Except the point made by TackHead was that *all* ISPs should block outbound port 25.
I'd be rather annoyed - I work from home and need to contact the work SMTP server (user/pass auth, not open relay). I have three (soon to be four, if I can) ISP accounts, and so also regularly send email from the "wrong" ISP. (There are very good reasons to have that many, but I won't go into them here:-)
No need to get illegal here for inferior products.
Which is a much shorter (+ better) way of saying what I tell my friends when they whinge about me not running Windows.
ie. You're doing something that is illegal and can make you have to pay $$$ in fines, for software that I have for free. And doesn't crash as often. etc.
But no, everyone "needs" MSN Messenger Plus Sounds and MSN Messenger 6 etc.
Some people I know have valid reasons (mostly gamers)... most don't.
It was pretty funny... I had to spend about ten minutes explaining to one friend how I could keep MSN Messenger logs without MSN Plus. ("It's only a shortcoming in their client that makes you need MSN Plus" was my final 'solution':-)
Now if only someone can teach the MS admins and users to apply the goddamn patches that Microsoft releases!
It isn't always that simple... where I work (a primary school) I'm the only IT tech around, and I only work 5 hours a week. A fair bit of that is spent fixing printers, and re-imaging computers (we still have a full room of 133s running Win95).
I don't have time to update the virus DATs every week... I *really* don't have time to check out every MSFT vulnerability and test them and apply them. Hell, I'd be working 5 hours / week just doing that!:-)
Yeah... but right now it's just "boot 007" not "boot MS-Xlinux". People (like me) that would buy an X-Box to run linux but don't want to do the "Jumper D0" and void their warranty can buy an X-Box, run linux, and not void their warranty:-)
I normally don't bite for trolls, but I couldn't help:
The license must not discriminate against any person or group of persons. The *LICENSE* doesn't discriminate. It's the GPL. The GPL doesn't descriminate.
If Taco wants to discriminate against all people that are under 5 feet tall and stop them from using Slashdot, it's his perogative. But he can't stop 4-foot people from using "his" GPL'd code.
Hmm. I see what you're getting at. Um... ok... Do you often have conversations with yourself?:-P
I have no choice; Taco has effectively said that I must use a different messaging system if I want to use this software's feature. IF you want to use the software. It's his software! Copy it and make percent-dot or hash-dot (pound-dot) or something. He won't stop you.
PS. Just use the Jabber field. Everyone who sees @hotmail.com will figure it out.
*OR* you can just not set your IM client field. He isn't forcing you to.
Oooh, he decided he doesn't want an MSN option. He must be evil!
Maybe there's another reason; all he said is it's "not a bug". Hell, it could even just be "wishlist enhancement" instead of "bug".
Why does anyone use Java, ever? In what situation does it offer anything that justifies the pain and inconvience that it incurs?
I use it a fair bit for apps that I write to run on my laptop (PPC OS X) and desktop (x86 Linux). With a GUI. No hassle.
Can you think of even one Java application that you use on your desktop and like?
Absolutely. jEdit. I use it all of the time for my 2nd job (PHP coding). Under OSX it's totally native(-looking). It takes a decent amount of time to start, but still not as much as DreamWeaver. (It's f*cking fast on my desktop but not as pretty:).
Not everyone has to pay sales tax. And, as others have pointed out, many coutries where you do (eg. Australia when the GST was introduced) it _has_ to be included in the "sticker price".
Obviously I can't speak for all slashdotters, but *I* have no problems with protecting copyright. I've released GPL'd software, I've written & used non-GPL'd software. I have fully licensed copies of the software I use. (I even have two legit copies of office (XP & v.X), god I love take-home licensing at work:-)
I have plenty of DVDs and CDs that I have bought.
I recently spent $920au (~$500USD) on a 30GB iPod.
In Australia, the copyright act doesn't allow any form of copying of copyrighted music without *explicit* consent from the copyright holder. So my 5GB of music (that I've ripped so far, I have much more:) that is on my laptop is illegal. I illegally listen to illegal music on my iPod every day.
*That* blows.
So yeah, protect copyrights. I'm all for it. I know bunches of people who do copy lots of stuff, CDs, VCDs, DVDs, software, etc... In some cases I don't think it's _so_ much of a problem (we get royally screwed over on some TV shows, so people I know download it and watch it two _years_ ahead of the rest of the country - I mean, we haven't finished DS9 here still, we haven't started S7 IIRC). Copyrights shouldn't be as long as the companies want - I believe recent music should be public domain _before_ I die, thankyou very much... (I'm quite young;)
In summary: * Copyrights are OK. * Copyrights should be a "fair" length * My music. Mine. I paid for it. I want to listen to it.
