Change your MX record of your domain name to point to a mail.domainname.com that points to a A record of 127.0.0.1
No one will be able to mail you anything and your other sub-domains, such as www.domainname.com will still be open, which will allow you to post a message and give your real customers a 2ndary email address to email you at (that doesn't end in @yourdomain.com)
> Now, the real question is: can a COPYING file in a tar file count as a license, when the user doesn't need to sign a contract or indicate their affirmative agreement to the license terms in any way?
In response to this, if you read the GPL, it suggests that you place a copyright and gpl info at the front of every source file. Perhaps this is for a reason.
Reading the article, and then reading the comments and sub-comments, this article has brought out the debate on the declining civil liberties of the US and what freedoms ARE or ARE NOT guaranteed by the US Constition. There's several comments from citizens of non-US countries who point out instances where their country is more "free" than the US, and then sub-comments pointing out counter-examples of said person's country NOT being "free". So, in summary I feel that many/most countries have some freedoms and do not have some freedoms.
What I want is the opinion of the slashdot community, on what country they feel is the most "free" with freedoms that the slashdot crowd is interested in. If a citizen of the US was going to move and try to gain citizenship in another country, what country should it be?
What do you mean, "they don't have any version called server anymore"?? Have you not heard of Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, and the new Windows 2002/.Net Server, Windows 2002/.Net Advanced Server?
I'm not surprised that Loki got many emails from linux users wanting free binaries so they could play their windows copies of games under Linux. It's what the linux community learned to expect from Id Software, who developed Quake. I'm not saying that this excuses this behavior, but at least it explains it. When Id Software released Quake, Quake2, Quake3, and now Return to Wolfenstein for linux they've always released a free copy of the binaries for linux that would work with the data files from the purchased windows copy of the game. The reason, of course, why they were able to do this was that Id Software does the development in house, costing only development time. Where as Loki had to buy the rights to the game costing both license and development time.
I'm running a LeadTek Geforce 3 w/64MB ram on a 21" Hitachi monitor with.22 dotpitch. I've never noticed this "low video quality" you speak of. Please elaborate with specifics, I'd really like to know.
Junta, I agree with what you're saying, but I feel you're misinformed on the NVIDIA thing. NVIDIA releases completely open source drivers. Both the GLX (OpenGL replacement for X) and the NVdriver (the kernel module) are open source.
Unless they're causing a problem, I don't believe in reporting them. Even I have port scanned hosts before, so I could find out what OS their webserver runs, or what services they have. Have I ever hacked any of these hosts? No. One does not necessarily mean the other.
Out of curiosity, how do you go about getting some sort of goverment security clearance, even the most basic kind? Can a individual fill out a form and start the process, or does it have to be started by a US Goverment Agency during a job interview process?
Where can I find a free newserver to feed news to and suck news from? I'm not just looking for a misconfigured newserver that allows people to post and read, I want to stream news from and to it. I've looked at some commercial news providers and they're quite expensive.
I see no evidence that Nintendo is interested in anything other than TV and handheld game machines. They are not interested in DVD's, MP3's, the web or other multimedia/general computing unlike Microsoft. Granted, Microsoft has dipped it's feet in the game industry with the X-Box, but everyone who's reviewed it has something negative to say and with good reason.
Microsoft focused on the fastest processor, most amount of memory, lots of storage (for caching and game saves) which is important in the computer market but not necessarily in the game market. Console Game players are interested in the playability/funness factor of a game over the graphics/specs of the game. Take Halo (Xbox) for example, it's nice looking and could be lots of fun, but it just screams for a mouse and keyboard. It needs lots of buttons (all the time) and it needs a FPS movement that only a mouse in "mouselook" mode can really deliver on. Where as if you look at Luigi's Mansion (GameCube) you use very few controls (all the time) and it's movement is very natural for a "gamepad" controller, it would not be natural for a keyboard and mouse. Microsoft's mistake is taking what they know about computers and trying to apply that to a console, whereas Nintendo has been in business since 1951 and started selling video games in 1971, in that tine they have learned a thing or two about making a fun, playable game. This is one market Microsoft will NOT dominate in.
Some amenities I would like would be a soda machine that had Bawls, Mt.Dew, Dr.Pepper, Jolt, Red Bull, and other natural/un-natural caffeine drinks in it.
