Lowtax at Something Awful has an even funnier look at Daikatana and the release. it's utterly hilarious. you thought the sharky extreme review was mean, i don't know how Romero can look at his face in the morning after this review. ouch...but for some real comedy, read Lowtax's reviews of The War In Heaven or Thundra.
get your definitions right, people-this "worm" does not attack linux users. linux is immune to it. why? have you ever *tried* to run a vbScript in linux? it is not supported at all. plus, there isn't even an official linux gnutella client. i guess when people see GNUtella, they think linux. but it doesn't affect linux at all. now no more people can say "well, linux finally has a virus, ha ha ha!" because this doesn't have anything to do with linux.
i gathered from the article that the RIAA asked MP3board.co to remove their links or something, and MP3board sued them in response? wow. the flames are stoked...we're going to see some mp3-shaped fireworks soon.
------ IF YOU SEE A POST CALLED "MORE INFORMATION" DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK(to hobbiton.org or something). IT'S A REPLICATING CGI-WORM-TYPE THING!
did you notice on the techweb article, they had links to the definitions of MIPS and TB? what's their deal? i mean, if they're a technical web site, they need not explain such novice terms, do they? if you are an IT professional and don't know your basic acronyms, i suggest you spend a day with the Acronym Finder. Sorry to bring this up, it just irked me. i could see them putting this on like yahoo news or something, but techweb?
i think what he meant (or at least what i took it to mean) was Apple should sue them because they own the copyright/trademark/whatever it's called for the name "FireWire", and you *may not* use that term unless you pay apple. but i could be wrong.
we need someone with some power to stand up against the DVD "elite" (more likely, seeing the DeCSS code, the DVD l33t). After i read this article and the essays on OpenDVD.org i got sick to my stomach. We think Microsoft is screwing consumers (because they are), but look ot the MPAA and the DVD Consortium. they are terrible. the region code idea is monopolistic, the second-rate scrambling system sucks (but we're not allowed to do anything about it), and now we find out that the video signal is messed up in some way "to prevent copying," making the picture quality way less than what it should be. they are allowed to continue this reign of terror under the guise of *copyright*. give me a break. i've stuck with my trusty VCR for 10 years now, and it looks like i will not touch DVD unless one lands on my lap. thank God for LiViD. otherwise i would hate it even more than i do. this is a key example of a technology that could have revolutionized at least something, but instead being held back to its toddler years by greedy corporate-types. blah.
in the article, becky complains that linux has a whole bunch of internet services that have to be blocked by a firewall, and the mac is better because it doesn't have those services. *ahem* since when is an FTP server a bad thing? since when is being able to ssh (or telnet) into your desktop from any computer on the network a bad thing? since when is being able to set a computer up to display applications running on another computer by default a bad thing? there's a reason why linux has them-because they serve a *purpose*.
can you give us some information about what exactly is in this cluster? what alphas, etc?
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IMHO, education will come with time. At first, it took a certain amount of skill to operate a TV remote or a radio. But these have gotten simpler with time. now everyone knows how to do them, and tvs and radios' user interfaces have been simplified over time. the troubles that plagued tv (bad reception, poor picture) have in a lot of ways been remedied. the internet is a semi-new technology, commercially only five or so years old (scientifically much older, but wasn't 1995 the boom year?). give the people working on making it better some time to make it ubiquitous, and then it will seem like driving a car. it takes a little to learn, but it's a needed skill.
i have noticed theworld edging toward universal access, or at least my community. nearly everyone has an email address, or at least one, and if i tell someone about something internet-related, i can always get an opinion. the internet provides a much-needed form of communication, and with all the users of AIM/ICQ, that communication is becoming reality. like katz said, this is definitely not a bad thing.
when i was talking to the LinuxCare guys at comdex, i was wearing a shirt with binary ASCII characters on the front, and the LinuxCare guys decoded it on the spot. they knew every question i asked them. i was fairly impressed-i would hate to see this kind of talent go down the drain.
the more competition to intel, the better. look what happened with AMD...i know powerpc is not x86, but it does run linux. maybe intel will get some more needed kicks in the pants.
i wish we could get companies like Nintendo and Sega to free-ware their old games that they do not make money off of anymore. it's kind of a hassle to find roms even of games you own on the internet, and give me a break-does Nintendo actually make money off Double Dragon 1 anymore? it's like 15 years old. it would be a lot cooler if they would, after a certain period, allow dumping of games. it's not like they lose money off it.
well-it's out. 700MHz isn't really going to turn that many heads, though, now that people get glassy eyes when they hear 1GHz. but it's really not fair to compare the two. the fastest UltraSPARC right now is what, 440MHz? again, it's not fair to compare that to a GHz p3. I think Intel and Sun's marketing departments need to make the distinction clear between their processors. I have seen people compare my 400MHz Ultra 10 at school by saying "oh, it's only 400mhz. i have a celeron 450, how much better is it than that sun?" now we all know that a 400MHz UltraSPARC flies. it's an incredibly fast processor. as such, sun is justified for charging enormous amounts. it's not the megahertz that matter. as such, i still wonder why intel would flaunt the fact that the new xeon is 700MHz, but yet advertise their GHz pentium. i say long live the 200mhz pentium pro.
