I recall a lab one time that had a computer or two that had handicapped access (Colo. State Univ) computers.
For people with fine motor skill impairments (various reasons, MS being one of them...multiple sclerosis, not microsoft) there was a similar setup to what was described above. A thrustmaster joystick was setup (they have the best scripting s/w joystick wise because it "emulates keyboard inputs".
To whatever mouse/key clicks were used most.
you have to realize this is best that a TM joystick was used because you can control the "dead zone" and the movement requires some force (compared to average sticks..sidewinder et al).
A buddy of mine's wife bought him one (flight-sim-aholic dude) and he commented that "it was a really 'stiff stick'...but what do you expect from a company called "Thrust Master"?".
I just had to explain to my son earlier today what today's events are about and did not realize the somewhat sage things I said until just now.
Remember that in Pearl Harbor there was a *clear objective and "visible" enemy*.
WWI, WWII, were the same.
Desert storm/shield was quoted by Bush Sr as "not going to be another Viet-nam" for the simple reason that if you go in shooting and stay w/o a reason...you've lost already.
Is this the same?
This has elements of Perl Harbor because it has been brought to our soil, but the elements of Viet-nam are the "enemy" has yet to show himself...That *scares* the hell out of me, and makes me even angrier.
Another building just collapsed due to the explosion and pressure.
I still wonder if anyone *gets it* anymore from a suggestion to the parallels to the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
This is an instance where war or its declaration has been brought to American soil.
The main difference is the Japanese had the brass cajones to at least explain why they felt it was necessary (i.e. on what grounds).
These "Anonymous Cowards" currently are of the "If you don't know we aren't going to tell you" mindset.
That does not work, because if you are going to do battle (or are prepared) you damn well better be able to *explain* it to the rest of the world for they may get involved if the want to or not.
I can gurantee you if this is from a "violent cell/faction" where not all of the nations people agree with that faction...they just might "deliver them to our doorstep" for that swift justice.
If not, another similar faction may just give them up, get the hell away and pray whatever is done does not take them with it.
Whoever it is, IS an AC... (sorry for the conclusion) because if you have the BRASS ONES to "taunt the tiger" you f*cking better be able to take him on or run like hell where you will never be found.
Admiral Yamamoto, (IIRC) was quoted as saying after the attack on Pearl Harbor:
"I fear we have awakend a sleeping giant, and filled him with a terrible resolve".
I am forced to wonder if that resolve is there in this day and age where our own government is pissing away our own freedoms internally to the point where "we just take it".
Are we "just going to take it this time"?
I wonder.
As a former navy man, one of the last airshows I took part in had an f-14 descend from the sky with engines at idle and swoop down at the crowd before hitting the throttle.
If you ever want to know what pride in your county/work, and fear for your life feel like...
A moment such as that will bring it into clarity as sharp as can be seen and felt.
I may be former navy, but "stormin' norman" should be put in charge of any response we have. That man was a soldier in the truest sense, and a human being...great balance.
I think it would be agreed that we need to hit back hard, but know when to stop, wait and watch and be ever at the ready.
But you are forgetting that the *origin* of DivX;) was Microsoft's Mpeg4 ver3 codec.
Hacked tho it may be, Microsoft it is, is it not?
Mmmmmm?
So I am forced to wonder why MS did not put sufficient DRM into all their dll's and why the MPAA has not joined the DOJ in an effort to put these corruptors of our nations youth in jail for the codec responsible for making it possible to rip a dvd!! Ironic, no?
Moose.
"We are talking about the nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind" Gene Wilder, Young Frankenstein.
Think about it, please.
Where would we be w/o people like Isaac Newton figuring out physics, calculus (ok, besides dumber and a little more sane:} ) or the cryptographers that figured out Enigma, or the ever famous E=mc^2.
In a fscked up sort of way these geniuses "circumvented" if not totally sodded off "conventional wisdom", proved their point and said "here you go" for the betterment (or worsening...is that a word?) of mankind.
Compare that to today...all the *real* innovators that give their wares away are either sued into oblivion, bought up/sold out to corps or put in jail for DMCA/SSSCA violations.
The way these laws are coming down reminds me of boot camp: training and conditioned responses. Free thinkers (most ppl with high IQ's, IMO) don't respond well or play along...while the "majority" become gung-ho or play the game better and become lifers.
