I agree that AIDS, cancer, and the Red Cross are important. How effective would they be without free speech? How much would research have stagnated by now if everything became government IP?
"Cell Phone Free." Can anyone here imagine putting out a sign that begs "Please Rob The Shit Out Of Us?" That's that you'd be doing by declaring that your place of business jams cell phones. You're simply mandating that people in your place of business be easy victims by making sure nobody can make a clandestine 911 call. I know the violent crime rate in Canada is nowhere near the US, but still, still, the criminal element is certainly present. I expect that if such measures are legalized, that we *WILL* see an increase of crime directed against such establishements.
I expect, naturally, that any place of business that chooses to use such jamming systems, will have to have prominent sign stating so. I can just imagine the lawsuits the first time a surgeon doesn't get a call on his cell phone and he finds out.
Did the article also state that all other forms of communication (IE land line phones) were going to be jammed to???
Also, how do you make sure this is contained to *YOUR* property. If I'm walking down the street, and happen to walk by a store that is employing cell phone jamming, I *BETTER* not lose my call.
Right, since the only reason a call get's dropped is because of those pesky jamming machines. If you have a call that *BETTER* not get lost, then you *BETTER* make that call from a land line.
Investors are more likely to drop money on companies using stable, standard software (like oracle) than those using Postgres, or MySql. Also, if you're selling a product with a database engine bundled, people are more likely going to buy from you if you can drop the "Oracle" name.
Or maybe not.
Wasn't there an html page of the Tux penguin generated using linux kernel code? I've been searching everywhere (well, not *everywhere* but all the places that I know where to search) and I can't find it.
I can't afford to lose any karma, but hey, I wanna know badly enough...
This is a wonderful post, but I have one (nitpicky) problem with it.
I don't believe that those who deny that the holocaust happened should be recognized as a particular "side" of an argument. As of right now, I question whether they should be allowed to voice their message. This rings of censorship, I know, but allow me to explain.
That the holocaust happened is a matter of historical fact. Even those who deny that the holocaust happened, know that it happened. Their motives for denying it are not in the interests of historical revisionism. They deny the holocaust as a method of furthering anti-Semitic propaganda and legitimizing their hateful speech. I believe (please note that this is an opinion, IANAL) that speech of this kind is NOT protected under the first amendment as it is false/untrue, and has the potential to incite violence. I equate this type of speech to yelling "fire" in a crowded theatre.
I realize that this is a double edged sword, but with so many things in life, as in art, it's all a matter of where you draw the line.
For the sake of the rest of this thread, please re-read what he wrote. He did not use the word "mick" and there is no irony involved.
The fact of the matter is that during the early 19th century the Irish were an opressed ethnic minority both in the United States and in England. One prevailing stereotype (that originated in England) was that the Irish were "apelike" and the "missing link." The perpetuation of this stereotype allowed the reigning upper class to feel better about themselves and keep the Irish from getting good jobs or obtaining power. This view of the Irish coupled with the fact that power was held mostly by Protestants led to extreme discrimination. Since the Irish were Catholics, they were looked on as "papist pigs."
It is no suprise then that the Irish American population, faced with competition over limited resources with other ethnic minorities (namely the blacks), were inclined to fight for any resources they could get their hands on.
The fact that blacks were used as strikebreakers (since they weren't allowed in white unions) against the Irish between the 1840's and 1860's did not help race relations between the two ethnic groups at all, and in fact the racist sentiments have persisted into the present day.
This, by the way, has not been a personal attack on the Irish either, merely an explanation of the current state of race relations between two ethnic groups.
I thought part of the power of encryption (and RSA in general) was that it's wide spread use would lead to stronger security. I.E. if everyone uses it for everything, then why the hell bother decrypting anything since it could be nothing more than a slashdot post. This was explained to me as the "Fax machine" principle. Encryption is only valuable if enough people use it. Andrew
What a great programming language he invented. GATC are the only four characters in it, and yet the billions of pairings produce things from pigs to people.
Genome++
Andrew
I quite disagree with you here. I haven't seen anyone pushing any view on anyone. Your wildly defensive posture on the subject shows me that you may have a closed mind.
As for religion. You believe that the problem with it is that it teaches people to believe in something else before they believe in themselves. I believe that this is not a problem at all. It is a supremely arroganct to believe that we are alone (diety or otherwise) and that nothing greater than us exists. Evidence of organization (via a physics model or the analogous "will of God") exists in nature. I don't see religion as a Crutch, just a viewpoint. Please also realize that you're viewpoint does not reflect that of all heathens.