I agree, sorry if my comment was mis-understood. The idea is to use a gigabit switch for apt-to-apt connections and a linux router for outbound traffic going to the ISP. I would not dream of using a PC as a gigabit switch, just think how many PCI slots you'd need for an apt complex!!
Also, I really don't think the IP's will be a problem, it really just depends on the ISP. For example, my ISP sells a high speed DSL package with 30 IPs. The apartment complex I live in has only 20 apts. For those wondering why we wouldn't use NAT, it's because it's really not fair to the apt tenant, some software does not work behind a NAT/Firewall or can only work if the firewall forwards a specific port to a specific IP; but with everyone having their own IP everyone can do anything they want.
Friend in Virginia planning on doing just that
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A friend of mine who just moved to Virginia, is planning on doing just that. He going to purchase an apartment complex (his family has lots of money) and outfit it to be geek friendly. He's planning on running gigabit ethernet to every apt for apt-to-apt networking and use highspeed ADSL with several static IPs (one for each apt) for outbound internet access. Then start playing with video-on-demand and other cool technologies on his apt complex as a testbed for others. Once he gets it right he'll start outfitting other apartment complexes for other realtors. Of course he'll be using Linux and FreeBSD for just about everything from the router to the "apt game servers" and video on demand servers.
When I get one, which I will. Just before I replace the 40hr hard drive with a bigger one, I will be backing up the drive with "Partition Image" http://freshmeat.net/projects/partimage/ or Powerquest's "Drive Image" http://www.powerquest.com/driveimage/. That way I can migrate the OS to the new hard drive AND have a backup in case a "upgrade" comes down the line in the future, that removes a feature.
In fact a simple search of "mod_auth" on http://www.freshmeat.net returns 22 hits of software that uses HTTP Basic Authentication and checks usernames/passwords against databases, ldap, pam, kerberos, etc.
I agree. I too am a OpenSRS reseller. OpenSRS is a dream to do business with. They're totally-opensource with their client software, and API used to connect to their system. They don't charge a setup fee to become a reseller. They don't try to steal your business by selling to the end-user. They have a easy to use reseller interface and customer domain manager interface. They provide a test server and interfaces for you to test your system/scripts with before going live. They're awesome! For more information go to: www.opensrs.net
The included README and html files doesn't list any command-line options. I assumed +set dedicated 2 for a Internet dedicated server, but I need to know what config/cfg file should be exec'ed for example:./quake3 +set dedicated 2 +exec ffa.config, what's the equivelent for Return to Wolfenstein?
I'm one of the sysadmin's for linux.engr.uark.edu, one of the 'www.redhat.com/mirrors.html' mirrors. This morning I placed 3 iso's on the server. Within hours, the server had a load average of 26.0, and was pumping out 20mbps of data.
* Note: Our University only has a 20Mbps connection to Internet 1 and a 155Mbps connection to Internet 2.
By the time the network admin's at the University level found out which segment the 20mbps was coming from, they just shut it down assuming it was a DOS attack. Namely they shutdown 7 engineering departments. Thankfully, once I explained to them what it was, they turned the connection back on, but asked me to limit it to 3-5mbps.:(
I agree that people should be told that they
can download linux for free. But, I do not agree that the open source movement means you cannot make money off of it. Too often people confuse free software with open source software and vica-versa. The GPL protects software from harm that
commercialism can cause it. If Redhat wants to sell something that can be obtained for free, I say, let them. It's in everyone's interest that they stay in business, so that they can continue to pay programmers, just like us, to do work on an OS that we all love. Not to mention that by buying a pre-packaged CD from redhat you get a manual, and tech-support, as opposed to a burned CD, and having to bug a friend for tech-support, in their already too busy lives.
Slashdot Mirror
Change your MX record of your domain name to point to a mail.domainname.com that points to a A record of 127.0.0.1
No one will be able to mail you anything and your other sub-domains, such as www.domainname.com will still be open, which will allow you to post a message and give your real customers a 2ndary email address to email you at (that doesn't end in @yourdomain.com)
> Now, the real question is: can a COPYING file in a tar file count as a license, when the user doesn't need to sign a contract or indicate their affirmative agreement to the license terms in any way?