Selling Socity Slavery Corporate America "style" =SSSCA.
They seem to be pointing out the Increase in clock speed? (amongst other improvements)
Oh, god, here we go again.
I suppose they are going to sue VIA for *not* making chipsets for them.
Moose.
It just occured to me...
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(standard disclaimer, IANAL, etc).
What all of these cases seem to come down to is *intent*. These are IMO, but consider:
2600's intent was to play DVD's on linux and, possibly, allow for unrestricted viewing/skipping commercials, re-establish fair use.
(the fact the judge of the case was in the employ of the MPAA *was* a conflict of interest, despite the judge saying it was not.)
Dmitry's (and his company, I think) was the same...the intent was fair use, letting blind people have access to ebooks, restoring ones rights should the computer mess up (god knows that *never* happens) and allowing the same rights printed media has
over electronic media...you have no rights to something you PAID for...excuse me?
Felten's purpose was academic research, that was stifeld because of the DMCA.
The intent was to teach his students (and others). The *intent* was education...hell, you can teach someone chemistry, from there they could make medicine, bombs, nerve gas.
Whoever coined the phrase Digital Crowbar was correct...but it is the DMCA that is the crowbar, I'm afraid. (Digital Millineum Crowbar Assault?)
People who don't see that are missing the point entirely.
The Digital Crowbar referrence was to DeCSS, but this is incorrect, it is being used to bludgeon to death the rights of the consumer, the educator, the hacker the innovator or even the curious, and yes, even the business and individual.
Moose.
The problem with being esoteric is not that people are "beneath you" it is that your *thinking/reasoning* is so far above everyone else's. (think about it)
And the monsters recoil in fear...
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at the first beam of sunlight.
I really love this:
Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a 1998 law meant to stimulate Internet commerce while protecting copyrights.
Then in the next paragraph:
But the other cases, such as the criminal prosecution of Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov, are based on provisions in the law that ban technologies that let people circumvent copyright protections.
Now if you look at that again, you realize that Dmitry's company was the one engaging in "Internet commerce", but he's the one that got hammered.
This, to me, seems to be decent reporting, but there is a bit of "slight of hand going on".
If the DMCA was meant for commerce, why it it being applied to crypto, reverse engineering, education, etc.
And I like this:
EBay asked Hendrickson to submit a sworn, written statement Hendrickson refused, saying his general complaints should have been good enough.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Two Words: Prove it! (or in lawyer speak "burden of proof lies of^H^H with the accuser".
What gets me is that corporations are the one's fighting the battles of copyright holders, instead of the copyright holders themselves.
(but, hey, the corps own the copyright holders, so same-same, i 'spose).
I think if a corp holds the rights of an individuals IP/Copyright, then the individual should be the one doing the persecu^H^H^H^H^H prosecuting, not the corp. Mano e mano.
"MAKE them eat their own dog food" so to speak.
Minor points like:
hotmail, yeah windows2k is the front end (window-dressing, if you will) but the heavy lifting is still done by BSD..no?
Their cd creation, compiling, storage etc is done by various *nix's (not subject to viruses, like the OS it is compiling, storing and burning).
Keep them from buying/partnering/sabot^H^H^H^H embracing others technology and "getting other peoples ideas", ONLY to integrate it into
the next version of windows".
HELL, that is what brought them back into court for this go 'round in the first place.
THAT is where their MONOPOLY lies!! THEFT of OTHER PPLS PROPERTY/IP/Code/actual innovative ideas! (stack electronics, spyglass s/w, Novell's DR DOS, these and a slew of other names ring a bell?).
No more PRELOADS, restrictive agreements, different pricing for different OEM's.
If they are not a monopoly, as they have repeated over and over, then take away the monopoly "powers" and FORCE them to stand on their own merits, and the merits of their own OS/apps/etc.
and have slashdotters monitor their entire network for any non MS os, and fine the hell out of them if they break/bend even the slightest rule.
As soon as the last *nix box leaves the compound, I give it a month before it all comes crashing down/BSOD'ing or falls to codered IV.
granted you could do the same thing on most wired networks just as easy, I suppose.
But wireless signals do have a limited range in feet/yards, but heck if you put the time or find something unsecured you could do it a couple of continents away.
Next in the news: unsecured IIS boxes running unsecured wireless access. @home sues for patent infringment for "pointless wastes of bandwidth 'we though of first' "
Film @ 11, in DivX;), naturally.
