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The freedom to let anyone publish their own content will always lead to mediocrity being published, no matter whether the publisher is an amateur or a professional. Remember Sturgeon's Law?

This fits into ESR's model quite nicely. See , particularly this section. Zope is an excellent example of what SourceForget is doing...

This fits into ESR's model quite nicely. See , particularly this section. Zope is an excellent example of what SourceForget is doing...

It is news. It's an insult. They are just fostering the myth that open source is cute and fun for hippie-types, but not viable for a serious company. The model is free the software, but sell the support and the customizations. You're good name, if you retain it, will bring in the revenue.

My best friend and I talk in e-mail (and sometimes IRL) with tags like , , , , , etc. without using smileys. It's about time they've standardized these stuff!

But now that this is going to be standard fare, we lose our unique vocabulary to the rest of the world. What will become of us geeks?

Oh well ... <sob> ... at least we still have the jargon file.

Just read this l33t article on "How To Become a Hacker", and you'll be hacking into people's mail before you know it!

distributed infrastructure (kinda like a P2P network ;)

Akamai. On steroids.

Having a broad catalog gives more choice

Not if the pirate's catalog is broader with respect to the narrow category of movies a fellow wants. For example, if I searched for "Pinocchio" I wouldn't get Di$ney's version (because Di$ney isn't participating) but instead two AOL(tw) releases: "The Adventures of Pinocchio" (1996; New Line) and "A.I." (2001; Warner) (that is, once it's released on PPV).

screwing up ... quality of catalog (post-DVD releases only)

Do you seriously believe that movies that have passed into the pay-per-view window are of lower quality than those still in theaters or being sold on DVD? Classic movies (top 10%[1] of black-and-white and early releases) are classics for a reason

[1] Sturgeon's Law: 90% of film is crap.

OMFG he even writes lame poetry

Do we as a community really want this man speaking on our behalf ?

What are his credentials anyway ? Has he contributed much to the world of open source ? (Apart from the ghastly fetchmail?)

Who appointed him as our spokesperson ?

Is it not time he took some lessons in marketing and tidied up his act ? At least losing that disgusting moustache would be a start.

By the way Eric, if your reading this, don't even think about coming round and shooting me, as I have several firearms, including but not limited to glock, Mac-10, H&K MP5, Spaz, Tec, Armalite and many many more. I will not hesitate to defend myself. Pre-emptively if necessary.

Thank you

After he wrote these tips ?

This is ESR, not RMS.

The primary difference between the two is that RMS looks like a dirty old hippie, while ESR has the appearence of a child-molester/NAMBLA member.

RMS is also a raving control freak, while ESR is by all accounts just plain nuts.

Hope this clears things up!

This is ESR, not RMS.

The primary difference between the two is that RMS looks like a dirty old hippie, while ESR has the appearence of a child-molester/NAMBLA member.

RMS is also a raving control freak, while ESR is by all accounts just plain nuts.

Hope this clears things up!

This is ESR, not RMS.

The primary difference between the two is that RMS looks like a dirty old hippie, while ESR has the appearence of a child-molester/NAMBLA member.

RMS is also a raving control freak, while ESR is by all accounts just plain nuts.

Hope this clears things up!

I do actually take exercise, but I'm more inclined towards individual pursuits (stop giggling at the back) like running and mountain biking (I used to lift weights too, but I'm lazy). When I said "Jock" I was talking about your stereotypical biceps-much-better-exercised-than-brain type. I hope that since you also recognise the value of study, and are familiar enough with Slashdot to post here, physical fitness isn't your only pursuit in life. Which, as far as I'm concerned, puts you in the "Athlete" category, not the "Jock" category. Unless you actually enjoy crushing beer cans on your head and beating on people who're smaller than you....

