OK, so I can no longer go to sports.yahoo.com/mlb and click Listen to hear a game for free, but what about this? I can listen to WSB in Atlanta any time, and they carry the Braves games, so can I listen to it that way or do we think that WSB will be prohibited from webcasting it? I know that used to be the case with Rush Limbaugh's radio show. You could listen to WGST 24 hours a day, except when Rush was on, at which time you got a recording saying that they couldn't webcast it.
I don't agree that "criminal" should have appeared in this story, but I do agree with the word "suck". It's not a terribly high price, but probably higher than I would be willing to pay for crappy, unreliable feed. I would rather have some assurance of an improved quality.
"In this section I will show you how to pull a bodycast of a human figure. The process is relatively simple yet very dangerous. "
I'm trying to think of something else relatively simple yet very dangerous. Jumping off a bridge? No, I wouldn't call that simple. How about accidentally falling on a hatchet? Yeah, that sounds simple.... and dangerous.
The story reads, in part: It seems like corporations have no desire other than to strip us of what few remaining freedoms we have, and the government is doing nothing to check their power scramble
Actually, corporations are unable to strip anyone of freedoms. It's those in favor of big government who wish to strip you of your freedoms (and who have the power to do so), and it's the American people who are doing nothing to check the power scramble. Not all citizens, of course, but a good number of them.
<PLUG TYPE="SHAMELESS">
The Libertarian Party has more information about protecting your liberty. </PLUG>
OK, I should have done a little more research before my last post (primarily so I could have gotten to sleep). I think I was mistaken about Nevada, in that it was not one of the four remaining states. I now think that was Washington, which Gore did get (and by quite a margin).
That means that it really does come down to Florida, as all the network kept saying, and as I kept wondering why they kept saying. Turns out it was I who was wrong all the time, since I completely missed Gore's win in Washington state.
Fortunately, I'm still very confident that Bush will win Florida, primarily because of the absentee vote. The ones that have yet to be counted (or even received) are the overseas military votes, which should easily have a Bush majority. So if I was a betting man, my money is still on Bush.
Sorry about my mixup.
John
Gore snagged one of them? No, I'm not seeing that.
Voter.com has projected Bush the winner of Nevada, which is appropriate considering he has almost 20,000 more votes. So, even if Gore wins Florida, Bush will still win with Oregon (where he leads by 30,000 votes) and Wisconsin (where he leads by over 7,000 votes).
Yes, the election is close, and I can understand the Gore Campaign's reluctance to concede at this stage (I would do the same I think). But it's extremely likely that Bush will either carry Florida or will carry both Oregon and Wisconsin. For absentee votes to turn around all three of those states would be quite amazing.
So I'm going to sleep very confident that a Republican has been elected to the Presidency.
Of course, the real winner in this election, if I might say so, is the United States, who turned out in amazing numbers to cast their votes. I'm so proud of the turnout in this election, and I hope people will gain a new appreciation of the importance of everybody's participation.
I can say with a straight face, "God Bless America".
Cheers,
John
All the networks are now calling Florida, and therefore the race, as a Bush victory. This has seemed a very safe call to me since around midnight. The absentee ballots will very likely favor the Republicans, and even if Bush lost Florida, he could still win with the three remaining states, and he leads in all three. They're all really close, but this is a safe call I think.
This is the first time since 1954 that the Republicans have controlled both Congress and the White House, and (here's my own statistic that I haven't heard anybody else say) the first time since Nixon in 1960 that a sitting vice president ran for and lost a subsequent Presidential race.
Of course, I disagree with the folks that say it's "stealing" to view web sites without banner ads.
But I also disagree with anybody who suggests that it makes sense to filter out ads. Thanks to advertising revenue, I don't have to pay anybody to use countless great sites that never would have gotten to be as good as they are without ad revenue.
Why do advertisers pay to appear on these sites? Because they know they'll get the page views, which will bring the click-thrus, which will bring them sales and revenue. If they see those numbers going down the business case is gone, so are the ads, and so is the content the ads pay for.
