With so many hi tech jobs being shipped to cheap labour regions, you miss one important point: when you buy closed source products, chances are that they were coded in places like India. When you adopt an open source alternative, you do need to hire ad hoc support (and probably some coders to tailor your applications), which will be, most likely, physically located in the vecinity of your offices.
That alone, makes Linux such a good alternative. It creates tech jobs in your local market. Chances are that if you buy MS and pay for their support, you will be dealing with a phone helpdesk guy located in Bangalore.
Notice how the guy that spams is in Argentina. First, I do not think that your calls will bother him more than they will cost you. Second, this guy is a real mercenary. This is his way of life.
I ran a little query and found that he actually registers his domains under the following address:
Persona Responsable: Alberto Roberto Meyer Direccion: Callao 1253 Ciudad: Buenos Aires Codigo Postal: 1024 Pais: Argentina Telefono: 4803-3824 Horarios Contacto: 10-18
Fecha de registracion: 20/01/2003 Entidad Administradora: Zonda Sistemas S.A. Direccion: Callao 1253 Ciudad: Buenos Aires Codigo Postal: 1024 Pais: Argentina Telefono: 4803-3824 Fax: 4803-3824 Actividad Principal: Sistemas
Contacto Tecnico: Alberto Roberto Meyer Direccion: Callao 1253 Ciudad: Buenos Aires Codigo Postal: 1024 Pais: Argentina Telefono: 4803-3824 Horario Contacto: 10-18 Fax: 4803-3824
Servidores de Nombre de Dominio Servidor de Nombres Primario: Nombre: ns.super-zonda.com Direccion ip:
Servidor de Nombres Secundario: Nombre: ns1.super-zonda.com Direccion ip:
Tercer Servidor de Nombres: Nombre: ns2.super-zonda.com Direccion ip:
Cuarto Servidor de Nombres: Nombre: ns3.super-zonda.com Direccion ip:
Sorry that it is in Spanish, but the only way to find this guy is by running queries in nic.ar. Were you in a position where you could actually phone this criminals, you need to add +54 11 to the listed telephone numbers (54 being the country code for Argentina and 11 the city code for Buenos Aires).
How can you get to know your enemy if you are not allowed to access their content?
How can adults keep the memory of the horror alive if they are not allowed to read it and discuss it and above all, use their critical thinking capabilities?
If someone tells me that something is "bad", I feel compelled to go and check by myself. If I am told that something is bad, but I am not allowed to validate that information, then I tend to grow suspicious.
While I wouldn't recommend that this book is allowed to any person younger than 18 without parental/ adult supervision, I would probably make it mandatory reading in every school (particularly in the last year of high school). I would make it a mandatory alert course on the evils of propaganda and the results of racism.
Informed adults make wiser and more matured decissions than people who are ruled by a baby sitter goverment.
A tiranny is not defined by a single piece of legislation.
The fact that corporations succesfully managed to get every piece of law in their favour is what is scary and totalitarian. The copyrights extension, the DMCA, the banning of encryption... I could go on and on. Now, all they need to do is enforce those laws that they "bought".
I agree with you, copyright violations are wrong, but when the people become criminals for minor violations, one should wonder about the validity of these laws.
You know, I've been reading all morning the other threads over here about citizen's rights to bear arms.
A pretty good argument is that armed citizens could defend themselves against a tiranny. How is that compatible with the current situation where corporations seem to have totalitarian powers over the US citizens? Granted, these corporations are not the US goverment, but the inaction of said goverment, either speaks of a very high degree of inefficiency or a very ingrained corruption.
Doesn't this permanent attack of personal rights, erosion of privacy and draconian regulations equate a tiranny?
There is a Digital divide but it is not related to those people who do not want to be on the net, but to those who cannot afford to be online.
The worrisome digital divide is the one that affects young people and children from poor areas. Those are very likely to be in a disadvantageous position when looking for jobs in the future.
On the other hand, there are people who make a choice to stay off line, well, it's their choice...
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I couldn't have said it better myself. The only reason I came with those questions is because I follow your line of thought exactly. I was just curious as to how others see the situation.
I feel for the average American who has troubles to make ends meet. I feel for anyone, American or not, who works for a meager salary and this shifting into development to other countries rather than US will only bring poverty to people who do not have a safety net.
I used to be socialist, then I moved to Europe and saw first hand what a crippled, backwards system socialism can be and now I no longer know what I am... but one thing is sure, I sleep better knowing that there is a layer of protection between me and abject poverty.
Anyways, not to go off topic, what I meant to say is that if this trend continues, we can expect to see more troubles for the average American. That's never a good thing and not because they are Americans, but because they have the same rights than anyone else to make a decent life.
if this is one of the dreaded consequences of outsourcing jobs to India.
