I agree with what you're saying, but surely these people who want simple reliability and don't need 'latest gizmos for techies' would be best off sticking with Dapper for its Long Term Support?
So they had that option, and went with the latest and greatest. Meh.
'If there's been a shooting at my (hypothetical) kid's school, I don't want to know five minutes from now, I want to know NOW. What makes "public city officials" more special than the rest of us when it comes to information that could be used to adequately protect our families and friends better than the spread-thin public servants could?'
Cos you're not a public servant, so you turning up ('my kid is in there') might make things worse. Or are you superman, so your arrival makes it all better, unlike those 'spread-thin public servants'
Jesus, are all Americans as stupid as you? Can you really not conceive a world which isn't made better, but is made worse, by your attendence on the scene of a crime, at your (hypothetical) kid's school, or not?
I don't really understand some of the issues that you mention ('memes and cult like group think', 'some partisan friend of mine emailed me to sign a petition.') - these aren't ways that I see people operating in In the UK, and EU)
I still don't get where people who 'refuse to dirty themselves through alignment with a political party') actually *do* anything about things they disagree with.
How do you/ they attempt to change society/ the world/ their neighbourhood?
When you mention memes and petitions, I think of people in their room moaning and doing little that actually makes a difference - which is why I queried the original post.
What are you/ they gaining by 'refus[ing] to dirty themselves through alignment with a political party' except leaving your/ their self out on their own, and un-'dirty'?
'a blogsite/message board for people who refuse to dirty themselves through alignment with a political party'
Hiya
I'm curious - how do you/these people act on their political views (in real life)
Direct action, single issue stuff (pro/anti GM, etc), industrial action (strikes/ direct confrontation, etc. All of these, none, some I haven't mentioned?
'No, but neither were they called terrorists. The term wasn't much in use before 9/11. Before that such people were quite properly called "criminals".'
Oh good grief. The term 'Terrorism' 'wasn't much in use before 9/11.' ? the Unabomber wasn't called a terrorist?
'observe that the IRA and Britain are also in a religious conflict'
What on earth are you talking about? The IRA wasn't fighting the British (and vice versa) because they did or didn't share views on religion - they disagreed about who should rule the North of Ireland. Lots of British governmental forces were/ are Catholics, atheists, etc, and lots of the IRA were secular/ atheists.
'The IRA is not concerned with the US, are not that large in numbers, and don't do nearly as much damage as the muslims do in the middle east. To me it simply looks like you can't count.'
And to me it looks like you're a total buffoon. There are still more British troops in the North of Ireland than there are in Iraq, the 50 or so British citizens killed on the London Tube last year is dwarfed by the amount of deaths caused in/ by the North of Ireland/ the Brits/ whoever you call it
And why does the fact that the IRA care/ not care about the US make them any more or less terrorist? And what about ETA, the RAF, etc etc.
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> if the user just has to go into the terminal line, make the commands easier to understand and more intuitive. Move > instead of mv, delete instead of whatever is there now, list instead of ls, find instead of grep, help instead of man, > etc.
alias ?
from a (bash) shell
$ alias move='mv' $ ls bar bar $ move bar fooo $ ls bar ls: bar: No such file or directory $ ls fooo fooo
Read down, from the beginning of the talk for that IP. It's like a sad soap opera. Noone there knows anything about how they're being observed/tracked, or IP addresses, or wikipedia, or NPOV, or, really, anything.
Vodafone is launching a back-to-basics mobile phone in response to customer demand for simplicity.
Vodafone Simply will be available in two handsets offering just voice and text services.
Both phones have a large screen with legible text and symbols, and three dedicated buttons for direct access to the main screen, contacts and messages.
I am away from the computer, lots, which is why I want camera, mp3 player, etc on my mobile. I have that - it's a tiny nokia, it's cheap (in the UK anyway) and does *exactly* what I want. UK mobiles do very well with the average consumer, thanks very much, and guess what, they all want cameras, etc.
It's only on/. that I see people ask for 'simple phones' - maybe because you don't grok how they work nowadays?
why are slashdotters so obsessed with prison rape?
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apt-proxy?
Name
apt-proxy - A proxy for saving bandwidth to Debian servers
SYNOPSIS
apt-proxy [options] [logfile]
DESCRIPTION
apt-proxy is a python program designed to be run as an stand alone
server via twistd, and provides a clean, caching, intelligent proxy for
apt-get, which speaks HTTP to apt-get clients, and http or ftp to the
backend server(s). Usually it is run on port 9999, mainly because that
is the default configuration, and people are lazy.
