...spoken like someone that's never mis-typed a domain name and gotten redirected to a hardcore porn site when his boss is nearby... thus getting the bitching from the boss *AND* a draconian IT department.
But I got a better job anyway, so..
-LjM
Unforseen circumstance
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Something a lot of/.ers might not have thought about:
Under the cybersquatting law, which also covers "words similar to trademarks, to draw traffic to their own sites" (from the CNN article), this link to to linux.org would be illegal.
Wonder how they'll handle pre-existing domains. Grandfathered? Ordered taken down? Allowed to expire gracefully?
Woah there, Steve, didn't mean to ruffle anything, only point out that the people that are most directly affected by a particular type of prohibition are also the ones most likely to be opposed to it.
If I wish to do activity A, but there is a law prohibiting me from doing activity A, it only makes sense that I will be opposed to that law.
However, if I am in favor of the prohibition that keeps activity A illegal, I am very UNLIKELY to be someone that participates in this activity.
I didn't say anything anywhere about people that feel it should be an individual's choice - yet choose not to participate themselves (which is where you stand, it sounds like).
Yep, I'm also in Austin (but not at Clear Commerce, kick Chaz and Jher in the head for me, eh?), and we get some of the similar perks... free soda machines, free beer Friday afternoons, medium-frequent movies/lunches/daytrips courtesy of the company...
And yes, best of all, NOT in California.
-LjM
Re:Cartridges and regular DVD players
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There are two types of media used for DVD-RAM, type 1 and type 2.
Type 1 is a special double-sided disk in a cartridge that cannot be removed from the drive without data loss.
Type 2 are single-sided disks that can be removed from the cartridge and read in some normal DVD-ROM drives.
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No, Y2K non-compliance doesn't work better or even as well.
-LjM
I guess I'm just new at this sort of thing.
I'm a firm believer in "It works. Fuck it."
If it works *better*, great. But if it works *the same*, just prettier, FUCK IT.
-LjM
You forgot one:
So hung over I won't care if the rivers run red with blood.
(stolen from some
-LjM
...spoken like someone that's never mis-typed a domain name and gotten redirected to a hardcore porn site when his boss is nearby... thus getting the bitching from the boss *AND* a draconian IT department.
But I got a better job anyway, so..
-LjM
Something a lot of /.ers might not have thought about:
Under the cybersquatting law, which also covers "words similar to trademarks, to draw traffic to their own sites" (from the CNN article), this link to to linux.org would be illegal.
Wonder how they'll handle pre-existing domains. Grandfathered? Ordered taken down? Allowed to expire gracefully?
-LjM
Woah there, Steve, didn't mean to ruffle anything, only point out that the people that are most directly affected by a particular type of prohibition are also the ones most likely to be opposed to it.
If I wish to do activity A, but there is a law prohibiting me from doing activity A, it only makes sense that I will be opposed to that law.
However, if I am in favor of the prohibition that keeps activity A illegal, I am very UNLIKELY to be someone that participates in this activity.
I didn't say anything anywhere about people that feel it should be an individual's choice - yet choose not to participate themselves (which is where you stand, it sounds like).
Sorry for not being more clear on this one...
-LjM
They're the ones most directly affected by it!
How many pot smokers are in favor of keeping pot illegal? How many people in favor of keeping pot illegal smoke it?
This isn't rocket science, geez.
-LjM
Except that in the lyrics included with the CD, he spells it "loser".
-LjM
Yep, I'm also in Austin (but not at Clear Commerce, kick Chaz and Jher in the head for me, eh?), and we get some of the similar perks... free soda machines, free beer Friday afternoons, medium-frequent movies/lunches/daytrips courtesy of the company...
And yes, best of all, NOT in California.
-LjM
There are two types of media used for DVD-RAM, type 1 and type 2.
Type 1 is a special double-sided disk in a cartridge that cannot be removed from the drive without data loss.
Type 2 are single-sided disks that can be removed from the cartridge and read in some normal DVD-ROM drives.
More info here: http://www.cdpage.com/DVD/dvdram.html
-LjM
^Linux is Cheaper to maintain than NT, you just
.sig here a while back that I really liked.
^ have to have patience and time.
What's your time worth?
Mine's worth an awful lot.
I can't remember who it was, but I caught a
"Linux is only free if your time has no value."
-LjM