Yeah, push them further underground rather then trying to foil their next plot. Can't believe people this stupid get into politics (although it does seem to attract quite a select closed mind from what I've seen of my school fellows).
I agree with you, and I would think a charge of treason would be unreasonable. But it would not suprise me that some military hot-head in this 'time of war' would attempt to shut down a service which offered by a US company that specifically aids and provides information to people in an enemy country during war (if it were World War II, you think a US/UK map manufacturer wouldn't get in trouble for selling maps of the country & it's bases to Germany)?
I don't agree with it, but perhaps if someone in the Government did have the gall to accuse Google of such a thing (which I see as conceivable given that they attacked a country because a small number hijacked a plane - and then suggested the whole country had made a 'declaration of war'), then it would serve to highlight how feeble the grounds for this 'war' actually are. Perhaps the Supreme Court might actually come to the conclusion that no official declaration of war was ever issued. It would be good to have some official body actually say it, rather than have this unreliable inflammatory drivel spouted by politicians for CNN in the record books.
If the US Govt. attempt to legally accuse Google of treason, I hope it goes to court and Google push for some court proof that this is a real National war against the country.
Listen, some people see free software in a negative light: when something goes wrong, who are they going to complain to, a mailing list? OpenOffice may become the standard office tool someday, but not everyone (and I would think the majority: I use linux 24/7, but if I was responsible for a base of OTHER people, I'm not sure I would want to abandon a company funded $3000 existing Office suite for OpenOffice, a tool which I have NOT had years of experience in). Perhaps switchting to StarOffice would have people in less of a panic, especially if they needed help.
Strangers will adopt to OO when more people are using it. This will probably happen quicker in places like France, where the Government is pushing Open Source migration first (it leads to a perception of reliability - that matters to people more than cost, and that takes time). Fortunately, Star Office already has a decent industry reputation. I've used it on campus - it's decent.
Jeez, give it a rest. I have money, but do you honestly think I'm going to subscribe to another new format for at least 10 years? We aren't all tech-writers. I might just skip this technology fasion trend and go for the one in one or two generations, just like I will with consoles. And even then I'll be content with my DVD library. Just like I am with CD-audio quality and good speakers. And I'm speaking as a tech nerd as well. Uprgrading would simply be burning money, which I don't feel, whether I had the money or not, would be a good idea.
D'you think you could post more stories with the Christmas tree? C'mon, we only get it once a year, and we'll be spitting at it in bitter remorse in a few hours. You're getting me out of the Christmas spirit!!
True. I think the campaign shoots itself by hyping it's own cause (although I expected that).
If they see flaws in MS-OSs (as I do), point Joe Shmoe to Apple - it's the best alternative.
My linux desktop is more customised and intelligent than an Apple Desktop will be (as far as I'm concerned) because I've been configuring my bashrc & enlightenment config files for over a year - and always adding/evolving. Everything is automatic and on cron or timeout (from closing a open eterms to switching virtual desktops from the multimedia screen or browser screen to the blank default one automatically at 6am). I don't expect people to spend as much time as I have. Apple's a good gateway into the joys of a configurable / automatable system (it's how Joe's going to discover the console).
Is this legal? It's like someone overhearing a conversation (or perhaps intentionally overhearing it) between two plotting murderers and auctioning it to news corps/potential victims for where it's going to take place. I find it obscene: by all means get some money for your efforts, but computers control serious things - consider a case where Microsoft (or similar) buys the information before the the press, in order to cover up an embarrasing situation. Someone uses it because Systemantic or whoever didn't get to it in time (or couldn't afford to), and bam some critical computer goes down, when a patch could have been deployed first. I'm not impressed.
I don't think that Walkman are produced to the same standard of reliability as the ones from back then (leading to my own Walkman boycott, which I was provoked into).