I do actually take exercise, but I'm more inclined towards individual pursuits (stop giggling at the back) like running and mountain biking (I used to lift weights too, but I'm lazy). When I said "Jock" I was talking about your stereotypical biceps-much-better-exercised-than-brain type. I hope that since you also recognise the value of study, and are familiar enough with Slashdot to post here, physical fitness isn't your only pursuit in life. Which, as far as I'm concerned, puts you in the "Athlete" category, not the "Jock" category. Unless you actually enjoy crushing beer cans on your head and beating on people who're smaller than you....

Is this going to result in some kind of corrollary to Sturgeons Law? Something like 90% of programs are written in Java and are all crap?

Someone expressing an opinion they truly believe is not, by definition, trolling.

Anyway, meta-moderation will even the score if other don't agree with me.

I hope so, but haven't seen it happen yet. You can bet your sweet bippy that I'll metamoderate that as "unfair" if I get the chance.

Isn't this basically just the standard Open-Source development model, but restated with a lot more cool poetry?

Perhaps that's not "Mob Software's" point -- perhaps the whole point is just a romanticization of The Bazaar. I'm cool with that.

Well considering that using the word hacker when you mean cracker is a classic sign of a clueless journalists, and articles that are not supposed to be informative, but are instead supposed to invoke fear, anger, and a general statist attitude regarding every other issue facing the world, I will read this some other time. :-)

Well considering that using the word hacker when you mean cracker is a classic sign of a clueless journalists, and articles that are not supposed to be informative, but are instead supposed to invoke fear, anger, and a general statist attitude regarding every other issue facing the world, I will read this some other time. :-)

CONFIG_PNPBIOS Linux uses the PNPBIOS as defined in "Plug and Play BIOS Specification Version 1.0A May 5, 1994" to autodetect built-in mainboard resources (e.g. parallel port resources). Other features (e.g. change resources, ESCD, event notification, Docking station information, ISAPNP services) are not used. Note: ACPI is expected to supersede PNPBIOS some day, currently it co-exists nicely. See latest pcmcia-cs (stand-alone package) for a nice "lspnp" tools, or have a look at /proc/bus/pnp. If unsure, say Y.

CONFIG_PNPBIOS Linux uses the PNPBIOS as defined in "Plug and Play BIOS Specification Version 1.0A May 5, 1994" to autodetect built-in mainboard resources (e.g. parallel port resources). Other features (e.g. change resources, ESCD, event notification, Docking station information, ISAPNP services) are not used. Note: ACPI is expected to supersede PNPBIOS some day, currently it co-exists nicely. See latest pcmcia-cs (stand-alone package) for a nice "lspnp" tools, or have a look at /proc/bus/pnp. If unsure, say Y.

I'd be happy if it used an HCF instruction, or at least programmed the video chip for an extremely high resolution at 100 Hz refresh, resulting in the monitor going HCF. Another option (on soft-power ATX machines) is to shut down (but not reboot) the system. Maybe zero out the boot blocks, too. Actually just the boot blocks alone would be enough fun. Basically, something annoying that has at least a 1% chance of getting the attention of your average MCSE.

Remember, periods go inside the quotes.
Some of us hackers/geeks do it differently for a reason. Not sure if that applies here, though.

It takes a lot to admit this. I still dont believe astroturfing is anything to ruffle your feathers about, we all do it dont we? But I salute Kevin Reichard for taking this stance and explaining matters. This shows the maturity of Linux Today and the opensource nature of all their undertakings. Cheers

I dont believe Kevin should have been preassured into apologizing about this. As I understand this pressure came from an individual who was fired from LinuxToday. I felt that individual's articles were more revenge based than anything to expose ethics on astroturfing. Kevin is an excellent individual and his work on Linux Today is second to non. I hope everyone takes a deep breath and just think before posting anymore slashdot induced flames on Mr. Kevin Reichard

What this web needs is a good INTERCAL to CGI interface.

By my count, only two actors were "stars" (Guinness and Ford, and Ford not until later). What were you expecting?

Milalwi

I have been reading Slashdot for several years. I created an account just to post this. And here is what I have to say:

This is getting silly. Half of the comments here seem to be lamenting the fact that the prequel trilogy appears to be geared towards children. Well, I've got news for you: the same applies to the original trilogy as well. You just don't realize it because you were so young when the movies first came out.

