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  1. Why, a vote of FCC5-0Value? on FCC Rules VoIP Must Be Tappable · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why zero-value ... well when you are using a dedicated (real/virtual) circuit/channel, then wire tapping is no/little problem. However, encrypted virtual channel VoIP may not be easily tapped, and (I suspect) there are a few ways to very the path/packet. So, if you don't/can't tap the access/origination circuit and/or the destination termination, then .... VoIP in a sort of encrypt-jumping and path-hopping algorithm may be a little tough to tap.
    >
    Then again there is always PGP encrypted P2P ... pick your path through 37 points/jumps and you use radio-protocol (the Rogere-Wilco-Out stuff) for the time delay problem.
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    Controlling Technology is like fucking without a condom ... you might catch something horrible or there is a pregnant pause ... in technology innovation.
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    I am sure this will help monitor the common law abiding citizens. Just like Gun-Control keeps guns away from criminals and their organizations.
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    Then again maybe the above ain't no problem to tap. We should all always know that we are being monitored for the good of the nation and blessings of god.
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    OldHawk777

  2. Re:Management Problems Alabama Enron FBI ... maybe on Alabama IT Whistleblower Fired For Spyware · · Score: 1

    Management has always been one of my rant-points, but there are many adequate recent significant examples ... "The 911 Report" provides the most recent list as proof. My comments express my concern with the current situation they are not flamebait.

    Should my extended comment be ignored as "verbal diarrhea", '911 recommendations implementation will mean nothing if management is not fixed and no one goes to jail for life, because there is an excuse for political, financial, religious treason, manslaughter, gross-negligence, .... I hope they fix management and get rid of the 66% pet-rocks, because they will kill US and destroy the nation slowly from within US like a cancer.'

    There is a preponderance (recent and historical) of evidence supporting the comment. Do we go into history like the Great Roman Empire, ignoring indolence, incompetence, corruption, malfeasance, and insanity (in our business, religious, government leaders) until the end? It will not be my end (I like most of the 66% will be passed away (dead), it will end for our descendents and posterity.

    If you are in your '20s', don't prompt an answer from you parents or grand parents, ..., but ask them for their comments/observation to these questions.
    If you could pick your own work-team out of the people you work with,
    how many of them would you want on your tem?
    At work, how many employees are really needed to get the job done?

    My experience over many years, jobs, places and faces the replies in the conversations have ranged from two to three in ten (never more). None of the folks that I talked with ever wanted "The Clock Puncher (and/or career manager)" or the "Problem Child (and/or pet-rock)" that made messes and was always needing training. Most said they can work with folks that have personality quirks/foibles. The totally delusional will identify themselves only or only other managers/bosses (never the pack-mules and worker-bees).

