This software does not support Windows 8 or 8.1 x64.
This makes it kind of useless for a whole swath of people like journalists, human rights defenders, etc who have purchased a new Windows machine in the last year or so can't use it.
Bennett is getting around a filter that was put in place, via Slashdot's own system....and is therefore evading. To talk about how to get around filters.
Here in Illinois, Bennett....your argument falls apart. Completely. I will also say this: you really don't know what you're talking about. Your opinion amounts to a fart in a wind tunnel to me, a resident of the State of Illinois, land of John Burge.
Here in Illinois, police have a long and storied history of bending the evidence to fit their theory of the crime, rather than let facts alone lead them to the truth of the matter.
Here in Illinois, police, prosecutors, and the criminal justice system have their finger on the needle.
Kevin Fox, Jerry Hobbes, Rolando Cruz. These are people who, in good faith....spoke to the police. These are *just* a few. Each of them had to fight to clear their names in the face of police and prosecutors who were bound and determined to make sure they could make a case against who they focused on. Why, the prosecutor in the Hobbes case, when confronted with DNA Evidence that someone else raped and murdered a child....rather than admit Hobbes was innocent, claimed the girl (aged 8) had sex with someone else before she was raped and murdered. Michael Waller (who was the Lake Co. Prosecutor) had reams of cases where he behaved like this. Illinois prosecutors and police enjoy an overly broad immunity from the damage they do.
So spare me your "insight", Bennett, because you are woefully ignorant on this topic. Try living in a State where "shortcuts to indictment and trial" are policy number one for the Criminal Justice system.
We abolished the death penalty in this state. Why? Because our system has been so corrupted, so polluted with people who sit in seats of inscrutable power they have nothing to fear in the destruction of a member of the general citizenry. Your "opinion" is offensive, insofar as it fails to weigh the stark reality of life. Police want to clear cases. Their procedure for doing so has become tainted, and through that have tainted the adversarial nature of the justice system. When the police think your guilty, whether you are or not....framing the evidence to fit their theory of what happened becomes the way to get that person on trial. Facts start to matter less, as they become twisted...or even denied in the race to put people in prison.
I suggest if you want to navel gaze, you actually do some research into this topic. As a resident of Chicago I am absolutely appalled that we can't properly fund our school system but the city has paid out a total of 80 million dollars to settle cases *just* for John Burge alone.
The Fifth Amendment was a wise one. The police are *not* your friends in a criminal investigation, especially if they don't have all the facts, or have half the facts and want to drill for more. Kevin Fox wound up arrested, and charged for the murder of his own daughter, despite the fact police had EVIDENCE that pointed to another person, BEFORE they even ran the DNA which eventually cleared him. When police and prosecutors do this, it's the rest of us innocent taxpayers who have to foot the bill.
On the original Rev.A iMac, Apple included what was known as a "mezzanine" slot. While Apple never used this slot for anything, some people did. I believe someone even rigged up a floppy drive into it. (This was before the HUGE boom in bondi blue USB peripherals)
You know, sometimes he remains calm enough to actually make rational and well thought out choices.
But, OTOH, he has shown himself in the past to be a purveyor of utterly ignorant dogma, almost on the level of religious zeal, that, as such, I dont consider him a leader of anything. He does not stand for me. And, to be honest, I dont think he stands for anyone.
He stands for the unrealistic little bubble world he has created in his own mind.
Yes, I like Free Software. Yes, I like Open Software. But, I am not about to embrace a surrealistic, and wholly unrealistic and non reality based approach.
OS/FS has its issues. But, if you ask me, there will be bumps in the road with any revolution.
The real question is, can we find a happy medium, across the whole map. I think we can. But, I dont think Stallman is our Jesus. I think, while he is an intelligent man, he also has the propensity to come off as a flaming idiot.
Which is why I really dont understand why OSDN gives him so much press. Yes, he has done his part. But, it really ticks me off how you think we all hang off his every word. I dont, and I am willing to bet only a very tiny percentage do.
By this reasoning, no company would be allowed to charge anybody anything. My phone company doesn't provide me due process when they prepare my bill. I mean, they just billed me without letting me call witnesses or anything. In fact, there is due process, and there is recourse. If the parties disagree, they can take the matter to court, just like any other dispute.
Grow a brain. Will you? Its not against the LAW to use a phone. It IS against the law to go above the posted speed limit. It is the responsibility of law enforcement, i.e: the people of the state of CT, to enforce such laws. A private company may not do so. Due process is lacking here, because, you are guilty without a trial. Due Process is a constitutional right. If due process, the rights of the people, are subverted, where does that leave you? We govern ourselves. ALL OF US. Thats the backbone of Due Process. When there is a criminal proceeding, its always The People of (fill in your state, or nation) vs. John Q Fuckup.
Another flaw in your out of your ass argument is that there is recourse. This would be a half truth, as you were guilty until proven innocent, and because you had no benefit of a trial by your peers, you have no other choice but to file a civil suit. In this course, the burden of proof is always on you. In due process, the first burden of proof is on the accuser. Not the accused.
Imagine if Microsoft decided to track your downloads, and decided to come to your house to arrest you for downloading Child Porn with their OS? And then locked you in a cell for 10 to 15 years, without a trial, without a hearing, and without the ability to face your accuser in a fair, and impartial proceeding? Without a jury? Same thing.
Enforcing the law is a right of the PEOPLE, not a private company. Try firing a neuron or two next time you decide to let loose, you could save alot of bandwidth.
Vixie helped contribute to the net via Bind. He helped contribute with cron. Now he spends his rep like this. Sorry, but, Vixie is a godamned idiot. This takes the cake. It really does.
It would have been one thing to block mail servers. Its quite another to remove the whole company from the damned map. Its lame. Highly. I held my opinon when he censored peacefire. Now, he can have it all:
Paul: your a fucking idiot. A lamer. And, nobody wants you deciding what we get to see, and what we dont. Your one presumptious prick to think its your right to block web traffic.
