Don't use Microsuck Windows at all. It may be inconvienient (I gave up ALL my games), you might not have Word, or a nice buggy web browser, but it's better.
I used to have a Linux partition, but I got rid of it......for NetBSD!!! YEAH! (Actually, I have my harddrive neatly partitioned into root,swap,usr,local,var,home partitions)
Don't buy hardware that has DRM, silly! I just bought a laptop (PII-MMX) and it might be the last one I buy.:( I don't want a PIII because of the number...
Resist! Ignore the damned laws! Deep-link to every page that doesn't want to be lined to! Imagine if every IT worker went on strike...
Off-topic:
Many people hate school. Imagine of the antischool rebels united. Say 10% of all kids dislike school. Say 10% of those refuse to go to school. Nice idea, huh. If only we could get the word out...
The worst part of it is what people think. Say you're against muggers, good. Everyone is. Say you're against the IRS, you're called an anarchist, a terrorist, and are generally ridiculed. Pretty much the same thing though.
> These people are already supposedly working for us.
Actually, you're forced to pay for them. Taxation is supprisingly like the mafia's "protection money". You pay them taxes so they can come and demand taxes and spy on you, or they throw you in jail. Really quite criminal, when you think about it.
I used to have a nice shell script that would send out 10-15 Mixmaster remail messages every 15 minutes that I was online. Most were duds, but some were actual messages...
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My real GNU/Linux experience began with Slackware. It was nice and minimal. The packages (although hard to find) were nice and easy to manage. The rc.d files were easy to manage. It was nice.
Then I got a new computer and installed Debian. The packaging system, which at first appeared nice, was nasty. I tried to upgrade my gcc from a package, it failed, and thereafter, all the gcc related packages were listed as 'broken'.
Then, after getting tired of messing with Debian, I did LFS (linuxfromscratch.org). It was quite nice, because I had complete control of my system. It was minimal. It had exactly what I needed, and no more. Packages were built from source, and installed in/usr/local. The problem was that many stupid/inexperienced developers don't include a 'make uninstall' in their packages. Darn! Also, the general inconsistency of the GNU/Linux world (no central source) got me down, and so I switched to NetBSD. FreeBSD looked to bloated, and didn't focus on stability and good code. OpenBSD seemed to be just a copy of NetBSD. NetBSD focuses on stability, protability, and good code. These are the roots of security. The NetBSD packages system is really nice. I can build the packages from source (I don't like binaries), and it automatically builds dependancies. Also, it is very neat and tidy. No bloat whatsoever. I haven't tried to upgrade it yet, but will when NetBSD 1.6 comes out.
> aPDAs do have the advantages that they effectively don't need to boot, and the app when you start is the same one that was there when you last shut it down.
You can always use the standby button. On my old (now broken, sadly) GRiD 1720 (286,20mb HD,1mb ram), there was a setup option to make the power button put it into suspend. Quite neat.
The U.S. gov't called the September 11 attacks "Attacks on Freedom", yet it is the U.S. gov't itself that is attacking our freedom!
It would not suprise me in the least if the so called terrorist attacks were carried out by an underground part of the U.S. gov't. Considering what the new laws will mean for the CIA/NSA/FBI. And I know that's a wrather synical view, to think that the US gov't could have anyone so nasty in it, but hey, someone has to have done it!
John Ashcroft is probably the worst. He has said that "To those that scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: your tactics only aid terrorists." (cnn.com). It is true that not going to a complete police state does aid terrorists, but it is not true that liberty is not being lost. If you find the rest of Ashcroft's speech, it may remind you startingly of Leon Fortunato, the false prophet in the Left Behind books.
Also, doesn't anyone find Bush's election, with the 'hanging chads' and everything, a little bit mroe suspect after the 'war on terror'? (Interesting tidbit: if you change the "W" in "George W. Bush" to D(ubya), and calculate his number using the A=6, B=12, C=18 method, you will find that his number is 666.)
Yes. I like netcat too. It's on every system I use.
I also happen to like GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE. It can come in handy once and a while. And besides, this is Unix! Not M$-Wind0ws, we don't try to keep people from shooting themselves in the feet. If we did, we'd put in a check for 'rm -rf/'. But we don't.
