snip.. rather than depending on binary blobs that Linux users seem to accept.
Fixed that for you.
Seriously though, how hard is it to understand that some companies don't release open source drivers? The purists will claim the hardware isn't worth using if it requires blobs. Back in the real world, users like their hardware to work.
Isolated as in a completely separate layer 1. No gateways to ANY external network. NONE. ZERO. You cannot route traffic from the corporate side to the floor side (or vice versa) because there is no physical connection whatsoever. That was my definition of isolated network.
For the view only part, we have set up ethernet analog & digital input devices up that are capable ONLY of viewing (the devices aren't able to control... only view). These devices are modbus tcp and reside on the corporate lan. Loss of power to these devices has no effect on the process variables it monitors. The control systems are located elsewhere and read these pvs independently.
My previous employer was waaaay ahead of you. All of our systems in the field had the root password set to 'cat'. No way in hell was any snot nosed cracker going to try THAT three letter word.
Our SCADA systems were located on an isolated network. Recently though the company has been moving in the same direction (top floor -> shop floor). The key for us has been that those components that are accessible from the corporate side are view only. Control of critical systems should ALWAYS be on an isolated network, whatever the plant super or whoever else thinks. If a suit feels like changing some part of the process, they should have to walk their happy asses down and change it on the floor system. That gives the operators a chance to bitch at him for making unnecessary changes anyway.;)
Agreed, sometimes they seem a little rabid or flat out wrong on particular issues. On the whole though, I believe they are a vital organization in protecting freedoms whatever their shortcomings.
Offtopic sidenote: While I disagree with their decision on the Second Ammendment. I have to admit that they at least have a rational reason for their choice. For those that haven't followed parents link, this is the aclus take on gun rights: We believe that the constitutional right to bear arms is primarily a collective one, intended mainly to protect the right of the states to maintain militias to assure their own freedom and security against the central government. In today's world, that idea is somewhat anachronistic and in any case would require weapons much more powerful than handguns or hunting rifles. They're right. For any sort of citizen militia to be effective at present, they'd need much more than what we can have legally. They don't address hunting or protection issues though.
Internet ads have had plenty of fair shakes. Remember the late 90's and early 00's? Popups, popunders, huge flashing banners, fake windows alerts. When using computers that don't have FF + adblock I still see very intrusive advertising. That's NOT the way to build goodwill with me.
Googles ads are truly the only ones I don't mind. Relevant and non intrusive. ( I agree with you on the relevant ads, they are a resource that is useful) As a whole though, internet advertising has burnt its bridges and I have zero guilt over simply ignoring them. This page simply reinforces my feelings on the matter. Blocking a whole browser because a subset won't view image ads. Especially after stating that they make up so little of the population just seems asinine.
#6 on this page definitely needs revision as well.
- Who owns the copyrights for UNIX?
SCO does not believe there should be any confusion as to ownership of the UNIX copyrights. It clearly purchased these from Novell in 1995 as is evidenced in the Asset Purchase Agreement and Amendment 2 with Novell (see www.sco.com/scosource/novell). Novell also further clarified this in its own press release of June 6, 2003.
Indeed. The HD Photo Device Porting Kit SDK for this has licensing terms which prohibit its use in a copyleft manner.
2. c. Distribution Restrictions. You may not... modify or distribute the source code of any Distributable Code so that any part of it becomes subject to an Excluded License. An Excluded License is one that requires, as a condition of use, modification or distribution, that the code be disclosed or distributed in source code form; or others have the right to modify it.
So for an open source solution, it would have to be written from the HD Photo Bitstream Specification (also assuming Microsoft does cover HD Photo under the Open Specification Promise)
TFA didn't advocate splitting the kernel again. It advocated splitting userland. The article states that the NT kernel is a proven and stable piece of hardware, having been improved over the years.
Basically, they're saying 1. Get rid of this backwards compatibility hell built in to windows.
2. Scrap the userland stuff and build it anew. New UI, new security model.... and document all of them well.
3. Incorporate/include VMs for businesses that rely on backwards compatibility for their systems.
4. Have a more open & publicly accessible bug tracking system. Promoting open communication between developers and the public (i.e. more of an open source style of defect tracking).
