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All Science is a Product of the MIND by 3seas · 2001-03-24 01:43 · Score: 1 · on All Science is Computer Science [Y/N]?

All Science is a product of the mind, and as such the common ground is a matter of understanding the mind in what we do in all that we do, regardless of what and where.

A NEO overview of becomming aware!
Knowledge Navigational Mapping and the Virtual Interaction Configuration

3 S.E.A.S - Virtual Interaction Configuration (VIC) - VISION OF VISIONS!

Re:Why Encode Song Names? by Nephster · 2001-03-06 12:37 · Score: 1 · on Courts Gives Napster 72-Hour Deadline

While I don't disagree with you, I do remember a funny little law about blacks at the back of the bus.

I also remember Rosa Parks ignoring it.

Not caring about the law and caring that a particular law is stupid are two different things.

It is important to remember that the key to civil disobiedience is being *punished* for your apparent crimes. That is what separates those twits that burn down mink farms from true heroes like Steven Biko .

One had the balls to get caught anyway.

Toodles,
Nephs

Links or original article by ackthpt · 2001-02-22 09:46 · Score: 3 · on More Evidence For An Extinction Comet

Rejected again, ah well, here's the link to the UW article this all springs from.

Nice article explaining what a Buckyball is.

--

Re:Oh my god....am I posting pro-China? by PyRoNeRd · 2001-02-14 06:14 · Score: 1 · on China Prosecuting Webmaster Over Site

Laws that limit Nazi's from opening their mouths are just laws. Would you deny that?

In China they are worried that what happened in Hitler-Germany could happen to their society as well. Falun Gong is turning out to be a great menace to the Chinese society and they might make a bid for national power, turning China into a place where it is dangerous to be a non-member.

If the Nazi's could have been stopped with a law would you still have been against that law?

Just to make your mind up, have a look at the Falun Gong symbol. Looks familiar doesn't it?

In such an environment I do not blame the Chinese at all for stamping on dangerous propaganda that could weaken and undermine the most populous country on Earth, leading to the detriment of billions of people.

Page Creators really did go after critics! by Lumpish+Scholar · 2000-12-27 06:07 · Score: 2 · on Humorously Bad Web Hosting Policies

The original critical Web page hosted by Mindspring pointed to another page on AdWanted, which shut down the review on threat of lawsuit (but at least pointed to the current location on Geocities).

Re:Illinois did something right by cube+farmer · 2000-12-20 00:23 · Score: 5 · on HR 46: Wiretapping, Forfeiture, Crypto Penalties

California, Colorado, Maryland, Florida, and several other states have a similar single subject requirement for legislation. The scope in each state varies; sometimes the single subject rules apply only to acts of the legislature, other times only to the acts of the people in a referendum, still other times to both.

If your state doesn't have such a rule, the Hastings School of Law has information about making a change.

In an admittedly short search, I couldn't find any current movement to enact a federal single subject law or constitutional ammendment. I believe such a rule is necessary to avoid repeats of just such actions as those of Senator Hatch, despite what this guy has to say about it.

This sort of thing is not new; I am, frankly, surprised that there isn't more of an outcry for federal single subject rules. I guess the people who work the system for a living don't want it to change.

Re:Manufacturing and tolerances... by theguru · 2000-12-18 11:24 · Score: 1 · on Ten Technologies That Shouldn't Have Died?

Try a 65 Volvo 1800S owned by Irv Gordon. Going on 2 million miles, on the original engine. Mine only has 300,000 miles. They just don't make them like that anymore. Here's a link..

Irv's Volvo

Re:A whole new structure for Gimp? by neutrino · 2000-12-13 03:18 · Score: 5 · on The Future Of The GIMP

The changes that are planned for 2.0 were discussed at Gimpcon this summer. There is a review of the planned new features. For those who are too lazy to read the page, the following is a short rundown:

It will use the GEGL, or Generic Graphics Library for pixel manipulatio
The rendering pipepline will be tree-based instead of a simple stack
The program itself will become much more modular in design -- Model View Controller
Plugins and app will communicate via CORBA
Generally more flexible -- possible integration with vector-based tools and video editing capabilities

This is, as you can see, all backend work. Obviously, some changes will have to be made to the interface, but the result will be a vastly more powerful system. If they can successfully implement all of these ideas, then the GIMP would be, in many ways, the most technologically advanced image manipulation program in the world.

Also, you should see the code as it stands in the 1.x series. It is obvious that the program has evolved to its current state and was not designed to this point.

--neutrino

Re:The truth about shutting down accounts... by Skapare · 2000-12-09 13:20 · Score: 2 · on UUnet's Case Study, or The Trouble With Spam

Your problem is you (the major ISP you worked for) were not pro-active about preventing spam. Obviously you intended to do nothing but clean up after the mess was made, and so you did.

Dynamically addressed dialup accounts (which is what most spammers have used and still use) should not have direct port 25 access. Those accounts are limited accounts, anyway, and should send all mail only through the designated mail servers run by that ISP.