Moose.
If I hit you with a post, and no one sees it, do I get a fish?
As someone who has been reading/. for the longest time, but only posting/replying for a short time, I can honestly say that the two are equivalent.
For instance: I see a post that said what I said a while back, granted it was a little more eloquent. But it comes down to "the only people who can change the laws are those with money (corps. ect) OR those that have been harmed by them irreparably.
OR
Where the judges that were being monitored I asked "who's watching the watchers".
I thought that was a damn good question.
Of course what are the congresspeople/ moderators smoking comments too.
More on topic than above:
IS the DMCA unconstitutional?
has harm been proven via the current case load in the courts with 2600, Felten, and a few other cases I can't recall.
If I recall correctly, most of the major law makers/ IVY league schools, professors said in effect "this is bad law making" and it got pushed through despite the fact.
Has there been any investigations or litigation into the MPAA/RIAA's actions against consumers by buying/pushing laws such as these. (congressional oversight, general hearing, tribuneral, something that says "woah, hold on there cowboy, this is getting out of hand"?).
What can those of us in the university environment, as techs, do to raise awareness among those "joe 6packs" average consumers of these bad laws?
Moose.
ps. In summation: "help!! help!!! I'm being opressed!!" -Montey Python
Who is watching the watchers?
Who is watching them?
Moose.
Just because you are paranoid, does not mean they aren't out to get you.
Heh, suppose we should point out to the judges that these violations of their rights is brought about by the DMCA/RIAA/MPAA...they might be pirates, and after all judges are guilty until proven innocent like all under the XXAA's bought and paid for laws, right?
I've got an old p200 apitva that cranks fairly well once it is "lited". 98se's usb is good but I wanted the speed 95 had...this is the way to get the best of both worlds.
One word of warning tho:
Stability seems to be quite good, if not better than either 95/98 combined, but seeing as neither is going to be supported soon, I wonder if it will void support on 2000/xp?
2 wrongs don't make a right, then try 3 way of thinking.
And, I suppose you could be charged under the DMCA for doing this, seeing as it bypasses window's built in crash routines.
J/K:\
Correct, they do do that, but at least the tech I got was very competent (of coures this was 2 years ago).
The guy installed the card (machine was off, naturally) and I had a token ring network (heh, don't laff, it was free) that he disable while going thru the setup (maybe the s/w did it, dunno) and when he booted it up he saw my boot manage come up with NT/98/linux...and was *SO* excited someone else used linux...heck even showed me how to get dhcp working in linux.
So why not re-enable it? @home does not want you sharing a connection and only makes sure a connection to them work...ahem.
Re-enabeling the card was all I needed to do.
I don't even want to tell you the pain of dealing with @home that our laptop users went thru disabeling anything not @home...not cool.
Yeah, have to agree, it is not like pornagraphers deserver free speech, eh? People vs Larry Flint, anyone?
No, I think Usenet is more of a "it is there if you want it" kind of thing versus "here's a dozen pop up/under ads for your viewing frustration, while you are looking for ".
It is GET (usenet) vs PUSH (we all know how well that went).
analogy given about cars over and over, but only in terms *gearheads* understand...this is bad.
Try this on for size (/. or AMD):
The scene from the fast and the furious with
the souped up front wheel drive, turbo, nitrous car (high revs, "cheats" such as nitrous) and label it *ntel (but change the scene at the end, naturally with the crashing, instead they just open the hood and it says *P4*.)
Now the other car (charger/toranado...muscle car, essentially...yeah the honda/supra etc are neat modern cars, but the old style muscle cars still make and *man's heart* skip a beat / get wood / flat out drool seeing that kind of POWER and BEAUTY) is a beast (representing AMD, natch) because while it may not have the rpm/nitrous/tech, it still has what it takes to meet or beat the competition at its own game.
Joe 6pack might understand some of the nuts and bolts...but john q public won't...of the argument/presentation...What J.Q.P will understand is the nostalgia, brute force aspcet that AMD *should* be pushing.
AMD did that with the "train is a coming at you fast" commercial, but that was slightly off even tho they stated "faster clock for clock"... but all I really got was AMD, blah, blah, blah.
Or (SEG) have a "bunny suited" person in a courtroom, Jack Nicolson (sp?) in the witness box saying "you can't handle the truth!!"..."yes, the AMD may be slower, but it has more power then your fastest chip, you've betrayed your country, you have not got the power to compete, so you pump up the #'s to look better.."...or something like that.
