Spam from asia is last on my list of annoying stuff, it's the 'viagra/mortgage/whatever' stuff from the good old US of A that is bothering me
Spam originating in Asia isn't the problem, the problem is spam originating in the good old US of A that's relayed through misconfigured servers in Asia. Since most Americans never receive legitimate mail from those Asian countries, blocking all mail from their IPs means blocking American spam relayed through Asian mail servers.
If you were a real NPR geek, you'd know that A Prairie Home Companion is not an NPR show. It's produced by Minnesota Public Radio and distributed by Public Radio International.
And yes, as others have pointed out, Lake Wobegon (where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average) is a completely fictional place, not Keillor's home town.
For what, third-party candidates who are guaranteed not to win? For candidates from whichever major party doesn't currently have the majority?
Voting isn't really the answer, although it's still a good idea. Unfortunately, I (like most Slashdotters, I think) am too lazy to get off my bum and go make any kind of real difference - say, writing letters to my congresscritters, donating my time to some political lobbying group that lobbies for what I want, etc.
And yeah, I do vaguely remember books. Someday, maybe I'll actually read one again. By the way, if you want the content without the paper & reading, they have audio books too! Mostly cassette, occasionally CD.
Driver's licenses are only required to use public roads. If you don't own your vehicle, you may need to agree to insure it, which may require being licensed, but I can't think of a case where the government has the authority to forbid you from owning a car.
You're right, the analogy breaks down there. A license is required to drive on public roads, not to own a car. Kinda hard to restrict the use of guns without restricting the sale of guns.
Opportunities to take a driving test are available widely and without discrimination. Certain cities and states are known for mandating firearm training and then making it unavailable to ordinary citizens--in one case last decade (New York?), there was space for some twenty students per year, and oddly enough every student was a bodyguard for a wealthy politician or executive.
That's obviously a problem, and would need desperately to change.
Driving is so nearly universal in the US that a list of licensed drivers wouldn't be a useful tool of tyranny. Gun registration is typically a prelude to confiscation (care to guess why Jewish Germans were helpless when the Nazis finally came to imprison them?)
Legitimate concern.
Infringing the right to drive isn't specifically forbidden by the US Constitution, so passing such laws can be within federal or state governments' authority.
Perhaps a reinterpretation of "a well regulated militia" might be required.
I'm generally pro-gun just not stupidly so. I don't have a problem with making people take a safety course before buying a gun. I also don't surfer from the delusion that gun ownership is the only thing keeping my country free. I have no problem with people owning guns but I think it should be a privilege that you earn.
Nobody complains that the US government is restricting their right to drive a car, but before you're allowed to do so, you have to have a license. Before you can get one, you have to pass a test to prove that you know how to drive and you know the laws about driving. This is generally regarded as a good thing - people who can't get a license shouldn't be driving, since they would put the rest of us in danger (not just other drivers, but pedestrians, bicyclists, etc).
Can Microsoft use that statement against them in court, claiming that they arn't even seeking a reasonable resolution?
If you're violating my intellectual property rights, I can't be forced to accept boatloads of cash in exchange for allowing you to continue. I have the option to negotiate a deal with you, but that's my option. I am in no way required to settle out of court. I have the right to sue you to make you stop doing what you're doing.
...can someone summarize what this means to me? I'm not doing e-commerce or banner ads. Should I add something to my sites indicating that I don't track people? My home page uses cookies to track preferences and stuff; how does this affect that?
But doesn't that pull from your own nameserver's configuration, which may not match what the root servers have to say? That would mean "dig>root.hints" would be completely useless.
Yes, I find the UI slow. Things have improved somewhat, but when I was running 10.1 on a 450MHz G3, I could run XDarwin, ssh to my Linux box and run KDE remotely across the LAN, and everything except moving windows around seemed quicker in KDE across the network than on OSX locally.
Mac OS 9 on the same hardware certainly felt MUCH faster than OSX. In fact, OS9 apps running in Classic often felt faster than native apps.
I've since upgraded to a 700MHz G4 and 10.2.1, and it still feels kinda slow, although it's not as bad. I have Terminal.app set to use transparent windows and anti-aliased fonts, which does slow it down, but should I get a spinning beach ball when typing "ls"? Sometimes I do.
