I've never been able to find Lindows very exciting, maybe it's because I came to Linux because I didn't like Windows. So I've seen it as merging what I fled from, into my newfound (well, four years ago...) love. But I digress...
But here's my question... Is it going to be GPLed? I always thought that if you 'changed' Linux, you were obliged to GPL it. Here they come out, selling it for $100 for a single-user system? Granted, some people will probably buy this and love it. But, IMHO, a lot of Linux's success has been that you can get it free, in both terms of the word. Lindows might suck; it might rock. But I don't want to pay my $100 and hate it, so I'd spend a while talkign to other users, or maybe *cough* try someone else's copy *cough*. With Linux, you download it, or (legally) use someone else's disk, and if you don't like it, you delete it. If you end up liking Linux, you can put it on other computers too.
I think a lot of Linux's success has been due to it's license. Yeah, IMHO, Linux is incredibly stable and secure, but if people are too apprehensive to use it, none of that's going to matter to them. So, to sum up my ramblings... I think that, while $100 alone isn't all that bad (RedHat Pro is right around there, isn't it? It's GPL, but to buy the disk set and manuals and stuff...), the fact that it's "single user" is a bad move for them, in terms of attracting users. (Granted, being mentioned on Slashdot frequently may not hurt...)
"Hey, I just got a cable modem; it's so much faster than anything else I've ever used!"
"Oh yeah?! I've got a barbed wire Ethernet line!"
"A what?!"
"A barbed-wire Ethernet line. Haven't you heard of that?"
"Umm... No, I can't say I have."
"Oh... ACME Networks installed it for me last month. It cost a fortune, because there are no barbed wire fences around where I live, so they had to upgrade their entire barbed wire infrastructure; they billed me for like 20 miles of barbed wire fencing."
All the pages end with ".psp". I vaguely remember PaintShop Pro (from my Windows days) using the.psp extension, but I assume that's not what they're using for their webpages... Can anyone clue me in?
While this is certainly not the only reason, I think that part of it is that Microsoft has to keep up it's "The GPL is evil and should be outlawed!" pose. I'm not saying that I would expect Word to become OpenSource, but that they have to hold the (incorrect) viewpoint that Linux is used solely by script kiddies and misguided webmasters who don't know what they're doing. If they suddenly port one of their most popular products to this, they'd sorta be contradicting themselves.
While Word for Linux wouldn't be a bad thing for the Linux community, I don't think it's the hottest thing needed. There's a slew of word processing programs for Linux, several of which can handle.doc pretty well. Sure, John Q. Public might be more likely to use Linux if he could use Word itself... But I digress.
Heh, I'm pretty apathetic with my password... When I have to change it, I change it to something like "1", and then immediately change it back to whatever it was. (Windows 2000, the way we have it set up, doesn't track older passwords, although, IIRC, you can make it...)
I agree that it will take forever to "fully" implement; however, people can and are running IPv6 systems at this very moment. I agree with you, though, switching over fully is really gonna be a pain. Actually, I was thinking about setting up IPv6 today...
I've always hated fantasy. But I really like LOTR. It had great effects and a ton of action.
I guess my point is that maybe this is why it's doing so well - even the people who aren't into fantasy like it because of the action and great effects. (And all the hype surrounding it.)
I actually go to a (private high) school, and know the network admin. (So I speak as a computer-obsessed student, not a school employee.)
We're "in bed" with Microsoft or something; they won't stop sending us loads of their latest software. All the computers run Win2000, with the lastest versions of VisualBasic, Office, etc. all installed. Under the MS Academic License, we can essentially install any Microsoft product on as many computers as we want; they can also give out software. My friend brought home.NET... (It screwed up his computer and he had to do a complete re-install...)
Anyway... Even with what's essentially infinite access to anything we want, we're looking at switching some servers over to Linux. Even though we keep up with all the security patches for our servers, they're constantly getting infected with worms/virii. The whole network came down one day - because a large file was being moved off of the file server. The constant headaches from this crap has caused him to give a serious look at Linux, at least our webserver is likely going to migrate to Linux soon. Maybe the fileserver/mail server will follow suit...?