Suck it up. Boycott sites that have advertising if you're so friggin' put off by it. Or do what I do: Ignore the stupid things for the most part (they're not all that intrusive). And who knows? Like me, you might just occasionally see an ad for something that interests you.
> Is it possible for him to keep them from using >"Linux" in their company name (and thus stop their >quasi-bunk IPO)?
Yes.
>...is it proper for him to do so?
Perhaps. This is certainly his right, as trademark holder, but I'm sure he fully realizes that this power should be used sparingly and only when absolutely necessary, in the best interest of Linux as a whole.
I found myself longing for Linus et al to do something about LinuxOne back when I first heard about their scam... either revoking their GPL license (which I think I've heard could be done) or insist they not use the term "Linux". But it didn't take me too long to realize that it sure wouldn't be a good thing for every Linux project to first have to get approval from Linus himself. That may sound extreme, but exactly where would the line be drawn? This is most likely why Linus has done absolutely nothing. I'm sure he's concerned about the situation, though.
>But, when the abuse warrants it, either through damage, or through repeated >activity, I have no problem contacting law enforcement to resolve the issue.
Oh yeah, they'll be all over that puppy.
"Don't worry about a thing, sir. Me and my partner, Officer Krupke, will take care of things. Let's see, first we'll secure the crime scene. Hey, Scott -- er, I mean, Officer Krupke, do me a favor and bring up a shell on the router. Let's bring down some services and quiet things down in here. Sir, could you turn down that Xamp over there? Thanks."
"All right, people, I've got root here now. Anybody needs a whole in the firewall will have to go through me. I'm gonna start my investigation now. Let's see here, what does the syslog say?..."
I had to read your subject a couple of times to make sure where you were coming from, because I had just then been thinking "why would anyone but a moron NOT accept options?".
Ah yes, your coal miner example is sad and interesting, but it's not the same bucket of mushrooms as the Microsoft thing. There's a guaranteed return on investment if you have an opportunity to get in on Microsoft stock at an early price. I wouldn't expect most of these people to hang on to the stock for fifty years, and I certainly wouldn't equate them to coal miners.
I'm not trying to pick a fight or add to this off-topicness of this worthy thread (let's not forget it's about the cute sweater-clad penguins). And I agree with you about the population problem. It was just something that you said that struck me:
> Nor do I care when I hear that some distant > people are killing each other, except so far > as it may destabilize the world and possibly > cause nuclear war.
That's interesting. You don't seem to care about death somewhere else, because it helps curb population growth, but nuclear war is a problem, even though it's the ultimate population control solution. Why might that be? Might it be because nuclear war would kill you? Is that when people should start caring?
Again, I'm not necessarily in disagreement with you. I'm not a bleeding-heart liberal, but rather a proud member of the vast right-wing conspiracy.
Anyhow, I've come to accept over the years that our population problem is going to get worse and worse until something catastrophic takes care of about half of us or more. It sucks but it's life.
What you're missing is the micro-evolution which inevitably leads to the macro-evolution that we've come to expect from Linux.
Little things are what have driven people away from Linux in the past. They don't care how great Linux is if they can't install it, so installation has often been a key topic, complete with screenshots, when discussing or reviewing a new distribution. It's not because you or I have a problem with the current installations of various distributions, but because we should recognize that this is an area which could stand some improvement to attract more users.
Sure, you and I may know that all installers do basically the same thing, but we should also know that there's a wide variety of features you can include, leave out, add, modify, to make the user more comfortable with the installation.
What about partitioning? We should also know that there are loads of people out there who haven't installed Linux because they didn't want to screw around with partitioning their disk. Something that can be launched from Windows and take care of all that for you is a big plus to many potential users.
You're probably right that, one installed, this Linux is extremely similar to vanilla Debian. Not entirely of course... there are likely many changes that Corel has made to their distribution that they would like to see incorporated into Debian, and some of it might just make it. Heck, they might even end up rolling some stuff into the kernel one of these days.
And lo, before you've even noticed, the hour hand has moved ahead as you were staring at the minute hand.
Great. Let the government get involved and start scaring employers into not letting people telecommute anymore.
