Re:letter-writing campain? also: bad press
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Sean In The Middle
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schools hate bad press
Yes, schools do hate bad press... The problem is, the media in America have been reporting the school shootings of late as an 'epidemic', and people keep waiting for it to get worse. Anything the principal did to "Make the school a safer place" would be considered a Good Thing by the locals, not bad.
Unlike most injustice, this one won't be helped by publicity, because someone has to, for the love of God, think about the children!!!
This sounds like something you should ask an accountant, and, if you can get away with it, tell Slashdot... All that this sort of question will do is get a while lot of speculation, and an overuse of the acronym IANA(T)L...
From a brief glance, though, it doesn't seem like it would qualify. This cut applies to software produced for internal use, from the looks of it, and Open Source projects are meant to be used by the community as a whole... However, remember... IANAL...
Once again, the Slashdot community charges off to tell us about another movie tht is made by the MPAA, a group which has been (successfully) attempting to take down 2600, and trying to strip us all of our freedoms.
Look at some of the movies they've supported. The Matrix. X-Men. I shit you not, The Emperor's New Groove. Over and over, Slashdor shows us that they're willing to take a hard stance over something, until such a time as it becomes inconvenient.
I urge everyone to avoid this, and any other MPAA movie, until such a time as they stop attempting to deny us our rights. Take that 7.50 and give it to the EFF, or to 2600's legal defense fund. As long as we keep watching the "cool movies" they put out, they will never take us as a serious threat.
Beats me as to who got gobbled up, but I'll bet dollars to donuts that the buyer was EarthLink. They have bought ISPs by the dozen ever since the merger with MindSpring. Look at the number of ISPs they have now, under their banner..
Sprynet
Netcom
Sprint
OneMain
JPS
This is just a very small sample... EarthLink owns, last I checked, somewhere around 20 different ISPs... And they just keep eating.
Bullshit. You can become root... You just have to have half a fucking mind to be able to do so. You go into (I believe) the utility known as Netinfo Manager. Go to Domain>Security,>Authenticate, put in an admin password, and then go right back to Security, and you can select 'Enable Root User', which allows you to log in as root, (Long Name:System Adminstrator), use su, sudo, and all of the other wonderful aspects of having root enabled. It's disabled by default so that the typical desktop Mac user doesn't have something as dangerous as root when they don't even know how to use the power they have over the system.
If that doesn't work for you, you can use sudo chmod 775/, I believe... But I'm not really much on the command line yet.
But, with all the emulators out there already, is this even a big deal? All that would have to be done is to port z26 or Stella, and then find a good source of Atari ROMs. This doesn't sound like it's exactly world rocking... we've had access to these games for quite a while.
Mars is 4 light minutes away from the earth. Even if we had things working at light speed, there would be an eight minute delay between a request and a response... It sounds nice, but I can't really think of a practical purpose for it, except for perhaps e-mail...
Re:Doesn't anyone know how to use a search engine?
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Beastie in Bronze
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Yeah, those are neat,.. But, after hearing from this guy, I'm picturing something in polished oak, with brass all about... Something that looks a hundred years old, or so. Victorian.
But, at a mere 3", I don't quite think that it's worth $70 USD. However, I do think that this would be a great thing to sneak into an expense report somewhere... AFter all, a little guardian statue really helps a machine. I still have the puppet of Yoda, patron saint of boxen, sitting atop my machine, and the uptimes have just soared...
That would work great, but there's already a whole lot of software out there that didn't. I mean, isn't Linux itself under the generic GPL? If Stallman decides he's sick of it not being called GNU/Linux, couldn't he just change the GPL to reflect that he owned all rights to the kernal?
The termination clause says that Apple can revoke this license, and forbid you to keep using all or some part of the software,
any time someone makes an accusation of patent or copyright infringement.
You know, not to nitpick, but doesn't the fact that the GPL can be changed at any time sort of do the same thing? I mean, it's not spelled out in writing, but couldn't Stallman just change the wording horribly, at any time, and own it all?
Seriously. Technology's most important aspect is the impact it has on the world. If the geeks, who are making it, aren't plugged into that, then horrible mistakes can be made, pushed forward, etc.
It's the good ol' 'So obsessed with if you can, you don't think about if you should' problem.
Articles that talk about the social impact of technologies make people consider if they should.
What a waste. Why doesn't eveyone just edit their Hosts file (C:\Windows\hosts or/etc/hosts) so that www.nytimes.com points to partners.nytimes.com? Then we wouldn't have k-whores here all the time trying to sucker the moderators.
Shitty, long, run-on sentances from someone who gets judgemental about people to switch letters on accident. Poor grammar is a hell of a lot worse than one typo.
