Firstoff, I have no problems reaching the mentionned sites from Switzerland. So this might be an US-only problem.
Second, what we have in Serbia is not "just some poor people getting bombed by evil forces", but some Big-Brother-type dictator Milosevic whose politics are strikingly similar to those of a certain Adolf Hitler in 1938.
- dispossessing people of a ethnic minority - ethnic "cleansing" - crushing in-serbian opposition (Radio B92...)
What we have is the rise of another fascist state.
I'm not very pleased with the bombing, but I see it as a necessity to do whatever is possible to crush that governement.
This goes not against you serbian people, this goes against a fascist governement. Do something about this.
Interestingly enough, Ken Thompson is critizizing his own way of doing things when he critizices Linux. He says he likes to build things from bottom up, to tinker with it. Just how Linux came to be. Then he goes on saying how things are proven: Somebody is told he is wrong and should go to hell, and then the person goes on and just _does_ the thing.
Well, I guess Linux told Ken Thompson already he is wrong and should go to hell. Now its up to him to prove he is right...
AOL is some weird online-service which was profiteur on the internet, sucking content while not providing any (except for _their_ memebers) for some years. It's not the guys you'd put it charge for something like that.
The second one is France Telecom. Well, that's some bureaucrats. They're not anymore part of the french state for not so many years, still have all those people... Furthermore, their own internet-connectivity (as they provide for providers) used to be slow and frequently mis-routed...From Zürich to Zürich by Paris.. Also not the guys you want to run your network.
In the days of 80486, I had a 80386 which I used as linux-server. Since I needed another serial port which the board did not provide (actually, even the first serial was on an ISA-Card), I plugged in another card, turned on the machine and - nothing. Not even the ventilator of the power supply started. As soon as I removed the serial card, it began to work again. Obviously, something on the card was able to produce a short-circuit which not only affected the board but the power-supply as well. Weird.
The machine worked for several months as server; had an Adaptec 1542 controller and was later replaced with an 80486. With this 80486 I lost two harddisks. The first had a headcrash during a weekend. When I came back, the thing made an awful noise, was very hot and refused to do anything. So I replaced it and opened the disk. Looks very nice on my shelf, with the marks. The other disk I lost was due to inactivity. The thing had been working for months until I took down the machine for about an hour for a hardware-upgrade. After that, it didn't work anymore. I guess it was a crack on the circuit which widened while the disk cooled down.
When I last month replaced the server with a new one, I remarked another interesting fact: break off one wing of the processor-ventilator and it not only makes a terrific noise but also vibrates heavily. I guess the board wouldn't honor that if running for a long time.
Speaking of weird hardware-damage: Did anyone else ever have a processor _glowing_? I had that with an AMD x86, 80 Mhz. A cable was touching it, so the plastic melted. On the processor there was that spot with the plastic on it, which began to glow afterwards, even after removal of the cable. The socket was molten, the processor broke into two parts when I removed it.
I guess RMS suggestions are the best I've ever heard regarding Microsoft.
They will not really hurt Microsoft in any way except to cripple them in their ability to destroy opponents with unfair practices. If Microsoft is really an "innovative" Company as claimed by itself, it will easily hold a big marketshare because MS will able to do its implementation before the competition.
Furthermore, it will not only enable free software to compete but closed-source software as well.
It's very easy to implement an answering machine using ISDN and vbox. Vbox can be found at http://www.mayn.de/michael/vbox/ The thing can be configured to listen to arbitrary numbers and respond automatically after a certain number of rings.
Copyright is futile, at least in its present form. Instead of providing an infrastructure upon which the free market can evolve, it is more and more abused to destroy the very market it should help to flourish. Copyright and patents are used as means for destroying opponents, not as means to protect ones own products from misfits. Today, the copyright-holders, not anymore the "infringers" have become the biggest misfits. The Tetris company is a very nice example for this kind of miserable copyright-exploitation. Do nothing, buy copyrights, sue to world and make big money.
This is a very serious issue for the whole society. If there isn't found a good solution we'll end up in a world looking like the worst nightmares of William Gibson.
It's not whether Microsoft or someone else, this is getting seriously on my gingiva. Guess one should seriously kick the patent-offices into their scrotum. Abolish them.
With Lyrics negotiating with the NMPA and the Harry Fox Agency, thw whole thing hasn't been solved. There's still a lawsuit hanging, however probably with not much effort on the side of HFA. But this is not a civil law, this is criminal law, so the state attorney will have to investigate it now.
Not only this, but Lyrics Internet Service Provider, cyberlink whose Sysadmin I happen to be has been accused as well. If ISP's can be held responsible for potential illegal actions done by their customers we'll be facing a very dark future for the whole internet.
Further remarks by me on this topic (in german language) may be found at www.sonicnet.ch, dated 27.1.99.
Assholes, all of them. Gives me the creeps, like an ignorant horde of wild lawyers, usurpators, monopolists and other scum which run over a peaceful village of things that already work. XORed Cursors patented, Online-Ads patented, backing-store in X-Windows patented, etcetc.
Slashdot Mirror
whois -h whois.internic.net windows2000test.com
;) Anyone know their IP?
gives:
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.WINISP.NET 207.46.170.2
NS2.WINISP.NET 207.46.170.3
Querying one of those makes:
> server NS1.WINISP.NET
Default Server: NS1.WINISP.NET
Address: 207.46.170.2
*** NS1.WINISP.NET can't find www.windows2000test.com: No response from server
ns2 doesn't answer at all. Did you slashdot their
nameservers?
