How about getting someone who knows what they're doing to come in to compile it for you? Apache, PHP and all their dependencies shouldn't take more than half a day for any decent admin to build from source. And they can use Sun's great compilers (soon to be available for Linux) instead of gcc.
dtrace, zones, zfs, Sun support, source compatibility with Solaris SPARC, better stability (IMHO), and some people just prefer it. And it's not very expenive, if you pay at all.
> Its not the black box and the data you need to worry about, its who get to use it
I think that's rather a naive statement. We all know that there's no such thing as secure data, and that most technological solutions are implemented poorly.
We also know that whenever manufacturers take steps to make cars, data, DVDs, whatever, harder to steal/pirate/copy, there's a hack or workaround in the wild within days.
While I agree when you say you see no problem if the vehicle must be destroyed to get the box, I can't help but think that's rather like saying guns are fine so long as only responsible people have access to them. It's just not going to happen.
Seems every government is obsessed with logging everything. Like most things of this ilk, there's maybe one good use for the data, and a thousand bad ones.
It won't make people safer. It won't stop people speeding. After a week drivers will forget the thing is even there, till someone somewhere uses the data in it to fuck them in the ass. (Metaphorically.)
We all commit traffic violations, however minor. Once the population are all criminals, they're *so* much easier to control.
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Cool. Thanks. I usually just stick ksh93 on the linux machines I use, so I haven't really looked in to heavily customising bash. But recently I got badly bitten by a bug in ksh93's array handling, so maybe it's a good time to give bash another go.
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Does bash have "r" yet? Or has it always and I've just never found it? I don't want stupid csh "!" to repeat my commands.
And I set up bash so I can, for instance, move from rc2.d to rc3.d by typing
I'm very impressed with zones, the resource control and monitoring are even better than in 9, dtrace is just about the coolest thing I've ever seen on Unix, and zfs and the souped-up NFS look great too. (Though I haven't had the chance to play with those yet,)
An error is an error, be it intentional or accidental. Testing catches these errors, then they are fixed, and tested again. The cycle continues until the software works.
I've never worked for the military, but I imagine weapons/are/ tested before being shipped off into the middle of a war.
I'm no open source fanboy, but surely anyone with any technical savvy - hell, anyone with any common sense - will see Mr O'Dowd's comments for what they are.
> After it's done compiling you'll be right where I am after installing any normal Linux distro.
Wrong. You won't have the leeter-than-thou bragging rights, and the privilege of talking crap on IRC about how much snappier fluxbox is since you added -fthis_switch_does_nothing to your CFLAGS.
Not likely. I think they're great value for money, and I'd happily drop £400 on another if anything happened to the one I've got. In fact, I think the new ones are only £300, which is even better. Anyway, it's only money.
I once read an interview with Mark E Smith where he claimed Fall fans invented the internet in 1982. (Thereby partly taking credit for it himself.) Got to love the guy.
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How about getting someone who knows what they're doing to come in to compile it for you? Apache, PHP and all their dependencies shouldn't take more than half a day for any decent admin to build from source. And they can use Sun's great compilers (soon to be available for Linux) instead of gcc.
dtrace, zones, zfs, Sun support, source compatibility with Solaris SPARC, better stability (IMHO), and some people just prefer it. And it's not very expenive, if you pay at all.
I'll bet the Finnish army are already getting e-mails from /. weiners who want to join up so they can feel closer to Saint Linus.
> Its not the black box and the data you need to worry about, its who get to use it
I think that's rather a naive statement. We all know that there's no such thing as secure data, and that most technological solutions are implemented poorly.
We also know that whenever manufacturers take steps to make cars, data, DVDs, whatever, harder to steal/pirate/copy, there's a hack or workaround in the wild within days.
While I agree when you say you see no problem if the vehicle must be destroyed to get the box, I can't help but think that's rather like saying guns are fine so long as only responsible people have access to them. It's just not going to happen.
Seems every government is obsessed with logging everything. Like most things of this ilk, there's maybe one good use for the data, and a thousand bad ones.
It won't make people safer. It won't stop people speeding. After a week drivers will forget the thing is even there, till someone somewhere uses the data in it to fuck them in the ass. (Metaphorically.)
We all commit traffic violations, however minor. Once the population are all criminals, they're *so* much easier to control.
Cool. Thanks. I usually just stick ksh93 on the linux machines I use, so I haven't really looked in to heavily customising bash. But recently I got badly bitten by a bug in ksh93's array handling, so maybe it's a good time to give bash another go.
Does bash have "r" yet? Or has it always and I've just never found it? I don't want stupid csh "!" to repeat my commands.
And I set up bash so I can, for instance, move from rc2.d to rc3.d by typing
$ cd 2 3
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I'm very impressed with zones, the resource control and monitoring are even better than in 9, dtrace is just about the coolest thing I've ever seen on Unix, and zfs and the souped-up NFS look great too. (Though I haven't had the chance to play with those yet,)
Nice to see Sun can still innovate.
but I think it's just a flawed concept. I love reading, I like gadgets and gizmos, but I'm not remotely interested in ebooks.
Or get an Ultra 5 off eBay for $50.
Hell, why not do both?
>I t's a shame that bad grammar doesn't at least hurt a little.
It hurts me. I'm a very sensitive boy.
Please mod me down.
Yeah, and a £50 Burton's suit looks and feels every bit as good as a £3000 Armani.
An error is an error, be it intentional or accidental. Testing catches these errors, then they are fixed, and tested again. The cycle continues until the software works.
/are/ tested before being shipped off into the middle of a war.
I've never worked for the military, but I imagine weapons
I'm no open source fanboy, but surely anyone with any technical savvy - hell, anyone with any common sense - will see Mr O'Dowd's comments for what they are.
Reading it, I felt mildly embarassed, but I'm not sure who for.
> After it's done compiling you'll be right where I am after installing any normal Linux distro.
Wrong. You won't have the leeter-than-thou bragging rights, and the privilege of talking crap on IRC about how much snappier fluxbox is since you added -fthis_switch_does_nothing to your CFLAGS.
> whether you choose to buy it of course, is your own freedom.
You'll never get a job at Microsoft with that attitude.
so why don't we sterilise them while we're at it?
Not likely. I think they're great value for money, and I'd happily drop £400 on another if anything happened to the one I've got. In fact, I think the new ones are only £300, which is even better. Anyway, it's only money.
oooh! somebody can't afford one!
Were they on first?
I am such a pathetic nerd.
I once read an interview with Mark E Smith where he claimed Fall fans invented the internet in 1982. (Thereby partly taking credit for it himself.) Got to love the guy.
This is very simple. Listen carefully.
Question 1:
Do you like it?
If you answered "yes", then the music is good. If you answered "no", then the music is rubbish.
The opinion of a critic is worthless. The only opinion that matters is your own.
Listen to what you enjoy. Don't be ashamed of it.
That is all.