Andrew
I do have one question. Where is the line between copyright/trademark infringment violation enforcement and penalization, and free speech? It seems to me that the rights granted to copyright and trademark holders are a bit broad and fuzzily defined. IANAL. Can I be sued for using a trademarked symbol to communicate with someone?
Andrew
The difference between tapping phones and carnivore is that the FBI can only tap 1 phone with a court order. They can't tap the entire trunk. With carnivore, the fbi has access to more than 1 persons stuff. As for evidence that can't be submitted in court, well I'm sure that if they saw a "naughty" e-mail from me, they would not just let it go. I have a feeling that once the red flags are raised, they will find another reason to surveil someone.
He is not assuming wrong. You are assuming that there are many people like you ( non dual booters ). The reality is, most people who use linux at home (and therefore for gaming) started out using windows. Instead of leaving their comfy windows shell and all of its compatibility and lack of complexity, they've gone to dual boot to get the best of both worlds. Please PLEASE don't tell me that you believe that all of those dedicated linux servers are also running Quake3. I'm glad you're an exception to the rule, but just realize that you're an exception, not the rule.
Who cares if they signed an NDA. I haven't signed an NDA, but that does not, by virtue of not signing, give me the right to publish trade secrets, regardless of how they came to me. The ONLY way that MacNN is safe is if Adobe released this information willingly to someone with whom they did not have an NDA with. This is also not about another company beating them to the punch. No one will be able to implement these features before Adobe can get it out. The issue is weather ANY information is proprietary. Real men don't use sigs.
Slashdot Mirror
I can't believe they haven't bought Nintendo yet!
How long before someone puts Linux on one of these.... That's all we need.. A gameboy pda. ;)
I agree that AIDS, cancer, and the Red Cross are important. How effective would they be without free speech? How much would research have stagnated by now if everything became government IP?
What like Outlook? :)
"Cell Phone Free." Can anyone here imagine putting out a sign that begs "Please Rob The Shit Out Of Us?" That's that you'd be doing by declaring that your place of business jams cell phones. You're simply mandating that people in your place of business be easy victims by making sure nobody can make a clandestine 911 call. I know the violent crime rate in Canada is nowhere near the US, but still, still, the criminal element is certainly present. I expect that if such measures are legalized, that we *WILL* see an increase of crime directed against such establishements.
I expect, naturally, that any place of business that chooses to use such jamming systems, will have to have prominent sign stating so. I can just imagine the lawsuits the first time a surgeon doesn't get a call on his cell phone and he finds out.
Did the article also state that all other forms of communication (IE land line phones) were going to be jammed to???
Also, how do you make sure this is contained to *YOUR* property. If I'm walking down the street, and happen to walk by a store that is employing cell phone jamming, I *BETTER* not lose my call.
Right, since the only reason a call get's dropped is because of those pesky jamming machines. If you have a call that *BETTER* not get lost, then you *BETTER* make that call from a land line.
Investors are more likely to drop money on companies using stable, standard software (like oracle) than those using Postgres, or MySql. Also, if you're selling a product with a database engine bundled, people are more likely going to buy from you if you can drop the "Oracle" name. Or maybe not.
Wasn't there an html page of the Tux penguin generated using linux kernel code? I've been searching everywhere (well, not *everywhere* but all the places that I know where to search) and I can't find it. I can't afford to lose any karma, but hey, I wanna know badly enough...
Can be found here
Maybe they're just looking for a good game of interstellar pong...
This is a wonderful post, but I have one (nitpicky) problem with it.
I don't believe that those who deny that the holocaust happened should be recognized as a particular "side" of an argument. As of right now, I question whether they should be allowed to voice their message. This rings of censorship, I know, but allow me to explain.
That the holocaust happened is a matter of historical fact. Even those who deny that the holocaust happened, know that it happened. Their motives for denying it are not in the interests of historical revisionism. They deny the holocaust as a method of furthering anti-Semitic propaganda and legitimizing their hateful speech. I believe (please note that this is an opinion, IANAL) that speech of this kind is NOT protected under the first amendment as it is false/untrue, and has the potential to incite violence. I equate this type of speech to yelling "fire" in a crowded theatre.