Basically, every sony mindisc player that I have come across seems to suffer from the blankdisk error after a year or two of open and shutting the case:
from:minidisc.ch/problems.asp?todo=show&typ=Sony+M DS-302 (google cache works) Reported by i-Mac (Belgium) (06.07.2001 18:30:32): TOC error hello , everytime i'm recording and/or edit some stuff on my 302 , the whole MD gets erased. The TOC is blinking , ejects the MD , but when i puts it back , there's nothing on the MD. Conclusion , the TOC doesn't work. What must/can I do? Anyone else who had this problem? If so , what did he/she do about it. Greetings , i-Mac Remarks: Reported by Serge (25.07.01 08:31:49): You probably have a bad overwrite head. We use 4 MDS 302/303 at our local radiostation and had a lot of trouble with them. Mostly it was related to broken overwrite heads (yes you can break them if you force the disk in !) And believe me how careless our DJs handle those units! Other problem, also related to the overwrite head is a broken kapton ribbon cable. This is a very common problem and is related to a design fault by SONY. Whilst the head moves right/left it streches the ribbon cable thal comes along from the back side. resulting in a crack sooner or later that disables the overwrite head. Replacement costs for a new head are around 3000 BEF good luck: -SERGE-
Sony charges $100 (more in Europe) for an inevitable problem, for a minidisc player that cost ~$400 at the time. Newer Minidisc player designs were still (and are still, from the diagrams I have seen posted) still made this way. Good for Sony returns income. They charge a LOT.
I was also going to get a Walkman phone (to replace it!), assuming you pay more for the quality brand of Walkman (again). I was going to, until I read these reviews like this, which stated that at low volumes there was a definite audible hiss (a hiss in a walkman, c'mon), which was not regarded as a bug, but actually a bugfix since to counteract digital distortion at high volumes.
I don't go out of my way to not like Sony (actually I used to play into media hype quite alot, and like I said, I assumed it was the best because it was Sony Walkman), but regardless of whether you can drop the thing from a metre high, the quality just isn't as good (don't forget, this a mass electronic corporation for public consumers, not necessarily professionals). Their newer stuff just isn't reliable, and you can get better from firms which are actually trying to make the best product, and not just ride a wave of consumer assumptions & prior reputation.
I'd also suggest you user a lighter window manager than gnome (you can still have the useful gnome applications installed) (eg. OpenBox). Not pushing one over the other btw - just googled it.
Yeah that's probably because America's the result of invading another country and taking it over, burk. Don't forget that.
Seriously though, I don't live in America but I have noticed that being a country that is the amalgamation of many other cultures of the world is done no where better on earth than in the US - and it's probably to do with the fact that everyone is an immigrant from somewhere else. New York is one of the most colourful and enjoyable places I've been - that's some people's thing, other people hate it. You're always going to have a hick backbone (or some form of Nationalist party) in the population who don't want people to travel over the earth, but people don't get as much social grief for maintaining another culture in the US as they would in parts of Europe. And that is a good thing I think. That said, I also appreciate that it's annoying when you have sects of a town just maintaining it's own ethnicity and not mixing (that's a form of racism in itself). But I think that people are more entitled to do that in the US (I reckon). Just check your roots if you disagree.
It varies from person to person. I myself would rather be in NY or SF because of it's diversity (I like that) - but some people hate new people coming into their town, and only want to mix with their own. They think they own parts of the earth because they've had some ancestory in it.
//This is a not a troll not_a_troll(void) { wait - not yet. Imagine: 10,004 cocks of slashdotters ejaculating 25 litres into the air at once, like the fountains of hope & prosperity. You'll get money for it. }// ok, maybe this part. troll(void) { Behold, this the vision of CowboyNeal to get you & other fellows motivated. 10,004 people HERE could get on Slashdot. }
Do one of you want to print out this thread tomorrow and send a copy to the offending newspaper, and then it's rival? Because otherwise it's not going to matter - no really.
