of how the government can properly work with the internet community in policing legitimate nuisences. I'd almost go as far as to say this is evidence we don't need a ton of laws specially tailored to the internet.
when I say that slashdot extends our deepest sympathy to doubleclick in their time of trouble.
On a completely unrelated note; does anyone know of a mouth surgeon? I can't seem to pull my tongue out of my cheek....
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Pretty much the same way here, except that I use Knoppix instead of Fedora.
I've been using Linux for years, but - being a non-developer - I'm finding less and less reason to use the commandline (unless I'm using a CLI app such as lynx, bitchx or dopewars).
In 1997/98 I was using netscape 3 on a 486 with 16 megs of ram. It was fine. For the next three years after that, whenever I used linux I would hunt down the old binary versions of netscape 3, if I wanted something other than lynx to use.
Netscape 3 ran like a champ on slow hardware; Netscape 4.x sucked ass, I'll give you that.
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Remember the surreptitious 'patch' to the mainstream Linux kernel that was luckily discovered by BitKeeper? Or the change to the C compiler that would compile a backdoor into binaries that was completely undetectable in the source (get clean source, compiler detects it's compiling another compiler, inserts backdoor)?
Nope. Can't say I do. Do you have links you can provide us to read about these incidents?
While he has some great points, I think it's unlikely that al qaeda is likely to be able to plant a dibilitating bug - much less a backdoor or other serious security malware (mal-feature?) into anything that we have the NSA look over.
So that puts it down to Osama Bin Laden doing his best to fuck up linux, and only succeeding in placing a few periods where commas should be in the documentation. Yeah, that's worth his time and trouble. Ya sure Ya betcha.
(The last version of Windows I owned
legally was Windows 95 BTW;^)
By illegally using windows, you are still supporting MS, if nothing else but by using their file formats and by giving them marketshare (no, not for their OS, but for their other products).
Now, if you dropped windows entirely, then you'd be sticking it to the man.;)
Consider the FreeBSD kernel configuration vs. Linux kernel configuration.
That would mean I'd have to think about Linux kernel configuration. *shudder* No. Thank. You.
Seriously, you have to have a CS degree just to configure a Linux kernel; but with BSD you simply have to be able to read and have a clue what you're looking for.
Actually, I had a few issues with the latest slackware release; both of which I believe boil down to Pat jumping on the Xorg bandwagon before Xorg is honestly ready to be used widely (and as long as your computer freezes when you switch to console mode from X -- then Xorg is not ready).
Gabriel: That's always the question. There are deals being done now where the independents are going to get screwed again, I think. Where they're told they're on a level playing field but actually the big boys are. And again, I think it's only by staying together, and consolidating as a lump, that has some leverage and some power, that the little guy can have a chance to compete. The great thing about the economics of the digital world is that it's much cheaper to do everything and to reach people.
I think that this is something that everyone outside of the time/warner, sony, etc cartels who want to be in the music industry need to take heed of. If the big boys are consolidating, then maybe the smaller labels and distributors should put aside their personal ambitions and look at the larger picture...before they're written out of it.
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Ok; I should use some CSS code written by ant-slashdot extremists when I could solve the same exact problem by using light mode why, exactly?
of how the government can properly work with the internet community in policing legitimate nuisences. I'd almost go as far as to say this is evidence we don't need a ton of laws specially tailored to the internet.
Ah, I see. I made the mistake of not asking if it had hit "-STABLE" yet. (Which, apparently, it hasn't. Wasn't it scheduled to do so at 5.2 or 5.3?)
Complete with multiple cds (cd 1, livecd/commercial, packages 1, packages 2) and everything; or are they still in beta?
when I say that slashdot extends our deepest sympathy to doubleclick in their time of trouble.
On a completely unrelated note; does anyone know of a mouth surgeon? I can't seem to pull my tongue out of my cheek....
Pretty much the same way here, except that I use Knoppix instead of Fedora.
I've been using Linux for years, but - being a non-developer - I'm finding less and less reason to use the commandline (unless I'm using a CLI app such as lynx, bitchx or dopewars).
Fucking filthy-assed hippies haven't got a sense of humor. Whaddaya know?
were you that poor that you were still on a 486 by 1998?
yes I am, and that's what I had up until 2001, actually (currently using a p3 450).
I could get a $1.5mhz for $100 from retrobox; but having $100 at one time is fairly rare at this point.
I thought phish was simply a crap greatful dead knockoff. Learn somethin new everyday.
In 1997/98 I was using netscape 3 on a 486 with 16 megs of ram. It was fine. For the next three years after that, whenever I used linux I would hunt down the old binary versions of netscape 3, if I wanted something other than lynx to use.
Netscape 3 ran like a champ on slow hardware; Netscape 4.x sucked ass, I'll give you that.
are some of the biggest biters this side of YRO?
I'm just sayin....
Nope. Can't say I do. Do you have links you can provide us to read about these incidents?
While he has some great points, I think it's unlikely that al qaeda is likely to be able to plant a dibilitating bug - much less a backdoor or other serious security malware (mal-feature?) into anything that we have the NSA look over.
So that puts it down to Osama Bin Laden doing his best to fuck up linux, and only succeeding in placing a few periods where commas should be in the documentation. Yeah, that's worth his time and trouble. Ya sure Ya betcha.
A new install of windows 95 weighs in at 79, 80 megs. The exe file for SP1 is something like 131 megs.
Good thing we're going to be getting some fat pipe
They're the slashdot brand applied to match.com; not sure of the details but match.com had a bunch of ads running here for a while.
Was pretty lame really (which is why I am so vague on the details...wasn't really worth noticing).
By illegally using windows, you are still supporting MS, if nothing else but by using their file formats and by giving them marketshare (no, not for their OS, but for their other products).
Now, if you dropped windows entirely, then you'd be sticking it to the man.
That would mean I'd have to think about Linux kernel configuration. *shudder* No. Thank. You.
Seriously, you have to have a CS degree just to configure a Linux kernel; but with BSD you simply have to be able to read and have a clue what you're looking for.
Actually, I had a few issues with the latest slackware release; both of which I believe boil down to Pat jumping on the Xorg bandwagon before Xorg is honestly ready to be used widely (and as long as your computer freezes when you switch to console mode from X -- then Xorg is not ready).
It's true though that if the technology is there, someone will find a use.
And, if the internet and VHS are any indication; that "someone" will probably be the porn industry.
1)Get more porn
2)Download linux dvds
3)FINALLY get the coveted First Post!
4)Download even more porn
Until you take anonymous proxy servers into consideration. ...then it all just goes to hell.
Damn; whoever that is has some GREAT porn!!!
I think that this is something that everyone outside of the time/warner, sony, etc cartels who want to be in the music industry need to take heed of. If the big boys are consolidating, then maybe the smaller labels and distributors should put aside their personal ambitions and look at the larger picture...before they're written out of it.
2!!!
Where the fuck have you been since 9/11?