So far, most of the posts on this article have sugested moving to a server either in somewhere such as Russia or China, or into international waters. O.K, so that's your server outside of the US.
However, even with the hardware outside of the US, is the admin still responsible for any content? Could a cival lawsuit still be brought against you for being admin of a site outside of the US (That contravines US law?)
Also, if your server only has one link into the rest of the internet (Via. a US router, for example), can whoever-you-may-or-maynot-have-pissed-off legally have your link disconected (Perhaps with the threat of legal action against whoever hosts the router you're linked too?)
Just wondering if anyone has thought of any of this.
MacOS X has extra layers that many apps use/will use, such as Carbon, and the other Apple specific API's that they've included. You won't find these on anything but a MacOS X box. Don't think that Apple will make these API's & libraries available to BSD developers either. Without these libraries, the MacOS X programs arn't going to compile on your *BSD box.
Doing it the other way & compiling BSD tools on MacOS X would be a trivial task though, with a suitable shell & compiler installed.
Oh, don't get your knickers in a twist. When you have some moderator points, you can moderate down what you like. If it was such a bad moderation (Which i don't think it was), then there's always meta-moderation.
In short, no. There are several computer-fax programs available (I think Windows might include such a program as standard in fact), which allows you to send faxes using a standard modem.
If a spamer used one of these programs to send unsolicted fax's, would the writer of the fax program be repsonsible for it's use? No, he wouldn't. So, neither would Microsoft be responsible for unsolicted faxes being sent with it's software.
Not really. Ever since DeCSS caught the rath of the MPAA, evryone has been saying "We only want to be able to play DVD's on the platform of our choice". Well, now they can. Noone said they wanted to be able to play DVD's on the platform of their choice, but only if the player was Open Source.
It's a case of cutting off your nose to spite your face.
That's a very nice response. It's short, to the point, and very clear.
The only downside to it that i can see that it doesn't seem very strongly worded. Wether or not that is a bad thing, i'm not sure. Focusing on the lack of protection for the so called "Trade secret" is definatly a good move, it will be interesting to see the response to it. Questions about Microsofts use of the Kerberos name, though, is a completly seperate issue imho, and it may have been best to leave that bit for someone else.
It wasn't as good/as suitable for the job? The SysAdmin knew more about *BSD than Linux? The BSD CD was an inch closer to his hand than the Slack CD? Who knows? Who cares? You can read Slashdot again now, so what does it matter?
A series based on the Lone Gunmen? All we'd get would be 45 minutes of three guys sat about earting pizza, hacking Perl code, and reloading Slashdot once a minute?
Come to think of it, that sounds like the Slashdot crew....maybe Fox should just take a couple of cameras into the geek compound for a couple of weeks?;)
The RIAA, MPAA and U.S. Government are probably going to attempt to shove it down your throat.
Quiet true. For nearly a centuary now, Europe/Australasia has copied laws passed in the US, an example of which is the hard line on drug's. The US likes to press it's laws onto the world citizens, because it suits them well.
When a law such as the DMCA is passed in the US, you can be sure a politician somewhere, will amend it and attempt to introduce it into your local laws.
I'm from the UK myself, and it's already begining to happen with the RIP bill. DMCA protests here i come....
I am loath to do this, because i hate to see posts like this. That post is not "Insightful" in any possible way. It has nothing to do with the article, hence it is "Off Topic", or possibly "Troll". Yes, i am also aware of the irony of posting to an Offtopic post.
In fact, it's not as obvious as that. [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[-/+] only cycles you through pre-defined display settings. How do you change the settings? You need a tool such as XConfigurator or xf86config. How do you set the default display settings? It isn't obvious that XConfigurator sets the default display settings to the first selection you make.
X simply can't change resolution on the fly. Is it a limitiation of X? Joe A. User couldn't care less...
If you want to make Linux easier to use, there are some pretty obvious things that could be done straight away:
1. Seperate UI designers from the hackers. Hackers make interfaces for hackers. Joe A. User doesn't want to use a hacker interface.
2. Integrate X more for those who want it. Ask yourself this, how do you change the display settings in X? How do you change the display settings in Windows/Mac OS? Which is easier for Joe A. User to do?
3. Make the documentation easier to read. Avoid acronyms, hacker-ish speak, obscure references, in jokes etc. etc. Joe A. User doesn't want to slog through a load of unrelated documentation to find what he needs.