The implications are horrid on this scale. Imagine if you will, with the current legistaltive mood, trying to censor libraries and whatnot. Well, the government could just set up a central RBL like entity and require subscription. Now the government, and anyone willing to push their agenda can just enter the IP into the governments new version of the RBL. Napster? Blam! Parody? Blam! Any website containing the MP3 of bush saying he thinks there oughta be limits to free speech. BLAM! Critical Speech of Scientology in california? BLAM!
Yep, what a PRECEDENT you set here for us Paul. What a great guy you are.
Thanks Paul. In the future, do not do us any godamned favors. Wasnt BIND enough?
The pigs, looked across the table, at the men, and the men looked across the table at the pigs, and saw, there was no difference between them.
Orwell's prediction has come true. Welcome to animal farm.
At this point, I am seriously thinking of emigrating to another country, and renouncing my United States allegence and citizenship. Its a sad day, when, we as a nation have come full circle, and have become no better than the tyranny we revolted against in the first place to found the nation.
I would hypohothesize that, our beauracracy has become so dense as to have collapsed upon itself, and the black hole has formed.
I was born, and raised in the United States, but more and more, being a citizen has become more of an embarrasment than a credit to myself as a person.
How many clueful admins do you know that still run Sendmail?
How many clueful admins do you think will run BIND in 2002?
I couldnt agree more. Vixie has obviously taken complete leave of his senses here. With the RBL turning into censorware, and now BIND. He may have been a barely worthy developer of old, now he has just plain gone insane.
This is almost akin to M$ telling people their bugs are copyrighted. And, cant be published unless they publish them. Once again, security bullitens will come out when Vixie feels they should. What a crock of shit.
As his actions relating to the RBL have shown, he is hardly capable of being in charge of such choices. With this, I have to ask if his neurons are even firing anymore.
Call this flaimbait all you want, but, bottom line is, by his own words, Vixie has shown us all what a massive tool he has become.
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But, Telco's in the states already *tried* this tactic. They attempted to get the FCC to cover ISP's as 'common carrier', simply because, they saw the writing on the wall. They failed miserably. As well they should have. Such a course of action would have instilled stiff tarrif's and other growth slowing penalties on the then growing net. The Death Star (AT&T) headed up the whole thing.
The FCC refused. And, I dont see it happening here any time soon. Simply put, the telco's are also the ones who are bringing us DSL, and other service, and, having been told already they arent getting their way with VoIP, I am sure they are looking at other avenues of control. If anything, they may have better stakes in being the only onramp. A good example of this is: my local ISP used to do all of the setup for a DSL, and now, the phone company makes you order the line seprately, and then choose your provider.
Alot of mention has been made on the rights we have, is the US like Nazi Germany. I personally believe we do in fact, live in a police state. To wit, ask yourself these questions:
1) Does the United States follow, in spirit and in letter, the concept of innocence until proven guilty?
No. The broad application of warrant, search and seizure laws, and the total absence of the legal premisis of "narrowly construed" has been slowly eroded away. These days, if you have been served with a warrant, and, have been questioned by the police, the usual assumption is that you are guilty.
2) Do the police actually investigate a matter without bias, and with impartiality?
No. This has always been a major problem for both local and federal authorities. When they feel they have a prime suspect, all other leads become trivial. And not worth investigating. Even if evidence of innocence of the prime suspect could be uncovered.
3) Do we live under an unspoken law of guilt by association?
Yes. Terms like "hacker" and whatnot are used to vilify and persecute people who are innocent.
4) Are there severe loopholes in laws which allow police to run rampantly over individual liberty?
Yes. Carnivore is an example of this. If the EU type ISP laws get into the act here in the US, then we are really screwed. Because, if your forced to hand over your encryption keys, you are no longer secure in your person. And any law protecting you from unreasonable search and seizure are moot.
So lets see, unchecked police and political power, guilt by association, persecution due to label, so far so good. Sounding alot like Nazi germany to me. Lets go further:
5) Are uninformed people attempting to pass laws which label people with terms like "hacker" and "hacking" and prosecute them for associations?
Yes. In fact, there are several countries attempting this. Im sure it will only be a matter of time before this mindset gets to the United States.
Gee, whats next, will someone who is a geek be forced to wear an armband in public? How about a scarlet letter?
And, now for the kicker:
6) are the minority in almost firm control, in one way or another, of the majority.
Yes. With things like the DMCA, and minorities trying to kill off things like Reverse engineering, Donna Rice trying to censor the web, you have alot of minorities, trying to subvert the majorities. All in the name of profit, morality, and narrow mindedness.
There was a time when the law was to be kept narrowly construed. In order to make sure it wasnt used as a hammer. Now, the only thing being narrowly construed is thought and reasoning ability.
I was born an american citizen. I am embarrassed to be one these days. My father was an Air Force Vet, he fought for this country, and the way of life. Before his death, he saw this police state coming about. It upset him greatly, that police got warrants, based on suspicion, and conjecture, and, went about ruining people's lives, and they dont apologize when they are wrong. Nor are they forthcoming in returning what they steal.
Its getting worse. The United States is becoming a police state, run by corporate america, and, narrow minded politicians, who care more about themselves, their wallet, and what they want. In an ironic way, we are faced with the same dilemma as the original 13 colonies.
We once again, have a situation where we have no representation. We elect people who dont listen to those who elect them. We choose the lesser of two evils. And, we have no other recourse.
I give it another 100 years tops. Before you see armed revolt. *sigh*. The great experiment is at its peak, and will start its decline. Harry Truman warned that if you want to know how to avoid decline, in the United States, keep the history of the Romans close to your heart. Nobody in government has done this. And those who do not learn history, are doomed to repeat it.
And, they could also be a violation of the new COPPA law. Follow me here folks, these passages are from their own privacy statements:
What if I don't accept the cookie?
You still can participate in many of our online activities. However, if a LEGO Cookie is not present, it may limit our ability to customize and deliver a better online experience and improve our features.