In response to this, if you read the GPL, it suggests that you place a copyright and gpl info at the front of every source file. Perhaps this is for a reason.
Reading the article, and then reading the comments and sub-comments, this article has brought out the debate on the declining civil liberties of the US and what freedoms ARE or ARE NOT guaranteed by the US Constition. There's several comments from citizens of non-US countries who point out instances where their country is more "free" than the US, and then sub-comments pointing out counter-examples of said person's country NOT being "free". So, in summary I feel that many/most countries have some freedoms and do not have some freedoms.
What I want is the opinion of the slashdot community, on what country they feel is the most "free" with freedoms that the slashdot crowd is interested in. If a citizen of the US was going to move and try to gain citizenship in another country, what country should it be?
What do you mean, "they don't have any version called server anymore"?? Have you not heard of Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, and the new Windows 2002/.Net Server, Windows 2002/.Net Advanced Server?
I'm not surprised that Loki got many emails from linux users wanting free binaries so they could play their windows copies of games under Linux. It's what the linux community learned to expect from Id Software, who developed Quake. I'm not saying that this excuses this behavior, but at least it explains it. When Id Software released Quake, Quake2, Quake3, and now Return to Wolfenstein for linux they've always released a free copy of the binaries for linux that would work with the data files from the purchased windows copy of the game. The reason, of course, why they were able to do this was that Id Software does the development in house, costing only development time. Where as Loki had to buy the rights to the game costing both license and development time.
I'm running a LeadTek Geforce 3 w/64MB ram on a 21" Hitachi monitor with .22 dotpitch. I've never noticed this "low video quality" you speak of. Please elaborate with specifics, I'd really like to know.
Junta, I agree with what you're saying, but I feel you're misinformed on the NVIDIA thing. NVIDIA releases completely open source drivers. Both the GLX (OpenGL replacement for X) and the NVdriver (the kernel module) are open source.
Unless they're causing a problem, I don't believe in reporting them. Even I have port scanned hosts before, so I could find out what OS their webserver runs, or what services they have. Have I ever hacked any of these hosts? No. One does not necessarily mean the other.
-Jared H.
Out of curiosity, how do you go about getting some sort of goverment security clearance, even the most basic kind? Can a individual fill out a form and start the process, or does it have to be started by a US Goverment Agency during a job interview process?
Where can I find a free newserver to feed news to and suck news from? I'm not just looking for a misconfigured newserver that allows people to post and read, I want to stream news from and to it. I've looked at some commercial news providers and they're quite expensive.
I see no evidence that Nintendo is interested in anything other than TV and handheld game machines. They are not interested in DVD's, MP3's, the web or other multimedia/general computing unlike Microsoft. Granted, Microsoft has dipped it's feet in the game industry with the X-Box, but everyone who's reviewed it has something negative to say and with good reason.
Microsoft focused on the fastest processor, most amount of memory, lots of storage (for caching and game saves) which is important in the computer market but not necessarily in the game market. Console Game players are interested in the playability/funness factor of a game over the graphics/specs of the game. Take Halo (Xbox) for example, it's nice looking and could be lots of fun, but it just screams for a mouse and keyboard. It needs lots of buttons (all the time) and it needs a FPS movement that only a mouse in "mouselook" mode can really deliver on. Where as if you look at Luigi's Mansion (GameCube) you use very few controls (all the time) and it's movement is very natural for a "gamepad" controller, it would not be natural for a keyboard and mouse. Microsoft's mistake is taking what they know about computers and trying to apply that to a console, whereas Nintendo has been in business since 1951 and started selling video games in 1971, in that tine they have learned a thing or two about making a fun, playable game. This is one market Microsoft will NOT dominate in.
Some amenities I would like would be a soda machine that had Bawls, Mt.Dew, Dr.Pepper, Jolt, Red Bull, and other natural/un-natural caffeine drinks in it.
I agree, sorry if my comment was mis-understood. The idea is to use a gigabit switch for apt-to-apt connections and a linux router for outbound traffic going to the ISP. I would not dream of using a PC as a gigabit switch, just think how many PCI slots you'd need for an apt complex!!