Will any ISP's decide to firewall these (like when @home firewalled port 80)? Or will Micros0ft Update fix this quick enough (it is automatic, is it not)?
Seriously, the GNU/Hurd kernel is superior in design (it's a microkernel) to Linux. If Linux development slowed, people might work more on the Hurd, and thus hasten its' offical release.
The reason magazines have ads is because magazines are put together by paid individuals, and that paper and presses cost. To lower the subscription charges, they use ads.
And this IS July 4. No wait, it's April 3. No wait, it's 500 BC!
Did someone just say the 'p' word? To attempt to compare those that share software with their friends to those that loot ships, killing and abducting people? I cannot believe you just got a +5.
From June to October 2001, I surfed on a 486DX33 with a 14.4k modem and a 325 mb hdd. It was a laptop. And it had two VERY annoying lines of bad pixels (set to white).
I could surf on a 386-8mbRAM with no HD, and a 9600 kb modem. Except to upgrade mine to 8mb would cost about $80.
You could also dial a shell account server from a dumb terminal and a modem (grex.org), or with any old piece of hardware.
BTW, I just picked up a 486DX66+8mb+300mb desktop for free.
BTW2: I'm surfing with a text-only browser, Links, on a GNU/Linux system (266MMX,96,20gig), kernel 2.2.20.
That is why people shouldn't use the current kernel series. IE: use 2.2. Or at least wait a couple of days after the release. The bleeding-edge kernels, even if they are stable, are still best used by developers. Even now, I still use 2.2.20.
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And implemented with STOLEN funds. (Remember, tax is forced upon people.)
Thieves! Damned thieves!
Stop complaining and start installing! If everyone that's whining about everything would just trash M$, we'd all be better off!
Don't use Microsuck Windows at all. It may be inconvienient (I gave up ALL my games), you might not have Word, or a nice buggy web browser, but it's better.
I used to have a Linux partition, but I got rid of it... ...for NetBSD!!! YEAH! (Actually, I have my harddrive neatly partitioned into root,swap,usr,local,var,home partitions)
Don't buy hardware that has DRM, silly! I just bought a laptop (PII-MMX) and it might be the last one I buy. :( I don't want a PIII because of the number...
Eternity Service.
Resist! Ignore the damned laws! Deep-link to every page that doesn't want to be lined to! Imagine if every IT worker went on strike...
Off-topic:
Many people hate school. Imagine of the antischool rebels united. Say 10% of all kids dislike school. Say 10% of those refuse to go to school. Nice idea, huh. If only we could get the word out...
The worst part of it is what people think. Say you're against muggers, good. Everyone is. Say you're against the IRS, you're called an anarchist, a terrorist, and are generally ridiculed. Pretty much the same thing though.
> These people are already supposedly working for us.
Actually, you're forced to pay for them. Taxation is supprisingly like the mafia's "protection money". You pay them taxes so they can come and demand taxes and spy on you, or they throw you in jail. Really quite criminal, when you think about it.
I used to have a nice shell script that would send out 10-15 Mixmaster remail messages every 15 minutes that I was online. Most were duds, but some were actual messages...
Now, everyone will know they're being watched. One small step for man, one giant leap for Big Brother.
Big Brother has never been better...
My real GNU/Linux experience began with Slackware. It was nice and minimal. The packages (although hard to find) were nice and easy to manage. The rc.d files were easy to manage. It was nice.
/usr/local. The problem was that many stupid/inexperienced developers don't include a 'make uninstall' in their packages. Darn! Also, the general inconsistency of the GNU/Linux world (no central source) got me down, and so I switched to NetBSD. FreeBSD looked to bloated, and didn't focus on stability and good code. OpenBSD seemed to be just a copy of NetBSD. NetBSD focuses on stability, protability, and good code. These are the roots of security. The NetBSD packages system is really nice. I can build the packages from source (I don't like binaries), and it automatically builds dependancies. Also, it is very neat and tidy. No bloat whatsoever. I haven't tried to upgrade it yet, but will when NetBSD 1.6 comes out.
