You were doing good till you forgot this was IBM and IBM has... (dramatic pause)... LAWYERS! Not to mention that IBM likes to manipulate it's end users by locking them into proprietary solutions. Such as the RS6000 product line.
Many moons ago, when the Internet was handed over to profit based companies, AOL wasn't a big deal. But since then, they have managed to deliver a bastardized version of the internet into the homes of tons of people. In short, this kinda sucks. Not only are AOL users issolated technology wise, they typically act like the entire Internet is something they are entitled to because they pay for it. I don't think they play nicely, so I don't think anyone should play with them. The old sandbox rule.
I work at IBM. Everyone outside of IBM tells me, "It must be great working at IBM with all the Linux stuff they do." To be honest, nothing at IBM involves Linux. Everything IBM has done with Linux has been essentially an external posturing and hype. Otherwise you would see Notes for Linux, Lotus Smartsuite for Linux, and Linux would run properly on RS6000 machines with Token Ring.
IBM might want everyone out there to use Linux, but until I see IBM using Linux, I won't believe it.
It's good to see others picking up on similar traits in important people. Wozniak, Linux and Carmack have a similar, even, levelheaded approach to everything. This makes me value their opinions and decisions above other peoples. I think this attitude is paramount in being a good role model for other hackers trying to grapple with the tough decisions.
> Once on site, point the "big guns" out the "car windows" and waste 'em.
I guess this is the new `medical' term.;) A drive by shooting on the celular scale? What happens when you have `gangs' of nanites patrolling your body, marking territory and raising hell? Would you have to take drugs just to satisfy their demands and justify their protection of your body?
This is another area where my idea for an Open Source Army would work well. Destroying ships that violate the Earth is a worthwhile endevour. So who's with me on this Open Source Army? It would be non-central and the policy system would be totally open sourced.;)
Jon Katz. The man, the myth, the legend. He has managed to say so much, yet mean so little. Where can I begin to celebrate his ability to water down real life into an easy to swallow, hard to read, Slashdot article? He is truly the king of trolls. His mighty pen slashes across the Internet like an oar through sewer water. I salute Jon Katz, not as a writer, nor as a person, but as the construct he is. Simply a modified Complaint Generator on PCP.
I'm going to agree for the most part. Except for the part about everyone having an equal shot. Those with the most money (corporations and governments) will be able to put this information to work quicker. That's not really the problems, except that I question the agendas of governments and large corporations. Will they do the right things? Will the turn society into Gataca? Even if I have the most noble purposes for that information to be used wisely, without cash, my good intentions are rubish.
When you "log in" to Napster, the client sends your list of available files to the server. Searches use the database on the server, for speed. (Could you imagine trying to search for a file by opening a socket to thousands of modem-connected Widows systems, and then asking these systems whether they have anything matching your search criteria?)
Well, I've rarely seen anyone with anyhting less than a cable modem connection on there, so I can imagine opening that many connections. I do it everytime I run GameSpy to check thousands upon thousands of servers for ping time. So I don't see that as ludicrous at all.
I don't mean to give them ideas. But if they want to take on the tools used to transfer files (legit or not), they need to realize it's a fight they can't win. Sure, one guy might have his life ruined (for no reason I might add), but MP3's will go on and on and on.
2) There are no good guys or bad guys. There are just guys.
3) Nothing is left alone anymore. Everything is controlled and manipulated.
4) Those who control and manipulate have agendas.
5) No one knows what these agendas are.
My end point being that worrying over the future is silly. Writing your congressman and News Papers about how you feel is not a bad thing. Knowledge is power and knowing more (than even Katz) will mean that you are more able to make a better decision about how you want things to turn out. More knowledge helps you know what to do to help things turn out that way.
So go read up on genetics. Go read up on the Genome project and find out what exactly scientists can and cant do before you go and join some pro (or con) genome project rally and end up busting some K-Mart storefront someday.
Moderate this up or down. It won't make it any less true.
And this is the crux that the debate hangs on. Technically, Napster is providing servers that do nothing other than show who else using the client is connected. The clients talk to each other for all other information (or so I'm led to believe). If that is the case, Napster really can't control what files are sent/received by people using the clients talking to each other. I could rename pirated software to have an mp3 extension and use Napster to tranfer pirated wares.