4. Standardise. Want help on a command program? Is it prog -h, prog --help, or just prog? Wanna guess? Joe A. User doesn't.
5. Instalation & configuartion. Most programs are either source & a makefile, or an RPM/Deb. Some arn't, and use non standard installation routines. Stop it. Try to keep the config files in one standard place (/etc for example).
I'm sure there are more, these are the most obvious. Work on these first, then shine it all up nice & purdy. Remember, Joe A. User will still use Windows, if it's easier to use.
O.K, i'm sorry if my orginal post implied that i thought that PC's & Macs "where the only computers". Certainly not, i used to own an Amiga (Not more than 2 years ago), and have used Acorns before. So i know what the ARM is like in use.:)
The question was a real one. Embeded systems honestly didn't cross my mind. You give some good examples. But, does/would the self-timed ARM designs still consume more power than a Transmeta? Does anyone have any hard data on the two for a comparision?
The EMF from the CPU may be lower, but you still have all that Microwave radiation being bounced off your head. Time to invest in a lead balaclava if you want to stop your mother worrying;)
1. The power requirements are significantly lower for the ARM based CPU than they are for Transmeta based CPU's.
2. The advantages of the Transmeta (being x86/PowerPC compatible) do not outway the advantages of using the ARM.
In fact, if anyone can give some examples where the users benefit is greater using an ARM solution than an x86 or even PowerPC based solution, i'd love to know what they are. ARM's are cool CPU's and all, but hardly predominant in the current market place.
I was going to post here some instructions on how to get around the EULA. But i shan't because it wouldn't be fair on Slashdot at the moment. My post has been effectivly censored by Microsoft/the DMCA.
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So far, most of the posts on this article have sugested moving to a server either in somewhere such as Russia or China, or into international waters. O.K, so that's your server outside of the US.
However, even with the hardware outside of the US, is the admin still responsible for any content? Could a cival lawsuit still be brought against you for being admin of a site outside of the US (That contravines US law?)
Also, if your server only has one link into the rest of the internet (Via. a US router, for example), can whoever-you-may-or-maynot-have-pissed-off legally have your link disconected (Perhaps with the threat of legal action against whoever hosts the router you're linked too?)
Just wondering if anyone has thought of any of this.
Probably less trivial than you think.
MacOS X has extra layers that many apps use/will use, such as Carbon, and the other Apple specific API's that they've included. You won't find these on anything but a MacOS X box. Don't think that Apple will make these API's & libraries available to BSD developers either. Without these libraries, the MacOS X programs arn't going to compile on your *BSD box.
Doing it the other way & compiling BSD tools on MacOS X would be a trivial task though, with a suitable shell & compiler installed.
Oh, don't get your knickers in a twist. When you have some moderator points, you can moderate down what you like. If it was such a bad moderation (Which i don't think it was), then there's always meta-moderation.
In short, no. There are several computer-fax programs available (I think Windows might include such a program as standard in fact), which allows you to send faxes using a standard modem.
If a spamer used one of these programs to send unsolicted fax's, would the writer of the fax program be repsonsible for it's use? No, he wouldn't. So, neither would Microsoft be responsible for unsolicted faxes being sent with it's software.
It sucks, I know.
Not really. Ever since DeCSS caught the rath of the MPAA, evryone has been saying "We only want to be able to play DVD's on the platform of our choice". Well, now they can. Noone said they wanted to be able to play DVD's on the platform of their choice, but only if the player was Open Source.
It's a case of cutting off your nose to spite your face.
That's a very nice response. It's short, to the point, and very clear.
The only downside to it that i can see that it doesn't seem very strongly worded. Wether or not that is a bad thing, i'm not sure. Focusing on the lack of protection for the so called "Trade secret" is definatly a good move, it will be interesting to see the response to it. Questions about Microsofts use of the Kerberos name, though, is a completly seperate issue imho, and it may have been best to leave that bit for someone else.
Still, all in all, Karma to the Slashdot lawyer.
#define DEAD 1 void tired(horse){ while(horse==DEAD) beat; }
What was wrong with Linux?
It wasn't as good/as suitable for the job? The SysAdmin knew more about *BSD than Linux? The BSD CD was an inch closer to his hand than the Slack CD? Who knows? Who cares? You can read Slashdot again now, so what does it matter?
Sure you're not thinking of a MCSE? Minesweeper Consultant and Solitair Expert....
A series based on the Lone Gunmen? All we'd get would be 45 minutes of three guys sat about earting pizza, hacking Perl code, and reloading Slashdot once a minute?