Or even more succinct by a poster:
1993: 60Mhz pentium intro
2000: 1Ghz Athlon...2weeks later 1Ghz p3
2001: 2Ghz pentium...1.4/1/5 Athlon
Amazing what a little competition can do, eh?
Anyone recall the lovely 50/66 speed steps that occured every 6 months to a year and $3,000 dollar systems?
Now we have "towers 'o power for $1,000".
Amazing, ain't it.
Moose.
P.S. Even funnier still show a ditch digger shoveling away at "2Ghz" speed...then pan over to a bulldozer at 1.4Ghz speed...
this is your brain on *ntel, this is your brain on Athlon, Any Questions?
I've found windows to be very useful for all my dual booting needs...I have found it to be one of the best hardware detection utilities, ever.
It helped me to get my slackware box setup and running just perfect.
Moose.
The above paragraph contains humor and sarcasm, which has been known in the state of California to cause confusion in certain readerships.
What happens when they want to start putting it on all machines and reading what you are writing to your mistress? Then the use that information to co-urse you into something hmm?
In case you have not heard, XP shipped recently.
I rest my case, now if only the DOJ/MS could do the same.
Moose.
/. needs accumulative moderations points, that way I can have a goal of +5 funny informative interesting flamebait.
What they probably did was go to 2600.com, get a kelogger, put their name and copyright on it and patented it (pencil whipped it) thru the USPTO and will claim that if they did let anyone "see" what they used it would be a violation of the UCITA/DMCA/MPAA/RIAA/Because I said so laws.
Moose.
I thought "flamebait" was just jailbait with red hair.
The apple DVD-R does not employ CSS and is limited to 1G (IIRC). apparently this means that you don't get as much for $10, record once, smaller size and your stuff is not as important to protect.
the HP DVD-RW is rewritable (no kidding, eh?), $15, 4.7G(?) but is CPRM, digital encryption between the wires, clickwrap DMCA agreement, stray packets traced to mpaa.com/org, DVD comet cursor(?) included in there somewhere?
You see, for some reason, I find it difficult to believe there is not some catch/hidden agenda.
Moose.
Knowledge w/o application is pointless,
Application w/o knowledge is fruitless, but,
learning is still possible.
As an addendum to my previous post and the responses:
@home, at least in Ga, has been solid, I must
agree. However look at the trend I stated:
upload = >200K/s, capped after a year @128K/s and
now they're saying it is/was 128k/s (14K/s)...
also they do NNTP scans, which is stupid as 14k/s is not enough to run a SP^h^hmail server, or be a webmaster who deals with graphic artists makes life unlivable mail/ftp wise.
(heck part of the reason I got into linux was GA's, no matter how many times you say PC formatted disk...you get? A Mac Formatted disk.
So, could not afford a mac, installed linux with hfs driver..and viola...no worries)
So the whole point of my on topic rant of before is that customer service left a lot to be desired, customer satisfaction was going to hell in a handbasket, and techs like me who serve the
university here are not only GRIPING out loud, but not recommending cable any more!!
Top it all off: an associate I know at the @home company local to me admitted they oversold the bandwith, the nodes can't handle the traffic in all areas and nonsensical caps in place and when they do try to fix the problems, hardware causes more problems than it solves (Cisco I beleive was mentioned).
The cap was initially an insult (the K) the injury was the "oh, we meant 'k'", uh-huh.
Pretty damn close to "consumer fraud", IMHO.
But, admittadly I think killing the divx groups and MPAA bitch messages were the downward slope of the bell curve for @home.
Heh, they wound up biting the hand(s) that feed IT.
Moose.
How long before the pr0n groups bite the dust, I wonder?
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I recall a lab one time that had a computer or two that had handicapped access (Colo. State Univ) computers.
For people with fine motor skill impairments (various reasons, MS being one of them...multiple sclerosis, not microsoft) there was a similar setup to what was described above. A thrustmaster joystick was setup (they have the best scripting s/w joystick wise because it "emulates keyboard inputs".
To whatever mouse/key clicks were used most.
you have to realize this is best that a TM joystick was used because you can control the "dead zone" and the movement requires some force (compared to average sticks..sidewinder et al).
