How would a bootable disk with no Linux distributions and no binaries be the 'ultimate rescue disk'?
I meant to imply that it might boot into something useable, at least a stripped linux distro, an appropriate compiler, and access to the hard drives' file systems.
Granted, that would introduce platform dependence, but it would still be nice to have.
As cool as this is, it has a pretty limited use. With a few well-publicized exceptions like the linux kernel, you'll still want to check the sites for new releases rather than pulling them straight off your (possibly outdated) DVD. Of course, it will help for hugeass files that you don't want to pull over a slow connection.
Too bad it's not bootable, or this would be the ultimate rescue disk.
I had never bothered to watch MSNBC before, and I hadn't checked out their web site either. After reading this report (and, of course, their "History of Hacking"), I'm not going to bother again.
After placing the domain f*ckedcompany.com for sale on everyone's favorite auction site site owner Philip Kaplan pulled the auction.
The asterisk is really pointless, since you linked to the site. After all, the courts have determined that linking to a site is much, much worse than listing the URL.
It's too bad this never showed on the main page; this would make a good pseudo-interview thingy.
Some questions you might consider asking:
Ask him to prove every claim about what it does and doesn't do, and suggest that revealing the source is the only real proof.
How does Carnivore intercept a suspect's e-mail without also accessing e-mails of innocent parties?
(After some soothing claims) Has the U.S. Government ever lied to its citizens before?
Above all, I hope you can maintain a calm, polite interaction. This is the best way to help the locals see your cause as something other than a hair-brained paranoid fantasy, and it will encourage the FBI agent to take you seriously (rather than to jail;)
20% Calm, politely worded comments to the effect of "Somebody made a little mistake at Compaq. It should be pointed out to them."
20% Researched posts (some including excerpts of the source downloaded) which reveal that there really is a conflict here, but not a terrible one. The code is GPLed, both explicitly and by including some kernel code (headers).
50% obnoxious folk, shouting about how reactionary we all are for assuming that there is a violation without looking at the code, and that it's "obvious" that Compaq is simply distributing something non-GPL.
...for those with the motivation to actually do something about all this:
Judges really can be, in effect, removed from a case due to a conflict of interests. If it happens after the case is all done, something akin to a mistrial is declared.
So at one time, the judge was receiving money to protect their interests in DVD issues. That seems like a pretty clear cut example of conflicted interests...
This may seem a bit off the topic of broadband to the home. Quite the contrary. One of the primary reasons you'd *want* dedicated broadband access is to allow you do *more* with your connection than simply download MP3's faster.
Until this situation is resolved - DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH ISP'S THAT WILL NOT GIVE YOU A STATIC IP ADDRESS. At least not if you have a choice.
Often, a static IP isn't enough. My cable modem service required an agreement not to run servers of pretty much any sort. In theory, if there's "Not much traffic", no one will care, but even so...
And don't forget that many DSL and cable modem services have slow upload rates, which limits the practicality of being a server.
Still, I don't complain. If you want static IP and full upload speeds, just be willing to pay for it. Welcome to capitalism.
Well, fair use is dead. Any company with access to a trivial amount of technology can "protect" their copyrighted stuff and effectively redefine fair use as they see fit. It's the law now.
But laws aren't permanent. They can be overturned on costitutional grounds, although I don't see an obvious way to apply that attack in this case. Better yet, laws like this can be undone by Congress.
The Geek Vote doesn't hold much sway in Congress, so we need to get John Q. Public interested in this. If enough people complain (and threaten to vote according to their complaints), then politicians will do the right thing.
So we are complaining that people who break the law are suffering because of it? That's how society works. As for the corporate people who do the same thing but just haven't been caught: Innocent until proven guilty.
If I were a stockholder of @Stake, I'd be a little concerned if they did hire convicted "hackers" (btw, Slashdot, don't complain about the media using the word that way if you do it to). Doing so would expose them to lawsuits if that individual ever screwed up.
What I want to say is don't discount humans affecting earths weather. We can. The increasing CO2 concentration shows we can do this much (at least regarding the composition of the atmosphere). Come on folks think! Don't be blindly sarcastic.
Yes, CO2 is definately increasing. IIRC, it's at about twice the level it was when we first started measuring it. However, the fact that it is increasing is not proof that we caused such a great increase. CO2 occurs in nature in large amounts; most (all?) animals exhale CO2. CO2 is released by volcanic activity.
CO2 is also a pollutant from many human-made processes, so we would be stupid to discount the possibility that we are largely responsible. All I'm saying is to remember the distinction between proven fact and possibility.
That is not blind sarcasm. That's how science works.
There is a lot of "pretty good" evidence that the world really is warming up in recent centuries. However, there is nothing to prove whether it is man-made or natural. The planet went through changes like this before modern humans existed, so jumping to conclusions should be avoided.
I am far more concerned that "environmentalists" will push us into doing something that really does counter environmental changes, and those changes turn out to be natural and necessary.
Needing a new case is kind of a pain, but it had to happen eventually. We all knew the P4 would have heat problems (we've known since the P2's came out), so at least Intel isn't leaving the motherboard bowing under the weight.
