At this point, I take it I'm supposed to trust these bastards? I think that I'll continue merrily on my way with my Proximitron(sp?), my HTTP[S]? and FTP proxy route through Stanford, and continue filling out all forms requesting personal information with perverted obscenities involving animals and the President.
However, there is still the problem of the physical connection:
If many customers rely on several local ISPs and said local ISPs buy service from some big ISP (e.g. Atlantic Bell), and then Atlantic Bell goes down, bad things(tm) happen.
I remember when Atlantic Bell's router in the New Hampshire/Maine area went out for roughly 7 hrs or so (IIRC) about 2 months ago. Not a happy bunch of customers, my school included.
Way I see it, if there are chokepoints (a la Atlantic Bell), and said node goes down, all the customers are screwed. If the area had been connected by UUnet and Atlantic Bell both (?) maybe we wouldn't have gone down.
But I suppose that paying would get really confusing.
On the other hand, IIRC AOHell users (at least in the past) had to browse through a set of proxies? I thought that there were relatively few --> 10ish or so.
If this is true, some concentrated DoS attacks might just cripple AOL for a wee bit and give the rest of the net some breathing room for a while.
Wonder why the script kiddies haven't gotten to work on this one yet.
Agreed. Giants though the RIAA and MPAA may be, their whining still amounts to little in the face of the tremendous uses of the 'net for e-commerce and communication.
The government is no fool -- shutting down the 'net would bring the US to a grinding halt, and produce severe economic impacts that it simply wouldn't dare to even think about.
I've never used any kind of Unix derivative until about 3 weeks ago, at which point I installed SuSE 6.4. Then my OpenBSD CDs came, and I wiped Linux and installed that.
While it can be argued that SuSE is easier to install for the Windoze user, OpenBSD gives quite a bit more control for a few keyboard strokes.
Moreover, at least for me, OpenBSD autodetected and autoinstalled drivers for my soundcard, whereas with SuSE I had to go and manually install some OSS stuff.
Not to say that Linux is hard to use, but OpenBSD is certainly on par in many usability issues. (especially the manuals --> they're great for all the *BSDs, from what I've perused so far)
Wait a minute -- so if I wanted the domain Gilgamesh, and I'm of Babylonian decent, noone can take it away from me, by your argument? After all, it's a really damn old religion. Far older than Christianity...
But stuff that doesn't have good commercial or military viability languishes on the back burner for lack of funding, and many eventually get canned. Fact of life.
On the other hand, scientific discoveries always eventually have applictions, and most places are smart enough that way to fund projects even if the applications are still hazy. Which is good.
Slightly older audience: DNA^2 (romance, comedy) Kenshin (romance, some action, comedy) Bubblegum crisis (action) Lodoss War (a chronicle of an ADND game)
More Drama: Macross 7 (available on SenshiTV (music, soul-searching stuff))
I personally thought that Grave of the Fireflies wasn't all that well done, story-wise. The animation and artistic talent behind the piece was just absolutely excellent, but I'm not quite sure why it's consistently so highly rated when it comes to the content.
Spoilers (of various anime, including Kenshin) ahead:
Okay... so he dies. He is one of many orphans whose parents were killed in yet another one of humanity's wonderful meaningless conflicts. Yay.
It's supposed to be sad, but most normal ppl like myself have no way of identifying with him. I mean, how can I possibly even begin to relate? How can most other viewers? Not all anime is supposed to make you relate, but this one attempts to appeal to your emotional side -- without showing you why you should care (IMHO).
As a counter-example, take Eva, and the Kenshin OVAs:
Teenage angst / depression is something we've all done. We've all done the soul-searching, and had our bouts of depression. We understand. IMO, Eva isn't good because of them giant robots smashing each other into pieces -- it's good because it has human characters we can relate to.
Kenshin OVAs: About difficult choices. Characters that draw you in with their actions. Sure, we don't all accidentally kill our friends, but we are all torn by conflicting emotions, feelings, and goals. And we've all accidentally hurt the ppl we love.
As far as I'm concerned, Grave of the Fireflies isn't bad -- I like it just for the artistic quality of the animation, but it could have been considerably more, if the characters had be more deeply developed.