    OldHawk777

  3. Management Problems Alabama Enron FBI .... on Alabama IT Whistleblower Fired For Spyware · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Many people in management are pet-rocks (two out of three are inbreed worthless). Around here we call'em View-Graph Engineers (Good Briefers) a/o Career Managers (Promotion Focused). I have also heard them call me and my colleagues worker-bees and pack-mules to important to getting the job done to be promoted into management.
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    In the past (2003.07.19 2:29 and many other times) I have said management in the USA from CEO (Government, Business, Religion) to first-line pet rocks are failures/worthless/harmfull 66% of the time. Alabama/Ohio/NY, Enron/FBI/CIA, last/present/next group of politicians (I suspect) will be about 33% effective.
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    911 recommendations implimentation will mean nothing if management is not fixed and no one goes to jail for life, because there is an excuse for political or financial treason. I hope they fix management and get rid of the 66% pet-rocks, because they will kill US and destroy the nation slowly from within US like a cancer.
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    Management blames others (citizens/employees) for failures. We always find out later that the Government/Business/Religious militray/civilian worker-bees and pack-mules did all the right things, but management and pet-rock/office/plutocratic politics did all the wrong things .... The (civilian worker-bees and pack-mules) make no decisions and can only seek permission, but those at cause of the failure point the finger at the group that many like to use as an excuse the poor and/or honest. Incompetent decisions that sometimes are made by unaccredited university degreed (diploma mill) managers, Bosses, and politicians are the typical today.
    Failures in business and government projects are due to piss poor performance by management and Bosses not the worker-bees and pack-mules employees. Ecology, business, and tax laws, pension and health benefits, ... don't cause bank/CU failures, business bankruptcies, criminal fraud and theft in business the majority of failures in our economy/business are due to piss poor performance by management and Bosses not the worker-bees and pack-mules employees.
    2001/09/11 NSA, CIA, and FBI failures were not because of the field agents, workers, and soldiers. Two Shuttle disasters, Hubble Telescope, X-43A, ... failures are due to failures in leadership and delusional denial by management. Credit Unions (CU), Global Crossings, World Com, Enron, ... failures, and Delta and other companies CEOs and staff steeling (lack of a better word) from worker-bees and pack-mules pension funds, reductions in pay, benefits, and health insurance to fund the CEOs' and staffs' ever increasing pay and benefits increases, and then put CEOs' and staffs' retirements in protected trust.
    Politicians of the Capitalist Republic applaud CEOs' and staffs' performance in saving the economy by getting the worker-bees and pack-mules (US Citizens) to pay for the bad global economy. The President after 2001/09/11 called for all good US Citizens to spend our money and support the USA. The CEOs', staffs', and politicians (have a different agenda) are setting up more corporate and wealthy tax welfare programs for the oil and construction companies in Iraq and national parks, pharmaceutical companies in Africa, ....
    US Citizens will pay in the future (our children, grandchildren, ...), financial responsibility is a thing of the past, and social security is always secure, because the government can maintain benefits for the wealthy today, and increase the social security retirement age until the right number of US Citizens die and never collect any benefits (old folks don't have many dependents). US, EU, and UN Citizens are becoming the whores of the wealthy fucked now, beaten later, and screwed to death.
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    OldHawk777, Yep, I know I have said it all before. I am originally from Alabama, I know the old-boys network. The IT professional is fucked and shit-out-of-luck. I know it is (and ha

  4. SCO, GTE/Vorizon, ... others always spin story... on SCO Playing Name Games · · Score: 1

    The near worthless look for value everywhere.

    GTE/Vorizon purchased BBN and then did a commercial claiming they created the internet.

    Nothing new here. It is now 2004/07/29 just 30mi South of NYC and still no xDSL for my home, and the FCC think they are doing a great job, what a MF joke on US.

    OldHawk777

  5. BullShit ... by any other name ... on Too Few American Scientists? Maybe Not · · Score: 1

    still stinks when by politicians or HBS PhDs.

    God bless US, we are screwed by delusions.

    OldHawk777

    "Reality is a self-induced hallucination."

  6. USA Legislators are persistently TEK incompetent on Does A Pentium 4 Need A Weapons License? · · Score: 1

    The road to hell is paved with the best of intentions, and cynical indecisive incompetent decisions by people and leaders.

    Laws (most not all) are mediocre at best for preventing criminal activity.

    Laws are developed in a reactionary environment after criminal activity.

    Laws are approved by legislators that frequently lack knowledge/experience.

    Laws are applied, when (by evidence/clues) possible after criminal incidents.

    Preventing criminal activities requires walls, locks, security (sensors, guards, ...), ... and other real-physical-things that require a personal, financial, community, and national commitment.

    Fluff-Laws (most not all on science and technology [data, bio, nano, ...]) provide politicians and people with concepts/plans of Security by Obscurity paralysis by analysis, point the finger, smear the blame plausibly deniable, false accusations, adoration charade, veneer honor, protracted capriciousness, economic/cultural instability, and they never prevent/stop criminal/terrorist activity.

