No, look more closely. It's not a mirror of CNN, it's some nice hidden frames and some sort of click through arrangement. Or so it seemed to me without looking *too* hard.
If you're going to say that it's well established that an ISP cannot be held liable for content, it's wise to ask "In what country?" Besides, if they police themselves at all, then I think that changes the entire story. (Because they then could have policed themselves and removed the content they're in trouble for.)
capital X capital Z eXistenZ capital C capital Z transCendenZ
not that id Software doesn't have the right to spell its name how it likes it, but I wonder if the spelling in the movie had anything to do with it? Probably not.
I'm not sure if you're hopping on this guy for the right reasons.
I think his point was if the police asked a 3rd party to search your stuff versus if the 3rd party did it on their own without any prompting from the [government].
Not that I know anything about the legality, but you seemed to be confusing the issue.
AFAIK, there are two versions of the protocol to attach to the AOL servers. The official Mac/Win clients use the binary one, while the non-official ones use the OSCAR protocol. Also, AFAIK, MS reverse engineered the binary protocol instead of using the available OSCAR one.
AOL assuredly modified their binary protocol, and clients using that protocol (the offical Win/Mac ones) are the only ones vulnerable.
I think this is all correct. But don't trust me - research it on your own.
Although it doesn't seem to have flown in the x86 world, AMD and Cyrix (and others) created an OpenPIC standard for SMP. Do some searching for it, just not on their websites.:)
No geek I know would recommend a SMP Celeron setup over a full fledged PII/PIII/Xeon for a production box.
And if it's not a production box, how many of us would honestly go the Intel-non-celeron multiprocessing route? For the cost of two full-fledged PII CPUs, I can buy 2 celerons and a couple other neato toys.
But, you cannot compile the Masquerading modules into the kernel. They're always built as modules, just like the PPP compressors.
BTW - Anyone know why the ip_masq_icq module hasn't become a regular part of the kernel? And when are we going to get some of the neat Masq'ing features that the 2.0.37ac?? patches have?
Have you visited the official website and read any of the supplementary stories, or seen any of the comics? There is a story in which a single person experiences multiple lifetimes, purely through mental means.
Even if none of the same characters are in a sequel or prequel, the movie has built up enough of a different and interesting universe to fuel quite a few storylines without being spent.
With regards to the [not] rebooting, there's a couple of things you can try. One: there are various "reboot=xxxx" settings you can pass to the kernel [via LILO]. I belive they are "soft" "hard" "bios" and something else.
If that doesn't work for you (it didn't for a machine I had to work on), search www.deja.com for articles - you'll find that you can replace some code in arch/i386/kernel/process.c to reboot machines with faulty BIOS's (that's what many posts on dejanews claimed the problem was).
If you need a specific diff/patch/more info, just mail me.
It is a nice turn, but in my mind it's balanced with the fact that they essentially ignored all of the non-x86 architectures upon which Linux runs. It is an alternative to windows, but it is also an alternative to MacOS, BeOS, and quite a number of commercial unices.
Do you realize that all of your posts seem to have corrections by others tacked onto them? You're quite good at prompting others to ammend your comments...
Since when do you need money to develop drivers for Linux? And since when is the problem with Linux non-optimized drivers (as opposed to non-existent ones)? If I had specs to the Aureal Votex 2 chip on my Diamond Monster MX 300, I'd code an ALSA driver for it... Without requiring cash. Wow.
Even if MS does somehow get to the mainstream and poison their minds about Linux, I will still use it on my computers. It will still be developed. All the networks I administer will find a Linux box inside them, if that is a better solution than any of Microsoft's products.
OS/2 is not dead, BTW. It lives on behind the scenes running MAC machines and in several large corporations that value Stability over Popularity.
Please inform yourself.
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Why on earth would you decide to write a compiler from scratch in assembly? Just compile it on some existing compiler, then use it to recompile itself. It's no task I would like to undertake, but... sheesh.
I've an idea: how about we have a face-off between NT Server with 16 or 32 megabytes of memory, and an identical Linux based Samba machine.
After all, not everybody has the latest and greatest hardware, even if Microsoft want (or needs) you to be running their software on the newest PIII-500 with 4 Gigabytes of memory.
With all of these new portable players, the first thing that comes into my mind is MP3s are dying.
The RIAA must be absolutely fuming over this. Now that this data format has made the leap off of home computers, I think it'll be considerably harder to stop.
FYI, Paralogic ( http://www.plogic.com/) is housed in Lehigh University's mountaintop campus. I'm pretty sure that there's no real affiliation, but I've seen this outfit. It is sharp.
Isn't it interesting just how small the world seems to be some days?
This isn't source that you can just re-compile. You can probably arrange some sort of emulation to get them to load, but I imagine that is complicated by the fact that these are modules, so the emulator might have to be a bit non-conventional.
In theory: Yes In practice: No
Of course, I don't have an Alpha running Linux, so this is all (as is typical on Slashdot) speculation.
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No, look more closely. It's not a mirror of CNN, it's some nice hidden frames and some sort of click through arrangement. Or so it seemed to me without looking *too* hard.
Kinda ingenious, really, but ultimately sucky.
If you're going to say that it's well established that an ISP cannot be held liable for content, it's wise to ask "In what country?" Besides, if they police themselves at all, then I think that changes the entire story. (Because they then could have policed themselves and removed the content they're in trouble for.)
