Just watched the videos on YouTube. Thank you, sir. I was going to do stuff tonight before you had to go and get me off on this tangent for several hours. Intriguing stuff; it's a pity people won't let themselves ask "what if our theories are wrong?".
I'm not sure that I fully support this model, but it makes a lot of sense, and as usual the mainstream view is, "this isn't what I was told it right, so it's wrong. I'll arrogantly wave my hand, attack peoples character, resort to name calling, and make sure I never present a single chard of debatable evidence to bolster my position." One only needs to read a few criticisms from the video to verify what I've said.
I would love to see an academic debate on this. It seems we've got the idea that we've finally figured it all out... just the way that everyone else before us thought the same. I sometimes laugh at the very notion that we've made any progress when we can't even humble ourselves enough to accept that we might be wrong. If you're in the mainstream of anything and you're sure that you're right, you'll be a victim of your own pride in the worst way - you'll be forced to defend your position until you can't hold your ground any longer and become 'that guy who was replaced by the new guy who has the right idea'. I think we know where the 'new guy' ends his career, as well.
Ironically, I could be completely wrong. I may have missed the mark on this one, as I clearly don't know anything about cosmology, astronomy, or physics. Perhaps I'll be shown to be the fool.;)
I browsed the PDF and it's a bit more technical than I can currently handle; can someone give me the 'play by play' brief on the significance of the orientation of the galaxies and why the chance is so slim that they align as they do? Is this a case of, "this shouldn't be happening as we understand it, and the chances of it arising from random distribution are nearly 0"? Or am I missing something?
Yeah, but you're talking about a sendmail priv. escalation! Surely no power plant has a distro with sendmail running! That'd be like treating LDAP as a security layer!
Ah, but we'll all die one day; but who really lives? I don't want to be the jogger hit by a truck driver 'cause he was too busy looking for his lighter to notice me!
OK, but aren't more younger programmers drinking diet coke and not Java these days? Yeah, but only the weak. I'm in the process of demolishing a Monster XXL Energy drink (24 Oz), tearing in to a pack of Marlboro Reds, and I'm out of caffeinated gum. I'll have a Rockstar for a liquid lunch, and Starbucks for dinner. Then again, I've noticed I'm always the Alpha Geek at my university programming classes; take it with a grain of salt (or a Redbull - Real Programmers only).
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Apologies. Intoxicated and needing to prove I've read Einstein's theory. Bro, you posted this 6:11 AM - you'd better be over the pond, or a Sys Admin; I can't think of any other explanation to be drinking this early... You don't work at Redmond, do you?
But I guess that's the problem... techies know the truth, but they have to battle against the ignorant manager who believes the shit MS writes. I think I might see where you're going with this... If you suggest we start writing Linux White Papers, I'll kill you. Twice.
I, personally, love when I make an ISO of a game I've bought. I'm irresponsible, and I know it, so I file the backup copy with my old source code CDs "Just In Case". Then when I scratch or lose said CD and need my backup copy to install or play the game, I get the following: "This is not the correct CD, please insert the CD that matches the CD key you entered!", or something to that effect. This is followed by loud noises and the shattering of the first object within my reach, which usually ends up being the original copy of another game I own whose backup copy will cause the cycle to start again.
From what you and Raven64 have said, my interest in Erlang is piqued! I think I'll give it a shot when I have some downtime this semester (I'm always hearing "try Ruby, lisp, perl, $silverBulletLanguage", and I just don't have the time). I just have one question about what you've said:
Suddenly, applications become trees of processes pitching data back and forth in messages. We aren't talking a win32 style message pump kind of message passing mechanism, are we? I truly can't stand the message pump in win32 - it always feels like such a 'hack'; I don't have a better solution, though, so I've been waiting for a better form of IPC. Yet Raven64 said there is no shared memory, so I'm confused on how the message passing happens. Hooks? By value, but not by reference (hence no shared memory)? Or are we talking recursion style process trees where the parent sleeps until the child scopes out?
Thanks for your reply, I think I'll give it a shot!
