Democracy's spread has now in fact created a bloody confrontation with fundamentalism...
I think Katz is overstating this here. Is democracy te cause? I would have to argue with him that the bloody confrontation is an unfortunate side effect, but not a direct consequence of democracy's spread. People act in differnet ways to new stimuli (in this case democracy) this doesn't mean that the new stimuli is always the cause. I believe the people involved are the cause.
To illustrate this point I would use the example of the Heavens Gate group. They all killed themselves to ride the light when Hailey's Comet came. Does that make their deaths a result of the comet? I would think not...
"The chief users of Internet gambling are not terrorists, they are our youths," said LaFalce. "Lots of different kids are given credit cards -- not one -- multiple cards. It's easy to gamble from dormitory rooms, or with wireless connections from campus quads, or with Palm Pilots any place."
First - Currently it is not illegal to gamble in most states.
Second - If they want to make it illegal, why are they trying to make the credit card industry do the enforcing for them? It seems to me like they need to concentrate on making gambling illegal f that is their goal. I think we see this kind of overstepping a lot, and to say it is in defense of these attacks is despicablein my eyes.
...is that when people start talking about everything playing well with other devices there is a problem.
It could even function as an FRS (family radio service) walkie-talkie, listen in on your baby monitor, and act as a garage-door opener.
I am of the opinion that if I can monitor my baby and open my garage door, so can someone else. And with the lack of security that most people tend to apply to their equipment I do not like this idea at all.
I don't think linux will catch up to microsoft in use. I also don't really want that. The way I see it the only way linux will catch up is if they make themselves "dumb" enough for almost everyone to use. Unless everything is point, click, and forget most people will not use it.
I believe the average user does not want to open a user manual, read any instructions, or have any extra steps to follow. They want to plug it in, have it install itself, configure itself and then give a pretty picture. In a perfect world this is fine, but for anyone who works with these blasted machines they realize that when you go with an out of the box configuration it may not be what you want. It may not even function. In the MS world there is always a wizard or a dilogue box to look at, but it may not be what you need. I love the freedom that an open OS provides. I love the fact that If I want to change something I can hit Google and 90% of the time I have an answer within minutes.
I think the day that linux goes towards the microsoft dumb is good idea they willl lose their appeal. So to answer your question I don't know, but I hope to hell they haven't.
We just need to have geek concentratio...errr reservations that we can put these religious fanatics in. Then we could monitor all of their movements, I mean so we could provide them with all the freedoms they desire.
Then the DMCA could stay in effect for everyone else. I believe Utah has some extra space.
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While the idea is great to just build your own cabinet I don't see money as the enemy here. I happen to live in a 1 bedroom apartment and my server rack and computer desk take up enough room as it is. I just don't have the space to build such a cabinet and put it in my abode.
For those of us less fortunate peoples who don't have the room X-Box makes an attractive alternative to a PC. I don't like playing console based games on the PC, and as said in previous posts the 733Mhz would do quite nicely
Users with the full version of Acrobat will have to exercise caution when opening attachments to PDF files. However, opening attachments isn't automatic: A cautionary dialog box asks if the user wants to proceed.
Haven't they learned yet that the idiots who spread these virii don't read waning messages. If they were paying attention they wouldn't be spreading these things around.
We don't need anti-virus software, we need a cure for stupidity.
When we specify a passphrase, it allows ssh-keygen to secure our private key against misuse, but it also creates a minor inconvenience. Now, every time we try to connect to our drobbins@remotebox account using ssh, ssh will prompt us to enter the passphrase so that it can decrypt our private key and use it for RSA authentication. Again, we won't be typing in our password for the drobbins account on remotebox, we'll be typing in the passphrase needed to locally decrypt our private key. Once our private key is decrypted, our ssh client will take care of the rest. While the mechanics of using our remote password and the RSA passphrase are completely different, in practice we're still prompted to type a "secret phrase" into ssh.
I get the feeling from reading this that they want to use RSA/DSA for convenience. It confuses me as to how it is more convenient to enter a passphrase rather than a password. I know that this has definite benefits, but I don't think that they covered them very well in their intro.
I think that there should be more information about the other benefits of using this encryvtion rather than "Wouldn't you rather just type: ssh myname@myhost instead of entering a username and password?"
well, we're already investing more than a $1 billion in Linux across the corporation.
IMHO money may talk in some situations, but what the Linux community could use now is someone to do some talking literally. Specifically I see a need to have someone who has some power (IBM Perhaps) to speak up. Every day articles or speeches are released with Microsoft ragging on Open Source and the whole Linux Movement. It would be nice to see a major Linux Supporter (IBM Perhaps) step up and defend the community.
