifi cards with the same model number (including sub versions, etc) from the same manuf, that have seperate chipsets for each of them. zyd, rum and ural. thankfully, they bumped the pci id. from the outside, the only thing different about them is the mac address, and those are in the same allocation.
politicians are out to line their pockets, by any means necessary. and if that happens to screw over their constituents, then grab your ankles and grit your teeth.
he may have been the first neuroscientist to win the million dollar prize, but there've been several million dollar winners over the years. (this is for the US version with that Regis dude)
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lets set some definitions before we start talking.
microcode: a binary piece that is loaded directly into the hardware binary blob: a binary piece that is loaded directly into the kernel
microcode is fine. any OS on any arch can do that (provided it has the appropriate hardware, natch). you bought a kick ass RAID card? sweet. Vendor 'designed' it to run only on i386. you want to put it into your sparc box.
if the vendor requires a binary blob, you're screwed. so you take it back and get your money back.
if it requires microcode, your OS may already have a driver for it. add a few ntoh(), sprinkle with 32bit alignment, and you're in buisness. same driver works on a few dozen other archs than what the original vendor designed it for. glories of glories its fast and stable.
in binary blob land, the vendor made it work with a few dozen OSs, with strange little quirks all over the place. not the most stable, not the fastest.
with microcode, a developer can get a burr in his ass, and rewrite the entire driver. 10% the size, speed is now limited to how fast the platters move and how fast the PCI bus is. and also magically works with device independant code (read: bio, sensors, etc). oups, now it happens to be 64-bit clean, and can swap endians.
hmm. its offtopic from the parent post, but this is slashdot, not like anyone will notice;)
While OpenSSL is completely independant, OpenSSH is a sub-project of OpenBSD. I'm not sure if thats the point of your post, but my first impression was that both were seperate.
its a software update that enables it. not additional hardware. so why not make it an option for those of us that have compatible hardware.
btw, you can get 1080p displays for less thant $2000. I got mine for $1400. Westinghouse 37w3. 37" of purdy 1080p colours. Doesn't include any tuners, but if you have cable or satellite, you won't care.
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what makes you think a live play is better? I'll give you a hint: its not.
he should leave the Gnome interface to the people who design the Gnome interface
He did and look what happened: Gnome.
the root servers are setup in such a way that *2/3* of them can fail, and noone would notice.
[RFC2870]
2.3 At any time, each server MUST be able to handle a load of
requests for root data which is three times the measured peak of
such requests on the most loaded server in then current normal
conditions. This is usually expressed in requests per second.
This is intended to ensure continued operation of root services
should two thirds of the servers be taken out of operation,
whether by intent, accident, or malice.
this is *exactly* what we want to happen. 100%. They develop the hardware, they give us the specs, we write and support it for them.
besides, when was the last time you got useful support on a "supported" operating system?
I've been using this technique for a few years now, and most spammers have not wised up. It takes 3 seconds and a spare ip address to set it up.
is 'fighting porn' aka 'mud wrestling'?
Jesus wasn't a teacher, what makes you think *he's* correct?
it was discussed at the 'How to secure a networking stack: IPv6 and NetIO' presentation at PacSec.jp.
you fail to keep in mind that MS did some wierd and wacky stuff with window scaling. violating RFCs in a wierd and wacky way even.
thats not to say this is the cause of the breakage. its likely due to the fact the guy writing is is a thief.
mysql is avaliable via the gpl. however, there are different backends that you can use within mysql. the default current one is kinda lame. there is another one that is legally owned by someone not mysql (oracle now, I think). in theory this falcon engine is super awesome, free (as in tinkle), and isn't encumbered with ownership issues.
binary drivers are bad, mkay. this is exactly why.
additionally, adaptec sucks donkey balls. go with ami, or lsi logic. you'll be much happier with a quality component.
a big reason why you don't see that list is because vendors change underlying chipsets from time to time. I have three wifi cards with the same model number (including sub versions, etc) from the same manuf, that have seperate chipsets for each of them. zyd, rum and ural. thankfully, they bumped the pci id. from the outside, the only thing different about them is the mac address, and those are in the same allocation.
To paraphrase Shakesphere:
The first thing we do is kill all the lusers.
on second thought, that doesn't exclude killing all of the lawyers.
shovelware titles made the cut because after the first attempt at the emulator, they put the disk in and it Just Worked(tm).
sure, you may not like the title. but someone did.
its still true.
politicians are out to line their pockets, by any means necessary. and if that happens to screw over their constituents, then grab your ankles and grit your teeth.
I missed the 'in 3 years' part of the summary. ignore parent.
he may have been the first neuroscientist to win the million dollar prize, but there've been several million dollar winners over the years. (this is for the US version with that Regis dude)
lets set some definitions before we start talking.
;)
microcode: a binary piece that is loaded directly into the hardware
binary blob: a binary piece that is loaded directly into the kernel
microcode is fine. any OS on any arch can do that (provided it has the appropriate hardware, natch). you bought a kick ass RAID card? sweet. Vendor 'designed' it to run only on i386. you want to put it into your sparc box.
if the vendor requires a binary blob, you're screwed. so you take it back and get your money back.
if it requires microcode, your OS may already have a driver for it. add a few ntoh(), sprinkle with 32bit alignment, and you're in buisness. same driver works on a few dozen other archs than what the original vendor designed it for. glories of glories its fast and stable.
in binary blob land, the vendor made it work with a few dozen OSs, with strange little quirks all over the place. not the most stable, not the fastest.
with microcode, a developer can get a burr in his ass, and rewrite the entire driver. 10% the size, speed is now limited to how fast the platters move and how fast the PCI bus is. and also magically works with device independant code (read: bio, sensors, etc). oups, now it happens to be 64-bit clean, and can swap endians.
hmm. its offtopic from the parent post, but this is slashdot, not like anyone will notice
I'm a bit suprised by you claiming "difficult to install". Is "not touching the fucking config" too hard to do?
how is it useless? you're being encouraged to use open source software for your drivers. you know, the version WITHOUT root exploits.
While OpenSSL is completely independant, OpenSSH is a sub-project of OpenBSD. I'm not sure if thats the point of your post, but my first impression was that both were seperate.
java 1.5 is native on openbsd/i386. it works as fine as you can expect java to run.
its a software update that enables it. not additional hardware. so why not make it an option for those of us that have compatible hardware.
btw, you can get 1080p displays for less thant $2000. I got mine for $1400. Westinghouse 37w3. 37" of purdy 1080p colours. Doesn't include any tuners, but if you have cable or satellite, you won't care.
2 hdmi, and 2 dvi. as I understand it, hdmi is pin-compatible with dvi (or something along those lines where a converter is easy and works).
for no benifit. I have a 100% solution with no false positives. it's called 'VPN'.