No, set up an anonymous email account (www.prontomail.com) using either e school or corporate proxy, anyplace you can get access without a record of who you are. Then create a yahoo/geo, tripod, freez, xoom, and whatever other free homepage accounts you can, and post the code there. Using the same public terminal, make a post onto as many web boards as you can with links to the pages in different places. Never check your new email or log into the homepages again. Lather, rinse, repeat.
The reason not sharing with everyone is bad, is that you might miss someone who could write the killer app using that code, but might not be able to find it. Likewise, if the Corporate bully is going to go to efforts to stamp out all instances of the code, then make them work extra hard to whack every mole out there. If they won't let us be, then don't let them rest.
keeping the source somewhere private and offline is definately a good idea, to make sure there's no chance of it dissapearing completely, but the point of sharing is to make everyone feel good, except the corporate bully. Just make sure to protect your identity if you do redistribute.
Personally I'm not going to boycott Radio Shack over this. I've been a customer my entire life, from the "battery o' the month club" to my first 150 projects in one kit to the computer I first touched basic on. Must recently I've been travelling to all the stores in my area and cleaning them out of those 1337 blue LEDs...
Anyway, and for the guy above, try sending a politely worded letter letting them know that you're disspointed in the C&D action. Remind them that it was hobbyists and crazy home inventors that put their company into a position to be able to offer free scanners and sell stereos to the masses.
I'd be happy to do it, as a higher-poverty class geek working two helpdesk jobs to eat/pay rent. And there are thousands like me who would also. Here's the problem- I live in a right to work state. It would take minutes to get myself fired talking about unionizing.
I'd also like to take this opportunity to let the Sysadmin who may be sniffing this packet know what wonderful job they've done with the network (no really!)
Yes, however neither Exodus or Slashdot are based in N.Y., where the judge is. Until it hits a federal court and gets outlawed or injucted they'll have to pursue this on a state by state basis, right?
The greatest danger lies in the fact that if they are playing along in the war of attrition, that people will eventually forget to stop hosting/posting the thing, and they will have won. What I'm planning on doing is make paper copies and place them near college computer centers so that the code will go to people who can use it:)
If the *RIAA* has it's way, all the CD players will be SDMI enabled, and the aliens will have to micropay for each piece of info they want to read.
It the MPAA were involved they would hope to god they got one of the early apex schematics, or the region encoding would simply thwart all attempts to view it.
The competition can get a jump start on developing a spin strategy to say the competitino's new product is crap
How about the competition getting a jump start on their own bag of lawyers to start swinging when they find out that the design is remarkably similar to one of their own.
Think about it for a second, which is worse ethically, letting the subsidiary news corporation report their news, even if it hurts, or forcing them to remove something, and having their credibility called into question.
Remember/. posting an article critical of VA Linux a couple of weeks back (it was basically a complaint letter from an angry customer detailing their bad experience with the company)? Even though the article was in criticism of a parent Corp., and even though the overwhelming opinion seemed to be that the submitter was just blowing off steam, the article was not pulled, edited deleted or tampered with in any way. Of course you can well imagine the uproar it would have caused among the readership had this happened (you thought Natalie's birthday was hard to deal with...)
This is a lose-lose situation for T-W, and I imagine had they not left the article intact 2600 would have had a field day on it (as I suggested further up some). Now anyone hoping to do damage is going to have CNN as a target, the corporate whore that she now looks to be, placing business relationships before 'journalistic integrity';-) As it is, it's just sad that the way the WWW works is being broken so horribly by players who just don't understand how it works. When was the last time you saw a 'legitimate' (Old media sponsored) news site actually link to anything controversial, even when doing a review or story about the site in question?
Apparently there was an image directory on the survivor stats page that had each character's picture with a red line through it, except for one (Gervase). As the contestants left the island they replaced the normal picture with the red line one. That was actually pretty funny considering how many people I know who lost money playing that (mis)info.
I can't recall an instance of CNN lacking journalistic integrity with regard to its parent company,
Well, seeing as how it took them all of two minutes to remove that link, I think we may have witnessed the first. This is much greater a compromise than say/. removing an article or post at Andover's request also mind you. Witness an international news agency roll over like a dog in heat.
I don't think this is really an issue, at least from my reading of the article. They most certainly would be protected by the 'internal distribution' umbrella you are describing, however they would be reluctant to fork the code for the same reasons others would-compatibility.
Once they have their own closed version of the kernel it would be difficult to keep their version in sync with outside development, make newer drivers function properly and even some neccesary apps.
In short, they would wind up reinventing the wheel, which is one of the exact things open source is supposed to prevent. If it were really a question of licensing I'm sure they would opt for an easier way around it, while still getting a decent 'nix fix.
We are also beginning the implementation of a new auction site dedicated to areas of nuclear procurement other than fuel. We expect to be online within weeks at www.nukeauction.com.
I amazed noone was in here crying hoax already. Jeez...