Personally, right now I'm waiting for X/1999 to come out. That's going to be fun!
The possible removal of typeglobs (from above) is kinda disturbing, I have to say. But if they make files, formats, and a few other things first class, it should be okay. (I hope).
Well, eating bugs is theoretically 'his' way of 'punishing' himself. Of course, I'd rather see an industry standard where they just get 10 hard lashes across the nuts for each bug that a user finds. But then again, I don't develop stuff for profit either.
Wait... so technically most insults, whether said to someone's face or not, is slander? Can't the above be argued as my personal interpretations of said persons? I mean, I know that at the very least, I'm free to/think/ that so-and-so is such-and-such. But I thought I was also free to say so?
I have no problem with any commercial XXX site being forced to a.xxx tld. Of course, there is the sticky issue of defining what exactly is commercial, and what to do about sites that let ppl look at pr0n for free, and make their money with banner ads...
I also don't see lobbying as a major issue: what will they tell the congressmen: "uh, we believe that the American public has a God-given right to see 'butt naked slut go fucking nuts' whenever they like? and uhhh, we don't want to be forced into a.xxx tld"?
As for the URLs not wanting to tell you where you are going: maybe the pr0n dealers won't want you to know, but make the feds force them. And trust me, noone else will _want_ an.xxx tld attached to their name, so no problem with going to a.xxx address and _not_ finding your goat pr0n or whatever...
In the end, it may be just prudent to force all pr0n operators (at least in the US) who make more than oh, say, $10k in profits a year to move to a.xxx tld. Of course, they'd probably just move the corporation out of the US, but it would be a start, I guess. Next would be getting the UN or somesuch to get this policy to spread to all the other nations.
IMO, cries of censorship are invalid, since the pr0n is not only still all there, but more clearly labeled than ever. What can they bitch about?
Yeah. And call me a cynic, but I'm still wondering why exactly Sun did this. 'The goodness of their hearts' simply doesn't seem like a very water-tight argument...
Unless you're sworn in and under oath, you are free to lie. Which is why you have to be sworn in in the first place.
When I'm not sworn in, I'm perfectly allowed to shout 'so-and-so is a satanic pedophiliac of a faggot' in Times Square, and he can do nothing to stop me.
Same principle as if I wished to call Mr. Clinton a 'fucking communist nigger,' -- I'd be doing something perfectly legal, despite the fact that Mr. Clinton hasn't gotten some for a while now, that he isn't really a commie, and that he isn't black, even if he thinks he is.
But as many have pointed out, this is an opt-in service only. RBL doesn't force itself on you. So what's the trouble?
I'm allowed to be part of an extremest satanic cult that believes that Satan will come in Jan 14, 2004 to assist Mr. Gates in complete world domination if I want to, and there are no laws broken, as long as I join willfully.
I tried OCaml for a bit, but when trying to read through the manual, I believe the first thing they came up with was some kind of generic list sorting algorithm. Way beyond my comprehension -- I had no idea what exactly the algorithm did, much less how it did it.
Well, at least for the beta version point, I'm under the impression that anyone can go out and download the development branch of Linux/OpenBSD/Perl/Gnome/whatever.
And as for the extra goodies in a shrink-wrapped distro: 99% also free from the 'net. They do make it more convenient to install, and make it instantly available (good for the bandwidth-challenged), but also tend to include older, and possibly out-of-date versions. All in all, the 'extras' don't really seem all that alluring, and IMO, they would hardly be effective as bribes.
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At this point, I take it I'm supposed to trust these bastards? I think that I'll continue merrily on my way with my Proximitron(sp?), my HTTP[S]? and FTP proxy route through Stanford, and continue filling out all forms requesting personal information with perverted obscenities involving animals and the President.
Oh well.
mebbe /this/ is a good reason to put more money into high-bandwidth wireless research
Point well taken.
However, there is still the problem of the physical connection:
If many customers rely on several local ISPs and said local ISPs buy service from some big ISP (e.g. Atlantic Bell), and then Atlantic Bell goes down, bad things(tm) happen.
