From the "Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter - A Byte About Eldred v Ashcroft"
If the New York Times' estimates of 7 years for information doubling may be considered at all correct, then this is what will happen [to information in the Public Domain] in a United States under the new copyright law, EVEN IF we considered 100 percent of current information now be entered into the Public Domain as an incentive to let this law stand:
[i (unger) modified the lines in the following chart to make them shorter. each line originally said "x years x/x of today's information in the Public Domain x%".] 0 years 1/1.....info in Public Domain 100% !!! 7 years 1/2.....info in Public Domain 50% 14 years 1/4....info in Public Domain 25% 21 years 1/8....info in Public Domain 12.5% 28 years 1/16...info in Public Domain 6.25% 35 years 1/32...info in Public Domain 3.125% 42 years 1/64...info in Public Domain 1.5625% 49 years 1/128..info in Public Domain 0.78125% 56 years 1/256..info in Public Domain 0.390625% 63 years 1/512..info in Public Domain 0.1953125% 70 years 1/1024.info in Public Domain 0.09765625% 77 years 1/2048.info in Public Domain 0.048828125% 84 years 1/4096.info in Public Domain 0.0244140625% 91 years 1/8192.info in Public Domain 0.01220703125% 98 years 1/16384 info in Public Domain 0.006103515625%
Plus a small fraction if any of this year's copyrights are allowed to expire.
Obviously the goal is to have virtually no public domain left at all. . ..
Of course, there are people who will try to make this very NOT obvious!
Michael S. Hart [email address snipped] Project Gutenberg Principal Instigator "*Internet User ~#100*"
looks like 5 for the GPL, 4 for BSD, and a mixed bag for the rest.
of the BSDs, 3 out of 4 are for very similar OSs.
also, if you then consider the extent to which the GPL'd software is deployed (pure numbers), i'd say that the GPL definitely weighs in as the most significant. especially if any of the other licenses are GPL derivatives (i.e. the programmers liked most of the GPL, but needed to change something).
> Some day soon something like freenet will be nessecary even in the US if you want to say something critical about bush or ashcroft without getting on some list of potential terrorists
does anyone know if any of the source Zero Knowledge released was used directly or indirectly in this project? just wondering if anything ever came out of all the work put into the "Freedom Network".
about 1 1/2 months ago i purchased some software for a client's digital audio workstation.
unfortunately, when it arrived it turned out to be warez.
so, i contacted the seller to tell him the warez wasn't going to work for me, and that i needed the $110 refunded. he didn't like that much, and said i was being a jerk. that's when i realized there wasn't going to be any reasoning with him (not that that was a huge surprise).
i tried contacting ebay a number of times, but they would never get back to me. so much for help from them.
the seller lives in Miami. unfortunately, i live on the other side of the country. anyone in Miami want to do me the favor of going to this guy's house and and getting me some collateral worth at least $110? i'll pay you half of the $110 for the job. contact me for the seller's address.;)
1000s of GNU/Linux users paying WB $3.99, and then contacting WB to express profound disappointment (not anger) at not being able to watch Harry Potter on their computer.
here is a list of utopia books (for all not willing/wanting to wade through at -1) recommended by slashdotters as of august 20th @ 1pm PST.
[all the extra " - this is an author/a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass" bullshit was required to get the list posted. sheesh. isn't there a way to prevent crap posts without making life hell for everyone else?]