So basically, Napster is a huge file sharing system not unlike ftp or http systems in use today. But with a dash of ICQ added in. If you are RIAA and you keep going after the people running a Napster server only to find out the guy has NO mp3's on his machine, doesn't listen to MP3's or copy music illegally, what do you do? What charge can you possibly bust this guy on? Facilitating the transfer of pirates audio? Might as well get the people who run FTP sites and so on who are ACTUALLY trying really hard to get illegal MP3's into the hands of other people.
We know Microsoft is rather un-ethical as far as companies go. And Scientology is the ultimate Evil. Is there any doubt that the two are linked? It won't suprise me to see more `alliances' in the future between these two tyrants of vile injustice.
TRUSTe has no teeth. Did anyone expect them to be some kind of enforcers of privacy? I certainly never thought so. Basically TRUSTe membership is like getting a `Top 5% of the web' sticker for your web page. Woo woo. Until these two articles, I never thought for a second TRUSTe was anything other than a convention to emulate some sense of privacy. If you trusted RealNetworks enough to give them valid information, then YOU did the trusting in RealNetworks. TRUSTe had nothing to do with that deal.
Now, I'm all for a serious group that asks members of the commercial world to join it in a serious effort to maintain some level of privacy for customers. But the overall problem I see is that no one would join if they actually had to submit to some third party group telling them what information they could and could not gather from their customers and how to manage it. Any ideas? I have a few but I'm not going to clutter up my post with incoherant ramblings. (Damn, messed that last bit up allready I guess.)
Once we know how the Earth wsa created, destroying it effeciently will be trivial. Optimized destruction of the Earth is much more cost effective than spending lots of money only to scar the surface. I think everyone will agree that this line of logic is superior and will lead to the largest pyrotechnic display possible.
I have begun to find out that there are two kinds of people in the IT field. There are those people who seek to be an extreme, and those who seek balance. Those who are extremists usually have a rally cry of `Security!' or `Cost savings!' Totally wrapt in their own technical crusade, they lose sight of the fact that to us doing work, these machines are people too. As a sysadmin I gave up bickering over how much I got payed and what tool I should use to track pr0n usage and took up ethical issues like this one. I have to say I feel better about being a Linux bigot.;)
With the advent of this game, I think that people are going to wonder who is the true Action Gaming God. In order to further our cause, I plan to launch a merchandising blitz of items labeled with WWCD?. You'll see it everywhere and it will force you to really think "What would Carmack do?" Would Carmack play a sissy game like this? No! Would Carmack write trash like Diakatana? No! Help me spread the WWCD message and rebuke the agents of Romero! Who is with me?!?!
Essentially, every time Intel starts with a new chip, they back their production off to the largest die size they can fit and start making chips slower than the end result will be. Then the release the chips in increasing speed. They never introduce a new chip and make it in many speeds, as that would not make them as much money. I stopped bying the in between chips. I wait till the next iteration comes out, then I buy the fastest of the older chip. I won't be bullied by some corporation! I will not be briefed, filed, stamped, indexed!;)
Does anyone else out there get the feeling that Intel could have released this processor at any time? Sometimes I wonder if they don't sell slower chips just to get people to keep buying faster and faster chips as they release them. It's a great way to make money and maximize profits instead of just releasing a faster chip every two years. And in this case, AMD might have caused them to have to jump the gun in order to show up the Athlon. Hmmm....
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That's domino server. There is no Linux Notes Client.
Bad Mojo
You were doing good till you forgot this was IBM and IBM has ... (dramatic pause) ... LAWYERS! Not to mention that IBM likes to manipulate it's end users by locking them into proprietary solutions. Such as the RS6000 product line.
Bad Mojo
Many moons ago, when the Internet was handed over to profit based companies, AOL wasn't a big deal. But since then, they have managed to deliver a bastardized version of the internet into the homes of tons of people. In short, this kinda sucks. Not only are AOL users issolated technology wise, they typically act like the entire Internet is something they are entitled to because they pay for it. I don't think they play nicely, so I don't think anyone should play with them. The old sandbox rule.
