Criminalize the production, sale, distribution or otherwise making available of devices or computer programs who's primary use is to access, intercept or interfere with computer systems or communications;
So, any program that is designed to access a computer system is illegal? Like:
telnet
minicom
lynx
ftp
smbclient
They better rethink that one.
I imagine they will try to outlaw SA security tools too, like SAINT, COPS, TIGER and crack, just because a cracker can use these too.
Of course, I can think of a lot of Slashdotter's who wouldn't object to these tools being outlawed, because they're dangerous and can be misused by uneducated persons, no wait, that's guns that should be outlawed because they're dangerous, not security tools.
No, there certainly is no analogy between security tools like SAINT that can be misused and guns that can protect you or be misused, none at all.
I can't you how many times I've impressed a geekchick with my deft use of vi (yanking and putting are sufficiently obscure to the average geekchick to work), resulting in us leaving the computer lab together for a night of carnal bliss.
Would this be happening if I used Nedit, or would they think me some kind of Linux-come-lately poser?
Any geekgirls who want to kick in can answer this too.
And to any of the geekgirls that might recognize me behind my nom-de-plume, hey, we sure had fun, drop me a line, maybe I can see how many times I can make your kernel panic in a night!
You know, where Opus puts on teh VR gear, points somewhere, and buys a forklift?
There must be some older/.'ers that remember Bloom County, IIRC Berkeley Breathed really incorporated Open Source ethos into his cartooning, before Open Source had a name (cf. his figures in the clouds strip).
Bah. What do you know about it? What does it prove besides that the USA has a stronghold on music distribution?
But phear not, we have the local likes of Britney Spears. Just without the boob job.
You made my point nicely, equating Britney Spears with Rock and Roll shows just how out of touch with Rock and Roll the French really are. You now have zero credibility with me.
Had you mentioned Gwen Stefani, Slashdot darling Courtney Love, Tanya Deal or some other person that's making rock and roll instead of bubble gum pop, you'd have a point.
--how ironic that the potential for getting rich would drive someone to work hard and produce something of quality. that pretty much defines capitalism.
That was kind of my point.
One of the reasons that capitalism is such a successful meme is that the only real rule is that you become rich. If your path to riches is to sleep to noon, play guitar, smoke dope and sleep with groupies, and it works, hey, more power to you. You might even get mentioned in Forbes, like the Grateful Dead did all the time.
I mean really, are there any cool Linux games that aren't available for Windows (which I assume is the installed operating system they're referring to, if instead you're doing this on your Novell 5 server, I salute you!).
The only games I can think of that aren't available for Windows are some of the BSD ones, and you can play those in a telnet session to that old 486 that you turned into a Linux box (though my 486 is a FreeBSD box, uptime of 260 days last time I checked, and that was because we had a power failure.).
Because most of the great music I listen to was made with the idea that the musicians would reap rewards from creating it.
Think about it, most rock stars come from capitalistic countries, and the ones that come from socialist countries (like Eric Clapton and John Lennon) emigrate to a capitalistic country without confiscatory tax policies as soon as they can.
Can you name any famous rock stars from a socialist country that make good music? Let's see Sweden, hmm, Abba and Ace of Base, nope, not good. France? they're idea of Rock and Roll is a joke. Russia? Nope.
The idea of being able to get rich and famous while partying, smoking, drinking and guitar playing, making it as a rebel and becoming a millionaire while giving the finger to the capitalistic society is what drives most rock musicians to be great, you need that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for motivation.
Yeah, Napster has the potential to cause America to lose it's lead in the Rock music biz by making artists lose their motivation, and if you didn't know, that brings a lot of cash into the country, I think it's right after aerospace, software and Hollywood.
Yuck, why don't you just become a cyborg
on
The Ultimate Chair
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· Score: 5
I mean really, this setup looks like a recipe for obesity and muscle loss, sitting in an overly cushy chair with all your electronics within easy reach.
A few years of this and your muscles will atrophy.
The human body wasn't designed for sitting nearly motionless for such long periods of time, if you try to make it do do, you're going to get back aches, arthritis, obsesity, CPI and a host of other muscular-skeletal malfunctions.
Something better would be something like the running pad for the old school nintendos, where you can move your whole body around to use your computer. Step with your right foot for carraite return, left foot for back in your browser, etc, etc, etc. A few eyars of this, and geeks would have the body of Adonis.
You aren't supposed to talk about that. Here at slashdot if we don't acknowledge it, it doesn't exist. Tipper was probably drinking at the time anyway.
She's a known deadhead, so she was probably trippin', or on some kind bud.
Surely we don't want the first men on Mars to plant the red flag of communism on such a brave new world?
You are a little late here, Mr. Erikson, most scientists are practicing communists.
Now, before you flame me, I said communists, not Communists. Think about it.
Most scientists work for the benefit of all, discovering and sharing their knowledge for all mankind, and building upon whatever scientists have done before them. In a perfect world for a scientist, any equipment or supplies they need would be available. Doesn't this sound like the communist motto, "from each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs."
