Heh, I live IN Detroit (not a suburb, IN) and Comcast runs the worst CaTV setup I've ever seen. Drive down my street. You see more houses with Dish Network antennas than without.
So I'd sure as hell never trust these sons of bitches with my data.
I've often been pissed that I can't get Cable OR DSL where I live (what, in one of the biggest cities in the world??)... But it sounds like I'm not missing much.
The best either of us can hope for is that 1) we can get DSL 2) we're close enough to the damn switching office
Being an amateur radio operator, I fully understand the possible side effects of RF.
If it weren't for the huge lobbying efforts of the electricity industry, there would be sweeping investigations into the effects of living around especially the high tension lines you see on the huge usually steel towers.
If IE were ported to Linux, I doubt it would take very long before it became the dominant browser there, too. It's just a better product.
Linux users wouldn't stand for a browser that had to be built into the kernel. Except for Red Hat and Mandrake idiots, but then again I don't classify them as 'Linux users'.
A trolling we will go, a trolling we will go... Hey ho a merry-O, a trolling we will go.
if i buy a (x86) computer, there is a 98% chance that it will come with windows, and there is a lot of pressure to use windows on that computer in the first place; pressure from friends & co-workers who use it, pressure from employers who use it, pressure from the salespeople selling me the computer. pressure from people on the 'net, who use windows media to give away audio & video clips, or word to present documentation.
When I was growing up there was tons of 'peer pressure' to do all sorts of things. Drugs and other things I find to be stupid and pointless (don't bother ranting on that).
People act like peer pressure is something you have to abide by, and thats rubbish.
The choices are out there. Take them or leave them, and don't whine either way about choices you yourself made.
...whereas Microsoft only has a much smaller number of MCSEs (aka, professional dummies) to answer back with.
Here here.
I was in a course and a small (thankfully) part of it was MCSE training. I knew more than most of the teachers did, and none of them had a clue about MS's more severe security problems.
Aye, those be the people I want running my corporate network baby!
Hrm. The same source who started this rumor of AOL buying Red Hat? Of course I'm kidding with that line of thinking. God, I'm such an ass.
Well, this sure is interesting. Maybe I'm thick, but I didn't see this one coming. Nice timing, they could align themselves with the nine states, which would be a pretty damn strong team against MS.
I'm so confused! I abhore(sp) MicroSoft. I don't like AOL. But given the lesser of two evils...
GO AOL!
God i love being a hipocrite(sp) (see other posts).
What we should be doing is stopping people from creating the tools that these "script kiddies" are using. Take that away and those lame unknowledged kids will be helpless.
Nice thought. Possible to implement via laws or any other way? Hell no.
There will always be people like this, be it on our networks or in other areas of life.
Slackwhere isn't going anywhere. There are plenty of people helping it out. Just because its not heard of in the mainstream as much doesn't mean its dead.
Its quite alive:)
However, if such a thing DID happen, I've been using slackware for four years, and I would jump ship to FreeBSD the second I heard about it. And so would 75%+ of the people using it now.
I belive Pat Volkerding and crew have morals, just like Alan Cox does.
It is nice to see someone in his posistion with some morals. Although I disagreed slightly with him working for RH, him working for AOL/TW would be an absoloute travesty against the open source community.
Now if only certain other people, not just in the Linux world, would have these kind of balls. Then the world might improve a bit.
Slashdot Mirror
Was that the full url? ending in FormId= seems a bit unlikely. If not i'd like to see the whole thing.
Heh, I live IN Detroit (not a suburb, IN) and Comcast runs the worst CaTV setup I've ever seen. Drive down my street. You see more houses with Dish Network antennas than without.
So I'd sure as hell never trust these sons of bitches with my data.
I've often been pissed that I can't get Cable OR DSL where I live (what, in one of the biggest cities in the world??)... But it sounds like I'm not missing much.
The best either of us can hope for is that 1) we can get DSL 2) we're close enough to the damn switching office
I meet 2, but they don't provide it.
Ahh yes, the brave new digital era! MY ASS!
Being an amateur radio operator, I fully understand the possible side effects of RF.
If it weren't for the huge lobbying efforts of the electricity industry, there would be sweeping investigations into the effects of living around especially the high tension lines you see on the huge usually steel towers.
Congrats to this city, keep it up.
sure - but, the instances of peer pressure i see you referring to seem to be for one's own entertainment.
That's true, I'll go with that.
Ah I was wrong then, pardon moi.
As far as Konq/KDE, people have a choice to not use KDE. I'm sure I don't need to complete the rest of that.
That would be a good thing for AOL. It would show they have faith in their own products, enough to finally use them in the mainstream.
:)
At that point i'd have to mod AOL up two points
The other 25% would probably maintain their own Slack-based distro.
Very good point, and very factual. Its nice using a distro that you can put faith in being around a long time, and not being bought out.
Way to go Pat and gang.