I mean, the development of these type of technology used to be the patrimony of the US. Later on, it shifted to Far East (Japan) and now we see really cool gadgets being developed in India.
A sign of what's to come? Is this the result of the US losing their position as main providers of R&D? What will be left afterwards? An economy of service?
Oh yes, she already plugged the mad cow disease in her orangerie.
A propos of nothing, she says "On a lighter note, I bet YOU ski better than I do...considering I have never tried".(YOU being the link to the Creutzfeldt-Jakob drink).
I am watching CNN and at this moment (11PM GMT), Kabul seems to be under some sort of bombing. They say that multiple explosions have been heard over the city. The images show heavy fire.
Will continue watching and updating if they say anything new.
(OT)Page for those who are alive in NYC
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Our New Pearl Harbor
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· Score: 5, Informative
This website is meant for everyone who is caught in NYC and need to communicate their families/ friends that they are alive and ok.
It is said that cell phones are unusable, so people can post their names to make a list of survivors.
In the Transfers window, right below the file list area, there is a button that says "Show Incomplete Files". When you reconnect click there and it will give you a list of all files that are not complete downloads (including the ones you were downloading before you disconnected). Then right click and "Retry", that solves the problem.
I tried Kazaa, Morpheus, Limewire, and a good number of other programmes which names I can't remember. I couldn't stand any of them. I can't stand spyware and I can't stand programmes that forcefully sit on my startup menu without giving me the chance to disable such feature.
However, around a month ago I found WinMX. It's by far the best one of its kind (at least for me). No popups, no compulsory startup, no spyware.
I wonder when we will get to read the second part of the saga "Surprised by sudden poverty".
"A few hours ago, I learned that I am now (at least in theory) absurdly broken.
I was at my machine, hacking, when I got email making fun of me on the situation of the VA Linux Systems IPO. I was working on my latest small project -- a compiler for a special-purpose language I've designed called Scriptable Network Graphics, or SNG. SNG is an editable representation of the chunk data in a PNG. What I'm writing is a compiler/decompiler pair, so you can dump PNGs in SNG, edit the SNG, then recompile to a PNG image".
The book you are referring to is How to read Donald duck by Ariel Dorfman (also authour of The death and the maiden).
However, if you want to read more about Disney I would highly recomend Travels in Hyperreality by Umberto Eco.
From the essay: "The Main Street facades are presented to us as toy houses and invite us to enter them, but their interior is always a disguised supermarket, where you buy obsessively, believing that you are still playing," he writes. He similarly finds in Disney, "An allegory of the consumer society, a place of absolute iconism, Disneyland is also as place of total passivity. Its visitors must agree to behave like robots."
It is in the two Disneys, where he finds the ultimate expression of hyperreality, in which everything is brighter, larger and more entertaining than in everyday life. In comparison to Disney, he implies, reality can be disappointing. When he travels the artificial river in Disneyland, for example, he sees animatronic imitations of animals. But, on a trip down the real Mississippi, the river fails to reveal its alligators. "...You risk feeling homesick for Disneyland," he concludes, "where the wild animals don't have to be coaxed. Disneyland tells us that technology can give us more reality than nature can."
Even when you may not fully agree with his views, I have to say that it makes a really interesting reading.
This is a website where people can discuss their opinions. Nobody actually forces you to read it, download it or discuss topics on/. It's a choice you make. If you feel the articles or the posts don't fit your political views, you can go somewhere else.
I don't mean this in a rude way or as a flame. I am purely speaking about freedom of choice here. I certainly do not read certain sites that are totally oposed to my ideas. I choose those where I can somehow relate to the opinions expressed.
And if I ever read a website which doesn't fit my political views, I do not flame the editors for thinking differently, I just go to a differrent site.
Nowhere in the site could I find the date for this convention.
I work in Den Haag (quite nearby the place where it will take place) and I would find it interesting to go take a look if the discussions were public. (And maybe hand in some fliers with the top 100 reasons why this proposal shouldn't be enforced).
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With so many hi tech jobs being shipped to cheap labour regions, you miss one important point: when you buy closed source products, chances are that they were coded in places like India. When you adopt an open source alternative, you do need to hire ad hoc support (and probably some coders to tailor your applications), which will be, most likely, physically located in the vecinity of your offices.
That alone, makes Linux such a good alternative. It creates tech jobs in your local market. Chances are that if you buy MS and pay for their support, you will be dealing with a phone helpdesk guy located in Bangalore.
The moment that a script kiddie releases an exploit that takes advantage of the combination (broadband over power line).
