Looks like Big Business is going to mess up linux. Oh, well. It was nice while it lasted. The nice thing about linux is- there IS no 'standard' 'desktop', and I have a healthy choice over what I may use.
You obviously trust the FBI to tell us what they are up too.I do not. Remember it was the FBI that blacklisted, and persecuted Americans that did not share their same politcal beliefs. What makes you think that they have changed in any way? What makes you think they won't use it illegally? What makes you think they won't use it for political reasons? Ever read '1984'? I did, and I see Big Brother everywhere. Camera's are everywhere. In Colorado, they have these devices set up that take a photo of a 'speeding' car, and then they mail a ticket to the owner of the license plate. You don't think people are accused wrongly? What if someone steals your car for the hour, and gets caught with one of those. You still have to pay the ticket, or they jack-boot your car. Big Brother is Watching. You are surrendering your freedom everytime they institute measures for the sake of security. Life is not secure.
In Germany, they first came for the communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because
I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I
didn't speak up because I wasn't a Catholic.
Then they came for me -- and by that time there was nobody left to speak up.
-Martin Niemoller
I'll give you one good reason.-
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That 'Freedom of Information' act is a sham. The freedom they 'granted' amounts to getting highly censored papers. Often there isn't anything but black marks over every line. They call that Freedom? ha. I don't believe it.
uh, sorry to burst your constitutional bubble, but the constitution has been suspended as of March 4, 1933. Read it and weap- http://www.afcomm.com/afc/report.html Everyone needs to worry-
He also said linux guis were just a copy of the windows gui. Well, the windows gui is a copy of the Apple gui, which in turn, is a copy of Xerox's gui. Thats why I stated the article is FUD.
Sure the X-Window System can use better fonts. I have no 'linux' religion. I use several OS's, including Windows, (a.k.a DOS 7.1), linux, BeOS. But the article wasn't even the slightest un-biased, or objective.
and, by the way, I have a compass card for when the S-H-T-F, and I find myself sailing blind. GPS also works wonders for sailing blind.
Slander is slander. get over it. It is illegal to slander and defame somebody. Not only that, you trolls have ruined slashdot, and trolls are getting worse. the signal to noise ratio have driven many away. I don't know what the lawsuit is about, but I stand behind./ Take responsibility for your actions and what you say, do and post to message boards. and, again GROW-UP
What you seem to be forgetting, is that: 1- your post is completely off topic. 2- Slashdot is THEIR web site, and as such, can do what they want. and 3- Posters should take responsibility for their own actions/comments.
I agree with/. Slandering someone is illegal, as is posting copywritten information without the consent of the copyright holders. Have you ever thought of how Ms. Portman feels about the slander and what is posted about her here? Grow-up will you? The world needs you to act your age, not your shoe size.
1- Because it's there. 2- Because I can. 3- Because it's hip and cool to write open source software for linux. 4- Because all the software tools you need are free. 5- Because linux needs more software. 6- Because I am a free person, and have the choice to develop on a stable platform.
Actually, I develop for M$ Windows, as well as linux. They are both viable OS's, if you can get through the FUD that both sides dish out.
Actually, middle and and perhaps lower lattitudes will be able to view the aurora.
From the Astro Alert Active sunspot region number 9026 spawned its third major X-class flare today. This one covered about as much area as yesterdays X2.3 flare, but was slightly less energetic at a class X1.2 x-ray intensity. Today's event also was associated with a coronal mass ejection, but the ejected mass was much more diffuse and difficult to spot. Nevertheless, it appears a second above-average velocity coronal mass ejection is now in-transit to the Earth. That disturbance will probably impact the Earth sometime on 10 June (early to mid UTC hours, perhaps). The impact of this second disturbance should be a bit less vigorous than the first disturbance that is due within the next 24 hours, but it may still be strong enough to renew minor geomagnetic and auroral storming through 10 and part of 11 June. The approach of the first high-velocity shock front from yesterdays X2 solar flare associated coronal mass ejection is currently visible in the form of increased densities of energetic protons in space near the Earth. These protons are thought to be accelerated by the shock front of the disturbance as it sweeps through space. Currently, energetic protons are reaching densities capable of producing intensified levels of ionization in the polar ionospheres of the Earth. This type of increased ionization is known as Polar Cap Absorption (or PCA) and can have a devastating impact on high frequency radio signals that propagate through the polar regions of the ionosphere. These energetic protons are not expected to decrease back toward background levels until after the shock front of the disturbance passes the Earth on 08 June. Most solar observatories are reporting that Region 9026, although it has lost some of it's areal coverage, has not changed signficantly in magnetic structure and is probably still capable of producing major M or X class solar flares. The frequency of minor and major flares from this region will probably begin to slacken off a bit over the next few days unless renewed growth occurs.