A buddy of mine's wife bought him one (flight-sim-aholic dude) and he commented that "it was a really 'stiff stick'...but what do you expect from a company called "Thrust Master"?".
Heh, still cracks me up.
Moose
I just had to explain to my son earlier today what today's events are about and did not realize the somewhat sage things I said until just now.
Remember that in Pearl Harbor there was a *clear objective and "visible" enemy*.
WWI, WWII, were the same.
Desert storm/shield was quoted by Bush Sr as "not going to be another Viet-nam" for the simple reason that if you go in shooting and stay w/o a reason...you've lost already.
Is this the same?
This has elements of Perl Harbor because it has been brought to our soil, but the elements of Viet-nam are the "enemy" has yet to show himself...That *scares* the hell out of me, and makes me even angrier.
Moose.
Another building just collapsed due to the explosion and pressure.
I still wonder if anyone *gets it* anymore from a suggestion to the parallels to the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
This is an instance where war or its declaration has been brought to American soil.
The main difference is the Japanese had the brass cajones to at least explain why they felt it was necessary (i.e. on what grounds).
These "Anonymous Cowards" currently are of the "If you don't know we aren't going to tell you" mindset.
That does not work, because if you are going to do battle (or are prepared) you damn well better be able to *explain* it to the rest of the world for they may get involved if the want to or not.
I can gurantee you if this is from a "violent cell/faction" where not all of the nations people agree with that faction...they just might "deliver them to our doorstep" for that swift justice.
If not, another similar faction may just give them up, get the hell away and pray whatever is done does not take them with it.
Whoever it is, IS an AC... (sorry for the conclusion) because if you have the BRASS ONES to "taunt the tiger" you f*cking better be able to take him on or run like hell where you will never be found.
IMO.
Moose
Admiral Yamamoto, (IIRC) was quoted as saying after the attack on Pearl Harbor:
"I fear we have awakend a sleeping giant, and filled him with a terrible resolve".
I am forced to wonder if that resolve is there in this day and age where our own government is pissing away our own freedoms internally to the point where "we just take it".
Are we "just going to take it this time"?
I wonder.
As a former navy man, one of the last airshows I took part in had an f-14 descend from the sky with engines at idle and swoop down at the crowd before hitting the throttle.
If you ever want to know what pride in your county/work, and fear for your life feel like...
A moment such as that will bring it into clarity as sharp as can be seen and felt.
I may be former navy, but "stormin' norman" should be put in charge of any response we have. That man was a soldier in the truest sense, and a human being...great balance.
I think it would be agreed that we need to hit back hard, but know when to stop, wait and watch and be ever at the ready.
Moose
But you are forgetting that the *origin* of DivX ;) was Microsoft's Mpeg4 ver3 codec.
Hacked tho it may be, Microsoft it is, is it not?
Mmmmmm?
So I am forced to wonder why MS did not put sufficient DRM into all their dll's and why the MPAA has not joined the DOJ in an effort to put these corruptors of our nations youth in jail for the codec responsible for making it possible to rip a dvd!! Ironic, no?
Moose.
"We are talking about the nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind" Gene Wilder, Young Frankenstein.
Somebody mod this up for being insightful.
:} ) or the cryptographers that figured out Enigma, or the ever famous E=mc^2.
Think about it, please.
Where would we be w/o people like Isaac Newton figuring out physics, calculus (ok, besides dumber and a little more sane
In a fscked up sort of way these geniuses "circumvented" if not totally sodded off "conventional wisdom", proved their point and said "here you go" for the betterment (or worsening...is that a word?) of mankind.
Compare that to today...all the *real* innovators that give their wares away are either sued into oblivion, bought up/sold out to corps or put in jail for DMCA/SSSCA violations.
The way these laws are coming down reminds me of boot camp: training and conditioned responses. Free thinkers (most ppl with high IQ's, IMO) don't respond well or play along...while the "majority" become gung-ho or play the game better and become lifers.
Selling Socity Slavery Corporate America "style" =SSSCA.
Digital Millenium Crowbar Assault = DMCA
Moose
If it is the real deal, I wonder if he and Kasparov (sp?) could take on Deep blue together.
Or, 3 grandmasters from around the world...humm.
wonder what would happen.
Moose.
"It's called a sacrifice, only fools and computers don't understand it" -Field of dreams.