Does LEGO.com Use Cookies?
Yes. When we ask to add a cookie to your computer, we are not collecting personal information, but the non-personal information that we do get helps us give you a better online experience.
Non-personal responses collected during a guest visit are used to help us make sure that our products and our communications to our guests are responsive to their interests. We hope to be able to continue to make the LEGO World Wide Web sites interesting and entertaining for users of all ages, and to ensure that we continue to make the kind of products that children love and parents trust.
Now, if cookies arent required, why cant you even get into the home page, without accepting them? If they arent using them to track info on users, why the barrier to the home page? If they are using it to track users, then they arent making people aware of it. And, furthermore, I would assume that may be their aim, otherwise, why require a cookie?
And, if that is the case, and they are forcing children at browsers to accept the cookie, they could be in violation of the United States COPPA law. Personally, im dismayed at such a level of irresponsibility from such a distinguished company.
As a pagan (specifically, I practice according to Celtic customs), I firmly believe that the net is the antithesis of your mainstream, organized religons.
Catholicisim, Christianity, all are well ordered, and, to some degree, strict houses, now, I am no religious bigot, I have tolerance of religon, save for zealots perhaps, who tend to tell me Im going to burn in hell, etc etc. That their way is the only way.
Well, the net is definately the antithesis of this. Because, 'their' way, be it M$, or any other stagnated monstrosity cannot stand in the way of someone who believes differently, and goes about making a change.
So, I would have to say yes, mysticisim is a part of what the net is. Open minds tend to be able to accept other points of view. And, open minds are willing to accept unconventional ideas, leaps in thought usually stamped out by people who are satisfied with the status quo. Think about it, the true visionaries of the net, were very much considered nuts, or crazy at the time. As most genius is.
You really think they're gonna raise the price if you buy a lot? Think again... Think 'bulk purchase'.
The logical and commercially viable solution here is to lower the price when you buy a lot, because they want to maintain that customer loyalty if it means you're a good buyer. Same way it works with everything else... Buy 1, it's a given price; buy 100, it's a lot cheaper per unit.
I suspect you guys will whine a lot less if this kind of data collection means you'll save on your little anime DVDs, huh?
Sorry pal, your simplistic argument falls flat.
Problem: Amazon has made no mention of this to their users. I doubt they would have mentioned it had it not been discovered.
Problem: Amazon has been very ambigious in their answers to queries. This alone warrants suspicion.
Problem: First time users are getting charged varibly. Both high and low. We know this based on the clean cookie tests which have been performed.
Problem: It seems long time users may be getting charged more than even first time users.
Problem: Logic dosent always apply to those who hold the purse strings. And, what may seem logical to you, may not be the case. Indeed, there are many cases where, it would be logical for a retailer to do something, yet does the exact opposite.
You need to pull your head out of the sand here, and realize, that, *any* company, that performs "testing" of this nature, without being forthcoming, either upfront, or when confronted, needs to be taken to task. Period.
I also fail to see how "We've learned that certain aspects of our site resonate with customers in different ways, and we are continually fine-tuning our site presentation to see how these variables affect customers' purchasing decisions," necissitates fluctuating prices. Unless they are testing a theory of "different looks may get someone to pay more", in which case, such a test should be contracted out, and done in a lab type of setting, and not with the general public.
So, please, get a clue here. After their one-click BS, its fairly obvious that they seem to think they can control anything they want.
This is different from time off for injury (say under the FMLA). Being ill/injured is not something that is a person's fault. Committing a crime is a person's fault.
Putting a person convicted of computer stealing computer data in conputer security is similar to putting an embezzler in a cash counting room or a child molester in a job at a day care provider or a convicted drunk driver as a school bus driver or a perjurer as an attorney.
Your analogy is worthless. There is a legitimate purpose behind hiring someone with background knowledge on security measures/countermeasures. There is no legitimate reason to embezel money, or molest children.
There are legitimate times when, acting as an authorized agent of a corporation, you attempt to break your own stuff. This is the nature of the biz. Sometimes, you dont know if something is going to work, until you try and break it.
Furthermore, considering l0pht's beginnings, I find it sad that they of all people have turned down Phiber. Especially in this day and age, when security breaches are ever more noticeable and prevalant.
It seems very much to me like, l0pht has forgotten its roots, per se. Now, while I do understand why hiring a convicted felon dosent always fit the corporate model, one has to realize, that, sometimes, its better to have someone like Phiber on your side, than against you.
Furthermore, let me state something else, highly relevant: he has served his time. His debt to society is paid. He has earned the right to rejoin society. And, as such, society should welcome him back. Does it mean we have to implicitly trust him? Not necissarily. Does it mean we have to lay down the red carpet? No.
It means, he gets a fair shake at things. Just like any of us do. You need to at least step back, and allow them to prove themselves.
Get a clue here folks, he is a free man now, and, while yes, he does have an X on his back for the rest of time, it dosent mean you need to remind him of it every 3 and half seconds.
Finally, a fairly unbiased historical piece, that actually helps undo some of the damage "Pirates of Silicon Valley" did to the story.
Anyone who knows anything about Apple culture, knows Steve Jobs is a chameleon. He takes the best of whats around him, and blends. Unfortunately, at times, he is insane, but, you cant have everything. And, its especially nice to see Raskin get his long overdue props.
Woz was brilliant, Jobs had his place too, but, the Raskin was right, Jobs would have you believe that it was him who brainstormed up Macintosh after the Xerox visit. When, in actuality Macintosh was a project started YEARS before Xerox ever appeared on the Apple map.
Its also good to see the actual Lisa story set straight once and for all, as Lisa was really just a bloated and ill concieved mac model. Thats right folks, The Mac was *not* a stripped down Lisa. The Lisa was an overpriced and overblown Mac. In fact, the Mac development group was raided to build the Lisa in the first place.
In any event, it just goes to show, you cant believe everything you see on TV. And, when you actually use your head and read, alot more truth can be had, as opposed to waiting for the next soundbyte.