Ya, I haven't seens a banner ad for at least 9 months. junkbusters kicks ass. I hate ads. I wonder whats next? Ads shown on clouds, or perhaps on our eyelids when we sleep?
I think that all this is just a smokescreen by the government. They are scared by Microsoft's power and wealth. Who is Microsoft's biggest customer? The US Military.
Woke up- smoked some pot checked slashdot- but it wasn't there, so I smoked more pot and surfed news sites. downloaded some mp3's, listened to them, hooked up to CNN, checked for slashdot smoked more pot, went to work checked for slashdot, occassionally getting something, no customized page, tho. went home, smoked more pot, checked slashdot. nothing. so I started working on some music project I have going. smoked alot more pot... went to sleep woke up. repeat, except for going to work.
On the contrary, the elements used in the nukes in the 50's, does not exist anywhere in the known universe, except what we make. So, although the sun produces radiations, it is natural. not man made. Ignorant?
You seem to be buying into the myth that there is/was safety with having large numbers of armed nuclear missles at the ready. That would NOT have been a victory for any side. The Cold War would have plodded along. Much how it has today. Or grown increasingly. Unless you buy into their story of a 'kindler, gentler nation'- both of the USA, and Russia. ya right
heh- from what I understand, MICROS~1 only added a few 'extensions' to code that was originally published and written with the BSD license, by somebody other then MICROS~1. So mostly, they hijacked it. New names - MICROS~1 and MICROS~2.
You seem to be implying that if there is an illegal use for something, it should be banned. You can use ANYTHING illegally. Take water for instance. Should water be banned because someone has drowned somebody?
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Looks like Big Business is going to mess up linux. Oh, well. It was nice while it lasted. The nice thing about linux is- there IS no 'standard' 'desktop', and I have a healthy choice over what I may use.
You obviously trust the FBI to tell us what they are up too.I do not. Remember it was the FBI that blacklisted, and persecuted Americans that did not share their same politcal beliefs. What makes you think that they have changed in any way? What makes you think they won't use it illegally? What makes you think they won't use it for political reasons? Ever read '1984'? I did, and I see Big Brother everywhere. Camera's are everywhere. In Colorado, they have these devices set up that take a photo of a 'speeding' car, and then they mail a ticket to the owner of the license plate. You don't think people are accused wrongly? What if someone steals your car for the hour, and gets caught with one of those. You still have to pay the ticket, or they jack-boot your car. Big Brother is Watching. You are surrendering your freedom everytime they institute measures for the sake of security.
Life is not secure.
-Martin Niemoller
I'll give you one good reason.-
Question Authority
That 'Freedom of Information' act is a sham. The freedom they 'granted' amounts to getting highly censored papers. Often there isn't anything but black marks over every line.
They call that Freedom? ha. I don't believe it.
I got through!!! Just have to wait... My t-shirt is on the way, unless of course, you run out of them....
uh, sorry to burst your constitutional bubble, but the constitution has been suspended as of March 4, 1933. Read it and weap-
http://www.afcomm.com/afc/report.html
Everyone needs to worry-
He also said linux guis were just a copy of the windows gui. Well, the windows gui is a copy of the Apple gui, which in turn, is a copy of Xerox's gui. Thats why I stated the article is FUD.
Sure the X-Window System can use better fonts. I have no 'linux' religion. I use several OS's, including Windows, (a.k.a DOS 7.1), linux, BeOS. But the article wasn't even the slightest un-biased, or objective.
and, by the way, I have a compass card for when the S-H-T-F, and I find myself sailing blind. GPS also works wonders for sailing blind.
-with sails unfurled....
c:\>ls c:\windows\system\kernel32.dll
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 everyone 471040 Apr 23 1999 c:\windows\system\kernel32.dll
fud, fud, AND MORE fud.