I've tried M9, M14,16 and a couple of other Mozillas. Hows about they actually deliver a product. At this rate Microsoft could take the IE5 code, audit it, scrap it and completely rewrite it for every one of the Unixes before Mozilla 1.0 sees the light of day.
TUNE OUT. Make sure your friends with the neilson boxes tune out as well. Tell them to set their TV to CBS and then go over to a friend's house who don't participate in the ratings to watch it. Since there's no real way to vote with your dollars here, start a 'gold medal' campaign or something on websites encouraging this.
I can imagine "Net congestion, buffering" on my streaming internet radio, napster, and any other activity I try to engage in online, while the happynet users flood my cable block with the olympics crap that I'm trying real hard to ignore.
I was just thinking about that and was going to supply a really nice one, but got the following message;
Lameness filter encountered. The following post, though comprised of 3 lines- 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively does not reference a season! Try again next fall, eh bub?
Guess/. has finally started thinking proactively about the spammers here:/
What are 'lm_sensors'? Is that part of the "Hard drive optimizations" that Mandrake offers to install, and do any other distros use it by default? I'm happily running a Slackware box as my desktop and OpenBSD on my webserver and haven't noticed any problems like this, but was forced to update my little caviar drive after trying to install Mandrake (click click click 'Hard Disk A failed' or similar in POST).
BTW Kickass site, that RPMfind:-) My only wish is that they figure out a way to organize the distro's packages (the color coding confuses me) and perhaps start doing other packages as well. It was invaluable during my formative Red-Hat years.
Actually since I just got a cat the fans have proven their worth. Bitch all you want about loud computers, My cat won't go within 2 feet of the CPUs (I was worried she'd figure out the power/reset buttons since she likes the keyboard already.)
Protesters are being denied the one thing that will placate and empower them- a voice.
You have one of the more intelligent AC posts here, it's a shame the moderators are off ignoring the moderator guidelines to give you *your* voice. Anyway, I was under the impression that the "arrestables" in these instances are there specifically to be detained, so that the other demonstrators would have an opportunity to get their point across. All the folks saying he was an asshole and should have been arrested, and the others defending him. I think the point is that if there are people walking around looking like kazinski-on-acid and the police are busy rounding them up, then the ones carrying signs and singing songs have a little more breathing room, right?
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No, set up an anonymous email account (www.prontomail.com) using either e school or corporate proxy, anyplace you can get access without a record of who you are. Then create a yahoo/geo, tripod, freez, xoom, and whatever other free homepage accounts you can, and post the code there. Using the same public terminal, make a post onto as many web boards as you can with links to the pages in different places. Never check your new email or log into the homepages again. Lather, rinse, repeat.
The reason not sharing with everyone is bad, is that you might miss someone who could write the killer app using that code, but might not be able to find it. Likewise, if the Corporate bully is going to go to efforts to stamp out all instances of the code, then make them work extra hard to whack every mole out there. If they won't let us be, then don't let them rest.
keeping the source somewhere private and offline is definately a good idea, to make sure there's no chance of it dissapearing completely, but the point of sharing is to make everyone feel good, except the corporate bully. Just make sure to protect your identity if you do redistribute.
Did you sign anything to get one?
Personally I'm not going to boycott Radio Shack over this. I've been a customer my entire life, from the "battery o' the month club" to my first 150 projects in one kit to the computer I first touched basic on. Must recently I've been travelling to all the stores in my area and cleaning them out of those 1337 blue LEDs...
Anyway, and for the guy above, try sending a politely worded letter letting them know that you're disspointed in the C&D action. Remind them that it was hobbyists and crazy home inventors that put their company into a position to be able to offer free scanners and sell stereos to the masses.
I'd be happy to do it, as a higher-poverty class geek working two helpdesk jobs to eat/pay rent. And there are thousands like me who would also. Here's the problem- I live in a right to work state. It would take minutes to get myself fired talking about unionizing.
I'd also like to take this opportunity to let the Sysadmin who may be sniffing this packet know what wonderful job they've done with the network (no really!)
Yes, however neither Exodus or Slashdot are based in N.Y., where the judge is. Until it hits a federal court and gets outlawed or injucted they'll have to pursue this on a state by state basis, right?
:)
The greatest danger lies in the fact that if they are playing along in the war of attrition, that people will eventually forget to stop hosting/posting the thing, and they will have won. What I'm planning on doing is make paper copies and place them near college computer centers so that the code will go to people who can use it
If the *RIAA* has it's way, all the CD players will be SDMI enabled, and the aliens will have to micropay for each piece of info they want to read.
It the MPAA were involved they would hope to god they got one of the early apex schematics, or the region encoding would simply thwart all attempts to view it.
After all, don't CDs go bad after about 100 years or so?
The competition can get a jump start on developing a spin strategy to say the competitino's new product is crap
How about the competition getting a jump start on their own bag of lawyers to start swinging when they find out that the design is remarkably similar to one of their own.
They'll be subpeona-ing Major Domo first thing tommorrow I imagine, and his buddy Charlie Root, too.
If something is published with a pseudonym, then all rights to ownership are forfited, including copyrights.