I am sure it will bring a new meaning to the flying toasters...
Do you think the address is still useful to send tokens of appreciation to these fine gentlemen?
Notice how the guy that spams is in Argentina. First, I do not think that your calls will bother him more than they will cost you. Second, this guy is a real mercenary. This is his way of life.
I ran a little query and found that he actually registers his domains under the following address:
Entidad Registrante: Zonda Sistemas S.A.
Direccion: Callao 1253
Ciudad: Buenos Aires
Codigo Postal: 1024
Pais: Argentina
Telefono: 4803-3824
Fax: 4803-3824
Actividad Principal: Sistemas
Persona Responsable: Alberto Roberto Meyer
Direccion: Callao 1253
Ciudad: Buenos Aires
Codigo Postal: 1024
Pais: Argentina
Telefono: 4803-3824
Horarios Contacto: 10-18
Fecha de registracion: 20/01/2003
Entidad Administradora: Zonda Sistemas S.A.
Direccion: Callao 1253
Ciudad: Buenos Aires
Codigo Postal: 1024
Pais: Argentina
Telefono: 4803-3824
Fax: 4803-3824
Actividad Principal: Sistemas
Contacto Tecnico: Alberto Roberto Meyer
Direccion: Callao 1253
Ciudad: Buenos Aires
Codigo Postal: 1024
Pais: Argentina
Telefono: 4803-3824
Horario Contacto: 10-18
Fax: 4803-3824
Servidores de Nombre de Dominio
Servidor de Nombres Primario:
Nombre: ns.super-zonda.com
Direccion ip:
Servidor de Nombres Secundario:
Nombre: ns1.super-zonda.com
Direccion ip:
Tercer Servidor de Nombres:
Nombre: ns2.super-zonda.com
Direccion ip:
Cuarto Servidor de Nombres:
Nombre: ns3.super-zonda.com
Direccion ip:
Sorry that it is in Spanish, but the only way to find this guy is by running queries in nic.ar. Were you in a position where you could actually phone this criminals, you need to add +54 11 to the listed telephone numbers (54 being the country code for Argentina and 11 the city code for Buenos Aires).
Good luck!
It is rumoured that they hired the same advertising agency who designed this campaign.
Even more dreadful:
"I see you are trying to watch some porn, would you like some help?"
I will now have nightmares...
How can you get to know your enemy if you are not allowed to access their content?
How can adults keep the memory of the horror alive if they are not allowed to read it and discuss it and above all, use their critical thinking capabilities?
If someone tells me that something is "bad", I feel compelled to go and check by myself. If I am told that something is bad, but I am not allowed to validate that information, then I tend to grow suspicious.
While I wouldn't recommend that this book is allowed to any person younger than 18 without parental/ adult supervision, I would probably make it mandatory reading in every school (particularly in the last year of high school). I would make it a mandatory alert course on the evils of propaganda and the results of racism.
Informed adults make wiser and more matured decissions than people who are ruled by a baby sitter goverment.
A tiranny is not defined by a single piece of legislation.
The fact that corporations succesfully managed to get every piece of law in their favour is what is scary and totalitarian. The copyrights extension, the DMCA, the banning of encryption... I could go on and on. Now, all they need to do is enforce those laws that they "bought".
I agree with you, copyright violations are wrong, but when the people become criminals for minor violations, one should wonder about the validity of these laws.
You know, I've been reading all morning the other threads over here about citizen's rights to bear arms.
A pretty good argument is that armed citizens could defend themselves against a tiranny. How is that compatible with the current situation where corporations seem to have totalitarian powers over the US citizens? Granted, these corporations are not the US goverment, but the inaction of said goverment, either speaks of a very high degree of inefficiency or a very ingrained corruption.
Doesn't this permanent attack of personal rights, erosion of privacy and draconian regulations equate a tiranny?
There is a Digital divide but it is not related to those people who do not want to be on the net, but to those who cannot afford to be online.
The worrisome digital divide is the one that affects young people and children from poor areas. Those are very likely to be in a disadvantageous position when looking for jobs in the future.
On the other hand, there are people who make a choice to stay off line, well, it's their choice...
I feel for the average American who has troubles to make ends meet. I feel for anyone, American or not, who works for a meager salary and this shifting into development to other countries rather than US will only bring poverty to people who do not have a safety net.
I used to be socialist, then I moved to Europe and saw first hand what a crippled, backwards system socialism can be and now I no longer know what I am... but one thing is sure, I sleep better knowing that there is a layer of protection between me and abject poverty.
