Under rare circumstances they have a right to track you, without your consent, i.e., with a warrant. There are no circumstances under which you can track them without their consent (unless you are a cop investigating a crime and have a warrant). Granted, there is a chance of abuse, but not much, it isn't admissable in court, and it's done by only the government--not corporations (not saying the government is better than corporations, just that the scope of who sees this is limited).
3) Check for bozos all coming from the same domain - likely the same bozo who has realized he's been binned, and has created a new email address from (probably) his own domain - so bin all accounts from that domain.
I would like to amend this: "bin" people who sign on with the same IP address as a recent "bozo", or with a cookie that matches a cookie given to "bozo"'s original handle. However, if bozo@hotmail.com trolls, finds he's being blocked, and then switches to bozo2@hotmail.com, do not block *@hotmail.com, as you'll piss off a lot of people.
oh so you mean all public officials and police officers will carry gps enabled phones and we will be able to track them at all times and monitor what THEY are doing?
No. I clearly stated that the police could use this to track you if you are fleeing arrest. I didn't mention anything about you tracking public officials and the police. I suggest you study your grammar.
You mean the government will force me to buy a cellphone, and if mine is old enough to not have GPS it will force me to buy a new one? And then, it will force me to keep it on all the time? Wow--I didn't know how far the government would go.
And as for those of us living in the United States, you really think the Justice Dept. isn't going to press for access to this kind of thing -- with as little judicial safeguards as they can get away with?
Well, they already catch criminals whose names and information they already know because those people left their phones on, and all recent phones have GPS. This merely makes similar technology available to the public.
There are many rights that get taken away when someone becomes a convicted felon, but some cannot. For instance, I doubt there's any American who thinks the government does everything perfectly. Therefore, every American wants the government changed a little. So according to the deal this guy was forced to take, he cannot associate with any other American.
As someone else's post pointed out, the First Amendment gives you the right to
peacefully speak your mind, petition the government on grievances, gather in assembly. You cannot entice riot, civil war, or anything else that seeks to start violence.
No, the First Amendment gives you the right to speak your mind. "Peacefully" is only in reference to the right to assemble.
KDE and GNOME's default setup is to look like Windows, and I think this is mostly so that people switching from Windows to Linux have a familiar environment. I'd assume very few slashdot readers use KDE or GNOME in their default layouts, and use it in some form that you can't use the Windows GUI in (that is, of the slashdot readers that actually use Linux, but that's another issue).
About UI conformity, there are very few notable GUI apps that aren't either Gtk or Qt, and those are pretty uniform.
The title on slashdot is misleading--the study compares Suse 8.2 Pro (with KDE as the desktop environment) with Windows XP. It then says it kept track of how long it took users to complete certain tasks, such as word processing, sending email, copying CDs (don't let the RIAA find out about this study), and managing files, to name a few. These things can be done by KApplications alone, but you would have to know what SuSE makes as the default email client (Mozilla, KMail, Evolution), word processor (OO Writer, KWrite), and cd writer (K3B, X-CD-Roast, cdrecord (ok, not for people new to Linux)). This title could be better titled as "Windows XP Edges Out SuSE in Usability Test".
Unfortunately, I won't know what applications users were expected to use or did use for a couple days.
As a matter of fact I'd be happier if more developers would ignore windows and stop copying windows.
I think the goal in KDE is that users switching to Linux have a familiar desktop environment. Then after a month or so they switch to something more efficient. As for OpenOffice, it's a word processor--exactly how do you make it different from MS Word? And Evolution looks a little like Outlook, but Evolution is made to connect with Exchange servers, which matters for large businesses.
I know there's a plan to run commericals in theatres that are along those lines, but the last movie I saw in the theatre (T3) had a commerical for one of the local broadband providers with the tag line "listen to music online". Talk about mixed messages eh?
Well, that commercial seems to be sold by the theater you saw the movie in, which isn't directly affiliated with the MPAA.