To continue, your point is basically 'I don't think it should be illegal, and I don't think they should be arrested, but the FBI should be able to invade their privacy, attack them, and probably take all of their computer equipment... just to give 'em a bit of a scare, so they'll think twice.'
Do you want a shitty police state to live in, where the government can harrass you just because you have controversial views? I'm sure there are plenty of Middle Eastern nations where you can get that wish fulfilled.
The USA is supposed to be about freedom. Thanks to whiners like you, it's turning into Politically Correct world. I don't have a problem with being kind to others, and I certainly believe in equality for all. But I have the right to say whatever the fuck I want, and that covers pictures and writing, and paintings, and all other sorts of shit. If you don't agree, don't go to the site.
Clean up your fucking grammar, learn how to make multiple sentances out of that fucked-up run on shit you just posted, further learn how to make paragraphs out of those sentances, and eventually, you might be easy to read. Until you've done most of that, don't talk about other people's writing skills. Fucking dolt.
The reason I said that in the first place is because I think that if you're going to be offnded by Bonzai Kitten, you're going to get much more offended by a lot ofshit that is offered here on slashdot. If you're going to run around and want a sterile view of the world that you're not going to disagree with, check out pentagon.gov, or mary-kateandashley.com, or something equally tapioca and pathetic.
If water once flowed, it suggests life like earth. That means it should be feasable to terraform the planet. Import/create water, bring plant species to make oxygen, so on and so forth.
What I really think will be more interesting than anything else will be the archaeological digs on Mars. I think the questions about life on other planets can be answered by digging down a few hundred million years on Mars.
Normally, I wouldn't, but bleeding heart fuckheads who want to censor everything they don't like piss me off. The lovetestclub board didn't need to get ripped up, but these folks deserve anything they can get.
Come on... You hvae to know you're being ridiculous. Check the site before you shoot off at the mouth.
Bonsai Kittens don't involve cutting the kittens, only shaping their young bones by growing them in jars for a few weeks after they're born.
Of course, it's all a joke... But, most importantly, the only pictures are of kittens half in jars for long enough to take a picture. THat's it. big fucking deal. If you can't deal with something that controversial, get the fuck off slashdot, and check out something more your speed.
Snopes had a page on this not too long ago, and I'be been watching it ever since... There are a goodly number of groups that are trying to fight this. All of them are fucking ridiculous, but what can you do.
If you want a place to troll the fuck out of, I highly suggest This message board, a group devoted to the love of kitties, and how bonzaikitten.com is evil, how would they like to be stuffed in jars, etc...
It's fucking ridiculous. It's exactly what was said in Farenheit 451... Society got to the point where we couldn't offend anyone, the Irish, Jewish, Cat-lovers, Dog-lovers, etc, etc... Until finally, we had to censor everything, and everything had to turn to tapioca bullshit just to make everyone happy.
Fuck that. This site is fucking hilarious, and needs to stay.
It's a race against the clock... All the Skript Kiddies who read/. settle in against all the sys admins... ready, set, go! Which one's easier to find, the patch, ot the 'Sploit? Hurry, hurry!!!
What a bastard Chuck came off as! Is this really the kind of PR that MS needs at this point? They look like 17 year old American boys comparing one's Ford to another's Chevy... Just shut the fuck up, race your cars, and let history decide who the winner is.
I mean, Sun had every right to come back in the same way... And it was pretty cool... Mostly, it made MS look stupid, very quickly.
Of course, the funniest thing about it all was how much MS sounded like Sun did a few years ago, when Java was still half in the dark...
I personally think that RedHat uis still the 'first out of the gate' by just making everything 2.4 ready, but it's a hell of a lot better this way. It's too bad that it can't be one of the greats, like Debian or Slack, but this is the sort of thing that may very well end up grabbing more market share for SuSE. People will see 'Oooh! It comes with something that has bigger numbers!' and they'll want to buy it. Of course, this will only work if they come out with a bigger number than RedHat. RedHat has been playing that game masterfully, and I believe still has the highest version number with the big boy distros.
The rights of teenagers erode day by day in America. Currently, in Northern California, there is a DAYTIME curfew being considered to 'keep teenagers out of trouble'. Laws like this are patently ridiculous. The only problem is, Teenagers don't have enough people standing up for their rights as citizens. There aren't enough lawyers standing up against the opression. After all, there are lawyers in any other opressed group, female lawyers, black lawyers, asian lawyers, etc... But, for obvious reasons, there are no tennaged lawyers. As a result, teenagers are under-represented, and thus easily opressed. Personally, I am working on my J.D. to fight exactly this kind of cause, opression of teenagers. This sort of ignorance simply can't be allowed to continue.