Hopefully, they will get more interviews up soon, im very interested in seeing some more of the mindsets in relation to the Mac development.
Im more than sure they have made modifications to the base linux,
Have they released the source code for the kernel they use? Could they be violating GNU/GPL?
Im more than sure something could be figured out. Furthermore, one has to wonder. And, while using SMB to access the server may be a stop/gap solution, its mostly BS, even Apple saw the writing on the wall, and Appleshare IP uses lpd. One would think they, and other vendors would get with the program.
As for the people stating its a liability issue, in terms of support, what a crock. If you cant support clients using Linux, then, IMHO, you have no business using it in a product.
Thats akin to a manufacturer such as Apple, saying, they will support an Appleshare IP server, using MacOS, but they wont support the iMac's with MacOS which connect to the server. They both run MacOS. If Apple made such a comment, there would be a class action lawsuit so fast...
But, the gist of it is, if they can use it in their products, they can support clients using it. Period. And, again, id sure like to know if they have released the source code for any changes they made to their Linux.
I can see this happening. But, Raymond's remarks are made a little too hastily. To wit:
As a platform, we have LinuxPPC, which totally blows away the x86 platform in terms of performance.
The GIMP is good, but, until we get some *decent* and *quality* (and, I mean production and prepress film quality) plug ins, and functionality, it will not replace photoshop. As I have yet to meet a Windows box that can do color perfect work, with correct Gamma, Mac is gonna be around for a long long time to come.
Hell, unless we see a comparable suite of tools, along the lines of Adobe products, Linux cannot take the desktop market.
Filemaker is a very widely used solution. I have yet to see any Filemaker apache solution present itself.
Whether you believe it or not, there are some things I dont use Linux for. Especially in the server area. There are much more secure and easier to use DNS Servers for MacOS. BIND and named are fine, but, ease of use is not something that springs to mind when you think of them.
Gnome and GTK are cool, but, in all actuality, they have a mucho long way to go before they can even come close to what the Mac UI has attained. Eazel is cool, but, same rule applies.
In short, I think ESR's comments were a bit premature. And, I think he needs to take a good strong look at the actual situation.
Remember also, Napolean lost by trying to fight two fronts.
Im an Open Source fan as much as the next guy, but, for myself, and indeed, for my client's bottom line, I will always choose the tool that is most stable, and most dependable at that paticular time, for that paticular job.
And, thats one of things that really needs to be kept in the front of our minds.
Robot wars is far cooler. As with anything british that is later americanized, this is no different. You have way too much human chatting about this and that, no House Robots, (house robots are part of the fun of Robot Wars, how can you even think of doing a show without them?)
I will say the only redeeming value of the show is it seems the rules for the bots are looser than they are for RW. While this is fine, I personally think that without that almost impossible to beat adversary, its a joke. Kinda like playing doom with the God Code. After awhile, its no longer fun.
One of the things I noticed is, its very similar to Celebrity Deathmatch. With their newsdesk type of setup. Rather lame.
Its really sad to see another quality Brit show totally and blandly redone american style. I lamented when they started the American version of "Whose line is it anyway".
I can just imagine what will be next. There are some formula's that just should not be tampered with, this was one of them.
Ill continue watching RW on our PBS station, I think BB sucks ass. Its a very poor american ripoff. Despite what some people here think. Everything aside from a few details has been replicated, including a vacant blonde in the staging area.
OK, and you were expecting exactly what from the police at this point? A smile and a wave?
In my backpack were several pieces of soggy clothing, and a folded flak jacket nothing explicitly illegal, but I didn't feel like baring all to the first cop that asked.
So you wanted to go to jail as soon as possible, instead of staying out on the street as a protester, being more effective.
You, sir, are an idiot.
Naw, the only idiot here would be you. He is being asked, for no reason other than how he is dressed, to surrender his rights.
We all have a right to be free of unreasonable searches. Thats a constitutional right. Part of the problem in this country is that more people dont realize exactly what our rights are, and are more than willing to let police, etc, explain it to them. Anyone who thinks this way, needs to read, or re-read animal farm.
We have an adversarial legal and justice system. Listen to the word. Adversarial. Root word here would be *adversary*. Do you cooperate with an adversary? By its basic connotation, you dont. Period.
We have the right to remain silent. Now, while this fellow didnt do that, he does not have to divulge anything to the police. Period. The police in this country have stepped out of bounds many times, and, all too often, the reaction of fools like you is, "well, they are the police, you have to do what they say, and do what they tell you" etc. No, you dont.
You dont have to allow a search. They must have PROBABLE CAUSE. They didnt. They were being thugs.
The fact that your well trained to do whatever someone with a badge says, your the idiot here, because, youve as much as told us, your more than willing to surrender just because someone wears a uniform.
The UK register (http://www.theregister.co.uk) points out a small nugget worth mentioning:
The judge in the case is forcing the RIAA to post a 5 Million dollar bond in the case, for lost earnings, should napster prevail. This should be taken into account before declaring the RIAA as a victor in pretrial.
If memory serves, the RIAA had to post a similar bond in the Diamond Rio case.
They lost that bond.
Obviously the judge believes that Napster has some points to its arguments, otherwise, the judge would not have ordered such a bond.
Lets consider this before we go flying off about how unfair it is when big corp's throw money around.
In addition, this is one of those dicey issues which will play out like a roller coaster, and will most assuredly wind up in the Supreme Court's lap. In all honesty, the supreme court has not taken too many cases relating to the online and computer fields. With M$ going soon, and presumably, the DeCSS case, the Supreme Court will need to get in here and set some rulings down. They have a habit of letting things boil before acting.
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This software does not support Windows 8 or 8.1 x64.
This makes it kind of useless for a whole swath of people like journalists, human rights defenders, etc who have purchased a new Windows machine in the last year or so can't use it.
I block Bennett's stories from appearing.
Bennett gets someone else to post his drivel.
