Yup, that could be a solution too, but I think that a dedicated device is better suited for this task. I could read the papers on my home PC (although the laptop offers something more than the desktop, mobility), but I'd like to avoid the...multitasking that a full-fledged computer offers! It's definitely another option though, and one that I'll take into consideration if and when the DX is made available outside of the US. As it stands, I think that compared to a 6 inch device a netbook is superior.
How noticeable is the difference? I've been waiting for an international release for some time now, but the fact that it's only the 6 inch version leaves me a bit unsatisfied...
As I see it, Slackware is like a clean canvas, where you can easily paint whatever you'd like. I turned my gf's laptop in a perfectly functional media player, at the same time without sacrificing those things she needs for University and stuff, like OOffice, firefox, the likes. My desktop suits my needs of development and research, the usual stuff you'd expect from a "geek". And it's still blazing fast. I'm not making the point that you can't achieve this level of versatility in any other distro, far from that, but Slack makes this considerably easier to deploy.
I had the same thought, but this strikes me as a pretty clever "hack" nevertheless: it exploits a functionality of the service to circumvent the service itself.
Memory analysis and exploitation is fascinating. Anyone knows any good resource for someone interested in it but still quite "noobish"? I know only Drepper's paper and the classic "Smashing the stack [...]"...
I don't know, but this sounds like a hell of a lot of fun. Perhaps it's just the reporter pumping up the story, dunno, but it really conveyed the image of a meeting of passionate people that enjoy what they do.
Mmh, I don't. I'm not really into it, so if I really need music while coding (it happens, although it's not the standard for me) I go for classic rock or something like that. Nothing too 'extreme' but at the same time something that I enjoy, just to take some weight off my brain.
Oh, and also Meshuggah, although they don't fit in the description I just gave :)
I must say, between Jeff's first post on this argument and another discussion I saw this morning here on HN I got a bit paranoid and just now finished changing _all_ of my passwords, each generated and stored using an automated tool. I acted on impulse, and yet I don't think I'll regret it, even if it was probably overkill.
I "fortunately" lost just two accounts too, among which there was my "old" HN one.