I remember when Atlantic Bell's router in the New Hampshire/Maine area went out for roughly 7 hrs or so (IIRC) about 2 months ago. Not a happy bunch of customers, my school included.
Way I see it, if there are chokepoints (a la Atlantic Bell), and said node goes down, all the customers are screwed. If the area had been connected by UUnet and Atlantic Bell both (?) maybe we wouldn't have gone down.
But I suppose that paying would get really confusing.
Starts praying that this happens.
On the other hand, IIRC AOHell users (at least in the past) had to browse through a set of proxies? I thought that there were relatively few --> 10ish or so.
If this is true, some concentrated DoS attacks might just cripple AOL for a wee bit and give the rest of the net some breathing room for a while.
Wonder why the script kiddies haven't gotten to work on this one yet.
Agreed. Giants though the RIAA and MPAA may be, their whining still amounts to little in the face of the tremendous uses of the 'net for e-commerce and communication.
/far/ outweigh the risks here.
The government is no fool -- shutting down the 'net would bring the US to a grinding halt, and produce severe economic impacts that it simply wouldn't dare to even think about.
The benefits simply
But what about a cheating clan that simply 'trusted' each other at the highest level, and then got someone else (or a few other ppl) to trust them?
Second that.
I've never used any kind of Unix derivative until about 3 weeks ago, at which point I installed SuSE 6.4. Then my OpenBSD CDs came, and I wiped Linux and installed that.
While it can be argued that SuSE is easier to install for the Windoze user, OpenBSD gives quite a bit more control for a few keyboard strokes.
Moreover, at least for me, OpenBSD autodetected and autoinstalled drivers for my soundcard, whereas with SuSE I had to go and manually install some OSS stuff.
Not to say that Linux is hard to use, but OpenBSD is certainly on par in many usability issues. (especially the manuals --> they're great for all the *BSDs, from what I've perused so far)
Ya foroget your sarcasm tag, eh?
Video Over Ip is a technology looking for a way to bilk investors and then die.
Just wondering: did they ever say that about Voice over IP? Or no?
As with any new technology, the obvious uses are, well ... obvious. :-)
;)
I'm sure that most guys would agree that having virtual strippers in-house, on-demand would be, well, quite something. Eh?
Wait a minute -- so if I wanted the domain Gilgamesh, and I'm of Babylonian decent, noone can take it away from me, by your argument? After all, it's a really damn old religion. Far older than Christianity ...
Bullshit.
It is, to a point.
But stuff that doesn't have good commercial or military viability languishes on the back burner for lack of funding, and many eventually get canned. Fact of life.
On the other hand, scientific discoveries always eventually have applictions, and most places are smart enough that way to fund projects even if the applications are still hazy. Which is good.
Younger audience:
Slayers (magic, comedy, adventure)
Slightly older audience:
DNA^2 (romance, comedy)
Kenshin (romance, some action, comedy)
Bubblegum crisis (action)
Lodoss War (a chronicle of an ADND game)
More Drama:
Macross 7 (available on SenshiTV (music, soul-searching stuff))
If you like this stuff, check out Anipike or Anime on DVD
[dons one of them flame-retardant suits]
... so he dies. He is one of many orphans whose parents were killed in yet another one of humanity's wonderful meaningless conflicts. Yay.
I personally thought that Grave of the Fireflies wasn't all that well done, story-wise. The animation and artistic talent behind the piece was just absolutely excellent, but I'm not quite sure why it's consistently so highly rated when it comes to the content.
Spoilers (of various anime, including Kenshin) ahead:
Okay
It's supposed to be sad, but most normal ppl like myself have no way of identifying with him. I mean, how can I possibly even begin to relate? How can most other viewers? Not all anime is supposed to make you relate, but this one attempts to appeal to your emotional side -- without showing you why you should care (IMHO).
As a counter-example, take Eva, and the Kenshin OVAs:
Teenage angst / depression is something we've all done. We've all done the soul-searching, and had our bouts of depression. We understand. IMO, Eva isn't good because of them giant robots smashing each other into pieces -- it's good because it has human characters we can relate to.