Bennett is getting around a filter that was put in place, via Slashdot's own system....and is therefore evading. To talk about how to get around filters.
Anyone else see the irony here?
Here in Illinois, Bennett....your argument falls apart. Completely. I will also say this: you really don't know what you're talking about. Your opinion amounts to a fart in a wind tunnel to me, a resident of the State of Illinois, land of John Burge.
Here in Illinois, police have a long and storied history of bending the evidence to fit their theory of the crime, rather than let facts alone lead them to the truth of the matter.
Here in Illinois, police, prosecutors, and the criminal justice system have their finger on the needle.
Kevin Fox, Jerry Hobbes, Rolando Cruz. These are people who, in good faith....spoke to the police. These are *just* a few. Each of them had to fight to clear their names in the face of police and prosecutors who were bound and determined to make sure they could make a case against who they focused on. Why, the prosecutor in the Hobbes case, when confronted with DNA Evidence that someone else raped and murdered a child....rather than admit Hobbes was innocent, claimed the girl (aged 8) had sex with someone else before she was raped and murdered. Michael Waller (who was the Lake Co. Prosecutor) had reams of cases where he behaved like this. Illinois prosecutors and police enjoy an overly broad immunity from the damage they do.
So spare me your "insight", Bennett, because you are woefully ignorant on this topic. Try living in a State where "shortcuts to indictment and trial" are policy number one for the Criminal Justice system.
We abolished the death penalty in this state. Why? Because our system has been so corrupted, so polluted with people who sit in seats of inscrutable power they have nothing to fear in the destruction of a member of the general citizenry. Your "opinion" is offensive, insofar as it fails to weigh the stark reality of life. Police want to clear cases. Their procedure for doing so has become tainted, and through that have tainted the adversarial nature of the justice system. When the police think your guilty, whether you are or not....framing the evidence to fit their theory of what happened becomes the way to get that person on trial. Facts start to matter less, as they become twisted...or even denied in the race to put people in prison.
I suggest if you want to navel gaze, you actually do some research into this topic. As a resident of Chicago I am absolutely appalled that we can't properly fund our school system but the city has paid out a total of 80 million dollars to settle cases *just* for John Burge alone.
The Fifth Amendment was a wise one. The police are *not* your friends in a criminal investigation, especially if they don't have all the facts, or have half the facts and want to drill for more. Kevin Fox wound up arrested, and charged for the murder of his own daughter, despite the fact police had EVIDENCE that pointed to another person, BEFORE they even ran the DNA which eventually cleared him. When police and prosecutors do this, it's the rest of us innocent taxpayers who have to foot the bill.
These two are free, and socially interactive.
Gunbound: kinda like worms, but, online. There are some lamers, but, overall, it can be fun.
You can find info for gunbound at:
http://www.gunbound.net/
Then, there is fairyland. This is where her and I currently reside. Its a nice free MMORPG.
http://www.fairyland.com.my/
Enjoy.
Second, who is going to pay 99 for something they can get for free on Gnutella?
I have two words for you: Bottled Water.
Supernaut.
On the original Rev.A iMac, Apple included what was known as a "mezzanine" slot. While Apple never used this slot for anything, some people did. I believe someone even rigged up a floppy drive into it. (This was before the HUGE boom in bondi blue USB peripherals)
You know, sometimes he remains calm enough to actually make rational and well thought out choices.
But, OTOH, he has shown himself in the past to be a purveyor of utterly ignorant dogma, almost on the level of religious zeal, that, as such, I dont consider him a leader of anything. He does not stand for me. And, to be honest, I dont think he stands for anyone.
He stands for the unrealistic little bubble world he has created in his own mind.
Yes, I like Free Software. Yes, I like Open Software. But, I am not about to embrace a surrealistic, and wholly unrealistic and non reality based approach.
OS/FS has its issues. But, if you ask me, there will be bumps in the road with any revolution.
The real question is, can we find a happy medium, across the whole map. I think we can. But, I dont think Stallman is our Jesus. I think, while he is an intelligent man, he also has the propensity to come off as a flaming idiot.
Which is why I really dont understand why OSDN gives him so much press. Yes, he has done his part. But, it really ticks me off how you think we all hang off his every word. I dont, and I am willing to bet only a very tiny percentage do.
By this reasoning, no company would be allowed to charge anybody anything. My phone company doesn't provide me due process when they prepare my bill. I mean, they just billed me without letting me call witnesses or anything. In fact, there is due process, and there is recourse. If the parties disagree, they can take the matter to court, just like any other dispute.
Grow a brain. Will you? Its not against the LAW to use a phone. It IS against the law to go above the posted speed limit. It is the responsibility of law enforcement, i.e: the people of the state of CT, to enforce such laws. A private company may not do so. Due process is lacking here, because, you are guilty without a trial. Due Process is a constitutional right. If due process, the rights of the people, are subverted, where does that leave you? We govern ourselves. ALL OF US. Thats the backbone of Due Process. When there is a criminal proceeding, its always The People of (fill in your state, or nation) vs. John Q Fuckup.
Another flaw in your out of your ass argument is that there is recourse. This would be a half truth, as you were guilty until proven innocent, and because you had no benefit of a trial by your peers, you have no other choice but to file a civil suit. In this course, the burden of proof is always on you. In due process, the first burden of proof is on the accuser. Not the accused.
Imagine if Microsoft decided to track your downloads, and decided to come to your house to arrest you for downloading Child Porn with their OS? And then locked you in a cell for 10 to 15 years, without a trial, without a hearing, and without the ability to face your accuser in a fair, and impartial proceeding? Without a jury? Same thing.
Enforcing the law is a right of the PEOPLE, not a private company. Try firing a neuron or two next time you decide to let loose, you could save alot of bandwidth.
Vixie helped contribute to the net via Bind. He helped contribute with cron. Now he spends his rep like this. Sorry, but, Vixie is a godamned idiot. This takes the cake. It really does.
