Most of the time I telecommute to work from my armed home office on the near side of the moon. This is to protect me from the vicious and savage Earth denizens held in my thralldom.
However, when I care to visit earth my minions drop a few neutron bombs, killing all life for dozens of miles around. My giant lander comes down and I enjoy a peaceful weekend in the mountains, and then to my lunar retreat I return.
It's not like living in Russia or anything like that, but, hey... --Bill Gates, 2032
It was a pretty well-done article, easy for the layman to understand. Thing is, I read the Strib religiously, and this op-ed piece has not been in the regular opinion pages (though maybe it will in Monday's paper). Apparently if it has been published, it was buried in the Metro section. I hate when that happens. Fine piece though, and I (as well as a Michael Cox) said so in their feedback.
It took a while, but with this and a Washington Post article, finally some serious reporters are catching on to how the Skylarov case and the DMCA are ridiculous! (I am a happer Star Tribune subscriber now!)
Heya, sounds a bit like the setup on everything2.com, where putting words in [brackets] takes you to that node of the database. It's done manually, not automatically, though.
Interesting... Overall the Paxil has been very helpful to me. I tried Zolof but it didn't help. I have had a lot of trouble with dizziness and general fuck-up-ed-ness when i miss my doses, but when i stick to them it's good. Thanks for the info though.
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I'm chillin' on the corner, a deal going down, I pass a fresh CD-R to a comrade, and some old biddy's all up in my face like "Pirates! Pirates!" and I tell her to fuzz off like the Medicare Momma she is.
Fuckin' A, man, it's gettin' so you can't run a Carracho server in this town without gettin' bitched at by the self-appointed warez hounds. I tell ya...
There is absolutely no question in my mind that 7th graders cannot handle laptops appropriately. I speak from disgusted personal experience here.
Over the last two years, my former high school changed dramatically, and what once was a fine, laid back academic environment I was happy in and excelled in, became much worse for the wear, IMNSHO. Junior year we received the curse of poorly implemented Block scheduling and the following year Apple iBooks were provided for every student in grades 9-12, along with AirPort wireless networking.
Now, the admin did not even think of the effect of instant messaging progs beforehand, and within a week we were rolling strong and chatting whenever we could basically. This caused stress between the students and teachers. Most teachers, of course, didn't really need the laptops for much at all. I recall a couple PowerPoint presentations, some web research in history class and obviously typing up papers. But what a fucking hassle. There were a myriad of rules constructed around everything which obliterated personal privacy, (and the right to encrypt my Word files) of course. The admin decided that, rather than laying out our rights, they would just sort of hold all the students in fear of being busted for online activities by etherpeek (a packet-sniffer prog) They quickly banned games and recreational use of the CD-ROM drive. Now, how the HELL are you supposed to enforce that? Additionally, without ANY kind of discussion (for there was little all year, except when I was getting chewed out in the principal's office) Napster was outright censored, and the administration maintained a shield of protective ambiguity about what they were monitoring. Speaking of privacy, one time the backup server's permissions got blown apart and everyone could quickly grab other people's files. And also there was the time when I discovered the functionality of packet sniffing over 802.11 wireless networks. That was interesting. I wanted to sort of alert the admins to it, but they were having such fun with kill-the-messenger tactics.
Simultaneously, dozens of kids (invariably boys) Got Busted for playing games. And a huge swath of the boys had pr0n on their computers. And about 15 screens got smashed.
Over the course of the year, I got very angry and depressed at the whole situation. (additionally at this school I was the only Linux/Free Speech/anti-DMCA person present) One day after we found out that an exchange student we all liked had secretly been zapped back to Belarus over break, we exploded with anger. I made a personal attack on the Assistant Principal and got suspended. When a friend reported what I said on HIS web site, he got suspended too.
Later that year we named out Physics balsa wood bridge "Suspension Bridge," which felt good.
This ridiculous project did little but waste time and money, add stress and make my senior year fucking suck. I apologize for the rant, and I take Paxil now, thankyouverymuch.