That said, the raw hardware is impressive. I can rip a CD to MP3s in about as much time as it takes to play the first track (which it does while ripping). Before RC5-64 completed (and yes I know the README says not to use it as a benchmark) I compared my dual PIII/450 to my single G4/700. The G4 was completing blocks at about 2.5x the speed of the PC (running Linux 2.4).
Anyone have any suggestions for speeding up the UI?
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People need to legitimately access those files to update their DNS servers and flooding the FTP with meaningless requests is highly counterproductive.
No they don't. People need to type: dig @a.root-servers.net > root.hints and they'll get exactly the same thing. Much faster and easier, and you can't tell me we're going to slashdot a root nameserver by sending it a bunch of DNS queries like this - that's what root nameservers handle all day.
Win what? Is there some competition to get more people using Mozilla than IE?
Win enough people using Gecko that Web developers quit making IE-only pages and make standards-compliant pages instead, so that I don't have to use IE for anything.
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Spam from asia is last on my list of annoying stuff, it's the 'viagra/mortgage/whatever' stuff from the good old US of A that is bothering me
Spam originating in Asia isn't the problem, the problem is spam originating in the good old US of A that's relayed through misconfigured servers in Asia. Since most Americans never receive legitimate mail from those Asian countries, blocking all mail from their IPs means blocking American spam relayed through Asian mail servers.
Will these tablets be similar to eMachines in quality? In other words, none whatsoever?
Seriously, linux w/ a touchscreen?? How useful is that?!
No less useful than Win2k or WinXP with a touchscreen, I would hope. Unless you think Linux can't do what those other OSes can?
It uses RFC-specified zone file format
Is it just me, or does the RFC look like it was documenting BIND's implementation, rather than defining a standard which BIND then implemented?
I tried to fit my Microsoft EULA in my pocket but it was to heavy.
Wait, you actually use their software?
It hijacks web sites with which the parent company has no agreement for ad hosting or serving and displays competitors ads.
Wrong. Gator doesn't hijack web sites. It hijacks your browser. Big difference.
Remember IBM, they won their trial, were declared unstoppable by most industry analists, and in the end lost out to Microsoft.
Lost what, exactly?
First off I think OEM's pay something like $15 per liscense for windows. That means if there were any discount it would only be $15 at most.
Anyone have any real information to back this up, or is this just a number you pulled out of your ass to make your argument?
Boy do I feel like an NPR geek for knowning this.
If you were a real NPR geek, you'd know that A Prairie Home Companion is not an NPR show. It's produced by Minnesota Public Radio and distributed by Public Radio International.
And yes, as others have pointed out, Lake Wobegon (where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average) is a completely fictional place, not Keillor's home town.
You want change, go vote.
For what, third-party candidates who are guaranteed not to win? For candidates from whichever major party doesn't currently have the majority?
Voting isn't really the answer, although it's still a good idea. Unfortunately, I (like most Slashdotters, I think) am too lazy to get off my bum and go make any kind of real difference - say, writing letters to my congresscritters, donating my time to some political lobbying group that lobbies for what I want, etc.
Damn, that's worse than Half.com. At least Half.com used to be called Halfway.
Damn right, libraries rule. Clackamas County, Multnomah County (yes, the Multnomah County that fights censorship nationwide).
And yeah, I do vaguely remember books. Someday, maybe I'll actually read one again. By the way, if you want the content without the paper & reading, they have audio books too! Mostly cassette, occasionally CD.
Driver's licenses are only required to use public roads. If you don't own your vehicle, you may need to agree to insure it, which may require being licensed, but I can't think of a case where the government has the authority to forbid you from owning a car.
You're right, the analogy breaks down there. A license is required to drive on public roads, not to own a car. Kinda hard to restrict the use of guns without restricting the sale of guns.
Opportunities to take a driving test are available widely and without discrimination. Certain cities and states are known for mandating firearm training and then making it unavailable to ordinary citizens--in one case last decade (New York?), there was space for some twenty students per year, and oddly enough every student was a bodyguard for a wealthy politician or executive.
