> The whole *point* of RFID was to replace barcodes because on assembly > line like systems the barcodes must be aligned properly with a laser that reads them.
right. which is why the barcode reader at albertsons lets me orient the barcode anywhere within 2/3 of a sphere and can still read it with no issues.
> Actually, it does in a way (because sh itself IIRC is nothing more than a subset of bash nowadays).
bzzzt. thank you for demonstrating that you dont use anything but linux.
Most linux distros take advantage that if you create a link to the bash executable and call it "sh", the bash executable will notice this and pretend to be the born shell. This does not mean that all unixen 'sh' executables are in fact bash.
> People would buy OSX w/o Apple hardware. The reverse isn't true. Therefore, Apple is a software company.
I use apple hardware without apple software - I'm currently running OpenBSD on 2 Blue&White towers, and am planning to get a MacBook to run FreeBSD on.
> How much does OpenBSD donate to the third party software devs that they use?
see where it says "+ patches" in your list?that's when they contribute fixes for problems in the software. They then notify the project that actually owns the software, who can then use the patches too. This is probibally more useful than sending money.
> just create junk aliases and simply keep them around for as long as necessary
if your mail server is configured to use address extensions, it's even easier than that.
address extensions take the form of username+extension@donmain.tld. You can make up any extension you want, and you don't have to tell the SMTP server about it ahead of time, so you can make up a new one for every form you fill out. If someone sells the exension, you can blacklist everything going to that extension.
You can set this up in postfix by setting the "recipient_delimiter" variable. seriously, it's that easy.
At the time Linux was started, the BSD code base was still tied up in the AT&T lawsuit. Some parts had to be removed from distribution, leaving an incomplete system. The various BSD based projects had to rewrite some bits to fill in the removed stuff to get a working OS.
6 files. 4.4BSD lite was 4.4BSD with 6 files taken out. This is not exactly a huge deal. The reason noone wanted to touch BSD at the time was not technical, but that they didn't know how the lawsuit would come out.
>Yeah, but they sure as hell don't use sendmail. >It's just easier to open a socket connection on port 25 and spew out >your faked headers than it is to bother trying to hack it through sendmail.
which is why techniques like HELO verification and greylisting are so effective.
education is fine, except that people have to want to learn in order for it to work.
why not detatch the attachments, save them on a file or web server, insert a URL into the email, and require the user to enter their email password in order to download the attachment over html?
this way people get what they want - the email system can send attachments, and the admins get what they want - the email system doesn't have to archive attachments.
so - just to make sure we're on the same page here:
Aliases
( from man bash ) allow a string to be substituted for a word when it is used as the first word of a simple command. The shell maintains a list of aliases that may be set and unset with the alias and unaliases builtin commands...
Script
a program written in a scripting language. May be a shell script, perl script, ruby script, etc
So... an alias is something you either set on the command line, or in your shell startup scripts. it's usually something you type a lot, and is used to save keystrokes, or something complicated that you do occasionally and have to look up the syntax for each time. for example, many people create the following alias:
alias ll="ls -al"
so that they just have to type 'll'.
shell scripts are little programs.
In either case, you can write these yourself, and deploy them to your own user accounts on the machines. Assuming, that is, that you actually have your own user account, and that they're not just hading out root to everyone. In which case you have bigger problems than not knowing what an alias is.
I'm Aryan, you insensitive clod! We don't advocate hurting anyone.
It's a sad state when the mere celebration of one's race, if not a minority, is automatically interpreted by others as racism. People who play the race card so frequently, I think, are the true racists.
"White pride" doesn't have to mean "down with blacks" any more than "Muslim pride" means "bomb America". Please don't generalize like this. It perpetuates the racism you might aim to solve.
>You seem to have confused "The GPL world" with "Slashdot"
not really. We happen to be having this discussion on slashdot, but the FA is a post by some guy named torvalds on a linux kernel mailing liist.
>We're in a discussion about the Linux kernel; >don't those hundreds of developers standing >on each other's shoulders count for anything?
well, no. because there are no derived works involved. it's just new versions of the same thing, and the fact that developers working on new versions of a product get to see the code for the older versions of the same product is hardly a uniquely GPL thing.
My point was supposed to be that the GPL fanbois seem to think that without GPL nothing will ever get shared, because people won't be forced to. In reality, i see many more significant OSS products released under BSD-like licenses than GPL ones.
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> The whole *point* of RFID was to replace barcodes because on assembly
> line like systems the barcodes must be aligned properly with a laser that reads them.
right. which is why the barcode reader at albertsons lets me orient the barcode anywhere within 2/3 of a sphere and can still read it with no issues.
>When will we see headlines talking about impeachment?
don't be silly, impeachments are about sex, not abuses of power. Noone is giving the pres a blowjob in the oval office, ergo, no impeachment.
