So, after being a lowbrow spammer (I got Berst Alerts unsolicited for a while) he became a highbrow spammer:
So why am I leaving? Because I've started a new company called IZ Inc. -- a next-generation digital publishing firm that creates email newsletters and Web communities around affinity topics. This type of targeted email is an explosive market. Jupiter Research expects revenues to soar to $7.3 billion by 2005. I want to be part of that boom.
By the same token, we shouldn't be running a firewall on the office network to protect our own systems, because if anyone hacks them, the government should go after the crackers
But you don't put a firewall on someone else's network just to make sure they don't fuck with yours.
I think we disagree about property rights. To me, my PC is my property. I own it, and nobody has the right to fuck with it (barring law enforcement with a valid warrant, which is NOT what we are talking about.)
Allowing another private entity (not law enforcement) to interfere with hardware I own is a massive violation of my civil rights, in my opinion. It would be like allowing a member of Handgun Control to take away or disable illegal guns, or allowing a member of PETA to take away animals being used illegally for testing, or allowing a member of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids to poison your cigarettes if they know you sometimes smoke them in bars. Or - another example - it would be like allowing me, while bicycling, to smash the window of a car that cuts me off in traffic, because after all they broke the law and endangered my life!
That's the job of law enforcement, not an advocacy group. Allowing people to take the law into their own hands leads to the law of the jungle. That's what I am so opposed to.
Because it's MY FUCKING COMPUTER, that's why. It is protected from interference by, among other things, the Fourth Amendment.
If I trade movies (I don't) they could get my ISP to ban me, or block ports used for Gnutella, or sue my ass. All are fair things they could do under current law. But touch my PC and it's war.
It also seems to require that the copyright holder give notification to the DoJ of what they're going to do at least seven days in advance.
And that's a good thing? This just serves to deputize the vigilantes. No notice of the victim of this harassment is there except by his request, after the fact - and I guarantee the DoJ won't actively police the harassers, they'll rubber-stamp the requests.
Here's some text:
''(2) 'peer-to-peer file trading network' means two or more computers which are connected by com- 20 puter software that-- 21 ''(A) is primarily designed to-- 22 ''(i) enable the connected computers 23 to transmit files or data to other connected 24 computers; 25 ''(ii) enable the connected computers 1 to request the transmission of files or data 2 from other connected computers; and 3 ''(iii) enable the designation of files or 4 data on the connected computers as avail- 5 able for transmission; and 6 ''(B) does not permanently route all file or 7 data inquiries or searches through a designated, 8 central computer located in the United States; 9 ''(3) a peer-to-peer file trading network is 'pub- 10 licly accessible' if-- 11 ''(A) participation in the network is sub- 12 stantially open to the public; and 13 ''(B) the network enables the transmission 14 of computer files or data over the Internet or 15 any other public network of computers; 16
As another poster noted, this can easily be interpreted to mean the entire internet, or any application on it.
This bill is probably unconstitutional, but it MUST BE DEFEATED. And the author MUST BE DRIVEN FROM OFFICE. Who's running against him this year? Where do I send a check?
For all you kids who say you don't have time to cook: you do. As long as you live somewhere you can get good ingredients, there are lots of yummy things you can make quickly, and none involve Campbell's Cream of Anything. The only catch is that you need to buy the main ingredients the SAME DAY to ensure freshness and flavor.
Here are three of my favorites. Redistribute at will. All guaranteed to be done in under 30 minutes.
1. Catfish/Snapper Po' Boys
(Not as good as New Orleans Jazz Fest, but okay anywhere else.)
Ingredients: - catfish or snapper (or other whitefish like halibut, but these two are best) fillets - corn meal - cayenne pepper - flour (a little bit), dried sage (a little bit), salt, pepper - milk (optional) - fresh sweet french baguette - tartar sauce - sweet sliced pickles - Louisiana hot sauce (Crystal is best) - Lemons
Equipment: - cast iron skillet (MANDATORY) - mixing bowls
First make the breading. To enough cornmeal to cover all fillets, add a little bit of flour, enough cayenne to make it just short of too hot to eat straight, a dash of sage, salt, and pepper. Then wash the fish well, making sure it's deboned. Dip the fish into milk if you drink milk, or water if you don't; then dip in the breading until your fish is well covered.
While you're doing this, preheat the iron skillet. It should be quite hot, but not so hot as to burn the oil (vegetable oil is best, though you can use butter too). Fry the fish until done but DO NOT overcook - it should be tender and juicy, not dry like a Filet-O-Fish.
Cut the baguette into sandwich rolls. Spread tartar sauce on it, then add the freshly cooked fish. Add pickles, hot sauce, and juice squeezed from those lemons. Serve with cold beer or iced tea and enjoy!
2. Seared Ahi Tuna Salad
(Like they make in those fancy California restaurants, but better!)
