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Kind Of Person Solving Problems
2,157 wordsAs editor of the Jargon File, I often get email requests from enthusiastic network newbies asking (in effect) "how can I learn to be a wizard hacker?" . Oddly enough there don't seem to be any FAQs or Web documents that address this vital question, so here's mine. If you are reading a snapshot of this document offline, the current version lives at web The Jargon File contains a bunch of definitions of the term 'hacker', most having to do with technical adeptness and a delight in solving problems...
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Open Source Software Science Fiction
2,198 words... le wearing a body cast. Besides, Unix is the operating system of the Internet. While you can learn to use the Internet without knowing Unix, you can't be an Internet hacker without understanding it. For this reason, the hacker culture today is pretty strongly Unix-centered. (This wasn't always true, and some old-time hackers aren't happy about it, but the symbiosis between Unix and the Internet has become strong enough that even Microsoft's muscle doesn't seem able to seriously dent it. ) So...
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Operating System Windows Nt
1,331 words... the G 4 may lack the total speed of the AMD or Pentium, it is far superior in its calculation rate. Eventually Pentium, and AMD, should be able to match the superiority of its Apple cousin and compete for fastest processor. (The Power Mac G 4, 2000) The operating system is the software a person uses to access programs and other pieces of software within a computer. Generally, there are six major operating systems that are used throughout the home computing world. The Microsoft Corp. currentl...
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Operating System Central Authority
909 wordsTOPIC: Can Linux succeed in a Windows world? Linux is a Unix-language-based computer platform and is described as being slimmer, faster, more reliable and flexible than Windows and can better serve consumers and businesses. Is there any truth in the statements being made about this rival operating Brief history about the origins of Windows and Linux General functions of any operating system The capabilities of Windows and Linux and what requirements of an operating The advantages and disadvantag...
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Cyber Communism The New Threat In Millennium
1,106 wordsMy expedition into cyber-communism began when I read Brock Meeks' "Hackers Stumble Toward Legitimacy"[ 1 ]. The article addressed a recent hackers' convention. Interestingly, the keynote speaker was Eric Boucher[ 2 ] (alias Jello Biafra[ 3 ]), a rock star with no technical background. Numerous questions ensue. Who is Eric Boucher (alias Jello Biafra)? What does he believe? More importantly, why schedule someone with no technical background to speak at a hackers' convention? Addressing his belief...
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What Business Can Learn From Open Source
2,116 wordsLately companies have been paying more attention to open source. Ten years ago there seemed a real danger Microsoft would extend its monopoly to servers. It seems safe to say now that open source has prevented that. A recent survey found 52 % of companies are replacing Windows servers with Linux servers. [ 1 ] More significant, I think, is which 52 % they are. At this point, anyone proposing to run Windows on servers should be prepared to explain what they know about servers that Google, Yahoo, ...
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What Business Can Learn From Open Source
2,121 words... dependent you " ve become on something by removing it suddenly. So for big companies I propose the following experiment. Set aside one day where meetings are forbidden -- where everyone has to sit at their desk all day and work without interruption on things they can do without talking to anyone else. Some amount of communication is necessary in most jobs, but I'm sure many employees could find eight hours worth of stuff they could do by themselves. You could call it "Work Day. " The other p...
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Open Source Software Windows Xp
1,343 wordsThe jury is still out on how Linux will build on its initial proliferation in the enterprise. Linux vendors have consolidated in search of solid ground, but IBM's incarnation of the penguin may portend success in tomorrow's high-speed networks. We asked industry experts how they expect Linux to reach its stride. Linux has demonstrated its worth at the server level and in clustering. In addition to being a robust operating system, its nonproprietary nature allows OEMs to tweak the architecture fo...
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Open Source Software Mac Os
2,331 words... Mac OS X, but a few criticized it as being more difficult and less user-friendly than the original Mac OS. 4. 2 Microsoft Vista has been released in 2007 and it is the first new operating system since Windows XP was introduced in 2001. The long-anticipated system was first made available to businesses only. A consumer version was released later. The new system won generally favorable reviews for its improved graphics, search capabilities, and stronger security protection against viruses. Win...
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Free Of Charge Open Source
697 wordsRunning Head: OPEN SOURCE Open Source [Writers Name] [Institutions Name] Open Source Very Large Databases Open source refers to software and applications that are available free of charge. For example MY SQL database is open source and can be downloaded free of charge over the Internet. (web) As companies grow and their systems expand to meet this growth, they are coming up against the limits of their current system architectures in particular, relational database management system (RRDBMS) soft...
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Open Source Software Source Code
2,149 wordsIn his essay, The Cathedral and the Bazaar, Eric Raymond says: Perhaps in the end the open-source culture will triumph not because cooperation is morally right or software hoarding is morally wrong but simply because the closed-source world cannot win an evolutionary arms race with open-source communities that can put orders of magnitude more skilled time into a problem. Probably the best way to begin, is by giving a little background into the man who wrote this quote. While researching this pap...
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Computers And The Internet Billion Years
1,946 wordsDo you see fragmentation in the Linux distribution market to be a good, bad, or neutral thing? Do you think that the media frenzy over Linux tends to harm other worthy OS projects like the BSDs and BeOS? Do you think that big businesss entry into the Linux market will change the gift-culture aspects of Linux, or will the businesses in question adapt to Linux? Or both? What do you think is in store for humanity in terms of relations between governments, businesses, and individuals? Do you think t...
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Compact Disc Previously Mentioned
3,904 wordsMany of the products we buy today are no more than large collections of zeroes and ones. High-priced software, high-quality music, and valuable reference material such as computerized databases or CD-Rom encyclopedias are commercial products like any other, but the media of their transmission makes them different in at least one aspect: it is possible to copy them freely, or at least extremely cheaply. A compact disc of Elvis Costello and the Attractions is different from, say, a ham and swiss s...
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Open Source Software Frequently Asked Questions
4,338 wordsHow To Become A Hacker Why This Document? As editor of the Jargon File, I often get email requests from enthusiastic network newbies asking (in effect) how can I learn to be a wizard hacker? . Oddly enough there dont seem to be any FAQs or Web documents that address this vital question, so heres mine. If you are reading a snapshot of this document offline, the current version lives at web What Is A Hacker? The Jargon File contains a bunch of definitions of the term 'hacker, most having to do wit...
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Operating System Central Authority
1,053 words? TOPIC: Linux Introduction? TOPIC: Can Linux succeed in a Windows world? Linux is a Unix-language-based computer platform and is described as being slimmer, faster, more reliable and flexible than Windows and can better serve consumers and businesses. Is there any truth in the statements being made about this rival operating system? ? Brief history about the origins of Windows and Linux? General functions of any operating system? The capabilities of Windows and Linux and what requirements of an...
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Source Code Market Share
1,846 wordsIn the world of technology today there is room for everyone at every level of expertise. From our identified Gurus, to the just bought their first computer newbie. Home computers are sometimes almost to easy to use. The old saying just enough rope to hang yourself comes to mind. Settings that modify the very way the system looks, and runs can be changed with the simple click of the mouse. This power, which has been given to every level of user, is not from training, but from improvements and adv...
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