I would fully recommend Lindows to anyone on the condition that I installed it to have them run as a non-root user, and then I'd explain the difference, and why it's needed, and then explain sudo.
Am I paying for right to listen to that particular recording without relying on mass media outlets that already paid RIAA copyright holders through ASCAP?
I'm not sure what ASCAP is, but I know that ClearChannel forces labels to pay for airtime.
Personally, I hate ClearChannel more than the RIAA, but maybe that's just because the RIAA hasn't sued me. Yet.
Why is it that when a (smaller) corporation decides to stand up for their customers' rights against a (larger) corporation, it's always spun as being unlawful?
More like "Why is it that when a (larger) corporation decides to stand up for their customers' rights against a (smaller) corporation, it's always spun as being unlawful?"
The recording industry brings in a small fraction of the revenue that SBC brings in.
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Under rare circumstances they have a right to track you, without your consent, i.e., with a warrant. There are no circumstances under which you can track them without their consent (unless you are a cop investigating a crime and have a warrant). Granted, there is a chance of abuse, but not much, it isn't admissable in court, and it's done by only the government--not corporations (not saying the government is better than corporations, just that the scope of who sees this is limited).
Finally a Judge who understands the law, and is willing to stand up to the RIAA. Of course, they'll sue him next.
Oracle is a big company, but I feel more comfortable that a company like IBM backing up GNU/Linux.
"bin" people who sign on with the same IP address as a recent "bozo", or with a cookie that matches a cookie given to "bozo"'s original handle. However, if bozo@hotmail.com trolls, finds he's being blocked, and then switches to bozo2@hotmail.com, do not block *@hotmail.com, as you'll piss off a lot of people.
I keep putty on my pendrive, as well as psftp. I also keep a backup of my Mozilla bookmarks. Other than that, I use it to move data around.
Ok, you don't have spam take up your time. However, it still takes up your bandwidth and your ISP's bandwidth.
Or, Linux guy: "I'll do it for you."
Seriously, I hope I never see another comment of yours again because of that line.
There are many rights that get taken away when someone becomes a convicted felon, but some cannot. For instance, I doubt there's any American who thinks the government does everything perfectly. Therefore, every American wants the government changed a little. So according to the deal this guy was forced to take, he cannot associate with any other American.
KDE and GNOME's default setup is to look like Windows, and I think this is mostly so that people switching from Windows to Linux have a familiar environment. I'd assume very few slashdot readers use KDE or GNOME in their default layouts, and use it in some form that you can't use the Windows GUI in (that is, of the slashdot readers that actually use Linux, but that's another issue).
About UI conformity, there are very few notable GUI apps that aren't either Gtk or Qt, and those are pretty uniform.
The title on slashdot is misleading--the study compares Suse 8.2 Pro (with KDE as the desktop environment) with Windows XP. It then says it kept track of how long it took users to complete certain tasks, such as word processing, sending email, copying CDs (don't let the RIAA find out about this study), and managing files, to name a few. These things can be done by KApplications alone, but you would have to know what SuSE makes as the default email client (Mozilla, KMail, Evolution), word processor (OO Writer, KWrite), and cd writer (K3B, X-CD-Roast, cdrecord (ok, not for people new to Linux)). This title could be better titled as "Windows XP Edges Out SuSE in Usability Test".
Unfortunately, I won't know what applications users were expected to use or did use for a couple days.
See this. It makes using my TI-89 tolerable.
I'm pretty sure Microsoft does use BSD code in their products.
Exactly. While most people can't tell the difference between an mp3 and a CD, everybody notices the difference between a divx and a dvd.
I would fully recommend Lindows to anyone on the condition that I installed it to have them run as a non-root user, and then I'd explain the difference, and why it's needed, and then explain sudo.
The developers don't seem to want it.
Personally, I hate ClearChannel more than the RIAA, but maybe that's just because the RIAA hasn't sued me. Yet.
Not surprising it uses rpms instead of debs.
The recording industry brings in a small fraction of the revenue that SBC brings in.