I bought Redhat 3.03 through 6.2 and then I got
sick of it. I forget why I am pissed at them, but
I tossed everything except my original 3.03 manual. I bought it even when I could have downloaded it because I wanted them to be financially successful.
I buy OBSD because Theo is so... well...you know. And they support OpenSSH which I use.
FreeBSD rules. I buy the retail CD of each release, even though I've likely already downloaded an ISO long before I make the purchase.
Microsoft can drop dead. My time is worth $100/hour to others - by this measure they owe me something like 800 copies of NT workstation for time wasted doctoring their unstable crap. I own the NT 4.0 workstation license I use now but that is purely accidental - I'd never willingly pay for beta software and that is all M$ ever ships.
http://www.optimumdata.com/ccielab
Look around in there and you'll see some nifty stuff I've got hanging from my basement ceiling. Total cost was about $10 for rails and $15 for a bag of 100 audio rack screws.
The front unit hangs over my 4' x 8' plywood desk and gives me 14U of rack space with room to easily fit my hitachi 21" tube under it.
Just DoS it - everyone in a purchasing position should take a few minutes today and ask Dell, Gateway, etc for a quote on 500 machines without any preinstalled OS.
Its *another* crackable M$ 'security' scheme - stop whining and go give it the abuse it richly deserves.
NT boy here is hold company hostage with the implied threat that he'll call in the SPA if they lay him off... which they should have done six months ago.
During that time all email moved to unix, all network management moved to unix, etc, etc.
I don't think Mr. We've Got A Software Licensing Issue has ever heard of Samba, but he may, very, very soon:-)
Every evening I have a decision to make - 10mg of Elavil if its not so bad, or 25mg if its really bugging me. Elavil mostly shields me from the chronic pain of a bulged disk in my neck but it doesn't come for free. 10mg leaves me with a dry mouth and the munchies while the 25mg knocks me flat and I feel like my brain is wrapped in some nice cushy cotton for the next eighteen hours.
I'm sure some of our regular readers are saying "Cool, I want some" re: Elavil and I'd be happy to hand it over - I don't like feeling all stoned and stupid.
After they get my neck done they could make a stop at the left knee and then I'd be ready to rumble:-)
I can't even type that without laughing. I've been watching my employer slowly bleed to death... they chose to replace a crusty but functional SCO based calling card switch with a shiny new NT powered gadget.
For weeks now the switch has been up... down... partially disabled... unreachable... unuseable. It just goes on and on and on.
Despite the little 'five nines' posters in M$ colors that are up all over Los Angeles I don't think they're there yet - we should be making a 'three sixes' banner using the same colors and hanging them up around major urban areas - let the truth be known!
gnupatent.org is ours - does anyone want to use it
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I had a little patent.fit last year and registered gnupatent.org
I had intended to declare war on stupid software patents using that domain as home base. I did a little research and discovered there were others already doing such things, and I've discovered I don't have the time to simultaneously live & crusade.
Anyway, this domain is already registered, and if you'd like to lead the charge I'd be perfectly happy to point it to a site that is working on a GPL type approach to putting an end to stupid software patents.
MAPS defense fund? Wrong! Class action re:BlackIce
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I work for an international telco that is starting to carry internet service to its customers. My international line costs are 10x to 15x higher than US rates and I take unsolicited mail very, very seriously.
Perhaps if each and every one of us who is planning on sending $100 to the defense fund instead took $300 to our personal attorneys and filed suit against BlackIce this problem would vanish overnight.
If one in a hundred users of MAPS managed to convince their employer that this issue was worth a $500 investment in a lawsuit against BlackIce the problem would evaporate.
You don't have to *win* a lawsuit to resolve a problem. In fact, you don't even have to have an entity served to get some results.
I recently had a situation where a script kiddie was humping my (online) leg like a rabid chihuahua.
After a little detective work I discovered the kiddie had a close relationship with the owner of one of the sites he was using. I got no satisfaction until it became clear that I was going to simply ignore the FBI option and simply go after the assets of the site owner. I got an apologetic phone call within 36 hours from the kiddie and the problem is over.
There are a great many people that read this site that think 'outside the box' in regards to technical issues, yet remain completely naive as to how to motivate government and corporations.
That being said, don't post flames here, get busy and figure out a way to make this so painful and expensive for BlackIce that they decide a radio ad campaign is a safer user of their marketing dollars than harrasing MAPS.
I really liked what Jon had to say about freedom from bondage(corporate america). I have recently come from a large corp where I was drawn and quartered for having unconventional ideas and I totally agree that the net and free software are driving some serious changes in the way the world works.
I put Ayn Rand and Fountainhead as the title because I was pretty confused about me and where I fit until I discovered this book. Briefly it is a story about an architect and his struggle against mediocrity. If you don't "work and play well with others" - like most hackers I know - you owe yourself a read of this book.
If you find yourself identifying with the main character in Fountainhead pick up Atlas Shrugged next. Howard Roark defines the boundaries of the struggle in Fountainhead, John Galt shows us the road out of it in Atlas Shrugged. I look forward to locating some fellow objectivists out there.
ObFreeSoftwarePlug: 3% of Linux is the kernel and we're eternally grateful to Linus, Alan, and the rest of the crew for making *nix run on gear we can afford. We need to remember 30% of the average Linux release came from GNU and that a certain wild haired prophet laid the foundations of this revolution for us.
