I ran a 16 line Worldgroup based system, almost always full with people playing Majormud.. I had to drop it because It was just a hobby to me and I couldn't afford to get internet access support.
I enjoyed the local community created through the BBS's, nowdays thats no longer the case, with almost any bbs that is still running has internet access and users from all over..
I wouldn't be suprised if people from other countrys that are not totally used to the internet type in international/non-ansii characters on a normal basis, Now instead of getting page not found and knowing they made a mistake, they get a advertisement and get confused.
And I know im not the only one that finger flubs and types a wrong character now and then. For those that are clueless it would be confusing.
Small town in Florida overnight adopted a new set of street signs they feel create a friendlier driving enviroment, and allow the non-usa population to drive safer.
Within 24 hours the whole city was gridlocked due to wrecks from confused and misguided drivers who didn't understand what was going on...
Yes its a Dramatic example, but valid one of what happens when things are changed without properly informing the public, Just taking things into your own hands.
This change is not going to serve to improve the internet but instead confuse people.
You do realize that when you vote pretty much anywhere in the US they have all that information on file all ready?
How else to they send you voter registration cards, and political junk mail?
That information is required to verify that the vote was made by a person who is legally able to vote, This means the vote is for person is of age, proper citizenship, not dead.
Without tracking this information it would be near impossible to keep track of legal votes, Prevent someone from voting twice, or stealing another persons vote.
Before a person goes off and throws on there Tin hats they should take a close look at what has already been going on for years before they cry foul and call it a poke into there privacy rights.
Whats next? All toilets should have built in Radiation generators to ensure no DNS can be recovered after you take a dump, because god knows the goverment has DNS tracers in every toilet in the US And can track your movements by them..
Have you followed the NWN Linux client fiasco at all?
At this point its not only that they made a big mistake announcing it.. They took almost 3 months to let the public know what was going on, For 3 months linux users had no idea what the state of the linux client was..
And even today we are not sure, They just told us this week about the miles/bink issues.. Until this week we had no reason to suspect major delays like this.
The problem is not that they made a mistake.. Its that they failed to own up to there mistakes and come straight.
Honest mistake, Maybe but unlikely. Loss of there Integrity, For sure.
I wonder how many people purchased the game expecting the linux client to be out, Expecting Bioware to live up to there Public announced release of a Linux client.. at $49 a pop.. If we had known we could of put that money in savings and not only bought it cheaper when the linux client does come out but made interest on the money...
Everyone seems to be cheering the fact that NWN will hopefully have a way to play movies and sound come monday because of a linux version of RAD tools..
HELLO, People... Lets think about this one moment...
They announced MONTHS ago that they where going to Launch with a NWN Linux Client..
Then they turn around and say its going to be delayed..
Now in the last week they main delay is not having a clue of what to do about sound and movie?
Is it just me or does anyone else thing that this whole thing started out as nothing but a large STUNT to get more sales and it has turned around and bit them in the REAR..
MONTHS down the road and they are just now telling us that they can't play sound or movies.
And here we are 2 weeks before X-mas.. Even if they where 100% complete with everything else they would still have to integrate, and test these 2 very important show stopping features.
HOW CAN YOU ANNOUNCE A LINUX CLIENT AT LAUNCH AND NOT EVEN HAVE A REMOTE IDEA OF HOW YOU PLAN ON SUPPORTING YOUR MOVIES AND SOUND...
This false advertising beats out fast food, They fleece you every time you order a burger from there picture based menus, pictures that make your mouth water, and get something that looks like it was sat on.
Trojan 2003 condoms in YOUR Size ( We use the trillion place pi method to ensure out condoms are the most precise sized condoms out there, Other companys claim better fit but only use a the million place pi method to compute there condom size )
What world do you live in? the internet is very much a part of peoples real life.
People depend on the internet every single day..
Just because you can not "SEE" or "TOUCH" the "INTERNET" itself does not mean its not "THERE"
What defines "REAL" life? The Us Post office used to be a small group of people on Ponys, Im sure the first time someone mentioned any type of "law" to protect these people it was shrugged off.. "Why do they need any more protection then anyone else.
TV isnt real life is it? Yet there are laws that govern TV...
YOU do not pay for the piece of mail sent to you.. The sender does..
For example in this case, The sender being the Discovery Channel.. They paided there ISP for the privilage of sending that email.
Payment is made by ONE side not both sides when it comes to postal mail.. The same could be said here..
