"...I'm an African-American woman whose ancestors survived this country's early participation in the trading, buying, and selling of human flesh - this question is of great concern to me,..."
The problem is not that they had to fork the linux kernel, but rather that they are forced to make do with whatever Microsoft allows them to do to make their servers secure.....
Forking the kernel can be a good thing, and it shows how flexible linux can be...
I object to the insane level of tax that goes on our litre of petrol in the UK.
You can bet, though that the minute you see popular cars running off domestic mains power there will be some napster style lawsuits against the power companies by the petrol companies....
Either that or the UK govt will start taxing electricity at an insane amount.
To set up a co-lo bonx somewhere reasonable, and use a VPN to connect to it.
On the co-lo box you can then use IP forwarding and masquerading to view any sites you want.
The upside is that it is encrypted, when it passes through the aussie censors:-)
The only downside is that it can run to about £100 a month in hosting charges + initial cost of the machine, having said that though, you should be able to split the cost with some mates.
If enough people are interested, I might set up one of these for my poor Aussie relations.
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What did linus say when he created linux??
I think he hasically created it cause he wanted to..
Why climb that mountain? yadda yadda..
Those baseball hats that carry 2 cans of beer are the pinnacle of wearable utilities... Affordable too!
Hate groups...? What a strange mixed up pseudo-political world you must live in.
I simply mean that it appears not to be a science documentary, but rather one of those "personal axe to grind" movies.
"...I'm an African-American woman whose ancestors survived this country's early participation in the trading, buying, and selling of human flesh - this question is of great concern to me,..."
Riiiight....
Its one of *those* documentaries...
That is correct, Dr Falkien.
Now I will not enact Global Thermonuclear War.
What "Drug related scenes"?? What are you talking bout!!
BTW Rented "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" from them the other day... worst 3 minute film ever....
that is voted least likely to be sponsored by Microsoft...
"users still had to figure out where the decimal point should go. (Multiply 4 by 5 on a slide rule and the answer is 2, not 20.)"
This would cause problems with some people I know that use calculators to multiply and divide by 10..
By owning a DVD you can theoretically go to jail, because you can be ordered to reveal the key that encrypts the data...
That puts most people between a rock and a hard place, because then they would have to use hacking tools (DeCSS) to get the key...
er.... Jesuits...
/bit/ silly.
They are a
Well in that case.... What is the missing chunk of word after the "D"?
Could it be that Homer is French or something?
Please, I honestly want to know...
The problem is not that they had to fork the linux kernel, but rather that they are forced to make do with whatever Microsoft allows them to do to make their servers secure.....
Forking the kernel can be a good thing, and it shows how flexible linux can be...
www.snapstream.com
There is no linux version at present, but they are open to suggestion.
I use it on my windows box. Does the trick!
It wasn't Tom Clancy's NetForce with Scott Bakula you were watching was it?
Lets hope there is never a force feedback version of *this* mouse...
playing quake could cause whiplash....
Doh, just saw other posts... I know its redundant. Don't bother modding it...
In the UK you have the right to demand a copy of any surveillance tape made of you.
I.e. if you see that you are being recorded in a department store, you are within your rights to demand a copy of that tape!
(see Mark Thomas Comedy Product for more info)
Obvious uses for this would be to get videos of youself getting it on with a hot chick at a christmas party...
As if I care about the environment....
(actually I do, but I care about my pocket first)
I object to the insane level of tax that goes on our litre of petrol in the UK.
You can bet, though that the minute you see popular cars running off domestic mains power there will be some napster style lawsuits against the power companies by the petrol companies....
Either that or the UK govt will start taxing electricity at an insane amount.
Actually I think the Aussie government wants to turn the net into Teletext.
that would be http://www.itu.int
Hmmmm. Andover bought slashdot to use slashdot's popularity to generate advertising revenue...
:-)
Although it may not be generating a profit it was certainly *meant* to after the buyout...
Why else would Andover pay a squillion dollars for Slashdot?
Guaranteed First posts?
If ICANN kick out commercial sites from the .org TLD and regulates the .NET space also...
we would need to say goodbye to slashdot and freshmeat!
http://www.youcann.org/ And heres how you make one yourself!!
To set up a co-lo bonx somewhere reasonable, and use a VPN to connect to it.
:-)
On the co-lo box you can then use IP forwarding and masquerading to view any sites you want.
The upside is that it is encrypted, when it passes through the aussie censors
The only downside is that it can run to about £100 a month in hosting charges + initial cost of the machine, having said that though, you should be able to split the cost with some mates.
If enough people are interested, I might set up one of these for my poor Aussie relations.
Ahh, I know the problem...
Eddies in the space-time continuum...
Dunno who Eddie is, but he causes sooo much hassle.