I don't use adblock. I just have all my web content filtered through squid with a custom built realtime content filtering and a fairly decent amount of blacklisted hosts through my host file.
Wouldn't it have been easier if you just downloaded the 34MB redistributable executable? I downloaded it fine on my Linux box... even though I can't use it.
I went to IPChicken and it told me that my broswer was "NSACarnivore/1.0.0 (Dept. HLS/HLS)". I guess I shouldn't have downloaded a homebrewed version of FireFox...:-(
Umm... is it just me or is the whole idea of HTTP 1.0/1.1 in 2056 seem kind of ass backwards? I would at least think there is some new protocol by then...
Shouldn't I be using something like FireDragon or PlasmaFox to view a website if the web is still even in use then?
Socrates should be rolling over in his grave by now. The guy was just trying to give a lecture. If he can't give the lecture in the cafeteria, he might as well have just given it from a parking lot somewhere. Then that would be one step closer to the socratic method... well, maybe if he gave the lecture in the market and instead of lecturing asking people questions about P2P networks...
I already run Windows XP on a IBM Thinkpad that is only 266MHz. The laptop's was made in 1997. And it runs fine. A bit slow but it will get you there, like a senior citizen.:-) But it's reliable.
If Taiwan is a region of China, then why are there two different passports? When one visit China from Taiwan, they need to bring their passport. Being in the U.S. I do not need to bring my passport in order to cross statelines. If that was the case, that would be insane.
China may think Taiwan is their region, but they sure don't act like it. And being born in Taiwan, I say Taiwan is a country. Though it would be good to have China and Taiwan reunited again.... though I don't know when and how that is going to happen.
Well, technically, if you think about it, OpenSource is price fixing: price fixing to be free. Seriously, how can anyone compete against a competitor that does not exist, but only in virtual words, IRC chat rooms, bulletin boards, e-mail lists, and instant messenger? Not to mention the fact that the work and software they produce is provided as is so as long you provide the source and any modifications anyone make is always provided along with it? And oh, let's not forget, that it is suppose to be free? Hmmm... last time I checked, free still meant free, and free doesn't cost me a dime. These 'lawyers' are just whining because they represent a group of individuals whom can't seem to compete in a market where no matter how much money they throw at a problem, a good solution seems to be a free one. They can't compete, so they try to stomp their supposed competition. This is equivalent to kids in school that complain about students that make excellent grades in a classroom environment where the teacher grades on a curve. The individual students that 'screw up' the curve for the rest of the class because they work their butts off to achieve their best work is penalized by bullies who beat them up afterschool because they are too lazy to do the work themselves, so a few hired goons to beat the snot out of them...
Even in the real world, everything is still like high school.
I say, let the smart kids 'screw up' the curve. Or in my opinion, raise the standards for all of us.
I constantly hear people whine about Debian Stable not being "up-to-date enough" that it's just annoying. Why? Debian is FREE. The users of Debian (that is us) have the right to whine and grope all we want. But at the end of the day, unless you are actually participating in the cause, contributing source code, fund-raising, or anything that could help move the release along, please stop using Debian. The Debian community isn't forcing you to use their FREE software. No one is holding a gun or forcing you to drink hemlock to use Debian. It is FREE and it will always be FREE.
Debian Stable, though it may be old, it is still a baseline. From an administrative and control management point of view, having a clear, concise baseline to start from is absolutely critical. The argument that it won't run on new hardware is not a really a valid argument because it was not targeted to run on hardware it had not been released yet. This argument is about as valid as someone claiming that AMD Opteron sucks because they can't execute software that was written for the PDP-11.
Debian Stable is like a wooden #2 pencil. It works for what it is designed to do. Like a real pencil, it too has its flaws. These flaws, depending on how you use it, may or may not be avoided. You certainly would not want to use a pencil when signing your signature on an important document. Some debian security holes or deprecated software may or may not be a risk.
Unless you are Paris Hilton and you need all your writing instruments to be encrusted with diamonds and jewls, you have a choice to use Debian.
No need to scream and shot. Clearly Nikon believes in the open market and free competition. They believe their equipment and file format are the best and that is clearly the message from Nikon's soap box. All this does is will just only allow Nikon's competitors to step up to the plate and see if there is a demand for an alternative. Of course, if there is, Nikon would be too late to enter the market of 'free play' because they have already scared away the would-be developers that would have given the consumer open-sourced and free tools that would have increased their bottom line. Of course, this is Nikon's version of "beating the competition"
You said it exactly right. That is why I just hush up and run Debian. Maybe I don't have the latest and greatest of all the features, but then again, the hardware that I haven't isn't the latest, the greatest, the fastest, or the coolest (style, technology, or temperature).
My work e-mail account is currently about 550MB. This account contains all email traffic dating back to summer of 2003 till now. So it a filing cabinet? If it is, it's pretty big and fat.
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I don't use adblock. I just have all my web content filtered through squid with a custom built realtime content filtering and a fairly decent amount of blacklisted hosts through my host file.
Wouldn't it have been easier if you just downloaded the 34MB redistributable executable? I downloaded it fine on my Linux box... even though I can't use it.
I went to IPChicken and it told me that my broswer was "NSACarnivore/1.0.0 (Dept. HLS/HLS)". I guess I shouldn't have downloaded a homebrewed version of FireFox... :-(
Umm... is it just me or is the whole idea of HTTP 1.0/1.1 in 2056 seem kind of ass backwards? I would at least think there is some new protocol by then...
Shouldn't I be using something like FireDragon or PlasmaFox to view a website if the web is still even in use then?
I don't see squid as one of the possible projects... *sigh*
Microsoft new P2P slogan:
What do you want to leech today?