They seem to be pointing out the Increase in clock speed? (amongst other improvements)
Oh, god, here we go again.
I suppose they are going to sue VIA for *not* making chipsets for them.
Moose.
(standard disclaimer, IANAL, etc).
What all of these cases seem to come down to is *intent*. These are IMO, but consider:
2600's intent was to play DVD's on linux and, possibly, allow for unrestricted viewing/skipping commercials, re-establish fair use.
(the fact the judge of the case was in the employ of the MPAA *was* a conflict of interest, despite the judge saying it was not.)
Dmitry's (and his company, I think) was the same...the intent was fair use, letting blind people have access to ebooks, restoring ones rights should the computer mess up (god knows that *never* happens) and allowing the same rights printed media has
over electronic media...you have no rights to something you PAID for...excuse me?
Felten's purpose was academic research, that was stifeld because of the DMCA.
The intent was to teach his students (and others). The *intent* was education...hell, you can teach someone chemistry, from there they could make medicine, bombs, nerve gas.
Whoever coined the phrase Digital Crowbar was correct...but it is the DMCA that is the crowbar, I'm afraid. (Digital Millineum Crowbar Assault?)
People who don't see that are missing the point entirely.
The Digital Crowbar referrence was to DeCSS, but this is incorrect, it is being used to bludgeon to death the rights of the consumer, the educator, the hacker the innovator or even the curious, and yes, even the business and individual.
Moose.
The problem with being esoteric is not that people are "beneath you" it is that your *thinking/reasoning* is so far above everyone else's. (think about it)
at the first beam of sunlight.
I really love this:
Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a 1998 law meant to stimulate Internet commerce while protecting copyrights.
Then in the next paragraph:
But the other cases, such as the criminal prosecution of Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov, are based on provisions in the law that ban technologies that let people circumvent copyright protections.
Now if you look at that again, you realize that Dmitry's company was the one engaging in "Internet commerce", but he's the one that got hammered.
This, to me, seems to be decent reporting, but there is a bit of "slight of hand going on".
If the DMCA was meant for commerce, why it it being applied to crypto, reverse engineering, education, etc.
And I like this:
EBay asked Hendrickson to submit a sworn, written statement Hendrickson refused, saying his general complaints should have been good enough.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Two Words: Prove it! (or in lawyer speak "burden of proof lies of^H^H with the accuser".
What gets me is that corporations are the one's fighting the battles of copyright holders, instead of the copyright holders themselves.
(but, hey, the corps own the copyright holders, so same-same, i 'spose).
I think if a corp holds the rights of an individuals IP/Copyright, then the individual should be the one doing the persecu^H^H^H^H^H prosecuting, not the corp. Mano e mano.
Just some interesting things to ponder.
Moose.
SIG, SIG out loud, SIG, SIG it proud
...is the reason that the DOJ gave up because w/o MSFT they could not keep tabs on the judges internet usage (or keystrokes?).
Moose.
HEH! I amuse me.
"MAKE them eat their own dog food" so to speak.
Minor points like:
hotmail, yeah windows2k is the front end (window-dressing, if you will) but the heavy lifting is still done by BSD..no?
Their cd creation, compiling, storage etc is done by various *nix's (not subject to viruses, like the OS it is compiling, storing and burning).
Keep them from buying/partnering/sabot^H^H^H^H embracing others technology and "getting other peoples ideas", ONLY to integrate it into
the next version of windows".
HELL, that is what brought them back into court for this go 'round in the first place.
THAT is where their MONOPOLY lies!! THEFT of OTHER PPLS PROPERTY/IP/Code/actual innovative ideas! (stack electronics, spyglass s/w, Novell's DR DOS, these and a slew of other names ring a bell?).
No more PRELOADS, restrictive agreements, different pricing for different OEM's.
If they are not a monopoly, as they have repeated over and over, then take away the monopoly "powers" and FORCE them to stand on their own merits, and the merits of their own OS/apps/etc.
and have slashdotters monitor their entire network for any non MS os, and fine the hell out of them if they break/bend even the slightest rule.
As soon as the last *nix box leaves the compound, I give it a month before it all comes crashing down/BSOD'ing or falls to codered IV.
THAT would be JUSTICE, my friends.
Moose.
granted you could do the same thing on most wired networks just as easy, I suppose.
;), naturally.
But wireless signals do have a limited range in feet/yards, but heck if you put the time or find something unsecured you could do it a couple of continents away.