It would have been one thing to block mail servers. Its quite another to remove the whole company from the damned map. Its lame. Highly. I held my opinon when he censored peacefire. Now, he can have it all:
Paul: your a fucking idiot. A lamer. And, nobody wants you deciding what we get to see, and what we dont. Your one presumptious prick to think its your right to block web traffic.
The implications are horrid on this scale. Imagine if you will, with the current legistaltive mood, trying to censor libraries and whatnot. Well, the government could just set up a central RBL like entity and require subscription. Now the government, and anyone willing to push their agenda can just enter the IP into the governments new version of the RBL. Napster? Blam! Parody? Blam! Any website containing the MP3 of bush saying he thinks there oughta be limits to free speech. BLAM! Critical Speech of Scientology in california? BLAM!
Yep, what a PRECEDENT you set here for us Paul. What a great guy you are.
Thanks Paul. In the future, do not do us any godamned favors. Wasnt BIND enough?
The pigs, looked across the table, at the men, and the men looked across the table at the pigs, and saw, there was no difference between them.
Orwell's prediction has come true. Welcome to animal farm.
At this point, I am seriously thinking of emigrating to another country, and renouncing my United States allegence and citizenship. Its a sad day, when, we as a nation have come full circle, and have become no better than the tyranny we revolted against in the first place to found the nation.
I would hypohothesize that, our beauracracy has become so dense as to have collapsed upon itself, and the black hole has formed.
I was born, and raised in the United States, but more and more, being a citizen has become more of an embarrasment than a credit to myself as a person.
*sigh*
How many clueful admins do you know that still run Sendmail?
How many clueful admins do you think will run BIND in 2002?
I couldnt agree more. Vixie has obviously taken complete leave of his senses here. With the RBL turning into censorware, and now BIND. He may have been a barely worthy developer of old, now he has just plain gone insane.
This is almost akin to M$ telling people their bugs are copyrighted. And, cant be published unless they publish them. Once again, security bullitens will come out when Vixie feels they should. What a crock of shit.
As his actions relating to the RBL have shown, he is hardly capable of being in charge of such choices. With this, I have to ask if his neurons are even firing anymore.
Call this flaimbait all you want, but, bottom line is, by his own words, Vixie has shown us all what a massive tool he has become.
You can pick up the original scorch here:
http://www.classicgaming.com/scorch/
Current Version is 1.5
They still have the 1.2 version as well.
But, Telco's in the states already *tried* this tactic. They attempted to get the FCC to cover ISP's as 'common carrier', simply because, they saw the writing on the wall. They failed miserably. As well they should have. Such a course of action would have instilled stiff tarrif's and other growth slowing penalties on the then growing net. The Death Star (AT&T) headed up the whole thing.
The FCC refused. And, I dont see it happening here any time soon. Simply put, the telco's are also the ones who are bringing us DSL, and other service, and, having been told already they arent getting their way with VoIP, I am sure they are looking at other avenues of control. If anything, they may have better stakes in being the only onramp. A good example of this is: my local ISP used to do all of the setup for a DSL, and now, the phone company makes you order the line seprately, and then choose your provider.
My $0.02
Alot of mention has been made on the rights we have, is the US like Nazi Germany. I personally believe we do in fact, live in a police state. To wit, ask yourself these questions:
1) Does the United States follow, in spirit and in letter, the concept of innocence until proven guilty?
No. The broad application of warrant, search and seizure laws, and the total absence of the legal premisis of "narrowly construed" has been slowly eroded away. These days, if you have been served with a warrant, and, have been questioned by the police, the usual assumption is that you are guilty.
2) Do the police actually investigate a matter without bias, and with impartiality?
No. This has always been a major problem for both local and federal authorities. When they feel they have a prime suspect, all other leads become trivial. And not worth investigating. Even if evidence of innocence of the prime suspect could be uncovered.
3) Do we live under an unspoken law of guilt by association?
Yes. Terms like "hacker" and whatnot are used to vilify and persecute people who are innocent.
4) Are there severe loopholes in laws which allow police to run rampantly over individual liberty?
Yes. Carnivore is an example of this. If the EU type ISP laws get into the act here in the US, then we are really screwed. Because, if your forced to hand over your encryption keys, you are no longer secure in your person. And any law protecting you from unreasonable search and seizure are moot.
So lets see, unchecked police and political power, guilt by association, persecution due to label, so far so good. Sounding alot like Nazi germany to me. Lets go further:
5) Are uninformed people attempting to pass laws which label people with terms like "hacker" and "hacking" and prosecute them for associations?
Yes. In fact, there are several countries attempting this. Im sure it will only be a matter of time before this mindset gets to the United States.
Gee, whats next, will someone who is a geek be forced to wear an armband in public? How about a scarlet letter?
And, now for the kicker:
6) are the minority in almost firm control, in one way or another, of the majority.
Yes. With things like the DMCA, and minorities trying to kill off things like Reverse engineering, Donna Rice trying to censor the web, you have alot of minorities, trying to subvert the majorities. All in the name of profit, morality, and narrow mindedness.
There was a time when the law was to be kept narrowly construed. In order to make sure it wasnt used as a hammer. Now, the only thing being narrowly construed is thought and reasoning ability.
I was born an american citizen. I am embarrassed to be one these days. My father was an Air Force Vet, he fought for this country, and the way of life. Before his death, he saw this police state coming about. It upset him greatly, that police got warrants, based on suspicion, and conjecture, and, went about ruining people's lives, and they dont apologize when they are wrong. Nor are they forthcoming in returning what they steal.
Its getting worse. The United States is becoming a police state, run by corporate america, and, narrow minded politicians, who care more about themselves, their wallet, and what they want. In an ironic way, we are faced with the same dilemma as the original 13 colonies.
We once again, have a situation where we have no representation. We elect people who dont listen to those who elect them. We choose the lesser of two evils. And, we have no other recourse.
I give it another 100 years tops. Before you see armed revolt. *sigh*. The great experiment is at its peak, and will start its decline. Harry Truman warned that if you want to know how to avoid decline, in the United States, keep the history of the Romans close to your heart. Nobody in government has done this. And those who do not learn history, are doomed to repeat it.