Great, so sign it Jack Valenti and assign the rights to the FSF =)
Think about it for a second, which is worse ethically, letting the subsidiary news corporation report their news, even if it hurts, or forcing them to remove something, and having their credibility called into question.
/. posting an article critical of VA Linux a couple of weeks back (it was basically a complaint letter from an angry customer detailing their bad experience with the company)? Even though the article was in criticism of a parent Corp., and even though the overwhelming opinion seemed to be that the submitter was just blowing off steam, the article was not pulled, edited deleted or tampered with in any way. Of course you can well imagine the uproar it would have caused among the readership had this happened (you thought Natalie's birthday was hard to deal with...)
Remember
This is a lose-lose situation for T-W, and I imagine had they not left the article intact 2600 would have had a field day on it (as I suggested further up some). Now anyone hoping to do damage is going to have CNN as a target, the corporate whore that she now looks to be, placing business relationships before 'journalistic integrity';-) As it is, it's just sad that the way the WWW works is being broken so horribly by players who just don't understand how it works. When was the last time you saw a 'legitimate' (Old media sponsored) news site actually link to anything controversial, even when doing a review or story about the site in question?
Apparently there was an image directory on the survivor stats page that had each character's picture with a red line through it, except for one (Gervase). As the contestants left the island they replaced the normal picture with the red line one. That was actually pretty funny considering how many people I know who lost money playing that (mis)info.
I can't recall an instance of CNN lacking journalistic integrity with regard to its parent company,
/. removing an article or post at Andover's request also mind you. Witness an international news agency roll over like a dog in heat.
Well, seeing as how it took them all of two minutes to remove that link, I think we may have witnessed the first. This is much greater a compromise than say
It's a shame it was gone. 2600 should have linked to them in ., and right on their front page...
I don't think this is really an issue, at least from my reading of the article. They most certainly would be protected by the 'internal distribution' umbrella you are describing, however they would be reluctant to fork the code for the same reasons others would-compatibility.
Once they have their own closed version of the kernel it would be difficult to keep their version in sync with outside development, make newer drivers function properly and even some neccesary apps.
In short, they would wind up reinventing the wheel, which is one of the exact things open source is supposed to prevent. If it were really a question of licensing I'm sure they would opt for an easier way around it, while still getting a decent 'nix fix.
Well, if it's raining you can make up for lost travel time and skip the morning shower...
I amazed noone was in here crying hoax already. Jeez...
I've tried M9, M14,16 and a couple of other Mozillas. Hows about they actually deliver a product. At this rate Microsoft could take the IE5 code, audit it, scrap it and completely rewrite it for every one of the Unixes before Mozilla 1.0 sees the light of day.
d00dz! 1 cr4ck3d th3 pr3zid3nt! H3's my 8itch!!
Actually, it's already happened...
"Personally, I'd like to see more porn on the Internet, Wolf; how about you?"
TUNE OUT. Make sure your friends with the neilson boxes tune out as well. Tell them to set their TV to CBS and then go over to a friend's house who don't participate in the ratings to watch it. Since there's no real way to vote with your dollars here, start a 'gold medal' campaign or something on websites encouraging this.
I can imagine "Net congestion, buffering" on my streaming internet radio, napster, and any other activity I try to engage in online, while the happynet users flood my cable block with the olympics crap that I'm trying real hard to ignore.
I was just thinking about that and was going to supply a really nice one, but got the following message;
/. has finally started thinking proactively about the spammers here :/
Lameness filter encountered. The following post, though comprised of 3 lines- 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively does not reference a season! Try again next fall, eh bub?
Guess
What are 'lm_sensors'? Is that part of the "Hard drive optimizations" that Mandrake offers to install, and do any other distros use it by default? I'm happily running a Slackware box as my desktop and OpenBSD on my webserver and haven't noticed any problems like this, but was forced to update my little caviar drive after trying to install Mandrake (click click click 'Hard Disk A failed' or similar in POST).
:-) My only wish is that they figure out a way to organize the distro's packages (the color coding confuses me) and perhaps start doing other packages as well. It was invaluable during my formative Red-Hat years.
BTW Kickass site, that RPMfind
I also added a vibrator to it as well..
You better not try to market that. I'm afraid it's already been patented.
Actually since I just got a cat the fans have proven their worth. Bitch all you want about loud computers, My cat won't go within 2 feet of the CPUs (I was worried she'd figure out the power/reset buttons since she likes the keyboard already.)
Protesters are being denied the one thing that will placate and empower them- a voice.
You have one of the more intelligent AC posts here, it's a shame the moderators are off ignoring the moderator guidelines to give you *your* voice. Anyway, I was under the impression that the "arrestables" in these instances are there specifically to be detained, so that the other demonstrators would have an opportunity to get their point across. All the folks saying he was an asshole and should have been arrested, and the others defending him. I think the point is that if there are people walking around looking like kazinski-on-acid and the police are busy rounding them up, then the ones carrying signs and singing songs have a little more breathing room, right?