I was excited before Episode I came out. Excited for probably the worst movie I've seen in the past 10 years (except for maybe D&D).
You remember what Scotty used to say, "fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me".
I should have known, because I was fooled a second time with Episode II.
I'm not even going to bother with Episode III. Lucas has so discraced the legacy of Star Wars I can't even watch the origonal trilogy anymore.
[offtopic rant star trek vs. star wars] Star Trek would obviously win. All they have to do is beam the Jedi through the transporter and all the midichlorians get stuck in the Enterprise's biofilter and you've got Chief O'Brien saying "Ok, Darth, who's your daddy?" [offtopic rant - star trek vs. star wars]
Everyone here seems to be talking on the same general thread "cancel your land line to screw the bells".
Who exactly do you think you're hurting? Verizon = Northwest Bell SBC = Southwest Bell Cingular = PacBell (owned by SBC, see above)
Who's left? AT&T? They started this fiasco. WorldCom? Better known as MCI, now bankrupt Sprint? NexTel?
Nobody's going to get screwed by you cancelling yoru land line. You're still paying the same people for your cell phone. Do you think their accounting practices will suddenly become honest just because you're now using wireless?
"There's too much rat hair in McDonald's food, so I'll just have their fries".
Re:I looked behind the magic curtain...
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You simply won't be able to play back content protected with DRM
If that were true there wouldn't be things like DeCSS.
No I think you missed the point.
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Making the Kernel Compliant so that it will refuse to let certain media types run because the OS/System doesn't have the secret key to that media type...NOT OK...
Lack of a secret key is what prevents you from viewing the data. It's not the kernel's decision. Without the secret key the kernel couldn't let you view it whether it wanted to or not.
Remember DVDs? Remember CSS? Linux as it is right now has absolutely no dealing with DRM of any type. Lack of CSS means you have a lack of watching DVDs. The kernel's not going to bitchslap you for trying though. You'll try, and fail, because you don't have the secret key.
Linus' message was not about including DRM in Linux. It was about not preventing DRM.
There's a difference there. Go think about that for a bit.
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It's not that we have to support DRM. It's still up to applications that we run to support it. Personally, I don't ever play to configure mplayer, xine or xmms --with-drm.
Using the kernel to curb DRM is like shutting down P2P networks to curb piracy. A: it won't work, and B: you destroy legitimate uses in the process.
Just from watching the trailer, I think they blew it. The big green guy looks totally disproportonate, like an oversized mal-colored smurf. It's too bad too. The technology is there, but a bad artist wrecked it. Maybe they should have looked up Lou instead.
I'll still probably see it in the first week (comic book movies are my escape from reality), but instead of thinking "This will be cool" I'll be thinking "I hope it doesn't suck".
Wow, you're sharp as a bowling ball. Did you figure that out from the 0.1 release number?
He's been working on it about 8 months (iirc), and to have this many features in that ammount of time for this type of application, I'd say that's pretty substantial. Chandler has the potential to kick the pants off of Outlook-not-so-good when it fully matures.
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You apparently haven't looked.
evolution
gnome-pim
korganizer
ical (the application not the file format)
plan
mozilla (with calendar plugin)
tons of still useful command line tools used back in the day before graphical displays
IMHO, programs that use the new ical format for storing calendar data are the most useful. I can parse ical files easily with perl (or heck, even bash and egrep) and do all sorts of fun things with the data. There's even a php script that parses ical files for display on your website. Add webdav to your server and you've got a free calendar server for you and your closest friends.
(Sorry for the shameless ical plug).
He deserves a chance at least for one thing...
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There's 114 comments and his site hasn't been/.ed yet and I just downloaded chandler at almost 200KB/s.
I'm honestly no longer surprised when a new story comes out along the lines of "give MS money, get nothing in return".
First it was per cpu licensing, then refund day, the MS tax on every name brand computer, licensing 6.0, expiring licenses, the "media center pc" (which is nothing more than a PC with a tv tuner), pay for support you don't (and can't) get.
What totally boggles my mind is that in the face of so many alternatives in both the desktop and server markets (linux, sun, mac os x) people continue to pull down their pants and bend over for Bill.
Not only do they not complain, but they do it willingly. People jump at the chance to hand over their hard earned cash to a bunch of crooks.
Maybe MS knows their days are numbered and it's only a matter of time before people wake up out of the mass stupor blanketing this planet, and that's why they're milking those poor fools for all they can.
I do like the idea of alioth though. Having a dedicated place for Debian's own home grown tools will definately help development. It might even help other distros import and use some of these tools.
It must be hard for people using other distros that don't have alternatives, automatic dependancy resolution, package configuration (debconf), and standardized menus.
Hmm, that's funny. How come there are so many more books for learning windows on the market than there are for Linux? By your own definition, you souldn't be using Windows either. Care to search for Mac books? Maybe you shouldn't be using a computer at all?
Apparently you don't look around very much. Piers Anthony uses Linux exclusively and has written close to 150 novels. I use Linux for real work. Windows just doesn't have the tools I need to get work done. Linux does. When absolutely forced to use Windows for actual work I usually end up downloading a copy of putty and ssh to someplace I can get work done. Baring that, I have in the past installed a full set of cygwin software just so I could have a semblance of being able to do real work.