Do you know why almost everybody here hates the Ewoks in ROTJ? Because they make you feel insecure. You're afraid that people will laugh at you for watching a children's movie with talking teddy-bears in it. And they will. You should just shrug it off, but you can't because of your low self-esteem. And, for some reason, you can't realize that the average Joe sees all Star Wars movies as children's movies, regardless of whether they have Ewoks or Jar-Jar in them or not.

The Jargon File has a section called "A Portrait of J. Random Hacker". I'm sure most of you here have read it. The section has a list of "Things Hackers Detest and Avoid", and here is how it begins:

"IBM mainframes. All the works of Microsoft. Smurfs, Ewoks, and other forms of offensive cuteness."

"Offensive cuteness" seems to rank very high on the list, right after Microsoft. Why is this? I believe that the reason is the same as stated above: you fear that being associated with any sort of "cuteness" (such as the Ewoks in ROTJ) will make you look ridiculous and childish in the eyes of others. And a lot of people seem to think that enjoying "dark" movies such as The Empire Strikes Back or The Matrix will somehow help you gain acceptance and credibility.

Sorry to rain on your parade, but it doesn't work that way. Nobody cares if you prefer The Empire Strikes Back to Return of the Jedi, or The Matrix to The Phantom Menace, or Babylon 5 to Star Trek. Again, to the proverbial average Joe, it's just "stupid sci-fi for geeks and nerds". That's what people think.

And here's another explanation: many of you are depressed and therefore can't stand the thought of "offensive cuteness" such as talking teddy bears or Jar Jar. You'd rather wear all black, watch splatter movies and listen to German industrial rock while fantasizing about killing your classmates or coworkers. Sorry about being a bit over the top, but this is how "regular people" see you. They don't see you as intelligent persons who appreciate a good sci-fi movie. Instead, they see you as sad computer geeks.

Somebody here wrote something along the lines of "well, Star Wars sucks, but fortunately we'll still have The Matrix and Lord of the Rings".

Huh? Are sci-fi and fantasy movies all you have? If you get mad because the title of the new Star Wars movie did not live up to your expectations, I think you should seriously re-examine the priorities in your life.

I have been reading Slashdot for several years. I created an account just to post this. And here is what I have to say:

This is getting silly. Half of the comments here seem to be lamenting the fact that the prequel trilogy appears to be geared towards children. Well, I've got news for you: the same applies to the original trilogy as well. You just don't realize it because you were so young when the movies first came out.

Do you know why almost everybody here hates the Ewoks in ROTJ? Because they make you feel insecure. You're afraid that people will laugh at you for watching a children's movie with talking teddy-bears in it. And they will. You should just shrug it off, but you can't because of your low self-esteem. And, for some reason, you can't realize that the average Joe sees all Star Wars movies as children's movies, regardless of whether they have Ewoks or Jar-Jar in them or not.

The Jargon File has a section called "A Portrait of J. Random Hacker". I'm sure most of you here have read it. The section has a list of "Things Hackers Detest and Avoid", and here is how it begins:

"IBM mainframes. All the works of Microsoft. Smurfs, Ewoks, and other forms of offensive cuteness."

"Offensive cuteness" seems to rank very high on the list, right after Microsoft. Why is this? I believe that the reason is the same as stated above: you fear that being associated with any sort of "cuteness" (such as the Ewoks in ROTJ) will make you look ridiculous and childish in the eyes of others. And a lot of people seem to think that enjoying "dark" movies such as The Empire Strikes Back or The Matrix will somehow help you gain acceptance and credibility.

Sorry to rain on your parade, but it doesn't work that way. Nobody cares if you prefer The Empire Strikes Back to Return of the Jedi, or The Matrix to The Phantom Menace, or Babylon 5 to Star Trek. Again, to the proverbial average Joe, it's just "stupid sci-fi for geeks and nerds". That's what people think.