    Science, weapons, and technology are potential problems/dangers (as is life). Control of science, weapons, and technology by law to prevent a terrorist act is (I believe) a straw-dog waste of life, time, money .... We need to let-loose our guard-dogs and work-horses of science and technology to protect US and build a strong learning-environment and economic system for the future. We need to lockup and secure our weapons technology by stronger physical measures. No potential enemy should know how we spy, what we can do, how stealthy are our weapons, or anything about our technology. When people/companies (by intent/incompetence) sell/provide any weapons (Small or Mass) education, knowledge, references, ... then we must destroy the company (make the companies and investors responsible for security) and imprison the persons involved for life.

    Public/Commercial technology may be used as part of weapons, but public/commercial technology OEM/OSD products are not weapons. We are not the only nuclear power, technology developer, science research, computer and gadget manufacturer in this world. I suspect, few nations (China, Russia, France, India, Thailand, Germany, Iran, ...) will consider USA laws as binding in international commerce/business. So, guess what happens when you outlaw OEM/OSD products that are available in other countries (USA economic destruction, global commerce leaving the USA, declining international investments, ...).

    How damn stupid on technology can a collection of legislators be? Well folks if they are in the USA Congress this should leave no doubt. The USA-AG Ashcroft is probably supporting this inane law, and the USA President Bush can be expected to sign on the dotted line with the X to mark the spot.

    BRING BACK MAD, for forty years we lived in fear of technology (Nukes), but stupid laws against technology were for the most part avoided. I guess this proves that either fear helped us do the right thing or the USA legislators of the time were more intelligent, better read, and competent about managing a Nations Resources and Interest. We need to just let everyone in the world know including the delusional religious (even those in the USA) that if we go all will go to hell and damnation for more than fifty years now humanity has had the ability for self-extinction the corruption of the natural environment may bring about extinction, maybe a bio/nano plague will cause total humanity annihilation, ... if we avoid the unknown (science, technology, the Universe) then we may as well be extinct.

    ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT involves the feeble and foolish attempts by special interest and legislators who conspire to pass laws (against the public interest, supported by PAC-money and vapor-facts) to control Open-Source, Open-Standards, Free Software Foundation, ....

    Allowing spe

  7. I have been saying it for many years. on Court Says Customers May Take IPs Away From ISP · · Score: 1


    This is redundant. I have been saying it for many years.

    Federal, State, and Local law makers, special interest, delusional moralist/clergy, and now judges determine how to control the evils of technology. IP number for the judge was maybe an 'Intellectual Property' number and DNS a Darn Nuisance Something; Therefor, if a phone-number is portable and personal property then an IP address must be personal property.

    I have not noticed, over the past twenty years, any better logic used by others in US legislatures. I am sure that some have been good laws, and I have just been looking for and reading about the stupid laws that breed failure for the USA remaining the leader in the Sciences and Technology.

    USA management fails US again ... on the job, in the home, in government, internationally .... Out of the capitalist nations we are last in education, 11th in telecommunications, maybe 15th in science and technology, .... There is a crises in the USA and it started before Carter, and just continued through Reagan, Clinton, Bush, .... I hope we start fixing our problems soon and leave the global messes for EU, Russia, India, China ....

    OldHawk777

  8. Do they know about non-profit foundations? on Interviewing Your Future Boss? · · Score: 1

    Ask if they know of any non-profit foundations for software development.

    Ask what are FSF, RMS, GNU, and of course what does 10 equal.

    Ask how does a distributed collaborative consensus community work on technology projects.

    Ask what is the largest (market share) web-server software globally.

    ____ These may be overly simple for the /. community; However, an engineering/project manager may have little or no programming experience, but still have current knowledge and experience on bringing to gather diverse resources and promoting a performance environment. If the person will be an OSD team-leader, then I would expect them to have considerable experience and knowledge in at least two programming languages and at least positive results from one original software development (OSD) project in their resume.