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schools hate bad press
Yes, schools do hate bad press... The problem is, the media in America have been reporting the school shootings of late as an 'epidemic', and people keep waiting for it to get worse. Anything the principal did to "Make the school a safer place" would be considered a Good Thing by the locals, not bad.
Unlike most injustice, this one won't be helped by publicity, because someone has to, for the love of God, think about the children!!!
This sounds like something you should ask an accountant, and, if you can get away with it, tell Slashdot... All that this sort of question will do is get a while lot of speculation, and an overuse of the acronym IANA(T)L...
From a brief glance, though, it doesn't seem like it would qualify. This cut applies to software produced for internal use, from the looks of it, and Open Source projects are meant to be used by the community as a whole... However, remember... IANAL...
Once again, the Slashdot community charges off to tell us about another movie tht is made by the MPAA, a group which has been (successfully) attempting to take down 2600, and trying to strip us all of our freedoms.
Look at some of the movies they've supported. The Matrix. X-Men. I shit you not, The Emperor's New Groove. Over and over, Slashdor shows us that they're willing to take a hard stance over something, until such a time as it becomes inconvenient.
I urge everyone to avoid this, and any other MPAA movie, until such a time as they stop attempting to deny us our rights. Take that 7.50 and give it to the EFF, or to 2600's legal defense fund. As long as we keep watching the "cool movies" they put out, they will never take us as a serious threat.
Hell, we're some of their best customers.
Beats me as to who got gobbled up, but I'll bet dollars to donuts that the buyer was EarthLink. They have bought ISPs by the dozen ever since the merger with MindSpring. Look at the number of ISPs they have now, under their banner..
Sprynet
Netcom
Sprint
OneMain
JPS
This is just a very small sample... EarthLink owns, last I checked, somewhere around 20 different ISPs... And they just keep eating.
Bullshit. You can become root... You just have to have half a fucking mind to be able to do so. You go into (I believe) the utility known as Netinfo Manager. Go to Domain>Security,>Authenticate, put in an admin password, and then go right back to Security, and you can select 'Enable Root User', which allows you to log in as root, (Long Name:System Adminstrator), use su, sudo, and all of the other wonderful aspects of having root enabled. It's disabled by default so that the typical desktop Mac user doesn't have something as dangerous as root when they don't even know how to use the power they have over the system.
/, I believe... But I'm not really much on the command line yet.
If that doesn't work for you, you can use sudo chmod 775
But, with all the emulators out there already, is this even a big deal? All that would have to be done is to port z26 or Stella, and then find a good source of Atari ROMs. This doesn't sound like it's exactly world rocking... we've had access to these games for quite a while.
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Karma Sink
You are now in violation of the DMCA. You will be contacted shortly by my lawyers.
Cheers,
Karma Sink
Mars is 4 light minutes away from the earth. Even if we had things working at light speed, there would be an eight minute delay between a request and a response... It sounds nice, but I can't really think of a practical purpose for it, except for perhaps e-mail...
Yeah, those are neat,.. But, after hearing from this guy, I'm picturing something in polished oak, with brass all about... Something that looks a hundred years old, or so. Victorian.
But, at a mere 3", I don't quite think that it's worth $70 USD. However, I do think that this would be a great thing to sneak into an expense report somewhere... AFter all, a little guardian statue really helps a machine. I still have the puppet of Yoda, patron saint of boxen, sitting atop my machine, and the uptimes have just soared...
That would work great, but there's already a whole lot of software out there that didn't. I mean, isn't Linux itself under the generic GPL? If Stallman decides he's sick of it not being called GNU/Linux, couldn't he just change the GPL to reflect that he owned all rights to the kernal?
The termination clause says that Apple can revoke this license, and forbid you to keep using all or some part of the software,
any time someone makes an accusation of patent or copyright infringement.
You know, not to nitpick, but doesn't the fact that the GPL can be changed at any time sort of do the same thing? I mean, it's not spelled out in writing, but couldn't Stallman just change the wording horribly, at any time, and own it all?
Just a thought...
Seriously. Technology's most important aspect is the impact it has on the world. If the geeks, who are making it, aren't plugged into that, then horrible mistakes can be made, pushed forward, etc.
It's the good ol' 'So obsessed with if you can, you don't think about if you should' problem.
Articles that talk about the social impact of technologies make people consider if they should.
What a waste. Why doesn't eveyone just edit their Hosts file (C:\Windows\hosts or /etc/hosts) so that www.nytimes.com points to partners.nytimes.com? Then we wouldn't have k-whores here all the time trying to sucker the moderators.
*shrugs* Takes all kinds, I suppose.
Shitty, long, run-on sentances from someone who gets judgemental about people to switch letters on accident. Poor grammar is a hell of a lot worse than one typo.