Update? You make it sound like flashing your BIOS. AFAIK (not very far, mind you), the microcode patches are just loaded in at every boot.
capital C capital Z transCendenZ
not that id Software doesn't have the right to spell its name how it likes it, but I wonder if the spelling in the movie had anything to do with it? Probably not.
I'm not sure if you're hopping on this guy for the right reasons.
I think his point was if the police asked a 3rd party to search your stuff versus if the 3rd party did it on their own without any prompting from the [government].
Not that I know anything about the legality, but you seemed to be confusing the issue.
Okay, well some of the ideas were right. Check out post #15 and its follow-ups for more details.
AFAIK, there are two versions of the protocol to attach to the AOL servers. The official Mac/Win clients use the binary one, while the non-official ones use the OSCAR protocol. Also, AFAIK, MS reverse engineered the binary protocol instead of using the available OSCAR one.
AOL assuredly modified their binary protocol, and clients using that protocol (the offical Win/Mac ones) are the only ones vulnerable.
I think this is all correct. But don't trust me - research it on your own.
I'm sure it'd be possible to give browsers a unique cookie just for the article. It's how logging in is handled, right?
Never messed with them myself - but it's been ages since I've updated my own web page, so...
Although it doesn't seem to have flown in the x86 world, AMD and Cyrix (and others) created an OpenPIC standard for SMP. Do some searching for it, just not on their websites. :)
I could cluster my home PCs to run Beowulf. But that doesn't matter because I've nothing to run on it.
Have you?
Beowulf is neat, but I've yet to see a killer app for the home user or hobbyist. (Those were never the targets, but...)
Just wondering because everyone seems to regard Beowulf as the greatest thing since armpit hair, and I'm sure not everyone has an app for it.
No geek I know would recommend a SMP Celeron setup over a full fledged PII/PIII/Xeon for a production box.
And if it's not a production box, how many of us would honestly go the Intel-non-celeron multiprocessing route? For the cost of two full-fledged PII CPUs, I can buy 2 celerons and a couple other neato toys.
Intel won't lose money on me.
But, you cannot compile the Masquerading modules into the kernel. They're always built as modules, just like the PPP compressors.
BTW - Anyone know why the ip_masq_icq module hasn't become a regular part of the kernel? And when are we going to get some of the neat Masq'ing features that the 2.0.37ac?? patches have?
Though they never mentioned it in the movie, some of the comics use the idea of harvesting our mental capacity (ala Hyperion [and others I'm sure]).
I'm sure there are lots of holes in the Matrix that will be addressed in any movies they make in the same universe.
Fractional version numbers all the way.
Even if none of the same characters are in a sequel or prequel, the movie has built up enough of a different and interesting universe to fuel quite a few storylines without being spent.
With regards to the [not] rebooting, there's a couple of things you can try. One: there are various "reboot=xxxx" settings you can pass to the kernel [via LILO]. I belive they are "soft" "hard" "bios" and something else.
If that doesn't work for you (it didn't for a machine I had to work on), search www.deja.com for articles - you'll find that you can replace some code in arch/i386/kernel/process.c to reboot machines with faulty BIOS's (that's what many posts on dejanews claimed the problem was).
If you need a specific diff/patch/more info, just mail me.
It is a nice turn, but in my mind it's balanced with the fact that they essentially ignored all of the non-x86 architectures upon which Linux runs. It is an alternative to windows, but it is also an alternative to MacOS, BeOS, and quite a number of commercial unices.
Do you realize that all of your posts seem to have corrections by others tacked onto them? You're quite good at prompting others to ammend your comments...
Since when do you need money to develop drivers for Linux? And since when is the problem with Linux non-optimized drivers (as opposed to non-existent ones)? If I had specs to the Aureal Votex 2 chip on my Diamond Monster MX 300, I'd code an ALSA driver for it... Without requiring cash. Wow.
Even if MS does somehow get to the mainstream and poison their minds about Linux, I will still use it on my computers. It will still be developed. All the networks I administer will find a Linux box inside them, if that is a better solution than any of Microsoft's products.
OS/2 is not dead, BTW. It lives on behind the scenes running MAC machines and in several large corporations that value Stability over Popularity.
Please inform yourself.
Why on earth would you decide to write a compiler from scratch in assembly? Just compile it on some existing compiler, then use it to recompile itself. It's no task I would like to undertake, but... sheesh.
Yes. It's sarcastic. If I truly believed that, I would be a biger dope than I know I am.
I've an idea: how about we have a face-off between NT Server with 16 or 32 megabytes of memory, and an identical Linux based Samba machine.
After all, not everybody has the latest and greatest hardware, even if Microsoft want (or needs) you to be running their software on the newest PIII-500 with 4 Gigabytes of memory.
The RIAA must be absolutely fuming over this. Now that this data format has made the leap off of home computers, I think it'll be considerably harder to stop.
Or maybe it is impossible, and I just don't know what I'm taking about.
This is the problem when you try to answer lusers's questions, and not dumb the answers down.
Isn't it interesting just how small the world seems to be some days?
This isn't source that you can just re-compile. You can probably arrange some sort of emulation to get them to load, but I imagine that is complicated by the fact that these are modules, so the emulator might have to be a bit non-conventional.
In theory: Yes
In practice: No
Of course, I don't have an Alpha running Linux, so this is all (as is typical on Slashdot) speculation.