After having 2 cases of "spam and run" done on dialup accounts at the ISP I used to work for (and continue to consult for) I put in place a block on port 25 outgoing for all dynamic dialups. That was over 2 years ago and there hasn't been an origination spam incident since then (relaying was also blocked separately). I personally use another major ISP for nationwide roaming dialup purposes, and they do this (I tested it). UUnet should start doing this. Although it wouldn't stop SyberSchool, it would stop most of the spamming which comes from their dialups.

Joel Kotkin is a Hack by commodoresloat · 2000-11-22 04:53 · Score: 1 · on The New Geography

The author Joel Kotkin is a well paid shill for the corporatist worldview. I've encountered his "work" before in some of his right-wing think-tank sponsored projects on the economic boom in the Pacific Rim (check out this silly piece on China, published in The American Enterprise alongside an essay by Pat Buchanan, for an example, or his rant on the supposedly left-wing media). He frequently writes for the Los Angeles Business Journal and I have heard him on NPR. His unique brand of armchair capitalism allows him to champion such "new economy innovations" as sweatshops by calling them the manifestation of the entrepreneurial spirit of the new immigrants. He portrays himself as a champion of immigrants and the poor while supporting policies and initiatives designed to undermine the majority of them. I think his most recent claim to fame was jumping on the mean-spirited trashing of scholar and historian Mike Davis that was initiated by Malibu realtor Brady Westwater. It is no surprise that his new book continues the legacy of intellectual ineptitude that was embodied by his book Tribes . I am sure Katz is on the mark about Kotkin's writing - despite his credentials, he is a poor writer and a poorer intellectual. While his claims are sometimes interesting and provocative, they are rarely original, and usually tied to a specific technocratic agenda - portraying the increasing disparity of wealth as something that will be overcome through the continuation of predatory globalization. Kotkin is a paid spokesperson for corporatist economic interests; while we can take many of his claims seriously (and even agree with some of them), we should be aware of whose interests his work represents.

Bastille Linux vs. OpenBSD by The+Grip+Reamer · 2000-11-15 11:52 · Score: 1 · on Answers About Bastille Linux From Jon & Jay

I don't subscribe to the notion that these are in opposition to one another. That OpenBSD is not always the answer is very true. But all good things have their purposes. In fact, I use them both in my segmented, handy-man-special, home network:

OpenBSD for Mac68K (all these were bought for a pittance on eBay):
2 Quadra 700s: transparent firewall (ipf) and 3-legged NAT (ipnat)
Quadra 610: mail server (qmail)
Centris 610 (w/68040): dns server (djbdns)

LinuxPPC: (Bastille'd by using the Sparc trick on the FAQ)
2 7300s: apache and MySQL (soon to be PostgreSQL?)
9500/G3: mol / streaming with videod, icecast (Better choices are welcome.)
Pismo PowerBook: dual boot

I haven't had as many years using Linux (only 2) as you have. And aside from that my computer experience amounts to a few mid-'80s semesters of VAXen and the entire life of the Mac platform -- and around 4 months of NetBSD and OpenBSD. But I have to say it (adding BSD to the mix) hasn't been that hard at all. There are many similarities with Linux. Much of your current knowledge will transfer. For anyone who has learned guitar and then tried bass, or ukulele, you've experienced this before.

But I still hope they get OS X (my future home?) right. Must ... have ... all.

-B...

Re:makes you wonder... by linzeal · 2000-11-02 08:03 · Score: 1 · on The Full Nader Plus a Taste of Bush and Gore

I'm not posting anonymously, and am without doubt pro-life. What we fear is the discrimination that most people prefer to utilize when dealing with the pro-life movement. That is to write us off as lunatics, crazies, violent drooling christian hordes of which most of us could hardly be described as.

"the so-called "pro-life" [highly ironic since people have been killed in the "pro-life" battle] movement wants to impose their will on all others. pro-choice does not. "

FYI, Pro-Choicers Are not Innocent in the Violence Issue

Insane Abortionist

Dr. Bruce Steir, Abortionist, Charged With Murder

before you continue basing your opinion in the misconception that the pro-choice side is any less violent to grown-up people (as they are already are encouraging the killing of the unborn from 2 weeks to 9 months).

We here at Anarchists for Life took a stand against violence when we adopted this as part of our faq that "We do not support violence inside or outside of abortion clinics. We do support peaceful protest." We are hardly alone on the issue

Pat Goltz's Pro-life and Feminist Writings

Leftout: A Haven for Progressive (Liberal) Pro-Lifers

Pro-Woman, Pro-Life: Stop Abortion

What A Wonderful World

"A Life Is..."

Serena & Semira's Home

Check Your Stereotypes At the Door

neon goddess page

Idle Hands Productions

MaeFlowers

Straight Edge Power!