"it took two Republican presidents: Nixon and Ford, to clean up the decades-old mess started and maintained by the democrats."
You talk as if Nixon resigned because from the exhaustion of cleaning up the Democrat's mess. I call straw man on that! If you're going to refute a claim, attack the proposed claim. Attacking a persons character (even if he was a liar) is a desperate move for politicians and has no place in academic discussion. Try again, and refute the claim with facts or admit it is legitimate.
I keep hearing about Erlang being the next greatest thing since sliced bread... unfortunately, I don't have time to look into it too much. Could someone give me an 'elevator' pitch on what makes it so great for threading? Is it encapsulation based objects, a thread base class, or what? How does it handle cache coherency on SMP?
If MP3 compression works like VOIP digital analog conversion and compression, the sound clarity will decay exponentially as it heads north and south of the 'average' frequency band. That is to say, the higher or lower the frequency, the less accurate it will be. Check out the Asterisks manual for a diagram of what I'm talking about. I trust you can find it;).
Amps that only go up to 7. Because 7 is quieter than 10. Great idea! If you promise to only make amps that go up to 7, I'll cut you in for 1/3 of my Monster Amp (TM) where the knob, get this... goes up to 8! I might even put LEDs in the knob that turn from green to red, to let the rockers know how much they're rocking!
Then, after everyone buys one that goes up to 8, we'll release an amp that goes up to, ready for this... 9! We'll call it Extreme something or other... Whattaya' say, we got a deal?!
That's a very good point; I think that companies 'forcing' software on people is the other half of the viscous cycle - if they don't, their competitors will.
I think we're all partly responsible for Microsoft being what it is. And I'm saying this, mind you, as a Linux user. If Microsoft didn't 'push' software on us, Apple would; if Apple didn't, IBM would... Sun... Novell... your friends neighbors brothers nephew ("...and everyone says he's a real whiz with computers, and he's writing this software that...").
Sometimes I think we deserve this monster we've built. Everyone is falling over themselves to get our money, and we walk to the slaughter like the cattle we are. As a fan of irony, and an esoteric dichotomy, I should note that while I complain about this, I've also used it for my own gain on several occasions. I guess that's just part of my inner turmoil.
Unfortunately, consumerism isn't driven by the "ability does not dictate necessity" mentality. Just take a look at the cars on the road to see this in action. How many SUV's do you see? There would be no Escalades if people didn't want lots of "chrome". We're all guilty of feeding this cycle, as I see it.
I totally agree. If everyone would just switch to Ubuntu, the few left that aren't already running it that is, we would have one true distro to rule them all! You can pry my Slackware install DVD from my cold, dead, fingers as I use my body as a human shield to keep you away from my server! I'll fight you and Ubuntu, with my outfit of fellow slackers, from the hills if I must! Unless, of course, Ubuntu gets open source video drivers...
The development of something like a kernel NEEDS a dictator I think Theo de Raadt is already busy on something else. Yeah, but I'm sure he'll step away from wireless drivers and rise to the occasion, should he be needed. If not, how does Tanenbaum's schedule look?
I'll wait for Linux 3.11 for Workgroups in that case, thank you oh so very much.
Though I guess this gives us the approximate timeline for the 3.0 version - because we know that Linux 95 must soon follow.
89 more years to go, 89 years...
Wouldn't 3.11 be an unstable branch since it's an odd minor number? Or are we using the "2.6 kernel version numbering scheme" where I can never tell what is unstable and what isn't? I've heard that 2.6.16 is the stable tree, but RHEL seems to have their own numbering system, further compounding the problems. Then again, I'm a Slackware user - 2.4 branch suits me rather well for almost everything. Then again, as of Slackware 12, it uses the 2.6.(12?) kernel... I guess I'll never know.
I'm not trolling here, but it is probably going to sound like it...
Did you first compile your compiler for your specific hardware?
Not sure if this actually makes a difference, but I've heard third hand that it does. Granted, this is not a reliable source, but it made sense to me at the time. This person first compiled their compiler for their hardware, and then compiled all the source for their distro with this compiler. Any thoughts on this?