If you disagree with the last point, come arrest me;-)
I'd be willing to bet if you put a 10 minute timeout in sendmail you'll see lots of spammer software disconnecting sooner and just trying again. It takes more of their resources, but takes more of yours, too.
Yeah, but think of it like distributed.net... but for pissing off spammers. That's DEFINATELY worth it:-)
I can live with a few sockets open, but can they live with a few sockets * 1,000,000 open?:-)
*But* sometimes I think that an open-source solution is the "right tool" even if it isn't as good as it's closed competitors.
Being "open" can make it the right tool, regardless of it's speed/features/stability/etc.
Not to mention the money aspect - I work at a local primary school, we're about to buy 15 new PCs - and 15 XP Home licenses at ~ $180au each. That's $2700 (or enough for another 2.5 PCs).
We don't pay that much for Office/FP/etc. combined! (Actually,.au schools pay a very small per-year fee for MS licenses, unfortunately it works out really well;-)
I'm still introducing open-source software whenever I can - eg. TuxPaint (we're a primary school), Squid/Samba (local proxy, and backups of our MS-SQL DBs).
One of the "approved" suppliers we can buy PCs from is Microbits, they will ship PCs with a customised Debian install if you don't purchase an OS license... If only my boss would let me keep them that way!:-)
The 'virtual soundcard' is a good idea, other people have already done it;-)
*But* there are two ways of playing a CD in a CD-ROM drive... the most common one (in my experience) is actually an analogue line from the back of the CD-ROM drive to the sound card. That's why most volume control / mixer apps have a separate "CD" control.
The other way is to "rip" the CD to the soundcard, which I have to do (neither my CD-ROM drive nor my DVD-ROM drive is connected via said analogue connector, any my laptop doesn't have an analogue connector internally:)
You're talking about the latter, but with "soundcard" replaced by "file".
*My* problem is that, unlike CSS, nobody (that I can find) has broken the (CSS2? CPRM?) encryption on DVD-A.
It's not too much of a problem right now, most DVD-A's have a regular DVD-Video component that's easily rippable (even if it is a bit tedious cutting up a few GB of VOBs:).
But what happens when the record companies / RIAA / etc. stop producing the dual-format discs?
He doesn't know any more than any of us here about what was copied - he's saying he only licensed his code (which is probably totally seperate from any SCO "copied" code) for use under the GPL.
The GPL can't link to non-GPL code.
OpenLinux is(/was?) being distributed by SCO. OpenLinux has their (supposed) un-GPL'd code. Hence, he is asking for a cease-and-decist on them distributing his code and violating the license:-)
Shame of it is not all recent WMV files can be played by them:-(
I haven't had much luck with WMVs lately though, serious sync drifting... in both mplayer and WMP. Quite possibly the file's fault though, I'm not in direct contact with the author.
WMP runs like a dog on some files too... when MPlayer plays them happily:-D
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Get a different ISP, I suppose.
:-)
Except the point made by TackHead was that *all* ISPs should block outbound port 25.
I'd be rather annoyed - I work from home and need to contact the work SMTP server (user/pass auth, not open relay). I have three (soon to be four, if I can) ISP accounts, and so also regularly send email from the "wrong" ISP. (There are very good reasons to have that many, but I won't go into them here
Everyone here seems to be missing that the the sound isn't the only thing important in a soundcard. Overridingly important, but not the only thing :-)
:-(
:-)
I have recently moved my SB Live card to another PC, and started using the onboard sound (VIA 82cxx or somthing).
I can only play one sound at a time! As soon as I have something not happy with ESD, *argh*!
It's also much more likely to skip under load too
(Technically the card can do two sound streams, but you have to know in advance and use dsp0 / dsp1, AND I can't get 44.1khz stereo on both. ARGH!
...theoretically it would be accessible to all english speakers, blind or deaf.
:-P
:-)
Oh so now you're going to discriminate against non-English speaking people?
(Or people that are unable to comprehend it.. then again, what use would they have for email?
No need to get illegal here for inferior products.