To continue, your point is basically 'I don't think it should be illegal, and I don't think they should be arrested, but the FBI should be able to invade their privacy, attack them, and probably take all of their computer equipment... just to give 'em a bit of a scare, so they'll think twice.'
Do you want a shitty police state to live in, where the government can harrass you just because you have controversial views? I'm sure there are plenty of Middle Eastern nations where you can get that wish fulfilled.
The USA is supposed to be about freedom. Thanks to whiners like you, it's turning into Politically Correct world. I don't have a problem with being kind to others, and I certainly believe in equality for all. But I have the right to say whatever the fuck I want, and that covers pictures and writing, and paintings, and all other sorts of shit. If you don't agree, don't go to the site.
Clean up your fucking grammar, learn how to make multiple sentances out of that fucked-up run on shit you just posted, further learn how to make paragraphs out of those sentances, and eventually, you might be easy to read. Until you've done most of that, don't talk about other people's writing skills. Fucking dolt.
Is thsat your problem?
The reason I said that in the first place is because I think that if you're going to be offnded by Bonzai Kitten, you're going to get much more offended by a lot of shit that is offered here on slashdot. If you're going to run around and want a sterile view of the world that you're not going to disagree with, check out pentagon.gov, or mary-kateandashley.com, or something equally tapioca and pathetic.
But it bears repeating.
If water once flowed, it suggests life like earth. That means it should be feasable to terraform the planet. Import/create water, bring plant species to make oxygen, so on and so forth.
What I really think will be more interesting than anything else will be the archaeological digs on Mars. I think the questions about life on other planets can be answered by digging down a few hundred million years on Mars.
Normally, I wouldn't, but bleeding heart fuckheads who want to censor everything they don't like piss me off. The lovetestclub board didn't need to get ripped up, but these folks deserve anything they can get.
Come on... You hvae to know you're being ridiculous. Check the site before you shoot off at the mouth.
Bonsai Kittens don't involve cutting the kittens, only shaping their young bones by growing them in jars for a few weeks after they're born.
Of course, it's all a joke... But, most importantly, the only pictures are of kittens half in jars for long enough to take a picture. THat's it. big fucking deal. If you can't deal with something that controversial, get the fuck off slashdot, and check out something more your speed.
Snopes had a page on this not too long ago, and I'be been watching it ever since... There are a goodly number of groups that are trying to fight this. All of them are fucking ridiculous, but what can you do.
If you want a place to troll the fuck out of, I highly suggest This message board, a group devoted to the love of kitties, and how bonzaikitten.com is evil, how would they like to be stuffed in jars, etc...
It's fucking ridiculous. It's exactly what was said in Farenheit 451... Society got to the point where we couldn't offend anyone, the Irish, Jewish, Cat-lovers, Dog-lovers, etc, etc... Until finally, we had to censor everything, and everything had to turn to tapioca bullshit just to make everyone happy.
Fuck that. This site is fucking hilarious, and needs to stay.
It's a race against the clock... All the Skript Kiddies who read /. settle in against all the sys admins... ready, set, go! Which one's easier to find, the patch, ot the 'Sploit? Hurry, hurry!!!
What a bastard Chuck came off as! Is this really the kind of PR that MS needs at this point? They look like 17 year old American boys comparing one's Ford to another's Chevy... Just shut the fuck up, race your cars, and let history decide who the winner is.
I mean, Sun had every right to come back in the same way... And it was pretty cool... Mostly, it made MS look stupid, very quickly.
Of course, the funniest thing about it all was how much MS sounded like Sun did a few years ago, when Java was still half in the dark...
Yeah, but can it guide a missle as well as a PlayStation 2? Saddam wants to know...
I personally think that RedHat uis still the 'first out of the gate' by just making everything 2.4 ready, but it's a hell of a lot better this way. It's too bad that it can't be one of the greats, like Debian or Slack, but this is the sort of thing that may very well end up grabbing more market share for SuSE. People will see 'Oooh! It comes with something that has bigger numbers!' and they'll want to buy it. Of course, this will only work if they come out with a bigger number than RedHat. RedHat has been playing that game masterfully, and I believe still has the highest version number with the big boy distros.
The rights of teenagers erode day by day in America. Currently, in Northern California, there is a DAYTIME curfew being considered to 'keep teenagers out of trouble'. Laws like this are patently ridiculous. The only problem is, Teenagers don't have enough people standing up for their rights as citizens. There aren't enough lawyers standing up against the opression. After all, there are lawyers in any other opressed group, female lawyers, black lawyers, asian lawyers, etc... But, for obvious reasons, there are no tennaged lawyers. As a result, teenagers are under-represented, and thus easily opressed. Personally, I am working on my J.D. to fight exactly this kind of cause, opression of teenagers. This sort of ignorance simply can't be allowed to continue.