TFA seems to be wrong about this including US citizens. While I think fingerprinting anyone, citizen or not, coming into the country isn't something we should be doing, and certainly not when exiting, the bit about fingerprinting exiting US citizens is found nowhere other than in the article from IT News Australia. The actual DHS press release is very specific that this is a planned extension to US-VISIT and, as such, only applies to non-US-citizens:
I run 2.2.14 on my laptop (from which I'm posting this) and pcmcia works fine. It took a little to get everything set up (cough*X*cough) but once that's done, it runs beautifully. Have your friend check out the Linux Laptop HOWTO if he gets stuck.
Another good one is Hyperspace. Its thrust is superstring theory, but it also gives quite a good overview of unification and all that would go along with a "Theory of Everything". I read (and understood) it while still in high school. It's quite an excellent read. (One of the few books that I enjoyed enough to read more than once)
Speaking of ALSA...has anyone gotten it to work with Q3test? I'm running ALSA 0.3.0-pre4 and I've not been able to get the sound to work. Yes, I've killed esd and checked the mixer levels. (Sound in Q2 works just fine) Q3 finds the card and there are no error messages, but there's also no sound. (Which makes for somewhat of a lesser gaming experience...) Perhaps I'm just cursed.
While I am going on as little info as everyone else, I would bet that Lucas Arts, Lucasfilm, etc. do not play any part here. After all, the hint from Illiad included a quote about "negative connotations within your cartoon regarding [our client]." This, coupled with UserFriendly's stance on Microsoft and the many parodies wherein they are the chief "victim," if you will, lead me to believe that it is Microsoft.
As far as the "Death Star" reference, I'd say that this strip and those around it give a pretty clear indication as to whom he is referring.
Yet I do not see the motive behind this move as UserFriendly is not exactly an unknown site, and it is well known that the Open Source community tends to protect its own. Legally, I do not believe they have a leg on which to stand. (Though I'm not a lawyer and could be talking through my hat.) I don't see any outcome other than bad PR for them, which makes me think that perhaps an overeager member of the legal department fired this off without doing his homework.
It will be most interesting to see how this pans out. Especially when our mystery guest is revealed.
Everyone seems to forget that Slashdot has been growing by leaps and bounds lately. Don't be suprised that there are a few problems. Be suprised that it hasn't crashed and burned long ago.
Why? I'd guess that it probably has something to do with the fact that Rob et al have been busting their butts to keep it running so all the Slashdot Longhairs can make them feel appreciated by telling them how much Slashdot sucks.
I know I'm kicking a dead horse, but it seems that most forget that this is a free site, run by volunteers who care deeply about it. I'm not saying constructive criticism is bad, but there's a reason they call it constructive.
Rob, thanks for running the best site on the Web. Keep up the awesome work. (And don't OD on those caffienated penguins!)
The answer to this problem is in the FAQ on www.x11amp.org. What you need to do is turn off skins, or unzip the skin to a directory and run it that way. (That's what I'm doing and it works fine in 2.2pre4)
Slashdot Mirror
http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/24/ftc-twitter-privacy-settlement/
TFA seems to be wrong about this including US citizens. While I think fingerprinting anyone, citizen or not, coming into the country isn't something we should be doing, and certainly not when exiting, the bit about fingerprinting exiting US citizens is found nowhere other than in the article from IT News Australia. The actual DHS press release is very specific that this is a planned extension to US-VISIT and, as such, only applies to non-US-citizens:
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=AUSASAIR.story&STORY=/www/story/05-28-2009/0005034173&EDATE=THU+May+28+2009,+01:22+PM
Several additional articles all clearly indicating that this applies only to non-citizens:
http://www.fcw.com/Articles/2009/05/27/Web-US-VISIT-pilots.aspx
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090528_7835.php?oref=rss
http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/safefree/fisc_order_08162 007.pdf
I run 2.2.14 on my laptop (from which I'm posting this) and pcmcia works fine. It took a little to get everything set up (cough*X*cough) but once that's done, it runs beautifully. Have your friend check out the Linux Laptop HOWTO if he gets stuck.
You should also be able to use xpdf if you don't want to deal with installing Acrobat.
http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/
Another good one is Hyperspace. Its thrust is superstring theory, but it also gives quite a good overview of unification and all that would go along with a "Theory of Everything". I read (and understood) it while still in high school. It's quite an excellent read. (One of the few books that I enjoyed enough to read more than once)
Speaking of ALSA...has anyone gotten it to work with Q3test? I'm running ALSA 0.3.0-pre4 and I've not been able to get the sound to work. Yes, I've killed esd and checked the mixer levels. (Sound in Q2 works just fine) Q3 finds the card and there are no error messages, but there's also no sound. (Which makes for somewhat of a lesser gaming experience...) Perhaps I'm just cursed.
Chris
While I am going on as little info as everyone else, I would bet that Lucas Arts, Lucasfilm, etc. do not play any part here. After all, the hint from Illiad included a quote about "negative connotations within your cartoon regarding [our client]." This, coupled with UserFriendly's stance on Microsoft and the many parodies wherein they are the chief "victim," if you will, lead me to believe that it is Microsoft.
As far as the "Death Star" reference, I'd say that this strip and those around it give a pretty clear indication as to whom he is referring.
Yet I do not see the motive behind this move as UserFriendly is not exactly an unknown site, and it is well known that the Open Source community tends to protect its own. Legally, I do not believe they have a leg on which to stand. (Though I'm not a lawyer and could be talking through my hat.) I don't see any outcome other than bad PR for them, which makes me think that perhaps an overeager member of the legal department fired this off without doing his homework.
It will be most interesting to see how this pans out. Especially when our mystery guest is revealed.
Chris
Everyone seems to forget that Slashdot has been growing by leaps and bounds lately. Don't be suprised that there are a few problems. Be suprised that it hasn't crashed and burned long ago.
Why? I'd guess that it probably has something to do with the fact that Rob et al have been busting their butts to keep it running so all the Slashdot Longhairs can make them feel appreciated by telling them how much Slashdot sucks.
I know I'm kicking a dead horse, but it seems that most forget that this is a free site, run by volunteers who care deeply about it. I'm not saying constructive criticism is bad, but there's a reason they call it constructive.
Rob, thanks for running the best site on the Web. Keep up the awesome work. (And don't OD on those caffienated penguins!)
Chris
Hey, is this cool or what?
Plus, it compiles on Linux "out of the box."
gcc -o backlight backlight.cpp
Chris
The answer to this problem is in the FAQ on www.x11amp.org. What you need to do is turn off skins, or unzip the skin to a directory and run it that way. (That's what I'm doing and it works fine in 2.2pre4)
Chris