As for the new power supplies, I actually prefer this arrangement to AMD's schtick with Athlons. Sure, it will take any old power supply, but it won't behave right for most of them.
New board, new cases, new RAM, new peripherals. It happens. It's expensive. Get over it. Do you really want old technology sticking around just because we're stubborn? (ISA, coff coff).
As a general rule, you acquire a tolerance for drugs if you are exposed to them over time. I speak from personal experience that with caffeine, you eventually need more for the same effect. I've heard a lot of anecdotal evidence that the same applies to aspirin.
If you could have a way to turn drug production on and off, this might work. But chances are the way to toggle production would involve some other drug, which brings in its own complication.
However, there is something to be said for natural drugs instead of the synthetic "equivalent". Many people complain that (pills and tasty treats containing) lab-created caffeine irritates their stomach more than natural caffeine.
Perhaps we can set up the human-organ-producing pigs to also produce caffeine. Then my new heart will be pre-adjusted to my addiction.
The inclusion of a quote from the RIAA brings up a good point. As we grumble and make our arguments (of varying quality), let's not fall into the same trap we accuse so many others of by relying on a small set of information sources that favor "our side".
Go to riaa.org and read their side. Yes, it's mostly propaganda, but in a way so are the stories we get here.
This is why I hate reading about astrophysics in popular media rather than something scientifical. There's just not enough detail.
Anyway, it could be that:
This particular black hole is located in a more densely populated area than most others. There would be more mass available (nearby) to suck in, regardless of the black hole's size.
Or, there could be matter being pulled/pushed/projected in the general direction of this black hole by some other, unseen, source. Perhaps there is another black hole on the other side of this one, and a large amount of matter "slingshots" around it and ends up in this one....
The nondisclosure agreements were apparently offered with a claim that signing them would bolster Sun's commitment to resolving the problem quickly, Henkel said.
IANAL, but I have picked up tidbits about contract law. Basically, if you sign something away, the contract is only binding if you receive something of value in return. Be it information, cash, services, property, or whatever.
A half-assed lawyer could convince a judge that the customers got nothing for signing the NDA, since they were (presumably) already entitled to timely fixes by warranties or service agreements.
I guess it's not the case for all electric cars anymore, since some basically just use batteries to make better use of the energy in the gasoline (which I support wholeheartedly), but a lot of "electric" cars get their electricity out of wall sockets...
Dependending on where you are, there's a good chance that those electric cars are actually being powered by, say, coal or oil power plants. That is not an improvement over a standard car engine. And some leftover hippy out there is probably driving around in a car that is ultimately powered by a nuclear plant.
I'm holding out for a car with a built in hydroelectric plant...
Proof: President Clinton. It is perfectly acceptable to lie in court.
(Paranoid conspiracy rant ahead) Yes, but the DVD-CCA does not have the Department of Justice in its pocket. (/rant)
The Clinton court debacle is a lot like the OJ Simpson trial. It twisted a lot of legal things which would normally be iron clad, and no judge in his right mind would consider anything from them to be precedence for future decisions.
How accurate, even for 1983 was War Games? That's probably their perception of hackers; a bunch of little Matthew Brodericks running around getting into trouble by breaking into government computers...
They can insult my integrity, they can steal my rights, they can buy off the whole damn world, but no way in hell will I stand idly by and let them compare me to Matthew Broderick.
Wishing I did more open source work so I could be more outraged...
This is obviously a blatant lie, and I'd gladly bet that it's intentional. They know better, but they're lying their assess off to the judge because they know they can get away with it.
Because people with money are somehow more believable, more respectable, more legit that the rest of us.
We need some established, filthy rich, vocal support to counter this crap. That, and perjury charges...
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I meant to imply that it might boot into something useable, at least a stripped linux distro, an appropriate compiler, and access to the hard drives' file systems.
Granted, that would introduce platform dependence, but it would still be nice to have.
My mom is not a Karma whore!
Too bad it's not bootable, or this would be the ultimate rescue disk.
My mom is not a Karma whore!
There would be some tradeoffs, as universities usually have some authority over frats, but just think of the puns!
Just don't call yourselves "lambda lambda lambda".
My mom is not a Karma whore!
Then I suggest you avoid super villains.
My mom is not a Karma whore!
I had never bothered to watch MSNBC before, and I hadn't checked out their web site either. After reading this report (and, of course, their "History of Hacking"), I'm not going to bother again.
My mom is not a Karma whore!
The asterisk is really pointless, since you linked to the site. After all, the courts have determined that linking to a site is much, much worse than listing the URL.
My mom is not a Karma whore!
My mom is not a Karma whore!
Some questions you might consider asking:
Above all, I hope you can maintain a calm, polite interaction. This is the best way to help the locals see your cause as something other than a hair-brained paranoid fantasy, and it will encourage the FBI agent to take you seriously (rather than to jail ;)
My mom is not a Karma whore!
My mom is not a Karma whore!
Speaking of spouting off without getting the facts, you should have read a few posts by people who actually got the source and dug through it.