God forbid we should all, as a country, take some personal responsibility for our health and safety and quit blaming our employers for our own furniture. Yes, this is why the OSHA has done this, because of this wacko "what have you done for me lately" liberal culture that has grown around us of late.
If you want to work at home, you damn tootin' better make sure you don't get hurt. If there's an indication that you can't keep your fingers out of the blender, then guess what? You don't get to work at home anymore. Now you can sue your employer for not getting enough time with your family, right? Cuz everything's the fault of "the man".
Sheesh.
You think your employer should help pay for ergonomic furniture? My goodness! Do you or do you not want to stay healthy? If you do, you'll get what you need for yourself. Working from home is NOT a right. It's a priviledge. Your employer should, and does, provide a safe workplace for you. If you don't want to use it, quit yer bitchin'.
The "child learning to read" analogy is way off base. The two are totally different, primarily because adults are expected to use the common sense that they've been building up for years, and many fail to do so when they're learning to use computers. It doesn't make them stupid, but it is funny.
Yes, I used to work tech support and, yes, I'll admit that it is not a difficult job and most anyone could do it. I'll also say that I took enough ridiculous calls to write my own comic strip, if so moved. They were funny.
You're right that your plumber doesn't make fun of you... at least, not to your face. But I assure you there are Plumber calendars all over the place that make fun of all of us. You would be surprised at the industrial humor market. For just about every career in existence, there are cartoons and jokes that poke fun at their customers, coworkers, managers (Dilbert, for example). And they're funny.
In fact, I distinctly remember a teacher that I had in high school who was very proud his copy of the "Far Side" episode which featured a kid pushing as hard as he could on the door that was boldly labeled "PULL". It was funny.
Perhaps you're getting my theme now. It's funny. Perhaps you get it, perhaps you don't. You know what? I don't even like "User Friendly" that much. There are some good ones, but it doesn't do it for me the way Dilbert does (perhaps because most of my silly memories have to do with silly managers).
Anyway, we certainly have enough to do in this world without telling each other what we should or should not find amusing.
The light bulb "just missed" his top 10 list? Surely he doesn't like "portable fire" that much. How'd you like to carry a torch around your house to see where you're going? That surely should have beaten the electric hand dryer.
Those of you who have been following the CIHost fiasco know that cihost.com was resolving but was down for a LONG time. It seems to be back up now, with no mention that I can find of any problems at all. Likewise, the sites that I know are hosted by them are back up.
I figured their cisupport.com site would say something about the problem, but it wasn't responding. Guess you have to crawl before you can walk.
Slashdot Mirror
I love the "lossy" logo image, on which they obviously tested their code.
I don't agree that "criminal" should have appeared in this story, but I do agree with the word "suck". It's not a terribly high price, but probably higher than I would be willing to pay for crappy, unreliable feed. I would rather have some assurance of an improved quality.
Right out of the gate, and I'm cracking up:
"In this section I will show you how to pull a bodycast of a human figure. The process is relatively simple yet very dangerous. "
I'm trying to think of something else relatively simple yet very dangerous. Jumping off a bridge? No, I wouldn't call that simple. How about accidentally falling on a hatchet? Yeah, that sounds simple.... and dangerous.
RP
It seems like corporations have no desire other than to strip us of what few remaining freedoms we have, and the government is doing nothing to check their power scramble
Actually, corporations are unable to strip anyone of freedoms. It's those in favor of big government who wish to strip you of your freedoms (and who have the power to do so), and it's the American people who are doing nothing to check the power scramble. Not all citizens, of course, but a good number of them.
<PLUG TYPE="SHAMELESS">
The Libertarian Party has more information about protecting your liberty.
</PLUG>
That means that it really does come down to Florida, as all the network kept saying, and as I kept wondering why they kept saying. Turns out it was I who was wrong all the time, since I completely missed Gore's win in Washington state.
Fortunately, I'm still very confident that Bush will win Florida, primarily because of the absentee vote. The ones that have yet to be counted (or even received) are the overseas military votes, which should easily have a Bush majority. So if I was a betting man, my money is still on Bush. Sorry about my mixup. John
Voter.com has projected Bush the winner of Nevada, which is appropriate considering he has almost 20,000 more votes. So, even if Gore wins Florida, Bush will still win with Oregon (where he leads by 30,000 votes) and Wisconsin (where he leads by over 7,000 votes).
