Some points:
1) Aunt Tillie is (usually) not a System Administrator
2) Cups is the default printer facility under Fedora core 1
3) Not everyone has a Sysadmin in their back pocket
4) Not everyone has (or wants for that matter) windows machines on their networks
5) He was using CUPS as one example - read closer
6) Can you imagine Aunt Tillie attempting to set up Hylafax? How about Pan?
He is talking about non - technical Linux noobs, not geeks who dream command lines
and bash scripts.
mv sco/dev/null
because a computer is a
terrible thing to waste.
Actually, I stumbled accross a site last night,
(white power crap, bah) described how to
make an anti - personel rocket launcher, the
projectile was powered by an estes "D" class
engine, touted to be usefull against targets ranging in size up to small non - armoured vehicals
not cool. I enjoy rocketry as well, and I work with someone who does high powered stuff,
I'd hate to see it go away because of crap like this.
That the Linux port would get dropped,
considering the mainline players running
it on Linux... ILM - Weta and others, the pressure would be somewhat intense.... (Unless of course
it is M$ Attempting more rool da world tactics)
They don't need to, if we really want to know, now that SGI has made changes, just use ESR's comparator tool (or use diff, whatever your choice) on the various recent source trees.
Actually, it's more than likely they are afraid of Linux users letting the sponsors know what we think of their involvement with $CO so they have taken it down in order to keep the sponsors a secret. (but don't companies sponsor so that they WILL be known?)
The problem is, that there are FAR more commercial interests in the HF spectrum than ham usage. This article focuses on the ham aspect of the interferance, when the hams can't hear each other, ships at sea, tugs, shortwave (and more users) can't be heard either.
This is axactly why spark gap transmitters were finally illegalised in the mid '20s Some spark gap transmitters could eat up as much as 26 mhz of spectrum, anything that uses up that much bandwidth over hf through vhf radio spectrum is horrendously innefficiant, and should basically be laughed off the table.
What they need to do is head "back to the drawing board" and come up with some tighter systems, what interferes with hf will eventually interefere with other frequencies, particularly if there is a majour system failure, filters go out of whack or whatever. Also, poorly designed and cheap (can you say Radio Shack?) electronics will also inevitably be susceptable.
Coming to a cordless phone near you! Interference from Power Line Broadband! Get it while it's hot!
I think someone should tell them that amateur radio was interesting in the first half of the 20th century, most of us have now moved on.
Wake up, some the communications techniques (spread spectrum, for example) were heavily experimented with by hams before most people had even heard of it. If it's new, radical and ever so much more interesting than other communications modes, hams probably used it first, or adopted it earlier than most.
A few are idiots, but don't tar us all with the same brush, a LARGER number (like me) would be out doing everything we could to help. You probably wound up with one of the Pricks, they are in every field and interest. I have seen a few post to/.
As for the hobby doing nothing for anyone but ourselves, you need to read a little more electronics and communications history.
Canuck Wingnut (a longtime ham as well as an IT professional)
To the school's It department, cc: to the Dean (or campus principal as the case may be) both from a temporary hotmail/yahoo account.
Include the example code, obfuscated to hide your coding style, (coders familiar with you, and instructors likewise, would pick you out from your coding style) and leave it at that. If they are too damn ignorant to test it out, well, it's their problem, they've been warned.
"His reaction to this whole thing started off as complete apathy and is still hovering around it."
Lord, think about it, I mean if I were him, I'd almost be tempted to glue my mouth shut UNTIL CALLED for! He probably has consulted a lawyer who would tell him "Shut up unless I say it's O.K." That way, what he says (or doesn't say) can't be used against him. A lawsuit of this nature is no joke and should be treated as such, and from where I sit, that is exactly what Linus is doing.
I get the feeling that anti crypto laws, etc. will
have the same effect as restricting access to
guns (hark, is that a flame I hear approaching??)
Controlled access to firearms = no access to
firearms for the general public not for crooks.
Restricting crypto = no secure crypto for the
general public, but the terrorist "purchases"
a programmer and has his own written, the end
result is the same. The crook still has the
advantage in the end.
"God grants liberty only to those love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it"
(Daniel Webster)
"The ultimate authority....resides in the people alone"
(James Madison)
"Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them"
(Franklin D. Roosevelt)
"They that can give up essential liberty to gain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety"
(Benjamin Franklin)
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Some points:
/dev/null
1) Aunt Tillie is (usually) not a System Administrator
2) Cups is the default printer facility under Fedora core 1
3) Not everyone has a Sysadmin in their back pocket
4) Not everyone has (or wants for that matter) windows machines on their networks
5) He was using CUPS as one example - read closer
6) Can you imagine Aunt Tillie attempting to set up Hylafax? How about Pan?
He is talking about non - technical Linux noobs, not geeks who dream command lines
and bash scripts.
mv sco
because a computer is a
terrible thing to waste.
You're going to drive 900 miles (one way) to install a printer for Aunt Tillie? My what a good :-)
nephew (or niece as the case may be)
Actually, I stumbled accross a site last night, (white power crap, bah) described how to
make an anti - personel rocket launcher, the projectile was powered by an estes "D" class
engine, touted to be usefull against targets ranging in size up to small non - armoured vehicals
not cool. I enjoy rocketry as well, and I work with someone who does high powered stuff,
I'd hate to see it go away because of crap like this.
