Yeah, we got a large AS/400 machine, named it death-star... it replaced our old Oracle database server named Alderaan (spelled wrong, though)... and it went down once during a query from one of the dmz web transaction servers and caused it to blow up too. That one was called Endor!
Geek 1: Dammit! Deathstar isn't responding!
Geek 2: Fuck! It took Endor with it...
We nearly died laughing (us developers didn't have to *maintain* the servers... just write code for them).
At my old job we used to name all of our servers after Star Wars planets... I think there is an encyclopedia somewhere that has a couple hundred. Heck, you could even name one "death-star" since that was sort of an artificial planet (moon, I know).
It's sorta a chopped down mozilla browser without too much crap. Lots of good privacy stuff, like a pop-up killer and customizable browser id string. Still v0.6 but if you like gecko, K-Meleon is your man.
Don't fool yourself... they know exactly how the GPL and LGPL work. Gates, Ballmer and crew (not just microsoft) know what we're all about. Their public statements are carefully crafted FUD put together by a team of highly paid PR people.
If everybody doesn't know that, well, they should.
It is vital to them that they maintain the "common belief of corporations not being able to use GPL'ed code" because wider acceptance would surely put a dent in their business model.
This isn't (necessarily) just to bash on closed-source developers... it's certainly to their credit that they have such a thorough and accurate understanding of the software market, and the minds of software consumers in general. That's true both for professionals and home users.
Maybe we can learn a lesson from them and find a way to push WINE (or any open source for that matter), and still play a clean game...
Hey, I lived in a cabin in Alaska... it was a great and beautiful experience.
I recommend Fairbanks (perhaps on exchange with University of Alaska in Fairbanks) and getting a cabin near campus, but not too near. Rent varies between $150-$400 a month (no kidding).
I also recommend a laptop. It's like having a UPS built into your computer, and you can still surf on your modem during power outages (not that they are common, but still...). If you can survive an Alaskan winter in a cabin and still be a geek, than you've experienced a remarkable thing indeed.
Plus the local university has a LUG, so there are always people to drink beer with!
Consider this; acquitted of criminal copyright fraud, but held responsible for damages due to contract violation in civil court.
Which of the two do you thing M$ would actively pursue? On one side, you must defend yourself in a case you will probably win (still not cheap). On the other side, Bill takes you to the cleaners...
This has been updated, and confirmed, however it looks like the extent of this restructuring is a bit more than just one layoff. Although only one employee has been laid off, "some employees are being moved to a different office" according to the SuSE's press contact.
Check out above article (for the update), or go straight to LWN for the other side of the story, where supposedly 'the number of affected people is said to be "around a couple dozen."'
Linux Weekly News's coverage is woefully short, but there is an e-mail from a SuSE employee on the SuSE mailing list posted as "confirmation"...
Actually that is simply release 44, running at pliant.cx; there is really only one official homepage. Release 53 (the current version) is what Hubert is presenting at the location in the original story.
More importantly, this/. article is public domain, and therefore it could be considered a claim that you have, in fact, read, received and understood those letters.
Most of the U.S. legal system is based on issuing notices. Many times, a person cannot be held liable for specific things until they have been officially served notice. Check fraud and bad credit debt come to mind immediately... (if you have creditors after you, just hide from them... they have to tell you in person that they are taking you to court... if you are not informed in person you don't have to go)
...all you have to do to stop a rollout to win2k is put a total cost of ownership in front of them...
Don't forget that our friend 'bob' works for a gov't agency... if they are convinced that a solution w/a $400 headcount is required, they can, most likely, appropriate the necessary funds.
Then again, you probably already know that;) (www.nsa.org?)
Worse, a merger between AMFM Inc. and Clear Channel has been approved... scary, huh? (actually that's kinda old news [late april]... maybe they merged already, I dunno)
I'd be interested in indecent source code on a t-shirt... IIANM, doesn't thinkgeek have a pretty racy *nix shirt? Unless we're talking source code/ascii art in the shape of porn, ala Usenet, I think proving indecency on text would be difficult at best. Of course, I'm not a lawyer... (but I can play on on Slashdot!)
It's nice to see that the judicial system is starting to understand how *impossible* a banning solution would be. Kinda reminds me of 60's demonstrations where hundreds of people get carted off to jail. Now we have people (Corley, CopyLeft, etc...) putting their freedom on the line to defend freedoms that we thought only geeks understood fully! And they thought 2600 was just a hacker rag... (jeez... now I sound like katz;)
How much resources any given node would have? If everyone left their computers on all the time (not uncommon) all those screensaver ticks would be put in someone elses processor pool, I assume... so would everyone average 1+ processors worth at any given moment? If it were a linux based DOS (dis. operating system!) would 'uptime' report the os's uptime, the nodes' uptime, or both?
It seems those suggestions to use Liberty with Afterburner resulted in Gambit Studios offering a "Special Bundle" with Afterburner for an extra six bucks, coming soon. hmm... maybe they read slashdot too...:)
Slashdot Mirror
That's just what they'd like you to believe...
;)
(the truth is out there
...right here.
Like DUH... It's the periodic table of COMIC BOOK elements, not the table of neato text adventure elements!! Comics are all about the illustration!
Hmm... on second thought... an ANSI/text periodic table from text adventures like zork, hitchhikers guide and nethack or rogue might be interesting...
Yeah, we got a large AS/400 machine, named it death-star... it replaced our old Oracle database server named Alderaan (spelled wrong, though)... and it went down once during a query from one of the dmz web transaction servers and caused it to blow up too. That one was called Endor!
Geek 1: Dammit! Deathstar isn't responding!
Geek 2: Fuck! It took Endor with it...
