They didn't care when all of the privacy oriented organizations raised hell about it in the first place. The only reason they are doing it now is because they're getting thier asses stomped by the chip juggernaut that is Athlon. Hey Intel, how many public relations fubars can your company handle?
...and boycott anything from Bridge publications
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Roughly 10 years ago I went to a library to pick up a sci fi book to read. I found the Mission Earth series and I liked the 1st book so much that I bought the entire dekalogy in hardback soon afterwards (please spare me the flames, I'm aware that many scifi fans think that Hubbard put the aAck! in Hack). I wish I would have bought them through a Waldenbooks store instead of bridge publications (the address I got from the book cover). At the time I didn't know jack about scientology, dianetics, etc ad nauseum. Just thought it was a bunch of selfhelp hoo-haa amongst other "Improve Yourself! Get Rich Quick!" scams of the day. Soon after I became aware of what the scientologists were about (during the early 90's start of censorship wars about their "sacred texts" being trashed online) I became very careful not to give them my business again. To make matters worse, I've been on every damn mailing list the scientologists put out because I ordered through Bridge publications, a front group for them. Ironic that this subject came up now...I just got in the mail a poster advertisement for this movie. John Travolta can go SHOCK himself if he thinks I'm going to see this wacko propaganda hack.
Yes. Stand back and watch the government ban it for those situations and then they'll turn around and use it themselves to catch those eViL HaXoRs Just like it's hypocritical stance on the use of encryption
Ah, yes, life in the Echelon era.
[I tried to find the link to a news story (not sure if it was on/.) that was SO perfect for my comment, but can't find it....something about where the govt is now authorizing itself to insert a "swat" team of sorts into someones home to tap their computer]
You are SO correct. I remember when I first got on the net (circa 94 or so) you HAD to be 18, and have a valid credit card. Other than most children not owning a credit card, the age limit by my (former) ISP would catch the rest.
Not to say there isn't stuff on the net for children, but its up to the parent, and NOONE else to guide them to it and moniter once they're on.
From the writing.on.the.wall.dept. here's why I bought AMD:
(snipped from HNN) S2105 Would make it a crime to tamper with identification codes put in place by manufacturers. Disabling or changing such codes would be a crime. So changing a MAC address or disabling the PIII ID code would now be a crime. http://cryptome.org/s2105.txt
Heh, mine alone should pay for your project, Linus' new ferrari, Bruce Perens new mansion with 14 car garage, ESR's new gun collection, etc ad spendium.:) Not the greatest rate, but not a bad one either. Sure starts up conversations quick when I pay for things with it. (Switched all of my accounts to this card...thats what you call putting your wallet where your mouth is when it comes to linux evangelization).
I thought there were several mall-like linux vendors that sold them. I don't remember where I got my 6" Tux from, but it looks cool sitting on top of my speakers. As if that (and the "powered by linux" stickers on my case) doesn't make a statement when I have friends over at my house, I serve drinks with penguin ice cubes. I bought the penguin tray from (I think) Target and it always seems to bring up the "oh, how cute" statements.:)
I know, because I'm a mutation between a gadget freak and an avid paintballer. Check out the Tracerball You can get the paintballs in red, green, blue, and yellow. I had one once, but it broke because its made of REALLY cheap plastic, but I'll end up buying another one eventually just becuase its so damn cool looking. The basic idea is that it fits onto the end of the barrel of most paintguns and you use special paint that is illuminated by 4 lights on the inside of the attachment each time it detects a ball going through it. Last time I used it, I remember it still glowed on the guy I shot for a few seconds. Of course, like real tracers in real guns, you give yourself away. Best part about it is that when I played dark indoor games, I racked up ALOT of eliminations because of the uncanny effect of turning people into virtual "deer staring at headlights" when they see you shoot it. Easy pickin's!:) Makes for a great Star Wars scene when I put it on my fully automatic AT85.
I should know...hehe, I own all of the books:) Had something to do with his PHB sending him to Elbonia without any preparation, warning, equipment. I remember a line like this: "....and if you had a keyboard, you would type Ctrl-Alt-A".." . Then the Elbonians said they didn't have vowels in their alphabet. Thats paraphrased, but it's the FIRST thing I thought of when I read the /. title of this product. Tried to find a link on dilbert.com but couldn't find it. Funny!
I can't believe the Linux Cool Keyboard wasn't mentioned already and I'm really surprised more linux vendors don't sell this thing as standard. PS2 style, it has tactile feedback, L-shaped Enter key, inverted-T arrow keys, wake, sleep, and power keys, removable keyboard cover, NO WINDOZE KEY (107 total), in fact it has two Tux's and one "linux key" instead, and only $34.95 at Linuxmall.com. In fact, the price just went down. I just bought one 2 weeks ago there for $37. Has 1 year warranty and has the feel of the original IBM keyboards. If you dual boot into windoze, the Tux key functions the same as the Jolly Roger, er I mean the windoze flag key. This keyboard is outstanding, and it's certainly cheaper than those "Hey I've got an idea, let's put the arrow keys in one tiny cross pattern to torture our customers" that you find in horribly overpriced MS_Carpaltunnel Keyboards®
(Long time/. lurker, first time poster) Ok, someone send me a clue on this one. It is my understanding that China has had a one-child only policy in place for some time now. How is it that they are "brothers". Wouldn't that automatically nail them or their parents for another "crime" ?
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They didn't care when all of the privacy oriented organizations raised hell about it in the first place. The only reason they are doing it now is because they're getting thier asses stomped by the chip juggernaut that is Athlon. Hey Intel, how
many public relations fubars can your company handle?