    ____ There is nothing worse than bosses that live by supporting career management by suck-up-move-up, fuck-up-for-big-bucks, give-head-to-get-ahead, finger-points-of-trust, powerpoint-engineering, me-look-good-is-good, steal-the-fame-&-smear-the-blame, ... anyway you get the point. Bosses that maintain a pet-rock garden for image and support.

    ____ If they know nothing about the features and functions GPL, open standards, open source software, open content, and the people and international foundations that manage these project then they will I suspect know only how to be a stove-pipe dictator with little valuable people and projects management skills.

    Reality is a self-induced hallucination. -- OldHawk777

  9. Reply:o but yes ... and more on Are IT Certifications Meaningless? · · Score: 1

    ____ Certification like Degrees provide the basics, but both are
    all to frequently obtained by regurgitation rather than
    competence/performance/skills/intelligence. This is frequently
    reflected in business with managers knowing more how to manage their
    careers (all the way to CEO) much better than managing a project,
    mission, and/or people to obtain profitable/reproducible results.


    ____ Performance of companies appear frequently based on market
    dynamics far more than management/leadership skills. Failures and
    fads from GM, IBM, ... missing leading indicators that small,
    economic, personal products may be the way to go for the future to
    the DotCom Boom-Bust, to the telco, data, bio, nano, ... technology
    laws that are purchased by special-interest to protect market-share
    or defend mythical moral-truths. All wasting (almost treasonable) our
    nations' money, resources, time, and future vainly trying to stop
    reality and change. I hope that soon more of our national leaders
    will recognize and understand that education, domestic policy,
    national interest, and a solid focused Defense will provide peace and
    prosperity for our children's future long before the following of the false-gods of capitalist greed and religious myth.


    ____ Capitalism is good as an economic model (I like it, as best
    possible), but as a Governing principle it will prove to rank with
    Communism as a failure. I hope we return to the democratic
    aspirations (all are equal) of the founding father ASAP. Citizens
    have the right to vote, but special-interest buy the votes with the
    best sound-bites, best dressed, ... political dazzler pageants that
    have ever existed. We need to disenfranchise all special-interest
    from corrupting our democracy and destroying our future. I recommend
    that all US citizens vote against all corporate, political, and
    religious incumbents until there are laws that exist which result in
    prison and/or loss of citizenship when special-interest attempt to
    influence and when politicians act for special-interest.


    ____ Oh, PLEASE, do not play the Rush pundit dogma-rhetoric game
    of how do you define special-interest. If you need that logic to
    validate your reality ..., then you are far to delusional to
    understand reality.


    Reality is a self induced hallucination.


    Has anyone noticed ... that when I get any excuse I slam
    special-interest followers.


    OldHawk777

  10. Bad Drivers can wreak good cars, I think .... on CNN Notices that WiFi is Insecure · · Score: 1

    Most security problems are created by bad drivers (users and security "PROFESSIONALS"). Most excape serious injury by luck, accident, and ....

    These days you don't need to ask for a password, just be creative about discovering the holes the SysAdmin and SecPro are leaving for the users whoops .... I just clicked on that FTP icon on my desktop (to an unknown server, configured by a previous user of the computer), I just hooked-up my friends laptop (I am thinking about buying) to the LAN here at work and loged-in (DHCP with no MAC authentication and other holes).

    Okay stupidity is not a crime, these days you can find Harvard graduates that made good and have no idea why security and ethics are important to US. Such a person congratulates themselves with comments like 'look I can have my oil/energy friends screw citizens and soldiers out of Billions and still get get the support of the damn fools.'