Don't say "they can't get work done", what you really mean is you can't get work done on Linux because you probably need a book like this one to cluebat you along.
That is, of course, unless you are a Slashdot Windows user... Then, you need shitloads of help
Last time surveyed, most Slashdotters were on Windows. I'm still on Windows. I could certainly use a good introductory Linux book.
I think that was his point. Don't gripe every time someone points out you're incapable of installing Linux. It's ok, just admit it. We all know it's true anyway.
I've been using yahoo mail for a while now and it is virtually spam free.
Submit an article to Ask Slashdot entitled "Spam me" and say you're performing an experiment and you'd like your e-mail address posted on a major traffic website (such as/.). If Taco thinks it's funny enough and atually posts it, your e-mail address will be on the front page for about 12 hours, and one link depth from the front page for about 3 days.
We'll see what your spam free looks like then. Along with all of the flames you get, I'm sure you'll be placed on some not so plesant mailing lists.
Or used to until a couple of weeks ago, anyway this is all still valid...
If your laptop is under warranty just send it in. The repair facility is not owned by IBM, and the policies are pretty lax. If you send in your laptop complaining of battery problems, 9 times out of 10 the tech will replace the battery without even testing it. If they should happen to test it and think you are wrong they are required to contact you before sending it back unrepaired. When they call, just bitch enough and you'll get your battery (but bitch in a polite tone of voice). The turn around time for the each unit is 24 or 48 hours, meaning your laptop can't be at the depot for any longer than the designated time (most are 48, but they try to do it in 24 anyway). This means that if you send in your laptop on Monday, you'll probably have it back by Thursday (and possibly Wednesday), and with a brand new battery. Note, this only works for units under warranty. If you purchased the extended warranty it will be honored. If your warranty has expired in the last 30 days that's ok too, you're still covered.
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I was excited before Episode I came out. Excited for probably the worst movie I've seen in the past 10 years (except for maybe D&D).
You remember what Scotty used to say, "fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me".
I should have known, because I was fooled a second time with Episode II.
I'm not even going to bother with Episode III. Lucas has so discraced the legacy of Star Wars I can't even watch the origonal trilogy anymore.
[offtopic rant star trek vs. star wars]
Star Trek would obviously win. All they have to do is beam the Jedi through the transporter and all the midichlorians get stuck in the Enterprise's biofilter and you've got Chief O'Brien saying "Ok, Darth, who's your daddy?"
[offtopic rant - star trek vs. star wars]
Everyone here seems to be talking on the same general thread "cancel your land line to screw the bells".
Who exactly do you think you're hurting?
Verizon = Northwest Bell
SBC = Southwest Bell
Cingular = PacBell (owned by SBC, see above)
Who's left?
AT&T? They started this fiasco.
WorldCom? Better known as MCI, now bankrupt
Sprint? NexTel?
Nobody's going to get screwed by you cancelling yoru land line. You're still paying the same people for your cell phone. Do you think their accounting practices will suddenly become honest just because you're now using wireless?
"There's too much rat hair in McDonald's food, so I'll just have their fries".
Think people! Think!
Seems pretty easy to me.
You simply won't be able to play back content protected with DRM
If that were true there wouldn't be things like DeCSS.
Making the Kernel Compliant so that it will refuse to let certain media types run because the OS/System doesn't have the secret key to that media type...NOT OK...
Lack of a secret key is what prevents you from viewing the data. It's not the kernel's decision. Without the secret key the kernel couldn't let you view it whether it wanted to or not.
Remember DVDs? Remember CSS? Linux as it is right now has absolutely no dealing with DRM of any type. Lack of CSS means you have a lack of watching DVDs. The kernel's not going to bitchslap you for trying though. You'll try, and fail, because you don't have the secret key.
Linus' message was not about including DRM in Linux. It was about not preventing DRM.
There's a difference there. Go think about that for a bit.
It's not that we have to support DRM. It's still up to applications that we run to support it. Personally, I don't ever play to configure mplayer, xine or xmms --with-drm.
Using the kernel to curb DRM is like shutting down P2P networks to curb piracy. A: it won't work, and B: you destroy legitimate uses in the process.
He jumps moron. You never read the comic book.
Just from watching the trailer, I think they blew it. The big green guy looks totally disproportonate, like an oversized mal-colored smurf. It's too bad too. The technology is there, but a bad artist wrecked it. Maybe they should have looked up Lou instead.
I'll still probably see it in the first week (comic book movies are my escape from reality), but instead of thinking "This will be cool" I'll be thinking "I hope it doesn't suck".
No, you've got it wrong.
Monica is a small monitor calibration tool.
Phoebe is a Redhat release.
Rachel is a resource loading toolkit for Java Web Start/JNLP
It seems like this program is like alpha alpha
Wow, you're sharp as a bowling ball. Did you figure that out from the 0.1 release number?
He's been working on it about 8 months (iirc), and to have this many features in that ammount of time for this type of application, I'd say that's pretty substantial. Chandler has the potential to kick the pants off of Outlook-not-so-good when it fully matures.