And here's another explanation: many of you are depressed and therefore can't stand the thought of "offensive cuteness" such as talking teddy bears or Jar Jar. You'd rather wear all black, watch splatter movies and listen to German industrial rock while fantasizing about killing your classmates or coworkers. Sorry about being a bit over the top, but this is how "regular people" see you. They don't see you as intelligent persons who appreciate a good sci-fi movie. Instead, they see you as sad computer geeks.

Somebody here wrote something along the lines of "well, Star Wars sucks, but fortunately we'll still have The Matrix and Lord of the Rings".

Huh? Are sci-fi and fantasy movies all you have? If you get mad because the title of the new Star Wars movie did not live up to your expectations, I think you should seriously re-examine the priorities in your life.

Sturgeon's Law is always strictly enforced:

"90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud."

That's what happens when your Batman Factor is too high.

As for me, I keep my Leatherman tool & cell phone on my belt, keys & wallet in my jeans pockets. I've been thinking about getting a handheld, probably a Visor Prism, but I have no idea how to keep it on my person. I could put it on my belt, but that would bring my personal Batman Factor to 3, and the Visor is big enough to increase the dork quotient even further.

IMHO, it's the best SciFi around these days.

Before that, it was Sliders (though only the shows that had the original cast, and before they just started ripping off movie plots). I know on /. it's heresy to say this, but I find all the Star Trek derivatives to be completely unwatchable dreck. First Wave had me for a little while, but then they had to go and add Traci Lords to the cast as a cheap ratings ploy that reminded me of the "addition" of Kari Wuhrer to the Sliders cast. Like a pair of tits is going to keep me from noticing the show's getting hokey? I couldn't even bear the LEXX commercials. Farscape never really got its hooks into me.

I've always been a huge fan of the Twilight Zone, and other shows of that particular genre of sci-fi, and The Outer Limits has taken up the thread quite admirably, with decent effects, familiar stars, and, oh yeah, interesting plots. They did an adaption of Larry Niven's "Inconstant Moon"-- a great story I had wanted to see on screen since I first read it. I'm still hoping they'll someday find a way to squeeze "Flash Crowd" into an hour.)

The only time I really watch the SciFi Channel anymore is when they have one of those all-day Twilight Zone marathons, a good movie, or The Outer Limits.

~Philly

Confusing "its" and "it's" is an all too common meme these days. In fact, it seems that the habit of apostrophising the letter "s" at the end of acronyms when they should be plurals is growing rapidly. There's a tutorial in proper usage here: http://www.angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif

GOOD: Detection of crappy drivers. Collecting and disseminating data on what works and what doesn't is a GoodThing[tm]. An automatic warning that a driver is incompatible with the OS also appears to be a popular idea. (Perhaps the Linux companies should co-opt this concept?)

GOOD: Having the option, as a network administrator, to disable crash-prone drivers and prevent their installation.

GOOD: Forcing administrators of legacy software to remove bugs caused by the switch in operating systems. Bringing code up to spec is a GoodThing[tm].

BAD: Microsoft having the power to deny YOU the ability to program your box as you choose. This strikes many /. readers as fascist.

BAD: Microsoft snarfing your entire core dump -- thus having the ability to know what you do and do not have on your computer. Sort of like the local supermarket being able to track your buying habits with their SuperSaver cards.

BAD: Microsoft's known, documented, and illegal penchant for using their code as a monopolistic weapon. DR-DOS is the most widely mentioned victim of this tactic, but there have been many others. By writing their code in a certain way, Microsoft can make $PROGRAM crash repeatedly. $PROGRAM will thus appear on the blacklist, and Microsoft can then (remotely and instantaneously!) disable $PROGRAM, "as a public service". Look for blacklistings to appear in conjunction with Windows Updates with matching functionality...

CONCLUSION: Microsoft should include a checkbox in XP allowing the user/admin, if they so choose, to disable this "helpful" feature.

