You know, I would be perfectly happy if every internet connection was ECHELONed, as long as it could not interfere with packets, and strong crypto were legal. That way, law-enforcement can get the information they want, but I can still make it hard for them, if I want. -------- "I already have all the latest software."
There's no problem with having or using BSDLed software. It's only when people release something under the GPL and we get a bunch of zealots yelling "No! Not the GPV, make it BSD!" that I get annoyed. -------- "I already have all the latest software."
That's all that it is. With all this "I'm going to sue", and whining and complaining, everyone caving in fear of a lawsuit, and bad parenting (giving the kids whatever they want, especially when they whine and cry), many people have never learned to cope.
This is the result.
(someone re-write that in English) -------- "I already have all the latest software."
Code is not hardware, but instructions on how to get the hardware to do what you want. It's like teaching someone how to get an airplane to fly.
A computer by itself it simply a tool. Source code is telling the user exactly what to do with the computer in order to get it to do what they want. -------- "I already have all the latest software."
You remind me of what I used to be. A not-malicious-but-still-a-cracker.
I have some advice for you: avoid the school's computer system for a while. Just stop. Go home, and learn about the real hacker culture, and why cracking is boring and unfruitful:
Wrong. Do what I do: use the word 'hacking' only in context where the wrong definition is impossible to assume.
If you have a particularly receptive group, feed them the appendices of the Hacker Jargon File. They are quite enlightening. -------- "I already have all the latest software."
Even if the current GPL is found unenferceable, it will likely be because of some picky detail that needs to be rewritten. The court will likely make recommendations, and in a few months, we'll have GPLv3, with the problem(s) fixed.
So companies will be able to exploit our current code, but the next versions of the guts of the GNU system (glibc, bash, sed, sysvinit) with precious SECURITY FIXES will be safe.
It'd be a hit to free software, but not the end to it. -------- "I already have all the latest software."
What we should be researching is artificial intelligence (not necessarily artificial consciousness). If we managed that, we'd have vehicles that drive themselves, voice recognition, and, most importantly, fast research in all other fields.
We don't take even partial AI seriously enough. -------- "I already have all the latest software."
I just want to hear the old Amiga narrator.device. All text-to-speech sounds fake, and I always found it to be the least annoying. -------- "I already have all the latest software."
Because if you do rm -rf/, you'll just slam your head against your desk accept it's gone and reinstall, a 2-hour job. If you do chmod, you'll hopelessly try to recover your system, a 2-month job, with the same NET result: you'll just slam your head against your desk accept it's gone and reinstall. -------- "I already have all the latest software."
You ever done any hardware hacking? You should leave the code morphing software to those who know how to do it, but you shoudln't be forced to. -------- "I already have all the latest software."
Erm.. Why does a desktop machine have to use x86 instructions? Just make a Crusoe version of gcc (or MSVC+++5.0pl32sp5e3a) and recompile. -------- "I already have all the latest software."
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You know, I would be perfectly happy if every internet connection was ECHELONed, as long as it could not interfere with packets, and strong crypto were legal. That way, law-enforcement can get the information they want, but I can still make it hard for them, if I want.
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"I already have all the latest software."
There's no problem with having or using BSDLed software. It's only when people release something under the GPL and we get a bunch of zealots yelling "No! Not the GPV, make it BSD!" that I get annoyed.
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"I already have all the latest software."
And this code is _not_ under the GPL. So sue me :-P</I>
What's funny, is that the author could!
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"I already have all the latest software."
That's all that it is. With all this "I'm going to sue", and whining and complaining, everyone caving in fear of a lawsuit, and bad parenting (giving the kids whatever they want, especially when they whine and cry), many people have never learned to cope.
This is the result.
(someone re-write that in English)
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"I already have all the latest software."
Code is not hardware, but instructions on how to get the hardware to do what you want. It's like teaching someone how to get an airplane to fly.
A computer by itself it simply a tool. Source code is telling the user exactly what to do with the computer in order to get it to do what they want.
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"I already have all the latest software."
You remind me of what I used to be. A not-malicious-but-still-a-cracker.