Christian Morality

Tree of Life Pro-life Page

Human Life is Sacred

Vox Crying

Laura's Homepage

Respect Life Ministry

Rennaissance Suffragettes (Pro-Life Feminism)

Star Angel's Pro-Life Page

Lutherans for Life

DazedHippie's Causes

Atheist and Agnostic Pro-Life League

RightGrrl: Conservative Pro-Life Women

Life Links

Linkie's Place

Sweet Pain's Causes

An American Patriot's Page of Thanks

Diogenes's Friends

Anarchists for Life

(( apprehension ))

Versailles Artists for Life

Matt Wallace: A Pro-Life/Anti-Violence Secular Humanist Atheist

BroPeace's Page: Shalom!

Carol's Pro-Life Page

Mallory's Owner's Page

Jim Sieffert's Page

Military Spouse Club

Rebecca's Pro-Life Page

Reality Check-Canada

Rochester Area Right To Life Committee (Rochester, NY)

Joel's Journey

Indiana University Students for Life

Consistent Life Ethics

Electric Cheetahland

Central Truths

Linda's Lair

David Horne's Gay Pro-life Christian Homepage

Roy and Joanna's Beliefs

In Susan B. Anthony's Footsteps: Pro-Woman, Pro-Life! Webring

The New Abolitionists (or "Funny, I Don't Feel Like A Conservative!")

STAAR: Standing Together Against Abortion Rights (Canada)

Do Babies Have a Choice?

Weird Politik: Because Politics Can be Very Strange Sometimes

Elizabeth's Place

Sehlat's LifeLinks

Sleepless in Atlanta

Bill Samuel's Pro-Life Links

Pro-Life Activities in Maryland / Washington DC

Daweena's Political Page

Glitched

Doubet Family Page

A matter of human rights. by Anonymous Coward · 2000-10-26 08:36 · Score: 1 · on EuroLinux Calls For Papers In Patent Fight

There was a time when society believed the earth was flat and by this society was limited to errors of this belief. Today, with an industry still younger than many people subjected to it, there is this belief again that is in great errors. These errors, of course, prevent a great deal in the way of advancement. There are over 3000 programming languages having come into existance in a short time comparied to far fewer human documented languages in the known history of man. What is happening is another tower of babel, this one digital, but out of it will come a breakdown of the binary mentality of those who have and those who have not.

The tool of computers, the tool of abstraction manipulation is not for just those who can slap some man fabricated concept on and then tell others they "CANNOT" use it.

To remove the errors of this flat digital world, is to expose the reality of abstraction manipulation mechanics and point out that applying these mechanics thru computers is in fact a natural human right. Otherwise a valid and reasonable option must be provided for those who do not want to be subjected to the elitist who impose such computer machinery upon the rest of us.

The needed exposure is here:

A response to a USPTO RFC regarding Prior Art.

Re:Usability question. by .Maj · 2000-10-20 23:49 · Score: 1 · on Quake As An Architectural Design Tool

Rust has plenty of links for getting started (follow the Content link at the top).

I'd recommend Worldcraft or Qoole to begin with. The 'professional' tool that id uses, QE/Q3Radiant, is a little unfriendly for the beginner.

Unreal and Unreal Tournament both come with a level editor on the CD if you have it.

I believe there's a .dfx/.3ds to .map convertor around, but I don't have a link handy.

You might also be interested in this (under CNID3) as yet incomplete rendition of Chartres Cathedral in Q3.

um I got pathces features requests etc... by josepha48 · 2000-10-17 23:47 · Score: 2 · on Shortcomings Of OSS?

When I wrote my Tk NotePad a few years ago. http://www.mindspring.com/~joeja/programs.html#Tcl -Tkl

It is in Tcl/Tk, and soe don't like that. It works on Windows, Mac and *nux. I got several requests from people to add this or that and some even submitted patches.

The OS model works, but it is hard to find who is doing what. Also it is sometimes hard to follow others code. There really should be coding standards for OSS but some people are into writing code that is not readable.

Personally I am thinking of merging some of my code from another thing I am working on with another project at sourceforge.net.

I don't want a lot, I just want it all!
Flame away, I have a hose!

suggestions from an open source author.... by josepha48 · 2000-10-17 23:30 · Score: 2 · on Leading A Low-Profile Free Software Project

Tk NotePad was something I wrote. I got a lot of suggestions and even some patches and fixes.

Suggestions for new developers:

First post your software on the web. If you don't have a place of your own ther eis always sourceforge.net.
Next make sure the name is descriptive of what it is. Sure a cool name is great, but it should also describe the software. I used Tk NotePad cause it is basically like windows notepad except in Tcl/Tk so it runs on Mac, *NIX, and Windows. Thus the name.
Post a link to it at freshmeat.net. According to them I have had somewhere in the over 1000 downloads range.
Make sure that if it has a GUI the GUI is intuitive. Not just to you, but to others as well. Ask friends to try it out. Since i modeled mine after windows notepad the GUI framework was already there. I also added a few necessary features to it.
Next make sure people understand what type of license you have it licensed under. GPL, MPL, LGPL, or in my case, "It's on your machine you do as you wish. If you fix a bug please sent it to me".
Make sure it solves a problem. At the time that I started my editor and released it to the net, kde was not at 1.0 and lesstif did not easily compile nedit. (AFAIK) Thus the choice of editors was emacs and vi.
lastly you cannot 'attract' developers. They will come only if they are interested in the project. Lets face it some projects are just not as interesting as others. Luckily for me there were other people out there that realized that at that time there were not real simple and easy to use text editors, and even though I did not get other developers to work on my project, I did get bug fixes, suggestions with & without patches and the shere enjoyment of learning Tcl/Tk (which made learning perl/C/C++ and Java easier).

