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Operating Systems

FreeDOS Turns 15 Years Old Today 124

Jim Hall writes "The FreeDOS Project turns 15 years old today! PD-DOS (later, 'FreeDOS') was announced to the world on June 28 1994 as a free replacement for MS-DOS, which Microsoft had announced would go away the following year, with the next release of Windows. There's more history available at the FreeDOS 'About' page and my blog. Today, FreeDOS is used by people all around the world. You can find FreeDOS in many different places: emulators, playing old DOS games, business, ... even bundled with laptops and netbooks. FreeDOS is still under active development, and recently released a new version of its kernel. A 'FreeDOS 1.1' distribution is planned."

Comment Helldesk...heh heh (Score 2, Insightful) 474

My ignorant opinion is to get more education. It's worth it, if you want it.

If full time isn't possible, do it correspondence/distance education.

Helldesk really is HELL.

It's amazing what padding your resume does. You have to take the first step.

As for moving back home, I wouldn't do that.

But if you get along with your family, I guess its an option.

Comment Harsh Reality (Score 0) 716

Education for education's sake?

OMG!

I don't think so. Education = $$$.

Its already been mentioned here, so I won't go beyond that.

I wish I got paid for grades. It would have motivated me a little more.

As for the education I received in my gov't funded high school, it was utter garbage.

But I passed, got that useless high school diploma, and moved on.

Comment Safety is your job (Score 0) 236

No one else is going to care about you. Except you.

You must take self-responsibility for your actions, non-actions, and everything in-between and beyond.

You are responsible for what you do, ignore, or any other action you do.

In this case, safety at "school".

I remember school. I remember almost no safety protocols at all. I did science and all the other tech stuff.

Safety? What? You mean using a band saw with no breathing, eye, face protection? OH yeah. I remember.

Schools can't pay for safety. Schools don't care about you.

You have to take care of yourself.

YOU are on your own.

Data Storage

Surveying the World of the Biggest Server Farms 106

1sockchuck writes "Rackspace said this week that it is managing more than 50,000 web servers, raising the question: who else has that many? Of companies that publicly discuss their server counts, there are only a handful that are near or above the 50,000 server mark, including 1&1 Internet, The Planet, and Akamai, as well as Rackspace. The larger totals are found among companies that don't discuss how many servers they're running. The leading suspects: Google, Microsoft, Amazon and eBay."
Operating Systems

Phoenix BIOSOS? 394

jhfry writes "In an interesting development by an unexpected source, Phoenix Technologies is releasing a Linux-based, virtualization-enabled, BIOS-based OS for computers. They implemented a full Linux distro right on the BIOS chips, and by using integrated virtualization technology, it 'allows PCs and laptops to hot-switch between the main operating system, such as Windows, and the HyperSpace environment.' So, essentially, they are 'trying to create a new market using the ideas of a fast-booting, safe platform that people can work in, but remain outside of Windows.'"

Comment I am angry (Score 0) 798

Syfy? Go to HELL!

Mainstream audience? If I want dawsons crap,
reality crap, or other game-show crap I can
go to other networks.

Discovery Channel used to be good, in the 80's.
TLC used to be good in the 80's.
A&E was good in the 80's.

Then it all changed in the 90's.

NOW its useless dribble.

SyFy has joined the dribble.

Good job at catering to the LOWEST denominator.

Privacy

UK Government Wants To Bypass Data Protection Act 262

rar42 writes "Clause 152 of the Coroners and Justice Bill, currently being debated by the UK Parliament, would allow any Minister by order to take from anywhere any information gathered for one purpose, and use it for any other purpose. Personal information arbitrarily used without consent or even knowledge: the very opposite of 'Data Protection.' An 'Information Sharing Order', as defined in Clause 152, would permit personal information to be trafficked and abused, not only all across government and the public sector — it would also reach into the private sector. And it would even allow transfer of information across international borders. NO2ID has launched a Facebook group to challenge this threat to data protection."

Comment I am happy I didn't buy this game (Score 0) 598

Rule #1. Don't buy, support, or assist DRM games, media, laws, etc.

Rule #2. Put your money where your mouth is. DON'T BUY DRM GAMES! I don't care how good they are.

Rule #3. Too bad people don't understand how to vote with money. You don't buy it, the company doesn't make money. They don't make money, they die. People who support DRM with their own money are shooting themselves in the foot, giving up their right to play the game as they should be able to, not the way the company wants you to play their game.

Rule #4. If you like slavery, then you like DRM.
Digital Slavery. You didn't buy the game. Your renting it, leasing, borrowing, etc. But you don't own it. Your a slave. The company is the master.

Comment From my cold DEAD hands... (Score 0) 931

I paid money for that economics course.

I took my own notes.

I paid for the paper.

I paid for the pens, binders, bags, time, etc.

They are mine.

You want to pay me a full refund, plus interest?

THEN and only then are the notes yours, if I agree.

I would fight that teacher, read the rules again.

That teacher would feel my legal aid punches and kicks and everything else that I could legally do.

You didn't mention if you are taking a university course or college course. Maybe that doesn't matter.

In my personal opinion, she is a control freak and needs counselling.

Security

21 Million German Bank Accounts For Sale 302

anerva writes "Black market criminals are offering to sell details on 21 million German bank accounts for €12M ($15.3M), according to an investigative report (German; Google translation) published Saturday. In November reporters for WirtschaftsWoche (Economic Week) had a face-to-face meeting with criminals in a Hamburg hotel, according to the magazine. Posing as buyers working for a gambling business, the journalists were able to strike a price of €0.55 per record, or €12M for all the data. They were given a CD containing the 1.2 million accounts when they asked for assurances that the information they would be buying was legitimate." 21 million is three in four existing German bank accounts.
The Internet

Canadian Groups Call For Massive Net Regulation 318

An anonymous reader writes "Michael Geist is reporting that Canadian cultural groups including ACTRA and SOCAN have called on Canada's telecom regulator to implement a massive new Internet regulation framework. This includes a new three-percent tax on ISPs to pay for new media creation, Canadian content requirements for commercial websites, and licensing requirements for new media broadcasters, including for user-generated content."
Privacy

Maryland Police Put Activists' Names On Terror List 426

aaandre writes with word of a Washington Post story which begins: "The Maryland State Police classified 53 nonviolent activists as terrorists and entered their names and personal information into state and federal databases that track terrorism suspects, the state police chief acknowledged yesterday. The police also entered the activists' names into the federal Washington-Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area database, which tracks suspected terrorists. One well-known antiwar activist from Baltimore, Max Obuszewski, was singled out in the intelligence logs released by the ACLU, which described a 'primary crime' of 'terrorism-anti-government' and a 'secondary crime' of 'terrorism-anti-war protesters.'" According to the article, "Both [former state police superintendent Thomas] Hutchins and [Maryland Police Superintendent Terrence] Sheridan said the activists' names were entered into the state police database as terrorists partly because the software offered limited options for classifying entries." Reader kcurtis adds "The State Police say they are purging the data, but this is one more example (on top of yesterday's news that datamining for terrorists is not feasible due to false positives) of just how badly the use of these lists can be abused."

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