;)
Come to think of it, that sounds like the Slashdot crew....maybe Fox should just take a couple of cameras into the geek compound for a couple of weeks?
His movies have been flops for the most part...
There was Kalifornia. I thought that was quiet an interesting film, and if i remember correctly it pulled in a fair sized audience.
And yes, i am conveniantly forgeting The Red Shoe diaries...;)
The RIAA, MPAA and U.S. Government are probably going to attempt to shove it down your throat.
Quiet true. For nearly a centuary now, Europe/Australasia has copied laws passed in the US, an example of which is the hard line on drug's. The US likes to press it's laws onto the world citizens, because it suits them well.
When a law such as the DMCA is passed in the US, you can be sure a politician somewhere, will amend it and attempt to introduce it into your local laws.
I'm from the UK myself, and it's already begining to happen with the RIP bill. DMCA protests here i come....
Congratulations, you win the doofus of the day award! It's Star Trek, not StarWars, thats a whole diferent universe ;)
Just have, theres some briliant stuff in there. A lot of very good social commentry in there too.
The Duron will use Socket A. AMD have also anounced Socket A version of the Athlon too, iirc. But either way, you'll need a motherboard.
By the way, Socket 7? What where you thinking man?!
I am loath to do this, because i hate to see posts like this. That post is not "Insightful" in any possible way. It has nothing to do with the article, hence it is "Off Topic", or possibly "Troll". Yes, i am also aware of the irony of posting to an Offtopic post.
In fact, it's not as obvious as that. [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[-/+] only cycles you through pre-defined display settings. How do you change the settings? You need a tool such as XConfigurator or xf86config. How do you set the default display settings? It isn't obvious that XConfigurator sets the default display settings to the first selection you make.
X simply can't change resolution on the fly. Is it a limitiation of X? Joe A. User couldn't care less...
If you want to make Linux easier to use, there are some pretty obvious things that could be done straight away:
1. Seperate UI designers from the hackers. Hackers make interfaces for hackers. Joe A. User doesn't want to use a hacker interface.
2. Integrate X more for those who want it. Ask yourself this, how do you change the display settings in X? How do you change the display settings in Windows/Mac OS? Which is easier for Joe A. User to do?
3. Make the documentation easier to read. Avoid acronyms, hacker-ish speak, obscure references, in jokes etc. etc. Joe A. User doesn't want to slog through a load of unrelated documentation to find what he needs.
4. Standardise. Want help on a command program? Is it prog -h, prog --help, or just prog? Wanna guess? Joe A. User doesn't.
5. Instalation & configuartion. Most programs are either source & a makefile, or an RPM/Deb. Some arn't, and use non standard installation routines. Stop it. Try to keep the config files in one standard place (/etc for example).
I'm sure there are more, these are the most obvious. Work on these first, then shine it all up nice & purdy. Remember, Joe A. User will still use Windows, if it's easier to use.
O.K, i'm sorry if my orginal post implied that i thought that PC's & Macs "where the only computers". Certainly not, i used to own an Amiga (Not more than 2 years ago), and have used Acorns before. So i know what the ARM is like in use. :)
The question was a real one. Embeded systems honestly didn't cross my mind. You give some good examples. But, does/would the self-timed ARM designs still consume more power than a Transmeta? Does anyone have any hard data on the two for a comparision?
The EMF from the CPU may be lower, but you still have all that Microwave radiation being bounced off your head. Time to invest in a lead balaclava if you want to stop your mother worrying ;)
That would depend on a couple of things:
1. The power requirements are significantly lower for the ARM based CPU than they are for Transmeta based CPU's.
2. The advantages of the Transmeta (being x86/PowerPC compatible) do not outway the advantages of using the ARM.
In fact, if anyone can give some examples where the users benefit is greater using an ARM solution than an x86 or even PowerPC based solution, i'd love to know what they are. ARM's are cool CPU's and all, but hardly predominant in the current market place.
Europe: Loosers. I like guys with brains. I'm going with Scandinavia.
Not to mention that fact that as soon as it got anywhere near enough to the sun it would probably burn up before it could be detonated anyway.
Oh, and if you moderate this down, it will be proof that you nazis...
I'm invoking Godwins law. Discusion over.
I was going to post here some instructions on how to get around the EULA. But i shan't because it wouldn't be fair on Slashdot at the moment. My post has been effectivly censored by Microsoft/the DMCA.