    OldHawk777

  11. SourceForge Project and US Government Map Products on Open Maps? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Project: RoadMap: Summary

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/roadmap/
    http:/ /tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse-tbl
    http://ww w.census.gov/geo/www/maps/CP_MapProducts. htm
    http://opensourcegis.org/
    http://fsffrance.o rg/news/news.en.html
    http://www.map-collections.c om
    http://www.mapimage.com/grass_latitude_maps_ma p_ap plication_poly_server.html

    GI - http://maps.langenberg.com/

    A navigation system that displays US street maps (from the US Census Bureau) and tracks a vehicule using GPS. Specific areas can be displayed by selecting a street address (street number & name, city, and state). RoadMap can run on iPAQ and Zaurus.

    Developer Info
    Project Admins:
    pascmartin
    Personal Information
    User ID: 11734
    Login Name: pascmartin
    Publicly Displayed Name: Pascal F Martin
    Email Address: pascmartin at users.sourceforge.net
    Site Member Since: 2000-02-06 13:19 :Vector Graphics

    * Development Status: 5 - Production/Stable
    * Environment: Handhelds/PDA's, X11 Applications
    * Intended Audience: End Users/Desktop
    * License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
    * Natural Language: English
    * Operating System: POSIX
    * Programming Language: C
    * Topic: Viewers, GIS

    I hope this helps - OldHawk777

  12. Re:Carmen Sandiego? "Social Impact Games" Link on Teaching History In Schools With Video Games · · Score: 1

    Did some one already mention ....

    http://www.socialimpactgames.com

    It has ....

    OldHawk777

  13. Re:Freaking PDF files. Kb patern .... on Password Memorability and Securability · · Score: 1

    I agree with with "social engineering was the ultimate hack is a genius."

    Kb patern, as in hjk78&*KJH 10 characters cap/small-alpha-numeric-spec ...
    pick your patern and don't forget. I never repeat and never forget. Age and experience ... more or less 789&*(HJKLkjhl .... extream primes are fun.

    OldHawk777

  14. Reply: Now Removable HDD racks and Links solve? on Fedora Core Doesn't Like to Dual Boot? · · Score: 1

    Over at: http://www.overclockedcafe.com
    On Page: http://www.overclockedcafe.com/modules.php?op=modl oad&name=News&file=article&sid=2554

    JT3 Said, back in 2002; (and I agree, been doing it with Linux and MS, because of LILO and dual boot problems going back for me to 1995, I am just a user not a hacker, admin, ...)

    "I mean, why in the world would you want a removable hard drive?
    Well, that's a pretty good question. Think about this for a moment. What if you want two operating systems? Sure, you can dual-boot off of one drive, but that's just another level of complexity that can cause problems, especially if they're totally unrelated operating systems such as Linux and WinXP. Or, what if you have two uses for a single system? Maybe your kids (or younger siblings, for our younger readers) want a tricked out gaming box, but you don't want those inherently unstable games thrashing the hard drive that contains your critical financial data (or maybe you just don't want those same kids/siblings having access to that sensitive data). Or, here's a good reason you may not have thought of... what if you want to backup your system? Huh? Wha? I know what you're thinking... that's what tape drives are for... but just how long do you think it takes to backup 40-60GB or so of data to tape? What's more, how long to restore it? Or even better, how long does it take to find and restore one file from such a backup? Even assuming you don't have to swap tapes six or seven times, it can still take forever. If, however, you backed it up to a removable hard drive, it would literally take seconds."

    Matched drives (size, part, speed, brand/model, ...) are best [not required] ... why confuse BIOS when it never looks at OS anyway [IDE, EIDE, SCSI, ... available]. One cheap PC can be many things for learning, doing, spoofing, .... When I had money for one good all-around computer this was the way to go. Now with the prices and performance you can have more than one computer; So, why not dual removable HDD racks on all your computers, mirror the drives, possible problems with MS-WXP, but .... Today, I just run a couple old computers (favorite old one with Linux, the other has WinXP for my Q&A and others' FAQ. Mix and match OS and computers on WiFi SOHO for Technology Experience and Knowledge (TEK) and be an non-degreed "Technology Information Advisor" (TIA) with out being a real poindexter. Extra, sometimes (I think) MS-Win makes a user or other software look like the problem, because MS-Win* never wants competitive problems. Like the 'you have shut down improperly' when it was because MS-Win* locked-up or blue-screened and forced the "AC-Power reboot"

    OTHER information places:
    http://www.monkeyreview.com/reviews/revie w.php?num =205&page=1
    http://www.pimprig.com
    http://www.st orcase.com/removable/removable_overvi ew.asp

    Anyone ever visit/review http://www.socialimpactgames.com ?