We nearly died laughing (us developers didn't have to *maintain* the servers... just write code for them).
Thanks! My bad...
That post makes me wish there was a (-1: Stupid) score.
At my old job we used to name all of our servers after Star Wars planets... I think there is an encyclopedia somewhere that has a couple hundred.
Heck, you could even name one "death-star" since that was sort of an artificial planet (moon, I know).
2002-09-04
(there... happy?)
It's sorta a chopped down mozilla browser without too much crap. Lots of good privacy stuff, like a pop-up killer and customizable browser id string. Still v0.6 but if you like gecko, K-Meleon is your man.
;)
I hope that helps you save your soul...
Don't fool yourself... they know exactly how the GPL and LGPL work. Gates, Ballmer and crew (not just microsoft) know what we're all about. Their public statements are carefully crafted FUD put together by a team of highly paid PR people.
If everybody doesn't know that, well, they should.
It is vital to them that they maintain the "common belief of corporations not being able to use GPL'ed code" because wider acceptance would surely put a dent in their business model.
This isn't (necessarily) just to bash on closed-source developers... it's certainly to their credit that they have such a thorough and accurate understanding of the software market, and the minds of software consumers in general. That's true both for professionals and home users.
Maybe we can learn a lesson from them and find a way to push WINE (or any open source for that matter), and still play a clean game...
That's okay, though... my old job sucked ass, and my fiance has a good staff position at a local university, makes enough to cover bills...
So I get free tuition! I may just stop working, and do a masters degree or two... eastern philosophy, anyone?
Besides, it's a welcome break from the crap IT work that is commonly available now.
Of course, I could always sell my soul and settle for an MCSE...
Hey, I lived in a cabin in Alaska... it was a great and beautiful experience.
I recommend Fairbanks (perhaps on exchange with University of Alaska in Fairbanks) and getting a cabin near campus, but not too near. Rent varies between $150-$400 a month (no kidding).
I also recommend a laptop. It's like having a UPS built into your computer, and you can still surf on your modem during power outages (not that they are common, but still...). If you can survive an Alaskan winter in a cabin and still be a geek, than you've experienced a remarkable thing indeed.
Plus the local university has a LUG, so there are always people to drink beer with!
Consider this; acquitted of criminal copyright fraud, but held responsible for damages due to contract violation in civil court.
Which of the two do you thing M$ would actively pursue? On one side, you must defend yourself in a case you will probably win (still not cheap). On the other side, Bill takes you to the cleaners...
Wow!! Slashdot finally gets its own paradox!
(you know... story posted -> panic created -> surplus depleted -> artificial shortage created -> self-fulfilling condition!!!)
This has been updated, and confirmed, however it looks like the extent of this restructuring is a bit more than just one layoff. Although only one employee has been laid off, "some employees are being moved to a different office" according to the SuSE's press contact.
Check out above article (for the update), or go straight to LWN for the other side of the story, where supposedly 'the number of affected people is said to be "around a couple dozen."'
Linux Weekly News's coverage is woefully short, but there is an e-mail from a SuSE employee on the SuSE mailing list posted as "confirmation"...
Actually that is simply release 44, running at pliant.cx; there is really only one official homepage.
Release 53 (the current version) is what Hubert is presenting at the location in the original story.
They are both at pliant.cx.
Actually I thought that DeCSS was a program for stripping cascading style-sheets from html pages... ;)
...but what do I know.
More importantly, this /. article is public domain, and therefore it could be considered a claim that you have, in fact, read, received and understood those letters.
Most of the U.S. legal system is based on issuing notices. Many times, a person cannot be held liable for specific things until they have been officially served notice. Check fraud and bad credit debt come to mind immediately... (if you have creditors after you, just hide from them... they have to tell you in person that they are taking you to court... if you are not informed in person you don't have to go)
Disclaimer: IANAL (I am not anal either!)
...all you have to do to stop a rollout to win2k is put a total cost of ownership in front of them...
;)
Don't forget that our friend 'bob' works for a gov't agency... if they are convinced that a solution w/a $400 headcount is required, they can, most likely, appropriate the necessary funds.
Then again, you probably already know that
(www.nsa.org?)
Worse, a merger between AMFM Inc. and Clear Channel has been approved... scary, huh? (actually that's kinda old news [late april]... maybe they merged already, I dunno)
What is VMFK/2?
Or even, "In God We Thrust"...
Wait... that didn't come out quite right...
Even better! That would not only produce press coverage, but maybe an article on Suck!
I'd be interested in indecent source code on a t-shirt... IIANM, doesn't thinkgeek have a pretty racy *nix shirt? Unless we're talking source code/ascii art in the shape of porn, ala Usenet, I think proving indecency on text would be difficult at best.
Of course, I'm not a lawyer... (but I can play on on Slashdot!)
It's nice to see that the judicial system is starting to understand how *impossible* a banning solution would be. Kinda reminds me of 60's demonstrations where hundreds of people get carted off to jail. Now we have people (Corley, CopyLeft, etc...) putting their freedom on the line to defend freedoms that we thought only geeks understood fully! ;)
And they thought 2600 was just a hacker rag...
(jeez... now I sound like katz
How much resources any given node would have? If everyone left their computers on all the time (not uncommon) all those screensaver ticks would be put in someone elses processor pool, I assume... so would everyone average 1+ processors worth at any given moment? If it were a linux based DOS (dis. operating system!) would 'uptime' report the os's uptime, the nodes' uptime, or both?
It seems those suggestions to use Liberty with Afterburner resulted in Gambit Studios offering a "Special Bundle" with Afterburner for an extra six bucks, coming soon. hmm... maybe they read slashdot too... :)
Mr. Jaggers