Hardware vendors should have to be certified penguin friendly just like cans of tuna being dolphin friendly. There would be a little penguin sticker on the front just like the windos9\d stickers I've peeled off everything I own.
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I bought Redhat 3.03 through 6.2 and then I got sick of it. I forget why I am pissed at them, but I tossed everything except my original 3.03 manual. I bought it even when I could have downloaded it because I wanted them to be financially successful. I buy OBSD because Theo is so ... well ...you know. And they support OpenSSH which I use.
FreeBSD rules. I buy the retail CD of each release, even though I've likely already downloaded an ISO long before I make the purchase.
Microsoft can drop dead. My time is worth $100/hour to others - by this measure they owe me something like 800 copies of NT workstation for time wasted doctoring their unstable crap. I own the NT 4.0 workstation license I use now but that is purely accidental - I'd never willingly pay for beta software and that is all M$ ever ships.
http://www.optimumdata.com/ccielab
Look around in there and you'll see some nifty stuff I've got hanging from my basement ceiling. Total cost was about $10 for rails and $15 for a bag of 100 audio rack screws.
The front unit hangs over my 4' x 8' plywood desk and gives me 14U of rack space with room to easily fit my hitachi 21" tube under it.
Just DoS it - everyone in a purchasing position should take a few minutes today and ask Dell, Gateway, etc for a quote on 500 machines without any preinstalled OS. Its *another* crackable M$ 'security' scheme - stop whining and go give it the abuse it richly deserves.
NT boy here is hold company hostage with the implied threat that he'll call in the SPA if they lay him off ... which they should have done six months ago.
:-)
During that time all email moved to unix, all network management moved to unix, etc, etc.
I don't think Mr. We've Got A Software Licensing Issue has ever heard of Samba, but he may, very, very soon
Every evening I have a decision to make - 10mg of Elavil if its not so bad, or 25mg if its really bugging me. Elavil mostly shields me from the chronic pain of a bulged disk in my neck but it doesn't come for free. 10mg leaves me with a dry mouth and the munchies while the 25mg knocks me flat and I feel like my brain is wrapped in some nice cushy cotton for the next eighteen hours.
:-)
I'm sure some of our regular readers are saying "Cool, I want some" re: Elavil and I'd be happy to hand it over - I don't like feeling all stoned and stupid.
After they get my neck done they could make a stop at the left knee and then I'd be ready to rumble
I can't even type that without laughing. I've been watching my employer slowly bleed to death
For weeks now the switch has been up ... down ... partially disabled ... unreachable ... unuseable. It just goes on and on and on.
Despite the little 'five nines' posters in M$ colors that are up all over Los Angeles I don't think they're there yet - we should be making a 'three sixes' banner using the same colors and hanging them up around major urban areas - let the truth be known!
I had a little patent.fit last year and registered gnupatent.org
I had intended to declare war on stupid software patents using that domain as home base. I did a little research and discovered there were others already doing such things, and I've discovered I don't have the time to simultaneously live & crusade.
Anyway, this domain is already registered, and if you'd like to lead the charge I'd be perfectly happy to point it to a site that is working on a GPL type approach to putting an end to stupid software patents.
I work for an international telco that is starting to carry internet service to its customers. My international line costs are 10x to 15x higher than US rates and I take unsolicited mail very, very seriously.
Perhaps if each and every one of us who is planning on sending $100 to the defense fund instead took $300 to our personal attorneys and filed suit against BlackIce this problem would vanish overnight.
If one in a hundred users of MAPS managed to convince their employer that this issue was worth a $500 investment in a lawsuit against BlackIce the problem would evaporate.
You don't have to *win* a lawsuit to resolve a problem. In fact, you don't even have to have an entity served to get some results.
I recently had a situation where a script kiddie was humping my (online) leg like a rabid chihuahua.
After a little detective work I discovered the kiddie had a close relationship with the owner of one of the sites he was using. I got no satisfaction until it became clear that I was going to simply ignore the FBI option and simply go after the assets of the site owner. I got an apologetic phone call within 36 hours from the kiddie and the problem is over.
There are a great many people that read this site that think 'outside the box' in regards to technical issues, yet remain completely naive as to how to motivate government and corporations.
That being said, don't post flames here, get busy and figure out a way to make this so painful and expensive for BlackIce that they decide a radio ad campaign is a safer user of their marketing dollars than harrasing MAPS.
I really liked what Jon had to say about freedom from bondage(corporate america). I have recently come from a large corp where I was drawn and quartered for having unconventional ideas and I totally agree that the net and free software are driving some serious changes in the way the world works.
I put Ayn Rand and Fountainhead as the title because I was pretty confused about me and where I fit until I discovered this book. Briefly it is a story about an architect and his struggle against mediocrity. If you don't "work and play well with others" - like most hackers I know - you owe yourself a read of this book.
If you find yourself identifying with the main character in Fountainhead pick up Atlas Shrugged next. Howard Roark defines the boundaries of the struggle in Fountainhead, John Galt shows us the road out of it in Atlas Shrugged. I look forward to locating some fellow objectivists out there.
ObFreeSoftwarePlug: 3% of Linux is the kernel and we're eternally grateful to Linus, Alan, and the rest of the crew for making *nix run on gear we can afford. We need to remember 30% of the average Linux release came from GNU and that a certain wild haired prophet laid the foundations of this revolution for us.
Hardware vendors should have to be certified penguin friendly just like cans of tuna being dolphin friendly. There would be a little penguin sticker on the front just like the windos9\d stickers I've peeled off everything I own.