GOOD: Detection of crappy drivers. Collecting and disseminating data on what works and what doesn't is a GoodThing[tm]. An automatic warning that a driver is incompatible with the OS also appears to be a popular idea. (Perhaps the Linux companies should co-opt this concept?)

GOOD: Having the option, as a network administrator, to disable crash-prone drivers and prevent their installation.

GOOD: Forcing administrators of legacy software to remove bugs caused by the switch in operating systems. Bringing code up to spec is a GoodThing[tm].

BAD: Microsoft having the power to deny YOU the ability to program your box as you choose. This strikes many /. readers as fascist.

BAD: Microsoft snarfing your entire core dump -- thus having the ability to know what you do and do not have on your computer. Sort of like the local supermarket being able to track your buying habits with their SuperSaver cards.

BAD: Microsoft's known, documented, and illegal penchant for using their code as a monopolistic weapon. DR-DOS is the most widely mentioned victim of this tactic, but there have been many others. By writing their code in a certain way, Microsoft can make $PROGRAM crash repeatedly. $PROGRAM will thus appear on the blacklist, and Microsoft can then (remotely and instantaneously!) disable $PROGRAM, "as a public service". Look for blacklistings to appear in conjunction with Windows Updates with matching functionality...

CONCLUSION: Microsoft should include a checkbox in XP allowing the user/admin, if they so choose, to disable this "helpful" feature.

"Cringely" and Dvorak keep saying, "No, seriously, shutdown the Internet and replace it with something secure."

They're missing the first law of complex systems. I can't remember the exact quote, but it goes something like:

All complex systems that work began as simple systems that worked.

You can't replace today's Internet, the result of decades of evolution, with something purpose-built from scratch to do as much. The attempt will suffer from the second-system effect, and just plain won't work.

It's easy for a columnist to ask for something drastic. Too easy. But it sells papers (or click-thrus, or whatever we're selling today).

Please don't invoke Godwin's Law with an opening statement.

Dragon Spice

SICP Spice

GOF Spice

K&R Spice

Knuth Spice

No computer book collection will be complete without The New Testament.

No INTERCAL beers? That one could be interesting :-)

- Steeltoe

Don't let all the Irritating Parentheses fool you, LISP WILL WIN!

CNN recently posted an interview with U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft who states "[t]he idea you can get away with it ["cybercrime" (this is an undefined term)] here is an idea we must curtail ... There are no free passes in cyberspace." Ashcroft comments he plans to create "Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) units staffed by 77 personnel, including 48 lawyers" modeled after the existing unit in California, currently prosecuting Dmitry Sklyarov, created by FBI Director nominee Robert Mueller "whose nomination is expected to receive little opposition in Congress."

The CHIPs plan to hold illegal sites and post "a warning that the site has been seized by law enforcement" and present a "clear message that cybercrime carries real penalties for offenders."

The article further states that current EFF Executive Director, Shari Steele, addressed a letter to Ashcroft requesting the release of Sklyarov. Ashcroft had no comment regarding his ageny's charges against Sklyarov.

It looks DMCA will soon accrue an army or firm of brand new federal government attorneys under the Bush administration.

CNN recently posted an interview with U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft who states "[t]he idea you can get away with it ["cybercrime" (this is an undefined term)] here is an idea we must curtail ... There are no free passes in cyberspace." Ashcroft comments he plans to create "Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) units staffed by 77 personnel, including 48 lawyers" modeled after the existing unit in California, currently prosecuting Dmitry Sklyarov, created by FBI Director nominee Robert Mueller "whose nomination is expected to receive little opposition in Congress."

The CHIPs plan to hold illegal sites and post "a warning that the site has been seized by law enforcement" and present a "clear message that cybercrime carries real penalties for offenders."

The article further states that current EFF Executive Director, Shari Steele, addressed a letter to Ashcroft requesting the release of Sklyarov. Ashcroft had no comment regarding his ageny's charges against Sklyarov.