So, in conclusion... Linux hasn't saved my school, but Windows does nothing but constantly screw us over. So I guess I'm answering your question from the opposite side...?
I want to design a high-end stereo with a CD-ROM drive, and have it blow up my $15,000 home theater system. (Disclaimer: I don't actually *have* a $15,000 home theater system.) Then I've got a lawsuit against Universal for $15,000 wroth of deliberate vandalism. Get my friends to do the same, and we've got a big class-action against them for millions of dollars worth of damaged sound equipment.
Am I the only one who is REALLY bugged by this? What bugs me isn't that Verizon wants to eliminate competitors, but that they're doing it under the guise of "preventing terrorism."
Everyone and their cousin seems to be using the tragic events of September 11th as a way to push their laws, change their polices, etc. For example, I've noticed that movie theaters make a big deal about you bringing in bags. Is Osama bin Laden going to come to a tiny movie theater in the middle of nowhere? I doubt it. Is it going to make it harder for people to bring in their own food and put more money in the pockets of the movie theater? Yup.
I assume I don't need to mention all of the insane laws that have been passed to give the government more power to eavesdrop on inoccent people ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H spot terrorists. Nor do I need to mention that more than 1,000 Muslims are in jail on no real charges at all, but the government seem to think that being Muslim means that they must be connected... I'm not saying that they don't have some possible terrorists, but, umm... I have my doubts that there were 1,000 people involved. I'd rather see a potential terrorist go free than a perfectly innocent person rot away in jail only because he's from the Middle East.
My intent isn't to bash the government, but merely to comment on how sick and disgusted I am by all the people profitting from the attack.
Furthermore, a user itself could be given a credibility rating. This could be, say, the average number of people who submit the same hash. This can be a "multiplier".
So, say I've submitted a total of 500 spam messages, and, on average, 12.34 people submit a similar hash. THus, when I submit a 501st message, the server recognizes me as having a 12.34 submission average. Thus, 12.34 credibility is added, as opposed to one.
However, you'd have to figure in the number of messages submitted; if I submit one message, and 100 people submit the same one, but then I start flooding it with crap, the server wouldn't give me 100 points.
You closed by saying "Do you see a resemblance with the./ moderation?" My idea is sorta like karma points, and the +1 bonus you can get after 26 karma.
I think there's a potential problem with this... Not sure if you'll ever have any actual problems with it, but...
Suppose you send me mail with the exact text in your post. Now, I don't actually get any spam, but it's not a problem. BUt let's say I reply, and leave the original text. SUddenly, my mail meets every single criteria that you're filtering.
I realize that the RIAA isn't doing this, it's a Dutch organization.
But I was wondering... What does RIAA stand for? I thought it was "Recording Industry..." something. The only thing I can come up with is "Recording Industry A$$holes of America". That works...:)
Really, people on Slashdot seem to look at suing as something that big companies do to Linux software developers for no reason at all.
The fact is, I think he has a strong case. You can't drop something you're shipping out of an airplane, set it on fire, and then beat it with a baseball bat without expecting to get sued. If it wasn't vandalism, it was gross negligence.
I see a strong case, and wish you the best. While some have pointed out that you didn't package it correctly... If you're driving your car along,and a bridge collapses on your car, flattening it, I don't think the fact that you weren't wearing a seatbelt would make any difference. Similarly, the fact that you didn't go psycho with bubble wrap shouldn't matter, seeing as it seems as if they shot it with a bazooka.
According to WBZ (Boston), the NYFD is on a "Level 1 Alert", which means that everyone is responding. About five minutes ago, they said there were 44 fire trucks on scene.
They also said that the firefighters on the scene are the exact same ones that were at the WTC just over two months ago.
The whole HTTP protocol should make any form of banning illegal. I'm surprised not many people have commented on this. I've argued in the past about how "adult" sites should not have additional laws regarding them. Why? Let's use an analogy... A six-year-old calls a 1-900 number, and OOPS! Wow, it's an inappropriate site! But, how is the company to blame? The kid called and 'requested' something inappropriate. The same holds true for "mature content" on the web - you submit a request to the server with the content, and the server gives you what you asked for. Furthermore, it only gives you the HTML, which points you to the images that you 'should' get to get the full experience. The same principles apply to "hate speech" as apply to "porn".