Yes, the election is close, and I can understand the Gore Campaign's reluctance to concede at this stage (I would do the same I think). But it's extremely likely that Bush will either carry Florida or will carry both Oregon and Wisconsin. For absentee votes to turn around all three of those states would be quite amazing.
So I'm going to sleep very confident that a Republican has been elected to the Presidency.
Of course, the real winner in this election, if I might say so, is the United States, who turned out in amazing numbers to cast their votes. I'm so proud of the turnout in this election, and I hope people will gain a new appreciation of the importance of everybody's participation.
I can say with a straight face, "God Bless America". Cheers, John
This is the first time since 1954 that the Republicans have controlled both Congress and the White House, and (here's my own statistic that I haven't heard anybody else say) the first time since Nixon in 1960 that a sitting vice president ran for and lost a subsequent Presidential race.
Now get some sleep :)
But I also disagree with anybody who suggests that it makes sense to filter out ads. Thanks to advertising revenue, I don't have to pay anybody to use countless great sites that never would have gotten to be as good as they are without ad revenue.
Why do advertisers pay to appear on these sites? Because they know they'll get the page views, which will bring the click-thrus, which will bring them sales and revenue. If they see those numbers going down the business case is gone, so are the ads, and so is the content the ads pay for.
Suck it up. Boycott sites that have advertising if you're so friggin' put off by it. Or do what I do: Ignore the stupid things for the most part (they're not all that intrusive). And who knows? Like me, you might just occasionally see an ad for something that interests you.
As opposed to those black'n'white monitors that most companies give to their employees.
Hmmmm... wonder if you can even get a black'n'white VGA monitor, anyway.
RP
"LinuxOne plans to distribute the Apache server software to its customers"
Get the hell outta here! Nobody bundles Apache. How in the world do they do it? Go go LinuxOne!!
Specifically:
> Is it possible for him to keep them from using
>"Linux" in their company name (and thus stop their
>quasi-bunk IPO)?
Yes.
>...is it proper for him to do so?
Perhaps. This is certainly his right, as trademark holder, but I'm sure he fully realizes that this power should be used sparingly and only when absolutely necessary, in the best interest of Linux as a whole.
I found myself longing for Linus et al to do something about LinuxOne back when I first heard about their scam... either revoking their GPL license (which I think I've heard could be done) or insist they not use the term "Linux". But it didn't take me too long to realize that it sure wouldn't be a good thing for every Linux project to first have to get approval from Linus himself. That may sound extreme, but exactly where would the line be drawn? This is most likely why Linus has done absolutely nothing. I'm sure he's concerned about the situation, though.
RP
>activity, I have no problem contacting law enforcement to resolve the issue.
Oh yeah, they'll be all over that puppy.
"Don't worry about a thing, sir. Me and my partner, Officer Krupke, will take care of things. Let's see, first we'll secure the crime scene. Hey, Scott -- er, I mean, Officer Krupke, do me a favor and bring up a shell on the router. Let's bring down some services and quiet things down in here. Sir, could you turn down that Xamp over there? Thanks."
"All right, people, I've got root here now. Anybody needs a whole in the firewall will have to go through me. I'm gonna start my investigation now. Let's see here, what does the syslog say?..."
Yeah, that makes sense.
RP
Ah yes, your coal miner example is sad and interesting, but it's not the same bucket of mushrooms as the Microsoft thing. There's a guaranteed return on investment if you have an opportunity to get in on Microsoft stock at an early price. I wouldn't expect most of these people to hang on to the stock for fifty years, and I certainly wouldn't equate them to coal miners.
RP
> Yellow strip across the field to show where the
>first down yardage is during the real time broadcast.
And is that super cool or what? It just knocks me out to see guys walking around on that line, with the camera moving and everything. Luv it!
RP
> Nor do I care when I hear that some distant
> people are killing each other, except so far
> as it may destabilize the world and possibly
> cause nuclear war.