Firstoff, I have no problems reaching the
mentionned sites from Switzerland. So this might
be an US-only problem.
Second, what we have in Serbia is not "just some
poor people getting bombed by evil forces", but
some Big-Brother-type dictator Milosevic
whose politics are strikingly similar to those of
a certain Adolf Hitler in 1938.
- dispossessing people of a ethnic minority
- ethnic "cleansing"
- crushing in-serbian opposition (Radio B92...)
What we have is the rise of another fascist state.
I'm not very pleased with the bombing, but I see
it as a necessity to do whatever is possible to
crush that governement.
This goes not against you serbian people, this
goes against a fascist governement. Do something
about this.
Kirth
Interestingly enough, Ken Thompson is critizizing
his own way of doing things when he critizices
Linux. He says he likes to build things from
bottom up, to tinker with it. Just how Linux came
to be. Then he goes on saying how things are
proven: Somebody is told he is wrong and should
go to hell, and then the person goes on and just
_does_ the thing.
Well, I guess Linux told Ken Thompson already he
is wrong and should go to hell. Now its up to him
to prove he is right...
Well, I'm not too happy with two of those.
AOL is some weird online-service which was
profiteur on the internet, sucking content while
not providing any (except for _their_ memebers)
for some years. It's not the guys you'd put
it charge for something like that.
The second one is France Telecom. Well, that's
some bureaucrats. They're not anymore part of
the french state for not so many years, still
have all those people... Furthermore, their
own internet-connectivity (as they provide for
providers) used to be slow and frequently
mis-routed...From Zürich to Zürich by Paris..
Also not the guys you want to run your network.
In the days of 80486, I had a 80386 which I used
as linux-server. Since I needed another serial
port which the board did not provide (actually,
even the first serial was on an ISA-Card), I
plugged in another card, turned on the machine
and - nothing. Not even the ventilator of the
power supply started. As soon as I removed the
serial card, it began to work again. Obviously,
something on the card was able to produce a
short-circuit which not only affected the board
but the power-supply as well. Weird.
The machine worked for several months as server;
had an Adaptec 1542 controller and was later
replaced with an 80486. With this 80486 I lost
two harddisks. The first had a headcrash during
a weekend. When I came back, the thing made an
awful noise, was very hot and refused to do
anything. So I replaced it and opened the disk.
Looks very nice on my shelf, with the marks. The
other disk I lost was due to inactivity. The thing
had been working for months until I took down the
machine for about an hour for a hardware-upgrade.
After that, it didn't work anymore. I guess it
was a crack on the circuit which widened while
the disk cooled down.
When I last month replaced the server with a new
one, I remarked another interesting fact: break
off one wing of the processor-ventilator and it
not only makes a terrific noise but also vibrates
heavily. I guess the board wouldn't honor that
if running for a long time.
Speaking of weird hardware-damage: Did anyone else
ever have a processor _glowing_? I had that with
an AMD x86, 80 Mhz. A cable was touching it, so
the plastic melted. On the processor there was
that spot with the plastic on it, which began
to glow afterwards, even after removal of the
cable. The socket was molten, the processor broke
into two parts when I removed it.
I guess RMS suggestions are the best I've ever
heard regarding Microsoft.
They will not really hurt Microsoft in any way
except to cripple them in their ability to
destroy opponents with unfair practices. If
Microsoft is really an "innovative" Company as
claimed by itself, it will easily hold a big
marketshare because MS will able to do its
implementation before the competition.
Furthermore, it will not only enable free
software to compete but closed-source software
as well.
It's very easy to implement an answering machine
using ISDN and vbox. Vbox can be found at
http://www.mayn.de/michael/vbox/
The thing can be configured to listen to arbitrary
numbers and respond automatically after a certain
number of rings.
Copyright is futile, at least in its present form.
Instead of providing an infrastructure upon which
the free market can evolve, it is more and more
abused to destroy the very market it should
help to flourish. Copyright and patents are used
as means for destroying opponents, not as means
to protect ones own products from misfits. Today,
the copyright-holders, not anymore the "infringers" have become the biggest misfits.
The Tetris company is a very nice example for this
kind of miserable copyright-exploitation. Do nothing, buy copyrights, sue to world and make
big money.
This is a very serious issue for the whole society. If there isn't found a good solution
we'll end up in a world looking like the worst
nightmares of William Gibson.
It's not whether Microsoft or someone else, this
is getting seriously on my gingiva. Guess one
should seriously kick the patent-offices into
their scrotum. Abolish them.
Not only this, but Lyrics Internet Service Provider, cyberlink whose Sysadmin I happen to be has been accused as well. If ISP's can be held responsible for potential illegal actions done by their customers we'll be facing a very dark future for the whole internet.
Further remarks by me on this topic (in german language) may be found at www.sonicnet.ch, dated 27.1.99.
Have a nice day
Peter Keel
Assholes, all of them. Gives me the creeps, like
an ignorant horde of wild lawyers, usurpators,
monopolists and other scum which run over a
peaceful village of things that already work.
XORed Cursors patented, Online-Ads patented,
backing-store in X-Windows patented, etcetc.
Assholes.
Yeah, "may confuse". Sure. confuses lawyers. So
confuse they're actually braindead. Shakespeare
was right: "First we should kill all lawyers".