Was Mandrake 8.2 supposed to come with this as well? I seem to recall reading somewhere that it (mdk 8.2) had both KDE 2.x and 3.0rc3 available. But I can't find 3.0rc3 anywhere on it.
Onenet is the internet "service" provider to most state agencies within Oklahoma, including Oklahoma State University, where I am currently working on a BSEE. Neglecting Onenet's other issues (AOL's netadmins could do a better job than Onenet's), they have a "transparent" web cache proxy. More often than not, errors fetching a web page come not from the browser or the site itself as they should, but from the proxy. DNS errors from the proxy are not uncommon. As for switching ISPs, I can't, which really sucks. But for what I can reach on the net, I'm still getting ultra-cheap broadband:P.
Probably, but...
MandrakeSoft doesn't actually host the ISOs. Volunteer mirror sites do, many of which are *.edu sites. The universities absorb the bandwidth costs (probably quite insignificant compared to their overall budget).
You cannot copyright the contents of a sealed box.
Yes you can. Remember, nearly all legitimately copyrightable content is effectively carried in the form on "contents of a sealed box." Music being 'sealed' on CDs, movies being 'sealed' on tape, etc.
Incidentally, I just wrote a 10 page report yesterday for my processor architecture class on intellectual property laws and issues. I had to relate the IP issues to microprocessor design, but I did find a couple of opportunities to blast the DMCA and the insanely long copyright term limits we have Sonny Bono to thank for. I'm tempted to post the pdf of it, but I haven't submitted it for grading yet so that probably wouldn't be the hottest idea.
I called both of my states (MD) Senators earlier today to make sure that I got in my "Don't you dare vote for this" early.
Are you sure you weren't just talking to some low-paid secretary who has no idea what your senators are actually doing? Typically, that's the type of person you should expect to get when you call a senator's office. But it is still important to note that they will let the actual senators know about patterns they notice, e.g. if people were calling en masse against the CBDTPA.
Infortunately [sic], our legislators still do not heed email and faxes to the degree they should
Which shouldn't be a surprise since they obviously don't understand technology anyway (why else would they think of passing DMCA and SSSCA type bills).
Hmm, if it becomes a law that the copy protection tools must be OSS
Then you won't have to reverse-engineer it, so the DMCA wouldn't apply to these copy protection mechanisms. Right? Sure, you'll still have SSSCA-2 to deal with, but I don't see how they could apply the DMCA to this.
The idea of charging spammers for their spam isn't entirely new. A few people I've spoken to people on USENET claim include a disclaimer in their signatures, charging $500USD for unsolicited mail
Don't forget that many states have laws that entitle spam recipients to this same amount. You still have to take them to small claims court though and possibly even go through a collection agency. (Heck, I live in a $500-a-pop state...with the amount of spam I get, I could easily afford to hire a full time staff to handle everything from going to court to contacting the collection agencies).
quick question...who else is now big in the world of retail computers...meaning like, you walk into a Best Buy or a Sears, whose computers are you gonna see
The motherboards are in aisle 3, the RAM is in aisle 4, the video cards are in aisle 8...
Will The Man give the ISPs a list of domains or IP blocks to block, or will there be specific sites (e.g. www.geoshitties.com/~username/naughtypics) on the list? If it was only the former, it would be relatively easy for the ISP to firewall all traffic going to and coming from the requested IP ranges. Unless vhosting was involved, anyway. But if more specific sites were on the list, the ISP would basically need to have a real-time Carnivoresque system running. It would have to sniff out all traffic to potential sites, figure out where specifically on the site the traffic is headed to, and make an accept/reject decision based on that. And it would have to do this almost in real time. While I dislike kid porn traders just as much as anybody else here, this isn't an effective way to stop them.
Piracy is a social problem, not a technical one, yet the recording industry keeps insisting on technical solutions
The fact that more and more consumer are refusing to recognize the validity of the monopolistic RIAA and MPAA speaks volumes about how they (RIAA/MPAA) are doing business. Keep in mind that there are lots of monopolies out there that aren't hated by consumers. The distrust shown towards consumers by the RIAA/MPAA is coming back and biting the industries in the ass, and the industries themselves are more at fault for this than the consumers. Not that consumers aren't partly responsible, but a basic principle of business is that your customers will treat you the same way you treat them. The RIAA and MPAA are learning this the hard way, and they aren't liking it one bit.
While the Slashdot community may treat copy protection and anti-piracy legislation with righteous indignation, I think people ignore the fact that the majority of the public are greedy swine.
[Obvious] Including those in charge of the RIAA/MPAA.