Then I got a new computer and installed Debian. The packaging system, which at first appeared nice, was nasty. I tried to upgrade my gcc from a package, it failed, and thereafter, all the gcc related packages were listed as 'broken'.
Then, after getting tired of messing with Debian, I did LFS (linuxfromscratch.org). It was quite nice, because I had complete control of my system. It was minimal. It had exactly what I needed, and no more. Packages were built from source, and installed in
> aPDAs do have the advantages that they effectively don't need to boot, and the app when you start is the same one that was there when you last shut it down.
You can always use the standby button. On my old (now broken, sadly) GRiD 1720 (286,20mb HD,1mb ram), there was a setup option to make the
power button put it into suspend. Quite neat.
>This is the direct result of democracy.
The tyranny of the majority.
You are absolutely correct.
The U.S. gov't called the September 11 attacks "Attacks on Freedom", yet it is the U.S. gov't itself that is attacking our freedom!
It would not suprise me in the least if the so called terrorist attacks were carried out by an underground part of the U.S. gov't. Considering what the new laws will mean for the CIA/NSA/FBI. And I know that's a wrather synical view, to think that the US gov't could have anyone so nasty in it, but hey, someone has to have done it!
John Ashcroft is probably the worst. He has said that "To those that scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: your tactics only aid terrorists." (cnn.com). It is true that not going to a complete police state does aid terrorists, but it is not true that liberty is not being lost. If you find the rest of Ashcroft's speech, it may remind you startingly of Leon Fortunato, the false prophet in the Left Behind books.
Also, doesn't anyone find Bush's election, with the 'hanging chads' and everything, a little bit mroe suspect after the 'war on terror'? (Interesting tidbit: if you change the "W" in "George W. Bush" to D(ubya), and calculate his number using the A=6, B=12, C=18 method, you will find that his number is 666.)
Yes. I like netcat too. It's on every system I use.
/'. But we don't.
I also happen to like GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE. It can come in handy once and a while. And besides, this is Unix! Not M$-Wind0ws, we don't try to keep people from shooting themselves in the feet. If we did, we'd put in a check for 'rm -rf
(I hope I didn't miss something)
That's what I thought too. Sounded really scary, so I read the article and realised that it was for the viewer to wear.
I've always wondered, though, how hard would it be to pick up on what people are watching with the bunny ears?
And can/do cable companies monitor what people watch?
How big of a problem is this really going to be?
Will any ISP's decide to firewall these (like when @home firewalled port 80)? Or will Micros0ft Update fix this quick enough (it is automatic, is it not)?
Seriously, the GNU/Hurd kernel is superior in design (it's a microkernel) to Linux. If Linux development slowed, people might work more on the Hurd, and thus hasten its' offical release.
The reason magazines have ads is because magazines are put together by paid individuals, and that paper and presses cost. To lower the subscription charges, they use ads.
And this IS July 4. No wait, it's April 3. No wait, it's 500 BC!
#!/sirnonya
Did someone just say the 'p' word? To attempt to compare those that share software with their friends to those that loot ships, killing and abducting people? I cannot believe you just got a +5.
See what government by the corporations, for the corporations, and of the corporations is like?
From June to October 2001, I surfed on a 486DX33 with a 14.4k modem and a 325 mb hdd. It was a laptop. And it had two VERY annoying lines of bad pixels (set to white).
I could surf on a 386-8mbRAM with no HD, and a 9600 kb modem. Except to upgrade mine to 8mb would cost about $80.
You could also dial a shell account server from a dumb terminal and a modem (grex.org), or with any old piece of hardware.
BTW, I just picked up a 486DX66+8mb+300mb desktop for free.
BTW2: I'm surfing with a text-only browser, Links, on a GNU/Linux system (266MMX,96,20gig), kernel 2.2.20.
Yes. I remember that. 2.4.11.
That is why people shouldn't use the current kernel series. IE: use 2.2. Or at least wait a couple of days after the release. The bleeding-edge kernels, even if they are stable, are still best used by developers. Even now, I still use 2.2.20.