come on, redhat! everyone knows the real reason people take certification exams is for the free tshirts and bumper stickers! "My Red Hat Certified Son Beat Up Your MSCE!"
from what i understand of FreeBSD, their point is to make the best possible BSD for the x86. I believe they have a port to the Alpha, but when i talked to them at Comdex, i was under the impression that was sort of an experimental thing they did for fun-they are focusing on improving x86 FreeBSD and leaving everything else to their bsd brethren. is this symbolic of a new direction in FreeBSD? or have they received enough support to begin to develop for the PowerPC? or is this just a fluke? I'm all for them staying in the PC market-FreeBSD is as solid of a server OS as you'll find anywhere. but...i'm not them.
"the problem may have been that there was a stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf!" - David St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap
this seems weird. why would they make.god? just for the heck of it? it doesn't seem very practical. maybe.comm, because it seems like all the.coms are taken-but then we'd have someone say "it's slashdot.C-O-M, not C-O-M-M..." or something.
slashdot runs debian, to my knowledge, mainly because it's rob's favorite. he is a debian die-hard. the sql server running redhat is new-i'm not sure why they picked it other than i've heard redhat is good for sql.
well, the canadians are known for their strong crypto (or strong crypto opinions). but it still strikes me as a bad defense. "it's okay that we have a database as long as it's encrypted" ---what kind of an excuse is that? if you live in canada, you are now under a level 2 spam alert.
the only unix viruses are also known as "newbies" and they are easily fixable.
we should have artificially intelligent spam-bot blockers to get rid of all this dang spam. they can fight the spam-bots and challenge them to duels and stuff. it can be a new sport.
that's almost funny. slashdot is as much a forum for free speech as anything we have these days. i guess microsoft is all for closed source in everything, including speech. the fact that microsoft would try and dare to get people's comments (again, not owned by slashdot, owned by the poster) removed is laughable. they are not slashdot's to remove. if microsoft is pissed about what people are commenting, why don't they talk to the people themselves? and if they can't get in contact with them, well, oh no. they lost twelve dollars maybe out of their billions. give me a break, guys.
well, this looks rocking. the problem is-how soon before we find a loophole like with the iopener and really piss a company off? when will there be a respectable cheap-hardware manufacturer? i don't know...but hacking the hardware, albeit cool and fun and all, could cause some problems. but now that that's said and done, i got $50 burning a hole in my pocket...
"the problem may have been that there was a stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf!" - David St. Hubbins
this is incredible!!! i always thought that the lilo limit was one of the biggest bottlenecks to a windows user learning linux, and now it's resolved! points for the developers!
i was wondering when slashdot was going to speed up a bit-it seems lately that slashdot has been slashdotted. so, we need specs. processors, ram, etc, also info on the load-balancing. tech info. open-source the hardware or something. keep us informed.
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Lowtax at Something Awful has an even funnier look at Daikatana and the release. it's utterly hilarious. you thought the sharky extreme review was mean, i don't know how Romero can look at his face in the morning after this review. ouch...but for some real comedy, read Lowtax's reviews of The War In Heaven or Thundra.
get your definitions right, people-this "worm" does not attack linux users. linux is immune to it. why? have you ever *tried* to run a vbScript in linux? it is not supported at all. plus, there isn't even an official linux gnutella client. i guess when people see GNUtella, they think linux. but it doesn't affect linux at all. now no more people can say "well, linux finally has a virus, ha ha ha!" because this doesn't have anything to do with linux.
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IF YOU SEE A POST CALLED "MORE INFORMATION" DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK(to hobbiton.org or something). IT'S A REPLICATING CGI-WORM-TYPE THING!
dd if=/dev/zero of=metallicasnewrecord.mp3 bs=50000000 count=1
just try it...
did you notice on the techweb article, they had links to the definitions of MIPS and TB? what's their deal? i mean, if they're a technical web site, they need not explain such novice terms, do they? if you are an IT professional and don't know your basic acronyms, i suggest you spend a day with the Acronym Finder. Sorry to bring this up, it just irked me. i could see them putting this on like yahoo news or something, but techweb?
i think what he meant (or at least what i took it to mean) was Apple should sue them because they own the copyright/trademark/whatever it's called for the name "FireWire", and you *may not* use that term unless you pay apple. but i could be wrong.
we need someone with some power to stand up against the DVD "elite" (more likely, seeing the DeCSS code, the DVD l33t). After i read this article and the essays on OpenDVD.org i got sick to my stomach. We think Microsoft is screwing consumers (because they are), but look ot the MPAA and the DVD Consortium. they are terrible. the region code idea is monopolistic, the second-rate scrambling system sucks (but we're not allowed to do anything about it), and now we find out that the video signal is messed up in some way "to prevent copying," making the picture quality way less than what it should be. they are allowed to continue this reign of terror under the guise of *copyright*. give me a break. i've stuck with my trusty VCR for 10 years now, and it looks like i will not touch DVD unless one lands on my lap. thank God for LiViD. otherwise i would hate it even more than i do. this is a key example of a technology that could have revolutionized at least something, but instead being held back to its toddler years by greedy corporate-types. blah.