CLIENT CONFIGURATION
Once apt-proxy is configured on a host SERVER, users then edit their
sources.list file to point to the proxy (which uses the http protocol
to serve clients), like so:
What path should be specified after the server name and port number
depends on the configuration of apt-proxy (which can restrict paths and
send different paths to different servers). See SERVER CONFIGURATION
below.
Note that you can also use the nicknames `unstable', `frozen' etc, but
Packages/Sources files may get duplicated, so it is advised use either
the symbolic or the code name and stick with it.
SERVER CONFIGURATION
See apt-proxy.conf(5) for details of how to set up apt-proxy to use
backends near to you.
CARE AND FEEDING OF MIRRORS
apt-proxy reduces the bandwidth requirements of Debian mirrors by
restricting the frequency of Packages, Releases and Sources file
updates from the back end and only doing a single fetch for any file,
how ever many users request it from the proxy.
Slashdot Mirror
'when my boss discovered that I had been reviewing code for my team while on my honeymoon he immediately...'
got in touch with your new wife for a weekend of fun...?
On your honeymoon? You need help, my friend
And most of these devices also work in Europe and australia (and many others) too
/. work a) everywhere in the world or b) just the US
They'll all be free to air DTT (digital TV) - it's quite popular here, you know.
Now that might make it 'a bunch of crap' to you - but should all links on
clue - b) happens most of the time here.
I agree with what you're saying, but surely these people who want simple reliability and don't need 'latest gizmos for techies' would be best off sticking with Dapper for its Long Term Support?
So they had that option, and went with the latest and greatest. Meh.
'If there's been a shooting at my (hypothetical) kid's school, I don't want to know five minutes from now, I want to know NOW. What makes "public city officials" more special than the rest of us when it comes to information that could be used to adequately protect our families and friends better than the spread-thin public servants could?'
Cos you're not a public servant, so you turning up ('my kid is in there') might make things worse. Or are you superman, so your arrival makes it all better, unlike those 'spread-thin public servants'
Jesus, are all Americans as stupid as you? Can you really not conceive a world which isn't made better, but is made worse, by your attendence on the scene of a crime, at your (hypothetical) kid's school, or not?
Hiya
I don't really understand some of the issues that you mention ('memes and cult like group think', 'some partisan friend of mine emailed me to sign a petition.') - these aren't ways that I see people operating in In the UK, and EU)
I still don't get where people who 'refuse to dirty themselves through alignment with a political party') actually *do* anything about things they disagree with.
How do you/ they attempt to change society/ the world/ their neighbourhood?
When you mention memes and petitions, I think of people in their room moaning and doing little that actually makes a difference - which is why I queried the original post.
What are you/ they gaining by 'refus[ing] to dirty themselves through alignment with a political party' except leaving your/ their self out on their own, and un-'dirty'?
Ta
'a blogsite/message board for people who refuse to dirty themselves through alignment with a political party'
Hiya
I'm curious - how do you/these people act on their political views (in real life)
Direct action, single issue stuff (pro/anti GM, etc), industrial action (strikes/ direct confrontation, etc. All of these, none, some I haven't mentioned?
Ta
'I lean left, too, but as a market capitalist,not as a socialist'
explain how that works? You lean *to* the left from a 'market capitalist' point of view, eg from the right.
So, you're a centrist? How is this 'lean[ing] left' instead of 'leaning to the centre'?
'No, but neither were they called terrorists. The term wasn't much in use before 9/11. Before that such people were quite properly called "criminals".'
Oh good grief. The term 'Terrorism' 'wasn't much in use before 9/11.' ? the Unabomber wasn't called a terrorist?
'observe that the IRA and Britain are also in a religious conflict'
What on earth are you talking about? The IRA wasn't fighting the British (and vice versa) because they did or didn't share views on religion - they disagreed about who should rule the North of Ireland. Lots of British governmental forces were/ are Catholics, atheists, etc, and lots of the IRA were secular/ atheists.
'The IRA is not concerned with the US, are not that large in numbers, and don't do nearly as much damage as the muslims do in the middle east. To me it simply looks like you can't count.'
And to me it looks like you're a total buffoon. There are still more British troops in the North of Ireland than there are in Iraq, the 50 or so British citizens killed on the London Tube last year is dwarfed by the amount of deaths caused in/ by the North of Ireland/ the Brits/ whoever you call it
And why does the fact that the IRA care/ not care about the US make them any more or less terrorist? And what about ETA, the RAF, etc etc.