Not only do you get to fund open source projects by using this credit card, but because it's a linux credit card, it's more secure, right? Personally, I'm holding out for the OpenBSD credit card, but this is a good start. Yeah, just be careful where you get your drivers from! Sorry, I'm trolling; but I couldn't let that one go when I saw the opportunity.:)
What happens when all 3 go over the very same T1 line, and it being down is the problem? I've always hated the idea of VOIP for this reason alone. It is unfortunate that putting all services over the same pipe gives you a single point of failure, because doing so is very convenient (until the line goes down)!
So, did this Phillips guy develop the trojan that stole the Fark passwords? Did this guy minor in CompSci? He sent a trojan. Any idiot can do that, with the plethora of pre-built and easily customizable trojans out there. This is a reporter we're talking about. You know, like the kind of people who try to infiltrate Defcon as a 30-something with blue eyes, blond hair, with a complexion that says "I've seen the sun at least once in the last month", to get the most paranoid people on the planet to talk about the illegal things they've done.
We can only assume he had his secretary, an intern, or the guy who delivers the coffee do it. The only other explanation is he's being framed.
Or if your bank is stupid and has something insecure on it's secure website. Wachovia's Secure Site has had a broken SSL login for ages, and I've told them about it. I also told them that the problem was probably just some insecure javascript or something to that effect, and pleaded that they'd forward it to their tech. staff who would immediately know what the problem was and how to fix it. I got a canned response and no action has been taken. Not sure what to do besides check the cert. every time I login.
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I'm not sure that I fully support this model, but it makes a lot of sense, and as usual the mainstream view is, "this isn't what I was told it right, so it's wrong. I'll arrogantly wave my hand, attack peoples character, resort to name calling, and make sure I never present a single chard of debatable evidence to bolster my position." One only needs to read a few criticisms from the video to verify what I've said.
I would love to see an academic debate on this. It seems we've got the idea that we've finally figured it all out... just the way that everyone else before us thought the same. I sometimes laugh at the very notion that we've made any progress when we can't even humble ourselves enough to accept that we might be wrong. If you're in the mainstream of anything and you're sure that you're right, you'll be a victim of your own pride in the worst way - you'll be forced to defend your position until you can't hold your ground any longer and become 'that guy who was replaced by the new guy who has the right idea'. I think we know where the 'new guy' ends his career, as well.
Ironically, I could be completely wrong. I may have missed the mark on this one, as I clearly don't know anything about cosmology, astronomy, or physics. Perhaps I'll be shown to be the fool.
Glad I'm not the only one. I think I'll be going to have a cold one now.
*/me realizes entirely too late that it was karma burnt without a cause...*
I browsed the PDF and it's a bit more technical than I can currently handle; can someone give me the 'play by play' brief on the significance of the orientation of the galaxies and why the chance is so slim that they align as they do? Is this a case of, "this shouldn't be happening as we understand it, and the chances of it arising from random distribution are nearly 0"? Or am I missing something?
Yeah, but you're talking about a sendmail priv. escalation! Surely no power plant has a distro with sendmail running! That'd be like treating LDAP as a security layer!
Ah, but we'll all die one day; but who really lives? I don't want to be the jogger hit by a truck driver 'cause he was too busy looking for his lighter to notice me!
... Apologies. Intoxicated and needing to prove I've read Einstein's theory. Bro, you posted this 6:11 AM - you'd better be over the pond, or a Sys Admin; I can't think of any other explanation to be drinking this early... You don't work at Redmond, do you?I, personally, love when I make an ISO of a game I've bought. I'm irresponsible, and I know it, so I file the backup copy with my old source code CDs "Just In Case". Then when I scratch or lose said CD and need my backup copy to install or play the game, I get the following: "This is not the correct CD, please insert the CD that matches the CD key you entered!", or something to that effect. This is followed by loud noises and the shattering of the first object within my reach, which usually ends up being the original copy of another game I own whose backup copy will cause the cycle to start again.