That's interesting. You don't seem to care about death somewhere else, because it helps curb population growth, but nuclear war is a problem, even though it's the ultimate population control solution. Why might that be? Might it be because nuclear war would kill you? Is that when people should start caring?
Again, I'm not necessarily in disagreement with you. I'm not a bleeding-heart liberal, but rather a proud member of the vast right-wing conspiracy.
Anyhow, I've come to accept over the years that our population problem is going to get worse and worse until something catastrophic takes care of about half of us or more. It sucks but it's life.
RP
> that these polluters get away?
Uh, Greenpeace? And others, I'm sure. Polution and wildlife aren't new issues.
RP
Anyway, I would have NEVER in a million years guessed that his picture would be in Playboy... ever!
I just think that's funny.
I couldn't quite figure out if this article on "online only" or his picture will actually be in the print version. That would be WAY cool :)
RP
Little things are what have driven people away from Linux in the past. They don't care how great Linux is if they can't install it, so installation has often been a key topic, complete with screenshots, when discussing or reviewing a new distribution. It's not because you or I have a problem with the current installations of various distributions, but because we should recognize that this is an area which could stand some improvement to attract more users.
Sure, you and I may know that all installers do basically the same thing, but we should also know that there's a wide variety of features you can include, leave out, add, modify, to make the user more comfortable with the installation.
What about partitioning? We should also know that there are loads of people out there who haven't installed Linux because they didn't want to screw around with partitioning their disk. Something that can be launched from Windows and take care of all that for you is a big plus to many potential users.
You're probably right that, one installed, this Linux is extremely similar to vanilla Debian. Not entirely of course... there are likely many changes that Corel has made to their distribution that they would like to see incorporated into Debian, and some of it might just make it. Heck, they might even end up rolling some stuff into the kernel one of these days.
And lo, before you've even noticed, the hour hand has moved ahead as you were staring at the minute hand.
Behold... macro-evolution.
RP
God forbid we should all, as a country, take some personal responsibility for our health and safety and quit blaming our employers for our own furniture. Yes, this is why the OSHA has done this, because of this wacko "what have you done for me lately" liberal culture that has grown around us of late.
If you want to work at home, you damn tootin' better make sure you don't get hurt. If there's an indication that you can't keep your fingers out of the blender, then guess what? You don't get to work at home anymore. Now you can sue your employer for not getting enough time with your family, right? Cuz everything's the fault of "the man".
Sheesh.
You think your employer should help pay for ergonomic furniture? My goodness! Do you or do you not want to stay healthy? If you do, you'll get what you need for yourself. Working from home is NOT a right. It's a priviledge. Your employer should, and does, provide a safe workplace for you. If you don't want to use it, quit yer bitchin'.
RP
That's right! I forgot about that. Good to see I'm not the only one who remembers it.
RP
Yes, I used to work tech support and, yes, I'll admit that it is not a difficult job and most anyone could do it. I'll also say that I took enough ridiculous calls to write my own comic strip, if so moved. They were funny.
You're right that your plumber doesn't make fun of you... at least, not to your face. But I assure you there are Plumber calendars all over the place that make fun of all of us. You would be surprised at the industrial humor market. For just about every career in existence, there are cartoons and jokes that poke fun at their customers, coworkers, managers (Dilbert, for example). And they're funny.
In fact, I distinctly remember a teacher that I had in high school who was very proud his copy of the "Far Side" episode which featured a kid pushing as hard as he could on the door that was boldly labeled "PULL". It was funny.
Perhaps you're getting my theme now. It's funny. Perhaps you get it, perhaps you don't. You know what? I don't even like "User Friendly" that much. There are some good ones, but it doesn't do it for me the way Dilbert does (perhaps because most of my silly memories have to do with silly managers).
Anyway, we certainly have enough to do in this world without telling each other what we should or should not find amusing.
That's my take.
RP
While you're vouching, you can say that you know and admire me if you want. You know, while you're vouching.
RP
RP
Then maybe that's just me.
RP
I figured their cisupport.com site would say something about the problem, but it wasn't responding. Guess you have to crawl before you can walk.
Hmmmmmmmmm.... good way to start 2000.
RP