"Slashdot, circa 1925..."
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old-tyme-admin: Hi! Welcome to our new site. check back soon for updates!
(#1-1925-02-10)
Yeah, and Europe= 4,000,000 sq miles.
I have total coverage within this area, and most of the rest of the world. As does almost everyone in the world apart from US cellusers.
`
You work for a '10 billions dollar' business that can't afford enough IT staff in its branches and gets hardware recommendations from 'ask slashdot'?
brilliant! Like the OP, I sometimes end up on /. from google and wonder about the year of the posting - never noticed this optioen before
thanks!
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America(ns) relegated ".com" to just mean ".com.us"
.com"
.cn? .ru? .uk? .fr? .de?
...
Everyone else works around that. This ('abuse', whatever, aside) is an example of that.
"pretty much any other TLD that isn't
ahem.
You might not see these tlds on a day to day basis, but then you're American
> change name to "Google_eats_souls_use_us.com"
You can't have underscores in domain names (RFC 1034 and 1035, I think)
Your basic point is valid, but really, QNX?
Guestimate of the amount of people using QNX as their desktop - 10,000 (high side, I'm guessing)
Amount using hotmail? 1, 2, maybe?
Amount who'd want hotmail on their QNX desktop?
0.
> if the user just has to go into the terminal line, make the commands easier to understand and more intuitive. Move
> instead of mv, delete instead of whatever is there now, list instead of ls, find instead of grep, help instead of man,
> etc.
alias ?
from a (bash) shell
$ alias move='mv'
$ ls bar
bar
$ move bar fooo
$ ls bar
ls: bar: No such file or directory
$ ls fooo
fooo
from tfa
'On February 3rd...' [something will happen]
'I've yet to actually see an infected machine.'
Written on Jan 30th
A back-to-basics mobile launched
Vodafone is launching a back-to-basics mobile phone in response to customer demand for simplicity.
Vodafone Simply will be available in two handsets offering just voice and text services.
Both phones have a large screen with legible text and symbols, and three dedicated buttons for direct access to the main screen, contacts and messages.
No, I'm serious (if a little rude - sorry)
/. that I see people ask for 'simple phones' - maybe because you don't grok how they work nowadays?
I am away from the computer, lots, which is why I want camera, mp3 player, etc on my mobile. I have that - it's a tiny nokia, it's cheap (in the UK anyway) and does *exactly* what I want. UK mobiles do very well with the average consumer, thanks very much, and guess what, they all want cameras, etc.
It's only on
Perhaps you should be reading about.com rather than /. if you can't work your mobile.
Or maybe you should RTFM. I don't *want* my mobile dumbed down for people like you.
Yep. Much to my surprise, my dad's new Inspiron 1300 came with Firefox on the desktop
Default home page was google uk
bookmarks were dell and a coupla other weird OEM ones.
why are slashdotters so obsessed with prison rape?
apt-proxy?
Name
apt-proxy - A proxy for saving bandwidth to Debian servers
SYNOPSIS
apt-proxy [options] [logfile]
DESCRIPTION
apt-proxy is a python program designed to be run as an stand alone
server via twistd, and provides a clean, caching, intelligent proxy for
apt-get, which speaks HTTP to apt-get clients, and http or ftp to the
backend server(s). Usually it is run on port 9999, mainly because that
is the default configuration, and people are lazy.
CLIENT CONFIGURATION
Once apt-proxy is configured on a host SERVER, users then edit their
sources.list file to point to the proxy (which uses the http protocol
to serve clients), like so:
deb http://server:9999/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://server:9999/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://server:9999/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb-src http://server:9999/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb http://aptproxy:9999/security stable/updates main contrib non-free
What path should be specified after the server name and port number
depends on the configuration of apt-proxy (which can restrict paths and
send different paths to different servers). See SERVER CONFIGURATION
below.
Note that you can also use the nicknames `unstable', `frozen' etc, but
Packages/Sources files may get duplicated, so it is advised use either
the symbolic or the code name and stick with it.
SERVER CONFIGURATION
See apt-proxy.conf(5) for details of how to set up apt-proxy to use
backends near to you.
CARE AND FEEDING OF MIRRORS
apt-proxy reduces the bandwidth requirements of Debian mirrors by
restricting the frequency of Packages, Releases and Sources file
updates from the back end and only doing a single fetch for any file,
how ever many users request it from the proxy.