Ok, this probably won't pass. Not this year. But it will come up again.
And, each time it comes up, it will seem a little less like a crazy idea. So to prevent it from becoming law, we need companies (with money) to be against it.
Which means, linux evangalism. Earlier today, I read a slashdot article where most posters claimed we had no intention of "winning" any wars. "Linux is for us, not for the masses" was what they said. WRONG! To defend it, it must be accepted on a much larger scale.
So, please, don't flame the linux evangalist posters. They have a mindset that says linux is superior to other OS's, and they're right. It's ok to be proud of such an acheivement once in a while. Let's fight stuff like SSSCA instead of fighting each other.
Is it anything special? No, but the install images are not.iso images. They're.encrypted_linux images instead.
.encrypted_linux images look exactly like.iso files, but they cannot be used as such, based upon the EULA that is signed upon receipt of any such disks. To be used, they must be copied, 1-for-1, to another disk, and then used. This procedure is hereby referred to as "decryption". The decryption procedure also requires use of a rock from the planet Mars.
It's kind of like the currency in Panama. When you get a "1 Balboa" as change, it's green on the front, black on the back, and has a picure of George Washington on it. It also says "Federal Reserve Note United States of America" on it, but it's not an American dollar, it's a Panamanian Balboa. To convert it to a dollar, trade it with someone else for a U.S. dollar. Of course, they will look exactly the same, but it's all in the principle of it.
Such decryption into iso images is only legal if you own a rock from Mars. Why Mars? Because no one owns such a rock. If you preform a decryption procedure without owning a Mars rock, you are breaking the EULA with the disk, and punishable by the DMCA.
If anyone sues us for publishing linux, we'll ask how they know what the content was on the disks. If they circumvented the Mars-rock decryption, the evidence will not be permissible in court.
What I'm curious about is the Solaris versions. Why do they stink so much? They load slowly, render slowly, and they appear to not use standard X calls.
Yesterday, 0.9.4 crashed my UI. Even when I moved my pointer off the mozilla app, mozilla was still highlighted. Also, my key combinations (including my kill-9 key combo) stopped working too. It must be setting up it's own keyboard and mouse handlers!
I finally logged in remotely, and killed it off. What a boarish app!
This was v0.9.4 for Solaris 8. Of course, I haven't had such problems when running the same version for Windows or for linux. What's up? Can't the mozilla programmers afford to install Solaris on one machine for testing?
Welcome to the Recording Industry Association of America. We provide services for citizens who wish to protect their copyrights with might, instead of right.
Has someone been pirating you're music and putting it on the web? We understand how you feel. Because of that big bad idea called liberty, you can't stop it, can you? Well enter the IP address of the offending site, and we'll blow them to smithereens!
FAQ:
1. Isn't DoS illegal?
Not any more. We're the good guys, so it's ok.
2. Will you DoS any server that's entered on this page?
Discrimination is wrong. Always. You name it, we bomb it.
3. I hate my brother. Can you beat him up?
Watch for version 2.
I had the fourth (or so) comment under this story, and the first one about range. How is this redundant?
I see:
Great range! (Score:4, Informative)
by kevin42 on Tuesday October 16, @09:23AM (#2435931)
(User #161303 Info)
All of 20 feet is going to be real useful!
Also, the 2x mode is proprietary so you won't be able to mix with other vendors cards.
But it's a good start.
Then I see:
Maximum range? (Score:1, Redundant)
by drinkypoo on Tuesday October 16, @09:24AM (#2435934)
(User #153816 Info)
Anyone know about how much range it should be possible to get with a real antenna?
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ALL YOUR KARMA ARE BELONG TO US
FOR GREAT JUSTICE METAMODERATE EVERY ZIG
My math may be a little rusty, but 153816 > 243593 last time I checked. And, his comment was clever, yours wasn't. Not to mention all that SHOUTING about karma and moderating proves your lack of netiquette.