Ingredients: - Fresh ahi tuna (the best you can find) - Peppercorns - Toasted sesame seeds (kurogoma) (optional) - Arugula - Soy sauce - Soybean oil
Equipment: - cast iron skillet (MANDATORY) - very sharp knife - cutting board - mortar and pestle, or a good pepper grinder if you don't have that
First crack the pepper. If you have a mortar and pestle, use it. If not, grind a good amount of pepper from the mill - you will be covering the fish with it, so crack/grind enough to do this. Keep the pepper on a flat bowl or plate; if you have kurogoma, mix this into the pepper (but do not crush or grind it). Then wash and dry the arugula, and arrange it on the plates in a nice salad shape.
Next take that cast iron skillet and heat about 1/8 inch of soybean oil (other tasteless oil is fine; DO NOT use olive or corn oil!) until it's quite hot. Wash and pat dry the tuna, then quickly sear it in the oil; just 10-20 sec. per side may be enough to sear the edges while keeping the center rare. Then quickly roll the hot tuna in the pepper (and sesame) mix.
On a good cutting board, slice the steaks sashimi style and serve in an appealing way atop the arugula. Dress with a little bit of soy sauce and eat with chopsticks. Delicious!
3. Tomato Mozzarella Salad (Caprese)
(Perfect for hot summer nights.)
Ingredients: - Fresh tomatoes, preferably heirloom but whatever is most delicious at the farmers' market - Fresh mozzarella, preferably the kind sold in water at an Italian deli - Fresh basil - Salt and pepper - Extra virgin olive oil - Balsamic vinegar
First, make sure the tomatoes are really fresh. Is it not summer? Have they ever been refrigerated, even for an hour? Did you buy them at the supermarket? If so, forget this recipe; make sauce instead.
If your tomatoes are good enough, it's quite easy: slice them into 3/8" slices, and do the same with the mozzarella. Slice the basil into 1/4' strips. (Wash everything first, of course.) Arrange on the plate, mozzarella on the bottom, then tomatoes, then basil; dress with olive oil, balsamic, salt and pepper. Serve as an appetizer or a salad with a good red wine.
I doubt that it will be made illegal. But if it is, I agree with you that we have a right - really, an obligation - to fight it. I am EXTREMELY skeptical that chip makers will all abandon non-Palladium chips en masse for commercial reasons; our job now is to make sure that no law is passed forbidding normal (non-crippled) hardware, which is what was proposed in the moronic S.2048 (CBDTPA) and draft SSSCA before it.
A sign of hope is the reaction to S.2048. Tens of thousands of faxes do get attention - Leahy didn't even let it out of committee.
I just don't buy it. Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, et al. will never support Palladium, right? So I guarantee that these free OSes will find a way to bypass it in software - if they have to handle ethernet firmware functions in the kernel, I bet they will rather than tolerate remote monitoring by The Bad Guys. Apple still uses Motorola and hates DRM, so it won't use Palladium. And we haven't even mentioned Sun, SGI, et al.
If there's an alternative, people will buy it. I will - won't you? Then the market does its thing, and the Wintel empire loses clout because people are moving to the alternatives. Like the other guy said upthread: give them enough rope, they'll hang themselves.
This is just like SDMI. Lots of committees, lots of hype, but ultimately it won't mean shit unless users buy it, and I'll bet Euros to Krispy Kremes that they won't.
Mandated by whom? Last time I checked there were severalmajornon-WinOSes out there. Do you really think hardware vendors are SO STUPID as to cripple them all in the processor? Or to allow Congress to require same without a very hard fight?
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they could register B.ORG
Winnie-the-Pooh fans may want to draw this
Bingo. Consumers Union, by comparison, pays retail for everything to avoid any perception of bias.
So why am I leaving? Because I've started a new company called IZ Inc. -- a next-generation digital publishing firm that creates email newsletters and Web communities around affinity topics. This type of targeted email is an explosive market. Jupiter Research expects revenues to soar to $7.3 billion by 2005. I want to be part of that boom.
I'm sure it's right on track to $7.5 billion!
ZDNet reports Linux and Main is bankrupt. Then they both report that VA is bankrupt. And the cycle continues...
Or post a lot of trolls and get Subnet Banned.
(responded to first posts too often)
But you don't put a firewall on someone else's network just to make sure they don't fuck with yours.
Allowing another private entity (not law enforcement) to interfere with hardware I own is a massive violation of my civil rights, in my opinion. It would be like allowing a member of Handgun Control to take away or disable illegal guns, or allowing a member of PETA to take away animals being used illegally for testing, or allowing a member of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids to poison your cigarettes if they know you sometimes smoke them in bars. Or - another example - it would be like allowing me, while bicycling, to smash the window of a car that cuts me off in traffic, because after all they broke the law and endangered my life!
That's the job of law enforcement, not an advocacy group. Allowing people to take the law into their own hands leads to the law of the jungle. That's what I am so opposed to.
And re sllort's comment: All y'all who oppose H1B, just remember how your ancestors got here. Nation of immigrants. Don't forget it.
If I trade movies (I don't) they could get my ISP to ban me, or block ports used for Gnutella, or sue my ass. All are fair things they could do under current law. But touch my PC and it's war.
Find a GPL violation, then DOS them.
And that's a good thing? This just serves to deputize the vigilantes. No notice of the victim of this harassment is there except by his request, after the fact - and I guarantee the DoJ won't actively police the harassers, they'll rubber-stamp the requests.
