I've heard this story I don't know how many times now. I first heard it back in '95 when I was first "getting on the Internet (tm)." Back before AOL had AOL France, AOL Germany, AOL Pakistan, AOL Some other not AMERICA ONLINE country. And also before AOL had 4397298732197211927432 customers. But not only has AOL expanded their network, every other site has also!! Could it be that despite all this stupid FUD things will continue to work the way they always have? For proof, see Y2K. Thank you, and good night.
[mrzer0]
America was bought and sold long ago to those with the most money. Not everyone seemed to realize that until the Internet boom. As with all forms of media, the people in power need to represent what's in your best interest. How do they know what's in YOUR best interest? Well, by being in power of course. I know it's not necessarily any better, but I'm moving to Canada. If only to experience a different type of system. Country-wide Health Care, Prime Ministers, etc. etc. My thoughts may come off random and stupid, but what I can I say, I'm at work with another 4 projects going on =\
I leave you now with lyrics from a Propagandhi song:
You can vote however the fuck you want,
but power still calls all the shots, and believe it or not
even if (real) Democracy broke lose,
they'd just make the economy scream
until we vote responsibly
OpenBSD accepts donations, as well as the other BSD's (well, I dunno about FreeBSD anymore. They probably still do but they seem to have all kinds of deals with big companies). And if you donate to OpenBSD you get your name listed on a page. woo!
Any punk can spout off about how democracy in America is a sham. Unfortunately, vague rhetoric is worthless in the real world. So here's a fact: minor political parties are systematically suppressed at the presidential level. While our school teachers indoctrinated us with a disdain for the Soviet Union's one party pseudo-democracy, our own government is hardly better. Back in the ol' USSR the folks could choose only Communist party candidates, while in the Land of the Free we get two choices: two parties that have intentionally shut out all others. The absurdly wealthy leadership of the Democratic and Republican parties have made certain that parties and people who aren't swimming in cash are excluded from meaningful participation in presidential politics.
Theoretically, Americans can vote for a wide range of presidential candidates. In reality, small parties are barred from being placed on the ballot in most states, although voters can 'write in' alternative candidates in most states. But how are you going to find out who's running for prez on the United Potheads ticket, the Angry Honkies with Guns ticket, or the Neo-Trotskyist Party of Valiant and Honorable Workers? The mass media won't tell you about third parties. The federal government dispenses utterly half-assed voter education. Some states like California have decent voter education laws that require at least basic information about all the candidates running, but those states are a rarity. Generally, the only way to find out about third parties is to randomly stumble across their propaganda. Compared to the overwhelming, high tech, multimedia advertisements of the big parties, small party propaganda looks like shit-fringe, wingnut shit. The feds won't fund the parties that most need economic assistance, but it kicks down $100 million per election to the biggies. So the political game is controlled by the economic elite and with campaign
spending exceeding more than $500 million a piece for the two major candidates, even the average tycoon is out of the running. Here are some of the methods the status quo parties use to maintain their power...
As part of my duty as an American, I posted a well written essay on my site called Fuck The Vote. It was written awhile ago, but it makes a lot of good points that still hold true today.
Yeah. That's exactly it! I have friends who have had no problems at all with @Home. Who live down the block from me. And then there was me, @Home telling me it's my problem, that I caused it, even though through all my network monitoring and analyzing I traced it to their end. And the fact that I knew what I was talking about seemed to make their customer support think that because of that, it was even more my fault. I dunno. My friends that have excellent service were/are in the same profession that I was at the time. And they've had similar discussions with @Home. And it's not like I talked to just one person. This was several people. I guess I must have caught them all on their *Bad Days*
In fact my friends like @Home so much that I would almost consider going back to them. But I need at least 3 IPs, and DNS. none of that c52987432.blahblah.evenmorewords.here.home.com crap.
oh well. i'm glad to hear that some people don't have problems with them. but me, i still recommend _Against_ @Home, and suggest other services.
And it was the worst service ever. I remember calling their tech support (me being a former (phone) tech support person myself) and telling them the issues I was having, which I knew to be all their fault from my work experience. I told the guy "Listen, my job is your job. I do the same thing you do. Almost to the T, but for a different company, there's no way this is my fault." They kept telling me it was my problem, my fault, etc.