It's too bad I do all my work on a 32bit machine running a 16bit frontend GUI with a portion of the code running 32bit va win-32.
How I love Windows for Workgroups 3.11. Go Trumpet Winsock!!!
If you want a cheap and easy solution, just do the following:
- stop reading this post
- cancel your high speed connection
- unplug your computer away from the router/modem
- go to the library and read a book
You will realize that this solution is not just cheap and easy, but also puts some money back into your pocket each month.
Sue that ACLU.
Yeah, no kidding. The other folks posting comments aren't reading and just writing HP this and that....*sigh*... so sad.
:-)
Good to know that someone else also read the article
Umm... so when is HP = TI?
Or am I blind here?
It's a good thing then that all my personal internet traffic is securely proxied over my SSH tunnel from my workstation at work to my SQUID at home.
All this so that I have a piece of mind when I outbid some Joe Schmoe in Idaho for a piece half eatten toast touched by Justin Timberlake.... omg...
Horray for mindterm, ssh, and SQUID.
Welcome to the days of bootlegged free software. It was only just a matter of time.
This post is written from Lynx.
Socrates should be rolling over in his grave by now. The guy was just trying to give a lecture. If he can't give the lecture in the cafeteria, he might as well have just given it from a parking lot somewhere. Then that would be one step closer to the socratic method... well, maybe if he gave the lecture in the market and instead of lecturing asking people questions about P2P networks...
I have email going back to 1994. Is that too long? How far back do the rest of the folks on slashdot go back?
I already run Windows XP on a IBM Thinkpad that is only 266MHz. The laptop's was made in 1997. And it runs fine. A bit slow but it will get you there, like a senior citizen. :-) But it's reliable.
I would think that would give a whole new definition to the phrase "pull my finger" when you want to lend the DVD to a friend to borrow. Ouch!
There is only one player, and one player to rule them all. Don't forget, it's still free. It doesn't just play music either.
Video Lan
Off-topic:
If Taiwan is a region of China, then why are there two different passports? When one visit China from Taiwan, they need to bring their passport. Being in the U.S. I do not need to bring my passport in order to cross statelines. If that was the case, that would be insane.
China may think Taiwan is their region, but they sure don't act like it. And being born in Taiwan, I say Taiwan is a country. Though it would be good to have China and Taiwan reunited again.... though I don't know when and how that is going to happen.
Well, technically, if you think about it, OpenSource is price fixing: price fixing to be free. Seriously, how can anyone compete against a competitor that does not exist, but only in virtual words, IRC chat rooms, bulletin boards, e-mail lists, and instant messenger? Not to mention the fact that the work and software they produce is provided as is so as long you provide the source and any modifications anyone make is always provided along with it? And oh, let's not forget, that it is suppose to be free? Hmmm... last time I checked, free still meant free, and free doesn't cost me a dime. These 'lawyers' are just whining because they represent a group of individuals whom can't seem to compete in a market where no matter how much money they throw at a problem, a good solution seems to be a free one. They can't compete, so they try to stomp their supposed competition. This is equivalent to kids in school that complain about students that make excellent grades in a classroom environment where the teacher grades on a curve. The individual students that 'screw up' the curve for the rest of the class because they work their butts off to achieve their best work is penalized by bullies who beat them up afterschool because they are too lazy to do the work themselves, so a few hired goons to beat the snot out of them...
Even in the real world, everything is still like high school.
I say, let the smart kids 'screw up' the curve. Or in my opinion, raise the standards for all of us.
I constantly hear people whine about Debian Stable not being "up-to-date enough" that it's just annoying. Why? Debian is FREE. The users of Debian (that is us) have the right to whine and grope all we want. But at the end of the day, unless you are actually participating in the cause, contributing source code, fund-raising, or anything that could help move the release along, please stop using Debian. The Debian community isn't forcing you to use their FREE software. No one is holding a gun or forcing you to drink hemlock to use Debian. It is FREE and it will always be FREE.
Debian Stable, though it may be old, it is still a baseline. From an administrative and control management point of view, having a clear, concise baseline to start from is absolutely critical. The argument that it won't run on new hardware is not a really a valid argument because it was not targeted to run on hardware it had not been released yet. This argument is about as valid as someone claiming that AMD Opteron sucks because they can't execute software that was written for the PDP-11.
Debian Stable is like a wooden #2 pencil. It works for what it is designed to do. Like a real pencil, it too has its flaws. These flaws, depending on how you use it, may or may not be avoided. You certainly would not want to use a pencil when signing your signature on an important document. Some debian security holes or deprecated software may or may not be a risk.
Unless you are Paris Hilton and you need all your writing instruments to be encrusted with diamonds and jewls, you have a choice to use Debian.
No need to scream and shot. Clearly Nikon believes in the open market and free competition. They believe their equipment and file format are the best and that is clearly the message from Nikon's soap box. All this does is will just only allow Nikon's competitors to step up to the plate and see if there is a demand for an alternative. Of course, if there is, Nikon would be too late to enter the market of 'free play' because they have already scared away the would-be developers that would have given the consumer open-sourced and free tools that would have increased their bottom line. Of course, this is Nikon's version of "beating the competition"
You said it exactly right. That is why I just hush up and run Debian. Maybe I don't have the latest and greatest of all the features, but then again, the hardware that I haven't isn't the latest, the greatest, the fastest, or the coolest (style, technology, or temperature).
My work e-mail account is currently about 550MB. This account contains all email traffic dating back to summer of 2003 till now. So it a filing cabinet? If it is, it's pretty big and fat.
And you wonder why Debian is so far behind and yet far more stable than any other distro? Then again, Debian is maintained across multiple platforms.