I was just about to download the freeware version of PGP last night when, in response to the mandatory registration, I read their privacy policy. Things like "We may also carefully select other companies to send you information about their products and services." caught my attention. Basically, they sell your information and require you to contact them to prevent this from happening. No, there isn't a 'please do not share this information' checkbox.
That doesn't look like much of a privacy policy to me. Hence the reason I didn't proceed.
It's possible these days to create music from your own home and record it onto CDs with the same quality as you'll find on the latest Britney Spears album at Wal-Mart.
Perhaps the money involved in purchasing licensed copies of non-free software should be considered a sort of contract. When I pay for an item (any item) at a store, I expect the item not to be shoddy, or at the very least I expect that there will be compensation should shoddiness be present. This compensation usually comes in the form of a refund, although manufacturers of consumer products often are held liable for product defects and any damages that might result from them. The same principle could easily be extended to software. If I pay for a piece of software, I expect it to work. If you certify to me via the implied contract of sale that your product works and it does not (e.g. if I purchase a piece of software which, through some defect, corrupts my data or causes loss), you are liable for the damages.
Free software is a separate case, IMO. If, for example, I download a Linux ISO, then there has been no sale. Accordingly, no contract has been entered into either by myself or the creator of the software. I may have obtained the product legally, but since no contract of sale is present, I am SOL if anything bad happens.
If worst comes to worst, the raw signal components can be extracted from CRT neck boards. LCD screens with potted up components are harder but not impossible.
This will work until the MPAA puts a chassis intrusion detection system in your TV/monitor that will render the circuit board useless if you dare open the case.
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Was Mandrake 8.2 supposed to come with this as well? I seem to recall reading somewhere that it (mdk 8.2) had both KDE 2.x and 3.0rc3 available. But I can't find 3.0rc3 anywhere on it.
Onenet is the internet "service" provider to most state agencies within Oklahoma, including Oklahoma State University, where I am currently working on a BSEE. Neglecting Onenet's other issues (AOL's netadmins could do a better job than Onenet's), they have a "transparent" web cache proxy. More often than not, errors fetching a web page come not from the browser or the site itself as they should, but from the proxy. DNS errors from the proxy are not uncommon. As for switching ISPs, I can't, which really sucks. But for what I can reach on the net, I'm still getting ultra-cheap broadband :P.
Wouldn't $3/download cover bandwidth costs?
Probably, but...
MandrakeSoft doesn't actually host the ISOs. Volunteer mirror sites do, many of which are *.edu sites. The universities absorb the bandwidth costs (probably quite insignificant compared to their overall budget).
Wasn't the federal gov trying to make incryption illegal
Think SSSCA and DMCA...they're trying to make it illegal not to use encryption.
with uild in unhackable clock and security id
*snicker*
You cannot copyright the contents of a sealed box.
Yes you can. Remember, nearly all legitimately copyrightable content is effectively carried in the form on "contents of a sealed box." Music being 'sealed' on CDs, movies being 'sealed' on tape, etc.
Incidentally, I just wrote a 10 page report yesterday for my processor architecture class on intellectual property laws and issues. I had to relate the IP issues to microprocessor design, but I did find a couple of opportunities to blast the DMCA and the insanely long copyright term limits we have Sonny Bono to thank for. I'm tempted to post the pdf of it, but I haven't submitted it for grading yet so that probably wouldn't be the hottest idea.
I called both of my states (MD) Senators earlier today to make sure that I got in my "Don't you dare vote for this" early.
Are you sure you weren't just talking to some low-paid secretary who has no idea what your senators are actually doing? Typically, that's the type of person you should expect to get when you call a senator's office. But it is still important to note that they will let the actual senators know about patterns they notice, e.g. if people were calling en masse against the CBDTPA.
Remember that we already have the Defending Monopolies' Cashflow Act.
Infortunately [sic], our legislators still do not heed email and faxes to the degree they should
Which shouldn't be a surprise since they obviously don't understand technology anyway (why else would they think of passing DMCA and SSSCA type bills).
Hmm, if it becomes a law that the copy protection tools must be OSS
Then you won't have to reverse-engineer it, so the DMCA wouldn't apply to these copy protection mechanisms. Right? Sure, you'll still have SSSCA-2 to deal with, but I don't see how they could apply the DMCA to this.
The idea of charging spammers for their spam isn't entirely new. A few people I've spoken to people on USENET claim include a disclaimer in their signatures, charging $500USD for unsolicited mail
Don't forget that many states have laws that entitle spam recipients to this same amount. You still have to take them to small claims court though and possibly even go through a collection agency. (Heck, I live in a $500-a-pop state...with the amount of spam I get, I could easily afford to hire a full time staff to handle everything from going to court to contacting the collection agencies).