Discovery Channel set that email with the expectation that it arrived at the location provided. The ISP's failure to notify the Discovery Channel Make them at fault.
It would be like the Discovery Channel sending a postal letter, and the apartment complex not telling the post office that the address was invalid, but instead holding it.
The defense of payment based on the postal office is just plain invalid because of this.. THE SENDER pays the fees.. Not the person recieving the email. The Mail man doesn't tell you "Yea sure I will deliver your mail as soon as you pay me" OR "You failed to put a stamp on the last letter you sent so we will no longer deliver mail to your house"
Lets put this in terms that anyone should be able to understand..
1. You live in a apartment. 2. They evict you for what ever reason. 3. You never had time to forward/tell people new address. 4. Mail goes to old address. 5. You ask for mail. 6. They tell you "No not until you pay us what you owe".
This is a FEDERAL OFFENSE, punishable by jail time..
This is EXACTLY what they did to her, but only in the "virtual" world..
Email is becoming so important to our everyday lives that maybe laws should be passed to protect email, just like they where passed to protect normal mail.
Oh, before someone comments, I assume since he is looking for more then just ftp/http downloads that he wishes to track/protect/sell his software in some manner..
This requires a method to keep only purchasing users from using his software..
Hence the need for something like elicense which in general would cover all his needs.. All he would have to do is put the file up on cnet downloads or something..
I really wish people would take some time to do "research" like they "say" they did instead of just come to Slashdot, it shows people are lazy and in some cases ( possibly this one ) Should be thinking about improving there own lifestyles and work habits before starting up a software company..
If the above doesnt fit you then your answer is below.
There are a number of companys out there that specialize in software lic's.
Most can be included into a couple diffrent lang's with very little effort at all.
One very good example of this would be.. http://www.elicense.com/
This and more information can be found on google without a problem. ( But of course this persons "research" didnt include simple searches on the most popular search engine.. But he did research, He really did research hard, I got that link in 1 minute, He spent weeks? researching and sounds like he found nothing? )
His comment was a "joke" That is clear very few people caught on to.
I just provided the details, for those that do not know how bad FP for linux really is ( which I would assume to be the karma whores that posted hence )
You morons, hie is not saying they don't exist, his statement is more directed at there poor support and reliability under any OS other then Microsoft.
They are rarely updated, and they often break.. From my exp FP ext's are the bane of most linux based hosting companys and cause a majority of the support load..
I once worked for one of the largest free hosting provides online, they bought out a Windows based company, The original plan was to switch them over to there linux based system, But after seeing the numbers keeping the windows servers ONLY for people that required FP was considered,
It is pretty much a known fact to anyone in the webhosting industry that FP ext's on linux are flaky to say the least
Ok before you take the time to try to post a smart comment to gather more karma.. READ THE STORY FULLY..
They don't only get $3.00 per share, they also get stock in the new combined company...
So they lose.40 cents per share, for the chance to make more money in the future.. This is the reason they invested there money in the first place...
What we have here is a couple of stock buyers scared of the current market and looking to bail out all together, And in this case try to force every other stock holder to do the same.
If instead they would hold on to the stock and "ride the wave" They have a chance at better returns in the future.
Flight is not a "RIGHT" given to you.. You do not have to subject yourself to anything required to Fly because you can choose another mode to get yourself from point A to point B..
What should be more important... My right to have my safety ensured to me when I choose to fly..
Or your right to fly.. Oh wait.. You dont have that Right at all...
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I ran a 16 line Worldgroup based system, almost always full with people playing Majormud.. I had to drop it because It was just a hobby to me and I couldn't afford to get internet access support.
I enjoyed the local community created through the BBS's, nowdays thats no longer the case, with almost any bbs that is still running has internet access and users from all over..
I think that every time a editor posts a dupe story they should be required to donate $5 to http://www.eff.org/
If this rule was put into affect, the EFF would end up with enough money to take anyone to court, even have a head on battle with Microsoft!!
I wouldn't be suprised if people from other countrys that are not totally used to the internet type in international/non-ansii characters on a normal basis, Now instead of getting page not found and knowing they made a mistake, they get a advertisement and get confused.
And I know im not the only one that finger flubs and types a wrong character now and then. For those that are clueless it would be confusing.
Small town in Florida overnight adopted a new set of street signs they feel create a friendlier driving enviroment, and allow the non-usa population to drive safer.
Within 24 hours the whole city was gridlocked due to wrecks from confused and misguided drivers who didn't understand what was going on...
