Of all of the terms that get tortured out of proper use (on this board, esepcially), "censorship" is one of most abused. When you We do not torture terms here at Slashdot. (We may, however, subject them to severely harsh treatment, inflicting traumatic pain and degradation. But not *torture*, oh no, never *torture*)
On your site I see a few articles that touch on this (notably the DVD ripping and Thin client articles) but I really would like to read details about your setup as it sounds very similar to what I'd like to do in my own home.
Any chance of you writing up a detailed guide of your setup, along with lessons learned and "if only I'd known then what I know now"?
Admittedly, there are other guides out there on this topic. But at the same time, what you describe sounds pretty cool and I'd like to hear more about it.
> take a USB harddrive, make LVM on it and then unplug it and then try to plug it in again. [snip] > Next time one should of course remember to vgchange -a n the volume group before unplugging
No. It should just work. The user shouldn't have to remember anything. Just pull the drive out, and later put it back... and the system should be smart enough to figure it out.
Assuming Al Qaeda or a similar group does attempt to attack in the U.S. again, they will probably target mass transit, just as they have in Spain and Britain.
Why would they bother? Don't you think a smart terrorist would more likely target something that isn't defended? And face it, the number of attack vectors are effectively limitless. Trying to premptively guard against all the things the bad guys might do is a fools game. Seriously, if you were a terrorist would you even try to attack an airline right now? Why not:
Set up a few sniper teams in cars like those fellows a few years back. One driver, one spotter, one shooter. Have them drive around randomly killing people at gas stations each day in different metro areas?
Cut down a few high tension powerline towers
Disrupt the terribly fragile natural gas or oil pipeline infrastructure?
Blow up a few interstate bridges like the one that collapsed recently?
Load the trunk of a few rental cars up with thermite and ignite each one on a different bridge into NYC (or wherever)
Send envelopes filled with baby powder to almost every major politician... and one Anthrax one to someone... just to keep people guessing?
Really, the possibilities are endless if you take even a few minutes to think about them... and there's not enough money or people to guard against them all. And the US government has its citizens so riled up and fearful that the terrorists don't ever have to accomplish any major attack... they just have to be seen to be trying.
...that the damages being sought are less than the RIAA demanded from that woman who downloaded a few songs. I mean, $200K apiece for 4 people? I guess it really true that everything is better in Sweden:-)
TFA states that Nokia plans to continue to develop Qt, though, and will continue to offer it under both open source and commercial licenses, just as things are now.
In my experience, when company buys another company, they always promise that everything will stay the same... and they almost always renege on that statement 6~12 months after the acquisition.
*shrug* it's just one of those things that people/companies say to ease friction during a transition, and not because they really mean it.
The Salvation Army folks do indeed have uniforms and pseudo-militant ranks though it seemed to me that they simply used those ranks the same way Catholics use "Father, Bishop, Cardinal, etc). What specifically makes them a cult in your opinion? I can't really tick off any of the checklist points you make in your post. Can you provide any reputable whistleblower articles on any of these?
pretending to be a religion? (they all seemed pretty serious and devout in their Christian beliefs to me. And here I mean "Christian" in the sense of believing in the teachings of Christ in the Bible, not "Christian" in the sense of the political lobby/hate groups)
Keeps true beliefs secret from recruits?
Viciously attacks any and all who expose secret beliefs?
lock people up, either through social pressure or actual locked doors? (In my experience, even the people in the detox centres were free to leave)
intimidate press?
infiltrate government?
co-opt police forces?
Or did you mean that mentioning them was a digression from the list of cults (just because their uniform gives you pause)? If not, then I think you do them a profound disservice by lumping them together with Moonies, Scientologists, and "Jesus Franchises"
[disclosure: I used to attend this church in Canada and the United States and know quite a few people still actively involved. None of whom have ever shown the warning signs of cultism. My reasons for leaving the church had nothing to do with any of the kind of zealotry and nastiness implied by your post]
... I'd like to see would be the Workplace Shell ported to X. It still makes Windows look like its inbred retarded cousin.
Have you tried Desktop File Manager?
Not really the same thing... but it might interest you.
I just want them to grow me replacement teeth. The combination of poor oral care and weak enamel on my natural ones have messed me up pretty badly.
There's been some promising work done in the area. Eg. Growing teeth from stem cells and fabricating bones with a 3D printer.