Here's some text:
As another poster noted, this can easily be interpreted to mean the entire internet, or any application on it.This bill is probably unconstitutional, but it MUST BE DEFEATED. And the author MUST BE DRIVEN FROM OFFICE. Who's running against him this year? Where do I send a check?
Add them to a blacklist like MAPS RBL.
brilliant.
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Bush declares war on A Rock!
No, four groups of 500, in random locations. Best of luck finding them!
Here are three of my favorites. Redistribute at will. All guaranteed to be done in under 30 minutes.
1. Catfish/Snapper Po' Boys
(Not as good as New Orleans Jazz Fest, but okay anywhere else.)
Ingredients:
- catfish or snapper (or other whitefish like halibut, but these two are best) fillets
- corn meal
- cayenne pepper
- flour (a little bit), dried sage (a little bit), salt, pepper
- milk (optional)
- fresh sweet french baguette
- tartar sauce
- sweet sliced pickles
- Louisiana hot sauce (Crystal is best)
- Lemons
Equipment:
- cast iron skillet (MANDATORY)
- mixing bowls
First make the breading. To enough cornmeal to cover all fillets, add a little bit of flour, enough cayenne to make it just short of too hot to eat straight, a dash of sage, salt, and pepper. Then wash the fish well, making sure it's deboned. Dip the fish into milk if you drink milk, or water if you don't; then dip in the breading until your fish is well covered.
While you're doing this, preheat the iron skillet. It should be quite hot, but not so hot as to burn the oil (vegetable oil is best, though you can use butter too). Fry the fish until done but DO NOT overcook - it should be tender and juicy, not dry like a Filet-O-Fish.
Cut the baguette into sandwich rolls. Spread tartar sauce on it, then add the freshly cooked fish. Add pickles, hot sauce, and juice squeezed from those lemons. Serve with cold beer or iced tea and enjoy!
2. Seared Ahi Tuna Salad
(Like they make in those fancy California restaurants, but better!)
Ingredients:
- Fresh ahi tuna (the best you can find)
- Peppercorns
- Toasted sesame seeds (kurogoma) (optional)
- Arugula
- Soy sauce
- Soybean oil
Equipment:
- cast iron skillet (MANDATORY)
- very sharp knife
- cutting board
- mortar and pestle, or a good pepper grinder if you don't have that
First crack the pepper. If you have a mortar and pestle, use it. If not, grind a good amount of pepper from the mill - you will be covering the fish with it, so crack/grind enough to do this. Keep the pepper on a flat bowl or plate; if you have kurogoma, mix this into the pepper (but do not crush or grind it). Then wash and dry the arugula, and arrange it on the plates in a nice salad shape.
Next take that cast iron skillet and heat about 1/8 inch of soybean oil (other tasteless oil is fine; DO NOT use olive or corn oil!) until it's quite hot. Wash and pat dry the tuna, then quickly sear it in the oil; just 10-20 sec. per side may be enough to sear the edges while keeping the center rare. Then quickly roll the hot tuna in the pepper (and sesame) mix.
On a good cutting board, slice the steaks sashimi style and serve in an appealing way atop the arugula. Dress with a little bit of soy sauce and eat with chopsticks. Delicious!
3. Tomato Mozzarella Salad (Caprese)
(Perfect for hot summer nights.)
Ingredients:
- Fresh tomatoes, preferably heirloom but whatever is most delicious at the farmers' market
- Fresh mozzarella, preferably the kind sold in water at an Italian deli
- Fresh basil
- Salt and pepper
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Balsamic vinegar
First, make sure the tomatoes are really fresh. Is it not summer? Have they ever been refrigerated, even for an hour? Did you buy them at the supermarket? If so, forget this recipe; make sauce instead.
If your tomatoes are good enough, it's quite easy: slice them into 3/8" slices, and do the same with the mozzarella. Slice the basil into 1/4' strips. (Wash everything first, of course.) Arrange on the plate, mozzarella on the bottom, then tomatoes, then basil; dress with olive oil, balsamic, salt and pepper. Serve as an appetizer or a salad with a good red wine.
attn. everyone here: RecipeTroll (parent of this post) has a large selection of recipes in his user history. read, cook, enjoy.
Features:
WMA Digital Rights Management (DRM) support
iPod has NO DRM and works great. Stick with it to avoid getting fucked.
A sign of hope is the reaction to S.2048. Tens of thousands of faxes do get attention - Leahy didn't even let it out of committee.
Yet another reason non-MS vendors won't buy it. Bye-bye Palladium!
If there's an alternative, people will buy it. I will - won't you? Then the market does its thing, and the Wintel empire loses clout because people are moving to the alternatives. Like the other guy said upthread: give them enough rope, they'll hang themselves.
This is just like SDMI. Lots of committees, lots of hype, but ultimately it won't mean shit unless users buy it, and I'll bet Euros to Krispy Kremes that they won't.
Mandated by whom? Last time I checked there were several major non-Win OSes out there. Do you really think hardware vendors are SO STUPID as to cripple them all in the processor? Or to allow Congress to require same without a very hard fight?