I have some advice for you: avoid the school's computer system for a while. Just stop. Go home, and learn about the real hacker culture, and why cracking is boring and unfruitful:
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/
http://www.fsf.org/
Don't argue, just do it. You won't regret it. I didn't.
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"I already have all the latest software."
Why wouldn't you want to look like a hacker?
Oh, I get it. You meant a cracker. (Think of it as a computer guy on crack).
Never mind.
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"I already have all the latest software."
Do not use the word 'hacking' ever. EVER!
Wrong. Do what I do: use the word 'hacking' only in context where the wrong definition is impossible to assume.
If you have a particularly receptive group, feed them the appendices of the Hacker Jargon File. They are quite enlightening.
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"I already have all the latest software."
$ whois plex86.org
Registrant:
Kevin P. Lawton (PLEX9-DOM)
439 Marrett Rd.
Lexington, MA 02421-7714
US
Domain Name: PLEX86.ORG
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Lawton, Kevin (KLH188) kevin@BOCHS.COM
439 Marrett Rd.
Lexington , MA 02421-7714
781-674-1424
Record last updated on 06-Mar-2000.
Record created on 06-Mar-2000.
Database last updated on 7-Mar-2000 14:06:04 EST.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.FASTXS.NET 212.204.201.31
NS2.FASTXS.NET 212.204.201.39
$ whois plex86.com
NO MATCH: This domain is available!
Go to www.networksolutions.com to register it now!
$ whois plex86.net
NO MATCH: This domain is available!
Go to www.networksolutions.com to register it now!
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"I already have all the latest software."
Linux Quake is far from dead:
e forge.net/</A>
<A HPEF="http://www.quakeforge.net/">http://www.quak
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"I already have all the latest software."
Even if the current GPL is found unenferceable, it will likely be because of some picky detail that needs to be rewritten. The court will likely make recommendations, and in a few months, we'll have GPLv3, with the problem(s) fixed.
So companies will be able to exploit our current code, but the next versions of the guts of the GNU system (glibc, bash, sed, sysvinit) with precious SECURITY FIXES will be safe.
It'd be a hit to free software, but not the end to it.
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"I already have all the latest software."
What we should be researching is artificial intelligence (not necessarily artificial consciousness). If we managed that, we'd have vehicles that drive themselves, voice recognition, and, most importantly, fast research in all other fields.
We don't take even partial AI seriously enough.
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"I already have all the latest software."
I just want to hear the old Amiga narrator.device. All text-to-speech sounds fake, and I always found it to be the least annoying.
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"I already have all the latest software."
chmod -R 644 / dosdir/*
</TT>
Because if you do rm -rf
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"I already have all the latest software."
Apple would be satisfied if this was done, because their trademark wouldn't be involved.
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"I already have all the latest software."
That mass doesn't exist.
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"I already have all the latest software."
It's irritating to a real hacker when a bunch of wannabes that make him look bad get acknowledged as being a "hacker".
Put the following hackers in jail:
Alan Cox
Linus Torvalds
Miguel d'Icasa (sp?)
Eric Raymond
Richard Stallman
K&R
and anyone else in src/linux/MAINTAINERS, or who has posted to debian-devel-@lists.debian.org
They're all <b>admitted</b> hackers!
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MS Office 97 comes with "Microsoft Camcorder" which will record the contents of your screen (and audio) to an AVI file.
So, according to you, Microsoft did something illegal? Microsoft would never... oh wait.
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"I already have all the latest software."
You ever done any hardware hacking? You should leave the code morphing software to those who know how to do it, but you shoudln't be forced to.
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"I already have all the latest software."
DeCSS is not about reverse engineering, that was done outside the DMCA's jurisdiction.
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"I already have all the latest software."
That could be because it was called FTL.
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"I already have all the latest software."
Better than not making them at all!
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"I already have all the latest software."
You're a failure! Real geeks get kept up when they don't hear that whine. ;)
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"I already have all the latest software."
Erm.. Why does a desktop machine have to use x86 instructions? Just make a Crusoe version of gcc (or MSVC+++5.0pl32sp5e3a) and recompile.
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"I already have all the latest software."
Yes, maybe so, but some dumb *BSD-zealot-to-be might actually believe it.
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"I already have all the latest software."