Roughly 10 years ago I went to a library to pick up a sci fi book to read. I found the Mission Earth series and I liked the 1st book so much that I bought the entire dekalogy in hardback soon afterwards (please spare me the flames, I'm aware that many scifi fans think that Hubbard put the aAck! in Hack). I wish I would have bought them through a Waldenbooks store instead of bridge publications (the address I got from the book cover). At the time I didn't know jack about scientology, dianetics, etc ad nauseum. Just thought it was a bunch of selfhelp hoo-haa amongst other "Improve Yourself! Get Rich Quick!" scams of the day. Soon after I became aware of what the scientologists were about (during the early 90's start of censorship wars about their "sacred texts" being trashed online) I became very careful not to give them my business again. To make matters worse, I've been on every damn mailing list the scientologists put out because I ordered through Bridge publications, a front group for them. Ironic that this subject came up now...I just got in the mail a poster advertisement for this movie. John Travolta can go SHOCK himself if he thinks I'm going to see this wacko propaganda hack.
Yes. Stand back and watch the government ban it for those situations and then they'll turn around and use it themselves to catch those eViL HaXoRs Just like it's hypocritical stance on the use of encryption
/.) that was SO perfect for my comment, but can't find it....something about where the govt is now authorizing itself to insert a "swat" team of sorts into someones home to tap their computer]
Ah, yes, life in the Echelon era.
[I tried to find the link to a news story (not sure if it was on
You are SO correct.
I remember when I first got on the net (circa 94 or so) you HAD to be 18, and have a valid
credit card. Other than most children not owning
a credit card, the age limit by my (former) ISP
would catch the rest.
Not to say there isn't stuff on the net for children, but its up to the parent, and NOONE
else to guide them to it and moniter once
they're on.
From the writing.on.the.wall.dept. here's why I bought AMD:
(snipped from HNN)
S2105 Would make it a crime to tamper with
identification codes put in place by manufacturers. Disabling or changing such codes would be a crime. So changing a MAC address or disabling the PIII ID code would now be a crime.
http://cryptome.org/s2105.txt
it would give a whole new meaning to the /. effect
;)
Since it requires windows
shouldn't that be "Win-DOHs!" ?
Heh, mine alone should pay for your project, Linus' new ferrari, Bruce Perens new mansion with 14 car garage, ESR's new gun collection, etc ad spendium. :) Not the greatest rate, but not a bad one either. Sure starts up conversations quick when I pay for things with it.
(Switched all of my accounts to this card...thats what you call putting your wallet where your mouth is when it comes to linux evangelization).
I thought there were several mall-like linux vendors that sold them. I don't remember where I :)
got my 6" Tux from, but it looks cool sitting on top of my speakers. As if that (and the "powered by linux" stickers on my case) doesn't make a statement when I have friends over at my house, I serve drinks with penguin ice cubes. I bought the penguin tray from (I think) Target and it always seems to bring up the "oh, how cute" statements.
I'll buy it even though I already have the windoze version. Gives my custom merc's catchphrase :)
of 'Time to take out the trash' a whole new meaning.
Captain! The Regulons are invading the Semiosphere!
Photon tubes loaded, permission to fire?
I know, because I'm a mutation between a gadget freak and an avid paintballer. Check out the Tracerball You can get the paintballs in red, green, blue, and yellow. I had one once, but it broke because its made of REALLY cheap plastic, but I'll end up buying another one eventually just becuase its so damn cool looking. The basic idea is that it fits onto the end of the barrel of most paintguns and you use special paint that is illuminated by 4 lights on the inside of the attachment each time it detects a ball going through it. Last time I used it, I remember it still glowed on the guy I shot for a few seconds. Of course, like real tracers in real guns, you give yourself away. Best part about it is that when I played dark indoor games, I racked up ALOT of eliminations because of the uncanny effect of turning people into virtual "deer staring at headlights" when they see you shoot it. Easy pickin's! :) Makes for a great Star Wars scene when I put it on my fully automatic AT85 .
I should know...hehe, I own all of the books :)
Had something to do with his PHB sending him
to Elbonia without any preparation, warning,
equipment. I remember a line like this:
"....and if you had a keyboard, you would type
Ctrl-Alt-A".." .
Then the Elbonians said they didn't have vowels
in their alphabet. Thats paraphrased, but it's
the FIRST thing I thought of when I read the
/. title of this product. Tried to find a link on dilbert.com but couldn't find it. Funny!
I can't believe the Linux Cool Keyboard wasn't mentioned already and I'm really surprised more linux vendors don't sell this thing as standard. PS2 style, it has tactile feedback, L-shaped Enter key, inverted-T arrow keys, wake, sleep, and power keys, removable keyboard cover, NO WINDOZE KEY (107 total), in fact it has two Tux's and one "linux key" instead, and only $34.95 at Linuxmall.com . In fact, the price just went down. I just bought one 2 weeks ago there for $37. Has 1 year warranty and has the feel of the original IBM keyboards. If you dual boot into windoze, the Tux key functions the same as the Jolly Roger, er I mean the windoze flag key. This keyboard is outstanding, and it's certainly cheaper than those "Hey I've got an idea, let's put the arrow keys in one tiny cross pattern to torture our customers" that you find in horribly overpriced MS_Carpaltunnel Keyboards®
(Long time /. lurker, first time poster)
Ok, someone send me a clue on this one. It is my understanding that China has had a one-child only policy in place for some time now. How is it that they are "brothers". Wouldn't that automatically nail them or their parents for another "crime" ?