Sorry... It was a poor attempt at a joke. The police seem to enjoy raiding people's homes and taking their computers.
Can someone explain this "ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US" thing? I've seen it all over the place, but I never quite understood what was up with it. _________________________________________________
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Thanks for the correction. But they're both suing people for stupid reasons; what's the difference?:) _________________________________________________
...I've snagged a copy. Maybe I'll save it to multiple, off-site computers, just to be safe...
I have no interest in getting DeCSS to work, at least not right now. (One major reason is that I don't have a DVD drive...) But the fact that the RIAA is trying to keep me from seeing it -- a violation of the first amendment, IMHO -- inspired - no, forced - me to download it.
BTW, if you're the RIAA... I'm just kidding. I'd never do anything that didn't please you. _________________________________________________
Don't get me wrong, but when I read about this balloon my first question was "But wouldn't it pop?" I'm 15.
As a balloon rises in the atmosphere, more and more pressure is placed on it. Does anyone know if NASA considered this? I'd like to think that they spent years carefully planning for the increasing pressure as the balloon rose, but I'm led to believe otherwise. (Or did they make another metric/standard conversion error?) _________________________________________________
Try monitoring the weather with an enormous balloon above you. ("Why is it that our weather forecasts always call for 'partly cloudy', and there's always this area the size of a football field with no precipitation?";) _________________________________________________
I mis-read it too, but I didn't think of a "cell" the way you did. I just saw "the size of a football", then there were some parenthesis. And then I got kind of confused. Is a football very big?! Then I read on and figured it out.
They need to make Slashdot easier to read for those whose brains are not yet functioning...:) _________________________________________________
I submitted this, but forgot to log in... I am reposting it, as AC posts tend not to be read by many people.
...I predict MacOS is going to suddenly conquer the "Evil Empire". The folks at the Micros~1 have admitted that Linux is an enormous threat to them; they've even started an advertising campaign
directly against Linux. (Not in the US, but in Germany or somewhere.) In fact, they have publically admitted to using UNIX servers; I believe they are mail servers.
UNIX and Apple both came out with *great* products, but Microsoft shot them down with inferior products that, somehow, sold better. Suddenly, Apple, in a stroke of genius, merged two good
ideas -- UNIX and Apple. (I'm not saying that all Macs are good, but they have come up with some good innovations, like NeXT.)
I predict, and doubt I am alone, that Apple's UNIX-based OS will be the major factor in finally forcing Micros~1 out of business. (Note: I am *not* discrediting Linux/*BSD; they have started to
"chip away" at Microsoft, and completely weakened their structure. But I think Apple will serve as a sledgehammer, and, based on the already weaked structure of Microsoft, smash them to
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Doubt you'll read this, since this is an old thread... But I'll reply anyway.
I find this appalling. (What they did.) Now, maybe you shouldn't have used a differend IP, but the punishment is certainly quite harsh! My suggestion is this -- they want a list of what you intend to download. Do so. Go to Freshmeat, SourceForge, etc., and make a list of any programs that you find remotely interesting. Mail that entire list to them.
BTW, am I missing something, or is the punishment completely irrelevent? You used the wrong IP address. What does this have to do with downloaded software?! _________________________________________________
As best as I can tell, we don't use any form of censorware. I have gone to Geocities; that works fine. I know the sysadmin pretty well, and I routinely harass him in the "server room/office"; I don't think we have anything but WinProxy or something of that nature. They do, however, keep proxy logs. (They have numerous data tapes labeled "Proxy Logs".) SO I suppose this is a deterrent -- I'm not sure if they're ever checked, but they do *have* them... I occasinally put in things like "www dot hello mr network administrator how are you doing today i see that you are reading the proxy logs", and I'm yet to have the sysadmin comment on it...;) _________________________________________________
Gotta agree with you. Whenever possible, I buy the newest Linux magazine as the newsstand. But Maximum Linux has never really appealed to me. The price is extremely steep - $7.99 for about 100 pages, but that includes a CD. But I've never done much with a CD.
The biggest problem I had with it was that it had a very non-professional appearance. Now, I'm not implying that they should wear million-dollar suits and the magazine should be printed in black and white with shiny gold seals... But ML really lent the appearance of some freaks playing around with designing a magazine for kicks. The "Rants & Raves with Colonel" was particularly annoying -- I viewed it as some freak publishing his opinions as if he was some expert in the field. For all I know, he could have had a Ph.D. in Proper Linux Opinions, but I found him to be very disagreeable, and he unfairly criticized many things. I stopped reading it quite some time ago. _________________________________________________
I was just going to suggest the first one. The latter idea will undoubtedly get you in a lot of trouble (provided that they trace it to you), but they can't do anything with all your friends repeatedly goign to quilting websites.
