I hope this idiot stays down this time. People like him make it harder for the rest of us to do business. As a guppy, and an Endler's livebearer breeder, this guy really pissed me off.
I can't wait to see how the rest of this works out, with his other suits.
This is news? This matters?
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The guy writes some good software (I for one was PISSED his autoconfiguring tool for the Linux Kernel wasn't adopted) but how exactly is his birthday news?
Contrary to the title of this Slashdot article, Matt Dillon was not a member of Core, and hence was not elected. He was a committer, one of hundreds. His commit bit was granted by Core.
Thank you! You have just proved that FreeBSD uses the worst possible system of governance available to any online community. It's been proven not to work well before, too. Compare this to FidoNet of "Old" where the NC's were appointed by the RC's, who were appointed by the ZC's, who were elected by the RC's, giving the RC's ultimate power in each zone. It is reported that Tom Jennings later apologized for this, calling it a big mistake, but I have been unable to find a reference to Tom saying this himself - still looking however.
FreeBSD seems to use the same inherently corrupt, incestuous system, to wit: Only the Core can decide who will get the commit bit, and thus controls the very people who will elect them. This is a flawed system DOOMED to death over time, and the "private" ejection of Matt only proves what a horrible, flawed system it is. You people need to grow up, get a clue, and be accountable - not just to the Core either.
I use FreeBSD exclusively in my hosting business. Things like this make me want to look elsewhere.
They don't track IP's. It's far better to let people make terroristic threats than to hold people accoutable according to Rob Malda. I've had far, far worse said about me, and the only response I got was "We don't track IP's, and we delete the MD5 hashes after 2 weeks. Sorry, they've done it to me too, and it sucks." So, at least he's willing to put up with the same crap and garbage, but until such time as someone sues slashdot and they get held liable, this policy will likely not change.
Not that it's in any way practically useful, but this shows that Linux has made Microsoft change their business practices. In short, we have them - we just need to keep doing what we're doing, and so do they.
Some sites do it already. Just because you buy something on the net doesn't mean you don't have an obligation to "self report" and pay taxes to your state anyway. Anyone who buys things at Quixtar for example will pay sales tax, that is remited to the local taxing authority. It's not that hard to do, and keeps things legal. This will not have a negative effect at all on E-commerce.
Contact me for more information on Quixtar if interested.
With an unknown key, you have the same chance of finding it no matter where you start in the keyspace, so "moving" the key in the keyspace doesn't really change the odds of it being found.
My question then, is could the public half of the key be used to, if not compute the private key, at least narrow the search? If we're brute forcing this, I agree with taco - I'll keep using my 150~ systems to contribute to D.Net. If we could just narrow the search in some way, this might still be doable, but not as a pure brute force application. What do you think?
This is close, but as far as I know, this story isn't about me. My particular band of criminals have no connection to Robert Novak for one, and have done more real life harrassment like calling my home at 2am and that of my wife's mother at similar hours. The use a cloned cell phone to try and remain untraceable. I wish who ever this is happening to better luck dealing with getting the problem taken care of than I have had thus far, though I am finally getting some cooperation out of the authorities now.
I have no idea who this story was about, but it wasn't about me.
Also, you broke the agreement first by not holding up your end of the bargan. One thing that will get the FBI's attention is using a cloned cell phone to illegally make untraceable calls. Do it again, go to jail.
I'm not saying that you are wrong. Not at all. I just think (and this is only my personal opinion) that slashdot is a little hypocritical in how they handle these things. Just my personal opinion...
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That's fucking fast!
Since almost all of HURD's IDE code comes from Linux, you should now refer to it by it's propere name: Linux/Gnu/HURD.
User error: Replace user and press any key.
use perl...
One minor correction: s/extorted/exhorted
One really has to wonder - this is SO blatent, why is the SEC not in this up to their necks?
at vlad.geekizoid.com you will find we are running Linux kernel 2.6.0-test2. We have four words for you:
GO AHEAD AND SUE
Would keep his job. :-)
hahahaha. No, as a "guppy, and Endler's livebearer breeder" as in I breed both Guppies and Endler's.
See Guppylog for more info.
I hope this idiot stays down this time. People like him make it harder for the rest of us to do business. As a guppy, and an Endler's livebearer breeder, this guy really pissed me off.
I can't wait to see how the rest of this works out, with his other suits.
GuppyLog
The guy writes some good software (I for one was PISSED his autoconfiguring tool for the Linux Kernel wasn't adopted) but how exactly is his birthday news?
Vorlonspace.org had this story 2 WEEKS ago!
Thank you! You have just proved that FreeBSD uses the worst possible system of governance available to any online community. It's been proven not to work well before, too. Compare this to FidoNet of "Old" where the NC's were appointed by the RC's, who were appointed by the ZC's, who were elected by the RC's, giving the RC's ultimate power in each zone. It is reported that Tom Jennings later apologized for this, calling it a big mistake, but I have been unable to find a reference to Tom saying this himself - still looking however.
FreeBSD seems to use the same inherently corrupt, incestuous system, to wit: Only the Core can decide who will get the commit bit, and thus controls the very people who will elect them. This is a flawed system DOOMED to death over time, and the "private" ejection of Matt only proves what a horrible, flawed system it is. You people need to grow up, get a clue, and be accountable - not just to the Core either.
I use FreeBSD exclusively in my hosting business. Things like this make me want to look elsewhere.
Damnit! If I could still get mod points here, you'd be +5, Totally Gay!
They don't track IP's. It's far better to let people make terroristic threats than to hold people accoutable according to Rob Malda. I've had far, far worse said about me, and the only response I got was "We don't track IP's, and we delete the MD5 hashes after 2 weeks. Sorry, they've done it to me too, and it sucks." So, at least he's willing to put up with the same crap and garbage, but until such time as someone sues slashdot and they get held liable, this policy will likely not change.
Not that it's in any way practically useful, but this shows that Linux has made Microsoft change their business practices. In short, we have them - we just need to keep doing what we're doing, and so do they.
Catholics don't pray to the saints, they pray to god for the intercession of the saints. There is a huge difference.
Contact me for more information on Quixtar if interested.
That wouldn't really help.
With an unknown key, you have the same chance of finding it no matter where you start in the keyspace, so "moving" the key in the keyspace doesn't really change the odds of it being found.
My question then, is could the public half of the key be used to, if not compute the private key, at least narrow the search? If we're brute forcing this, I agree with taco - I'll keep using my 150~ systems to contribute to D.Net. If we could just narrow the search in some way, this might still be doable, but not as a pure brute force application. What do you think?
Wasn't me - and you broke the agreement, as such I no longer see a reason to hold to it - you fired the first shot, as I knew you would.
This is close, but as far as I know, this story isn't about me. My particular band of criminals have no connection to Robert Novak for one, and have done more real life harrassment like calling my home at 2am and that of my wife's mother at similar hours. The use a cloned cell phone to try and remain untraceable. I wish who ever this is happening to better luck dealing with getting the problem taken care of than I have had thus far, though I am finally getting some cooperation out of the authorities now.
I have no idea who this story was about, but it wasn't about me.
Also, you broke the agreement first by not holding up your end of the bargan. One thing that will get the FBI's attention is using a cloned cell phone to illegally make untraceable calls. Do it again, go to jail.
No wonder WIPO targeted you. You'll bite on anything.
Boardwatch Magazine. they sell a full sized poster of Bill as a Borg. Classic stuff. Too bad they charge way too much for the magazine now.
I'm not saying that you are wrong. Not at all. I just think (and this is only my personal opinion) that slashdot is a little hypocritical in how they handle these things. Just my personal opinion...