I realize that this is a double edged sword, but with so many things in life, as in art, it's all a matter of where you draw the line.
Andrew
For the sake of the rest of this thread, please re-read what he wrote. He did not use the word "mick" and there is no irony involved.
The fact of the matter is that during the early 19th century the Irish were an opressed ethnic minority both in the United States and in England. One prevailing stereotype (that originated in England) was that the Irish were "apelike" and the "missing link." The perpetuation of this stereotype allowed the reigning upper class to feel better about themselves and keep the Irish from getting good jobs or obtaining power. This view of the Irish coupled with the fact that power was held mostly by Protestants led to extreme discrimination. Since the Irish were Catholics, they were looked on as "papist pigs."
It is no suprise then that the Irish American population, faced with competition over limited resources with other ethnic minorities (namely the blacks), were inclined to fight for any resources they could get their hands on.
The fact that blacks were used as strikebreakers (since they weren't allowed in white unions) against the Irish between the 1840's and 1860's did not help race relations between the two ethnic groups at all, and in fact the racist sentiments have persisted into the present day.
This, by the way, has not been a personal attack on the Irish either, merely an explanation of the current state of race relations between two ethnic groups.
Andrew
And what other spellchecker should he be using? The one for Linux with the semantic analyzer? Find something else to gripe about.
I thought part of the power of encryption (and RSA in general) was that it's wide spread use would lead to stronger security. I.E. if everyone uses it for everything, then why the hell bother decrypting anything since it could be nothing more than a slashdot post. This was explained to me as the "Fax machine" principle. Encryption is only valuable if enough people use it.
Andrew
What a great programming language he invented. GATC are the only four characters in it, and yet the billions of pairings produce things from pigs to people.
Genome++
Andrew
I quite disagree with you here. I haven't seen anyone pushing any view on anyone. Your wildly defensive posture on the subject shows me that you may have a closed mind. As for religion. You believe that the problem with it is that it teaches people to believe in something else before they believe in themselves. I believe that this is not a problem at all. It is a supremely arroganct to believe that we are alone (diety or otherwise) and that nothing greater than us exists. Evidence of organization (via a physics model or the analogous "will of God") exists in nature. I don't see religion as a Crutch, just a viewpoint.
Please also realize that you're viewpoint does not reflect that of all heathens.
Andrew
I do have one question. Where is the line between copyright/trademark infringment violation enforcement and penalization, and free speech? It seems to me that the rights granted to copyright and trademark holders are a bit broad and fuzzily defined. IANAL. Can I be sued for using a trademarked symbol to communicate with someone?
Andrew
But then he doesn't like anything...
Here
The difference between tapping phones and carnivore is that the FBI can only tap 1 phone with a court order. They can't tap the entire trunk. With carnivore, the fbi has access to more than 1 persons stuff. As for evidence that can't be submitted in court, well I'm sure that if they saw a "naughty" e-mail from me, they would not just let it go. I have a feeling that once the red flags are raised, they will find another reason to surveil someone.
Fatter than you.
Slap together a perl script to blow up all instances of "www.netscape.com" in the source.
He is not assuming wrong. You are assuming that there are many people like you ( non dual booters ). The reality is, most people who use linux at home (and therefore for gaming) started out using windows. Instead of leaving their comfy windows shell and all of its compatibility and lack of complexity, they've gone to dual boot to get the best of both worlds. Please PLEASE don't tell me that you believe that all of those dedicated linux servers are also running Quake3. I'm glad you're an exception to the rule, but just realize that you're an exception, not the rule.
%s/windows/linux/g
What is Opera? (Sorry, I R DUM)
this sig was brought to you by the letter "Z"
That's weird... The page doesn't load...
a mirror perhaps?
no sig here... move along
With all of the statistics quoted in this thread, I would just like to point out that 83% of all statistics are wrong.
I lost my sig in a boating accident.
My box's linux OS comes up in half the time that W2k or NT comes up. What did I miss. This must be a really important thing if it's on slashdot!!
Real men don't use sigs.
Who cares if they signed an NDA. I haven't signed an NDA, but that does not, by virtue of not signing, give me the right to publish trade secrets, regardless of how they came to me. The ONLY way that MacNN is safe is if Adobe released this information willingly to someone with whom they did not have an NDA with. This is also not about another company beating them to the punch. No one will be able to implement these features before Adobe can get it out. The issue is weather ANY information is proprietary. Real men don't use sigs.