IMHO, programs that use the new ical format for storing calendar data are the most useful. I can parse ical files easily with perl (or heck, even bash and egrep) and do all sorts of fun things with the data. There's even a php script that parses ical files for display on your website. Add webdav to your server and you've got a free calendar server for you and your closest friends.
(Sorry for the shameless ical plug).
There's 114 comments and his site hasn't been /.ed yet and I just downloaded chandler at almost 200KB/s.
I'm serious. This is a good idea.
Anybody who doesn't might as well give up. Mfgs won't supply unless there is ample demand.
I'm honestly no longer surprised when a new story comes out along the lines of "give MS money, get nothing in return".
First it was per cpu licensing, then refund day, the MS tax on every name brand computer, licensing 6.0, expiring licenses, the "media center pc" (which is nothing more than a PC with a tv tuner), pay for support you don't (and can't) get.
What totally boggles my mind is that in the face of so many alternatives in both the desktop and server markets (linux, sun, mac os x) people continue to pull down their pants and bend over for Bill.
Not only do they not complain, but they do it willingly. People jump at the chance to hand over their hard earned cash to a bunch of crooks.
Maybe MS knows their days are numbered and it's only a matter of time before people wake up out of the mass stupor blanketing this planet, and that's why they're milking those poor fools for all they can.
We already have several of those.
I do like the idea of alioth though. Having a dedicated place for Debian's own home grown tools will definately help development. It might even help other distros import and use some of these tools.
It must be hard for people using other distros that don't have alternatives, automatic dependancy resolution, package configuration (debconf), and standardized menus.
The problem is 1) that someone should need a book to work an OS means it isn't for 'the rest of us'
Search for Widnows books on BN We found 12,767 titles
Search for Linux books on BN We found 839 titles
Hmm, that's funny. How come there are so many more books for learning windows on the market than there are for Linux? By your own definition, you souldn't be using Windows either. Care to search for Mac books? Maybe you shouldn't be using a computer at all?
Apparently you don't look around very much. Piers Anthony uses Linux exclusively and has written close to 150 novels. I use Linux for real work. Windows just doesn't have the tools I need to get work done. Linux does. When absolutely forced to use Windows for actual work I usually end up downloading a copy of putty and ssh to someplace I can get work done. Baring that, I have in the past installed a full set of cygwin software just so I could have a semblance of being able to do real work.
Don't say "they can't get work done", what you really mean is you can't get work done on Linux because you probably need a book like this one to cluebat you along.
That is, of course, unless you are a Slashdot Windows user... Then, you need shitloads of help
Last time surveyed, most Slashdotters were on Windows. I'm still on Windows. I could certainly use a good introductory Linux book.
I think that was his point. Don't gripe every time someone points out you're incapable of installing Linux. It's ok, just admit it. We all know it's true anyway.
I've been using yahoo mail for a while now and it is virtually spam free.
/.). If Taco thinks it's funny enough and atually posts it, your e-mail address will be on the front page for about 12 hours, and one link depth from the front page for about 3 days.
Submit an article to Ask Slashdot entitled "Spam me" and say you're performing an experiment and you'd like your e-mail address posted on a major traffic website (such as
We'll see what your spam free looks like then. Along with all of the flames you get, I'm sure you'll be placed on some not so plesant mailing lists.
This is probably way too late in the discussion to get seen, but Alan's patch won't apply cleanly to 2.4.20.
A clean patch can be found here:
0 -ptrace.patch
http://www.hardrock.org/kernel/2.4.20/linux-2.4.2
Sorry if you get /.ed.
I just assume if someone gets a user account on my machine my entire network is fucked anyways.
Come on, it's not that hard to set a root password.
Let me know when/where you mirror it. I'd like a copy too.
Um.....
o rn" -l -r /usr/src/linux/*
grep -e "31337|h4x0r|0wned|phear|ph34r|r00tk17|sex|pr0n|p
bahamat@highwind:/usr/src/linux $
Where did you get your source tree?
Um, not really.
Evolution:
IBM turns over a leaf and says "oh look here's some UNIX technology. It must have wrote itself through endless years of trying"
Christianity:
IBM says "Let's work and create something, because even an idiot knows that something can't come from nothing"
Or used to until a couple of weeks ago, anyway this is all still valid...
If your laptop is under warranty just send it in. The repair facility is not owned by IBM, and the policies are pretty lax. If you send in your laptop complaining of battery problems, 9 times out of 10 the tech will replace the battery without even testing it. If they should happen to test it and think you are wrong they are required to contact you before sending it back unrepaired. When they call, just bitch enough and you'll get your battery (but bitch in a polite tone of voice).
The turn around time for the each unit is 24 or 48 hours, meaning your laptop can't be at the depot for any longer than the designated time (most are 48, but they try to do it in 24 anyway). This means that if you send in your laptop on Monday, you'll probably have it back by Thursday (and possibly Wednesday), and with a brand new battery. Note, this only works for units under warranty. If you purchased the extended warranty it will be honored. If your warranty has expired in the last 30 days that's ok too, you're still covered.