Especially after the stunt they pulled at Ground Zero after the attacks, trying to recruit by posing as medical workers
Please tell me you're kidding...
quick question...who else is now big in the world of retail computers...meaning like, you walk into a Best Buy or a Sears, whose computers are you gonna see
The motherboards are in aisle 3, the RAM is in aisle 4, the video cards are in aisle 8...
Self Built PCs = good
How long before they're all suing M$ for evil monopolistic armtwisting?
Given recent corporate events, I would think they'd just merge with M$.
Will The Man give the ISPs a list of domains or IP blocks to block, or will there be specific sites (e.g. www.geoshitties.com/~username/naughtypics) on the list? If it was only the former, it would be relatively easy for the ISP to firewall all traffic going to and coming from the requested IP ranges. Unless vhosting was involved, anyway. But if more specific sites were on the list, the ISP would basically need to have a real-time Carnivoresque system running. It would have to sniff out all traffic to potential sites, figure out where specifically on the site the traffic is headed to, and make an accept/reject decision based on that. And it would have to do this almost in real time. While I dislike kid porn traders just as much as anybody else here, this isn't an effective way to stop them.
How will people use their 1,000 free hours of AOL in 45 days if their hard drive, and hence their PC, can only be on 333 hours per month?
This is possible, but two conditions must exist:
1. They must be typing "Me too! Me too!" and nothing else. This way, the hard drive won't need to be used.
2. They must be doing this for 1000/45 = 22.2 hours per day. So what if they're only getting about an hour and a half of sleep every night?
Piracy is a social problem, not a technical one, yet the recording industry keeps insisting on technical solutions
The fact that more and more consumer are refusing to recognize the validity of the monopolistic RIAA and MPAA speaks volumes about how they (RIAA/MPAA) are doing business. Keep in mind that there are lots of monopolies out there that aren't hated by consumers. The distrust shown towards consumers by the RIAA/MPAA is coming back and biting the industries in the ass, and the industries themselves are more at fault for this than the consumers. Not that consumers aren't partly responsible, but a basic principle of business is that your customers will treat you the same way you treat them. The RIAA and MPAA are learning this the hard way, and they aren't liking it one bit.
I mean really, why am I paying $7 for a "value" meal?
Because you are contributing to McDonalds's 'Lawsuits due to food poisoning' fund.
While the Slashdot community may treat copy protection and anti-piracy legislation with righteous indignation, I think people ignore the fact that the majority of the public are greedy swine.
[Obvious] Including those in charge of the RIAA/MPAA.
I was just about to download the freeware version of PGP last night when, in response to the mandatory registration, I read their privacy policy. Things like "We may also carefully select other companies to send you information about their products and services." caught my attention. Basically, they sell your information and require you to contact them to prevent this from happening. No, there isn't a 'please do not share this information' checkbox.
That doesn't look like much of a privacy policy to me. Hence the reason I didn't proceed.
Anyway, if you are a college student, when are you not on the network?
When you're living off campus.
We simply can't find $35,000 in other things to buy for this room! I might add also, all 700 slots were filled in less than a day.
The obvious solution for any large party on a college campus:
Beer!
It's possible these days to create music from your own home and record it onto CDs with the same quality as you'll find on the latest Britney Spears album at Wal-Mart.
That doesn't say much...
Perhaps the money involved in purchasing licensed copies of non-free software should be considered a sort of contract. When I pay for an item (any item) at a store, I expect the item not to be shoddy, or at the very least I expect that there will be compensation should shoddiness be present. This compensation usually comes in the form of a refund, although manufacturers of consumer products often are held liable for product defects and any damages that might result from them. The same principle could easily be extended to software. If I pay for a piece of software, I expect it to work. If you certify to me via the implied contract of sale that your product works and it does not (e.g. if I purchase a piece of software which, through some defect, corrupts my data or causes loss), you are liable for the damages.
Free software is a separate case, IMO. If, for example, I download a Linux ISO, then there has been no sale. Accordingly, no contract has been entered into either by myself or the creator of the software. I may have obtained the product legally, but since no contract of sale is present, I am SOL if anything bad happens.
If worst comes to worst, the raw signal components can be extracted from CRT neck boards. LCD screens with potted up components are harder but not impossible.
This will work until the MPAA puts a chassis intrusion detection system in your TV/monitor that will render the circuit board useless if you dare open the case.