Given the decentralized nature of BT networks and the rapid development of new tools, it's only a matter of time before someone writes a GUI wrapper for an IRC client, web browser and all-in-one BitTorrent interface.
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What?? Doesn't Mozilla do this already?
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What if the government is forced into using open source software which could be inadequate for the job (think about OpenOffice on low-end machines), and then think about employees cursing "that damn open source system" because they're forced to use it.
No one likes to be forced in a trend they don't want to follow.
Using the law to force OSS through is just lame and is completely contrary to the spirit of the movement, IMHO.
Well, I stopped and restart iTunes 3 and it seems all is fine now.. Uses between 15 to 30% of the CPU now, with virtual mem size of 74,504 Kbytes and resident of 14,800 Kbytes.
iTunes is really a nice program: ratings, play counts (I wish I had those in XMMS!), auto playlist update, volume normalizer. All would be great if it wouldn't be so CPU-hungry. What an horrible monster!
I've never seen an MP3 player suck so much from a CPU. On this G3 (256MB), it takes between 50 to 80% of the CPU just ON PAUSE.
It uses about 130MB of virtual memory and 20MB of resident.
This is probably a bug since a co-worker here uses the same iTunes on his imac with a 15% usage instead.
Too bad I can't go back to the previous iTunes now.:(
The thing with that is that it's moving the problem. The FBI can now just set a camera on the keyboard, sniff the keyboard itself (not the wire), etc, etc.
Once the FBI (or any competent person, for that matter) break into your house and tap it, there's not much you can do to insure hardware integrity.
Heck, there's no way to insure hardware integrity apart from building your own (!).
Technology, as futurists like George Orwell and Arthur Clarke have been predicting for decades, will be the battleground on which the fight against corporatism is played out.
It is very convenient for us frightened citizens to have the evil specter of Big Brother looking at us from a book instead of from the reality.
The problem is that 1984 is not entirely a work of fiction. With a few organizational and technological tunings, 1984 is very well chosen, for a date. Right in the middle of the Reagan/Tatcher era, the propaganda/public relations machine pumping more and more bullshit through the TV tubes...
And that's only in occident. Consider the time in which the book was made (50s?).. In Russia, in that time, the book was only far-fetched on the technological side. Not on the political, social or philosophical side. Coming back to our century, we realize that the world didn't really change. Us geeks are just on the good side of the machine. (face it).
I don't think enough people have read 1984. I stopped reading it recently because I found it profoundly depressing. The parallels that I am able to fit into modern life are just too disturbing. The morning exercise (!), the hate sessions (one word: hockey), the telescreen.
The only thing that may be "comforting" in our world vs. 1984 is the way the telescreen works, ie. it can't spy on you. But that's another problem. Since it now works only in *one way*, the human before the tube just becomes a feeded brain to pack with propaganda. The TV screen is no democratic media that allows discussion, it is a massive distributor of tasteless unimaginative nonsense. It can't provoke debate because there's nothing to debate about. And that's how corporate media wants it.
IMO, George Orwell was a journalist. Not a sci-fi writer.
I read a few comments and I am utterly disgusted to see the general POV is "no apology, it's their fault". So what? Freakin apologize already and get this thing over with!
We don't want another cold war, DO WE?
Sometime I doubt it. In fact, I believe that the US make a god damn lot of money out of WAR. And China too probably.
So yeah, let's get this thing over with. Push the big red button and get it over with. But don't pretend you're "humanists" or that you do that "for the people". Christ. Fucking hypocrits.
I mean, we've got a freakin madman at the head of the US (let's not get into China here...), don't you see we'll be going into another near-to-apocalypse situation all over again?
"Duck and cover, kids!"
PS: Please note that I share no sense of belonging to any state, especially not the US or China. This comment applies to both threats to our planetary security.
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- This is a 1400 acre farm. Seeds do not "blow in" for 1400 acres. It's quite obvious he's harvested seed, which he wasn't supposed to do, and
re-planted.
Actually, yes, I think they do. I of course to not have concrete evidence, but seeds are "designed", are made to propagate on great distances. I do think that seeds can be propagated for kilometers by the wind.
- If instead of "seeds" I said "code" and instead of "license to grow" I said "GPL" I'm sure the slashdot attitude would be very different.