I'm not saying if it's right or wrong - but the facts/coincedences are astounding (not for the first time). Thanks to someone's slashdot sig. for passing it on.
totally - and imagine your phone going down in an emergency. Regardless of all the crap running in the background (32-bit os, blah blah), they should still make them so it can always make regular calls, no matter what happens.
along with the Pimp's reasons above, I could never afford the games I wanted when I was a kid - they all cost ~$50.
Plus I find platforms games more fun and skillful - I have yet to see something like those cool minecart levels (like the speed and timing required) in the Donkey Kong Country recreated in a 3d game. You get the very occasional platform game for newer consoles, but they're not as great as the entire nintendo backcatalogue put together. Additionally, since I have a PS2, and Sega has released the Sonic series (again, I had sonic 1 + 2, but the following ones, as much as I wanted them - spoilt friends did though), I can get Sega classic reissues on other platforms. Nintendo doesn't seem to licence. I could just get a snes controller/adapter/pc roms, but wouldn't it be cool to play an old-school game on a giant flatscreen tv? These games mean a lot more to me. It's not rebuyng on new-media - I never had them on the first place (although true, if I was in your position I probably wouldn't bother, unless I wanted new games). This should be the last console I'll need for the next 10 years (and get me back into casual gaming) - I don't find consoles basing their merits on hardware statistics to have as much shelf-life.
That said, I'm not going to appreciate not being able bend my controller to snapping point during high-tension moments (the Donkey kong level where the green slime is rising and you have to hop platforms up the screen really fast).
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, push them further underground rather then trying to foil their next plot. Can't believe people this stupid get into politics (although it does seem to attract quite a select closed mind from what I've seen of my school fellows).
I'm glad they didn't have this running during 911.
I agree with you, and I would think a charge of treason would be unreasonable. But it would not suprise me that some military hot-head in this 'time of war' would attempt to shut down a service which offered by a US company that specifically aids and provides information to people in an enemy country during war (if it were World War II, you think a US/UK map manufacturer wouldn't get in trouble for selling maps of the country & it's bases to Germany)?
I don't agree with it, but perhaps if someone in the Government did have the gall to accuse Google of such a thing (which I see as conceivable given that they attacked a country because a small number hijacked a plane - and then suggested the whole country had made a 'declaration of war'), then it would serve to highlight how feeble the grounds for this 'war' actually are. Perhaps the Supreme Court might actually come to the conclusion that no official declaration of war was ever issued. It would be good to have some official body actually say it, rather than have this unreliable inflammatory drivel spouted by politicians for CNN in the record books.
If the US Govt. attempt to legally accuse Google of treason, I hope it goes to court and Google push for some court proof that this is a real National war against the country.
Then it might affect people who don't already know it.
http://www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/index. jsp
Listen, some people see free software in a negative light: when something goes wrong, who are they going to complain to, a mailing list? OpenOffice may become the standard office tool someday, but not everyone (and I would think the majority: I use linux 24/7, but if I was responsible for a base of OTHER people, I'm not sure I would want to abandon a company funded $3000 existing Office suite for OpenOffice, a tool which I have NOT had years of experience in). Perhaps switchting to StarOffice would have people in less of a panic, especially if they needed help.
Strangers will adopt to OO when more people are using it. This will probably happen quicker in places like France, where the Government is pushing Open Source migration first (it leads to a perception of reliability - that matters to people more than cost, and that takes time). Fortunately, Star Office already has a decent industry reputation. I've used it on campus - it's decent.
Yes, me too. I just wonder if God can forgive me for having ever had doubts.
Are there any plans to release this for other hardware and OSs? Speaking as an Amiga OS 4 user it's one of my concerns.
Jeez, give it a rest. I have money, but do you honestly think I'm going to subscribe to another new format for at least 10 years? We aren't all tech-writers. I might just skip this technology fasion trend and go for the one in one or two generations, just like I will with consoles. And even then I'll be content with my DVD library. Just like I am with CD-audio quality and good speakers. And I'm speaking as a tech nerd as well. Uprgrading would simply be burning money, which I don't feel, whether I had the money or not, would be a good idea.