What I really don't understand is how some people have ZERO problems with @Home. NONE! I don't get that. My cable modem when I had @Home was up for maybe an hour a day tops. I switched ISP's. @HOME SUCKS!!!
Yeah I bet we could Slashdot it, but it's not always a measurement of how powerful a server/computer is, but also how much bandwidth they have available. Although if they have that much money for a computer, I'm sure they have a nice pipe to connect it, it it's connected at all.
yeah, i realized epitaph was RIAA affiliated. and b/c of that, I kind of figured NoFX was too, but I went out on a limb and said FWC anyway.:( Sorry for the mess up. I guess I suck ass now. Maybe if I followed the scene anymore, I would have fucken known. Damn school/gf/financial problems, holding me back. *sigh*
YOU, AND ME, BOOYAH, GRANDMA! BOOYAH!!
OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SAY THAT!!! Ok, enough caps. I used to say that ALL the time in quake and quake 3. that's awesome:)
[mrzer0]
A lot of Punk/Ska bands are NOT affiliated with the RIAA, bands such as NoFX, Propagandhi, Anti-Flag, obviously Dead Kennedys. If you plan on buycotting, you should just save some money for a month, and not buy ANY CDs. That's what most people were going to do, I thought. Maybe I'm wrong.
Slashdot Mirror
I believe the second one is more along the lines of:
Kids...You tried your hardest, and you failed miserably. The lesson is...never try.
[mrzer0]
I've heard this story I don't know how many times now. I first heard it back in '95 when I was first "getting on the Internet (tm)." Back before AOL had AOL France, AOL Germany, AOL Pakistan, AOL Some other not AMERICA ONLINE country. And also before AOL had 4397298732197211927432 customers. But not only has AOL expanded their network, every other site has also!! Could it be that despite all this stupid FUD things will continue to work the way they always have? For proof, see Y2K. Thank you, and good night. [mrzer0]
Yeah, I don't know any site like that. =)
*cough, cough*
I conform to the NON-Conformists.
:)
[mrzer0]
America was bought and sold long ago to those with the most money. Not everyone seemed to realize that until the Internet boom. As with all forms of media, the people in power need to represent what's in your best interest. How do they know what's in YOUR best interest? Well, by being in power of course. I know it's not necessarily any better, but I'm moving to Canada. If only to experience a different type of system. Country-wide Health Care, Prime Ministers, etc. etc. My thoughts may come off random and stupid, but what I can I say, I'm at work with another 4 projects going on =\
I leave you now with lyrics from a Propagandhi song:
You can vote however the fuck you want,
but power still calls all the shots, and believe it or not
even if (real) Democracy broke lose,
they'd just make the economy scream
until we vote responsibly
OpenBSD accepts donations, as well as the other BSD's (well, I dunno about FreeBSD anymore. They probably still do but they seem to have all kinds of deals with big companies). And if you donate to OpenBSD you get your name listed on a page. woo!
Any punk can spout off about how democracy in America is a sham. Unfortunately, vague rhetoric is worthless in the real world. So here's a fact: minor political parties are systematically suppressed at the presidential level. While our school teachers indoctrinated us with a disdain for the Soviet Union's one party pseudo-democracy, our own government is hardly better. Back in the ol' USSR the folks could choose only Communist party candidates, while in the Land of the Free we get two choices: two parties that have intentionally shut out all others. The absurdly wealthy leadership of the Democratic and Republican parties have made certain that parties and people who aren't swimming in cash are excluded from meaningful participation in presidential politics.
Theoretically, Americans can vote for a wide range of presidential candidates. In reality, small parties are barred from being placed on the ballot in most states, although voters can 'write in' alternative candidates in most states. But how are you going to find out who's running for prez on the United Potheads ticket, the Angry Honkies with Guns ticket, or the Neo-Trotskyist Party of Valiant and Honorable Workers? The mass media won't tell you about third parties. The federal government dispenses utterly half-assed voter education. Some states like California have decent voter education laws that require at least basic information about all the candidates running, but those states are a rarity. Generally, the only way to find out about third parties is to randomly stumble across their propaganda. Compared to the overwhelming, high tech, multimedia advertisements of the big parties, small party propaganda looks like shit-fringe, wingnut shit. The feds won't fund the parties that most need economic assistance, but it kicks down $100 million per election to the biggies. So the political game is controlled by the economic elite and with campaign spending exceeding more than $500 million a piece for the two major candidates, even the average tycoon is out of the running. Here are some of the methods the status quo parties use to maintain their power...