This was my experience so I thought I'd share. (okay this is a shameless self plug) In case you are interested in a simple text editor check out http://www.mindspring.com /~j oeja/programs.html#Tcl-Tk

I don't want a lot, I just want it all!
Flame away, I have a hose!

Re:Use Nuremberg Files information for other purpo by linzeal · 2000-09-18 10:31 · Score: 1 · on "Nuremberg Files" Appealed

The pro-life group I founded anarchists for life belongs to a coalition of pro-life groups called Pro-Lifers Against Clinic Violence you might want to check them out.

Excerpted from their site

There is a common stereotype that all pro-lifers support radical acts of violence. This simply is not true and we are here to represent the majority of pro-lifers who do not support violence. We firmly believe that violence and abuse have no place in the pro-life movement. The misguided extremists who take part in clinic bombings and abortionist shootings are not supported by mainstream pro-lifers and do not speak for us. Violence is contrary to what the pro-life movement stands for and hurts our cause. The extremists who have embarrassed the movement and damaged its credibility disappoint us.

We challenge those who unfairly perpetuate the stereotype of pro-lifers as violent to recognize that allowing this stereotype to continue benefits no one. It makes the minority of violent radicals believe they have more support for their actions than they truly do, encouraging them in their activities. It stifles constructive dialogue on common ground issues such as lowering the demand for abortion.

We also challenge those who promote/engage in violent activities in the name of "life" to find peaceful means of expressing the pro-life message. We recognize that, as pro-lifers, it is our duty to educate others about abortion with patience and kindness, rather than continuing the cycle of loss and violence that abortion initiates. There are better ways.

Re:I have to agree by linzeal · 2000-09-13 12:09 · Score: 2 · on "Nuremberg Files" Appealed

As part of a pro-life group that has been investigated by the FBI because of VAAPCON, an acronym for Violence Against Abortion Providers Conspiracy I can tell you for one that the powers that be want to make it as hard as possible for any pro-life group to ascertain any expected sense of privacy let alone freedom of speech.

The following is a somewhat objective site on this very matter. Planned Parenthood vs. American Coalition of Life Activists Trial Transcripts and Documents

Re:Missing the point by foiaman · 2000-09-09 01:45 · Score: 1 · on Vinton Cerf Says Carnivore Source Best Left Closed

I will intuitively expand your question:

Without non-government oversite, how do we know that...?

Agents who violate the law in the name of the law are a problem. But the larger issue is derived from the argument that ISPs would cooperate with legal surveillance, but would baulk at illegal, warrantless operations. The history of cold-war NSA/CIA operations shows that carriers willingly engage in and cooperate with known illegal operations against the people.

FBI operations at Waco, Texas are a good case in point. Using a modified cellular phone, agents stripped the digital ID number from a cellphone used by David Koresh. This revealed the cellular service provider who allowed an illegal wiretap to be installed at the cell-site. Keep in mind that the cellular provider has to prostitute himself to the FCC to get a license to operate. And the FBI is part of the same government as the FCC. So despite the inner workings of Carnivore, it is the nature of licensees to violate the law for continued operations and profits that we need concern ourselves. Scripturally, the love of money is the root of all evil. This absolute was established some 1700 years before the telegraph.

More details on FBI/FCC and other government criminal operations in violation of the Communications Act are at Research on Criminal Government.

Re:Things that make me go Hmmmm by foiaman · 2000-09-08 23:37 · Score: 1 · on Vinton Cerf Says Carnivore Source Best Left Closed

Points well spoken and taken. There IS more to Communications Intelligence (COMINT) and Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) than producing a plain text copy of a document. And this is precisely why Carnivore must be made open source and declared to be the property of the People.

An anology is that the Second Amendment is not about target shooting or squirrel hunting, but killing agents of government and the means that the People have to do so. In like manner, surveilling the operations of our servants, requires that the intelligence tools of the People always be more powerful than those of our servants.

At any rate, FEDGOV has shown itself undeserving of trust because it violates the Communications Act: particulars at Research on Criminal Government.

Persuant to the overthrow of any country, certain military assets must be controlled. Among these, transportation, utilities and most importantly, Communications. So now you see how FEDGOV plans to abolish a government of, by, and for the People.

Publishing the source code on Carnivore gives the People a fighting chance of maintaining their rightful and lawful control over their servants. Bringing lawsuits against criminals working for government requires that the People have the tools to collect evidence on our servants and their operations before such evidence is classified to avoid criminal prosecution.