Perhaps if you can get all your friends to browse between various toothbrush companies...But I love the idea of skewing the data -- I'd just love to see ads targeted at students -- about toothbrushes.:-D _________________________________________________
Don't show what it lets through; show what it *doesn't* let through. Showing that the software lets bad sites through will result in them wanting to make it more restricting. Instead, show them what it *doesn't* allow through. _________________________________________________
I attend a private school which pays for a T1 line with their own money, so I understand that they're exempt from the requirement to use filtering software. I'm yet to find a site that is blocked, but I don't particularly want to sit there entering every objectional site I can find, seeing if anything happens...
Anyway, my point is not to brag that I'm luckier than you... I essentially wanted to back this paln -- get the teachers and librarians to help with petitions. But my suggestion -- don't stop bugging the school board until they give in, unless they threaten to file a complaint against you for harassment.:) (And if they do that, threaten to file a countersuit...) However, I wouldn't recommend that you jump to a lawsuit right away. If you run out of things to try, maybe legal action is in order. But I suggest that you bug the school administration, the school board, etc. Eventually, they'll at least give due consideration to your idea. But don't do it on your own. I disagree with the above post, a bunch of serious students would have some weight. Getting teachers and librarians to join in is even better, but don't stop because you can't get teachers to join your cause.
Again, I can't help you a lot, my experience with getting stuff blocked consists of not being allowed telnet access through the firewall, and I was told that if I talked to the head of the computer department, I could probably get it opened for my account... _________________________________________________
I was just looking at one... Then they started dropping connections. Maybe it's just my computer. (It's keeping me from seeing it? Worried I'll betray it?) _________________________________________________
What do you forsee in, say four years? (Yep, hate me if you will, but I'm 15. And no, I'm not a "script kiddie".) My hope is to be accepted to somewhere well-known for their computer science courses, like MIT, where I would imagine the policies would be somewhat relaxed.
But I'm very curious as to what you forsee in the future. Do you expect that schools will start to appeal more to students by offering less beligerant (for lack of a better world) policies? Many have said that we "shop around" for colleges more than in the past; can you see this as being akin to the "Hah! Microsoft expects me to abide by these terms of service?! Yeah right! I'll just go to [competitor]". (Where "competitor" is usually Linux.) _________________________________________________
I really think someone should do what is proposed -- predict thousands of potential lawsuits, and then patent them. Also, patent the process of a talented sports team winning. It may sound like I'm dripping with sarcasm, but I'm dead serious! Maybe someone will finally decide to fix the system when the winner of next year's Superbowl is sued and forced to forfeit due to a patent violation! Granted, this is a bit extreme, but you get the idea...
The way things are going, these things might actually be accepted and patented... _________________________________________________
I realize you were half-kidding (at least) when you said this, but I figured I'd answer.
I have been particularly impressed with a series of three books, all from a man named Ted L. Nancy.
Letters From a Nut
More Letters From a Nut
Extra Nutty: Even More Letters From a Nut
Essentially, this guy writes letters to companies about the most bizarre topics, and receives replies back that are sometimes funnier than his original letters. The letters range from weird to silly to just plain bizarre (like when he wrote to a hotel informing them of his 'disability' -- he eats the drapes in the room.)
I suggest you take a look at these books! I have all three. I read them repeatedly. I force everyone I know to read them... I'm not sure which online book store is "in" at the moment (both Amazon and BN seem to have made some major social no-no's in the geek culture; I myself don't follow which book company is "in"), but Amazon.com has excellent reviews on all three books; they include a few sample letters. Read them. I think you'll end up doing what I did and buying them.
You bring up a good point. Every always brags about their "huge" 100 day uptimes. As an analogy: Some people brag about spending 24+ hours straight writing code. Ya, they're devoted. But it's insane. Get some sleep. Eat. Write code when you're *awake*!
While I belive that you shouldn't reboot your computer just for the heck of it, I do think that the people who have huge security holes because fixing it would require them to reboot the computer are a little to obsessed with uptimes. Although, in truth, UNIX doesn't need to be rebooted for all the mundane things Windows does.
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Actually, I've been told conflicting stories about this. Several people told me that BSD a more "robust" operating system, but for networking, you can't beat Linux. But a lot of/. folks say the exact opposite. The fact that OpenBSD hasn't had a security breach for 3 years (until recently) is somewhat impressive, but, well, I see Linux as being released more frequently. If anyone can download the code at any point in time, it figures that security issues will occasionally creep up.