While throwing $1 Billion at the cause is nice, it is also for IBM's bottom line. If they are really supporting the movement then they should be willing to stand up and take a stand.
I don't see this sort of thing happening without intervention by the court.
I agree wholly with your argument here, however I don't think it is within the power of the law to make this happen. Open source is a philosophy (and a great one at that) but it cannot be forced upon a company. Our country does not have the legal authority to mandate that Microsoft release their code and make them work with others to help integrate. I see this as being similar to asking the government to force Ford to standardize their cars and allow Chevy or Dodge to easily replace the engine. A Ford is a Ford for a reason. While I agree that OEM's should be able to customize the OS, forcing MS to allow for integration by opening their source just doesn't seem legal.
I am interested in some more information on your post. I am not very familiar with AS/400 hardware or OS/400. I believe I have a type 9046 which seems to be a PPC processor. Do you know if this is supported, and if so do you know where I can find some information on the actual process for installing Linux on this box. I would really appreciate any infoirmation/.'ers have to offer here.
I found this link, but I really don't know what tupe AS/400 I have. I would love to get this working, and I think it can be a great learning experience.
As a customer who has been with IBM for years we are looking at retiring some of our old AS/400's. We are trying to find other uses for them, and with over 100GB of disk Linux makes an attractive option, but we are saddened to see that IBM seems to have made no effort to try to support Linux at all on the 400.
With the recent support IBM has been giving to the Linux community are there any plans to start devoting resources to the Linux on the as/400 project?
The Act provides that anyone sending a commercial e-
mail message from a computer located in Washington or to an e-mail address
held by a Washington resident may not use a third-party's domain name
without permission,5 misrepresent or disguise in any other way the
message's point of origin or transmission path, or use a misleading subject
line.6 RCW 19.190.030 makes a violation of the Act a per se violation of
the Consumer Protection Act, chapter 19.86 RCW (CPA).
Does this mean that Washington residents that get those FREE PORN!!!!!!!! emails that always cost can now sue?
I know my theories and findings are hard for you to accept because they are so original and extraordinary. But one day in the future, you will see that I am right. You will be foreced to accept my invention as millions of people around you tell you that I am right.
Is it just me or does this sound something like:
"I am right, you are stoopid, I'm gonna go get my mommy and then you will have to listen to me"
IMHO if you are going to accept an opportunity like this to submit your obviously "different" ideas to public scrutiny, you'd better damned well be able to come up with a better response than this. I am sure that the/.'ers who read this were expecting more than this. I think if Alex expects people to take him seriously he needs to represent himself in a more favorable light.
Internet Explorer is free for download just like Mozilla is... But, it is not open sourced. I cannot see the source code behind it.
Usefull utilities like Winzip are free too...
Winzip is not a Microsoft product. It is also not open source.
Before he left me, he had hundreds of gigabytes of completely free programs...
None of which came from Microsoft, except for the minor eexceptions of maybe IE, FrontPage express and Solitaire.
It is important to remember that just because I can download it for free does not mean it is open, and because it runs on windows it does not mean it is from Microsoft.
Taken from a Wallstreet Journal article: "In response to my questions, Jonestown officials stressed that the purple Kool-Aid may still undergo modifications to make it more palatable. But they defended it as a useful tool.
Although physically capable of caring for themselves, people with severe brain injuries often lack the cognitive and memory skills to manage their daily lives...
Man, I have the same problem. I thought buying a Palm would help. Maybe I need to invest in some of these thing to keep me on track.
I just never realized that I might be suffering from head trauma. I think I am going to go get an MRI or something...
He tells you how they do it in this e-mail. They basically provide a functional version that does not have the gif piece in it for countries where the Unisys patent is in effect. They provide a full featured version for everyone else.
Did anyone see the movie Trial and Error where Rip Torn sold pennies to people for $19.95 a piece? Then Michael Richards (Kosmo Kramer from Seinfeld) tried to defend him by telling the jury he had eaten too many twinkies.
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Democracy's spread has now in fact created a bloody confrontation with fundamentalism...
I think Katz is overstating this here. Is democracy te cause? I would have to argue with him that the bloody confrontation is an unfortunate side effect, but not a direct consequence of democracy's spread. People act in differnet ways to new stimuli (in this case democracy) this doesn't mean that the new stimuli is always the cause. I believe the people involved are the cause.
