If the airwaves are public, what's illegal about using a signal that you didn't permit someone to send onto your property?
Even if it weren't illegal, if you're using one of these unlicensed SmartCards, and DirectTV figures out a way to send a signal that will prevent them from working, that shouldn't be illegal either.
I think the biggest problem with this is, in your file I feel like I'm asking the computer to do something for me. The computer is ultimately in control, not me. In bash, when I type "mv ~/*.tmp/var/tmp/" I feel like I am actually doing it - not asking for it to be done. This is even more true in Mac OS - when I drag an icon, it feels like I'm actually moving a file myself. It goes where I put it, not where the OS thinks it should be. I like this control, and I don't want to give it up.
That's a good one. You'd have to treat it like smoking or drinking laws, which make it illegal to damage yourself until you're old enough to fully appreciate the consequences.
Ooh, somehow I hadn't thought of that. You're exactly right, that is the same sort of thing.
I'm all for it, by the way. As long as kiddies aren't harmed in the production, go for it. It makes an interesting thought experiment with which to confront free-speech advodates who also happen to be parents, in any case.
Wasn't it GWBush while campaigning who said something like if his own daughter wanted to have an abortion he wouldn't stop her, even though his party is officially anti-abortion? Amazing how people's minds change when it suddenly becomes personal.
PS: The, um, girl you mentioned with the tripod and timer camera... what's her URL?;-)
I have no idea, but I do recall seeing a Web site somewhere that had porn pics of underage girls - hosted somewhere outside the US - and insisted "you must be 18 or older to enter!" I just about died laughing.
OK guys, I'm a little slow when it comes to havking Sendmail. What I currently have is this in the.mc file:
FEATURE(dnsbl,`relays.orbs.org',` open relay $&{client_addr}; see: http://www.orbs.org')
I'd also include the corresponding excerpt from sendmail.cf, but Slashdot's lameness filter thinks sendmail.cf is crap.
If I simply replace relays.orbs.org with inputs.orbs.org, it looks like that will ONLY block real open relays. I do want to block open relay servers, but I don't want to block legitimate servers that have stupid Exchange servers on their networks happily forwarding mail, and I don't want to block legitimate servers like Earthlink's that happen to have sent out spam before but are widely used by a lot of people. Previously, I had to explicitly allow relaying from certain hosts; otherwise I was losing legitimate mail. Hopefully I won't have to do that anymore.
Does this look good? Is there anything else I should be doing? I do also use the MAPS RBL, btw.
I'll agree that it wasn't exactly side-splitting. However, do keep in mind that this study was done on mail sent both from and to domestic US addresses. Mail sent from or to other countries was not included in this study.
I seriously doubt that. If the owner of the forum decides that he doesn't want stories about kids, that is his right, but any law that says that you cannot write stories involving children engaging in sexual activity is blatantly unconstitutional.
There are lots of things that are blatently unconstitutional that have somehow made their way into law.
If a 16-yr-old girl gets ahold of a camera with tripod and timer, and proceeds to take erotic photos of herself - entirely of her own volition, without anyone else's involvement and without any intent to profit from them - and she then posts these pictures on her Web site, has she just committed a crime? If so, who is the victim? Herself?
(Regardless of law it's against the terms of service of most Web hosting companies, but not all, especially outside the United States.)
3) A deal with Insignia Solutions to license Virtual PC code and create Red Box (an environment in which Windows apps can run).
uhhh...
what?
Connectix makes VirtualPC, and AFAIK has no deal with Apple.
The name Insignia Solutions does ring a bell, but I see nothing on their Web site about any similar probuct.
RedBox was, AFAIK, to be developed internally by Apple, and would basically emulate all the Win32 APIs (not at all like Virtual PC, which only emulates hardware, not software). RedBox got Steved quite awhile ago.
I've seen some posts here saying Mac OS X is not a server OS, because it requires certain hardware, lots of RAM, and has a pretty GUI, while Linux runs on nearly anything and usually runs from command line. There's something you're forgetting here:
Windows NT is not a server OS, because it requires decent hardware, a fair ammount of RAM, and has an ugly GUI.
I'd say there's no question that Windows NT competes with Linux. Maybe not in your minds - using Windows as a server is unthinkable - but look what percentage of Web sites is being served by IIS. A PowerMac G3 might seem like a ridiculous hardware requirement to you, but if you're setting up a new machine and buying new hardware anyway, Mac OS X can certainly run on an $800 iMac; would you buy something cheaper to run WinNT?