I'm no expert on enterprise systems, nor the decision making process. But from what I see at work, vista is a good ten years away from adoption here due to compatibility concerns (as well as cost of course ). The approach Thom advocates could ease some of those fears as well as free up the MS devs to look forward to features without regard to those still running on the NT4/95/98 systems.
Just in case this AC parent isn't viewed... Indeed it is quite readable. There are three pages towards the beginning of the book that aren't quite in focus. A few of the pages weren't pushed down all the way, loosing a few words close to the spine.
All in all though it's very readable. Unrared to a folder and viewed in gqview, it's nearly as convenient as reading a pdf.
Really not sure if I should post this, but it's rapidshare. Eh... Rar File
I don't think it will have the issues the GC had, though it's still pretty early. 3rd parties are looking toward the Wii with interest, and sales figures are driving that. There are some fun 1 person games out there.
Heatseeker, great game. I've played this for a few hours on my fathers Wii.
Trauma Center Fun puzzle game. Cheesy storyline, but the puzzles get tougher and it really is fun.
Metroid Prime Not out yet, but this one looks like it'll be good.
I enjoyed paper mario more than any other platform game I've played in years. I'm not sure what it's downfall was to you, but perhaps Mario Galaxy won't have the same issue.
You know... there would be a lot of gamers that would be interested in that modified version of wine. Have you considered submitting your changes or offering your modified version for download?
I partially agree with you. My father owns a wii. He owns two games, Wii sports and some jet game. Those games satisfy him for now. Here's the part where we deviate a bit though.... He's perfectly happy with those games and is satisfied with the Wii at this point. Nintendo is also satisfied. They don't rely on game sales to make the Wii profitable, it's already sold at a profit.
This is similar to the NES. He didn't play more than half a dozen games during the lifetime of the NES (mario, contra, tiger-heli, bionic commando and a few others). To him the system was still worth the money he paid. I don't see Nintendo getting too upset with these very casual gamers, and there are always going to be a goodly percentage of owners that are shelling out for more games. Third party devs still get a slice.
Really..... What are we talking about here? Web developer? He/she is going to rarely use anything above algebra. Network admin? Hmmmm... The ones I speak with don't generally have to do much higher math on a day to day basis.
For systems development, I'd absolutely agree. If you're working on low level stuff, you're going to be dealing with math regularly and you damn well better know wtf you're doing. On the other hand though, when I did software QA... the heaviest math I did was figuring some median, max,min, stddevs on load test failure rates. Generalizing that everyone needs math (or needs to forget math) to become a great computer scientist is just begging for attention. You don't need to have an intimate understanding of the pci bus to install a soundcard. You don't need to have a diff eq understanding to test software, or to be a web dev. But you DO need it for other areas. And pretending you don't need it in those circumstances is just stupid.
If only I'd know that a month ago... I'd have saved $200. Still worth the money though. Text messages taking over a day to arrive? Most incoming calls sent direct to voice mail? No thanks.
Disclaimer: Yes, I'm aware my experience may not be typical. But it WAS my experience.
The fact that this is happening in the first place, or that I actually knew Stroker from a few years back, or that he's a former plumber trying to make a living selling digimawhatsits to stuff in your digimalwhoosals.
Either way, I'm going to go cry myself to sleep now.g
"Windows Vista" is a 32 bit OS. "Windows XP" is a 32 bit OS. "Windows Vista x64 edition" is a 64 bit OS. "Windows XP x64 Edition" is a 64 bit OS. They are all different pieces of software. I'm sorry, but this just reeks of someone that's pissed off because their diet coke doesn't taste like non-diet. Sure they have the same brand naming in the product name.. Coke/Vista/XP. Diet coke isn't original coke. XP x64 isn't XP.
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Fixed that for you.
Seriously though, how hard is it to understand that some companies don't release open source drivers? The purists will claim the hardware isn't worth using if it requires blobs. Back in the real world, users like their hardware to work.
Browsing through the docs, this one looks interesting. I haven't played with it yet, but I will.
Isolated as in a completely separate layer 1. No gateways to ANY external network. NONE. ZERO. You cannot route traffic from the corporate side to the floor side (or vice versa) because there is no physical connection whatsoever. That was my definition of isolated network.