Also, I really don't think the IP's will be a problem, it really just depends on the ISP. For example, my ISP sells a high speed DSL package with 30 IPs. The apartment complex I live in has only 20 apts. For those wondering why we wouldn't use NAT, it's because it's really not fair to the apt tenant, some software does not work behind a NAT/Firewall or can only work if the firewall forwards a specific port to a specific IP; but with everyone having their own IP everyone can do anything they want.
A friend of mine who just moved to Virginia, is planning on doing just that. He going to purchase an apartment complex (his family has lots of money) and outfit it to be geek friendly. He's planning on running gigabit ethernet to every apt for apt-to-apt networking and use highspeed ADSL with several static IPs (one for each apt) for outbound internet access. Then start playing with video-on-demand and other cool technologies on his apt complex as a testbed for others. Once he gets it right he'll start outfitting other apartment complexes for other realtors. Of course he'll be using Linux and FreeBSD for just about everything from the router to the "apt game servers" and video on demand servers.
It works for linux too. There's a free trial download for both Windows and Linux. More details at: http://www.jetico.com/linux.html
When I get one, which I will. Just before I replace the 40hr hard drive with a bigger one, I will be backing up the drive with "Partition Image" http://freshmeat.net/projects/partimage/ or Powerquest's "Drive Image" http://www.powerquest.com/driveimage/. That way I can migrate the OS to the new hard drive AND have a backup in case a "upgrade" comes down the line in the future, that removes a feature.
You must be talking about your own foot, because apparently you're not aware of mod_auth_pgsql and mod_auth_mysql
http://freshmeat.net/projects/mod_auth_pgsql/ and http://freshmeat.net/projects/mod_auth_mysql/.
In fact a simple search of "mod_auth" on http://www.freshmeat.net returns 22 hits of software that uses HTTP Basic Authentication and checks usernames/passwords against databases, ldap, pam, kerberos, etc.
So, does that mean I would need a seperate partition for X, gnome, kde, sawfish, etc.
I agree. I too am a OpenSRS reseller. OpenSRS is a dream to do business with. They're totally-opensource with their client software, and API used to connect to their system. They don't charge a setup fee to become a reseller. They don't try to steal your business by selling to the end-user. They have a easy to use reseller interface and customer domain manager interface. They provide a test server and interfaces for you to test your system/scripts with before going live. They're awesome! For more information go to: www.opensrs.net
There exists a flash library that allows you to program flash (swf) files in C,C++,Php,and Python.
The name of library is Ming and it can be found at:http://www.opaque.net/ming/
The included README and html files doesn't list any command-line options. I assumed +set dedicated 2 for a Internet dedicated server, but I need to know what config/cfg file should be exec'ed for example: ./quake3 +set dedicated 2 +exec ffa.config, what's the equivelent for Return to Wolfenstein?
Thought slashdotter's might be interested to note
that www.4Centity.com runs Apache 1.3.12 under FreeBSD, according to www.netcraft.com
-Vairon
I know I've been laughing about it ever since
it happened. It'd be like slashdot being called
a DOS attack.
I'm one of the sysadmin's for linux.engr.uark.edu, one of the 'www.redhat.com/mirrors.html' mirrors. This morning I placed 3 iso's on the server. Within hours, the server had a load average of 26.0, and was pumping out 20mbps of data. :(
* Note: Our University only has a 20Mbps connection to Internet 1 and a 155Mbps connection to Internet 2. By the time the network admin's at the University level found out which segment the 20mbps was coming from, they just shut it down assuming it was a DOS attack. Namely they shutdown 7 engineering departments. Thankfully, once I explained to them what it was, they turned the connection back on, but asked me to limit it to 3-5mbps.
I agree that people should be told that they
can download linux for free. But, I do not agree that the open source movement means you cannot make money off of it. Too often people confuse free software with open source software and vica-versa. The GPL protects software from harm that
commercialism can cause it. If Redhat wants to sell something that can be obtained for free, I say, let them. It's in everyone's interest that they stay in business, so that they can continue to pay programmers, just like us, to do work on an OS that we all love. Not to mention that by buying a pre-packaged CD from redhat you get a manual, and tech-support, as opposed to a burned CD, and having to bug a friend for tech-support, in their already too busy lives.