by Ursula K. LeGuin - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass The Dispossessed (5 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Robert A. Heinlein - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass "Moon is a Harsh Mistress" (4 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Iain M. Banks - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass all of his Culture books (4 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Thomas Moore - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass Utopia (3 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Robert A. Heinlein - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass "The Number of the Beast" (2 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass "Stranger in a Strange Land" (2 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Atlas Shrugged (2 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Aldous Huxley - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass Brave New World (2 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Ernest Callenbach - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass Ecotopia (2 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Wright - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass Islandia (2 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Marge Pearcy - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass Woman on the Edge of Time (2 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by CS Lewis - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass "Out of the Silent Planet" (2 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by James Patrick Hogan - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass Paths to Otherwhere - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass The Multiplex Man - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass Return to Tomorrow - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Ender's Game - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Robert A. Heinlein - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass "Time Enough for Love" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass "Starship Troopers" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass all of his books - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Theodore Sturgeon - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass The Cosmic Rape - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass and many of his shorter stories - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by David Foster Wallace - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass "Infinite Jest" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Edward Bellamy - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass 'Looking Backwards' - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass 'Equality' - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Ralph Williams - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass "Business as Usual During Alterations" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Edward Bellamy - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass Looking Backward - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Plato - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass The Republic - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Lord of the Rings - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Wells - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass In the Days of the Comet - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Arthur C. Clarke - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass The Songs of the Distant Earth - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Stephen King - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption
by L. Neil Smith - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass "The Probability Broach" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Roger Penrose - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass White Mars - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Voltaire - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass Candide - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"Cement and How the Steel Was Forged" (is this a book?)
by Kim Stanley Robinson - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass Red Mars - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass Green Mars - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass Blue Mars - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass Pacific Edge - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass Antarctica - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by B.F. Skinner - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass Walden II - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Eve Forward - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass Villains by Necessity - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Michael Ende - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass "Momo" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Anonymous - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass "Visit Port Watson!" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass http://www.sonsorol.org/port_watson.html
Neuromancer - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Robert Anton Wilson - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass 'Telemachus Sneezed' - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass http://www.rawilson.com/
by St. Augustine - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass City of God - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by V.I. Lenin - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass State and Republic - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by CS Lewis - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass "Perelandra" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass "That Hideous Strength" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by James Hogan - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass "Voyage from Yesteryear" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"Feel good" books:
"Shawshank Redemption" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Bryce Courtenay - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass The Power of One - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"Pawns of Chaos" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Clive Barker - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass "Imagica" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Douglas Adams - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass all of his books - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Terry Pratchett - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass all of his books - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
[could a moderator please bump this up? this book hasn't been mentioned yet, and i doubt many folks have heard of it. anyway, i suspect most people would be greatful to find out about it. thanks.]
here's an excerpt from an amusing review at amazon:
". . . I have just been blown away by The Kin of Ata. . . . I am not easily swayed by words.I am a Marine,a Harvard MBA, a CPA, a spouse of some years, a parent of four children, an awesome dude. . .."
none of the reviews give a very good summary of the book, and there's no way for me to construct a concise description. give it a chance, i doubt you'll regret it.
when i was talking to my supplier last month about switching to seagate drives because of all the trouble i'd been having with ibm, he said he wondered if ibm would exit the biz. espcially since they were exiting the desktop biz.
now i just have to return my 3 dead ibm drives while i still can.
What I want to know, is how long these cheap little fans are going to last! This is really the most important issue in my mind.
I have no scientifically controlled empirical data set, but my random personal experience with many types of fans is that few of them perform as spec'd for very long.
Lots of engineering seems to be going into heat sinks, but without reliable fans what good is the best heat sink?
The latest fan I'm about to test is a Sunon GM1206PTBX-A "Green" 60mm. If this one develops problems I'm planning on trying a fan from Sanyo Denki. At this point though, after talking to many fan distributors, I starting to think reliable fans don't exist.
"Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war: neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
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From the "Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter - A Byte About Eldred v Ashcroft"
.....info in Public Domain 100% !!! .....info in Public Domain 50% ....info in Public Domain 25% ....info in Public Domain 12.5% ...info in Public Domain 6.25% ...info in Public Domain 3.125% ...info in Public Domain 1.5625% ..info in Public Domain 0.78125% ..info in Public Domain 0.390625% ..info in Public Domain 0.1953125% .info in Public Domain 0.09765625% .info in Public Domain 0.048828125% .info in Public Domain 0.0244140625% .info in Public Domain 0.01220703125%
.