It looks DMCA will soon accrue an army or firm of brand new federal government attorneys under the Bush administration.

The biggest violation that you missed was perpetrated by FDR during WWII. This was the closest America has come to a "final solution" so recently (terrifying).

Previously it was the American Indian (from our modern standpoint it is fortunate for America that the American Indian lacked access [GUN CONTROL in action] to a sufficient quantity of guns and ammunition to preserve their way of life ... visit some reservations to get a clearer picture ... the ones who faught are all dead now so we can't ask why they faught)

Because the second amendment, and those championing "gun rights", have never protected their rights and they never will. NOT EXACTLY ==> Guns Save Lives [News] Stories (eleven-pages of hyperlinks ... there would be more for 2001/2000 but there seems to be growing censorship of publishing these stories - memory hole???)

California's Government Code, Sections 821, 845, and 846 which state, in part: "Neither a public entity or a public employee [may be sued] for failure to provide adequate police protection or service, failure to prevent the commission of crimes and failure to apprehend criminals." (Please check this out as I only copy 'n pasted from a non-CA gov't website ... maybe it is misquoted ... whether misquoted or not you can still "Dial 911 and [wait to] die" ;-);-);-)

Of Holocausts and Gun Control (Washington University Law Quarterly)

GAMBLING WITH YOUR LIFE Is 911 an acceptable option?

Statistics the Gun Haters Don't Talk About

The Racist Roots of Gun Control

Taking Aim at Gun Control

"Dial 911 and Die (Radio Commercial)"

GUN CONTROL: A REALISTIC ASSESSMENT

The First Million Mom March

Guns and Violence: A Summary of the Field

Gun Control Advocates Purvey Deadly Myths

Research related to "Gun Control

"Genocide Delayed"

Jews and "Gun Control": Fear of Freedom or Freedom from Fear?

The Racist Origins of US Gun Control: Laws Designed To Disarm Slaves, Freedmen, And African-Americans

Post your mailing address so I can send you a yard signs and window stickers that say "The people in this home are unarmed. We depend on 911" and "Protected by 911"

I would post more links to DATA but the hour is late and we are beginning to go off topic from the First Amendment issue. Although I raised the other twenty-six Amendments as a "tangential editorial comment"

The biggest violation that you missed was perpetrated by FDR during WWII. This was the closest America has come to a "final solution" so recently (terrifying).

Previously it was the American Indian (from our modern standpoint it is fortunate for America that the American Indian lacked access [GUN CONTROL in action] to a sufficient quantity of guns and ammunition to preserve their way of life ... visit some reservations to get a clearer picture ... the ones who faught are all dead now so we can't ask why they faught)

Because the second amendment, and those championing "gun rights", have never protected their rights and they never will. NOT EXACTLY ==> Guns Save Lives [News] Stories (eleven-pages of hyperlinks ... there would be more for 2001/2000 but there seems to be growing censorship of publishing these stories - memory hole???)

California's Government Code, Sections 821, 845, and 846 which state, in part: "Neither a public entity or a public employee [may be sued] for failure to provide adequate police protection or service, failure to prevent the commission of crimes and failure to apprehend criminals." (Please check this out as I only copy 'n pasted from a non-CA gov't website ... maybe it is misquoted ... whether misquoted or not you can still "Dial 911 and [wait to] die" ;-);-);-)

Of Holocausts and Gun Control (Washington University Law Quarterly)

GAMBLING WITH YOUR LIFE Is 911 an acceptable option?

Statistics the Gun Haters Don't Talk About

The Racist Roots of Gun Control

Taking Aim at Gun Control

"Dial 911 and Die (Radio Commercial)"

GUN CONTROL: A REALISTIC ASSESSMENT

The First Million Mom March

Guns and Violence: A Summary of the Field

Gun Control Advocates Purvey Deadly Myths

Research related to "Gun Control

"Genocide Delayed"

Jews and "Gun Control": Fear of Freedom or Freedom from Fear?