You've missed the point here. Many useful apps require X Windows, and being able to run X Windows on Mac OS X is very useful to those who will be using that OS. XFree86 is a good alternative to other commercial X servers that will be available, such as XTools from Tenon.
Mac OS X runs apps that other UNIXish OSes do not, such as Photoshop, Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer, QuickTime, etc. etc. etc. It's commercially supported and marketed to average consumers who don't know what a command prompt is, let alone how to use it.
Everyone knows that most people use Windows, so you'd think they'd use a Windows theme...
What reason would an ad company have for promoting something other than the Macs they love? Unless they're specifically asked to use Windows screenshots (and the corporate people paying for the ads generally don't know the difference anyway), they'd rather show their Mac desktops.
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Even if it weren't illegal, if you're using one of these unlicensed SmartCards, and DirectTV figures out a way to send a signal that will prevent them from working, that shouldn't be illegal either.
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Ooh, somehow I hadn't thought of that. You're exactly right, that is the same sort of thing.
I'm all for it, by the way. As long as kiddies aren't harmed in the production, go for it. It makes an interesting thought experiment with which to confront free-speech advodates who also happen to be parents, in any case.
Wasn't it GWBush while campaigning who said something like if his own daughter wanted to have an abortion he wouldn't stop her, even though his party is officially anti-abortion? Amazing how people's minds change when it suddenly becomes personal.
PS: The, um, girl you mentioned with the tripod and timer camera... what's her URL?
I have no idea, but I do recall seeing a Web site somewhere that had porn pics of underage girls - hosted somewhere outside the US - and insisted "you must be 18 or older to enter!" I just about died laughing.
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Just leave it running as-is, and see if it blocks anything (grep for www.orbs.org in your Sendmail logs).
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FEATURE(dnsbl,`relays.orbs.org',` open relay $&{client_addr}; see: http://www.orbs.org')
I'd also include the corresponding excerpt from sendmail.cf, but Slashdot's lameness filter thinks sendmail.cf is crap.
If I simply replace relays.orbs.org with inputs.orbs.org, it looks like that will ONLY block real open relays. I do want to block open relay servers, but I don't want to block legitimate servers that have stupid Exchange servers on their networks happily forwarding mail, and I don't want to block legitimate servers like Earthlink's that happen to have sent out spam before but are widely used by a lot of people. Previously, I had to explicitly allow relaying from certain hosts; otherwise I was losing legitimate mail. Hopefully I won't have to do that anymore.
Does this look good? Is there anything else I should be doing? I do also use the MAPS RBL, btw.
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Sure it is. All you need is a nifty little utility called fdisk.
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But did you do it in the living room, with the test equipment?
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There are lots of things that are blatently unconstitutional that have somehow made their way into law.
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(Regardless of law it's against the terms of service of most Web hosting companies, but not all, especially outside the United States.)
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Last I heard, they only had $4 billion?
Otherwise, right with ya.
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What, you don't think Linux will take ideas from OSX if it's only PowerPC? I'd say that's being awfully narrow-minded, even if Linux were x86-only.
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uhhh...
what?
Connectix makes VirtualPC, and AFAIK has no deal with Apple.
The name Insignia Solutions does ring a bell, but I see nothing on their Web site about any similar probuct.
RedBox was, AFAIK, to be developed internally by Apple, and would basically emulate all the Win32 APIs (not at all like Virtual PC, which only emulates hardware, not software). RedBox got Steved quite awhile ago.
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Windows NT is not a server OS, because it requires decent hardware, a fair ammount of RAM, and has an ugly GUI.
I'd say there's no question that Windows NT competes with Linux. Maybe not in your minds - using Windows as a server is unthinkable - but look what percentage of Web sites is being served by IIS. A PowerMac G3 might seem like a ridiculous hardware requirement to you, but if you're setting up a new machine and buying new hardware anyway, Mac OS X can certainly run on an $800 iMac; would you buy something cheaper to run WinNT?
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...which is exactly what Apple did.
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What reason would an ad company have for promoting something other than the Macs they love? Unless they're specifically asked to use Windows screenshots (and the corporate people paying for the ads generally don't know the difference anyway), they'd rather show their Mac desktops.
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