I doubt that'll happen. I can't see the masses of America cheering for Big Business. It's just not going to work. I think that if Hollywood takes a stance it'll be more against the Man, like the Corporation in AntiTrust (a terrible movie, but i enjoyed it anyway.) That one was pro-Open Source, but no one saw it.
What are the odds of this issue working its way up to the Supreme Court? To me, it seems pretty likely - conflicting rulings all over the place, our liberties at stake...
what needs to be done is, should it reach the Supreme Court, someone to write an Amicus Curiae brief, informing the judges there of the facts about Open Source and what exactly DeCSS does. If we've got morons sitting on the bench who think that it's really a criminal action to decode DVD's, then our civil liberties are in severe danger.
Leap days- that's easy. Stick them next to New Years Day and make it another monthless, dayless day. So there would be a day between Saturday and Sunday, but hell, I wouldn't complain!
Hey. We've been waiting for this distro to come out for how long? Seriously, it's a Red Hat point-0 release, it's gonna be buggy. I personally am of the belief that if you can't make a better one yourself, don't whine about someone else's distro.
Either that, or just be satisfied waiting for 7.1 or so. It's fresh, it's not gonna be perfect. Isn't that what open source is all about? Companies who can release a product that's less than perfect and admit it (ahem, micro$oft, ahem)?
Hmm. I just read the Literature prize winner's article.
"You can get your vitamins and nourishment from vitamins and minerals contained within food, or you can bypass food and hook into what we call the universal life force which is prahna. "
So basically, stop eating and let the Force feed ya. Either that or become photosynthetic. Sounds like fun...
AMEN.
I'm personally of the belief that the government should put somewhere in the neighborhood of 10% of their budget into the space program. Face it, apollo took up 5%, and they just went to the moon. Now we're after Mars.. it's a bit farther... and has a bit more potential as a future site for human development. Priorities!
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just a note about NBC's coverage - I heard a commentator describe an athlete as "soon to be genealogist from Johns Hopkins". It seems to me that that kid's parents are getting shafted if they're paying Johns Hopkins to teach him how to research his ancestry...
I don't know about you, but there isn't an FBI van outside my window. Therefore I'm only worried about people on the internet reading what i'm sending... hence I PGP.
however... if I start seeing those guys from Enemy of the State in their van parked up the street from me, i assure you my main concern *won't* be whether or not they can see what I'm posting on/.
Man, if I had a CRAY at home... think of the options. i'd be the most popular person on the block, that's for sure. Oh wait, my neighbors aren't geeks. hmm...
What's the bidding at?
"... I echo the sediments of..."
Hmm. You also deposit mineral particles, just like Tom Christenian? Now THAT's talent!
oh wait, was that supposed to be "sentiments?"
maybe, before knocking books for dummies, you should make sure you aren't one yourself.
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What an unrealistic female. ;-)
And anyway, if these hackers are open-sourcing everything, then where'd the money for the missile facility come from?
I doubt that'll happen. I can't see the masses of America cheering for Big Business. It's just not going to work. I think that if Hollywood takes a stance it'll be more against the Man, like the Corporation in AntiTrust (a terrible movie, but i enjoyed it anyway.) That one was pro-Open Source, but no one saw it.
What are the odds of this issue working its way up to the Supreme Court? To me, it seems pretty likely - conflicting rulings all over the place, our liberties at stake...
what needs to be done is, should it reach the Supreme Court, someone to write an Amicus Curiae brief, informing the judges there of the facts about Open Source and what exactly DeCSS does. If we've got morons sitting on the bench who think that it's really a criminal action to decode DVD's, then our civil liberties are in severe danger.
Leap days- that's easy. Stick them next to New Years Day and make it another monthless, dayless day. So there would be a day between Saturday and Sunday, but hell, I wouldn't complain!
Either that, or just be satisfied waiting for 7.1 or so. It's fresh, it's not gonna be perfect. Isn't that what open source is all about? Companies who can release a product that's less than perfect and admit it (ahem, micro$oft, ahem)?
"You can get your vitamins and nourishment from vitamins and minerals contained within food, or you can bypass food and hook into what we call the universal life force which is prahna. "
So basically, stop eating and let the Force feed ya. Either that or become photosynthetic. Sounds like fun...
AMEN. I'm personally of the belief that the government should put somewhere in the neighborhood of 10% of their budget into the space program. Face it, apollo took up 5%, and they just went to the moon. Now we're after Mars.. it's a bit farther... and has a bit more potential as a future site for human development. Priorities!
just a note about NBC's coverage - I heard a commentator describe an athlete as "soon to be genealogist from Johns Hopkins". It seems to me that that kid's parents are getting shafted if they're paying Johns Hopkins to teach him how to research his ancestry...
And now a word from our sponsors... pizza hut!
I don't know about you, but there isn't an FBI van outside my window. Therefore I'm only worried about people on the internet reading what i'm sending... hence I PGP. however... if I start seeing those guys from Enemy of the State in their van parked up the street from me, i assure you my main concern *won't* be whether or not they can see what I'm posting on /.
Well, damn. Maybe after my next paycheck...
Man, if I had a CRAY at home... think of the options. i'd be the most popular person on the block, that's for sure. Oh wait, my neighbors aren't geeks. hmm... What's the bidding at?
"... I echo the sediments of ..."
Hmm. You also deposit mineral particles, just like Tom Christenian? Now THAT's talent!
oh wait, was that supposed to be "sentiments?"
maybe, before knocking books for dummies, you should make sure you aren't one yourself.