Bad Mojo
I work at IBM. Everyone outside of IBM tells me, "It must be great working at IBM with all the Linux stuff they do." To be honest, nothing at IBM involves Linux. Everything IBM has done with Linux has been essentially an external posturing and hype. Otherwise you would see Notes for Linux, Lotus Smartsuite for Linux, and Linux would run properly on RS6000 machines with Token Ring.
IBM might want everyone out there to use Linux, but until I see IBM using Linux, I won't believe it.
Bad Mojo
It's good to see others picking up on similar traits in important people. Wozniak, Linux and Carmack have a similar, even, levelheaded approach to everything. This makes me value their opinions and decisions above other peoples. I think this attitude is paramount in being a good role model for other hackers trying to grapple with the tough decisions.
Bad Mojo
> Once on site, point the "big guns" out the "car windows" and waste 'em.
;) A drive by shooting on the celular scale? What happens when you have `gangs' of nanites patrolling your body, marking territory and raising hell? Would you have to take drugs just to satisfy their demands and justify their protection of your body?
I guess this is the new `medical' term.
A very funny analogy I must say.
Bad Mojo
This is another area where my idea for an Open Source Army would work well. Destroying ships that violate the Earth is a worthwhile endevour. So who's with me on this Open Source Army? It would be non-central and the policy system would be totally open sourced. ;)
Someone, *PLEASE*, think of the penguins!
Bad Mojo
You should be shot for talking bad about C. Love. Even if she was just a pair of tits, them ain't no bad looking tits. Yum!
Bad Mojo
Jon Katz. The man, the myth, the legend. He has managed to say so much, yet mean so little. Where can I begin to celebrate his ability to water down real life into an easy to swallow, hard to read, Slashdot article? He is truly the king of trolls. His mighty pen slashes across the Internet like an oar through sewer water. I salute Jon Katz, not as a writer, nor as a person, but as the construct he is. Simply a modified Complaint Generator on PCP.
Bad Mojo
Fix the freaking hubble space telescope! It's damn busted!
/. right?
Astronauts read
Bad Mojo
I'm going to agree for the most part. Except for the part about everyone having an equal shot. Those with the most money (corporations and governments) will be able to put this information to work quicker. That's not really the problems, except that I question the agendas of governments and large corporations. Will they do the right things? Will the turn society into Gataca? Even if I have the most noble purposes for that information to be used wisely, without cash, my good intentions are rubish.
Bad Mojo
Well, I've rarely seen anyone with anyhting less than a cable modem connection on there, so I can imagine opening that many connections. I do it everytime I run GameSpy to check thousands upon thousands of servers for ping time. So I don't see that as ludicrous at all.
I don't mean to give them ideas. But if they want to take on the tools used to transfer files (legit or not), they need to realize it's a fight they can't win. Sure, one guy might have his life ruined (for no reason I might add), but MP3's will go on and on and on.
Bad Mojo
1) No one knows what will happen in the future.
2) There are no good guys or bad guys. There are just guys.
3) Nothing is left alone anymore. Everything is controlled and manipulated.
4) Those who control and manipulate have agendas.
5) No one knows what these agendas are.
My end point being that worrying over the future is silly. Writing your congressman and News Papers about how you feel is not a bad thing. Knowledge is power and knowing more (than even Katz) will mean that you are more able to make a better decision about how you want things to turn out. More knowledge helps you know what to do to help things turn out that way.
So go read up on genetics. Go read up on the Genome project and find out what exactly scientists can and cant do before you go and join some pro (or con) genome project rally and end up busting some K-Mart storefront someday.
Moderate this up or down. It won't make it any less true.
Bad Mojo
And this is the crux that the debate hangs on. Technically, Napster is providing servers that do nothing other than show who else using the client is connected. The clients talk to each other for all other information (or so I'm led to believe). If that is the case, Napster really can't control what files are sent/received by people using the clients talking to each other. I could rename pirated software to have an mp3 extension and use Napster to tranfer pirated wares.