Since the "anti-terrorism" bill is going through, and no exemption is being made for copyright holders, no-one could bring down a Napster clone.
Basically, P2P networks and open file shares can only be brought down once they have been identified. "Identifying" such servers is now considered terrorism, and is no longer permissible. So, the RIAA has lost.
I don't think the original Napster guys will be up to the challenge. (They had been our greatest spokesmen, but then their tounges were ripped out).
I can see the implications already. If this was in a movie (cough, cough, red planet, hmpgh) it would be accidently bumped into "military mode" at some point in the mission. I'd at least run all programs on the bot through a disassembler before letting it come with me to space.
31337 flock responds to master's wishes
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Bert's soft spot was for pigeons. Haven't you ever seen him do the pigeon dance?
Osama has loved pigeons for years too. He once sent out an order to "bomb American's favorite mode of transportation!" For years, I thought my car was pooped on because I parked it under trees. But, now, I know that BIN LADEN WAS RESPONSIBLE!!!
Analagies of the XP processor... (FUNNY!)
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AMD Athlon" XP processor with
QuantiSpeed" Architecture Analogies
1. Adult and Child Walking
If a child and an adult are walking together, the child needs to take more steps to keep up with
the adult. Since the adult has a longer stride than the child and travels further with each step.
The child has to work harder by moving faster to try and keep up.
2. Automobile Engines
Two cars are in a race. The Blue Car has a 6-cylinder engine while the Green Car has a 9-cylinder engine. While the Blue Car s engine works hard in terms of high RPMs, it doesn't actually go all that fast down the road. In contrast, the Green Car s more powerful engine doesn't have to run at high RPMs. Yet on the road, the Green Car blows the doors off the Blue Car. The more powerful Green Car engine is designed to run efficiently and to deliver a faster, more
powerful driving experience.
3. Bucket and Cup
You and a friend are out on the lake in a rowboat. At some point, you both notice that the boat is
taking on water. Your friend starts bailing water with a cup while you start bailing water with a
bucket. In a panic, your friend bails faster than you, but since your container is larger, you end up bailing more water in the same amount of time.
4. Cycling
Two cyclists ride together on 10-speed bikes. One cyclist uses the 10th gear, pedaling slower but
moving faster down the road and covering more distance with each stroke. The other cyclist uses
1st gear and has to pedal like a lunatic to achieve even close to the same speed on the road and cover the same ground.
This is what one finds by going to athlonxp.amd.com and clicking on any links that say "technical"
That's nothing. Why not make use of gravity?
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If you really want to make a "__speed__" record on a bike, you should jump out of an airplane while holding onto one.
Ok, I paid for a full version of Win98, and use it about once every 2 weeks (when I need to transfer pictures from my digi-cam) It cost $75.
I use RedHat (my distro of choice) 20 times as much as Windows. Let's say it's worth $300 to me, and I want to donate $100 to those who have worked on the software.
Who do I give the $100 to? FSF? RedHat? Do I just go and purchase $100 of Redhat distros at Sam's Club?
There might be a good answer to this question, but it's not in my O'Reilly book, and I've never bothered to look into it. So, my $100 is still in my pocket, when it could be doing some good helping someone who's a better programmer than I.
Why isn't there more press on donation procedures? I know some people would get upset at RedHat ads (for donations) and such, but why not? Especially when they're facing tough times (like now) a couple of "Have Pity" ads on slashdot would do a lot of good.
There are a lot of people with corn cobs up there butts who won't donate, and would yell bloody murder about requesting donations for software that should be free, but such idiots would just wrong. They aren't being forced to donate. And that would be that.
You don't want to dislike someone of a minority (hate crimes)
We have every right to hate people. I hate you, but I won't be arrested for it unless I commit some other crime.
You don't practice religion in a public place.
Crashing a plane into a skyscraper is not "practing religion". If you think it is, then yes, religion is banned.
You don't do anything that might inadvertantly cause someone else to do something stupid (fear of litigation)
Selling Microsoft products encourages people to use Microsoft products (something stupid). I think we just had a court case proving this is legal.