Criminal Evidence on FBI/FCC by foiaman · 2000-09-08 21:18 · Score: 1 · on Vinton Cerf Says Carnivore Source Best Left Closed

To better know why FBI cannot be trusted with communications intercept software, you need to visit http://wacofacts.home.mindspring.com and see how FBI and FCC work together with White House, US Attorneys, Department of Justice and a corrupt House and Senate to cover up their criminal violations of the Communications Act. By the way, Rep. Bill McCollum, one of the chief coverup agents, is running for Senate and must be stopped, unless you want Secret Government. Force the Feds to own up to their still outstanding violations before getting more authority!

Compilation of 20+ search engine links. by whitemouse · 2000-08-30 02:53 · Score: 1 · on More Threats From The MPAA

I have a compilation of argumented links here. Over 20 search engines so far.

Re:lotsa rules by linzeal · 2000-08-23 03:33 · Score: 1 · on Human Embryo Stem Cell Research Allowed

Well considering that there are logical arguments against the practice of said "personal, private issues" and that not all pro-lifers are relegious let alone right-wing I would have to disagree with you.

A list of pro-lifers that do not fit into your mold (aka prejudice)

Re:OT: Did anyone file charges w/the video situati by linzeal · 2000-08-21 00:36 · Score: 1 · on DVD/DeCSS: MPAA Wins In New York

They did and lost

The original article>

and I do not have a link to the article in which they lost. Something to the effect of no civil rights were violated and the pro-lifers at some level instigated these injustices by sitting down in front of a bench handing out leaflets.

Re:Pot... Kettle... Black!!! by linzeal · 2000-08-21 00:29 · Score: 1 · on DVD/DeCSS: MPAA Wins In New York

Just to clarify...

Why don't you read the opening statements of my group's page Anarchists for Life

In particular

6. We do not support violence inside or outside of abortion clinics. We do support peaceful protest.

Ontopic if you read the whole damn thing by linzeal · 2000-08-17 02:27 · Score: 1 · on DVD/DeCSS: MPAA Wins In New York

In this country one cannot say that they are going to kill the president.

or

"Would you like help with your unborn child"

*within a certain distance of an abortion mill in some states and localities*

and in canada it's worse (at least for pro-lifers).

Watch this video of a pro-choice student group destroying the table and posters of a pro-life student group and tell me that the political views of those in power are not protected at the expense of those that are not, because not a damn thing happened to those pro-choice students not a damn thing.

Video

Re:the destruction of the Reform Party by linzeal · 2000-08-12 10:01 · Score: 1 · on Online Voting?

Not all pro-lifers are radical, bible-thumping, ignorant, flat-earth, gay-bashing conservatives.

Libertarians for Life

Pro-Life Alliance of Gays and Lesbians

Links to other radical and "leftist" pro-life groups

Re:I have faith in the FBI by linzeal · 2000-08-10 05:28 · Score: 1 · on What is Carnivore, and How Does it Work?

Reminds me of when I had to deal with the fact that the FBI was monitoring groups I am in constant contact with.

PRO-LIFERS AS 'TERRORISTS'?

List of progressive and revolutionary NON-VIOLENT pro-lifers

Some material for consumption by rchiang · 2000-08-04 01:49 · Score: 1 · on When Should Source Be Released?

It's difficult to find good evidence on both sides of the argument for Open Source. For the record, I'm definitely in favor of open source (especially if your company has no competency in software). In any case, I've included some pieces of evidence, not necessarily in favor of open source per se, but perhaps a bit more generally about dealing with an open community with regards to development.

Luc Barthlet's "The Simulation Sandbox"
Actually an overview of "The Sims" before it came out, but the end of the lecture discusses how they used immediate Internet feedback to improve the design of the game.
Linux GNOME FAQ
Hidden in the depths of the FAQ in the section "What CORBA implementation is GNOME using?", is a comment about how Xerox's implementation of CORBA was not used. If this had been open sourced, Xerox's name would be associated with an important part of one of the largest software projects around.
OpenSource.org
I apologize if I've being repetitive, but I didn't see this URL earlier. Anyway, this site has some very good arguments in favor of open source. You may wish to take what they have and modify it slightly for your specific purpose.
Successful OpenSource sites
Conferences like O'Reilly's Open Source Software Convention, LinuxWorld Expo, open source projects like Apache and MySQL, and sites like SourceForge and IBM DeveloperWorks are showing that Open Source Software (in some cases) is becoming quite mainstream. If you have even one really cool project, that's advertising that no budget could pay for.

Well, I hope this helps.

-Ray

Re:Random ramblings by linzeal · 2000-08-01 01:05 · Score: 1 · on Selfish Society

Again, not all pro-lifers are right wing...

List of progressive pro-life groups on the web...

Tool info by xjosh · 2000-07-23 20:01 · Score: 1 · on Connecting To An Automotive Diagnostic Computer?