To illustrate this point I would use the example of the Heavens Gate group. They all killed themselves to ride the light when Hailey's Comet came. Does that make their deaths a result of the comet? I would think not...
No, unfortunately no towel.. But he DID wear a pretty cool pair of sunglasses. But alas, no HGTG references.
First - Currently it is not illegal to gamble in most states.
Second - If they want to make it illegal, why are they trying to make the credit card industry do the enforcing for them? It seems to me like they need to concentrate on making gambling illegal f that is their goal. I think we see this kind of overstepping a lot, and to say it is in defense of these attacks is despicablein my eyes.
...is that when people start talking about everything playing well with other devices there is a problem.
It could even function as an FRS (family radio service) walkie-talkie, listen in on your baby monitor, and act as a garage-door opener.
I am of the opinion that if I can monitor my baby and open my garage door, so can someone else. And with the lack of security that most people tend to apply to their equipment I do not like this idea at all.
Very Good Point...
Wish I could moderate ya up...
I don't think linux will catch up to microsoft in use. I also don't really want that. The way I see it the only way linux will catch up is if they make themselves "dumb" enough for almost everyone to use. Unless everything is point, click, and forget most people will not use it.
I believe the average user does not want to open a user manual, read any instructions, or have any extra steps to follow. They want to plug it in, have it install itself, configure itself and then give a pretty picture. In a perfect world this is fine, but for anyone who works with these blasted machines they realize that when you go with an out of the box configuration it may not be what you want. It may not even function. In the MS world there is always a wizard or a dilogue box to look at, but it may not be what you need. I love the freedom that an open OS provides. I love the fact that If I want to change something I can hit Google and 90% of the time I have an answer within minutes.
I think the day that linux goes towards the microsoft dumb is good idea they willl lose their appeal. So to answer your question I don't know, but I hope to hell they haven't.
So thats what we do....
We just need to have geek concentratio...errr reservations that we can put these religious fanatics in. Then we could monitor all of their movements, I mean so we could provide them with all the freedoms they desire.
Then the DMCA could stay in effect for everyone else. I believe Utah has some extra space.
While the idea is great to just build your own cabinet I don't see money as the enemy here. I happen to live in a 1 bedroom apartment and my server rack and computer desk take up enough room as it is. I just don't have the space to build such a cabinet and put it in my abode.
For those of us less fortunate peoples who don't have the room X-Box makes an attractive alternative to a PC. I don't like playing console based games on the PC, and as said in previous posts the 733Mhz would do quite nicely
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Users with the full version of Acrobat will have to exercise caution when opening attachments to PDF files. However, opening attachments isn't automatic: A cautionary dialog box asks if the user wants to proceed.
Haven't they learned yet that the idiots who spread these virii don't read waning messages. If they were paying attention they wouldn't be spreading these things around.
We don't need anti-virus software, we need a cure for stupidity.
When we specify a passphrase, it allows ssh-keygen to secure our private key against misuse, but it also creates a minor inconvenience. Now, every time we try to connect to our drobbins@remotebox account using ssh, ssh will prompt us to enter the passphrase so that it can decrypt our private key and use it for RSA authentication. Again, we won't be typing in our password for the drobbins account on remotebox, we'll be typing in the passphrase needed to locally decrypt our private key. Once our private key is decrypted, our ssh client will take care of the rest. While the mechanics of using our remote password and the RSA passphrase are completely different, in practice we're still prompted to type a "secret phrase" into ssh.
I get the feeling from reading this that they want to use RSA/DSA for convenience. It confuses me as to how it is more convenient to enter a passphrase rather than a password. I know that this has definite benefits, but I don't think that they covered them very well in their intro.
I think that there should be more information about the other benefits of using this encryvtion rather than "Wouldn't you rather just type: ssh myname@myhost instead of entering a username and password?"
DocWatson
...then two months ago there were $4,000 in false charges on his Visa card. "Most of the charges were at Network Solutions," he said.
Thats a lot of #####sucks.com's to be registered. I wonder how many it takes to rack up $4000. It has to be a few.
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...come up, I rely on my instincts.
/. and I'll keep you posted.
I think the anwers is 42, however I am still waiting for the ultimate computer to figure this out.
Keep on reading your
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well, we're already investing more than a $1 billion in Linux across the corporation.
IMHO money may talk in some situations, but what the Linux community could use now is someone to do some talking literally. Specifically I see a need to have someone who has some power (IBM Perhaps) to speak up. Every day articles or speeches are released with Microsoft ragging on Open Source and the whole Linux Movement. It would be nice to see a major Linux Supporter (IBM Perhaps) step up and defend the community.