You don't say how much you hate the current government
Umm.. that's the purpose of voting. You get to show how much you hate the current government. Last time I knew, it was still legal.
"Dr. Greg Landsberg, a Brown University physicist who works at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Ill., is part of a team planning for black hole production."
Batavia is also the home of Aldi. It's interesting that we're expecting a city to control the black holes the make, when the most disgusting refried beans ever produced come from the same town!
FYI: Google has organized all newstory links.
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And, also many resources (Red Cross, AA, United, Survivor Database, Pentagon Updates, etc.)
That said, I know enough to know that it is ONLY the most radical and a minority of Islamics who preach violence. Most, if not all, condemn such CSCB terrorist acts.
Here in the US, you would be correct. But not everywhere. Take a look at this photo from the yahoo photo service (yimg.com is yahoo images)
Remember that Osama bin Laden warned three weeks ago that he and his followers would carry out an "unprecedented attack on U.S. interests for its support of Israel"
Also, the editor of London-based al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper said Islamic fundamentalists led by bin Laden were 'almost certainly' behind the attack of the World Trade Center in New York.
If the perptrators are Muslim, that doesn't mean that all Muslims are to blame.
Not using legos, just building a robotic arm, and then writing the code to control the arm, and solve the cube.
My partner said he thought the idea was stupid, and finally convinced me that building a router would be cooler. Well, to this day, I wish we would have built the Rubik Cube arm instead.
Only an idiot would think that. Sorry to put it so blunt.
Do you think that Office 97 will read Office XP files correctly? Of course not. So, everyone who wants to read files from other people will upgrade. And thus the cycle continues.
I can't think of any release of Word that offered much more than the previous version. I remember when the first Windows version came out, and everyone said it sucked compared to the old DOS version. Ever skeptic who said "it will never catch on" was wrong. The reason was the lack of forward compatibility.
Slashdot Mirror
Ok, this probably won't pass. Not this year. But it will come up again.
And, each time it comes up, it will seem a little less like a crazy idea. So to prevent it from becoming law, we need companies (with money) to be against it.
Which means, linux evangalism. Earlier today, I read a slashdot article where most posters claimed we had no intention of "winning" any wars. "Linux is for us, not for the masses" was what they said. WRONG! To defend it, it must be accepted on a much larger scale.
So, please, don't flame the linux evangalist posters. They have a mindset that says linux is superior to other OS's, and they're right. It's ok to be proud of such an acheivement once in a while. Let's fight stuff like SSSCA instead of fighting each other.
Is it anything special? No, but the install images are not .iso images. They're .encrypted_linux images instead.
.iso files, but they cannot be used as such, based upon the EULA that is signed upon receipt of any such disks. To be used, they must be copied, 1-for-1, to another disk, and then used. This procedure is hereby referred to as "decryption". The decryption procedure also requires use of a rock from the planet Mars.
.encrypted_linux images look exactly like
It's kind of like the currency in Panama. When you get a "1 Balboa" as change, it's green on the front, black on the back, and has a picure of George Washington on it. It also says "Federal Reserve Note United States of America" on it, but it's not an American dollar, it's a Panamanian Balboa. To convert it to a dollar, trade it with someone else for a U.S. dollar. Of course, they will look exactly the same, but it's all in the principle of it.
Such decryption into iso images is only legal if you own a rock from Mars. Why Mars? Because no one owns such a rock. If you preform a decryption procedure without owning a Mars rock, you are breaking the EULA with the disk, and punishable by the DMCA.
If anyone sues us for publishing linux, we'll ask how they know what the content was on the disks. If they circumvented the Mars-rock decryption, the evidence will not be permissible in court.
This is how silly our laws have become.
And the name of the publication is "Wired"?
What I'm curious about is the Solaris versions. Why do they stink so much? They load slowly, render slowly, and they appear to not use standard X calls.