If the New York Times' estimates of 7 years for information doubling may be considered at all correct, then this is what will happen [to information in the Public Domain] in a United States under the new copyright law, EVEN IF we considered 100 percent of current information now be entered into the Public Domain as an incentive to let this law stand:
[i (unger) modified the lines in the following chart to make them shorter. each line originally said "x years x/x of today's information in the Public Domain x%".]
0 years 1/1
7 years 1/2
14 years 1/4
21 years 1/8
28 years 1/16
35 years 1/32
42 years 1/64
49 years 1/128
56 years 1/256
63 years 1/512
70 years 1/1024
77 years 1/2048
84 years 1/4096
91 years 1/8192
98 years 1/16384 info in Public Domain 0.006103515625%
Plus a small fraction if any of this year's copyrights are allowed to
expire.
Obviously the goal is to have virtually no public domain left at all. . .
Of course, there are people who will try to make this very NOT obvious!
Michael S. Hart
[email address snipped]
Project Gutenberg
Principal Instigator
"*Internet User ~#100*"
the wayback machine knows the name:
:(
CraySV2.mpg
but doesn't have the actual file
please mod parent up
> . . . a good portion of NOT licensed under the GPL. (Yes I realize some, are but the majority of that list are not.)
.
hmmm . .
GPL - Linux
BSD - OpenBSD
BSD - NetBSD
BSD - FreeBSD
GPL - Samba
Apache - Apache
GPL - Perl
GPL - GCC
GPL - GNAT
Xfree86 - XFree86
BSD - OpenSSH
ISC - bind
Sendmail - sendmail
looks like 5 for the GPL, 4 for BSD, and a mixed bag for the rest.
of the BSDs, 3 out of 4 are for very similar OSs.
also, if you then consider the extent to which the GPL'd software is deployed (pure numbers), i'd say that the GPL definitely weighs in as the most significant. especially if any of the other licenses are GPL derivatives (i.e. the programmers liked most of the GPL, but needed to change something).
> Some day soon something like freenet will be nessecary even in the US if you want to say something critical about bush or ashcroft without getting on some list of potential terrorists
"some day" is today, IMHO
does anyone know if any of the source Zero Knowledge released was used directly or indirectly in this project? just wondering if anything ever came out of all the work put into the "Freedom Network".
> Classic Case of Cheaper, Smaller, Faster: Pick Any two.
this also seems to produce a somewhat accurate result by picking two of the same:
cheaper + smaller = slower
cheaper + faster = bigger
cheaper + cheaper = slower + bigger
smaller + faster = expensive
smaller + smaller = slower + expensive
faster + faster = bigger + expensive
about 1 1/2 months ago i purchased some software for a client's digital audio workstation.
;)
unfortunately, when it arrived it turned out to be warez.
so, i contacted the seller to tell him the warez wasn't going to work for me, and that i needed the $110 refunded. he didn't like that much, and said i was being a jerk. that's when i realized there wasn't going to be any reasoning with him (not that that was a huge surprise).
i tried contacting ebay a number of times, but they would never get back to me. so much for help from them.
the seller lives in Miami. unfortunately, i live on the other side of the country. anyone in Miami want to do me the favor of going to this guy's house and and getting me some collateral worth at least $110? i'll pay you half of the $110 for the job. contact me for the seller's address.
really, what other choices do i have?
1000s of GNU/Linux users paying WB $3.99, and then contacting WB to express profound disappointment (not anger) at not being able to watch Harry Potter on their computer.
here is a list of utopia books (for all not willing/wanting to wade through at -1) recommended by slashdotters as of august 20th @ 1pm PST.
[all the extra " - this is an author/a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass" bullshit was required to get the list posted. sheesh. isn't there a way to prevent crap posts without making life hell for everyone else?]