I use stuff like this all the time. I often have my problems diagnosed before I drive into the dealer. I have a Volkswagen and use the Ross-tech VAG-COM. The now defunct CarComp also had a great tool available for similar purposes. Conveniently, the hardware interface also works for my Dodge truck with different software.

This guy seems to have what the poster is looking for. He covers building your own tools for GM cars.

Earthlink and Privacy by muldrake · 2000-07-19 10:54 · Score: 4 · on Slashback: Recusement, Homecoming, Cubism

Quoted from Arnie Lerma's website:

DECLARATION OF ROBERT J. CIPRIANO

I, Robert J. Cipriano, hereby declare and state as follows:

[. . .]

38. I was befriended the first day of my employment at Earthlink by a Mr. Michael Hamra, another sales associate. I quickly started a friendship with Mr. Hamra and spent countless hours talking about various things including how Earthlink started with investments, by Kirstie Alley, Tom Cruise, John Travolta and other wealthy Scientologists, into Sky Dayton's idea of an internet service provider. Mr. Hamra told me how Sky Dayton had a coffee shop before starting Earthlink and that he, because of being a Scientologist and his friendships with celebrity Scientologists, he was able to build a multi-million dollar company that could, "Watch over the entire internet from within the internet."

39. Additionally, Mr. Hamra told me he was one of the founding group of Scientologist who ran Earthlink out of a Glendale one room office where he made sales calls from a bathroom in the office. Mr. Hamra said, "The Church of Scientology now had a database of information on every subscriber which included names, credit card info., credit reports, telephone info., computer info., who had referred them to Earthlink and who were their previous ISP providers." Mr. Hamra told me about the "other Earthlink building" which was next door on New York Avenue in Pasadena. Mr. Hamra told me that the other building was high security and is where Earthlink and the Church of Scientology did all the monitoring of the internet. Mr. Hamra was always very interested in my testimony in Berry v. Cipriano. It became clear to me that he was reporting what I was saying to other in Scientology.

40. I received many incoming sales calls while at Earthlink from individuals who would ask, "Are you a bunch of Scientologists?" We were trained to never admit that we were involved with the Church Of Scientology.

---

There is also an article on this in the Phoenix New Times.

Incidentally Earthlink is now owned by Mindspring, so the same conditions may not currently prevail. Cipriano is also not the best source, as he is virtually a pathological liar, but he did indeed work for Earthlink, and whatever else Cipriano may have said, it's disturbing a Scientology lawyer could duke people into a job there at will.

Re:So don't do that. by jonathanclark · 2000-07-09 05:54 · Score: 3 · on Who Reads Your @nospam Mail?

clipped from here:

"In 1986, Congress passed the Electronic Communications Privacy Act ("ECPA"),[13] which protects electronic communications from interception and disclosure to third parties.[14] This act was passed ostensibly because the common law protections for individual privacy were deemed insufficient. The problem in our context occurs because is it unclear whether e-mail is covered at all by this act. The hearings concerning the act showed that the House and Senate acknowledged the existence of e-mail, but did not address those technologies in the wording of the act. Regardless of whether e-mail was implied to be covered by the act, the exceptions tend to create large loopholes for employers to find relief in. Thus, although the ECPA would seem to protect workers from e-mail interceptions, it is not explicit when it comes to the workplace, and the exceptions contained may exclude employee protection.[15] These exceptions may limit the protection of employee e-mail, and include interstate systems, prior consent, and business use.

First, the ECPA only protects messages sent over public networks, because the definition under the act specifies only such communication that affects interstate or foreign commerce.[16] Thus, an inner-company e-mail system would not be covered, although a company voice mail would. This ambiguity will only require court interpretation, but under the statute itself, it appears that the exception would shelter the employer. Thus, an employer who provides an inner-company e-mail system could read and disclose employee's e-mail messages freely. Yet an employer who merely provides standard e-mail service from an outside provider does not appear to be protected by the provider exemption. Legislative history suggests the rational for the exemption was to allow providers access to the contents of stored electronic communications to back up messages as protection for system failure.[17]

Second, the ECPA allows interception and monitoring where one of the parties has given consent. Although an employee may not give explicit consent to the employer to read specific message "A," some prior aspect of the employer/employee relationship, such as signing an employee agreement which gives consent, or accepting an employee handbook, may defeat this claim. Courts have found that consent may be inferred from circumstances indicating that the party agreed to the surveillance.[18] However, in Watkins v. L.M. Berry & Co., the court noted that mere knowledge of the capability of monitoring does not imply consent.[19]

Third, the business use exception is the broadest exception of all, and allows the company the right to make interceptions under the ordinary course of business. Analyzing this exception courts usually take one of two approaches. The first approach is based on context and the second on content. Under the context approach the key to limiting employer liability is employee notice and a legitimate business purpose for the monitoring.[20] For example, the employer can probably successfully argue that in order to maintain productivity, decrease fraud, etc., they must intermittently monitor employee e-mails. It would be very difficult for the employee to argue successfully against this exception. "

Re:PERL is much more than AWK by linzeal · 2000-06-30 09:46 · Score: 1 · on 1.21 Quickiewatts

I'm so sick the endless stereotyping of the pro-life movement that I've seen here on slashdot since I've been reading, perusing, and posting here. As the founder of Anarchists for Life (which subscribes neither to Christian morality nor neo-liberal sentamintality) I find the repeated mention of the pro-life movement as a bigot-filled, female-hating, ass-backwards community of caveman to be hatefull and ignorant.