While throwing $1 Billion at the cause is nice, it is also for IBM's bottom line. If they are really supporting the movement then they should be willing to stand up and take a stand.
DocWatson
I don't see this sort of thing happening without intervention by the court.
I agree wholly with your argument here, however I don't think it is within the power of the law to make this happen. Open source is a philosophy (and a great one at that) but it cannot be forced upon a company. Our country does not have the legal authority to mandate that Microsoft release their code and make them work with others to help integrate. I see this as being similar to asking the government to force Ford to standardize their cars and allow Chevy or Dodge to easily replace the engine. A Ford is a Ford for a reason. While I agree that OEM's should be able to customize the OS, forcing MS to allow for integration by opening their source just doesn't seem legal.
DocWatson
I am interested in some more information on your post. I am not very familiar with AS/400 hardware or OS/400. I believe I have a type 9046 which seems to be a PPC processor. Do you know if this is supported, and if so do you know where I can find some information on the actual process for installing Linux on this box. I would really appreciate any infoirmation /.'ers have to offer here.
I found this link, but I really don't know what tupe AS/400 I have. I would love to get this working, and I think it can be a great learning experience.
DocWatson
As a customer who has been with IBM for years we are looking at retiring some of our old AS/400's. We are trying to find other uses for them, and with over 100GB of disk Linux makes an attractive option, but we are saddened to see that IBM seems to have made no effort to try to support Linux at all on the 400.
With the recent support IBM has been giving to the Linux community are there any plans to start devoting resources to the Linux on the as/400 project?
DocWatson
The Act provides that anyone sending a commercial e- mail message from a computer located in Washington or to an e-mail address held by a Washington resident may not use a third-party's domain name without permission,5 misrepresent or disguise in any other way the message's point of origin or transmission path, or use a misleading subject line.6 RCW 19.190.030 makes a violation of the Act a per se violation of the Consumer Protection Act, chapter 19.86 RCW (CPA).
Does this mean that Washington residents that get those FREE PORN!!!!!!!! emails that always cost can now sue?
DocWatson
I know my theories and findings are hard for you to accept because they are so original and extraordinary. But one day in the future, you will see that I am right. You will be foreced to accept my invention as millions of people around you tell you that I am right.
/.'ers who read this were expecting more than this. I think if Alex expects people to take him seriously he needs to represent himself in a more favorable light.
Is it just me or does this sound something like:
"I am right, you are stoopid, I'm gonna go get my mommy and then you will have to listen to me"
IMHO if you are going to accept an opportunity like this to submit your obviously "different" ideas to public scrutiny, you'd better damned well be able to come up with a better response than this. I am sure that the
DocWatson
Internet Explorer is free for download just like Mozilla is...
But, it is not open sourced. I cannot see the source code behind it.
Usefull utilities like Winzip are free too...
Winzip is not a Microsoft product. It is also not open source.
Before he left me, he had hundreds of gigabytes of completely free programs...
None of which came from Microsoft, except for the minor eexceptions of maybe IE, FrontPage express and Solitaire.
It is important to remember that just because I can download it for free does not mean it is open, and because it runs on windows it does not mean it is from Microsoft.
DocWatson
From the "This sounds vaguely familiar dept..."
Taken from a Wallstreet Journal article: "In response to my questions, Jonestown officials stressed that the purple Kool-Aid may still undergo modifications to make it more palatable. But they defended it as a useful tool.
DocWatson
Although physically capable of caring for themselves, people with severe brain injuries often lack the cognitive and memory skills to manage their daily lives...
Man, I have the same problem. I thought buying a Palm would help. Maybe I need to invest in some of these thing to keep me on track.
I just never realized that I might be suffering from head trauma. I think I am going to go get an MRI or something...
DocWatson
Did you read the artcile and the links?
He tells you how they do it in this e-mail. They basically provide a functional version that does not have the gif piece in it for countries where the Unisys patent is in effect. They provide a full featured version for everyone else.
Next time read!!!!
DocWatson
McNealy might as well be talking to himself --
Does Katz ever get this feeling?
DocWatson
"If you think about how God would design a chip, obviously God would use 45 angles..."
If God built them they'd have brains you putz.....
DocWatson
Did anyone see the movie Trial and Error where Rip Torn sold pennies to people for $19.95 a piece? Then Michael Richards (Kosmo Kramer from Seinfeld) tried to defend him by telling the jury he had eaten too many twinkies.
Does Alex live near a Hostess factory?
DocWatson