And, they could also be a violation of the new COPPA law. Follow me here folks, these passages are from their own privacy statements:
What if I don't accept the cookie?
You still can participate in many of our online activities. However, if a LEGO Cookie is not present, it may limit our ability to customize and deliver a better online experience and improve our features.
Does LEGO.com Use Cookies?
Yes. When we ask to add a cookie to your computer, we are not collecting personal information, but the non-personal information that we do get helps us give you a better online experience.
Non-personal responses collected during a guest visit are used to help us make sure that our products and our communications to our guests are responsive to their interests. We hope to be able to continue to make the LEGO World Wide Web sites interesting and entertaining for users of all ages, and to ensure that we continue to make the kind of products that children love and parents trust.
Now, if cookies arent required, why cant you even get into the home page, without accepting them? If they arent using them to track info on users, why the barrier to the home page? If they are using it to track users, then they arent making people aware of it. And, furthermore, I would assume that may be their aim, otherwise, why require a cookie?
And, if that is the case, and they are forcing children at browsers to accept the cookie, they could be in violation of the United States COPPA law. Personally, im dismayed at such a level of irresponsibility from such a distinguished company.
Bah.
As a pagan (specifically, I practice according to Celtic customs), I firmly believe that the net is the antithesis of your mainstream, organized religons.
.....and then revered.
Catholicisim, Christianity, all are well ordered, and, to some degree, strict houses, now, I am no religious bigot, I have tolerance of religon, save for zealots perhaps, who tend to tell me Im going to burn in hell, etc etc. That their way is the only way.
Well, the net is definately the antithesis of this. Because, 'their' way, be it M$, or any other stagnated monstrosity cannot stand in the way of someone who believes differently, and goes about making a change.
So, I would have to say yes, mysticisim is a part of what the net is. Open minds tend to be able to accept other points of view. And, open minds are willing to accept unconventional ideas, leaps in thought usually stamped out by people who are satisfied with the status quo. Think about it, the true visionaries of the net, were very much considered nuts, or crazy at the time. As most genius is.
Genius is often recognized a decade late...
You really think they're gonna raise the price if you buy a lot? Think again... Think 'bulk purchase'.
The logical and commercially viable solution here is to lower the price when you buy a lot, because they want to maintain that customer loyalty if it means you're a good buyer. Same way it works with everything else... Buy 1, it's a given price; buy 100, it's a lot cheaper per unit.
I suspect you guys will whine a lot less if this kind of data collection means you'll save on your little anime DVDs, huh?
Sorry pal, your simplistic argument falls flat.
Problem: Amazon has made no mention of this to their users. I doubt they would have mentioned it had it not been discovered.
Problem: Amazon has been very ambigious in their answers to queries. This alone warrants suspicion.
Problem: First time users are getting charged varibly. Both high and low. We know this based on the clean cookie tests which have been performed.
Problem: It seems long time users may be getting charged more than even first time users.
Problem: Logic dosent always apply to those who hold the purse strings. And, what may seem logical to you, may not be the case. Indeed, there are many cases where, it would be logical for a retailer to do something, yet does the exact opposite.
You need to pull your head out of the sand here, and realize, that, *any* company, that performs "testing" of this nature, without being forthcoming, either upfront, or when confronted, needs to be taken to task. Period.
I also fail to see how "We've learned that certain aspects of our site resonate with customers in different ways, and we are continually fine-tuning our site presentation to see how these variables affect customers' purchasing decisions," necissitates fluctuating prices. Unless they are testing a theory of "different looks may get someone to pay more", in which case, such a test should be contracted out, and done in a lab type of setting, and not with the general public.
So, please, get a clue here. After their one-click BS, its fairly obvious that they seem to think they can control anything they want.
This is different from time off for injury (say under the FMLA). Being ill/injured is not something that is a person's fault. Committing a crime is a person's fault.
Putting a person convicted of computer stealing computer data in conputer security is similar to putting an embezzler in a cash counting room or a child molester in a job at a day care provider or a convicted drunk driver as a school bus driver or a perjurer as an attorney.
Your analogy is worthless. There is a legitimate purpose behind hiring someone with background knowledge on security measures/countermeasures. There is no legitimate reason to embezel money, or molest children.
There are legitimate times when, acting as an authorized agent of a corporation, you attempt to break your own stuff. This is the nature of the biz. Sometimes, you dont know if something is going to work, until you try and break it.
Furthermore, considering l0pht's beginnings, I find it sad that they of all people have turned down Phiber. Especially in this day and age, when security breaches are ever more noticeable and prevalant.
It seems very much to me like, l0pht has forgotten its roots, per se. Now, while I do understand why hiring a convicted felon dosent always fit the corporate model, one has to realize, that, sometimes, its better to have someone like Phiber on your side, than against you.
Furthermore, let me state something else, highly relevant: he has served his time. His debt to society is paid. He has earned the right to rejoin society. And, as such, society should welcome him back. Does it mean we have to implicitly trust him? Not necissarily. Does it mean we have to lay down the red carpet? No.
It means, he gets a fair shake at things. Just like any of us do. You need to at least step back, and allow them to prove themselves.
Get a clue here folks, he is a free man now, and, while yes, he does have an X on his back for the rest of time, it dosent mean you need to remind him of it every 3 and half seconds.
Finally, a fairly unbiased historical piece, that actually helps undo some of the damage "Pirates of Silicon Valley" did to the story.
Anyone who knows anything about Apple culture, knows Steve Jobs is a chameleon. He takes the best of whats around him, and blends. Unfortunately, at times, he is insane, but, you cant have everything. And, its especially nice to see Raskin get his long overdue props.
Woz was brilliant, Jobs had his place too, but, the Raskin was right, Jobs would have you believe that it was him who brainstormed up Macintosh after the Xerox visit. When, in actuality Macintosh was a project started YEARS before Xerox ever appeared on the Apple map.
