you can't pick out the known shoplifters without scanning and databasing all the non-shoplifters.
Yeah right, and you can't log some packets from a router without logging all of them, and you can't tap and record one person's phone conversations without tapping and recording everyone's phone conversations. It sounds to me like you're full of excrements. ------
On the other hand, there are rumors of rack-mount Mac servers running OS X Server (stop snickering!) about to hit the
market, so the PowerPC could improve its market share.
Whether we like it or not, many decisions are made by people's emotions. People are stupid enough to associate with libdvdcss with "illegal" when they hear people asking "Is that illegal?" The judges who make the crucial decisions on cases like this are not techinically-minded, and often are not as impartial as they pretend to be. It's a fact of life.
Last time I checked,
2600 lost their DeCSS case to the MPAA and unfortunately were forced to remove their links to the DeCSS code.
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Well, I don't think we can afford it, but if they're going to do it anyway, I hope they give us IPv6. Hell, it'd be cool if it were an IPv6-only service with a few NAT boxes on the::ffff:0:0/96 routes. I think that would speed up IPv6 adoption to the rest of the world by a few years, anyway.
There would also be some very cool Canadian internet appliances, given the abundant address space and autoconfiguration capabilities.
I want all of Slashdot to STOP SAYING THAT! The last thing we need is people associating "libdvdcss" with "illegal". The more this gets engrained in people's heads, the more likely it will be to actually be outlawed. ------
God you're a fucking idiot. Did you even read Gibsons's article? He said that it's impossible for an application running
under any version of Windows 3.x/95/98/ME or NT to "spoof" its source IP or generate malicious TCP packets such as
SYN or ACK floods, not because the TCP/IP implementation was limited in its ability to DDOS.
He also said that this is because Windows didn't have the raw sockets interface that the Unices have, which is generally what you need to spoof IP addresses.
Get a clue before posting,
That's why strict policies like whatDebian has are so important. To be included in Debian (and remain there), an application must meet a certain level of quality, and one set of things that are not tolerated is things that break other packages (like not incrementing major versions on incompatible API changes). ------
Exactly, and with stuff like apt-get, your packages can depend on (or recommend, or suggest) the libraries it needs.
I would say that a large number of dynamic libraries on GNU/Linux is actually be a good thing (code reuse). In fact, it should go even further, so that rather than relying on stuff like Visual Basic, a programmer could just write a small program that does little except calling library functions.
On Debian, you can install any non-repository package and its dependencies by running: dpkg --force-depends -i packagename.deb ; apt-get -f -y install ------
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"The fullest extent of the law" is not "life w/o parole for torching an SUV dealership". Sounds like you don't actually have an argument.
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Yeah right, and you can't log some packets from a router without logging all of them, and you can't tap and record one person's phone conversations without tapping and recording everyone's phone conversations. It sounds to me like you're full of excrements.
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Learning curve.
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Would you prefer to use Perl as a general-purpose language?
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Heh. I thought you meant Top-Level Aggregation identifiers. There are only 2^13 of those. 8-)
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I hope it's Debian-based...
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The word is "release".
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Whaaaa???? And people still buy it? Are they nuts? What kind of security manager would recommend buying closed-source security packages?
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Or, use Eudora, which already has PGP/MIME support.
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You're an idiot, you damn GPL-zealot Emacs loser! Slashdot is the shits.
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Who's snickering? It's BSD, right? I'd buy them.
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Phone up your ISP and ask to have the port un-blocked. Many ISPs have default blocks that they will remove if you ask them nicely.
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I think it may have already been done.
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Last time I checked, 2600 lost their DeCSS case to the MPAA and unfortunately were forced to remove their links to the DeCSS code.
Exactly, and that is where the DeCSS fiasco may die, if we only let it.
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If you can disable it, then this isn't news. If you can't, then it could be illegal (using your bandwidth/computer without permission, etc).
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There would also be some very cool Canadian internet appliances, given the abundant address space and autoconfiguration capabilities.
And I'm not even talking about mobility...
I apologise for this blatent IPv6 plug.
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I want all of Slashdot to STOP SAYING THAT! The last thing we need is people associating "libdvdcss" with "illegal". The more this gets engrained in people's heads, the more likely it will be to actually be outlawed.
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"Gee, these aliens' computers are not only x86-compatible, but they run an OS that is vulnerable to viruses..."
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What in tarnation does THAT mean? The guy was right on the money.
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He also said that this is because Windows didn't have the raw sockets interface that the Unices have, which is generally what you need to spoof IP addresses. Get a clue before posting,
Likewise.
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No, it's only spelled "centers" in the US (and probably Toronto). Everyone else in the world spells it "centres".
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Does Jikes do array bounds checking by default? If not, then there's not really much difference.
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That's why strict policies like whatDebian has are so important. To be included in Debian (and remain there), an application must meet a certain level of quality, and one set of things that are not tolerated is things that break other packages (like not incrementing major versions on incompatible API changes).
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I would say that a large number of dynamic libraries on GNU/Linux is actually be a good thing (code reuse). In fact, it should go even further, so that rather than relying on stuff like Visual Basic, a programmer could just write a small program that does little except calling library functions.
On Debian, you can install any non-repository package and its dependencies by running: dpkg --force-depends -i packagename.deb ; apt-get -f -y install
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X itself it quite small and fast (something like 1-2 MB, IIRC).
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