:-)
Which is a much shorter (+ better) way of saying what I tell my friends when they whinge about me not running Windows.
ie. You're doing something that is illegal and can make you have to pay $$$ in fines, for software that I have for free. And doesn't crash as often. etc.
But no, everyone "needs" MSN Messenger Plus Sounds and MSN Messenger 6 etc.
Some people I know have valid reasons (mostly gamers)... most don't.
It was pretty funny... I had to spend about ten minutes explaining to one friend how I could keep MSN Messenger logs without MSN Plus. ("It's only a shortcoming in their client that makes you need MSN Plus" was my final 'solution'
What's sad is that I still have 3.11 installed on my main PC... (XP 1600+).
;-)
Multi-booting (?) 6.22/3.11, 98, XP, Linux (2.4.20 & 2.4.21), and possibly Hurd (I can't remember if I uninstalled it...)
*sigh*
This is probably what my last g/f meant when she said I needed to get out more, hey...
Now if only someone can teach the MS admins and users to apply the goddamn patches that Microsoft releases!
:-)
It isn't always that simple... where I work (a primary school) I'm the only IT tech around, and I only work 5 hours a week. A fair bit of that is spent fixing printers, and re-imaging computers (we still have a full room of 133s running Win95).
I don't have time to update the virus DATs every week... I *really* don't have time to check out every MSFT vulnerability and test them and apply them. Hell, I'd be working 5 hours / week just doing that!
Lots of replies about "it's my Xbox, I should be able to do what I want with it!"
Or, in translated form, "how dare MS released a closed system!"
That's a pretty bad translation IMHO... it's more like "MS didn't make it so I could do [X] so I'll do it anyway and I don't care what they think".
They have every right to release a closed system. And everyone else has a right to break it to do whatever they want.
If a not-insignificant amount of Xboxes sell without any of those game purchases following, the price point would be hard to maintain.
Well then they should stop selling at a loss IF it becomes unmaintainable.
It'd be worth them releasing the signed bootloader just to make the Lindows CEO have to give MSFT $100k :-)
(It was the Lindows CEO right?)
Jumper D0, boot MS-Xlinux, FTP to Xbox, upload bios burner app, pow. Hacked Xbox.
:-)
Yeah... but right now it's just "boot 007" not "boot MS-Xlinux". People (like me) that would buy an X-Box to run linux but don't want to do the "Jumper D0" and void their warranty can buy an X-Box, run linux, and not void their warranty
I normally don't bite for trolls, but I couldn't help:
:-P
The license must not discriminate against any person or group of persons.
The *LICENSE* doesn't discriminate. It's the GPL. The GPL doesn't descriminate.
If Taco wants to discriminate against all people that are under 5 feet tall and stop them from using Slashdot, it's his perogative. But he can't stop 4-foot people from using "his" GPL'd code.
Hmm. I see what you're getting at.
Um... ok... Do you often have conversations with yourself?
I have no choice; Taco has effectively said that I must use a different messaging system if I want to use this software's feature.
IF you want to use the software. It's his software! Copy it and make percent-dot or hash-dot (pound-dot) or something. He won't stop you.
PS. Just use the Jabber field. Everyone who sees @hotmail.com will figure it out.
*OR* you can just not set your IM client field. He isn't forcing you to.
Oooh, he decided he doesn't want an MSN option. He must be evil!
Maybe there's another reason; all he said is it's "not a bug". Hell, it could even just be "wishlist enhancement" instead of "bug".
Using search engines, which get busted by the RIAA... :-)
Um, dude... it's like a public library, but you have to pay membership.
Yeah it's a cool idea... but certainly not worth a patent. (Then again, so many patents mentioned here aren't...)
I use it a fair bit for apps that I write to run on my laptop (PPC OS X) and desktop (x86 Linux). With a GUI. No hassle.
Can you think of even one Java application that you use on your desktop and like?
Absolutely. jEdit. I use it all of the time for my 2nd job (PHP coding). Under OSX it's totally native(-looking). It takes a decent amount of time to start, but still not as much as DreamWeaver. (It's f*cking fast on my desktop but not as pretty :).
Not everyone has to pay sales tax. And, as others have pointed out, many coutries where you do (eg. Australia when the GST was introduced) it _has_ to be included in the "sticker price".
7 bits? Maybe they just wanted to make sure they could talk to all 7-bit clean SMTP servers...
Hey yeah, I think I got one of those... it was between the video store coupons and the local grocer's price list in the junk mail I got this morning.