KSR makes this point in the Mars trilogy, it's a central thesis. As more settlers come to Mars, the subsidized communist type society becomes more capitalistic, no longer can a scientist take a rover for a jaunt because she/he needs to test something, they need to fill out forms. No longer is Mars in isolation, Mars needs to make a profit.
So basically, unless we privatize space exploration like this nutty Libertarians propose, and put barbed wire around the planets, the first people on Mars will be scientists with communistic (not Communistic) tendencies. Though your point is valid, if NASA doesn't get in gear, it may be the Chinese.
I just removed the keys, and then replaced them incorrectly, foiling anybody but a touch typist. For instance, some cracker gets my laptop and tries to su, but they type this instead:
# ay
ay not found
Then they try to get to my/etc/passwd file, but end up typing this:
I believe most Constitutional Scholars will argue that the well regulated militia stated in the Second Amendment is now fulfilled not by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, but rather by the National Guard.
Many non-USians do not know of the National Guard. The National Guard is composed of civilians who work regular jobs, but a few weekends a month and a few weeks a year they go to train in military science. They live in the community, and are usually state based. They are called out for uprisings and natural disasters. They are, in fact, America's militia in the 21st century.
So, to fulfill the Second Amendment, we just need to make sure that the National Guard has their weapons.
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So, any program that is designed to access a computer system is illegal?
Yes. It's the only right thing to do. How else are we supposed to stamp out digital music piracy?
Why do you advocate a legal solution when a technical one is insight, yes, the cochlear implant.
Every person in America gets a cochlear implant. If this implant hears music without the appropriate legitimage watermark, your hearing shuts down.
If you forget to pay your hearing lease to the RIAA, your hearing shuts down.
It's the least we can do for the poor record execs, especially since Mariah Carey doesn't date them anymore.
Criminalize the production, sale, distribution or otherwise making available of devices or computer programs who's primary use is to access, intercept or interfere with computer systems or communications;
So, any program that is designed to access a computer system is illegal? Like:
They better rethink that one.
I imagine they will try to outlaw SA security tools too, like SAINT, COPS, TIGER and crack, just because a cracker can use these too.
Of course, I can think of a lot of Slashdotter's who wouldn't object to these tools being outlawed, because they're dangerous and can be misused by uneducated persons, no wait, that's guns that should be outlawed because they're dangerous, not security tools.
No, there certainly is no analogy between security tools like SAINT that can be misused and guns that can protect you or be misused, none at all.
and my suggestion might save 300 pounds.
Makes sense, right?
An extra 300 pounds is a satellite or two.
Rush, and the Tragically Hip (as well as Barenaked Ladies, Great Big Sea and Alanis Morissette) are from Canada, not mainland Europe.
If you use Nedit instead of vi?
I can't you how many times I've impressed a geekchick with my deft use of vi (yanking and putting are sufficiently obscure to the average geekchick to work), resulting in us leaving the computer lab together for a night of carnal bliss.
Would this be happening if I used Nedit, or would they think me some kind of Linux-come-lately poser?
Any geekgirls who want to kick in can answer this too.
And to any of the geekgirls that might recognize me behind my nom-de-plume, hey, we sure had fun, drop me a line, maybe I can see how many times I can make your kernel panic in a night!
You know, where Opus puts on teh VR gear, points somewhere, and buys a forklift?
/.'ers that remember Bloom County, IIRC Berkeley Breathed really incorporated Open Source ethos into his cartooning, before Open Source had a name (cf. his figures in the clouds strip).
There must be some older
Bah. What do you know about it? What does it prove besides that the USA has a stronghold on music distribution?
But phear not, we have the local likes of Britney Spears. Just without the boob job.
You made my point nicely, equating Britney Spears with Rock and Roll shows just how out of touch with Rock and Roll the French really are. You now have zero credibility with me.
Had you mentioned Gwen Stefani, Slashdot darling Courtney Love, Tanya Deal or some other person that's making rock and roll instead of bubble gum pop, you'd have a point.
But I don't want to buy a copy of Window just to play games. Linux is free (as in beer).
If you are already running Linux, what do you need a bootable Linux CD/game for?
This is for people who are already running another OS and want to try a Linux game.
--how ironic that the potential for getting rich would drive someone to work hard and produce something of quality. that pretty much defines capitalism.
That was kind of my point.
One of the reasons that capitalism is such a successful meme is that the only real rule is that you become rich. If your path to riches is to sleep to noon, play guitar, smoke dope and sleep with groupies, and it works, hey, more power to you. You might even get mentioned in Forbes, like the Grateful Dead did all the time.
I mean really, are there any cool Linux games that aren't available for Windows (which I assume is the installed operating system they're referring to, if instead you're doing this on your Novell 5 server, I salute you!).
The only games I can think of that aren't available for Windows are some of the BSD ones, and you can play those in a telnet session to that old 486 that you turned into a Linux box (though my 486 is a FreeBSD box, uptime of 260 days last time I checked, and that was because we had a power failure.).