Kenshin OVAs: About difficult choices. Characters that draw you in with their actions. Sure, we don't all accidentally kill our friends, but we are all torn by conflicting emotions, feelings, and goals. And we've all accidentally hurt the ppl we love.
As far as I'm concerned, Grave of the Fireflies isn't bad -- I like it just for the artistic quality of the animation, but it could have been considerably more, if the characters had be more deeply developed.
Personally, right now I'm waiting for X/1999 to come out. That's going to be fun!
Flames? Comments? Fire away!
open my $fh, $path or die $!;
Hmm, gotta try that. What about the amount of stuff on CPAN that might break if the glob is removed? What's the current stance on that?
The possible removal of typeglobs (from above) is kinda disturbing, I have to say. But if they make files, formats, and a few other things first class, it should be okay. (I hope).
How do I spell S - C - A - M again? Oh, that's how. Heh.
Well, eating bugs is theoretically 'his' way of 'punishing' himself. Of course, I'd rather see an industry standard where they just get 10 hard lashes across the nuts for each bug that a user finds. But then again, I don't develop stuff for profit either.
Wait ... so technically most insults, whether said to someone's face or not, is slander? Can't the above be argued as my personal interpretations of said persons? I mean, I know that at the very least, I'm free to /think/ that so-and-so is such-and-such. But I thought I was also free to say so?
I have no problem with any commercial XXX site being forced to a .xxx tld. Of course, there is the sticky issue of defining what exactly is commercial, and what to do about sites that let ppl look at pr0n for free, and make their money with banner ads...
.xxx tld"?
.xxx tld attached to their name, so no problem with going to a .xxx address and _not_ finding your goat pr0n or whatever...
.xxx tld. Of course, they'd probably just move the corporation out of the US, but it would be a start, I guess. Next would be getting the UN or somesuch to get this policy to spread to all the other nations.
I also don't see lobbying as a major issue: what will they tell the congressmen: "uh, we believe that the American public has a God-given right to see 'butt naked slut go fucking nuts' whenever they like? and uhhh, we don't want to be forced into a
As for the URLs not wanting to tell you where you are going: maybe the pr0n dealers won't want you to know, but make the feds force them. And trust me, noone else will _want_ an
In the end, it may be just prudent to force all pr0n operators (at least in the US) who make more than oh, say, $10k in profits a year to move to a
IMO, cries of censorship are invalid, since the pr0n is not only still all there, but more clearly labeled than ever. What can they bitch about?
Yeah. And call me a cynic, but I'm still wondering why exactly Sun did this. 'The goodness of their hearts' simply doesn't seem like a very water-tight argument ...
Unless you're sworn in and under oath, you are free to lie. Which is why you have to be sworn in in the first place.
When I'm not sworn in, I'm perfectly allowed to shout 'so-and-so is a satanic pedophiliac of a faggot' in Times Square, and he can do nothing to stop me.
Same principle as if I wished to call Mr. Clinton a 'fucking communist nigger,' -- I'd be doing something perfectly legal, despite the fact that Mr. Clinton hasn't gotten some for a while now, that he isn't really a commie, and that he isn't black, even if he thinks he is.
But as many have pointed out, this is an opt-in service only. RBL doesn't force itself on you. So what's the trouble?
I'm allowed to be part of an extremest satanic cult that believes that Satan will come in Jan 14, 2004 to assist Mr. Gates in complete world domination if I want to, and there are no laws broken, as long as I join willfully.
Same idea here.
I tried OCaml for a bit, but when trying to read through the manual, I believe the first thing they came up with was some kind of generic list sorting algorithm. Way beyond my comprehension -- I had no idea what exactly the algorithm did, much less how it did it.
Well, at least for the beta version point, I'm under the impression that anyone can go out and download the development branch of Linux/OpenBSD/Perl/Gnome/whatever.
And as for the extra goodies in a shrink-wrapped distro: 99% also free from the 'net. They do make it more convenient to install, and make it instantly available (good for the bandwidth-challenged), but also tend to include older, and possibly out-of-date versions. All in all, the 'extras' don't really seem all that alluring, and IMO, they would hardly be effective as bribes.