So basically, Napster is a huge file sharing system not unlike ftp or http systems in use today. But with a dash of ICQ added in. If you are RIAA and you keep going after the people running a Napster server only to find out the guy has NO mp3's on his machine, doesn't listen to MP3's or copy music illegally, what do you do? What charge can you possibly bust this guy on? Facilitating the transfer of pirates audio? Might as well get the people who run FTP sites and so on who are ACTUALLY trying really hard to get illegal MP3's into the hands of other people.
Bad Mojo
"Well, until I find a box (tin or not) that has both the Win32 & Linux executables's bundled, I'm not gonna buy."
Well, I guess you're never going to buy it, then. And I would hope you stick to this statement because I would hate to see you not buy what you want.
IE: Don't go around shouting out definite statements when you don't even know what's going on.
Bad Mojo
We know Microsoft is rather un-ethical as far as companies go. And Scientology is the ultimate Evil. Is there any doubt that the two are linked? It won't suprise me to see more `alliances' in the future between these two tyrants of vile injustice.
Bad Mojo
The only thing I can tell anyone here, or anyone currently attending school is ...
"I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own." No. 6
Be like number 6.
Bad Mojo
Good point. ;)
Bad Mojo
"The general rule is, if Slashdot sees your patent, nobody is going to respect you in the
.. is showing your `patent' to /. like sleeping around?
morning."
So
Bad Mojo
TRUSTe has no teeth. Did anyone expect them to be some kind of enforcers of privacy? I certainly never thought so. Basically TRUSTe membership is like getting a `Top 5% of the web' sticker for your web page. Woo woo. Until these two articles, I never thought for a second TRUSTe was anything other than a convention to emulate some sense of privacy. If you trusted RealNetworks enough to give them valid information, then YOU did the trusting in RealNetworks. TRUSTe had nothing to do with that deal.
Now, I'm all for a serious group that asks members of the commercial world to join it in a serious effort to maintain some level of privacy for customers. But the overall problem I see is that no one would join if they actually had to submit to some third party group telling them what information they could and could not gather from their customers and how to manage it. Any ideas? I have a few but I'm not going to clutter up my post with incoherant ramblings. (Damn, messed that last bit up allready I guess.)
Bad Mojo
Once we know how the Earth wsa created, destroying it effeciently will be trivial. Optimized destruction of the Earth is much more cost effective than spending lots of money only to scar the surface. I think everyone will agree that this line of logic is superior and will lead to the largest pyrotechnic display possible.
Bad Mojo
I have begun to find out that there are two kinds of people in the IT field. There are those people who seek to be an extreme, and those who seek balance. Those who are extremists usually have a rally cry of `Security!' or `Cost savings!' Totally wrapt in their own technical crusade, they lose sight of the fact that to us doing work, these machines are people too. As a sysadmin I gave up bickering over how much I got payed and what tool I should use to track pr0n usage and took up ethical issues like this one. I have to say I feel better about being a Linux bigot. ;)
Bad Mojo
With the advent of this game, I think that people are going to wonder who is the true Action Gaming God. In order to further our cause, I plan to launch a merchandising blitz of items labeled with WWCD?. You'll see it everywhere and it will force you to really think "What would Carmack do?" Would Carmack play a sissy game like this? No! Would Carmack write trash like Diakatana? No! Help me spread the WWCD message and rebuke the agents of Romero! Who is with me?!?!
Bad Mojo
Essentially, every time Intel starts with a new chip, they back their production off to the largest die size they can fit and start making chips slower than the end result will be. Then the release the chips in increasing speed. They never introduce a new chip and make it in many speeds, as that would not make them as much money. I stopped bying the in between chips. I wait till the next iteration comes out, then I buy the fastest of the older chip. I won't be bullied by some corporation! I will not be briefed, filed, stamped, indexed! ;)
Bad Mojo
Does anyone else out there get the feeling that Intel could have released this processor at any time? Sometimes I wonder if they don't sell slower chips just to get people to keep buying faster and faster chips as they release them. It's a great way to make money and maximize profits instead of just releasing a faster chip every two years. And in this case, AMD might have caused them to have to jump the gun in order to show up the Athlon. Hmmm....
Bad Mojo