I agree. One of the first things I do whenever I log into a UNIX machine is to bring up an xterm. Eterm is in my.xinitrc. UNIX has some great GUIs, but there a trillions of occasions when I just bring up a terminal.
The PDA's that have successfully gotten X Windows running generally have good handwriting recognition, but I've never seen anything but "ls". Suppose you need to shut it down real quick. Somehow, "shutdown -h now" doens't sound that appealing... And I won't get into trying to use something like vi. Is that even possible?
What I propose is an on-screen keyboard. Windows CE has something like this, as does PalmOS. But what I'd like to see is something that is semi-translucent, and has a UNIX-style keyboard. One that is optimized for the console.
Also, the other thing I've always wondered is three-button mouse support. The implementations of X I've seen seem to have just a left click -- you just put the stylus somewhere, and a left-click event is triggered...
You also mention servers... A while ago I looked into getting a PDA. I ended up not getting one, but one thing I had considered doing if I got one was setting it up with tons of server and client apps -- I wanted to be able to ftp/telnet/ssh into it, and into my desktop. I also wanted a web browser and Apache, along with sendmail... It sounds like an absurd slew of useless features, but they're all pretty useful for remote access.
I don't see any actually pictures. I see some 3D renderings. There was another company, something like PanoramTech, that had nothing but 3D renderings of their products. (I think they've changed that.)
I'm always wary of buying something with no pictures...
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Can someone explain this "ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US" thing? I've seen it all over the place, but I never quite understood what was up with it.
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Thanks for the correction. But they're both suing people for stupid reasons; what's the difference? :)
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I have no interest in getting DeCSS to work, at least not right now. (One major reason is that I don't have a DVD drive...) But the fact that the RIAA is trying to keep me from seeing it -- a violation of the first amendment, IMHO -- inspired - no, forced - me to download it.
BTW, if you're the RIAA... I'm just kidding. I'd never do anything that didn't please you.
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As a balloon rises in the atmosphere, more and more pressure is placed on it. Does anyone know if NASA considered this? I'd like to think that they spent years carefully planning for the increasing pressure as the balloon rose, but I'm led to believe otherwise. (Or did they make another metric/standard conversion error?)
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Try monitoring the weather with an enormous balloon above you. ("Why is it that our weather forecasts always call for 'partly cloudy', and there's always this area the size of a football field with no precipitation?" ;)
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They need to make Slashdot easier to read for those whose brains are not yet functioning... :)
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UNIX and Apple both came out with *great* products, but Microsoft shot them down with inferior products that, somehow, sold better. Suddenly, Apple, in a stroke of genius, merged two good ideas -- UNIX and Apple. (I'm not saying that all Macs are good, but they have come up with some good innovations, like NeXT.)
I predict, and doubt I am alone, that Apple's UNIX-based OS will be the major factor in finally forcing Micros~1 out of business. (Note: I am *not* discrediting Linux/*BSD; they have started to "chip away" at Microsoft, and completely weakened their structure. But I think Apple will serve as a sledgehammer, and, based on the already weaked structure of Microsoft, smash them to pieces.)
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I find this appalling. (What they did.) Now, maybe you shouldn't have used a differend IP, but the punishment is certainly quite harsh! My suggestion is this -- they want a list of what you intend to download. Do so. Go to Freshmeat, SourceForge, etc., and make a list of any programs that you find remotely interesting. Mail that entire list to them.
BTW, am I missing something, or is the punishment completely irrelevent? You used the wrong IP address. What does this have to do with downloaded software?!
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As best as I can tell, we don't use any form of censorware. I have gone to Geocities; that works fine. I know the sysadmin pretty well, and I routinely harass him in the "server room/office"; I don't think we have anything but WinProxy or something of that nature. They do, however, keep proxy logs. (They have numerous data tapes labeled "Proxy Logs".) SO I suppose this is a deterrent -- I'm not sure if they're ever checked, but they do *have* them... I occasinally put in things like "www dot hello mr network administrator how are you doing today i see that you are reading the proxy logs", and I'm yet to have the sysadmin comment on it... ;)
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The biggest problem I had with it was that it had a very non-professional appearance. Now, I'm not implying that they should wear million-dollar suits and the magazine should be printed in black and white with shiny gold seals... But ML really lent the appearance of some freaks playing around with designing a magazine for kicks. The "Rants & Raves with Colonel" was particularly annoying -- I viewed it as some freak publishing his opinions as if he was some expert in the field. For all I know, he could have had a Ph.D. in Proper Linux Opinions, but I found him to be very disagreeable, and he unfairly criticized many things. I stopped reading it quite some time ago.