I expected more from this grouping of people than mindless rhetoric and name calling. Would you stand for a moment if I were to label someone here as a baby killer? Yet you can stand and call me rabid, suiting the prejudices that you can enjoy freely in this online community.

Anarchists for Life

A listing of progressive and revolutionary pro-life groups

Re:PERL is much more than AWK by linzeal · 2000-06-30 09:46 · Score: 1 · on 1.21 Quickiewatts

I'm so sick the endless stereotyping of the pro-life movement that I've seen here on slashdot since I've been reading, perusing, and posting here. As the founder of Anarchists for Life (which subscribes neither to Christian morality nor neo-liberal sentamintality) I find the repeated mention of the pro-life movement as a bigot-filled, female-hating, ass-backwards community of caveman to be hatefull and ignorant.

I expected more from this grouping of people than mindless rhetoric and name calling. Would you stand for a moment if I were to label someone here as a baby killer? Yet you can stand and call me rabid, suiting the prejudices that you can enjoy freely in this online community.

Anarchists for Life

A listing of progressive and revolutionary pro-life groups

Finally... a story where this is *not* offtopic... by Anonymous Coward · 2000-05-19 20:38 · Score: 5 · on Oxford Yanks Student Page Over Spoof DeCSS

and I'm asleep at the keyboard. Doh!

Oh well... here it is.
Add your own, and spread this far and wide:

This announcement brought to you by the DeCSS Polar Bear.

Finally... a story where this is *not* offtopic... by Anonymous Coward · 2000-05-19 20:38 · Score: 5 · on Oxford Yanks Student Page Over Spoof DeCSS

and I'm asleep at the keyboard. Doh!

Oh well... here it is.
Add your own, and spread this far and wide:

This announcement brought to you by the DeCSS Polar Bear.

Re:Owned? by rograndom · 2000-05-16 22:45 · Score: 1 · on The Slashdot DDoS: What Happened?

hmm, I got this error on Sat. I was getting all excited cause the page was actually loading but then I killed Slash. I'm a bastard andy j.

Re:Obscene by Old+Man+Kensey · 2000-05-15 01:21 · Score: 1 · on Web Design Luminary Jeff Zeldman

A practical point of view would not smash the status bar just for the sake of being annoyingly cute.

A practical point of view would not use absolute pixel sizes that render a site unreadable on hi-res monitors.

A practical point of view would not do that annoying "look at me! look at me! I'm an intro graphic! look at me!" idiocy on the first page.

Nothing that degrades usability for anyone is being done from a practical point of view.

This web site's behavior with respect to its stated purpose is akin to employers searching for a Unix admin, then asking him for a resume in Word format.

Web designers still haven't caught on that there is no such thing as a "static" page. It may be viewed in a variety of resolutions, color depths, window size, and font combinations, and any site that assumes any of those is a static factor is going to have egg on its face every time somebody comes along who (shock, horror!) doesn't have MS Comic Sans installed.

One of the more interesting design challenges is to do a page all in shades of gray and still make it look good. I wonder if this guy could do that. I've taken a stab at it and it actually didn't look awfully bad, although I'd probably nix the small-caps hack if I did it over again. I'd probably dim the whiteness of the text a bit too -- it's a little glare-y.

Re:Good luck by muldrake · 2000-05-13 13:16 · Score: 2 · on Microsoft vs. Slashdot Update

Well now that you mention it, a few years ago someone got near enough to Bill to slap a creampie (almost two) into his face.

Here is a web page about the dude responsible for the Bill Gates pie-facing.

Here is a video of the incident.

OK, it's moderately offtopic but what the hey?

Just the links to the last episode by Harlequin · 2000-04-25 00:33 · Score: 1 · on 'Dungeons and Dragons' Returns!

last episode's transcript
show related website.
"choose your own adventures"
(still sorry about the tripple post with broken links)

Time for Slashdot to take a stand... by Anonymous Coward · 2000-04-05 03:12 · Score: 4 · on MPAA Files Another Injunction Against 2600

The following is a list of all the mirrors from the 2600 site.

Time for Slashdot to take a stand... by Anonymous Coward · 2000-04-05 03:12 · Score: 4 · on MPAA Files Another Injunction Against 2600

The following is a list of all the mirrors from the 2600 site.

Exclusive review: Daikatana 2 by CausticPuppy · 2000-03-25 05:15 · Score: 2 · on Daikatana - Delayed Again?

*ZZZAP*

Hi, this is CausticPuppy from the future. I have written a game review of the sequel to Daikatana.
It's right here.

yeah yeah so they keep saying by zpengo · 2000-03-20 23:19 · Score: 1 · on Why The Future Doesn't Need Us

Haven't people been talking about this since the turn of the century?