    Anyway have fun - OldHawk777

  15. Reply:In many cases, it is a fishing trip ... on FSF Subpoenaed by SCO · · Score: 3, Interesting

    SCO has finally gone fishing nuts.

    Just me, from when I started my archives in 1987, for email and personal/work files (with some whoops redundancy).... I have a little over 10G [lots of pictures, some text, a few corrupt files, and I know there must be a couple ancient MS-DOS and/or CP/M viruses entombed for posterity].

    If they want everything from FSF/GNU/RMS/EmployeeA-z/ContactA-Z/.... They could be fishing for years, and catch a few interesting zip-null files for all their efforts. Those folks at SCO must be getting sustenance from a deep-pockets source for these fishing expeditions, because they are wasting everyone's time ... time ... time ... will the FSF Foundation ever get reimbursed for all the time spent from a company that will just file bankruptcy when needed.

    Maybe that is it, they are trying to bankrupt the FSF foundation by having everyone working at the FSF for nothing and costing time and money ... over months and years. That guy at SCO he ain't smart enough for such tactical/strategic thought ... I wonder who the real software boss is?

    I will continue to make ($20-$200) donations to FSF and others, but I will continue to keep it all hand2hand without receipts or tax benefits. I don't got time or money for SCO to get me or maybe the US software Gestapo that went after that nice Georgia Cracker lady that protects the USA Constitution, Democracy, and voting ....

    I may be paranoid, but I can see it coming ... $30 for everything copied and shipped ... sounds like they may want to know exactly which trash-dump FSF's trash was tossed in for the past decade. Then, maybe, next year SCO will ask FSF and RMS to deliver the trash dump to SCO.

    "Reality is a self-induced hallucination." [Anyone know who owns this line?]

    OldHawk777

  16. Reply: One interesting thing, maybe missed .... on Seven Open Source Business Strategies · · Score: 1

    Good SOS BS examples, and all have proven examples of ROI value.

    However, the examples only show ways that businesses can exploit OS "software products" for ROI. Businesses using these SOS BS will outlast/outperform other business making the proprietary "stovepipe" (one choice, no options) mistake.

    The big businesses of the future will discover ways to use/exploit the real international value of Open Source which are the methods, values, processes, ... of the Collaborative Open Community (COC) that promotes frugality, quality, performance, and success of projects and mission.

    The loyalty, commitment, skills retention, work satisfaction, change adaptation ..., .I have observed over the past decade in the Open "consensus building" Community is a powerful force. Business organizations (in the future) that incorporate such OS nimbleness and finesse will control the global markets. IBM, SUN, ... others may change internally over the next decade, because "stovepipe" management structures are frequently populated totalitarian groupthink managers and marketing deaks (QWERTY-typo desks). [many-heads-are-better-than-one; So, how do you get them to work and succeed together internationally. COC did it].

    Maybe COC NP-foundation management jobs in your 20's/30's/40's/50's will be a significant qualifier for future CEOs, CTOs, .... Anyway, I think it will prove to be a deciding factor for major technology companies that want to get/stay competative and retain their best folks.