But there's still so far to go:-(
Ah, the rosy-glasses view of someone unaware of how easily it is to misuse, abuse, break, or corrupt such a system.:-(
If other large-scale government-run systems are any indicator, this RealID thing will be a complete nightmare for the average, law-abiding citizen. And not very inconvenient for the people against whom it is designed to stimy.
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What about their writing leads you to that conclusion?
And before you say "compile from source" read up on Ken Thompson's work on compiling trojans via subverting gcc.
Not if your package manager and/or checksum software is compromised.
walk without rhythm and it won't attract the radish?
Considering what Tony Stark/Ironman did during the retarded "Civil War" series, I'd say the song pretty much sums it up. :-(
On your site I see a few articles that touch on this (notably the DVD ripping and Thin client articles) but I really would like to read details about your setup as it sounds very similar to what I'd like to do in my own home.
Any chance of you writing up a detailed guide of your setup, along with lessons learned and "if only I'd known then what I know now"?
Admittedly, there are other guides out there on this topic. But at the same time, what you describe sounds pretty cool and I'd like to hear more about it.
Nah, it's just the network routing around the censors.
Whatever I'm doing is always more important than whatever the other guy is doing...
I think Boston has really established itself as the premier home of nucking futjobs. Great work guys!
rule #1 You do not talk about Fight Diagnostics ...
rule #2 You DO NOT TALK about Fight Diagnostics
> take a USB harddrive, make LVM on it and then unplug it and then try to plug it in again.
[snip]
> Next time one should of course remember to vgchange -a n the volume group before unplugging
No. It should just work. The user shouldn't have to remember anything. Just pull the drive out, and later put it back... and the system should be smart enough to figure it out.
"The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get."
Is the current fortune at the bottom of the page.
Can I moderate the fortune +1 ?
Why would they bother? Don't you think a smart terrorist would more likely target something that isn't defended? And face it, the number of attack vectors are effectively limitless. Trying to premptively guard against all the things the bad guys might do is a fools game. Seriously, if you were a terrorist would you even try to attack an airline right now? Why not:
Really, the possibilities are endless if you take even a few minutes to think about them... and there's not enough money or people to guard against them all. And the US government has its citizens so riled up and fearful that the terrorists don't ever have to accomplish any major attack... they just have to be seen to be trying.
No, Americans use guns, not stones :-)
...that the damages being sought are less than the RIAA demanded from that woman who downloaded a few songs. I mean, $200K apiece for 4 people? I guess it really true that everything is better in SwedenPerhaps UTC+1 (Denmark) ?
In my experience, when company buys another company, they always promise that everything will stay the same... and they almost always renege on that statement 6~12 months after the acquisition.
*shrug* it's just one of those things that people/companies say to ease friction during a transition, and not because they really mean it.
I've often thought it would be cool if meat.com redirected to Terry Bisson's story, They're Made of Meat
Yeah, mine had 4 8 15 16 23 42
and all sorts of weird stuff's started happening in the server room
The Salvation Army folks do indeed have uniforms and pseudo-militant ranks though it seemed to me that they simply used those ranks the same way Catholics use "Father, Bishop, Cardinal, etc). What specifically makes them a cult in your opinion? I can't really tick off any of the checklist points you make in your post. Can you provide any reputable whistleblower articles on any of these?
Or did you mean that mentioning them was a digression from the list of cults (just because their uniform gives you pause)? If not, then I think you do them a profound disservice by lumping them together with Moonies, Scientologists, and "Jesus Franchises"
[disclosure: I used to attend this church in Canada and the United States and know quite a few people still actively involved. None of whom have ever shown the warning signs of cultism. My reasons for leaving the church had nothing to do with any of the kind of zealotry and nastiness implied by your post]
... I'd like to see would be the Workplace Shell ported to X. It still makes Windows look like its inbred retarded cousin.Have you tried Desktop File Manager?
Not really the same thing... but it might interest you.
I just want them to grow me replacement teeth. The combination of poor oral care and weak enamel on my natural ones have messed me up pretty badly. :-(
There's been some promising work done in the area. Eg. Growing teeth from stem cells and fabricating bones with a 3D printer.
But there's still so far to go
Ah, the rosy-glasses view of someone unaware of how easily it is to misuse, abuse, break, or corrupt such a system. :-(
If other large-scale government-run systems are any indicator, this RealID thing will be a complete nightmare for the average, law-abiding citizen. And not very inconvenient for the people against whom it is designed to stimy.