That the Linux port would get dropped, considering the mainline players running
it on Linux... ILM - Weta and others, the pressure would be somewhat intense....
(Unless of course it is M$ Attempting more rool da world tactics)
They don't need to, if we really want to know, now that SGI has made changes, just use ESR's
comparator tool (or use diff, whatever your choice) on the various recent source trees.
Actually, it's more than likely they are afraid of Linux users letting the sponsors know what we
think of their involvement with $CO so they have taken it down in order to keep the sponsors a
secret. (but don't companies sponsor so that they
WILL be known?)
Canuck_wingnut
You obviously weren't real interested in the first place.
Canuck Wingnut
0wn3d
;-D
burnt into the bread.
Or the cans in the coke machine are always empty
Canuck Wingnut
The problem is, that there are FAR more commercial interests in the HF spectrum than ham usage.
This article focuses on the ham aspect of the interferance, when the hams can't hear each other,
ships at sea, tugs, shortwave (and more users) can't be heard either.
Canuck Wingnut
"BPL is an enormous bandwidth hog."
This is axactly why spark gap transmitters were finally illegalised in the mid '20s
Some spark gap transmitters could eat up as much as 26 mhz of spectrum, anything that uses up that much
bandwidth over hf through vhf radio spectrum is horrendously innefficiant, and should basically
be laughed off the table.
Canuck Wingnut
What they need to do is head "back to the drawing board" and come up with some tighter systems,
what interferes with hf will eventually interefere with other frequencies, particularly if there
is a majour system failure, filters go out of whack or whatever. Also, poorly designed and
cheap (can you say Radio Shack?) electronics will also inevitably be susceptable.
Coming to a cordless phone near you! Interference from Power Line Broadband! Get it while it's hot!
Canuck Wingnut
"Yeah, it's evolved... and it's time for the weaker one to die."
:-}
Considering the evolution of ham radio, I guess wireless net is toast, see ya around.
Canuck Wingnut
I think someone should tell them that amateur radio was interesting in the first half of the 20th century, most of us have now moved on.
Wake up, some the communications techniques (spread spectrum, for example) were heavily experimented with by hams before most people had even heard
of it. If it's new, radical and ever so much more interesting than other communications modes, hams
probably used it first, or adopted it earlier than most.
Canuck Wingnut
A few are idiots, but don't tar us all with the same brush, /.
a LARGER number (like me) would be out doing
everything we could to help. You probably wound
up with one of the Pricks, they are in every
field and interest. I have seen a few post to
As for the hobby doing nothing for anyone but ourselves, you need to read a little more
electronics and communications history.
Canuck Wingnut (a longtime ham as well as an IT professional)
To the school's It department, cc: to the Dean
(or campus principal as the case may be)
both from a temporary hotmail/yahoo account.
Include the example code, obfuscated to hide
your coding style, (coders familiar with you,
and instructors likewise, would pick you
out from your coding style) and leave it at
that. If they are too damn ignorant to test it
out, well, it's their problem, they've been
warned.
canuck_wingnut
"Maybe try Ebay?"
Ever browse Ebay? So many items are "Will Ship To Continental U.S. Only"
Same problem all over again.
"Whats the max packet baud rate these days? 9600? On HF it's even lower."
56k packet is being successfully utilised, and some groups (Japan. there may be others)
Are experimenting with faster speeds.
check out http://www.paccomm.com/ for the WA4DSY modem
Sombody took a cue from the dorks trying to destroy the Canadian lumber industry, I see.
Korea, welcome to the club.
------------------
"nosce te ipsum"
------------------
"Will McBride be a manager in a software company?"
;-)
;-}
Looke for messr's Mcbride et al to be flipping burgers in a Utah MacDonalds near you soon!
If I owned a Computer company (or any other, for that matter) I wouldn't hire a dork like that.
Poetic justice, I say, since that's where many an out of work Computer programmer seems to wind
up these days, if they can't find anything else.
Wouldn't it be peachy to have a former CEO having to say yes sir, yes sir three bags full to you.
Nosce Te Ipsum.
"His reaction to this whole thing started off as complete apathy and is still hovering around it."
Lord, think about it, I mean if I were him, I'd almost be tempted to glue my mouth shut
UNTIL CALLED for! He probably has consulted a lawyer who would tell him "Shut up unless I say
it's O.K." That way, what he says (or doesn't say) can't be used against him.
A lawsuit of this nature is no joke and should be treated as such, and
from where I sit, that is exactly what Linus is doing.
Go Linus!
Nosce Te Ipsum
I get the feeling that anti crypto laws, etc. will
have the same effect as restricting access to
guns (hark, is that a flame I hear approaching??)
Controlled access to firearms = no access to
firearms for the general public not for crooks.
Restricting crypto = no secure crypto for the
general public, but the terrorist "purchases"
a programmer and has his own written, the end
result is the same. The crook still has the
advantage in the end.
"God grants liberty only to those love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it"
(Daniel Webster)
"The ultimate authority....resides in the people alone"
(James Madison)
"Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them"
(Franklin D. Roosevelt)
"They that can give up essential liberty to gain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety"
(Benjamin Franklin)
"per aspera adastra"