Yesterday, 0.9.4 crashed my UI. Even when I moved my pointer off the mozilla app, mozilla was still highlighted. Also, my key combinations (including my kill-9 key combo) stopped working too. It must be setting up it's own keyboard and mouse handlers!
I finally logged in remotely, and killed it off. What a boarish app!
This was v0.9.4 for Solaris 8. Of course, I haven't had such problems when running the same version for Windows or for linux. What's up? Can't the mozilla programmers afford to install Solaris on one machine for testing?
Welcome to the Recording Industry Association of America. We provide services for citizens who wish to protect their copyrights with might, instead of right.
Has someone been pirating you're music and putting it on the web? We understand how you feel. Because of that big bad idea called liberty, you can't stop it, can you? Well enter the IP address of the offending site, and we'll blow them to smithereens!
FAQ:
1. Isn't DoS illegal?
Not any more. We're the good guys, so it's ok.
2. Will you DoS any server that's entered on this page?
Discrimination is wrong. Always. You name it, we bomb it.
3. I hate my brother. Can you beat him up?
Watch for version 2.
I see:
Then I see: My math may be a little rusty, but 153816 > 243593 last time I checked. And, his comment was clever, yours wasn't.Not to mention all that SHOUTING about karma and moderating proves your lack of netiquette.
Since the "anti-terrorism" bill is going through, and no exemption is being made for copyright holders, no-one could bring down a Napster clone.
Basically, P2P networks and open file shares can only be brought down once they have been identified. "Identifying" such servers is now considered terrorism, and is no longer permissible. So, the RIAA has lost.
I don't think the original Napster guys will be up to the challenge. (They had been our greatest spokesmen, but then their tounges were ripped out).
So, who's next?
I hope you don't live in the U.S. Every respectable U.S. geek should know that a slug of matter weighs 32.8 pounds at sea level.
I'm just software guy and I know that!
In my church, they would be easy to hang from the top of the ceiling. (I can't imagine what it's like lifting a 30lb speaker all the way up there!)
For outdoor concerts, they could be filled with helium, and allowed to float. Wouldn't it be awesome to see the speakers fluttering in the wind!
And, in my living room, I might get 5 small ones to hang from my ceiling fan.
I can't wait!
I can see the implications already. If this was in a movie (cough, cough, red planet, hmpgh) it would be accidently bumped into "military mode" at some point in the mission. I'd at least run all programs on the bot through a disassembler before letting it come with me to space.
Bert's soft spot was for pigeons. Haven't you ever seen him do the pigeon dance? Osama has loved pigeons for years too. He once sent out an order to "bomb American's favorite mode of transportation!" For years, I thought my car was pooped on because I parked it under trees. But, now, I know that BIN LADEN WAS RESPONSIBLE!!!
http://athlonxp.amd.com/includes/content/whitePap
AMD Athlon" XP processor with QuantiSpeed" Architecture Analogies
1. Adult and Child Walking
If a child and an adult are walking together, the child needs to take more steps to keep up with the adult. Since the adult has a longer stride than the child and travels further with each step. The child has to work harder by moving faster to try and keep up.
2. Automobile Engines
Two cars are in a race. The Blue Car has a 6-cylinder engine while the Green Car has a 9-cylinder engine. While the Blue Car s engine works hard in terms of high RPMs, it doesn't actually go all that fast down the road. In contrast, the Green Car s more powerful engine doesn't have to run at high RPMs. Yet on the road, the Green Car blows the doors off the Blue Car. The more powerful Green Car engine is designed to run efficiently and to deliver a faster, more powerful driving experience.
3. Bucket and Cup
You and a friend are out on the lake in a rowboat. At some point, you both notice that the boat is taking on water. Your friend starts bailing water with a cup while you start bailing water with a bucket. In a panic, your friend bails faster than you, but since your container is larger, you end up bailing more water in the same amount of time.