Because most of the great music I listen to was made with the idea that the musicians would reap rewards from creating it.
Think about it, most rock stars come from capitalistic countries, and the ones that come from socialist countries (like Eric Clapton and John Lennon) emigrate to a capitalistic country without confiscatory tax policies as soon as they can.
Can you name any famous rock stars from a socialist country that make good music? Let's see Sweden, hmm, Abba and Ace of Base, nope, not good. France? they're idea of Rock and Roll is a joke. Russia? Nope.
The idea of being able to get rich and famous while partying, smoking, drinking and guitar playing, making it as a rebel and becoming a millionaire while giving the finger to the capitalistic society is what drives most rock musicians to be great, you need that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for motivation.
Yeah, Napster has the potential to cause America to lose it's lead in the Rock music biz by making artists lose their motivation, and if you didn't know, that brings a lot of cash into the country, I think it's right after aerospace, software and Hollywood.
I mean really, this setup looks like a recipe for obesity and muscle loss, sitting in an overly cushy chair with all your electronics within easy reach.
A few years of this and your muscles will atrophy.
The human body wasn't designed for sitting nearly motionless for such long periods of time, if you try to make it do do, you're going to get back aches, arthritis, obsesity, CPI and a host of other muscular-skeletal malfunctions.
Something better would be something like the running pad for the old school nintendos, where you can move your whole body around to use your computer. Step with your right foot for carraite return, left foot for back in your browser, etc, etc, etc. A few eyars of this, and geeks would have the body of Adonis.
The first computer I ever remember using didn't even have lower-case capability. God, I feel old. :) Bowie
You had upper case letters? I would have loved to have had letters, I had to make do with holes in punch cards.
thank you very much
Actually, Al's the one who listened to the Dead...
:)
Tipper's the one who formed the PMRC after catching her daughter listening to a Prince song.
Of course, Frank Zappa effectively shut that down...
No, Tipper is the big Deadhead, check out the book Skeleton Key.
Also, read here, Tipper is a rabid Stones and Dead fan.
Don't argue with me, I'm a deadhead.
You aren't supposed to talk about that. Here at slashdot if we don't acknowledge it, it doesn't exist. Tipper was probably drinking at the time anyway.
She's a known deadhead, so she was probably trippin', or on some kind bud.
Great, now when my wife and I watch Alli McBeal, we'll be distracted by endless
morf?
a/s/l/u?
count me out
A few days ago, a telephone pollster called me asking about the election.
Most of her questions were so vague, I didn't answer them, ie. "Would you vote for the candidate that would cut taxes.?"
But she asked if I would vote for Gore or Bush, so I told her Nader. She then said, "Oh, so you're undecided?"
I got nasty, "No, I'm not undecided, I decided I would vote for Nader."
Dipshit, but it sure felt good.
Surely we don't want the first men on Mars to plant the red flag of communism on such a brave new world?
You are a little late here, Mr. Erikson, most scientists are practicing communists.
Now, before you flame me, I said communists, not Communists. Think about it.
Most scientists work for the benefit of all, discovering and sharing their knowledge for all mankind, and building upon whatever scientists have done before them. In a perfect world for a scientist, any equipment or supplies they need would be available. Doesn't this sound like the communist motto, "from each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs."
KSR makes this point in the Mars trilogy, it's a central thesis. As more settlers come to Mars, the subsidized communist type society becomes more capitalistic, no longer can a scientist take a rover for a jaunt because she/he needs to test something, they need to fill out forms. No longer is Mars in isolation, Mars needs to make a profit.
So basically, unless we privatize space exploration like this nutty Libertarians propose, and put barbed wire around the planets, the first people on Mars will be scientists with communistic (not Communistic) tendencies. Though your point is valid, if NASA doesn't get in gear, it may be the Chinese.
Or are you just some performance artist with an anti-Clinton schtick?\\
thank you
Don't you know there are severe penalties for penetration without prior consent?
Who said anything about non-consensual?
Safewords are your friend, mine is Vladinator
We're breathlessly awaiting a patch.
I'm not, I get a lot of pleasure from people brutally exploiting that hole.
My butt has SBD encryption. No one can tell where the smell is coming from.
But your butt is cracked.
I just removed the keys, and then replaced them incorrectly, foiling anybody but a touch typist. For instance, some cracker gets my laptop and tries to su, but they type this instead:
/etc/passwd file, but end up typing this:
.wrx.osaaqes
# ay
ay not found
Then they try to get to my
# fs
Really, this work!
I believe most Constitutional Scholars will argue that the well regulated militia stated in the Second Amendment is now fulfilled not by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, but rather by the National Guard.
Many non-USians do not know of the National Guard. The National Guard is composed of civilians who work regular jobs, but a few weekends a month and a few weeks a year they go to train in military science. They live in the community, and are usually state based. They are called out for uprisings and natural disasters. They are, in fact, America's militia in the 21st century.
So, to fulfill the Second Amendment, we just need to make sure that the National Guard has their weapons.