Indeed, but the thing is that this is not code! This is a freakin seed! Ethically, I think you can't even say you own seed, or food for that matter. Everyone have the right to be fed and, what's more, to use their land to grow food.
And for that matter, you can't really compare Monsanto's "license to grow" (what a ridiculous idea) with the GPL, since it would be more like a "license to grow, harvest and redistribute freely"!!
Think about this: corporations don't vote--people do.
I think it's more complex than that. Corporations, especially in the music industry, *control* what people *think*. At least, they *can* do it. By selecting certain genre as "top 10", by presenting a 16-year playboy as an feminin, they restrict and somehow impose a view on the world. It's showbusiness, man. People may vote, yeah... But more than that, they vote for what they think is right, or for "the least harm". I don't follow us politics very well, but I can say one thing: there is not a single political party that is even close to reflect my political opinions here in canada.
If the public actually gave a shit, they would take a peek at campaign finance records (which are generally publically available) and figure out who was on the take. The problem is voter apathy.
It's the same problem. Everybody know the US screwed up in Vietnam. Everybody knows the FBI screwed up in waco. Everybody knows Watergate wasn't just a one-timer. But it's no big deal because the big boys of the news keep it forgotten. As long as the people tune in and drop the struggle, you're done for.
Remember, only governments have armies.
Well, let's see. Ever heard of Securicor? Brinks? I'm sure every major corporation has a private "security service" of their own, or hire another. You would probably be interested in Shadowrun a role-playing game which storyline is in the 2050s: the USA basically broke apart, and the corporations rule, and have been recognized as extra-territorial entities (i.e. seperate nations).
Actually, I think the internet is not really in the course for the privatisation of the world's governments. Where the internet is a public "facilitator" of news and information, it is more likely to serve the interests of the people opposed to the privatisation.
Take for example sites like indymedia which holds a public "tribune" where people can submit stories, video, audio and any kind of news, and, damn, get it KNOWN! The demos that happened in Seattle some time ago were covered, say, oddly by the mainstream media (e.g. CNN), that is: they conveniently omitted to mention that plastic bullets were being used and that people were basically getting their ass kicked. When indymedia and other sites published news contradicting this, with audio and video evidence, they had to change their story!
Of course, the problem is that not every one can afford a T1 and start an indymedia. (I'm sure some of ya slashdotters could, but whatever). The thing is that it's easier (or at least possible) to do that than to go broadcast on national tv! And you don't need much.. Just a bit of web space, a color scanner and you're on the run. I covered a demo down here in montreal that turned bad when the police came down on demonstrators with pepper spray and cavalry, I took some pictures and put it on the web. It makes quite an impression.
The industrial police has been there for a while, you know. Heck, thinking about it, police has *always* been industrial. Police forces were initially created by the state to force strikes to stop in the factories in the first days of industrialisation.
It's always been like this, police pretending to "protect and serve" when they "provoke and seize", the state pretending to have a "constitution" or "civil rights", when you're on paper or on a soap opera (like the evening news), it's all beautiful and nice, but when you get busted, it's not funny anymore. Just ask Mumia Abu Jamal...
The more I think about this, the more I think about the "Brave New World" book by Aldous Huxley, which is supposedly Sci-Fi. We are going closer and closer to this state in society. "Class A this way, class B that way." "Don't go talk to that dirty boy, my little darling, he's class C!"
Engineering social division and control with more and more mechanical means: just think about very basic stuff like vaccine, contraception or basic hygienic facilities that poorer countries do not have access to...
Just is just an terrible extension of the big guys desire to stay in control.
I do agree that java support is a bit bad for FreeBSD. However, with FreeBSD "binary compatibility" with Linux (that is, there's a kernel module that allows you to run linux binaries), you can easily run jdk1.3. There's even a port available of blackdown linux.
Anyways, jdk-1.3 is coming, in fact, it's already there, but only at pre-alpha stage.:)
But you're right, java support is quite bad. But again, interest in java for the fbsd people is recent, and it's great to have anything at all, for that matter..:)
Hey-hey...
I'm just hacking through the same thing as you, except the HD is 122M!!
Install with the floppies and choose only the "bin" distribution. You might also like to have the "crypto" distro (don't take the source!) as it features essentials as openssh and openssl.
Did that here with FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE, and still have 3M free!:) I only have 5M of swap though. But it's enough for a router.