The software they are "protecting" is, in fact, GPL. It even makes use of Linux (kernel) headers.
My mom is not a Karma whore!
Judges really can be, in effect, removed from a case due to a conflict of interests. If it happens after the case is all done, something akin to a mistrial is declared.
So at one time, the judge was receiving money to protect their interests in DVD issues. That seems like a pretty clear cut example of conflicted interests...
My mom is not a Karma whore!
Until this situation is resolved - DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH ISP'S THAT WILL NOT GIVE YOU A STATIC IP ADDRESS. At least not if you have a choice.
Often, a static IP isn't enough. My cable modem service required an agreement not to run servers of pretty much any sort. In theory, if there's "Not much traffic", no one will care, but even so...
And don't forget that many DSL and cable modem services have slow upload rates, which limits the practicality of being a server.
Still, I don't complain. If you want static IP and full upload speeds, just be willing to pay for it. Welcome to capitalism.
My mom is not a Karma whore!
But laws aren't permanent. They can be overturned on costitutional grounds, although I don't see an obvious way to apply that attack in this case. Better yet, laws like this can be undone by Congress.
The Geek Vote doesn't hold much sway in Congress, so we need to get John Q. Public interested in this. If enough people complain (and threaten to vote according to their complaints), then politicians will do the right thing.
My mom is not a Karma whore!
So we are complaining that people who break the law are suffering because of it? That's how society works. As for the corporate people who do the same thing but just haven't been caught: Innocent until proven guilty.
If I were a stockholder of @Stake, I'd be a little concerned if they did hire convicted "hackers" (btw, Slashdot, don't complain about the media using the word that way if you do it to). Doing so would expose them to lawsuits if that individual ever screwed up.
My mom is not a Karma whore!
What I want to say is don't discount humans affecting earths weather. We can. The increasing CO2 concentration shows we can do this much (at least regarding the composition of the atmosphere). Come on folks think! Don't be blindly sarcastic.
Yes, CO2 is definately increasing. IIRC, it's at about twice the level it was when we first started measuring it. However, the fact that it is increasing is not proof that we caused such a great increase. CO2 occurs in nature in large amounts; most (all?) animals exhale CO2. CO2 is released by volcanic activity.
CO2 is also a pollutant from many human-made processes, so we would be stupid to discount the possibility that we are largely responsible. All I'm saying is to remember the distinction between proven fact and possibility.
That is not blind sarcasm. That's how science works.
My mom is not a Karma whore!
I am far more concerned that "environmentalists" will push us into doing something that really does counter environmental changes, and those changes turn out to be natural and necessary.
My mom is not a Karma whore!
As for the new power supplies, I actually prefer this arrangement to AMD's schtick with Athlons. Sure, it will take any old power supply, but it won't behave right for most of them.
New board, new cases, new RAM, new peripherals. It happens. It's expensive. Get over it. Do you really want old technology sticking around just because we're stubborn? (ISA, coff coff).
My mom is not a Karma whore!
If you could have a way to turn drug production on and off, this might work. But chances are the way to toggle production would involve some other drug, which brings in its own complication.
However, there is something to be said for natural drugs instead of the synthetic "equivalent". Many people complain that (pills and tasty treats containing) lab-created caffeine irritates their stomach more than natural caffeine.
Perhaps we can set up the human-organ-producing pigs to also produce caffeine. Then my new heart will be pre-adjusted to my addiction.
My mom is not a Karma whore!
Go to riaa.org and read their side. Yes, it's mostly propaganda, but in a way so are the stories we get here.
Once again, for good measure: gratuitous link.
My mom is not a Karma whore!
Anyway, it could be that:
My mom is not a Karma whore!
IANAL, but I have picked up tidbits about contract law. Basically, if you sign something away, the contract is only binding if you receive something of value in return. Be it information, cash, services, property, or whatever.
A half-assed lawyer could convince a judge that the customers got nothing for signing the NDA, since they were (presumably) already entitled to timely fixes by warranties or service agreements.
My mom is not a Karma whore!
Dependending on where you are, there's a good chance that those electric cars are actually being powered by, say, coal or oil power plants. That is not an improvement over a standard car engine. And some leftover hippy out there is probably driving around in a car that is ultimately powered by a nuclear plant.
I'm holding out for a car with a built in hydroelectric plant...
My mom is not a Karma whore!
(Paranoid conspiracy rant ahead) Yes, but the DVD-CCA does not have the Department of Justice in its pocket. (/rant)
The Clinton court debacle is a lot like the OJ Simpson trial. It twisted a lot of legal things which would normally be iron clad, and no judge in his right mind would consider anything from them to be precedence for future decisions.
My mom is not a Karma whore!
They can insult my integrity, they can steal my rights, they can buy off the whole damn world, but no way in hell will I stand idly by and let them compare me to Matthew Broderick.
Wishing I did more open source work so I could be more outraged...
My mom is not a Karma whore!
Because people with money are somehow more believable, more respectable, more legit that the rest of us.
We need some established, filthy rich, vocal support to counter this crap. That, and perjury charges...
My mom is not a Karma whore!