> The practice is of course used to help mask their money printing
Um... Yeah. Except the Federal Reserve doesn't print money. That's the Mint You're thinking of.
Nice job demonstrating the typical lack of actual economic understanding possessed by Gold-Standard Nutters though.
> Is where Microsoft stopped innovating
um... MS innovating? other than MS Bob, which innovations are you refering to?
> Actually, it does in a way (because sh itself IIRC is nothing more than a subset of bash nowadays).
bzzzt. thank you for demonstrating that you dont use anything but linux.
Most linux distros take advantage that if you create a link to the bash executable and call it "sh", the bash executable will notice this and pretend to be the born shell. This does not mean that all unixen 'sh' executables are in fact bash.
> People would buy OSX w/o Apple hardware. The reverse isn't true. Therefore, Apple is a software company.
I use apple hardware without apple software - I'm currently running OpenBSD on 2 Blue&White towers, and am planning to get a MacBook to run FreeBSD on.
>The system operator relaxes, and lets a log file fill up the rest of the disk.
If your logs are on the same partition (let alone _disk_) as your database files, you deserve this kind of fate.
> This is a layer of separation between developers and the underlying graphics libraries Qt (KDE) and GTK (Gnome)
Is it just me, or does this remind anyone else of swing? or wxwindows?both of which always look like crap
> How much does OpenBSD donate to the third party software devs that they use?
see where it says "+ patches" in your list?that's when they contribute fixes for problems in the software. They then notify the project that actually owns the software, who can then use the patches too. This is probibally more useful than sending money.
> Not calling you an idiot or liar.....but what platform are you running that there isn't a JVM for?
OpenBSD.
Did someone get Linux to run on a graphics card now? damn.
> just create junk aliases and simply keep them around for as long as necessary
if your mail server is configured to use address extensions, it's even easier than that.
address extensions take the form of username+extension@donmain.tld. You can make up any extension you want, and you don't have to tell the SMTP server about it ahead of time, so you can make up a new one for every form you fill out. If someone sells the exension, you can blacklist everything going to that extension.
You can set this up in postfix by setting the "recipient_delimiter" variable. seriously, it's that easy.
6 files. 4.4BSD lite was 4.4BSD with 6 files taken out. This is not exactly a huge deal. The reason noone wanted to touch BSD at the time was not technical, but that they didn't know how the lawsuit would come out.
>Yeah, but they sure as hell don't use sendmail.
>It's just easier to open a socket connection on port 25 and spew out
>your faked headers than it is to bother trying to hack it through sendmail.
which is why techniques like HELO verification and greylisting are so effective.
didn't ruby have this 10 years ago tho? isn't sun a little slow?
education is fine, except that people have to want to learn in order for it to work.
why not detatch the attachments, save them on a file or web server, insert a URL into the email, and require the user to enter their email password in order to download the attachment over html?
this way people get what they want - the email system can send attachments, and the admins get what they want - the email system doesn't have to archive attachments.
>With Mores law happening across many industries, from computers to biotech
um... what?
what does the number of transistors per square inch have to do with biotech?
Unless you're saying that technology growth in general follows the same kind of curve that moore predicted.
>do you guys think i should wear a blue shirt tomarrow?
I Hear Mauve has more RAM
So... an alias is something you either set on the command line, or in your shell startup scripts. it's usually something you type a lot, and is used to save keystrokes, or something complicated that you do occasionally and have to look up the syntax for each time. for example, many people create the following alias:
so that they just have to type 'll'.
shell scripts are little programs.
In either case, you can write these yourself, and deploy them to your own user accounts on the machines. Assuming, that is, that you actually have your own user account, and that they're not just hading out root to everyone. In which case you have bigger problems than not knowing what an alias is.
>Finally, Greenland will be green again!
not really. they called it that because of the green ice.
and you respond
I know you can't be expected to read the article, but not even the post? I believe this marks a new low for slashdot.
now i'm starting to spell like dan quail. shit.
>Well, marriage is supposed to be an institution,
>primarily designed to help raise children in a healthy environment.
according to whome ? please show me the historical record indicating that the person who thought up marrage had this in mind.
Don't have any? then you're just another control freak trying to push your morality on everyone else.
>You seem to have confused "The GPL world" with "Slashdot"
not really. We happen to be having this discussion on slashdot, but the FA is a post by some guy named torvalds on a linux kernel mailing liist.
>We're in a discussion about the Linux kernel;
>don't those hundreds of developers standing
>on each other's shoulders count for anything?
well, no. because there are no derived works involved. it's just new versions of the same thing, and the fact that developers working on new versions of a product get to see the code for the older versions of the same product is hardly a uniquely GPL thing.
My point was supposed to be that the GPL fanbois seem to think that without GPL nothing will ever get shared, because people won't be forced to. In reality, i see many more significant OSS products released under BSD-like licenses than GPL ones.