Your problem is with kernel rebuild, though. Hmmm.. You might be able to install just the "sys" distro (which is kernel-only source) and then build the kernel from there (using the "config", not the "buildkernel" method). If that fails, use another box to build the kernel and install it there (by nfs or ftp). There's no other solution, IMHO.
Well, for one thing, throwing tons of radioactive material into space isn't exactly a safe way to protect mankind, is it? (See Cassini and such space missions, sorry no URL) We're not talking about an undiscovered country here. We know our solar system. It's a wonderful collection of *rocks*. Nothing to do there.
Also, 100 000 years is a long road to go. I don't think that we would be able to survive that long here at all. With the pollution going always up and our nice black gold reserves going down, we'll be back to wood and stones soon enough, so drop the star wars, would you? I mean, most of the people down here are dying of *hunger*. That is, they don't have *food*, they don't need freaking space trips! They need the food that *we* (as western capitalists) *destroy* to preserve economy.
Let's start working on this "life-on-a-planet" thing, before going out and scraping the others. We already *have* enough options right here, right now.
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Duh. The Xemacs port to Win32 is pretty good, heck, it's much better than the native Mac port.
Fullfills all my editing needs.
It will just piss people off..
What if the government is forced into using open source software which could be inadequate for the job (think about OpenOffice on low-end machines), and then think about employees cursing "that damn open source system" because they're forced to use it.
No one likes to be forced in a trend they don't want to follow.
Using the law to force OSS through is just lame and is completely contrary to the spirit of the movement, IMHO.
Well, I stopped and restart iTunes 3 and it seems all is fine now.. Uses between 15 to 30% of the CPU now, with virtual mem size of 74,504 Kbytes and resident of 14,800 Kbytes.
Quite useable.
Go iTunes!
I've never seen an MP3 player suck so much from a CPU. On this G3 (256MB), it takes between 50 to 80% of the CPU just ON PAUSE.
It uses about 130MB of virtual memory and 20MB of resident.
This is probably a bug since a co-worker here uses the same iTunes on his imac with a 15% usage instead.
Too bad I can't go back to the previous iTunes now. :(
is it me or is ttp://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ completly screwed?
The thing with that is that it's moving the problem. The FBI can now just set a camera on the keyboard, sniff the keyboard itself (not the wire), etc, etc.
Once the FBI (or any competent person, for that matter) break into your house and tap it, there's not much you can do to insure hardware integrity.
Heck, there's no way to insure hardware integrity apart from building your own (!).
It is very convenient for us frightened citizens to have the evil specter of Big Brother looking at us from a book instead of from the reality.
The problem is that 1984 is not entirely a work of fiction. With a few organizational and technological tunings, 1984 is very well chosen, for a date. Right in the middle of the Reagan/Tatcher era, the propaganda/public relations machine pumping more and more bullshit through the TV tubes...
And that's only in occident. Consider the time in which the book was made (50s?).. In Russia, in that time, the book was only far-fetched on the technological side. Not on the political, social or philosophical side. Coming back to our century, we realize that the world didn't really change. Us geeks are just on the good side of the machine. (face it).
I don't think enough people have read 1984. I stopped reading it recently because I found it profoundly depressing. The parallels that I am able to fit into modern life are just too disturbing. The morning exercise (!), the hate sessions (one word: hockey), the telescreen.
The only thing that may be "comforting" in our world vs. 1984 is the way the telescreen works, ie. it can't spy on you. But that's another problem. Since it now works only in *one way*, the human before the tube just becomes a feeded brain to pack with propaganda. The TV screen is no democratic media that allows discussion, it is a massive distributor of tasteless unimaginative nonsense. It can't provoke debate because there's nothing to debate about. And that's how corporate media wants it.
IMO, George Orwell was a journalist. Not a sci-fi writer.
I read a few comments and I am utterly disgusted to see the general POV is "no apology, it's their fault". So what? Freakin apologize already and get this thing over with!
We don't want another cold war, DO WE?
Sometime I doubt it. In fact, I believe that the US make a god damn lot of money out of WAR. And China too probably.
So yeah, let's get this thing over with. Push the big red button and get it over with. But don't pretend you're "humanists" or that you do that "for the people". Christ. Fucking hypocrits.
I mean, we've got a freakin madman at the head of the US (let's not get into China here...), don't you see we'll be going into another near-to-apocalypse situation all over again?
"Duck and cover, kids!"