Another thing that bugs me... How do you define the Internet? If I have two boxes that are "connected" the the Net, using external IPs, and transfer "hate speech" between them over LAN, am I on the Net? The whole thing with the net is that it's not so clearcut... And don't tell me that they're going to regulate what I send over my own network! When the packets get into someone else's network, I can see them objecting if they wish, but suppose I have run a small ISP? It all gets rather confusing...
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But here's my question... Is it going to be GPLed? I always thought that if you 'changed' Linux, you were obliged to GPL it. Here they come out, selling it for $100 for a single-user system? Granted, some people will probably buy this and love it. But, IMHO, a lot of Linux's success has been that you can get it free, in both terms of the word. Lindows might suck; it might rock. But I don't want to pay my $100 and hate it, so I'd spend a while talkign to other users, or maybe *cough* try someone else's copy *cough*. With Linux, you download it, or (legally) use someone else's disk, and if you don't like it, you delete it. If you end up liking Linux, you can put it on other computers too.
I think a lot of Linux's success has been due to it's license. Yeah, IMHO, Linux is incredibly stable and secure, but if people are too apprehensive to use it, none of that's going to matter to them. So, to sum up my ramblings... I think that, while $100 alone isn't all that bad (RedHat Pro is right around there, isn't it? It's GPL, but to buy the disk set and manuals and stuff...), the fact that it's "single user" is a bad move for them, in terms of attracting users. (Granted, being mentioned on Slashdot frequently may not hurt...)
(Note that they have a pop-up ad, if you're one of those people *really* bothered by them.)
"Hey, I just got a cable modem; it's so much faster than anything else I've ever used!"
"Oh yeah?! I've got a barbed wire Ethernet line!"
"A what?!"
"A barbed-wire Ethernet line. Haven't you heard of that?"
"Umm... No, I can't say I have."
"Oh... ACME Networks installed it for me last month. It cost a fortune, because there are no barbed wire fences around where I live, so they had to upgrade their entire barbed wire infrastructure; they billed me for like 20 miles of barbed wire fencing."
...who started thinking of "CGI scripts", in the sense of perl/PHP/etc server-side stuff? Or was it just me? :-\
All the pages end with ".psp". I vaguely remember PaintShop Pro (from my Windows days) using the .psp extension, but I assume that's not what they're using for their webpages... Can anyone clue me in?
I've been watching the Magnum PI Marathon on A&E all day. It goes until 8 tonight!
While Word for Linux wouldn't be a bad thing for the Linux community, I don't think it's the hottest thing needed. There's a slew of word processing programs for Linux, several of which can handle .doc pretty well. Sure, John Q. Public might be more likely to use Linux if he could use Word itself... But I digress.
Heh, I'm pretty apathetic with my password... When I have to change it, I change it to something like "1", and then immediately change it back to whatever it was. (Windows 2000, the way we have it set up, doesn't track older passwords, although, IIRC, you can make it...)
I agree that it will take forever to "fully" implement; however, people can and are running IPv6 systems at this very moment. I agree with you, though, switching over fully is really gonna be a pain. Actually, I was thinking about setting up IPv6 today...
I guess my point is that maybe this is why it's doing so well - even the people who aren't into fantasy like it because of the action and great effects. (And all the hype surrounding it.)
They're probably hosting their site on one of these things!
I actually asked a friend who got SirCam to send me a copy so I could say I got it. :)
We're "in bed" with Microsoft or something; they won't stop sending us loads of their latest software. All the computers run Win2000, with the lastest versions of VisualBasic, Office, etc. all installed. Under the MS Academic License, we can essentially install any Microsoft product on as many computers as we want; they can also give out software. My friend brought home .NET... (It screwed up his computer and he had to do a complete re-install...)