I mean, why bother checking if the person even has 'net access? Just mass-mail it to everyone living in middle-class suburbs.
:-)
Obviously I can't speak for all slashdotters, but *I* have no problems with protecting copyright. I've released GPL'd software, I've written & used non-GPL'd software. I have fully licensed copies of the software I use. (I even have two legit copies of office (XP & v.X), god I love take-home licensing at work :-)
:) that is on my laptop is illegal. I illegally listen to illegal music on my iPod every day.
;)
;-)
I have plenty of DVDs and CDs that I have bought.
I recently spent $920au (~$500USD) on a 30GB iPod.
In Australia, the copyright act doesn't allow any form of copying of copyrighted music without *explicit* consent from the copyright holder. So my 5GB of music (that I've ripped so far, I have much more
*That* blows.
So yeah, protect copyrights. I'm all for it. I know bunches of people who do copy lots of stuff, CDs, VCDs, DVDs, software, etc... In some cases I don't think it's _so_ much of a problem (we get royally screwed over on some TV shows, so people I know download it and watch it two _years_ ahead of the rest of the country - I mean, we haven't finished DS9 here still, we haven't started S7 IIRC). Copyrights shouldn't be as long as the companies want - I believe recent music should be public domain _before_ I die, thankyou very much... (I'm quite young
In summary:
* Copyrights are OK.
* Copyrights should be a "fair" length
* My music. Mine. I paid for it. I want to listen to it.
If you disagree with the last point, come arrest me
Yeah, but think of it like distributed.net... but for pissing off spammers. That's DEFINATELY worth it :-)
I can live with a few sockets open, but can they live with a few sockets * 1,000,000 open? :-)
I believe in using the right tool for the job.
.au schools pay a very small per-year fee for MS licenses, unfortunately it works out really well ;-)
:-)
*But* sometimes I think that an open-source solution is the "right tool" even if it isn't as good as it's closed competitors.
Being "open" can make it the right tool, regardless of it's speed/features/stability/etc.
Not to mention the money aspect - I work at a local primary school, we're about to buy 15 new PCs - and 15 XP Home licenses at ~ $180au each. That's $2700 (or enough for another 2.5 PCs).
We don't pay that much for Office/FP/etc. combined! (Actually,
I'm still introducing open-source software whenever I can - eg. TuxPaint (we're a primary school), Squid/Samba (local proxy, and backups of our MS-SQL DBs).
One of the "approved" suppliers we can buy PCs from is Microbits, they will ship PCs with a customised Debian install if you don't purchase an OS license... If only my boss would let me keep them that way!
Or maybe it was a job as a sysadmin that had to look after a lot of printers and scanners...
:-)
Aaaaargh!
The 'virtual soundcard' is a good idea, other people have already done it ;-)
:)
*But* there are two ways of playing a CD in a CD-ROM drive... the most common one (in my experience) is actually an analogue line from the back of the CD-ROM drive to the sound card. That's why most volume control / mixer apps have a separate "CD" control.
The other way is to "rip" the CD to the soundcard, which I have to do (neither my CD-ROM drive nor my DVD-ROM drive is connected via said analogue connector, any my laptop doesn't have an analogue connector internally
You're talking about the latter, but with "soundcard" replaced by "file".
*My* problem is that, unlike CSS, nobody (that I can find) has broken the (CSS2? CPRM?) encryption on DVD-A.
:).
It's not too much of a problem right now, most DVD-A's have a regular DVD-Video component that's easily rippable (even if it is a bit tedious cutting up a few GB of VOBs
But what happens when the record companies / RIAA / etc. stop producing the dual-format discs?
He'd have to be going the same speed as if he were in a 40/50/etc. speed zone :-P
That's not what his letter said :-P
:-)
He doesn't know any more than any of us here about what was copied - he's saying he only licensed his code (which is probably totally seperate from any SCO "copied" code) for use under the GPL.
The GPL can't link to non-GPL code.
OpenLinux is(/was?) being distributed by SCO. OpenLinux has their (supposed) un-GPL'd code. Hence, he is asking for a cease-and-decist on them distributing his code and violating the license
Shame of it is not all recent WMV files can be played by them :-(
:-D
I haven't had much luck with WMVs lately though, serious sync drifting... in both mplayer and WMP. Quite possibly the file's fault though, I'm not in direct contact with the author.
WMP runs like a dog on some files too... when MPlayer plays them happily