It's well documented now that Linda Lovelace didn't enjoy participating in the filming of the movie 'Deep Throat.' Does this mean that because her 'extacy' wasn't real, that it wasn't porn?
Actually, moral standards only vary slightly from culture to culture. Of course, if you define 'culture' as being 'whatever we decide is a culture becomes a culture' then all bets are off. But most cultural traditions maintain a common set of values. Stuff that works, like 'reinforce the family', 'promiscuity is bad', and stuff like that.
And please don't cite mouldy disproven 'anthropologists' like Margaret Mead to claim that 'promiscuity is bad' isn't a cultural norm.
If it wasn't for opensource(tm) I'd probably still be using a mix of Microsoft, Sun, and BSD-derived OSes. And my lonely little Slackware box, of course.
But it's true that I might not have discovered NetBSD if I hadn't had Linux to play on first.
I used to think that as software got better, it should run on slower, older, hardware better than the older software.
One of the things I liked when I discovered Linux, was that instead of a 'shiny new things' focus, it was an effort of convergence. Things would just keep getting better, instead of the 'rip out the old one and plug in the new one' ethos of Microsoft's OS products.
So somebody please, do explain why kernel 2.4.0 shouldn't work better and faster in my 386DX-20 than 1.2.28 does....
I can live with paying for my content as I view it. Particularly if it contains no advertising.
I suspect it won't be that clean of a transaction, though. We'll be able to download the programs we want to view for free, but not able to fast forward through the commercials.
It's already impossible to watch the (unedited) olympics, and always has been. Surely you weren't going to claim the IOC allows open unedited broadcasts....
Rooms full of old Mac hardware that would be prefectly good machines for an OS like NetBSD. Why will Apple not release the specs so we can recover and reuse some of it?
I am tired of having to have a 3 meg MacOS partition on my SE/30 in order to boot NetBSD.
If you open a sealed envelope from the postal service, with someone else's address on it, you've committed a felony.
And in most municipalities, if you 'junkpick' or 'dumpster dive' you are stealing from the government, as trash set out on the curb becomes municipal property. (ask the people on the Classic Computers mailing list about this- they're very hostile to the idea that they can't dumpster dive for historical preservation of classic hardware, but the law is the law)
Actually, Amazon.com should be able to keep their domain, but they should have to be called "Joe's Bait Shop" or some other trademark that they didn't steal.
The IP address to my favorite Linux site is 192.168.1.7. It's a Pentium 233 box, hostname 'Copper' running Slack down in my basement. It has lots of important stuff shared over NFS to other machines on my home network.
It was trivial to memorize the IP address for it. And since I use static host tables it won't be changing.
Or the user might have been looking for The Amazon Bookstore, a small but influencial feminist bookstore in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that's been in business since the 70's (one of the oldest Feminist bookstores in the country.) Who were basically ripped off by Amazon.com
If you live near an Apartment and see more mailings in the trash can they usually set out by the mail kiosk then mail those back in too.
Be careful.
If you pull a sealed envelope out of the trash that has somebody else's name/address on it and open it, you have committed a felony. Anybody who sees you grabbing the envelopes can reasonably assume you're engaged in some sort of fraud and you will eventually get caught. It won't matter if you can prove all you were doing was pulling out the envelopes to 'fight back' (which of course itself is of dubious legality). You'll answer for your prank.
The ideal time for a billing company to siphon the money out of my account is immediately when the bill is issued.
The ideal time for me to pay the bill, unless there is a late fee, is about a week after the due date. I keep the interest on my money.
I'm sorry, folks. I'd rather do it the way that's in my favor, not the way the company would prefer. Please don't call me 'backward' for wanting the maximum control over my own money.
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It's well documented now that Linda Lovelace didn't enjoy participating in the filming of the movie 'Deep Throat.' Does this mean that because her 'extacy' wasn't real, that it wasn't porn?
I didn't lose my virginity until I was 27. Back in 1987.
And yes, it was with somebody who I met online.
Does that mean I'm a stereotypical geek? I had electronic test equipment in my living room at the time...
I agree. Things will get better. The old pimp-the-poor socialists are out and the lot of the poor will slowly improve.
There will always be hungry children, however, so long as there remain parents who refuse to work.
Actually, moral standards only vary slightly from culture to culture. Of course, if you define 'culture' as being 'whatever we decide is a culture becomes a culture' then all bets are off. But most cultural traditions maintain a common set of values. Stuff that works, like 'reinforce the family', 'promiscuity is bad', and stuff like that.
And please don't cite mouldy disproven 'anthropologists' like Margaret Mead to claim that 'promiscuity is bad' isn't a cultural norm.
If it wasn't for opensource(tm) I'd probably still be using a mix of Microsoft, Sun, and BSD-derived OSes. And my lonely little Slackware box, of course.