Anyway... Even with what's essentially infinite access to anything we want, we're looking at switching some servers over to Linux. Even though we keep up with all the security patches for our servers, they're constantly getting infected with worms/virii. The whole network came down one day - because a large file was being moved off of the file server. The constant headaches from this crap has caused him to give a serious look at Linux, at least our webserver is likely going to migrate to Linux soon. Maybe the fileserver/mail server will follow suit...?
So, in conclusion... Linux hasn't saved my school, but Windows does nothing but constantly screw us over. So I guess I'm answering your question from the opposite side...?
I want to design a high-end stereo with a CD-ROM drive, and have it blow up my $15,000 home theater system. (Disclaimer: I don't actually *have* a $15,000 home theater system.) Then I've got a lawsuit against Universal for $15,000 wroth of deliberate vandalism. Get my friends to do the same, and we've got a big class-action against them for millions of dollars worth of damaged sound equipment.
Everyone and their cousin seems to be using the tragic events of September 11th as a way to push their laws, change their polices, etc. For example, I've noticed that movie theaters make a big deal about you bringing in bags. Is Osama bin Laden going to come to a tiny movie theater in the middle of nowhere? I doubt it. Is it going to make it harder for people to bring in their own food and put more money in the pockets of the movie theater? Yup.
I assume I don't need to mention all of the insane laws that have been passed to give the government more power to eavesdrop on inoccent people ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H spot terrorists. Nor do I need to mention that more than 1,000 Muslims are in jail on no real charges at all, but the government seem to think that being Muslim means that they must be connected... I'm not saying that they don't have some possible terrorists, but, umm... I have my doubts that there were 1,000 people involved. I'd rather see a potential terrorist go free than a perfectly innocent person rot away in jail only because he's from the Middle East.
My intent isn't to bash the government, but merely to comment on how sick and disgusted I am by all the people profitting from the attack.
Couldn't you, in theory, at least, say that Slashdot *is* a news-reporting agency, and that by posting it, you're a part of it?
The site www.kpmg.com is running Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98.
But that's not the most interesting part. But rather... The IP and its netblock is:
192.208.44.134 - Digital Equipment Corporation
Has the netblock ownership changed, or is Compaq hosting this site?
So, say I've submitted a total of 500 spam messages, and, on average, 12.34 people submit a similar hash. THus, when I submit a 501st message, the server recognizes me as having a 12.34 submission average. Thus, 12.34 credibility is added, as opposed to one.
However, you'd have to figure in the number of messages submitted; if I submit one message, and 100 people submit the same one, but then I start flooding it with crap, the server wouldn't give me 100 points.
You closed by saying "Do you see a resemblance with the ./ moderation?" My idea is sorta like karma points, and the +1 bonus you can get after 26 karma.
Suppose you send me mail with the exact text in your post. Now, I don't actually get any spam, but it's not a problem. BUt let's say I reply, and leave the original text. SUddenly, my mail meets every single criteria that you're filtering.
But I was wondering... What does RIAA stand for? I thought it was "Recording Industry..." something. The only thing I can come up with is "Recording Industry A$$holes of America". That works... :)
with models being employed
I fail to see where the models come in. The bacteria get beer and women?
The fact is, I think he has a strong case. You can't drop something you're shipping out of an airplane, set it on fire, and then beat it with a baseball bat without expecting to get sued. If it wasn't vandalism, it was gross negligence.
I see a strong case, and wish you the best. While some have pointed out that you didn't package it correctly... If you're driving your car along ,and a bridge collapses on your car, flattening it, I don't think the fact that you weren't wearing a seatbelt would make any difference. Similarly, the fact that you didn't go psycho with bubble wrap shouldn't matter, seeing as it seems as if they shot it with a bazooka.
They also said that the firefighters on the scene are the exact same ones that were at the WTC just over two months ago.
Another thing that bugs me... How do you define the Internet? If I have two boxes that are "connected" the the Net, using external IPs, and transfer "hate speech" between them over LAN, am I on the Net? The whole thing with the net is that it's not so clearcut... And don't tell me that they're going to regulate what I send over my own network! When the packets get into someone else's network, I can see them objecting if they wish, but suppose I have run a small ISP? It all gets rather confusing...
Just some food for thought...
That that timetime was the work of a script and *not* hand-designed. :)