I was about to disagree with the parent post, about lack of advertising. Living in the Twin Cities, I remember seeing a ton of ads for P. M. You Are Correct, Sir!
I'm not an efficiency expert, but shouldn't the first satellite cost far more than its successors? R&D, and all that, doens't apply to duplicates, right?
Very interesting, and I hope to see good results from it in the future. I observe, however, that at this point the art is pretty tacky looking, though obviously that will improve with time. I suggest doing as many other games of this type have, with terrain tiles make about 3 or 4 random pics for the same tile. I do so love trains.:) Are there going to be other terrain sets, IE the southwest, the sahara, mountains? It'd be a pity if it's just generic greenery-land. For me, games like this are all about simulating the surroundings too.
...codify psychological, emotive, cultural, and physical characteristics in a standardized way.
How can you standardize the conveyance of culture? Huh? For that matter, what's wrong with using regular language to describe someone? I don't see how a computer could usefully apply this info, except for... mmm... blood type and height and stuff.
In the latest issue of TIME magazine (cover story is the stem cell guy) Skylarov's jailing got 2 pages of press. There was a big photo of protestors, and the head of the EFF sounded quite reasonable and cogent. It was a decent article IMHO but failed, of course, to point out that TIME's parent company has a vested interest in the continued existence of the DMCA regarding DVDs. It's not online. It basically wasn't bullshit, which is good, but to me it focused more on Skylarov as The Russian than the problems of the DMCA.
See, that sort of headline is the kind of thing that could raise slashdot to a new level. No more of this "IBM Wants Linux" drivel. Clever, makes a geek culture reference AND is accurate. I say, CT, put a few more seconds of thought into your headlines. Kudos!
Um, yeah, except that the manager would just call him at home, and, this being MS, they would probably give him an e-mail account accessable from a kiosk in the break room. What a bizarre way to manage maintenance... Not true in concept at all...
...everything you needed for a baseline operating system. Compiler, assembler, linker, C library, shell. Everything except a kernel.
Maybe I'm going out on a limb here, but the VAST majority of operating system users don't need compilers, assemblers, linkers, or a C library. (Shell, maybe, depends) You NEED a kernel. Not everyone is privileged enough to have time to compile things themselves. I'm a heavy user of the MacOS and moderate user of Linux. If I could download PPC binaries and configure them easily, that's fine with me. This is another example of an old-school UNIX guy's whacked-out view of what an operating system Has To Be.
(Don't get me wrong, for lots of stuff the compiler etc. are handy. But it is wrong to believe they are essential to a useful OS.
Who cares what the proper name of the Linux distribution is? Why does RMS care? So he's becoming an egomaniac who wants to grab everything and make everyone play his way. It all tuns into some damn pissing contest. Meanwhile programmers, who actually matter, are confused.
This is a great representation of the UNIX mentality. NO ONE in the real world will call it GNU/Linux EVER. Instead of focusing on programming, coordination and legal battles, this guy feels entitled to demand "GNU" in everything, because he's coordinated for a long time. I'm sorry, but that's bullshit. Step outside the techie world and realize NOBODY CARES! NOBODY CARES!
A big ol' turf war pissing contest. Great. Thank you. Managers pondering the merits of open-source pick up on this kind of thing and realize that if a company wrote their code they wouldn't start dithering over the name. It's time for RMS to wake up and say "Damn! What is this going to accomplish?"
I usually use MS Internet Explorer 5 on MacOS 9 or X, and it is really, really good. Really good. And it adheres to the CSS W3C standards so much better than Netscape 4.7x it's obscene. Mozilla and Opera have the same opportunity to make a fast, clean browser for MacOS. Everyone does. But IE rocks.
Well I did something good and useful for a change and e-mailed the attorney. No, it probably won't make a difference, but like the poor guy, I'm just trying to be decent. Here's what I said:
Dear Attorney Sperling,
I wish to voice my objection to the case the government is pursuing against Brian K. West in his involvement with the Poteau Daily News website. What he did, as his attorney will no doubt show in court if it comes to that, was the electronic equivalent of finding, in the course of normal legitimate business, a suspected unlocked door in a building. After verifying its state of insecurity he contacted the appropriate person as a good Samaritan, rather than leave it to chance that the building would have been robbed. I don't see what he did wrong here. Maybe you could explain to me?