PS: Please note that I share no sense of belonging to any state, especially not the US or China. This comment applies to both threats to our planetary security.
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Actually, yes, I think they do. I of course to not have concrete evidence, but seeds are "designed", are made to propagate on great distances. I do think that seeds can be propagated for kilometers by the wind.
Indeed, but the thing is that this is not code! This is a freakin seed! Ethically, I think you can't even say you own seed, or food for that matter. Everyone have the right to be fed and, what's more, to use their land to grow food.
And for that matter, you can't really compare Monsanto's "license to grow" (what a ridiculous idea) with the GPL, since it would be more like a "license to grow, harvest and redistribute freely"!!
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Another thing about shadowrun, if anyone's interested, here's a the original timeline from 1997 to 2058, and here's another, more detailed timeline.
I find this a very interesting concept.
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Take for example sites like indymedia which holds a public "tribune" where people can submit stories, video, audio and any kind of news, and, damn, get it KNOWN! The demos that happened in Seattle some time ago were covered, say, oddly by the mainstream media (e.g. CNN), that is: they conveniently omitted to mention that plastic bullets were being used and that people were basically getting their ass kicked. When indymedia and other sites published news contradicting this, with audio and video evidence, they had to change their story!
Of course, the problem is that not every one can afford a T1 and start an indymedia. (I'm sure some of ya slashdotters could, but whatever). The thing is that it's easier (or at least possible) to do that than to go broadcast on national tv! And you don't need much.. Just a bit of web space, a color scanner and you're on the run. I covered a demo down here in montreal that turned bad when the police came down on demonstrators with pepper spray and cavalry, I took some pictures and put it on the web. It makes quite an impression.
The industrial police has been there for a while, you know. Heck, thinking about it, police has *always* been industrial. Police forces were initially created by the state to force strikes to stop in the factories in the first days of industrialisation.
It's always been like this, police pretending to "protect and serve" when they "provoke and seize", the state pretending to have a "constitution" or "civil rights", when you're on paper or on a soap opera (like the evening news), it's all beautiful and nice, but when you get busted, it's not funny anymore. Just ask Mumia Abu Jamal...
Engineering social division and control with more and more mechanical means: just think about very basic stuff like vaccine, contraception or basic hygienic facilities that poorer countries do not have access to...
Just is just an terrible extension of the big guys desire to stay in control.
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Anyways, jdk-1.3 is coming, in fact, it's already there, but only at pre-alpha stage. :)
But you're right, java support is quite bad. But again, interest in java for the fbsd people is recent, and it's great to have anything at all, for that matter.. :)
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Hey-hey...
:) I only have 5M of swap though. But it's enough for a router.
I'm just hacking through the same thing as you, except the HD is 122M!!
Install with the floppies and choose only the "bin" distribution. You might also like to have the "crypto" distro (don't take the source!) as it features essentials as openssh and openssl.
Did that here with FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE, and still have 3M free!
Your problem is with kernel rebuild, though. Hmmm.. You might be able to install just the "sys" distro (which is kernel-only source) and then build the kernel from there (using the "config", not the "buildkernel" method). If that fails, use another box to build the kernel and install it there (by nfs or ftp). There's no other solution, IMHO.
A.
I had to hack fetchmail recently to keep mail from bouncing when fetched from our isp to our internal postfix server (see the dropdelivered option).
I found hacking the source extremely easy, the source being modular and well documented.
This program could serve as documentation on how mail protocols (SMTP, POP, IMAP, etc) work and how to implement them.
Yay for fetchmail!
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Well, for one thing, throwing tons of radioactive material into space isn't exactly a safe way to protect mankind, is it? (See Cassini and such space missions, sorry no URL) We're not talking about an undiscovered country here. We know our solar system. It's a wonderful collection of *rocks*. Nothing to do there.
Also, 100 000 years is a long road to go. I don't think that we would be able to survive that long here at all. With the pollution going always up and our nice black gold reserves going down, we'll be back to wood and stones soon enough, so drop the star wars, would you? I mean, most of the people down here are dying of *hunger*. That is, they don't have *food*, they don't need freaking space trips! They need the food that *we* (as western capitalists) *destroy* to preserve economy.
Let's start working on this "life-on-a-planet" thing, before going out and scraping the others. We already *have* enough options right here, right now.
-- Semantics is the gravity of abstraction