Yes its a Dramatic example, but valid one of what happens when things are changed without properly informing the public, Just taking things into your own hands.
This change is not going to serve to improve the internet but instead confuse people.
I should of learned by now never to post early in the morning.. Of course i meant DNA
You do realize that when you vote pretty much anywhere in the US they have all that information on file all ready?
How else to they send you voter registration cards, and political junk mail?
That information is required to verify that the vote was made by a person who is legally able to vote, This means the vote is for person is of age, proper citizenship, not dead.
Without tracking this information it would be near impossible to keep track of legal votes, Prevent someone from voting twice, or stealing another persons vote.
Before a person goes off and throws on there Tin hats they should take a close look at what has already been going on for years before they cry foul and call it a poke into there privacy rights.
Whats next? All toilets should have built in Radiation generators to ensure no DNS can be recovered after you take a dump, because god knows the goverment has DNS tracers in every toilet in the US And can track your movements by them..
Have you followed the NWN Linux client fiasco at all?
At this point its not only that they made a big mistake announcing it.. They took almost 3 months to let the public know what was going on, For 3 months linux users had no idea what the state of the linux client was..
And even today we are not sure, They just told us this week about the miles/bink issues.. Until this week we had no reason to suspect major delays like this.
The problem is not that they made a mistake.. Its that they failed to own up to there mistakes and come straight.
Honest mistake, Maybe but unlikely. Loss of there Integrity, For sure.
I wonder how many people purchased the game expecting the linux client to be out, Expecting Bioware to live up to there Public announced release of a Linux client.. at $49 a pop.. If we had known we could of put that money in savings and not only bought it cheaper when the linux client does come out but made interest on the money...
Everyone seems to be cheering the fact that NWN will hopefully have a way to play movies and sound come monday because of a linux version of RAD tools..
HELLO, People... Lets think about this one moment...
They announced MONTHS ago that they where going to Launch with a NWN Linux Client..
Then they turn around and say its going to be delayed..
Now in the last week they main delay is not having a clue of what to do about sound and movie?
Is it just me or does anyone else thing that this whole thing started out as nothing but a large STUNT to get more sales and it has turned around and bit them in the REAR..
MONTHS down the road and they are just now telling us that they can't play sound or movies.
And here we are 2 weeks before X-mas.. Even if they where 100% complete with everything else they would still have to integrate, and test these 2 very important show stopping features.
HOW CAN YOU ANNOUNCE A LINUX CLIENT AT LAUNCH AND NOT EVEN HAVE A REMOTE IDEA OF HOW YOU PLAN ON SUPPORTING YOUR MOVIES AND SOUND...
This false advertising beats out fast food, They fleece you every time you order a burger from there picture based menus, pictures that make your mouth water, and get something that looks like it was sat on.
My Sig sums up slashdot in one sentance.
Now they can make condoms that fit better..
Trojan 2003 condoms in YOUR Size
( We use the trillion place pi method to ensure out condoms are the most precise sized condoms out there, Other companys claim better fit but only use a the million place pi method to compute there condom size )
If physical injury or death where the only valid reason for a law or lawsuit then legal systems all over the world would have to disagree with you.
It is a Federal Offfense to Assult or otherwise mess with the Mail or a Mail Man.
And no law regarding TV? Sounds to me like the only law you would approve is one that says "Do not harm or kill others, anything else is fair game"
What world do you live in? the internet is very much a part of peoples real life.
People depend on the internet every single day..
Just because you can not "SEE" or "TOUCH" the "INTERNET" itself does not mean its not "THERE"
What defines "REAL" life? The Us Post office used to be a small group of people on Ponys, Im sure the first time someone mentioned any type of "law" to protect these people it was shrugged off.. "Why do they need any more protection then anyone else.
TV isnt real life is it? Yet there are laws that govern TV...
YOU do not pay for the piece of mail sent to you.. The sender does..
For example in this case, The sender being the Discovery Channel.. They paided there ISP for the privilage of sending that email.
Payment is made by ONE side not both sides when it comes to postal mail.. The same could be said here..
Discovery Channel set that email with the expectation that it arrived at the location provided. The ISP's failure to notify the Discovery Channel Make them at fault.
It would be like the Discovery Channel sending a postal letter, and the apartment complex not telling the post office that the address was invalid, but instead holding it.