D'you think you could post more stories with the Christmas tree? C'mon, we only get it once a year, and we'll be spitting at it in bitter remorse in a few hours. You're getting me out of the Christmas spirit!!
Alias rm to move the file/folder to /tmp, and make a backup if one already exists there. /tmp/*' every so often.
Then have cron '/usr/bin/rm -rf
The slashdot lameness filter won't let me post my code, but e-mail riotxix@gmx.net if you want it.
True. I think the campaign shoots itself by hyping it's own cause (although I expected that).
If they see flaws in MS-OSs (as I do), point Joe Shmoe to Apple - it's the best alternative.
My linux desktop is more customised and intelligent than an Apple Desktop will be (as far as I'm concerned) because I've been configuring my bashrc & enlightenment config files for over a year - and always adding/evolving. Everything is automatic and on cron or timeout (from closing a open eterms to switching virtual desktops from the multimedia screen or browser screen to the blank default one automatically at 6am). I don't expect people to spend as much time as I have. Apple's a good gateway into the joys of a configurable / automatable system (it's how Joe's going to discover the console).
Is this legal? It's like someone overhearing a conversation (or perhaps intentionally overhearing it) between two plotting murderers and auctioning it to news corps/potential victims for where it's going to take place. I find it obscene: by all means get some money for your efforts, but computers control serious things - consider a case where Microsoft (or similar) buys the information before the the press, in order to cover up an embarrasing situation. Someone uses it because Systemantic or whoever didn't get to it in time (or couldn't afford to), and bam some critical computer goes down, when a patch could have been deployed first. I'm not impressed.
Just wondering, I'm sure it does..someone show me...
I don't think that Walkman are produced to the same standard of reliability as the ones from back then (leading to my own Walkman boycott, which I was provoked into).
M DS-302 (google cache works)
Basically, every sony mindisc player that I have come across seems to suffer from the blankdisk error after a year or two of open and shutting the case:
from:minidisc.ch/problems.asp?todo=show&typ=Sony+
Reported by i-Mac (Belgium) (06.07.2001 18:30:32):
TOC error
hello , everytime i'm recording and/or edit some stuff on my 302 , the whole MD gets erased. The TOC is blinking , ejects the MD , but when i puts it back , there's nothing on the MD. Conclusion , the TOC doesn't work. What must/can I do? Anyone else who had this problem? If so , what did he/she do about it. Greetings , i-Mac
Remarks:
Reported by Serge (25.07.01 08:31:49):
You probably have a bad overwrite head. We use 4 MDS 302/303 at our local radiostation and had a lot of trouble with them. Mostly it was related to broken overwrite heads (yes you can break them if you force the disk in !) And believe me how careless our DJs handle those units! Other problem, also related to the overwrite head is a broken kapton ribbon cable. This is a very common problem and is related to a design fault by SONY. Whilst the head moves right/left it streches the ribbon cable thal comes along from the back side. resulting in a crack sooner or later that disables the overwrite head. Replacement costs for a new head are around 3000 BEF good luck: -SERGE-
Sony charges $100 (more in Europe) for an inevitable problem, for a minidisc player that cost ~$400 at the time. Newer Minidisc player designs were still (and are still, from the diagrams I have seen posted) still made this way. Good for Sony returns income. They charge a LOT.
I was also going to get a Walkman phone (to replace it!), assuming you pay more for the quality brand of Walkman (again).
I was going to, until I read these reviews like this, which stated that at low volumes there was a definite audible hiss (a hiss in a walkman, c'mon), which was not regarded as a bug, but actually a bugfix since to counteract digital distortion at high volumes.
I don't go out of my way to not like Sony (actually I used to play into media hype quite alot, and like I said, I assumed it was the best because it was Sony Walkman), but regardless of whether you can drop the thing from a metre high, the quality just isn't as good (don't forget, this a mass electronic corporation for public consumers, not necessarily professionals). Their newer stuff just isn't reliable, and you can get better from firms which are actually trying to make the best product, and not just ride a wave of consumer assumptions & prior reputation.