by Dorothy Bryant - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You
my post about it
by Ursula K. LeGuin - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
The Dispossessed (5 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Robert A. Heinlein - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"Moon is a Harsh Mistress" (4 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Iain M. Banks - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
all of his Culture books (4 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Thomas Moore - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Utopia (3 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Robert A. Heinlein - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"The Number of the Beast" (2 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"Stranger in a Strange Land" (2 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Atlas Shrugged (2 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Aldous Huxley - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Brave New World (2 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Ernest Callenbach - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Ecotopia (2 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Wright - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Islandia (2 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Marge Pearcy - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Woman on the Edge of Time (2 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by CS Lewis - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"Out of the Silent Planet" (2 votes) - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by James Patrick Hogan - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Paths to Otherwhere - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
The Multiplex Man - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Return to Tomorrow - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Ender's Game - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Robert A. Heinlein - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"Time Enough for Love" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"Starship Troopers" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
all of his books - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Theodore Sturgeon - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
The Cosmic Rape - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
and many of his shorter stories - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by David Foster Wallace - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"Infinite Jest" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Edward Bellamy - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
'Looking Backwards' - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
'Equality' - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Ralph Williams - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"Business as Usual During Alterations" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Edward Bellamy - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Looking Backward - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Plato - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
The Republic - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Lord of the Rings - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Wells - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
In the Days of the Comet - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Arthur C. Clarke - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
The Songs of the Distant Earth - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Stephen King - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption
by L. Neil Smith - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"The Probability Broach" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Roger Penrose - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
White Mars - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Voltaire - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Candide - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"Cement and How the Steel Was Forged" (is this a book?)
by Kim Stanley Robinson - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Red Mars - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Green Mars - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Blue Mars - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Pacific Edge - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Antarctica - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by B.F. Skinner - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Walden II - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Eve Forward - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Villains by Necessity - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Michael Ende - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"Momo" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Anonymous - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"Visit Port Watson!" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
http://www.sonsorol.org/port_watson.html
Neuromancer - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Robert Anton Wilson - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
'Telemachus Sneezed' - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
http://www.rawilson.com/
by St. Augustine - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
City of God - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by V.I. Lenin - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
State and Republic - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by CS Lewis - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"Perelandra" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"That Hideous Strength" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by James Hogan - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"Voyage from Yesteryear" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"Feel good" books:
"Shawshank Redemption" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Bryce Courtenay - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
The Power of One - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"Pawns of Chaos" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Clive Barker - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
"Imagica" - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
Douglas Adams - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
all of his books - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
by Terry Pratchett - this is an author - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
all of his books - this is a book - increasing line length - what a pain in the ass
[could a moderator please bump this up? this book hasn't been mentioned yet, and i doubt many folks have heard of it. anyway, i suspect most people would be greatful to find out about it. thanks.]
."
The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You
here's an excerpt from an amusing review at amazon:
". . . I have just been blown away by The Kin of Ata. . . . I am not easily swayed by words.I am a Marine,a Harvard MBA, a CPA, a spouse of some years, a parent of four children, an awesome dude. . .
none of the reviews give a very good summary of the book, and there's no way for me to construct a concise description. give it a chance, i doubt you'll regret it.
3ware.com
when i was talking to my supplier last month about switching to seagate drives because of all the trouble i'd been having with ibm, he said he wondered if ibm would exit the biz. espcially since they were exiting the desktop biz.
now i just have to return my 3 dead ibm drives while i still can.
What I want to know, is how long these cheap little fans are going to last! This is really the most important issue in my mind.
I have no scientifically controlled empirical data set, but my random personal experience with many types of fans is that few of them perform as spec'd for very long.
Lots of engineering seems to be going into heat sinks, but without reliable fans what good is the best heat sink?
The latest fan I'm about to test is a Sunon GM1206PTBX-A "Green" 60mm. If this one develops problems I'm planning on trying a fan from Sanyo Denki. At this point though, after talking to many fan distributors, I starting to think reliable fans don't exist.
"Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war: neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
--Hitler's #2 Man, Hermann Goering
been consulting for 16 years. standardized on IBM hard drives long ago. never had one fail.
purchased two 40GB DTLA-305040 drives in feb 2001.
one failed within 1 month.
the other developed bad spots within 1 month.
moved my clients to Seagate until IBM proves it can act responsibly.
ok, i fibbed a bit. i once replaced an old IBM laptop hard drive. that was the only dead IBM drive i'd ever seen, until this year.
MODERATE THIS UP PLEASE
i suspect many folks would like to be made aware that full spectrum fluorescent lights exist.