in the article, becky complains that linux has a whole bunch of internet services that have to be blocked by a firewall, and the mac is better because it doesn't have those services. *ahem* since when is an FTP server a bad thing? since when is being able to ssh (or telnet) into your desktop from any computer on the network a bad thing? since when is being able to set a computer up to display applications running on another computer by default a bad thing? there's a reason why linux has them-because they serve a *purpose*.
can you give us some information about what exactly is in this cluster? what alphas, etc?
IMHO, education will come with time. At first, it took a certain amount of skill to operate a TV remote or a radio. But these have gotten simpler with time. now everyone knows how to do them, and tvs and radios' user interfaces have been simplified over time. the troubles that plagued tv (bad reception, poor picture) have in a lot of ways been remedied. the internet is a semi-new technology, commercially only five or so years old (scientifically much older, but wasn't 1995 the boom year?). give the people working on making it better some time to make it ubiquitous, and then it will seem like driving a car. it takes a little to learn, but it's a needed skill.
i have noticed theworld edging toward universal access, or at least my community. nearly everyone has an email address, or at least one, and if i tell someone about something internet-related, i can always get an opinion. the internet provides a much-needed form of communication, and with all the users of AIM/ICQ, that communication is becoming reality. like katz said, this is definitely not a bad thing.
when i was talking to the LinuxCare guys at comdex, i was wearing a shirt with binary ASCII characters on the front, and the LinuxCare guys decoded it on the spot. they knew every question i asked them. i was fairly impressed-i would hate to see this kind of talent go down the drain.
the more competition to intel, the better. look what happened with AMD...i know powerpc is not x86, but it does run linux. maybe intel will get some more needed kicks in the pants.
i wish we could get companies like Nintendo and Sega to free-ware their old games that they do not make money off of anymore. it's kind of a hassle to find roms even of games you own on the internet, and give me a break-does Nintendo actually make money off Double Dragon 1 anymore? it's like 15 years old. it would be a lot cooler if they would, after a certain period, allow dumping of games. it's not like they lose money off it.
well-it's out. 700MHz isn't really going to turn that many heads, though, now that people get glassy eyes when they hear 1GHz. but it's really not fair to compare the two. the fastest UltraSPARC right now is what, 440MHz? again, it's not fair to compare that to a GHz p3. I think Intel and Sun's marketing departments need to make the distinction clear between their processors. I have seen people compare my 400MHz Ultra 10 at school by saying "oh, it's only 400mhz. i have a celeron 450, how much better is it than that sun?" now we all know that a 400MHz UltraSPARC flies. it's an incredibly fast processor. as such, sun is justified for charging enormous amounts. it's not the megahertz that matter. as such, i still wonder why intel would flaunt the fact that the new xeon is 700MHz, but yet advertise their GHz pentium. i say long live the 200mhz pentium pro.
come on, redhat! everyone knows the real reason people take certification exams is for the free tshirts and bumper stickers!
"My Red Hat Certified Son Beat Up Your MSCE!"
"the problem may have been that there was a stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf!" - David St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap
this seems weird. why would they make .god? just for the heck of it? it doesn't seem very practical. maybe .comm, because it seems like all the .coms are taken-but then we'd have someone say "it's slashdot.C-O-M, not C-O-M-M..." or something.
slashdot runs debian, to my knowledge, mainly because it's rob's favorite. he is a debian die-hard. the sql server running redhat is new-i'm not sure why they picked it other than i've heard redhat is good for sql.
the only unix viruses are also known as "newbies" and they are easily fixable.
we should have artificially intelligent spam-bot blockers to get rid of all this dang spam. they can fight the spam-bots and challenge them to duels and stuff. it can be a new sport.
that's almost funny. slashdot is as much a forum for free speech as anything we have these days. i guess microsoft is all for closed source in everything, including speech. the fact that microsoft would try and dare to get people's comments (again, not owned by slashdot, owned by the poster) removed is laughable. they are not slashdot's to remove. if microsoft is pissed about what people are commenting, why don't they talk to the people themselves? and if they can't get in contact with them, well, oh no. they lost twelve dollars maybe out of their billions. give me a break, guys.
"the problem may have been that there was a stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf!" - David St. Hubbins
this is incredible!!!
i always thought that the lilo limit was one of the biggest bottlenecks to a windows user learning linux, and now it's resolved! points for the developers!
i was wondering when slashdot was going to speed up a bit-it seems lately that slashdot has been slashdotted.
so, we need specs. processors, ram, etc, also info on the load-balancing. tech info. open-source the hardware or something. keep us informed.