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Perhaps if you can get all your friends to browse between various toothbrush companies...But I love the idea of skewing the data -- I'd just love to see ads targeted at students -- about toothbrushes. :-D
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Don't show what it lets through; show what it *doesn't* let through. Showing that the software lets bad sites through will result in them wanting to make it more restricting. Instead, show them what it *doesn't* allow through.
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Anyway, my point is not to brag that I'm luckier than you... I essentially wanted to back this paln -- get the teachers and librarians to help with petitions. But my suggestion -- don't stop bugging the school board until they give in, unless they threaten to file a complaint against you for harassment. :) (And if they do that, threaten to file a countersuit...) However, I wouldn't recommend that you jump to a lawsuit right away. If you run out of things to try, maybe legal action is in order. But I suggest that you bug the school administration, the school board, etc. Eventually, they'll at least give due consideration to your idea. But don't do it on your own. I disagree with the above post, a bunch of serious students would have some weight. Getting teachers and librarians to join in is even better, but don't stop because you can't get teachers to join your cause.
Again, I can't help you a lot, my experience with getting stuff blocked consists of not being allowed telnet access through the firewall, and I was told that if I talked to the head of the computer department, I could probably get it opened for my account...
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I was just looking at one... Then they started dropping connections. Maybe it's just my computer. (It's keeping me from seeing it? Worried I'll betray it?)
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Is it really down? Anyone else having trouble?
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But I'm very curious as to what you forsee in the future. Do you expect that schools will start to appeal more to students by offering less beligerant (for lack of a better world) policies? Many have said that we "shop around" for colleges more than in the past; can you see this as being akin to the "Hah! Microsoft expects me to abide by these terms of service?! Yeah right! I'll just go to [competitor]". (Where "competitor" is usually Linux.)
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The way things are going, these things might actually be accepted and patented...
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I realize you were half-kidding (at least) when you said this, but I figured I'd answer.
I have been particularly impressed with a series of three books, all from a man named Ted L. Nancy.
Letters From a Nut
More Letters From a Nut
Extra Nutty: Even More Letters From a Nut
Essentially, this guy writes letters to companies about the most bizarre topics, and receives replies back that are sometimes funnier than his original letters. The letters range from weird to silly to just plain bizarre (like when he wrote to a hotel informing them of his 'disability' -- he eats the drapes in the room.)
I suggest you take a look at these books! I have all three. I read them repeatedly. I force everyone I know to read them... I'm not sure which online book store is "in" at the moment (both Amazon and BN seem to have made some major social no-no's in the geek culture; I myself don't follow which book company is "in"), but Amazon.com has excellent reviews on all three books; they include a few sample letters. Read them. I think you'll end up doing what I did and buying them.
How about a completely blank envelope? Now that ought to puzzle them. ;)
While I belive that you shouldn't reboot your computer just for the heck of it, I do think that the people who have huge security holes because fixing it would require them to reboot the computer are a little to obsessed with uptimes. Although, in truth, UNIX doesn't need to be rebooted for all the mundane things Windows does.
Actually, I've been told conflicting stories about this. Several people told me that BSD a more "robust" operating system, but for networking, you can't beat Linux. But a lot of /. folks say the exact opposite. The fact that OpenBSD hasn't had a security breach for 3 years (until recently) is somewhat impressive, but, well, I see Linux as being released more frequently. If anyone can download the code at any point in time, it figures that security issues will occasionally creep up.
Do you have time for "good crypto" if you're at about 9600 baud? That could slow things down even further.
The PDA's that have successfully gotten X Windows running generally have good handwriting recognition, but I've never seen anything but "ls". Suppose you need to shut it down real quick. Somehow, "shutdown -h now" doens't sound that appealing... And I won't get into trying to use something like vi. Is that even possible?
What I propose is an on-screen keyboard. Windows CE has something like this, as does PalmOS. But what I'd like to see is something that is semi-translucent, and has a UNIX-style keyboard. One that is optimized for the console.
Also, the other thing I've always wondered is three-button mouse support. The implementations of X I've seen seem to have just a left click -- you just put the stylus somewhere, and a left-click event is triggered...
You also mention servers... A while ago I looked into getting a PDA. I ended up not getting one, but one thing I had considered doing if I got one was setting it up with tons of server and client apps -- I wanted to be able to ftp/telnet/ssh into it, and into my desktop. I also wanted a web browser and Apache, along with sendmail... It sounds like an absurd slew of useless features, but they're all pretty useful for remote access.
I'm always wary of buying something with no pictures...