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Comment Re:Yet another Apple "standard" (Score 0, Troll) 311

by Clockwurk (#35268902) Attached to: Apple To Unveil Light Peak, New MacBook Pros This Week?

Bullshit from somebody who doesn't remember correctly.

The main push for USB adoption came with the release of Windows 98, released in May of 1998.

The iMac was released in August of 1998 and although it was one of the best selling Macs of all time, it is largely insignificant compared to the hundreds of millions of Windows machines sold at the same time.

Comment I'd just like to interject for a moment. (Score -1, Offtopic) 231

by Clockwurk (#28043949) Attached to: Flaw Made Public In OpenSSH Encryption

What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

Comment Zzzz (Score 1) 41

by Clockwurk (#27850033) Attached to: LKML Summary Podcast

I can't imagine anything more sleep inducing than a podcast of a kernel mailing list. You better include a warning not to listen while driving or operating machinery.
Portables (Games)

HEN TIFF Exploit Cracks PSP-3000 Open For Homebrew 77

Posted by Soulskill from the finding-a-way dept.
indrora writes "The PSP community was rocked this weekend by the Homebrew Enabler (HEN) from developers Davee and Bubbletune. One of their friends on the Team Typhoon development team posted a YouTube video showing proof of the TIFF Exploit running on Firmware 5.03, changing the firmware version and MAC address for a reboot. This comes after a picture of gpSP running on a PSP-3000 via the HEN exploit. From the QJ.net article: 'First [things] first: No, Davee hasn't finished the HEN yet. Which means it isn't out yet. What we do have today is some visual confirmation that the HEN can indeed run emulators, in this case the GBA emulator gpSP.' And from the more recent article showing the exploit demo video: 'Be patient, everyone. Davee's HEN Kernel exploit will eventually arrive, given time. "This is a demo of the 5.03 firmware running the tiff exploit and booting into a HEN environment on a PSP 2003 (3000 Support also) on 5.03 Official Firmware. This proves that the code survives a reboot and the system software and MAC address can be changed. This is something that only can be done with a kernel exploit. A video launching homebrew will be posted later."' Hopefully, we'll soon have PSP-3000s playing homebrew games and running PSP uCLinux."
Announcements

Ubuntu Hardy Heron Announced 511

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the limping-llama-still-to-come dept.
Jono Bacon, Community Manager for Ubuntu, has announced development on the next version of the popular Linux distribution name "Hardy Heron". "Not only will the Ubuntu community continue to do what it does best, produce an easy-to-use, reliable, free software platform, but this release will proudly wear the badge of Long Term Support (LTS) and be supported with security updates for five years on the server and three years on the desktop. We look forward to releasing the Hardy Heron in April 2008."
Amiga

Submission + - Amiga in an FPGA released under GPL (hetnet.nl) 2

Submitted by exolon42
exolon42 writes: This is a mandatory read for every (former or current) Amiga hacker. You have to give it to the Dutch: tulips, cheese, and now a guy named Dennis has recreated the original Amiga chipset in a Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGA, and recently released all sources under the GPL to boot! This includes the design of a PCB containing the FPGA, the required MC68000 and normal PC-style hardware connectors so you can build your own. A thought-provoking fact is that the Verilog-sources for the recreated chips (Denise, Paula, Agnus etc.) are only around 500-1000 lines each... chips in the eighties didn't contain 1 billion transistors!
XBox (Games)

Submission + - Halo 3 Achievements Revealed

Submitted by
An anonymous reader writes: The achievements for the most highly anticipated game for the Xbox 360 have been revealed by the largest Xbox 360 Achievement site out there, Achieve360Points.com. The full list can be viewed here. There are a total of 49 achievements worth the standard 1000 points for a retail game. Whether or not you are a fan of Microsoft's Achievement system, this information at least confirms that there will be 9 missions in the single player game and the famous skulls will be making a comeback:

1. Landfall (20pts) — 2. Finish the first mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
2. Holdout (20pts) — Finish the second mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
3. The Road (20pts) — Finish the third mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
4. Assault (30pts) — Finish the fourth mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
5. Cleansing (30pts) — Finish the fifth mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
6. Refuge (30pts) — Finish the sixth mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
7. Last Stand (40pts) — Finish the seventh mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
8. The Key (40pts) — Finish the eighth mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
9. Return (50pts) — Finish the final mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.

Halo 3 will be hitting store shelves on the 25th of September.
Networking

Submission + - Server naming conventions: Cold logic vs Star Trek (computerworld.com)

Submitted by
Ian Lamont
Ian Lamont writes: "There's an interesting debate about server and terminal naming conventions that brings up some of the pros and cons of using mundane vs. exotic names. People have submitted funny and/or obscure examples (Star Trek and LOTR characters, Nixon cabinet members, etc.). However, these can get old, or are inconvenient. Everyone has seen environments that are based on Greco-Roman mythology (Perseus, Zeus, Dionysus, etc.) — spelling them out can be a problem, not to mention finding specific applications and helping out new hires (or your replacement) deal with unfamiliar systems. The alternative is "logically (and yawningly)" naming servers after departments, building locations, applications, etc. That approach has its problems, too — including users who have their own ideas about what names should be used. What do the experts say? Pierre Dumoulin, writing for Tech Republic, warns against using Star Trek or the Smurfs — he recommends a 'proper' and logical naming convention that can make it easier to troubleshoot, conduct inventory, and scale the network. As an example for a large company, he suggests "DDCCSSUPOXXXX", which lists Division (D) — Country (C) — Site (S) — Usage Type (U) — Portability (P) — Operating Environment (O) — Numbering Scheme (XXXX):

I personally like this convention because it provides me with a lot of information I want to know about a computer on a routine basis. Also, once the meaning of the different acronyms has been assimilated by support staff, they can translate the computer name very easily into a meaningful sentence. One example, using this convention, would be: "Manufacturing desktop computer located in Boston, U.S.A. used for production office work" while the actual name of the computer might be something like "MAUSBOODP0001" or "Research laptop computer located in London, England used for testing in a lab environment" for a node name like "RDENLDLLT0001".
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Portables (Apple)

Submission + - iPhone Safari launch capabilites revealed (iphone-geek.com)

Submitted by dr00g911
dr00g911 writes: Some notes from the WWDC iPhone development session have leaked today (and abruptly taken down), but have yielded extremely useful bits of development info about browser capabilities, (lack of) Flash support and more. Assuming that several of these keypoints are true (notably the 5 second Javascript, Flash and 480px), many developers who have gotten a headstart into writing apps may have to rethink things a bit.
Enlightenment

Submission + - City populations rising, to beat fifty percent

Submitted by
srizah
srizah writes: "City dwellers are poised to be tipping the scale in about 25 years. UN Reports say that urban populations have more than quadrupled in the last 50 years. Some 200 years ago London became the first city since Rome to have a population of 1 million. Since then more than 200 cities have reached that figure. Tokyo a metacity has a population of 20 million. 95% of the increase is in developing countries due to new births and migrations. Washington's World Watch Institute and UN Population Fund are coming out with reports on how to grapple with the situation http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2 114489.ece"

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