But it's true that I might not have discovered NetBSD if I hadn't had Linux to play on first.
Has anybody done the analysis of how many of those 'shakedown artist' Attorney Generals were replaced in the election?
Didn't you know?
The AOL/TimeWarner merger is part of the DOJ's 'corrective action' against Microsoft. They've gussied up a competitor.
The fact that there will now be two elephants fighting in the field is no consolation to the smaller animals which will continue to be trampled.
I used to think that as software got better, it should run on slower, older, hardware better than the older software.
One of the things I liked when I discovered Linux, was that instead of a 'shiny new things' focus, it was an effort of convergence. Things would just keep getting better, instead of the 'rip out the old one and plug in the new one' ethos of Microsoft's OS products.
So somebody please, do explain why kernel 2.4.0 shouldn't work better and faster in my 386DX-20 than 1.2.28 does....
Tell me it isn't like Microsoft.
Seems to me that 'coolness' is only a issue if it's made an issue.
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I'm busy using computers to do stuff.
Then again, I guess we're all here to strut our stuff... or else why would we post on
It's not 'elite' to use BSD. It's just practical.
Nobody in the BSD community is trying to be 'cooler than thou'. I think you're looking in the wrong free-software community for that.
If you don't use any non-free software, you're missing out on a lot of functionality for your computer.
Go ahead and cover your ears and scream 'na na na na na!' all you like.
You're still missing out on a lot of functionality for your computer.
Your choice. I'm glad you were free to make it.
The law as it stands today, and the whole legal tradition of our culture, tells us that information is property.
If you're going to engage in the soliphism of claiminv that 'information wants to be free' please just chant that over and over.
There's no basis for a mature intelligent discussion if we don't agree on basic principles.
Relax then, and don't worry about anything.
After we've cut the budgets of the universities, you won't have to sign a NDA to operate the french fry computer.
You'll be able to go home each night and not have to think about your job.
And you won't be able to afford DVDs, so again, stop worrying.
Be happy.
I can live with paying for my content as I view it. Particularly if it contains no advertising.
I suspect it won't be that clean of a transaction, though. We'll be able to download the programs we want to view for free, but not able to fast forward through the commercials.
It's already impossible to watch the (unedited) olympics, and always has been. Surely you weren't going to claim the IOC allows open unedited broadcasts....
Are you saying you think Free Speech will really go away because people aren't allowed to play encoded DVD content on alternative platforms?
It doesn't matter. It's gonna have a kewl logo! That's what matters!
Depending on what's recorded on them, I already have 40 year old mono LPs that sound better than DVD-Audio 5.1.
You see, I listen to the content, instead of obsessing over the medium.
Yep. People are going to shed blood to fight for the right to play DVDs on their Linux PeeCees. Uh-huh.
The problem?
Rooms full of old Mac hardware that would be prefectly good machines for an OS like NetBSD. Why will Apple not release the specs so we can recover and reuse some of it?
I am tired of having to have a 3 meg MacOS partition on my SE/30 in order to boot NetBSD.
If you open a sealed envelope from the postal service, with someone else's address on it, you've committed a felony.
And in most municipalities, if you 'junkpick' or 'dumpster dive' you are stealing from the government, as trash set out on the curb becomes municipal property. (ask the people on the Classic Computers mailing list about this- they're very hostile to the idea that they can't dumpster dive for historical preservation of classic hardware, but the law is the law)
Actually, Amazon.com should be able to keep their domain, but they should have to be called "Joe's Bait Shop" or some other trademark that they didn't steal.
The IP address to my favorite Linux site is 192.168.1.7. It's a Pentium 233 box, hostname 'Copper' running Slack down in my basement. It has lots of important stuff shared over NFS to other machines on my home network.
It was trivial to memorize the IP address for it. And since I use static host tables it won't be changing.
Or the user might have been looking for The Amazon Bookstore, a small but influencial feminist bookstore in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that's been in business since the 70's (one of the oldest Feminist bookstores in the country.) Who were basically ripped off by Amazon.com
If you live near an Apartment and see more mailings in the trash can they usually set out by the mail kiosk then mail those back in too.
Be careful.
If you pull a sealed envelope out of the trash that has somebody else's name/address on it and open it, you have committed a felony. Anybody who sees you grabbing the envelopes can reasonably assume you're engaged in some sort of fraud and you will eventually get caught. It won't matter if you can prove all you were doing was pulling out the envelopes to 'fight back' (which of course itself is of dubious legality). You'll answer for your prank.
The ideal time for a billing company to siphon the money out of my account is immediately when the bill is issued.
The ideal time for me to pay the bill, unless there is a late fee, is about a week after the due date. I keep the interest on my money.
I'm sorry, folks. I'd rather do it the way that's in my favor, not the way the company would prefer. Please don't call me 'backward' for wanting the maximum control over my own money.