That's obviously a problem, and would need desperately to change.
Driving is so nearly universal in the US that a list of licensed drivers wouldn't be a useful tool of tyranny. Gun registration is typically a prelude to confiscation (care to guess why Jewish Germans were helpless when the Nazis finally came to imprison them?)
Legitimate concern.
Infringing the right to drive isn't specifically forbidden by the US Constitution, so passing such laws can be within federal or state governments' authority.
Perhaps a reinterpretation of "a well regulated militia" might be required.
I'm generally pro-gun just not stupidly so. I don't have a problem with making people take a safety course before buying a gun. I also don't surfer from the delusion that gun ownership is the only thing keeping my country free. I have no problem with people owning guns but I think it should be a privilege that you earn.
Nobody complains that the US government is restricting their right to drive a car, but before you're allowed to do so, you have to have a license. Before you can get one, you have to pass a test to prove that you know how to drive and you know the laws about driving. This is generally regarded as a good thing - people who can't get a license shouldn't be driving, since they would put the rest of us in danger (not just other drivers, but pedestrians, bicyclists, etc).
Why can't guns work the same way?
Can Microsoft use that statement against them in court, claiming that they arn't even seeking a reasonable resolution?
If you're violating my intellectual property rights, I can't be forced to accept boatloads of cash in exchange for allowing you to continue. I have the option to negotiate a deal with you, but that's my option. I am in no way required to settle out of court. I have the right to sue you to make you stop doing what you're doing.
...can someone summarize what this means to me? I'm not doing e-commerce or banner ads. Should I add something to my sites indicating that I don't track people? My home page uses cookies to track preferences and stuff; how does this affect that?
Since when is sniffing packets easier than grepping a proxy log? Log files sound easier to me, and I'm pretty lazy...
dig without options pulls the hints by default.
But doesn't that pull from your own nameserver's configuration, which may not match what the root servers have to say? That would mean "dig>root.hints" would be completely useless.
I could be wrong...
Yes, I find the UI slow. Things have improved somewhat, but when I was running 10.1 on a 450MHz G3, I could run XDarwin, ssh to my Linux box and run KDE remotely across the LAN, and everything except moving windows around seemed quicker in KDE across the network than on OSX locally.
Mac OS 9 on the same hardware certainly felt MUCH faster than OSX. In fact, OS9 apps running in Classic often felt faster than native apps.
I've since upgraded to a 700MHz G4 and 10.2.1, and it still feels kinda slow, although it's not as bad. I have Terminal.app set to use transparent windows and anti-aliased fonts, which does slow it down, but should I get a spinning beach ball when typing "ls"? Sometimes I do.
That said, the raw hardware is impressive. I can rip a CD to MP3s in about as much time as it takes to play the first track (which it does while ripping). Before RC5-64 completed (and yes I know the README says not to use it as a benchmark) I compared my dual PIII/450 to my single G4/700. The G4 was completing blocks at about 2.5x the speed of the PC (running Linux 2.4).
Anyone have any suggestions for speeding up the UI?
The new zone serial number is 2002110501.
What was the old serial number?
People need to legitimately access those files to update their DNS servers and flooding the FTP with meaningless requests is highly counterproductive.
No they don't. People need to type:
dig @a.root-servers.net > root.hints
and they'll get exactly the same thing. Much faster and easier, and you can't tell me we're going to slashdot a root nameserver by sending it a bunch of DNS queries like this - that's what root nameservers handle all day.
For those running bind, you may want to try this instead:
dig @e.root-servers.net . ns > root.hints
Or, even simpler:
dig @a.root-servers.net > root.hints
(pick any letter from a-m to use in place of a; they should all work, even j)
Win what? Is there some competition to get more people using Mozilla than IE?
Win enough people using Gecko that Web developers quit making IE-only pages and make standards-compliant pages instead, so that I don't have to use IE for anything.
Yeah, but that doesn't get around the fact that "having a monopoly" is still illegal.
No it isn't, moron. Having a monopoly is perfectly legal. Abusing your monopoly power, using it to force your way into new markets - THAT'S illegal.
Nobody succeeds with a razor and blades business model
Um, Gillette seems to be doing fine...