Rules are NOT there to be broken. The are there so stupid people don't mess it up for others. When the stupid people break them, the stupid people will be punished.
You also claim you have been on the network for yonks. If you have, then perhaps you should know the rules, what is accepted and what isn't.
I think before threatening an Oper, you should give due consideration. He offered to voice you if you promised to be reasonable. Since you clearly couldn't do this, I don't think it's his problem that he didn't voice you.
And not at one point did Jim act like a bastard. You couldn't even apologise for causing trouble, you may have not intended to do this, but from the reactions of the people in the channel, you did. You had the option to leave, but didn't. You were warned. He backed down when it should quite clearly have been you.
And I somehow doubt you could do the job of Jim, or any other Oper. If you call that peaceful, you'd probably call WWII a convention of Greenpeace.
You are the kind of low-life who spoils #debian for the rest of us. Yes, you will be kicked if you won't abide by the rules; thereby not allowing us to have a conversation.
Also, I know "Jim" well. He is very good at what he does, and is one of the finest opers I have ever met. If you have a problem with the opers, you don't have to be on the network
And finally. The people on OPN do the huge amounts of work required for it gratis. They get no pay, and very little recognition. So think about it next time you complain, they are just trying to protect you.
It seems this world has got to a sorry state when a pathetic script kiddie can bring the whole of a network to a halt. One person, ruining it for 1000 others.
On Efnet, servers are regualy attacked, because the people there are less specialised. But on OPN?
How very very sad.
Microsoft advertise thier products as being "secure solutitions". Assuming Microsoft use thier own products, this is clearly a hypocritical statement, perhaps misleading.
They also seem to have a complete disregard for the security of their products, allowing them to be made availiable in this way.
Perhaps Microsoft should actually think about the problems this caused for them, and the problems is could quite easily cause for others, the consequences are most severe.
Buck up your attitude?
If the governements of the world have thier way, it will be a lot more difficult to encrypt. They seem to have this ludicrous opinion that encryption directly causes crime. Of course it can aid the cover-up but so can radio scanners, and those are sold. So the innocent are paying for the government's paranoia.
Take for instance the RIP bill recently introduced by the British goverment. All this will do is scare people from using encryption, further fueling corporate espionage.
Perhaps that is the aim?
PS Call me a skeptic, but I wonder how much you'd have to pay someone in the government to "obtain" a key anyway, once the bill is passed.
Another thing to consider is thet fact that the NHS in England is hugely underfunded. Given that open source software is cheaper, reliable, and more easy to adapt, surely using it makes sense.
Having family members work in the NHS, I have seen this first hand. The staff have the computer equipment, but they (the pharmacy staff) seem the find the software restrictive. I'm sure morale would be increased if they weren't being held back by something that is supposed increase their productivity.
Another hope is that perhaps the staff and the patients will get an input into the software, making it more efficiant and saving valuable time.
Linking with Richard Stallman's recent opinions on Open Software, people should have the means to choose what software they want to use. It is one of the main principles of Open Source Software; choice. If people want to use Closed source software, they can, provided they don't come running if it all goes wrong.
Personally, I believe that people are more likely to use Open source software, simply it is adaptable, (usually) well maintained and (usually) free. However; if people wish to use the software, then that's up to them. It will probably fill the needs of those who aren't so technically adept. New Linux-converts for instance.
It is also worth noting that a lot of Linuxes offer real-time support (over IRC), and due to different time zones, this constitutes 24 hour (free) support.
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You also claim you have been on the network for yonks. If you have, then perhaps you should know the rules, what is accepted and what isn't.
I think before threatening an Oper, you should give due consideration. He offered to voice you if you promised to be reasonable. Since you clearly couldn't do this, I don't think it's his problem that he didn't voice you.
And not at one point did Jim act like a bastard. You couldn't even apologise for causing trouble, you may have not intended to do this, but from the reactions of the people in the channel, you did. You had the option to leave, but didn't. You were warned. He backed down when it should quite clearly have been you.
And I somehow doubt you could do the job of Jim, or any other Oper. If you call that peaceful, you'd probably call WWII a convention of Greenpeace.
You are the kind of low-life who spoils #debian for the rest of us. Yes, you will be kicked if you won't abide by the rules; thereby not allowing us to have a conversation.
Also, I know "Jim" well. He is very good at what he does, and is one of the finest opers I have ever met. If you have a problem with the opers, you don't have to be on the network
And finally. The people on OPN do the huge amounts of work required for it gratis. They get no pay, and very little recognition. So think about it next time you complain, they are just trying to protect you.
It seems this world has got to a sorry state when a pathetic script kiddie can bring the whole of a network to a halt. One person, ruining it for 1000 others.
On Efnet, servers are regualy attacked, because the people there are less specialised. But on OPN?
How very very sad.
Microsoft advertise thier products as being "secure solutitions". Assuming Microsoft use thier own products, this is clearly a hypocritical statement, perhaps misleading.
They also seem to have a complete disregard for the security of their products, allowing them to be made availiable in this way.
Perhaps Microsoft should actually think about the problems this caused for them, and the problems is could quite easily cause for others, the consequences are most severe.
Buck up your attitude?
I'm not sure where this definition of "lower end" comes from ..
Why not try a 16Mb PCI 3D card in a 486DX2.. that's what I'd call "lower end"
X in 1024x768x32bpp is kind of cool, compared to Windows boxen that can hardly manage 800x600.
Runs Quake well too :>
Take for instance the RIP bill recently introduced by the British goverment. All this will do is scare people from using encryption, further fueling corporate espionage.
Perhaps that is the aim?
PS Call me a skeptic, but I wonder how much you'd have to pay someone in the government to "obtain" a key anyway, once the bill is passed.
Having family members work in the NHS, I have seen this first hand. The staff have the computer equipment, but they (the pharmacy staff) seem the find the software restrictive. I'm sure morale would be increased if they weren't being held back by something that is supposed increase their productivity.
Another hope is that perhaps the staff and the patients will get an input into the software, making it more efficiant and saving valuable time.
Personally, I believe that people are more likely to use Open source software, simply it is adaptable, (usually) well maintained and (usually) free. However; if people wish to use the software, then that's up to them. It will probably fill the needs of those who aren't so technically adept. New Linux-converts for instance.
It is also worth noting that a lot of Linuxes offer real-time support (over IRC), and due to different time zones, this constitutes 24 hour (free) support.