4. Cycling
Two cyclists ride together on 10-speed bikes. One cyclist uses the 10th gear, pedaling slower but moving faster down the road and covering more distance with each stroke. The other cyclist uses 1st gear and has to pedal like a lunatic to achieve even close to the same speed on the road and cover the same ground.
This is what one finds by going to athlonxp.amd.com and clicking on any links that say "technical"
If you really want to make a "__speed__" record on a bike, you should jump out of an airplane while holding onto one.
Well, all that time I spent learning Esperanto won't be in vain now! After they use the key to decrypt, the fun will just be beginning!
Ok, I paid for a full version of Win98, and use it about once every 2 weeks (when I need to transfer pictures from my digi-cam) It cost $75.
I use RedHat (my distro of choice) 20 times as much as Windows. Let's say it's worth $300 to me, and I want to donate $100 to those who have worked on the software.
Who do I give the $100 to? FSF? RedHat? Do I just go and purchase $100 of Redhat distros at Sam's Club?
There might be a good answer to this question, but it's not in my O'Reilly book, and I've never bothered to look into it. So, my $100 is still in my pocket, when it could be doing some good helping someone who's a better programmer than I.
Why isn't there more press on donation procedures? I know some people would get upset at RedHat ads (for donations) and such, but why not? Especially when they're facing tough times (like now) a couple of "Have Pity" ads on slashdot would do a lot of good.
There are a lot of people with corn cobs up there butts who won't donate, and would yell bloody murder about requesting donations for software that should be free, but such idiots would just wrong. They aren't being forced to donate. And that would be that.
"Mike broke the Hub-ble. Mike broke the Hub-ble"
Don't mark me down if you don't get it. Yes, it relates to the story.
You don't want to dislike someone of a minority (hate crimes)
We have every right to hate people. I hate you, but I won't be arrested for it unless I commit some other crime.
You don't practice religion in a public place.
Crashing a plane into a skyscraper is not "practing religion". If you think it is, then yes, religion is banned.
You don't do anything that might inadvertantly cause someone else to do something stupid (fear of litigation)
Selling Microsoft products encourages people to use Microsoft products (something stupid). I think we just had a court case proving this is legal.
You don't say how much you hate the current government
Umm.. that's the purpose of voting. You get to show how much you hate the current government. Last time I knew, it was still legal.
Someone had to play the devil's advocate...
No, it's Batavia. See this legal document:
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1997/9705/aldibrun.htm
From the article:
"Dr. Greg Landsberg, a Brown University physicist who works at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Ill., is part of a team planning for black hole production."
Batavia is also the home of Aldi. It's interesting that we're expecting a city to control the black holes the make, when the most disgusting refried beans ever produced come from the same town!
Our favorite search engine's list
Here in the US, you would be correct. But not everywhere. Take a look at this photo from the yahoo photo service (yimg.com is yahoo images)
Remember that Osama bin Laden warned three weeks ago that he and his followers would carry out an "unprecedented attack on U.S. interests for its support of Israel"
Also, the editor of London-based al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper said Islamic fundamentalists led by bin Laden were 'almost certainly' behind the attack of the World Trade Center in New York.
If the perptrators are Muslim, that doesn't mean that all Muslims are to blame.
Oh yeah? tell that to Dmitri!
Second, a best fast algorithm for solving the cube with downloadable source code
And last, a Description of how a 4d rubik hypercube would function along with a solver program for the hypercube.
My partner said he thought the idea was stupid, and finally convinced me that building a router would be cooler. Well, to this day, I wish we would have built the Rubik Cube arm instead.
Only an idiot would think that. Sorry to put it so blunt.
Do you think that Office 97 will read Office XP files correctly? Of course not. So, everyone who wants to read files from other people will upgrade. And thus the cycle continues.
I can't think of any release of Word that offered much more than the previous version. I remember when the first Windows version came out, and everyone said it sucked compared to the old DOS version. Ever skeptic who said "it will never catch on" was wrong. The reason was the lack of forward compatibility.
Nothing has changed.