You can read more at http://www.damntheman.org/see my above post.
Fuck The VoteAs part of my duty as an American, I posted a well written essay on my site called Fuck The Vote. It was written awhile ago, but it makes a lot of good points that still hold true today.
http://www.damntheman.org/[mrzer0]
Yeah. That's exactly it! I have friends who have had no problems at all with @Home. Who live down the block from me. And then there was me, @Home telling me it's my problem, that I caused it, even though through all my network monitoring and analyzing I traced it to their end. And the fact that I knew what I was talking about seemed to make their customer support think that because of that, it was even more my fault. I dunno. My friends that have excellent service were/are in the same profession that I was at the time. And they've had similar discussions with @Home. And it's not like I talked to just one person. This was several people. I guess I must have caught them all on their *Bad Days*
In fact my friends like @Home so much that I would almost consider going back to them. But I need at least 3 IPs, and DNS. none of that c52987432.blahblah.evenmorewords.here.home.com crap.
oh well. i'm glad to hear that some people don't have problems with them. but me, i still recommend _Against_ @Home, and suggest other services.
[mrzer0]
wdf? Where's my first two sentences go? Oh well. That's what I get for not hitting "Preview" first.
*sigh*
And it was the worst service ever. I remember calling their tech support (me being a former (phone) tech support person myself) and telling them the issues I was having, which I knew to be all their fault from my work experience. I told the guy "Listen, my job is your job. I do the same thing you do. Almost to the T, but for a different company, there's no way this is my fault." They kept telling me it was my problem, my fault, etc.
What I really don't understand is how some people have ZERO problems with @Home. NONE! I don't get that. My cable modem when I had @Home was up for maybe an hour a day tops. I switched ISP's. @HOME SUCKS!!!
[mrzer0]
I like the one between Sunos and Solaris, called The Regents of California.
uNF! [mrzer0]
heh, you think your university has net problems? try being under merit(.edu)
:)
all the points they connect to see to always die. *sigh* it makes working on the university a bit harder. oh well.
[mrzer0] (i've got stinky net
Yeah I bet we could Slashdot it, but it's not always a measurement of how powerful a server/computer is, but also how much bandwidth they have available. Although if they have that much money for a computer, I'm sure they have a nice pipe to connect it, it it's connected at all.
[mrzer0]
even better idea!!!!!!!!!!!! or maybe drill a whole in the black part of the case, or cut a line through the siding too. [mrzer0]
Did the major record labels forget these things too?
i can still get mp3s of albums that I don't own, by uploading other mp3s of albums I don't own all thanks to audiogalaxy, and mp3.lycos.com
and what about the vqf audio format, sure it's not as widely supported, but it seems to be okay to use. It's not part of the whole MP3 CONTROVERSY.
I think the owner of http://www.vqf.com/ should make a similar service, and wait and see what happens.
[mrzer0]
When you pirate MP3's, you're downloading Communism! Well I guess that makes me a Commie.
uNF!
They should send them $118M in manure.
[mrzer0]
yeah, i realized epitaph was RIAA affiliated. and b/c of that, I kind of figured NoFX was too, but I went out on a limb and said FWC anyway. :( Sorry for the mess up. I guess I suck ass now. Maybe if I followed the scene anymore, I would have fucken known. Damn school/gf/financial problems, holding me back. *sigh*
[mrzer0]
YOU, AND ME, BOOYAH, GRANDMA! BOOYAH!! OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SAY THAT!!! Ok, enough caps. I used to say that ALL the time in quake and quake 3. that's awesome :)
[mrzer0]
well spank me on the ass and call me suzy. you're right! hrm. i was completely unaware that they were RIAA affiliated. That sux ass. [mrzer0]
A lot of Punk/Ska bands are NOT affiliated with the RIAA, bands such as NoFX, Propagandhi, Anti-Flag, obviously Dead Kennedys. If you plan on buycotting, you should just save some money for a month, and not buy ANY CDs. That's what most people were going to do, I thought. Maybe I'm wrong.
0wnerZ?
[mrzer0]
n/t
very good stuff there katzy :)
[mrzer0]