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However, when I care to visit earth my minions drop a few neutron bombs, killing all life for dozens of miles around. My giant lander comes down and I enjoy a peaceful weekend in the mountains, and then to my lunar retreat I return.
It's not like living in Russia or anything like that, but, hey... --Bill Gates, 2032
Seems that the rebroadcasting of the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy is in Real(Player) format. That pisses me off. How I loathe realplayer...
"Quicktime is not, repeat, not now called GNU/Quicktime. And related services are not called GNU/MS-Word, or GNU/Netscape. Thank you.
i should become an open-source artist. Right now I'm busy but maybe a few weeks down the road... Open source artists...
Everyone who gets arrested or fined in connection with the DMCA deserves a free DeCSS t-shirt. Definitely.
It took a while, but with this and a Washington Post article, finally some serious reporters are catching on to how the Skylarov case and the DMCA are ridiculous! (I am a happer Star Tribune subscriber now!)
Heya, sounds a bit like the setup on everything2.com, where putting words in [brackets] takes you to that node of the database. It's done manually, not automatically, though.
In any case, Linus must be well on his way.
Well yeah, cathode ray tubes are like that. :-)
Interesting... Overall the Paxil has been very helpful to me. I tried Zolof but it didn't help. I have had a lot of trouble with dizziness and general fuck-up-ed-ness when i miss my doses, but when i stick to them it's good. Thanks for the info though.
Fuckin' A, man, it's gettin' so you can't run a Carracho server in this town without gettin' bitched at by the self-appointed warez hounds. I tell ya...
There is absolutely no question in my mind that 7th graders cannot handle laptops appropriately. I speak from disgusted personal experience here.
Over the last two years, my former high school changed dramatically, and what once was a fine, laid back academic environment I was happy in and excelled in, became much worse for the wear, IMNSHO. Junior year we received the curse of poorly implemented Block scheduling and the following year Apple iBooks were provided for every student in grades 9-12, along with AirPort wireless networking.
Now, the admin did not even think of the effect of instant messaging progs beforehand, and within a week we were rolling strong and chatting whenever we could basically. This caused stress between the students and teachers. Most teachers, of course, didn't really need the laptops for much at all. I recall a couple PowerPoint presentations, some web research in history class and obviously typing up papers. But what a fucking hassle. There were a myriad of rules constructed around everything which obliterated personal privacy, (and the right to encrypt my Word files) of course. The admin decided that, rather than laying out our rights, they would just sort of hold all the students in fear of being busted for online activities by etherpeek (a packet-sniffer prog) They quickly banned games and recreational use of the CD-ROM drive. Now, how the HELL are you supposed to enforce that? Additionally, without ANY kind of discussion (for there was little all year, except when I was getting chewed out in the principal's office) Napster was outright censored, and the administration maintained a shield of protective ambiguity about what they were monitoring. Speaking of privacy, one time the backup server's permissions got blown apart and everyone could quickly grab other people's files. And also there was the time when I discovered the functionality of packet sniffing over 802.11 wireless networks. That was interesting. I wanted to sort of alert the admins to it, but they were having such fun with kill-the-messenger tactics.
Simultaneously, dozens of kids (invariably boys) Got Busted for playing games. And a huge swath of the boys had pr0n on their computers. And about 15 screens got smashed.
Over the course of the year, I got very angry and depressed at the whole situation. (additionally at this school I was the only Linux/Free Speech/anti-DMCA person present) One day after we found out that an exchange student we all liked had secretly been zapped back to Belarus over break, we exploded with anger. I made a personal attack on the Assistant Principal and got suspended. When a friend reported what I said on HIS web site, he got suspended too.
Later that year we named out Physics balsa wood bridge "Suspension Bridge," which felt good.
This ridiculous project did little but waste time and money, add stress and make my senior year fucking suck. I apologize for the rant, and I take Paxil now, thankyouverymuch.