I'd also suggest you user a lighter window manager than gnome (you can still have the useful gnome applications installed) (eg. OpenBox). Not pushing one over the other btw - just googled it.
So in other words we can kill the man who killed, and then be killed by someone else, and then kill that guy....
who needs a giant flood to wipe out humanity.
Yeah that's probably because America's the result of invading another country and taking it over, burk. Don't forget that.
Seriously though, I don't live in America but I have noticed that being a country that is the amalgamation of many other cultures of the world is done no where better on earth than in the US - and it's probably to do with the fact that everyone is an immigrant from somewhere else. New York is one of the most colourful and enjoyable places I've been - that's some people's thing, other people hate it. You're always going to have a hick backbone (or some form of Nationalist party) in the population who don't want people to travel over the earth, but people don't get as much social grief for maintaining another culture in the US as they would in parts of Europe. And that is a good thing I think. That said, I also appreciate that it's annoying when you have sects of a town just maintaining it's own ethnicity and not mixing (that's a form of racism in itself). But I think that people are more entitled to do that in the US (I reckon). Just check your roots if you disagree.
It varies from person to person. I myself would rather be in NY or SF because of it's diversity (I like that) - but some people hate new people coming into their town, and only want to mix with their own. They think they own parts of the earth because they've had some ancestory in it.
Let's give a warm welcome to this casper hick or whatever his name is, welcome to America.
//This is a not a troll // ok, maybe this part.
not_a_troll(void)
{
wait - not yet. Imagine: 10,004 cocks of slashdotters ejaculating 25 litres into the air at once, like the fountains of hope & prosperity. You'll get money for it.
}
troll(void)
{
Behold, this the vision of CowboyNeal to get you & other fellows motivated. 10,004 people HERE could get on Slashdot.
}
Do one of you want to print out this thread tomorrow and send a copy to the offending newspaper, and then it's rival? Because otherwise it's not going to matter - no really.
checkout a film called loose change 2nd edition (I'll save you the trouble - it's free):
2 3762628848&q=loose+change
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-82600599
I'm not saying if it's right or wrong - but the facts/coincedences are astounding (not for the first time). Thanks to someone's slashdot sig. for passing it on.
hich can be hacked by Howard Dean on a TV show
http://groups.msn.com/votefraudusa/3.msnw
Surely this isn't for real? The county supervisor has access to this? No encryption no nothing?
totally - and imagine your phone going down in an emergency. Regardless of all the crap running in the background (32-bit os, blah blah), they should still make them so it can always make regular calls, no matter what happens.
along with the Pimp's reasons above, I could never afford the games I wanted when I was a kid - they all cost ~$50.
Plus I find platforms games more fun and skillful - I have yet to see something like those cool minecart levels (like the speed and timing required) in the Donkey Kong Country recreated in a 3d game. You get the very occasional platform game for newer consoles, but they're not as great as the entire nintendo backcatalogue put together.
Additionally, since I have a PS2, and Sega has released the Sonic series (again, I had sonic 1 + 2, but the following ones, as much as I wanted them - spoilt friends did though), I can get Sega classic reissues on other platforms. Nintendo doesn't seem to licence. I could just get a snes controller/adapter/pc roms, but wouldn't it be cool to play an old-school game on a giant flatscreen tv? These games mean a lot more to me. It's not rebuyng on new-media - I never had them on the first place (although true, if I was in your position I probably wouldn't bother, unless I wanted new games). This should be the last console I'll need for the next 10 years (and get me back into casual gaming) - I don't find consoles basing their merits on hardware statistics to have as much shelf-life.
That said, I'm not going to appreciate not being able bend my controller to snapping point during high-tension moments (the Donkey kong level where the green slime is rising and you have to hop platforms up the screen really fast).