I can certainly understand why Red Hat would be concerned about this. I would be pissed if I were the user who purchased a non-official copy, and thought I was getting the Real Thing.
Not that I wouldn't buy a non-official CD. But I would be concerned about being misled.
Seems like Bob did a good job of explaining the issue.
AdamL.
Re:Alternate OSS/Linux hosting...
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BTW-
I could take 5-10 sites for no charge, then I might charge a nominal fee for others.
I can do domain hosting, webhosting, FTP services, mail redirects (Qmail rocks!), etc... Disk space isn't an issue, as I can add more (to a point).
Its my way of saying thanks to everyone for helping with Linux/OSS. Getting work done would be alot harder without Linux/OSS.
AdamL.
Alternate OSS/Linux hosting...
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To all interested parties-
If anyone is displaced by the closing of Linuxbox, I can offer you an alternative.
Sprawl.Net is a server of mine that is located at a fairly large ISP in New York state.
If anyone wold like, I can set something up for you on Sprawl.Net.
Email me with questions, comments, etc...
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
-Robert Heinlein, 'Logic of Empire'
Re:other than factoids: what's its input device?
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The idea seems to be that you don't actually have input, but that external stations input for you.
Like if you went to the grocery store, and you passed by a display of cereal. The store has full Factoid support. This display says that Corn Flakes are on sale for $2.39 a box, with some silly coupon. Except you aren't there for the Corn Flakes. You need milk. So your factoid records this price for you, and your personal database files and prioritizes this data.
You get home, and realize that you need Corn Flakes. So your personal db spits out that info and you go to the store and buy Corn Flakes, knowing full well that you have that silly coupon for Corn Flakes.
This kind of scenario is exciting, at least for me. It seems to me to be an extension of the conscious mind. Stupid inane facts like this would just get filed and prioritized. And when I need them, instant recall.
Which would spawn a need for some _really_ smart crawlers.
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I guess this just goes to show that everyone, especially the media, can't trust someone just because of reputation.
AdamL.
-Sendmail for NT. A bad solution for a deeper problem.
What were the other books in the Ender's Game series? I remember Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, and Xenocide...
Did I miss one?
Thanks.
AdamL.
http://sprawl.net
I can certainly understand why Red Hat would be concerned about this. I would be pissed if I were the user who purchased a non-official copy, and thought I was getting the Real Thing.
Not that I wouldn't buy a non-official CD. But I would be concerned about being misled.
Seems like Bob did a good job of explaining the issue.
AdamL.
BTW-
I could take 5-10 sites for no charge, then I might charge a nominal fee for others.
I can do domain hosting, webhosting, FTP services, mail redirects (Qmail rocks!), etc... Disk space isn't an issue, as I can add more (to a point).
Its my way of saying thanks to everyone for helping with Linux/OSS. Getting work done would be alot harder without Linux/OSS.
AdamL.
To all interested parties-
If anyone is displaced by the closing of Linuxbox, I can offer you an alternative.
Sprawl.Net is a server of mine that is located at a fairly large ISP in New York state.
If anyone wold like, I can set something up for you on Sprawl.Net.
Email me with questions, comments, etc...
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately
explained by stupidity.
-Robert Heinlein, 'Logic of Empire'
The idea seems to be that you don't actually have input, but that external stations input for you.
Like if you went to the grocery store, and you passed by a display of cereal. The store has full Factoid support. This display says that Corn Flakes are on sale for $2.39 a box, with some silly coupon. Except you aren't there for the Corn Flakes. You need milk. So your factoid records this price for you, and your personal database files and prioritizes this data.
You get home, and realize that you need Corn Flakes. So your personal db spits out that info and you go to the store and buy Corn Flakes, knowing full well that you have that silly coupon for Corn Flakes.
This kind of scenario is exciting, at least for me. It seems to me to be an extension of the conscious mind. Stupid inane facts like this would just get filed and prioritized. And when I need them, instant recall.
Which would spawn a need for some _really_ smart crawlers.
My machine is a K6-266 with an 8mb V2, running RedHat 6.0...
AdamL.