I was about to disagree with the parent post, about lack of advertising. Living in the Twin Cities, I remember seeing a ton of ads for P. M. You Are Correct, Sir!
I'm not an efficiency expert, but shouldn't the first satellite cost far more than its successors? R&D, and all that, doens't apply to duplicates, right?
Very interesting, and I hope to see good results from it in the future. I observe, however, that at this point the art is pretty tacky looking, though obviously that will improve with time. I suggest doing as many other games of this type have, with terrain tiles make about 3 or 4 random pics for the same tile. I do so love trains. :) Are there going to be other terrain sets, IE the southwest, the sahara, mountains? It'd be a pity if it's just generic greenery-land. For me, games like this are all about simulating the surroundings too.
How can you standardize the conveyance of culture? Huh? For that matter, what's wrong with using regular language to describe someone? I don't see how a computer could usefully apply this info, except for... mmm... blood type and height and stuff.
Ok, i'm biting on a troll, but.. um... OS X is the most popular BSD ever, selling like hotcakes and all that. It's growing, foo.
In the latest issue of TIME magazine (cover story is the stem cell guy) Skylarov's jailing got 2 pages of press. There was a big photo of protestors, and the head of the EFF sounded quite reasonable and cogent. It was a decent article IMHO but failed, of course, to point out that TIME's parent company has a vested interest in the continued existence of the DMCA regarding DVDs. It's not online. It basically wasn't bullshit, which is good, but to me it focused more on Skylarov as The Russian than the problems of the DMCA.
See, that sort of headline is the kind of thing that could raise slashdot to a new level. No more of this "IBM Wants Linux" drivel. Clever, makes a geek culture reference AND is accurate. I say, CT, put a few more seconds of thought into your headlines. Kudos!
Slashdot would have to quit it with the whole A HREF business, the "/. effect" would be kinda squelched and all...
Um, yeah, except that the manager would just call him at home, and, this being MS, they would probably give him an e-mail account accessable from a kiosk in the break room. What a bizarre way to manage maintenance... Not true in concept at all...
Maybe I'm going out on a limb here, but the VAST majority of operating system users don't need compilers, assemblers, linkers, or a C library. (Shell, maybe, depends) You NEED a kernel. Not everyone is privileged enough to have time to compile things themselves. I'm a heavy user of the MacOS and moderate user of Linux. If I could download PPC binaries and configure them easily, that's fine with me. This is another example of an old-school UNIX guy's whacked-out view of what an operating system Has To Be.
(Don't get me wrong, for lots of stuff the compiler etc. are handy. But it is wrong to believe they are essential to a useful OS.
This is a great representation of the UNIX mentality. NO ONE in the real world will call it GNU/Linux EVER. Instead of focusing on programming, coordination and legal battles, this guy feels entitled to demand "GNU" in everything, because he's coordinated for a long time. I'm sorry, but that's bullshit. Step outside the techie world and realize NOBODY CARES! NOBODY CARES!
A big ol' turf war pissing contest. Great. Thank you. Managers pondering the merits of open-source pick up on this kind of thing and realize that if a company wrote their code they wouldn't start dithering over the name. It's time for RMS to wake up and say "Damn! What is this going to accomplish?"
I usually use MS Internet Explorer 5 on MacOS 9 or X, and it is really, really good. Really good. And it adheres to the CSS W3C standards so much better than Netscape 4.7x it's obscene. Mozilla and Opera have the same opportunity to make a fast, clean browser for MacOS. Everyone does. But IE rocks.
Dear Attorney Sperling,
I wish to voice my objection to the case the government is pursuing against Brian K. West in his involvement with the Poteau Daily News website. What he did, as his attorney will no doubt show in court if it comes to that, was the electronic equivalent of finding, in the course of normal legitimate business, a suspected unlocked door in a building. After verifying its state of insecurity he contacted the appropriate person as a good Samaritan, rather than leave it to chance that the building would have been robbed. I don't see what he did wrong here. Maybe you could explain to me?
Thank you for your time,
(my name)