Next in the news: unsecured IIS boxes running unsecured wireless access. @home sues for patent infringment for "pointless wastes of bandwidth 'we though of first' "
Film @ 11, in DivX
Moose.
If I hit you with a post, and no one sees it, do I get a fish?
As someone who has been reading /. for the longest time, but only posting/replying for a short time, I can honestly say that the two are equivalent.
For instance: I see a post that said what I said a while back, granted it was a little more eloquent. But it comes down to "the only people who can change the laws are those with money (corps. ect) OR those that have been harmed by them irreparably.
OR
Where the judges that were being monitored I asked "who's watching the watchers".
I thought that was a damn good question.
Of course what are the congresspeople/ moderators smoking comments too.
More on topic than above:
IS the DMCA unconstitutional?
has harm been proven via the current case load in the courts with 2600, Felten, and a few other cases I can't recall.
If I recall correctly, most of the major law makers/ IVY league schools, professors said in effect "this is bad law making" and it got pushed through despite the fact.
Has there been any investigations or litigation into the MPAA/RIAA's actions against consumers by buying/pushing laws such as these. (congressional oversight, general hearing, tribuneral, something that says "woah, hold on there cowboy, this is getting out of hand"?).
What can those of us in the university environment, as techs, do to raise awareness among those "joe 6packs" average consumers of these bad laws?
Moose.
ps. In summation: "help!! help!!! I'm being opressed!!" -Montey Python
Who is watching the watchers?
Who is watching them?
Moose.
Just because you are paranoid, does not mean they aren't out to get you.
Heh, suppose we should point out to the judges that these violations of their rights is brought about by the DMCA/RIAA/MPAA...they might be pirates, and after all judges are guilty until proven innocent like all under the XXAA's bought and paid for laws, right?
have you tried 98lite on some of those boxes?
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I've got an old p200 apitva that cranks fairly well once it is "lited". 98se's usb is good but I wanted the speed 95 had...this is the way to get the best of both worlds.
One word of warning tho:
Stability seems to be quite good, if not better than either 95/98 combined, but seeing as neither is going to be supported soon, I wonder if it will void support on 2000/xp?
2 wrongs don't make a right, then try 3 way of thinking.
And, I suppose you could be charged under the DMCA for doing this, seeing as it bypasses window's built in crash routines.
J/K
Moose
Correct, they do do that, but at least the tech I got was very competent (of coures this was 2 years ago).
The guy installed the card (machine was off, naturally) and I had a token ring network (heh, don't laff, it was free) that he disable while going thru the setup (maybe the s/w did it, dunno) and when he booted it up he saw my boot manage come up with NT/98/linux...and was *SO* excited someone else used linux...heck even showed me how to get dhcp working in linux.
So why not re-enable it? @home does not want you sharing a connection and only makes sure a connection to them work...ahem.
Re-enabeling the card was all I needed to do.
I don't even want to tell you the pain of dealing with @home that our laptop users went thru disabeling anything not @home...not cool.
Moose
Yeah, have to agree, it is not like pornagraphers deserver free speech, eh? People vs Larry Flint, anyone?
No, I think Usenet is more of a "it is there if you want it" kind of thing versus "here's a dozen pop up/under ads for your viewing frustration, while you are looking for ".
It is GET (usenet) vs PUSH (we all know how well that went).
Moose.
My 2cents 2day = 4 now
analogy given about cars over and over, but only in terms *gearheads* understand...this is bad.
Try this on for size (/. or AMD):
The scene from the fast and the furious with
the souped up front wheel drive, turbo, nitrous car (high revs, "cheats" such as nitrous) and label it *ntel (but change the scene at the end, naturally with the crashing, instead they just open the hood and it says *P4*.)
Now the other car (charger/toranado...muscle car, essentially...yeah the honda/supra etc are neat modern cars, but the old style muscle cars still make and *man's heart* skip a beat / get wood / flat out drool seeing that kind of POWER and BEAUTY) is a beast (representing AMD, natch) because while it may not have the rpm/nitrous/tech, it still has what it takes to meet or beat the competition at its own game.
Joe 6pack might understand some of the nuts and bolts...but john q public won't...of the argument/presentation...What J.Q.P will understand is the nostalgia, brute force aspcet that AMD *should* be pushing.
