After reading this article, I happily remembered when my company decided to use the open source Snort IDS rather than Marcus's proprietary "NFR" IDS software.
Wanker. NFR's server software doesn't even run on Win32, only on Red Hat or Solaris.
MR may have some points, but his ideology in this article is just as transparent and just as revisionist as the behaviour he attributes to the F/L/OSS advocates.
I agree, but you forget that he could not have been spanked. His mom was negligent in her matronly duties on account of being sold off by her insect master then being raped to death by Tuskan raiders.
Anyone who thinks that completion is a pain has never used Zsh. Once you try it out for any length of time, you'll curse every time you need to use cmd.exe, even with "/f:on".
Good advice. It shouldn't be that difficult, especially since Redmond has already conditioned most people to accept UI changes every couple of years. Going from Windows 98 to XP is at least as jarring as moving from Win98 to KDE.
Since the site is/.'ed into oblivion, I feel that I can happily weigh in with my opinions on this article without having to be told to RTFA first.
Fact is, I saw the original when it first came out. I know the impact it has had on film making and science fiction. If I want to read a review of the DVD trilogy, why should I have to read a crap load of words about its "impact" at the same time. I just want to know whether Lucas' tinkering has destroyed the film or not.
Don't forget too that Novell has open sourced previously proprietary parts of SuSE. This means that even if Novell is forced into bankruptcy, the SuSE distro will still be out there for others to continue.
Re:Wow, Slashdot calling the kettle black here.
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Damn you for making me defend the editors of/. because I feel no love for them. HOWEVER:
Yes, the editors of Slashdot removed the message in question. However, they posted an article detailing the whole mess along with links to where to find the entire Fishman articles and numerous links to anti-scientology sites.
Before this happened, I had never paid much attention to scientology. Because of what happened and/.'s response to it, I became very, very informed about the cult and made it my duty to inform others about the dangers of scientology.
Serious problems with this "research"
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Quite aside from the fact that the "liberty of the press" has much more to do with media control concentration than with ISP "censorship", there are lots of problems with this article.
To begin with, ISPs are commercial entities with no legal obligation to allow you to post whatever content you please. If you don't want to use an ISP that is going to capitulate to the first takedown notice it gets, be selective when you choose your ISP.
When I went looking for my last service provider, I looked carefully looked at each of their privacy policies and acceptable use policies. If they said that they would remove any content based on any old complaint, I refused to do business with them.
The other problem is derived from the fact that the author doesn't seem to fully understand the problem. Because he doesn't understand the problem, he doesn't have any solutions to recommend other than some vague notion that ISPs should have some sort of immunity.
Of course, at least he is starting to think about these important issues, which is always a good thing.
Sun has some seriously strange ideas of what 'open source' means. I expect them to use Microsoft's shared "all your code belongs to us" source license.
I don't disagree with you, but mediaeval or not, it happens everywhere. Plenty of juristictions including in the USA publish the names of sex offenders, for instance.
What country are you from? I'm willing to bet that the potential fines for the illegal trading of copyrighted material are MUCH higher than the fines for speeding in just about any nation on the planet, with the possible exception of Finland.
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Wasn't the US one of the first nations to lift economic sanctions after the Tiananmen massacure?
Yes, I remember those old war movies, too...
"General Lee... should we try to take Gettysburg?"
"No, Colonel Taylor, let's wait until M-1 Main Battle Tanks are invented, then we'll show those Yankee bastards!"
Yes, I always thought it was silly that there could be no corruption in democracies.
manipulating the media in your own country to gain support for overseas actionsAgain, I found it strange that there was no way to control rampant civil unrest in a democracy during wartime.
Another blatent advertisement gets posted as a story. Yawn.
After reading this article, I happily remembered when my company decided to use the open source Snort IDS rather than Marcus's proprietary "NFR" IDS software.
Wanker. NFR's server software doesn't even run on Win32, only on Red Hat or Solaris.
MR may have some points, but his ideology in this article is just as transparent and just as revisionist as the behaviour he attributes to the F/L/OSS advocates.
I agree, but you forget that he could not have been spanked. His mom was negligent in her matronly duties on account of being sold off by her insect master then being raped to death by Tuskan raiders.
Anyone who thinks that completion is a pain has never used Zsh. Once you try it out for any length of time, you'll curse every time you need to use cmd.exe, even with "/f:on".
Good advice. It shouldn't be that difficult, especially since Redmond has already conditioned most people to accept UI changes every couple of years. Going from Windows 98 to XP is at least as jarring as moving from Win98 to KDE.
Since the site is /.'ed into oblivion, I feel that I can happily weigh in with my opinions on this article without having to be told to RTFA first.
Fact is, I saw the original when it first came out. I know the impact it has had on film making and science fiction. If I want to read a review of the DVD trilogy, why should I have to read a crap load of words about its "impact" at the same time. I just want to know whether Lucas' tinkering has destroyed the film or not.
You're forgetting that buyouts are not the MSFT way. Sure, they bought Hotmail, but they prefer to bury their enemies rather than buy them.
Patrick Stewart's bulging pipes.
I didn't think it was bad cinema per se... .. but I never, ever, EVER want to see it again.
Bah. A sweaty Sigourney Weaver in a tank top is enough to give +3 points to any movie no matter how bad.
Don't forget too that Novell has open sourced previously proprietary parts of SuSE. This means that even if Novell is forced into bankruptcy, the SuSE distro will still be out there for others to continue.
Damn you for making me defend the editors of /. because I feel no love for them. HOWEVER:
/.'s response to it, I became very, very informed about the cult and made it my duty to inform others about the dangers of scientology.
Yes, the editors of Slashdot removed the message in question. However, they posted an article detailing the whole mess along with links to where to find the entire Fishman articles and numerous links to anti-scientology sites.
Before this happened, I had never paid much attention to scientology. Because of what happened and
Quite aside from the fact that the "liberty of the press" has much more to do with media control concentration than with ISP "censorship", there are lots of problems with this article.
To begin with, ISPs are commercial entities with no legal obligation to allow you to post whatever content you please. If you don't want to use an ISP that is going to capitulate to the first takedown notice it gets, be selective when you choose your ISP.
When I went looking for my last service provider, I looked carefully looked at each of their privacy policies and acceptable use policies. If they said that they would remove any content based on any old complaint, I refused to do business with them.
The other problem is derived from the fact that the author doesn't seem to fully understand the problem. Because he doesn't understand the problem, he doesn't have any solutions to recommend other than some vague notion that ISPs should have some sort of immunity.
Of course, at least he is starting to think about these important issues, which is always a good thing.
Sun has some seriously strange ideas of what 'open source' means. I expect them to use Microsoft's shared "all your code belongs to us" source license.
I don't disagree with you, but mediaeval or not, it happens everywhere. Plenty of juristictions including in the USA publish the names of sex offenders, for instance.
Yeah, I guess I'm just not as up to date on the Italian political landscape as I should be. I'll try to do better in the future.
What country are you from? I'm willing to bet that the potential fines for the illegal trading of copyrighted material are MUCH higher than the fines for speeding in just about any nation on the planet, with the possible exception of Finland.
The government can buy ad space in the papers?
I guess the fascists are back in power these days?
now THAT's funny!
It's been 15 seconds since you hit 'reply'.
I use:
1. kmousetool to click the mouse for me. Takes some getting used to but I can't live without it now.
2. Xwrits to force me to take 5 minute breaks every half hour. Use the breaks to get up and stretch.
3. A good massage therapist.
Someone already posted your answer:
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