Thanks for your reply, I think I'll give it a shot!
You talk as if Nixon resigned because from the exhaustion of cleaning up the Democrat's mess. I call straw man on that! If you're going to refute a claim, attack the proposed claim. Attacking a persons character (even if he was a liar) is a desperate move for politicians and has no place in academic discussion. Try again, and refute the claim with facts or admit it is legitimate.
I keep hearing about Erlang being the next greatest thing since sliced bread... unfortunately, I don't have time to look into it too much. Could someone give me an 'elevator' pitch on what makes it so great for threading? Is it encapsulation based objects, a thread base class, or what? How does it handle cache coherency on SMP?
If MP3 compression works like VOIP digital analog conversion and compression, the sound clarity will decay exponentially as it heads north and south of the 'average' frequency band. That is to say, the higher or lower the frequency, the less accurate it will be. Check out the Asterisks manual for a diagram of what I'm talking about. I trust you can find it ;).
Then, after everyone buys one that goes up to 8, we'll release an amp that goes up to, ready for this... 9! We'll call it Extreme something or other... Whattaya' say, we got a deal?!
I think we're all partly responsible for Microsoft being what it is. And I'm saying this, mind you, as a Linux user. If Microsoft didn't 'push' software on us, Apple would; if Apple didn't, IBM would... Sun... Novell... your friends neighbors brothers nephew ("...and everyone says he's a real whiz with computers, and he's writing this software that...").
Sometimes I think we deserve this monster we've built. Everyone is falling over themselves to get our money, and we walk to the slaughter like the cattle we are. As a fan of irony, and an esoteric dichotomy, I should note that while I complain about this, I've also used it for my own gain on several occasions. I guess that's just part of my inner turmoil.
Unfortunately, consumerism isn't driven by the "ability does not dictate necessity" mentality. Just take a look at the cars on the road to see this in action. How many SUV's do you see? There would be no Escalades if people didn't want lots of "chrome". We're all guilty of feeding this cycle, as I see it.
Unless, of course, Ubuntu gets open source video drivers...
*Ducks*
I'll wait for Linux 3.11 for Workgroups in that case, thank you oh so very much.
Though I guess this gives us the approximate timeline for the 3.0 version - because we know that Linux 95 must soon follow.
Wouldn't 3.11 be an unstable branch since it's an odd minor number? Or are we using the "2.6 kernel version numbering scheme" where I can never tell what is unstable and what isn't? I've heard that 2.6.16 is the stable tree, but RHEL seems to have their own numbering system, further compounding the problems. Then again, I'm a Slackware user - 2.4 branch suits me rather well for almost everything. Then again, as of Slackware 12, it uses the 2.6.(12?) kernel... I guess I'll never know.89 more years to go, 89 years...
Did you first compile your compiler for your specific hardware?
Not sure if this actually makes a difference, but I've heard third hand that it does.
Granted, this is not a reliable source, but it made sense to me at the time. This person first compiled their compiler for their hardware, and then compiled all the source for their distro with this compiler. Any thoughts on this?
What happens when all 3 go over the very same T1 line, and it being down is the problem? I've always hated the idea of VOIP for this reason alone. It is unfortunate that putting all services over the same pipe gives you a single point of failure, because doing so is very convenient (until the line goes down)!
This is a reporter we're talking about. You know, like the kind of people who try to infiltrate Defcon as a 30-something with blue eyes, blond hair, with a complexion that says "I've seen the sun at least once in the last month", to get the most paranoid people on the planet to talk about the illegal things they've done.
We can only assume he had his secretary, an intern, or the guy who delivers the coffee do it. The only other explanation is he's being framed.
Or if your bank is stupid and has something insecure on it's secure website. Wachovia's Secure Site has had a broken SSL login for ages, and I've told them about it. I also told them that the problem was probably just some insecure javascript or something to that effect, and pleaded that they'd forward it to their tech. staff who would immediately know what the problem was and how to fix it. I got a canned response and no action has been taken. Not sure what to do besides check the cert. every time I login.