    OldHawk777

  17. Don't dig, build in redundency, options on Wiring a Neighborhood? · · Score: 2, Informative



    Google IT: "low power" "spread spectrum" "Line of sight" microwave
    Line-of-Sight (LOS) Wireless, WiFi, 802.11x, ... should provide a few options for most places. LOS wireless allows connecting of sites separated by a street, mountain, 15KM, or .... Systems may include Laser, Point-To-Point, Spread Spectrum, Microwave and Satellite. These systems can transport Data (Ethernet and beyond) T1s, DS3s and OC3, Telephone, Video, Frame Relay, and ATM.
    http://www.commweb.com/showArticle.jhtml?art icleId =8707056&printableArticle=true
    http://www.ieee802 .org/16/tg3/contrib/802163c-00_2 3.pdf
    NOTE: Avoid using omni directional antennas, consider per-session (call, email, download, ...) and bulk/multi-channel irregular sequence key-change encryption as vital, use directional/phase-array antennas if possible/affordable.

    EUROPE RACES AHEAD OF USA IN TECHNOLOGY!
    This is a romantic return of technology to ITS place in our future.
    http://www.zeppelinfan.de/html-seiten/deu tsch/link s.htm
    http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRheft/FRH0 003/FR0 003b.htm

    Aerial platforms provide an ideal way of delivering broadband communications services. They can be considered as a hybrid technology, combining the best of terrestrial and satellite delivery. High altitude platforms - either solar powered airships or planes, typically flying at 17-22km. no delay, no bad weather, .... I wish we had them on 9/11 for police and firemen in NYC ... communications would not have been knocked totally out.

    I hope this helps - OldHawk777

  18. Reply: Good proof of technology stupidity by .... on New Wave Of File-Sharing Embraces Secrecy · · Score: 1

    Proof again that technology and self-preservation will always whip-up on draconian totalitarian intentions of the plutocrats.

    Is this a form of cyber-warfare by folks internationally?

    Let dumb politicians write laws for the special interest that fail, then keep them writing laws for special interest to fix the failure, until events crush the special interest and politicians into long lost history.

    This may eventually teach the politicians and special interest that they are the ones singing "ring-around-the-roseies" and that laws should promote freedom, innovation, performance, and protection (citizen control is a failure for all US).

    OldHawk777

  19. Good for the Customer, US, and Business is best on George Gilder on Telecommunications Policy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I live about 30 miles away from New York City and still can not get any wire-DSL, wireless local-loop or Fixed Position Wireless (Google the phrases), ... why be forced to share the cable. Data is data; So, why not have three or more companies that are able to provide all services (phone, HDTV, data, internet, ...) and content that I/you select/want and just one bill for $100 or less a month. I'll pick my provider and keep them as long as they keep me happy for a good price.

    "Building a new service that people really like." OR "The real threat to monopolize and paralyze the Internet is not the communications industry and its suppliers, but the premature modularizers and commoditizers, the proponents of the dream of some final government solution for the uncertainties of all life and commerce."

    Open standards, technology, innovation, laws, concepts, ... providing a real performance incentive and dynamic Capitalist "Open Market" is the way to go. Any law that mandates control/protection of sectors (special interest) in technology, customer base, media/content, ... is a big-bad mistake for economic development and the citizens of a nation. Let performance, total-cost (environment, health, welfare, ...), and customer satisfaction rule the market.

    Allowing special/proprietary interest to control the market and customer is Un-American, Communistic, and anti-capitalist, everything many of US are against, unless you're a rhetoric and dogma hog like many politicians and fools. Bad businesses must fail, file bankruptcy, and pass into history. Just as that HP CEO said no USA worker should have a god given right to a job, I say no business/CEO should have a Government granted right to market share and/or customer base. We should never protect any market sector or customer base for corporate welfare and customer exploitation as we have been doing by laws for special interest during the last 30 years (at least). It will just promote more enrons for US. Act in the customers interest with laws that allow and promote choices, freedoms, options, ....

    OldHawk777

  20. Re:It is another MFS conspiracy on More Light Shed on Project David · · Score: 1

    Dear AC,

    PLEASE be more creative and entertaining next time.