For the view only part, we have set up ethernet analog & digital input devices up that are capable ONLY of viewing (the devices aren't able to control... only view). These devices are modbus tcp and reside on the corporate lan. Loss of power to these devices has no effect on the process variables it monitors. The control systems are located elsewhere and read these pvs independently.
Hope that clears it up.
My previous employer was waaaay ahead of you. All of our systems in the field had the root password set to 'cat'. No way in hell was any snot nosed cracker going to try THAT three letter word.
It replaced ls with a backdoored version. One in which -h did not function or was not present.
Our SCADA systems were located on an isolated network. Recently though the company has been moving in the same direction (top floor -> shop floor). The key for us has been that those components that are accessible from the corporate side are view only. Control of critical systems should ALWAYS be on an isolated network, whatever the plant super or whoever else thinks. If a suit feels like changing some part of the process, they should have to walk their happy asses down and change it on the floor system. That gives the operators a chance to bitch at him for making unnecessary changes anyway. ;)
Agreed, sometimes they seem a little rabid or flat out wrong on particular issues. On the whole though, I believe they are a vital organization in protecting freedoms whatever their shortcomings.
Offtopic sidenote: While I disagree with their decision on the Second Ammendment. I have to admit that they at least have a rational reason for their choice. For those that haven't followed parents link, this is the aclus take on gun rights: We believe that the constitutional right to bear arms is primarily a collective one, intended mainly to protect the right of the states to maintain militias to assure their own freedom and security against the central government. In today's world, that idea is somewhat anachronistic and in any case would require weapons much more powerful than handguns or hunting rifles. They're right. For any sort of citizen militia to be effective at present, they'd need much more than what we can have legally. They don't address hunting or protection issues though.
Internet ads have had plenty of fair shakes. Remember the late 90's and early 00's? Popups, popunders, huge flashing banners, fake windows alerts. When using computers that don't have FF + adblock I still see very intrusive advertising. That's NOT the way to build goodwill with me.
Googles ads are truly the only ones I don't mind. Relevant and non intrusive. ( I agree with you on the relevant ads, they are a resource that is useful) As a whole though, internet advertising has burnt its bridges and I have zero guilt over simply ignoring them. This page simply reinforces my feelings on the matter. Blocking a whole browser because a subset won't view image ads. Especially after stating that they make up so little of the population just seems asinine.
Shrug
We could always write to the webmaster @ godaddy@dannycarlton.net and voice our opinions.
#6 on this page definitely needs revision as well.
- Who owns the copyrights for UNIX? SCO does not believe there should be any confusion as to ownership of the UNIX copyrights. It clearly purchased these from Novell in 1995 as is evidenced in the Asset Purchase Agreement and Amendment 2 with Novell (see www.sco.com/scosource/novell). Novell also further clarified this in its own press release of June 6, 2003.
Indeed. The HD Photo Device Porting Kit SDK for this has licensing terms which prohibit its use in a copyleft manner.
... modify or distribute the source code of any Distributable Code so that any part of it becomes subject to an Excluded License. An Excluded License is one that requires, as a condition of use, modification or distribution, that the code be disclosed or distributed in source code form; or others have the right to modify it.
2. c. Distribution Restrictions. You may not
So for an open source solution, it would have to be written from the HD Photo Bitstream Specification (also assuming Microsoft does cover HD Photo under the Open Specification Promise)
BSD type licenses may also be compatible.
Most of this info was taken from wikipedia.
Nearly a year ago I witnessed them screaming "put the burrito down!" Interesting mixture of impulse to laugh and urge to cry.
/shakes head at system & walks away
It may sound humorous now, but neither ICE or the console owners are giggling about it.
Okay, someone's a little trigger-happy eh? Double post? Sorry to burst your bubble (as excited as you are) buuut. You're a little off on that.
mods, go ahead and -1 me if ya feel like it. Offtopic and all
TFA didn't advocate splitting the kernel again. It advocated splitting userland. The article states that the NT kernel is a proven and stable piece of hardware, having been improved over the years.