Anyways, not to go off topic, what I meant to say is that if this trend continues, we can expect to see more troubles for the average American. That's never a good thing and not because they are Americans, but because they have the same rights than anyone else to make a decent life.
I mean, the development of these type of technology used to be the patrimony of the US. Later on, it shifted to Far East (Japan) and now we see really cool gadgets being developed in India.
A sign of what's to come? Is this the result of the US losing their position as main providers of R&D? What will be left afterwards? An economy of service?
A propos of nothing, she says "On a lighter note, I bet YOU ski better than I do...considering I have never tried".(YOU being the link to the Creutzfeldt-Jakob drink).
He works for a brazilian company that distributes (in the commercial sense of the word) Linux to brazilian and Latin American businesses.
I am watching CNN and at this moment (11PM GMT), Kabul seems to be under some sort of bombing. They say that multiple explosions have been heard over the city. The images show heavy fire.
Will continue watching and updating if they say anything new.
This website is meant for everyone who is caught in NYC and need to communicate their families/ friends that they are alive and ok.
It is said that cell phones are unusable, so people can post their names to make a list of survivors.
I dare you watch Roseanne Barr eating BBQ ribs without a napkin. Now THAT would be a good punishment for said marketroids.
In the Transfers window, right below the file list area, there is a button that says "Show Incomplete Files". When you reconnect click there and it will give you a list of all files that are not complete downloads (including the ones you were downloading before you disconnected). Then right click and "Retry", that solves the problem.
I tried Kazaa, Morpheus, Limewire, and a good number of other programmes which names I can't remember. I couldn't stand any of them. I can't stand spyware and I can't stand programmes that forcefully sit on my startup menu without giving me the chance to disable such feature.
However, around a month ago I found WinMX. It's by far the best one of its kind (at least for me). No popups, no compulsory startup, no spyware.
Surprised by wealth.
I wonder when we will get to read the second part of the saga "Surprised by sudden poverty".
"A few hours ago, I learned that I am now (at least in theory) absurdly broken.
I was at my machine, hacking, when I got email making fun of me on the situation of the VA Linux Systems IPO. I was working on my latest small project -- a compiler for a special-purpose language I've designed called Scriptable Network Graphics, or SNG. SNG is an editable representation of the chunk data in a PNG. What I'm writing is a compiler/decompiler pair, so you can dump PNGs in SNG, edit the SNG, then recompile to a PNG image".
Ah the irony, I guess you can imagine the rest.
The book you are referring to is How to read Donald duck by Ariel Dorfman (also authour of The death and the maiden).
However, if you want to read more about Disney I would highly recomend Travels in Hyperreality by Umberto Eco.
From the essay: "The Main Street facades are presented to us as toy houses and invite us to enter them, but their interior is always a disguised supermarket, where you buy obsessively, believing that you are still playing," he writes. He similarly finds in Disney, "An allegory of the consumer society, a place of absolute iconism, Disneyland is also as place of total passivity. Its visitors must agree to behave like robots."
It is in the two Disneys, where he finds the ultimate expression of hyperreality, in which everything is brighter, larger and more entertaining than in everyday life. In comparison to Disney, he implies, reality can be disappointing. When he travels the artificial river in Disneyland, for example, he sees animatronic imitations of animals. But, on a trip down the real Mississippi, the river fails to reveal its alligators. "...You risk feeling homesick for Disneyland," he concludes, "where the wild animals don't have to be coaxed. Disneyland tells us that technology can give us more reality than nature can."
Even when you may not fully agree with his views, I have to say that it makes a really interesting reading.
This is a website where people can discuss their opinions. Nobody actually forces you to read it, download it or discuss topics on /. It's a choice you make. If you feel the articles or the posts don't fit your political views, you can go somewhere else.
I don't mean this in a rude way or as a flame. I am purely speaking about freedom of choice here. I certainly do not read certain sites that are totally oposed to my ideas. I choose those where I can somehow relate to the opinions expressed.
And if I ever read a website which doesn't fit my political views, I do not flame the editors for thinking differently, I just go to a differrent site.
- Trolling for FP and goatsex posts was never so fast.
-Running vhosts for IRC bots (3y3.h4x0r3d.ibm.com)
-setting up an ftp server to share your pr0n collection
-streaming audiocast that all your IRC buddies will listen to.
-what the heck, you could even set up your own IRC server and attempt a link to Dalnet.
Now don't say you can't figure out any real uses.
Nowhere in the site could I find the date for this convention.
I work in Den Haag (quite nearby the place where it will take place) and I would find it interesting to go take a look if the discussions were public. (And maybe hand in some fliers with the top 100 reasons why this proposal shouldn't be enforced).
Try this:
http://cexx.org/anony.htm