    Dang, I thought it was just droll troll or off-color off-topic.

    I guess it was just bad and offensive humor.

    FORGIVE ME OH LORD!

    I will assume your forgiveness ... (yes, double meaning).

    THANKS for your eloquent reply and I hope you have fun next time.

    (intentional repeat)

    OldHawk777

  21. Reply: Dept of Home-LAN Security? on More Light Shed on Project David · · Score: 1

    THANKS for the understanding of my obtuse and facetious sycophantic humor of MS Gates skills and abilities.

    [good one for "Home-LAN"] Home-LAN security by MS and Intel will develop new Home-LAN Scrutiny for Home-Land Security policy/law enforcement at home.

    The never ending conspiracies ....

    OldHawk777

  22. Re:It is another MFS conspiracy on More Light Shed on Project David · · Score: 1

    Dang, I thought it was just droll troll or off-color off-topic.

    I guess it was just bad and offensive humor.

    FORGIVE ME OH LORD!

    I will assume your forgiveness ... (yes, double meaning).

    THANKS for your eloquent reply and I hope you have fun next time.

    OldHawk777

  23. Reply: Great interview! Culture Studies on Egyptian Linux Advocates' Replies · · Score: 1

    Alaa,

    THANKS for teaching US, EU, other folks about Egypt Culture today. I was in Egypt (Business Cairo) about five years ago, the folks I worked with were not near as interesting as my driver and his family. They showed the same interest in building a future (a good job, property, education, respect, God, ...) for their children as most US and EU parents. Folks ... people are much the same around the world, it is the politics, extremist, special interest (Religion, Corporations, plutocrats, ...) that create the problems that prevent folks from living in peace, not the language or skin color.

    This interview is a must read for many university professors in the US and EU, and many US Government departments and agencies. It may help some folks to understand who can be our friends and who are the real enemies of people and peace.

    Your comments reflect the honor of Egyptians (The People) including you.

    I greatly hope that Pharaoh Mubarak and Mullahs will build a great education system and Democracy for all Egyptians. I have for years hoped for the same, in the USA, but education for the general public continues to become more expensive, more inferior, religiously/falwell slanted, and children and teachers continue to be blamed by our politicians, plutocrats, and extremely overpaid school/education administrators. Maybe one day school/education administrators and Corporate CEOs' pay will depend on real performance and success, but today lies, incompetence, and theft are more rewarding in the US business, religion, and government. We the people (Egypt, US, EU, China, France, Israel, India, ...) suffer the consequences of the evil acts by our leaders (including special interest).

    OldHawk777

  24. Re:That's the new way to start a company by theft on More Light Shed on Project David · · Score: 0

    With OSS you must include all sources the code with the hackers' names.

    If this was not done it is theft of property (I think) under GPL and other OSS copyrights.

    OldHawk777

  25. It is another MFS conspiracy on More Light Shed on Project David · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How Y'all folks been doing,

    I've been visiting different places.

    Could/Would Microsoft use a company outside the USA DMCA RIAA ... to act as a subversive/proxy agent to disrupt/claim/... part of the open-source territory? Is MS Gates trying to globally contain the spread of "Open Source and Democracy" with strategic special interest planning/positioning outside the USA?

    Could be ..., but I am just not sure of anything like this foolish unlikely conspiracy of Microsoft's interest in Globalization for Capitalism in direct opposition to Democracy (anti-exploitation representation).

    Has any one ..., I think SpecOps/SoftLabs website maybe managed/developed by pITstop?
    Yahoo!ed pITstop microsoft Philippines
    Googled pITstop microsoft Philippines

    OldHawk777

    May God Bless and Thank Dummy Rummy and his mythical guzzling buddy George for all the atrocities they bring US. Today same as yesterday (four years ago), I would vote for Bill Gates if it would keep/get GWB and clown-crew out of Washington permanently.