Basically, they're saying
1. Get rid of this backwards compatibility hell built in to windows.
2. Scrap the userland stuff and build it anew. New UI, new security model.... and document all of them well.
3. Incorporate/include VMs for businesses that rely on backwards compatibility for their systems.
4. Have a more open & publicly accessible bug tracking system. Promoting open communication between developers and the public (i.e. more of an open source style of defect tracking).
I'm no expert on enterprise systems, nor the decision making process. But from what I see at work, vista is a good ten years away from adoption here due to compatibility concerns (as well as cost of course ). The approach Thom advocates could ease some of those fears as well as free up the MS devs to look forward to features without regard to those still running on the NT4/95/98 systems.
shrug
Just in case this AC parent isn't viewed... Indeed it is quite readable. There are three pages towards the beginning of the book that aren't quite in focus. A few of the pages weren't pushed down all the way, loosing a few words close to the spine.
All in all though it's very readable. Unrared to a folder and viewed in gqview, it's nearly as convenient as reading a pdf.
Really not sure if I should post this, but it's rapidshare. Eh... Rar File
Holy mother of christ! These people ever hear of sleep()?
Queue jokes about sitting on foreign object and spinning...
I don't think it will have the issues the GC had, though it's still pretty early. 3rd parties are looking toward the Wii with interest, and sales figures are driving that. There are some fun 1 person games out there.
Heatseeker, great game. I've played this for a few hours on my fathers Wii.
Trauma Center Fun puzzle game. Cheesy storyline, but the puzzles get tougher and it really is fun.
Metroid Prime Not out yet, but this one looks like it'll be good.
I enjoyed paper mario more than any other platform game I've played in years. I'm not sure what it's downfall was to you, but perhaps Mario Galaxy won't have the same issue.
You know... there would be a lot of gamers that would be interested in that modified version of wine. Have you considered submitting your changes or offering your modified version for download?
I partially agree with you. My father owns a wii. He owns two games, Wii sports and some jet game. Those games satisfy him for now. Here's the part where we deviate a bit though.... He's perfectly happy with those games and is satisfied with the Wii at this point. Nintendo is also satisfied. They don't rely on game sales to make the Wii profitable, it's already sold at a profit.
This is similar to the NES. He didn't play more than half a dozen games during the lifetime of the NES (mario, contra, tiger-heli, bionic commando and a few others). To him the system was still worth the money he paid. I don't see Nintendo getting too upset with these very casual gamers, and there are always going to be a goodly percentage of owners that are shelling out for more games. Third party devs still get a slice.
Really..... What are we talking about here? Web developer? He/she is going to rarely use anything above algebra. Network admin? Hmmmm... The ones I speak with don't generally have to do much higher math on a day to day basis.
For systems development, I'd absolutely agree. If you're working on low level stuff, you're going to be dealing with math regularly and you damn well better know wtf you're doing. On the other hand though, when I did software QA... the heaviest math I did was figuring some median, max,min, stddevs on load test failure rates. Generalizing that everyone needs math (or needs to forget math) to become a great computer scientist is just begging for attention. You don't need to have an intimate understanding of the pci bus to install a soundcard. You don't need to have a diff eq understanding to test software, or to be a web dev. But you DO need it for other areas. And pretending you don't need it in those circumstances is just stupid.
end inebriated rant(waits for the flammage)
If only I'd know that a month ago... I'd have saved $200. Still worth the money though. Text messages taking over a day to arrive? Most incoming calls sent direct to voice mail? No thanks.
Disclaimer: Yes, I'm aware my experience may not be typical. But it WAS my experience.
The fact that this is happening in the first place, or that I actually knew Stroker from a few years back, or that he's a former plumber trying to make a living selling digimawhatsits to stuff in your digimalwhoosals.
Either way, I'm going to go cry myself to sleep now.g
I guess that takes care of choice #1 on our poll. ;)
Wrong.
"Windows Vista" is a 32 bit OS. "Windows XP" is a 32 bit OS. "Windows Vista x64 edition" is a 64 bit OS. "Windows XP x64 Edition" is a 64 bit OS. They are all different pieces of software. I'm sorry, but this just reeks of someone that's pissed off because their diet coke doesn't taste like non-diet. Sure they have the same brand naming in the product name.. Coke/Vista/XP. Diet coke isn't original coke. XP x64 isn't XP.