Its also good to see the actual Lisa story set straight once and for all, as Lisa was really just a bloated and ill concieved mac model. Thats right folks, The Mac was *not* a stripped down Lisa. The Lisa was an overpriced and overblown Mac. In fact, the Mac development group was raided to build the Lisa in the first place.
In any event, it just goes to show, you cant believe everything you see on TV. And, when you actually use your head and read, alot more truth can be had, as opposed to waiting for the next soundbyte.
Hopefully, they will get more interviews up soon, im very interested in seeing some more of the mindsets in relation to the Mac development.
Im more than sure they have made modifications to the base linux,
Have they released the source code for the kernel they use? Could they be violating GNU/GPL?
Im more than sure something could be figured out. Furthermore, one has to wonder. And, while using SMB to access the server may be a stop/gap solution, its mostly BS, even Apple saw the writing on the wall, and Appleshare IP uses lpd. One would think they, and other vendors would get with the program.
As for the people stating its a liability issue, in terms of support, what a crock. If you cant support clients using Linux, then, IMHO, you have no business using it in a product.
Thats akin to a manufacturer such as Apple, saying, they will support an Appleshare IP server, using MacOS, but they wont support the iMac's with MacOS which connect to the server. They both run MacOS. If Apple made such a comment, there would be a class action lawsuit so fast...
But, the gist of it is, if they can use it in their products, they can support clients using it. Period. And, again, id sure like to know if they have released the source code for any changes they made to their Linux.
I can see this happening. But, Raymond's remarks are made a little too hastily. To wit:
As a platform, we have LinuxPPC, which totally blows away the x86 platform in terms of performance.
The GIMP is good, but, until we get some *decent* and *quality* (and, I mean production and prepress film quality) plug ins, and functionality, it will not replace photoshop. As I have yet to meet a Windows box that can do color perfect work, with correct Gamma, Mac is gonna be around for a long long time to come.
Hell, unless we see a comparable suite of tools, along the lines of Adobe products, Linux cannot take the desktop market.
Filemaker is a very widely used solution. I have yet to see any Filemaker apache solution present itself.
Whether you believe it or not, there are some things I dont use Linux for. Especially in the server area. There are much more secure and easier to use DNS Servers for MacOS. BIND and named are fine, but, ease of use is not something that springs to mind when you think of them.
Gnome and GTK are cool, but, in all actuality, they have a mucho long way to go before they can even come close to what the Mac UI has attained. Eazel is cool, but, same rule applies.
In short, I think ESR's comments were a bit premature. And, I think he needs to take a good strong look at the actual situation.
Remember also, Napolean lost by trying to fight two fronts.
Im an Open Source fan as much as the next guy, but, for myself, and indeed, for my client's bottom line, I will always choose the tool that is most stable, and most dependable at that paticular time, for that paticular job.
And, thats one of things that really needs to be kept in the front of our minds.
Robot wars is far cooler. As with anything british that is later americanized, this is no different. You have way too much human chatting about this and that, no House Robots, (house robots are part of the fun of Robot Wars, how can you even think of doing a show without them?)
I will say the only redeeming value of the show is it seems the rules for the bots are looser than they are for RW. While this is fine, I personally think that without that almost impossible to beat adversary, its a joke. Kinda like playing doom with the God Code. After awhile, its no longer fun.
One of the things I noticed is, its very similar to Celebrity Deathmatch. With their newsdesk type of setup. Rather lame.
Its really sad to see another quality Brit show totally and blandly redone american style. I lamented when they started the American version of "Whose line is it anyway".
I can just imagine what will be next. There are some formula's that just should not be tampered with, this was one of them.
Ill continue watching RW on our PBS station, I think BB sucks ass. Its a very poor american ripoff. Despite what some people here think. Everything aside from a few details has been replicated, including a vacant blonde in the staging area.
BB could have been better done.
Naw, the only idiot here would be you. He is being asked, for no reason other than how he is dressed, to surrender his rights.
We all have a right to be free of unreasonable searches. Thats a constitutional right. Part of the problem in this country is that more people dont realize exactly what our rights are, and are more than willing to let police, etc, explain it to them. Anyone who thinks this way, needs to read, or re-read animal farm.
We have an adversarial legal and justice system. Listen to the word. Adversarial. Root word here would be *adversary*. Do you cooperate with an adversary? By its basic connotation, you dont. Period.
We have the right to remain silent. Now, while this fellow didnt do that, he does not have to divulge anything to the police. Period. The police in this country have stepped out of bounds many times, and, all too often, the reaction of fools like you is, "well, they are the police, you have to do what they say, and do what they tell you" etc. No, you dont.
You dont have to allow a search. They must have PROBABLE CAUSE. They didnt. They were being thugs.
The fact that your well trained to do whatever someone with a badge says, your the idiot here, because, youve as much as told us, your more than willing to surrender just because someone wears a uniform.
Why dont you sit at the back of the bus?
The UK register (http://www.theregister.co.uk) points out a small nugget worth mentioning:
The judge in the case is forcing the RIAA to post a 5 Million dollar bond in the case, for lost earnings, should napster prevail. This should be taken into account before declaring the RIAA as a victor in pretrial.
If memory serves, the RIAA had to post a similar bond in the Diamond Rio case.
They lost that bond.
Obviously the judge believes that Napster has some points to its arguments, otherwise, the judge would not have ordered such a bond.
Lets consider this before we go flying off about how unfair it is when big corp's throw money around.
In addition, this is one of those dicey issues which will play out like a roller coaster, and will most assuredly wind up in the Supreme Court's lap. In all honesty, the supreme court has not taken too many cases relating to the online and computer fields. With M$ going soon, and presumably, the DeCSS case, the Supreme Court will need to get in here and set some rulings down. They have a habit of letting things boil before acting.
Its a very easy guess what message Alien life would send us:
"Any of you *faggots* touch any of my stuff....and, I'll kill you"
=)