AMD did that with the "train is a coming at you fast" commercial, but that was slightly off even tho they stated "faster clock for clock"... but all I really got was AMD, blah, blah, blah.
Or (SEG) have a "bunny suited" person in a courtroom, Jack Nicolson (sp?) in the witness box saying "you can't handle the truth!!"..."yes, the AMD may be slower, but it has more power then your fastest chip, you've betrayed your country, you have not got the power to compete, so you pump up the #'s to look better.."...or something like that.
Or even more succinct by a poster:
1993: 60Mhz pentium intro
2000: 1Ghz Athlon...2weeks later 1Ghz p3
2001: 2Ghz pentium...1.4/1/5 Athlon
Amazing what a little competition can do, eh?
Anyone recall the lovely 50/66 speed steps that occured every 6 months to a year and $3,000 dollar systems?
Now we have "towers 'o power for $1,000".
Amazing, ain't it.
Moose.
P.S. Even funnier still show a ditch digger shoveling away at "2Ghz" speed...then pan over to a bulldozer at 1.4Ghz speed...
this is your brain on *ntel, this is your brain on Athlon, Any Questions?
The original Bullet boys Album had the
bulltet going thru the apple,
golden earring had that exact shot you describe...bulltet cutting a jack in half.
Totally wicked.
Oh, don't forget the "munitions gelatin" shots
that show what happens 'inside'...cool, scarey, but cool.
I've found windows to be very useful for all my dual booting needs...I have found it to be one of the best hardware detection utilities, ever.
It helped me to get my slackware box setup and running just perfect.
Moose.
The above paragraph contains humor and sarcasm, which has been known in the state of California to cause confusion in certain readerships.
What happens when they want to start putting it on all machines and reading what you are writing to your mistress? Then the use that information to co-urse you into something hmm?
In case you have not heard, XP shipped recently.
I rest my case, now if only the DOJ/MS could do the same.
Moose.
/. needs accumulative moderations points, that way I can have a goal of +5 funny informative interesting flamebait.
What they probably did was go to 2600.com, get a kelogger, put their name and copyright on it and patented it (pencil whipped it) thru the USPTO and will claim that if they did let anyone "see" what they used it would be a violation of the UCITA/DMCA/MPAA/RIAA/Because I said so laws.
Moose.
I thought "flamebait" was just jailbait with red hair.
The apple DVD-R does not employ CSS and is limited to 1G (IIRC). apparently this means that you don't get as much for $10, record once, smaller size and your stuff is not as important to protect.
the HP DVD-RW is rewritable (no kidding, eh?), $15, 4.7G(?) but is CPRM, digital encryption between the wires, clickwrap DMCA agreement, stray packets traced to mpaa.com/org, DVD comet cursor(?) included in there somewhere?
You see, for some reason, I find it difficult to believe there is not some catch/hidden agenda.
Moose.
Knowledge w/o application is pointless,
Application w/o knowledge is fruitless, but,
learning is still possible.
As an addendum to my previous post and the responses:
@home, at least in Ga, has been solid, I must
agree. However look at the trend I stated:
upload = >200K/s, capped after a year @128K/s and
now they're saying it is/was 128k/s (14K/s)...
also they do NNTP scans, which is stupid as 14k/s is not enough to run a SP^h^hmail server, or be a webmaster who deals with graphic artists makes life unlivable mail/ftp wise.
(heck part of the reason I got into linux was GA's, no matter how many times you say PC formatted disk...you get? A Mac Formatted disk.
So, could not afford a mac, installed linux with hfs driver..and viola...no worries)
So the whole point of my on topic rant of before is that customer service left a lot to be desired, customer satisfaction was going to hell in a handbasket, and techs like me who serve the
university here are not only GRIPING out loud, but not recommending cable any more!!
Top it all off: an associate I know at the @home company local to me admitted they oversold the bandwith, the nodes can't handle the traffic in all areas and nonsensical caps in place and when they do try to fix the problems, hardware causes more problems than it solves (Cisco I beleive was mentioned).
The cap was initially an insult (the K) the injury was the "oh, we meant 'k'", uh-huh.
Pretty damn close to "consumer fraud", IMHO.
But, admittadly I think killing the divx groups and MPAA bitch messages were the downward slope of the bell curve for @home.
Heh, they wound up biting the hand(s) that feed IT.
Moose.
How long before the pr0n groups bite the dust, I wonder?