Come on, people, please. Does anyone really think this has a snowball's chance of even making it out of committee? Let alone being passed by the entire House, and the Senate? (I'll grant you, if it managed to leap those hurdles, Dubya might be dumb enough to sign it).
This is a silly bill that has been introduced by one Congressman. Maybe a few others will sign on as cosponsors. If it ever makes it out of committee, I'd be amazed if it got as many as 20 votes. It's just too ridiculous.
Oh, civil disobedience is still practiced in the US. But most people who do it are concerned with greater evils like the SOA, nuclear weapons, or the stolen 2000 election. Not many people can see the dangers inherent in DRM yet.
Why use a vending machine when a community cooler would work just as well.
Well, I haven't used one since the late 80's, when I got a decomposing fly along with my water, and realized why my stomach had been queasy since I started that job:p
A green anole is kind of fun, if you can deal with the crickets chirping all the time. You should clean out the tank every couple of weeks. It's a good idea to have a friend around when you take it out of the tank to play; that way, when it runs up your arm and onto your back, your friend can remove it:)
I'm glad this is all coming out early, so it can be headed off before it gets too much momentum. On the other hand, it would've been nice if M$ had blown another half-billion on it first:)
Reading the earlier article about the spammer, Scelson, I can't help but wonder if he uses email, and if so, how much spam he gets. Does he waste any time sorting through it to find the messages he wants?
I notice that OpenBSD, which used to say something like "four years without a remote hole", now says "One remote hole in the default install, in nearly 6 years!" Don't know when it changed - would this be the "one", then? Anyone know?
Instead of slashdot, perhaps the article should have given examples of sites that criticize the Australian government. They just might have the nerve to block such sites, especially those that aren't well known.
Geez, how unprofessional. They knew about the vuln, they were working on it, then someone stupidly spilled the beans and they had to pull an all-nighter so their users wouldn't be exposed any longer than necessary.
Anyone knows that a real, professional company would sit on the vuln report for a few weeks, until the finder got fed up and went public with it, then they'd complain about irresponsible disclosure and take two weeks to release a fix.
NYT: "I.B.M.'s holes are . . . half of a billionth of an inch across."
Um, no. That would be about 1/8 the size of an atom. They also say the storage medium is "a layer of plexiglass a couple of billionths of an inch thick". That would be 1/2 the size of an atom, which is quite remarkable considering that plexiglass is a polymer.
Reuters: "[The] holes are 10 nanometers. .."
Much more credible. That's about 100 atoms across.
Why am I not surprised that no one at the Times caught this?
Well, I don't follow lkml much, so I may be lacking some crucial context here. But it looks to me like Linus is going to merge it, or more precisely, have someone else merge it. What he doesn't want is to merge it all at once. He wants it done gradually, which is generally a better idea if you can do it.
The argument thread is here. To me it looks like Keith wants it done right now, isn't willing to wait, and thinks the only reason it's being held up is because Linus is a prick.
Personally, I don't know if Linus is right or not. Maybe it can be merged this way, and maybe it can't. But he is doing something about it, and if he's wrong, that will become evident fairly soon.
I don't have time to look for the article I read, but isn't Hollings' bill actually a pro-business bill in disguise? IIRC, the kinds of data listed in the quote are protected, but other kinds of data, such as what you buy, are not. I think the article I read pointed out that it's meaningless, because with data on what you buy, companies can figure out a lot about you: your religion, your politics, medical information, perhaps your sexual tastes...
Metaverse mogul Bob L. Rife held a press conference today to emphasize that there is no truth to the rumors of mind-destroying metalinguistic viruses in ancient Sumerian clay tablets. Local hackers expressed relief. "I was worried there for a while, but I'm sure Mr. Rife is telling the tru ba ga de me po ta da..."
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This is a silly bill that has been introduced by one Congressman. Maybe a few others will sign on as cosponsors. If it ever makes it out of committee, I'd be amazed if it got as many as 20 votes. It's just too ridiculous.
If you run fsck, it'll fsck your drive. You'll be totally fscked.
(Don't waste bandwidth with the obvious question, "So why didn't you donate?". I'm too broke.)
Please remove this deep link immediately or we will sue. Have a nice day.
Sincerely,
Asimov's Science Fiction
There's a new collection of his stories including a new novella, "Fast Times at Fairmont High", which surfs a little closer to the singularity.
Oh, civil disobedience is still practiced in the US. But most people who do it are concerned with greater evils like the SOA, nuclear weapons, or the stolen 2000 election. Not many people can see the dangers inherent in DRM yet.
Customers saying "Fuck Off" to Cable Companies
Well, I haven't used one since the late 80's, when I got a decomposing fly along with my water, and realized why my stomach had been queasy since I started that job :p
A green anole is kind of fun, if you can deal with the crickets chirping all the time. You should clean out the tank every couple of weeks. It's a good idea to have a friend around when you take it out of the tank to play; that way, when it runs up your arm and onto your back, your friend can remove it :)
I'm glad this is all coming out early, so it can be headed off before it gets too much momentum. On the other hand, it would've been nice if M$ had blown another half-billion on it first :)
Reading the earlier article about the spammer, Scelson, I can't help but wonder if he uses email, and if so, how much spam he gets. Does he waste any time sorting through it to find the messages he wants?
Whoops, my bad. Should've checked :)
I notice that OpenBSD, which used to say something like "four years without a remote hole", now says "One remote hole in the default install, in nearly 6 years!" Don't know when it changed - would this be the "one", then? Anyone know?
...who thinks she looks like Princess Leia?
Using the K9 protocol, no doubt.
Instead of slashdot, perhaps the article should have given examples of sites that criticize the Australian government. They just might have the nerve to block such sites, especially those that aren't well known.
Anyone knows that a real, professional company would sit on the vuln report for a few weeks, until the finder got fed up and went public with it, then they'd complain about irresponsible disclosure and take two weeks to release a fix.
Yep. Welcome to the company store. Welcome to the company town. This is a non-union shop. Here are your (admittedly golden) shackles.
Um, no. That would be about 1/8 the size of an atom. They also say the storage medium is "a layer of plexiglass a couple of billionths of an inch thick". That would be 1/2 the size of an atom, which is quite remarkable considering that plexiglass is a polymer.
Reuters: "[The] holes are 10 nanometers. . ."
Much more credible. That's about 100 atoms across.
Why am I not surprised that no one at the Times caught this?
The argument thread is here. To me it looks like Keith wants it done right now, isn't willing to wait, and thinks the only reason it's being held up is because Linus is a prick.
Personally, I don't know if Linus is right or not. Maybe it can be merged this way, and maybe it can't. But he is doing something about it, and if he's wrong, that will become evident fairly soon.
(Amazon ref given only for reference, please do not think I'm suggesting that you actually buy anything from those assholes.)
He makes some good points here: Why Digital Signatures Are Not Signatures
NAI no longer publishes their source code. Backdoors? "Trust us", they say. "Fuck that", I say.
I don't have time to look for the article I read, but isn't Hollings' bill actually a pro-business bill in disguise? IIRC, the kinds of data listed in the quote are protected, but other kinds of data, such as what you buy, are not. I think the article I read pointed out that it's meaningless, because with data on what you buy, companies can figure out a lot about you: your religion, your politics, medical information, perhaps your sexual tastes...
Metaverse mogul Bob L. Rife held a press conference today to emphasize that there is no truth to the rumors of mind-destroying metalinguistic viruses in ancient Sumerian clay tablets. Local hackers expressed relief. "I was worried there for a while, but I'm sure Mr. Rife is telling the tru ba ga de me po ta da..."