Slander is slander. get over it. It is illegal to slander and defame somebody. Not only that, you trolls have ruined slashdot, and trolls are getting worse. the signal to noise ratio have driven many away. I don't know what the lawsuit is about, but I stand behind ./ Take responsibility for your actions and what you say, do and post to message boards. and, again
GROW-UP
1- your post is completely off topic.
2- Slashdot is THEIR web site, and as such, can do what they want. and
3- Posters should take responsibility for their own actions/comments.
I agree with /. Slandering someone is illegal, as is posting copywritten information without the consent of the copyright holders. Have you ever thought of how Ms. Portman feels about the slander and what is posted about her here?
Grow-up will you? The world needs you to act your age, not your shoe size.
trust no one.
2- Because I can.
3- Because it's hip and cool to write open source software for linux.
4- Because all the software tools you need are free.
5- Because linux needs more software.
6- Because I am a free person, and have the choice to develop on a stable platform.
Actually, I develop for M$ Windows, as well as linux. They are both viable OS's, if you can get through the FUD that both sides dish out.
From the Astro Alert
Active sunspot region number 9026 spawned its third major X-class flare today. This one covered about as much area as yesterdays X2.3 flare, but was slightly less energetic at a class X1.2 x-ray intensity. Today's event also was associated with a coronal mass ejection, but the ejected mass was much more diffuse and difficult to spot. Nevertheless, it appears a second above-average velocity coronal mass ejection is now in-transit to the Earth. That disturbance will probably impact the Earth sometime on 10 June (early to mid UTC hours, perhaps). The impact of this second disturbance should be a bit less vigorous than the first disturbance that is due within the next 24 hours, but it may still be strong enough to renew minor geomagnetic and auroral storming through 10 and part of 11 June. The approach of the first high-velocity shock front from yesterdays X2 solar flare associated coronal mass ejection is currently visible in the form of increased densities of energetic protons in space near the Earth. These protons are thought to be accelerated by the shock front of the disturbance as it sweeps through space. Currently, energetic protons are reaching densities capable of producing intensified levels of ionization in the polar ionospheres of the Earth. This type of increased ionization is known as Polar Cap Absorption (or PCA) and can have a devastating impact on high frequency radio signals that propagate through the polar regions of the ionosphere. These energetic protons are not expected to decrease back toward background levels until after the shock front of the disturbance passes the Earth on 08 June. Most solar observatories are reporting that Region 9026, although it has lost some of it's areal coverage, has not changed signficantly in magnetic structure and is probably still capable of producing major M or X class solar flares. The frequency of minor and major flares from this region will probably begin to slacken off a bit over the next few days unless renewed growth occurs.
Ya, I haven't seens a banner ad for at least 9 months. junkbusters kicks ass. I hate ads. I wonder whats next? Ads shown on clouds, or perhaps on our eyelids when we sleep?
downloading is akin to distribution. Distribution of a copywritten work without the permission of the copyright holder is illegal.
get over it.
The truth is out there
Question Authority
Woke up- smoked some pot checked slashdot- but it wasn't there, so I smoked more pot and surfed news sites. downloaded some mp3's, listened to them, hooked up to CNN, checked for slashdot smoked more pot, went to work checked for slashdot, occassionally getting something, no customized page, tho. went home, smoked more pot, checked slashdot. nothing. so I started working on some music project I have going. smoked alot more pot... went to sleep woke up. repeat, except for going to work.
You seem to be buying into the myth that there is/was safety with having large numbers of armed nuclear missles at the ready. That would NOT have been a victory for any side. The Cold War would have plodded along. Much how it has today. Or grown increasingly. Unless you buy into their story of a 'kindler, gentler nation'- both of the USA, and Russia. ya right
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you forgot that for years that have 'disposed' of toxic waste there by setting it in side canyons.
Oh, but you knew that, right?
heh- from what I understand, MICROS~1 only added a few 'extensions' to code that was originally published and written with the BSD license, by somebody other then MICROS~1.
So mostly, they hijacked it.
New names - MICROS~1 and MICROS~2.
Ok, I own a domain thats registered though NSI, is there anyway to change it to someone else that isn't such pricks?
They got hit with a sustained DDOS yesterday.
Resistence is futile
Prepare to be assimilated
Maybe they SHOULD be split up into tiny little pieces...
You seem to be implying that if there is an illegal use for something, it should be banned. You can use ANYTHING illegally. Take water for instance. Should water be banned because someone has drowned somebody?