...we had Netscape 4.x, the bastion of stability and standards compliance, available to the world, and people still use IE.
Bastion of stability? Are you mental? Do you already regret saying that?
If not, stop and think about it.
AOL picked IE as their default browser.
I do find that strange, quite a moronic move showing total lack of faith in their own product, be it netscape or mozilla etc.
If IE were ported to Linux, I doubt it would take very long before it became the dominant browser there, too. It's just a better product.
Linux users wouldn't stand for a browser that had to be built into the kernel. Except for Red Hat and Mandrake idiots, but then again I don't classify them as 'Linux users'.
A trolling we will go, a trolling we will go... Hey ho a merry-O, a trolling we will go.
if i buy a (x86) computer, there is a 98% chance that it will come with windows, and there is a lot of pressure to use windows on that computer in the first place; pressure from friends & co-workers who use it, pressure from employers who use it, pressure from the salespeople selling me the computer. pressure from people on the 'net, who use windows media to give away audio & video clips, or word to present documentation.
When I was growing up there was tons of 'peer pressure' to do all sorts of things. Drugs and other things I find to be stupid and pointless (don't bother ranting on that).
People act like peer pressure is something you have to abide by, and thats rubbish.
The choices are out there. Take them or leave them, and don't whine either way about choices you yourself made.
...whereas Microsoft only has a much smaller number of MCSEs (aka, professional dummies) to answer back with.
Here here.
I was in a course and a small (thankfully) part of it was MCSE training. I knew more than most of the teachers did, and none of them had a clue about MS's more severe security problems.
Aye, those be the people I want running my corporate network baby!
And no I'm not MCSE, I'm A+ / CNA
Also how are they meant to compete when netscape, at least the 4.* series which most people think of when you say "Netscape", is such a pile of shit.
If they're going to start going on about Netscape, AOL needs to push the 6.* series MUCH harder.
Hrm. The same source who started this rumor of AOL buying Red Hat? Of course I'm kidding with that line of thinking. God, I'm such an ass.
Well, this sure is interesting. Maybe I'm thick, but I didn't see this one coming. Nice timing, they could align themselves with the nine states, which would be a pretty damn strong team against MS.
I'm so confused! I abhore(sp) MicroSoft. I don't like AOL. But given the lesser of two evils...
GO AOL!
God i love being a hipocrite(sp) (see other posts).
What we should be doing is stopping people from creating the tools that these "script kiddies" are using. Take that away and those lame unknowledged kids will be helpless.
Nice thought. Possible to implement via laws or any other way? Hell no.
There will always be people like this, be it on our networks or in other areas of life.
There's a big difference. DoS/DDoS attacks are done maliciously. Links on slashdot are not malicious.
Get a clue.
Feeling "elite" because you can knock down an ISP?
That's it right there. Knowing many who do these types of things, that is the exact core reason.
They also do it for the thrill of articles like this, "Hey we got in the news, lets do that again!"
Slackwhere isn't going anywhere. There are plenty of people helping it out. Just because its not heard of in the mainstream as much doesn't mean its dead.
:)
Its quite alive
However, if such a thing DID happen, I've been using slackware for four years, and I would jump ship to FreeBSD the second I heard about it. And so would 75%+ of the people using it now.
I belive Pat Volkerding and crew have morals, just like Alan Cox does.
No worries, fellow Slack fiends.
If Mr. Cox thinks AOL or Red Hat will pass up a deal because he might leave, I would suggest he will be in for a shocking reality-check.
I do not believe that is his point. He is thinking of himself first. Which he SHOULD.
Go Alan.
Oh I'm sure Pat Volkerding would welcome him.
I am SO happy to see Alan post this.
It is nice to see someone in his posistion with some morals. Although I disagreed slightly with him working for RH, him working for AOL/TW would be an absoloute travesty against the open source community.
Now if only certain other people, not just in the Linux world, would have these kind of balls. Then the world might improve a bit.
Thanks Alan!
I'm all for this. Why?
I hate redhat. I hate commercialism (don't bother debating me on commercialism, I will NOT bother replying to, or reading, your stupid rants).
AOL tosses the salad(tm) pretty good on most everything it touches.
So buy them. I want to see Red Hat turned into a Red Shitlog.
All hail Slackware.
5) World-wide several BSD and Slackware users are hospitalized for asphixiation from laughing so hard they could not breath for several minutes.
And I would be one of them. Being one of the many that thinks BSD is great, and that slackware is the only linux distro worth a shit.
Damn. That is really neat. Good job sandia, keep it up.
God this stuff sometimes feels, well... unreal heh.
Neat.
If ICANN won't listen to those its servicing, then hit em where it hurts. Hit em in the wallet. They'll suddenly find solutions, and FAST.
GO FOR IT.
Here's somethign that really shits me off:
1) You can get it. So shut up.
2) The prices are so bad? THEN STOP PAYING FOR IT. Otherwise, keep paying and hush.