ICQ: 49636524
snowphoton@mindspring.com

Internet in Kazakhstan by Strateg · 2000-03-09 02:32 · Score: 1 · on Social Changes & Internet Access In The Third World

Well, first off, I may get flamed for implying that Kazakhstan (a former Soviet Union republic, now part of CIS) is a third-world, less-than-developed country. Well, IMHO, it _is_ third-world when it comes to internet or any democracy-encouraging technology in general and it _is_ less-than-developed, because people in Kazakhstan have to pay an equivalent of US$1 per hour of connection time, while the average annual income after taxes is $1200.

In terms of overall Internet connectivity, Kazakhstan is ranked along with countries like Burma and some African countries, at the very bottom of the list. What's more, the government is very interested in NOT allowing people free access to the Internet and all the un-censored information that's on it. In particular the government is concerned with opposition sites, like Eurasia.org, based in neiboring Russia and at one point ordered the few tightly controlled ISPs to block requests for the eurasia.org.ru domain. And recently, again in an article on Eurasia.org, I found that the Kazakhstani government is sending a delegation to Burma to learn from Burmese experience of cencoring internet access with the presumed intent of implementing similar techniques in Kazakhstan.

Now, when I talk about Kazakhstani government, I usually mean the president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has a long history of rigging election, making adjustments to the constitution that will allow him to remain president for life, blocking the parliament from making changes in the constitution. He is also the 9th richest man in the world, and that in a country with rapidly decreasing population and GNP, not to mension the pitiful standard of living. Human rights activists are not happy with Kazakhstan, that's for sure.

What all of this translates into, is the fact that someone like me, a 24 year old man that doesn't come from a rich Kazakhstani family, first accesses the internet at the age of 23. (And I consider myself a computer geek, think about non-geeks in contrast). It also majority of people who have the internet access come from rich families, who in most cases are to some extent involved in the not very ethical accusition of wealth, and are not interested in openness of the opinion. That's why they seem to spend most of their time in chat rooms talking about sex...(my personal observation, from trying to find a good discussion board or chat room to talk with my former compatriots about Kazakhtani politics)

I'm a recent immigrant to the US from Kazakhstan (came here 1 year ago) and my parents and little brother are still there. I have a little of my own and my wife's writings on my web site about Kazakhstan, however, it's only marginally related to the topic at hand.

Anyway, now you know a little about Kazakhstan, even if you can't yet spell its name.

Re:Rhetorical question by SEWilco · 2000-03-08 02:22 · Score: 2 · on The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Part Two

The spelling was correct. You probably need more information:

Who is John Galt?

This isn't the first time... by r2ravens · 2000-03-03 15:06 · Score: 2 · on Update on 'Blame Canada' and the Oscars

Contrary to the Washington Post article, the statement "no R-rated song has ever been nominated before" is not true.

In 1986, the song Mean Green Mother From Outer Space from the movie Little Shop of Horrors starring Rick Moranis and Ellen Green was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song.

Some of the original lyrics went like this:

Ya don't know what you're dealin' with.
No, you never did.
Ya don't know what you're lookin' at,
But that's tough titty, kid!
...
I'm just a mean green mother from outer space,
Gonna trash your ass! Gonna rock this place!
...
You can keep the thing, Keep the it,
Keep the creature, they don't mean shit!
...
You better move it out! Nature calls!
You got the point? I'm gonna bust your balls!
...

When the song played on the Academy Awards show, they had modified the lyrics significantly. I don't remember exactly what the modifications were, but IIRC they eliminated each of the allegedly objectionable words above.

I remember this clearly because it pissed me off that they sold out and censored this content in advance by going to the trouble to rewrite the song. The question stands... was the song heard on the show even the same song as was nominated?

I agree that the song as written is what was nominated. If it is changed, then it's no longer the song that was nominated. I hope that Matt and Trey hold their ground on this one. Let ABC bleep it.

And I hope that the Washington Post checks their facts a little closer.

Russ

what if I really enjoy 404 errors? by Anonymous Coward · 2000-03-01 20:48 · Score: 0 · on Robust Hyperlinks: The End of 404s?

Well first off, I can't read the web page (since it was slashdotted) yet I will still comment.

the signature is fed into any Web search engine to find the new site of the page

How long would this take? I'd imagine this would clutter web search engines even more...what if altavista had three links to the a page with three different URLs (two of them, being old links, one being the recent location). Its sounds like a great idea and even somewhat practically but I still not sure if it would be generally accepted.

I actually read through my error logs to let webmasters or even myself know where bad links are located on their site.

Here's a fun web page, 404 Not Found Homepage

Re:arg! -- Whoops! by Nate+Eldredge · 2000-02-15 04:24 · Score: 4 · on Jargon File 4.2.0 Out

There is a decent mirror at http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/. From there I've fetched the complete list of mirrors, which follows.

List of Jargon Resources Mirror Sites USA: