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Re:Out of the woodwork :)
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Yeah, strangulation is no fun.:)
I'll be in NYC Mon, line is already active so I'll let ya know. Powers on fine, I'm sure it's cool.
Good luck!
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Definitely sue them!
I actually know Cherian (kinda). I bought a DSL modem from him a little over a week ago. Really nice guy, no way he deserves this.
If ya need a character witness about your business transactions let me know:)
Re:So, is it coming to Atlanta?
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Don't know if it will be back in Atlanta, but it was there last year, July I believe, at an independent film festival. My girlfriend went to see it, met the director, who really knew nothing about open source or linux. He was looking for subject matter when a friend told him to come to the bay area and check out linux:)
I finally convinced someone that I could use frontpage, er code HTML... But I really have no clue how to do this, so I thought I'd get some pointers from the/. crowd. One of the guys who contracted me mentioned "perl script"... there's no pulldown in frontpage called this!! Please help me, I need the $$...
You think any cartoons these days are going to have the balls to have a toon Osama Bin Laden getting hit over the head with an anvil?
Actually, yes. Southpark episode 509, "Osama bin Laden has Farty Pants" features something just like this. I can't remeber if it was an anvil or not, but Cartman plays the role of Bugs Bunny, and Osama ends up with the all too familiar black face. You'll recognize several scenes from Loony Tunes, Cartman holding up signs with a picture of a screw and a ball, dressing in drag to lure Osama (which doesn't exactly work):) A must see!
Pearl Harbor differs in so many ways from what has happened today. First of all it was a MILITARY base, quite a bit different from a metropolitian area where civilians work. Secondly, it was obvious who was responsible. There were no governments harboring known terrorists lying to the media of how terrible they feel.
This isn't the result of technology. "Technology turning planes into weapons" ?? Come on, since there have been airplanes this could have happened.
I was extremely grateful to see slashdot doing an excellent job of reporting just the facts when most other news sites were unreachable. But now above it all, I have to see the opinion of someone obviously out of touch with humanity and reality.
Maybe if I were a stockholder I could have my thoughts above the real news. Until then, I'm happy being lost in the mix.
We just released an open source camera server today for download. Since it runs linux, you should be able to get it working with a variety of connections.
This is a snippet from the MPAA letter being passed around.
The district court granted a permanent injunction against
(1) posting on any Internet site, or in any other way manufacturing, importing or offering to the public, providing, or otherwise trafficking in DeCSS or any other technology primarily designed to circumvent CSS, and
(2) linking any Internet web site, either directly or through a series of links, to any other Internet web site containing DeCSS.
...through a series of links...
Ok, so here we have the Yahoo Violation. So let's shut them down to start with, after all they fall under the "series of links" criteria. I'm sure this would be the case for virtually all search engines out there.
But as I haven't had enough coffee yet, I'll leave it to you to investigate.
Since the web is, by nature a "series of links" I guess it's time to pull the plug, oh well it's been fun. Think I'll go to the beach...
"Who is that free thinking anarchist?" - C. Montgomery Burns
This isn't specific to the linux community. Examples of this pop up in all industries.
Have you ever heard anyone ask to use the "Xerox machine" even though the copying machine may be made by any number of companies?
Or "I'll have a coke" even though the menu clearly states "Pepsi Served Here".
How many people refer to tissues as tissues rather than "Kleenex"? The box may even say "Puffs", but people will still ask for a Kleenex.
Many more examples: Band-Aid, Formica, Jell-O, Krazy Glue, Q-Tips, Velcro... These examples are borrowed from Jack Trout's excellent "Differentiate Or Die".
RedHat is doing a great job with branding. Eventually you may here someone ask the guy @ Fry's if this RedHat is any good while holding a SlackWare box...
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A crummy commercial? Son of a bitch!
Sounds like someone forgot the WHERE clause when sending out the email.
I had the same exact experience. It took about a dozen calls for the catalogs to stop coming. Sometimes they would send 3 per week!
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No, it's not a hard question.
As citizens of one planet, where exactly do we get the right to play god on another?
Then he could wind up here
Or Trillian for Linux with the crossover plugin.
Just made a petition to boycott Best Buy. Sign it here and let them know this is not acceptable!
http://www.petitiononline.com/BBBC/petition.html
Yeah, strangulation is no fun. :)
I'll be in NYC Mon, line is already active so I'll let ya know. Powers on fine, I'm sure it's cool.
Good luck!
Definitely sue them!
:)
I actually know Cherian (kinda). I bought a DSL modem from him a little over a week ago. Really nice guy, no way he deserves this.
If ya need a character witness about your business transactions let me know
Don't know if it will be back in Atlanta, but it was there last year, July I believe, at an independent film festival. My girlfriend went to see it, met the director, who really knew nothing about open source or linux. He was looking for subject matter when a friend told him to come to the bay area and check out linux :)
I finally convinced someone that I could use frontpage, er code HTML... But I really have no clue how to do this, so I thought I'd get some pointers from the /. crowd. One of the guys who contracted me mentioned "perl script"... there's no pulldown in frontpage called this!! Please help me, I need the $$...
You think any cartoons these days are going to have the balls to have a toon Osama Bin Laden getting hit over the head with an anvil?
:) A must see!
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Actually, yes. Southpark episode 509, "Osama bin Laden has Farty Pants" features something just like this. I can't remeber if it was an anvil or not, but Cartman plays the role of Bugs Bunny, and Osama ends up with the all too familiar black face. You'll recognize several scenes from Loony Tunes, Cartman holding up signs with a picture of a screw and a ball, dressing in drag to lure Osama (which doesn't exactly work)
http://southparkstudios.com/show/guide.html?seaso
It's pretty easy to find a copy with your favorite P2P client.
Obviously, it's a miliatry act. My point is that pearl harbor was a military base, the wtc is not.
This isn't the result of technology. "Technology turning planes into weapons" ?? Come on, since there have been airplanes this could have happened.
I was extremely grateful to see slashdot doing an excellent job of reporting just the facts when most other news sites were unreachable. But now above it all, I have to see the opinion of someone obviously out of touch with humanity and reality.
Maybe if I were a stockholder I could have my thoughts above the real news. Until then, I'm happy being lost in the mix.
I'd like to see you tell this to people who had family in the buildings. Would you give your same little opinion to them?
For everyone who can't watch CNN or is having trouble getting through to news sites, check your local NPR, they are covering this now.
An example of one that uses NO JAVA or plugins is here
Grab the ISO here.
Demo available at the URL in my sig...
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pcre.php
I still have nightmares of the infommercial guy saying "TURBO Linux".
The district court granted a permanent injunction against
(1) posting on any Internet site, or in any other way manufacturing, importing or offering to the public, providing, or otherwise trafficking in DeCSS or any other technology primarily designed to circumvent CSS, and
(2) linking any Internet web site, either directly or through a series of links, to any other Internet web site containing DeCSS.
Ok, so here we have the Yahoo Violation. So let's shut them down to start with, after all they fall under the "series of links" criteria. I'm sure this would be the case for virtually all search engines out there.
But as I haven't had enough coffee yet, I'll leave it to you to investigate.
Since the web is, by nature a "series of links" I guess it's time to pull the plug, oh well it's been fun. Think I'll go to the beach...
"Who is that free thinking anarchist?" - C. Montgomery Burns
Wow, that had to be the shortest "webcast" in history!
And I thought the Metallica yahoo chat was a waste of time...
Amazing the conversations that have resulted from it :)
--Lucabrasi
Have you ever heard anyone ask to use the "Xerox machine" even though the copying machine may be made by any number of companies?
Or "I'll have a coke" even though the menu clearly states "Pepsi Served Here".
How many people refer to tissues as tissues rather than "Kleenex"? The box may even say "Puffs", but people will still ask for a Kleenex.
Many more examples: Band-Aid, Formica, Jell-O, Krazy Glue, Q-Tips, Velcro...
These examples are borrowed from Jack Trout's excellent "Differentiate Or Die".
RedHat is doing a great job with branding. Eventually you may here someone ask the guy @ Fry's if this RedHat is any good while holding a SlackWare box...
--Lucabrasi