The defense of payment based on the postal office is just plain invalid because of this.. THE SENDER pays the fees.. Not the person recieving the email. The Mail man doesn't tell you "Yea sure I will deliver your mail as soon as you pay me" OR "You failed to put a stamp on the last letter you sent so we will no longer deliver mail to your house"
Lets put this in terms that anyone should be able to understand..
1. You live in a apartment.
2. They evict you for what ever reason.
3. You never had time to forward/tell people new address.
4. Mail goes to old address.
5. You ask for mail.
6. They tell you "No not until you pay us what you owe".
This is a FEDERAL OFFENSE, punishable by jail time..
This is EXACTLY what they did to her, but only in the "virtual" world..
Email is becoming so important to our everyday lives that maybe laws should be passed to protect email, just like they where passed to protect normal mail.
Im trying to understand what this topic is?
It starts out like he is going to give a review of the product then just "dies" into nothing. You are left expecting more content that isnt present.
The shear number of people asking for help with research on slashdot is just amazing.. Have they heard of the "internet", "search engine"
.25 second search time, Give maybe.. 5 minutes to connect to the internet and perform search..
.25 seconds over 2 million pages of info on software failure..
Lets see
google - software failure
Results 1 - 10 of about 2,040,000. Search took 0.25 seconds
Hmm lets see so
So in 5 minutes
Get a clue, Get a Life, Do your own research.
Oh, before someone comments, I assume since he is looking for more then just ftp/http downloads that he wishes to track/protect/sell his software in some manner..
This requires a method to keep only purchasing users from using his software..
Hence the need for something like elicense which in general would cover all his needs.. All he would have to do is put the file up on cnet downloads or something..
But again he researched this all for weeks..
I really wish people would take some time to do "research" like they "say" they did instead of just come to Slashdot, it shows people are lazy and in some cases ( possibly this one ) Should be thinking about improving there own lifestyles and work habits before starting up a software company..
If the above doesnt fit you then your answer is below.
There are a number of companys out there that specialize in software lic's.
Most can be included into a couple diffrent lang's with very little effort at all.
One very good example of this would be..
http://www.elicense.com/
This and more information can be found on google without a problem. ( But of course this persons "research" didnt include simple searches on the most popular search engine.. But he did research, He really did research hard, I got that link in 1 minute, He spent weeks? researching and sounds like he found nothing? )
His comment was a "joke" That is clear very few people caught on to.
I just provided the details, for those that do not know how bad FP for linux really is ( which I would assume to be the karma whores that posted hence )
You morons, hie is not saying they don't exist, his statement is more directed at there poor support and reliability under any OS other then Microsoft.
They are rarely updated, and they often break.. From my exp FP ext's are the bane of most linux based hosting companys and cause a majority of the support load..
I once worked for one of the largest free hosting provides online, they bought out a Windows based company, The original plan was to switch them over to there linux based system, But after seeing the numbers keeping the windows servers ONLY for people that required FP was considered,
It is pretty much a known fact to anyone in the webhosting industry that FP ext's on linux are flaky to say the least
http://kerneltrap.org/includes/database.mysql.inc
.htaccess file so .inc files can not be viewed online..
.inc files
Lovely php code... Anyone care to look for possible flaws so someone can hack there server..
If your going to use includes in such a format, AT LEAST setup a
I mean come on...
1. Scan include directory for other
2. View them and look for some coding mistake
3. Root Server
Ok before you take the time to try to post a smart comment to gather more karma.. READ THE STORY FULLY..
.40 cents per share, for the chance to make more money in the future.. This is the reason they invested there money in the first place...
They don't only get $3.00 per share, they also get stock in the new combined company...
So they lose
What we have here is a couple of stock buyers scared of the current market and looking to bail out all together, And in this case try to force every other stock holder to do the same.
If instead they would hold on to the stock and "ride the wave" They have a chance at better returns in the future.
A person posting as "Anonymous Coward" calling someone a cowardly fuckface?
I find that sort of Ironic to say the least.. Enough Said
Besides...
Flight is not a "RIGHT" given to you.. You do not have to subject yourself to anything required to Fly because you can choose another mode to get yourself from point A to point B..
What should be more important... My right to have my safety ensured to me when I choose to fly..
Or your right to fly.. Oh wait.. You dont have that Right at all...
Did you read the whole thing, or just scan for sentences that you could put into "Big Brother is out to get you" sentences?
IT DOES NOT READ YOUR MIND, THEY WILL NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING, WHAT YOU ATE FOR DINNER, NOTHING..
Its only a "reading" of the electric signals to look for a pattern based on a certain set values.