The Racist Origins of US Gun Control: Laws Designed To Disarm Slaves, Freedmen, And African-Americans

Post your mailing address so I can send you a yard signs and window stickers that say "The people in this home are unarmed. We depend on 911" and "Protected by 911"

I would post more links to DATA but the hour is late and we are beginning to go off topic from the First Amendment issue. Although I raised the other twenty-six Amendments as a "tangential editorial comment"

The biggest violation that you missed was perpetrated by FDR during WWII. This was the closest America has come to a "final solution" so recently (terrifying).

Previously it was the American Indian (from our modern standpoint it is fortunate for America that the American Indian lacked access [GUN CONTROL in action] to a sufficient quantity of guns and ammunition to preserve their way of life ... visit some reservations to get a clearer picture ... the ones who faught are all dead now so we can't ask why they faught)

Because the second amendment, and those championing "gun rights", have never protected their rights and they never will. NOT EXACTLY ==> Guns Save Lives [News] Stories (eleven-pages of hyperlinks ... there would be more for 2001/2000 but there seems to be growing censorship of publishing these stories - memory hole???)

California's Government Code, Sections 821, 845, and 846 which state, in part: "Neither a public entity or a public employee [may be sued] for failure to provide adequate police protection or service, failure to prevent the commission of crimes and failure to apprehend criminals." (Please check this out as I only copy 'n pasted from a non-CA gov't website ... maybe it is misquoted ... whether misquoted or not you can still "Dial 911 and [wait to] die" ;-);-);-)

Of Holocausts and Gun Control (Washington University Law Quarterly)

GAMBLING WITH YOUR LIFE Is 911 an acceptable option?

Statistics the Gun Haters Don't Talk About

The Racist Roots of Gun Control

Taking Aim at Gun Control

"Dial 911 and Die (Radio Commercial)"

GUN CONTROL: A REALISTIC ASSESSMENT

The First Million Mom March

Guns and Violence: A Summary of the Field

Gun Control Advocates Purvey Deadly Myths

Research related to "Gun Control

"Genocide Delayed"

Jews and "Gun Control": Fear of Freedom or Freedom from Fear?

The Racist Origins of US Gun Control: Laws Designed To Disarm Slaves, Freedmen, And African-Americans

Post your mailing address so I can send you a yard signs and window stickers that say "The people in this home are unarmed. We depend on 911" and "Protected by 911"

I would post more links to DATA but the hour is late and we are beginning to go off topic from the First Amendment issue. Although I raised the other twenty-six Amendments as a "tangential editorial comment"

He is interested in receiving and publishing the following kinds of information:

Technical descriptions of the access control and encryption mechanisms associated with PDF files and/or eBooks.

Technical descriptions of remedies for these mechanisms, e.g., patches, key recovery algorithms, modified plug-ins, etc.

Source code for implementing these remedies.

He notes that "A large amount of useful content is now encoded as PDF (Portable Document Format) files, including files marketed for the eBook document reader. Unfortunately, some of this content is not usable in all the LAWFUL WAYS [emphasis mine] a purchaser desires, due to access control mechanisms created by Adobe and adopted by content publishers to the detriment of their [LAWFUL] customers."

He further notes that "Computer professionals who have examined [Adobe's access control mechanisms] have found them easy to defeat."

He notes that his website is for discussion of purely technical information of interest to computer scientists and lawful content users. He is not interested in receiving rants about Adobe or the DMCA, suggesting that individuals go to the Boycott Adobe [and/or slashdot - grin] site for that.

It is suggested that individuals wishing to submit TECHNICAL CONTENT first visit the site to see what others have already submitted to avoid unnecessary duplication (e.g. ElcomSoft, Xpdf, Ghostscript, etc).

It is noted that there is yet no "Haiku" regarding Adobe's "easy to defeat" access control mechanism.


Tangential Editorial Comment by RM3 Frisker FTN ... "Why don't people get as bent out of shape when the other Twenty-Six (?) Amendments are violated (e.g. Second Amendment???)"