No. Expect Ashcroft to make a statement about how America will be a safer place! Hackers are already getting the message that America is not a good place for them to be!
I've got Linux on an IA-1. I started with Jailbait, a 16MB flash-friendly Linux distro originally tossed together for the iOpener (I think).
Jailbait assumes that it's booting from/dev/hdb. Step one is to change this to/dev/hdc, which is the external compact flash slot on the IA-1. Use a PCMCIA to CF adapter and a laptop to write the jailbait image, once you've modified it, to a 16MB (size is important here) flash card. Read the instructions on rebuilding the jailbait image that come with jailbait. Short story: untar the JB package, and use the included scripts to build the cramfs images. The tricky part is getting lilo to cooperate when moving the jailbait image from booting from/dev/hdb to/dev/hdc, and then to/dev/hda (the IA-1's internal flash).
To get into the bios, which you'll need to do to set the thing to boot from the external flash slot, press the "compaq" key on the wireless keyboard during boot-up. Things are easier if you connect a real keyboard to the IA-1 using the USB ports on the back. However, having USB peripherals attached during boto seems to sometimes prevent Linux form booting properly -- lilo hangs. It's strange.
The jailbait image uses cramfs for its filesystems, so to modify what's installed on the IA-1, you'll have to rebuild the flash image. Once you get Linux booting from the internal flash, you can mount an NFS fileserver over ethernet, using a USb-to-ethernet adapter, and just 'dd' the new filesystem images to their proper locations, then reboot. Don't use the Netgear adapter. It's crap. Get a DLink or other "pegasus" adapter. Set aside your hdc-bootable flash card. You'll need it when you do something stupid like disable all the ttys (voice of experience).
I'll put up my images at http://nc.flyingbuttmonkeys.com/mirrors/IA1
Please don't ask for support with these, though. These images are rather hacked up versions of jailbait. I compiled my own kernel, whacked Netscape, added Skinux demo files, a modified boot logo, etc. They will be a place for you to start, though. You can get Linux onto the IA-1 using them, then replace my garbage with your garbage.:)
Jr gur crbcyr bs gur Havgrq Fgngrf, va beqre gb sbez n zber cresrpg havba, rfgnoyvfu whfgvpr, vafher qbzrfgvp genadhvyvgl, cebivqr sbe gur pbzzba qrsrafr, cebzbgr gur trareny jrysner, naq frpher gur oyrffvatf bs yvoregl gb bhefryirf naq bhe cbfgrevgl, qb beqnva naq rfgnoyvfu guvf Pbafgvghgvba sbe gur Havgrq Fgngrf bs Nzrevpn.
Nzraqzrag V
Pbaterff funyy znxr ab ynj erfcrpgvat na rfgnoyvfuzrag bs eryvtvba, be cebuvovgvat gur serr rkrepvfr gurerbs; be noevqtvat gur serrqbz bs fcrrpu, be bs gur cerff; be gur evtug bs gur crbcyr crnprnoyl gb nffrzoyr, naq gb crgvgvba gur tbireazrag sbe n erqerff bs tevrinaprf.
Nzraqzrag VI
Gur evtug bs gur crbcyr gb or frpher va gurve crefbaf, ubhfrf, cncref, naq rssrpgf, ntnvafg haernfbanoyr frnepurf naq frvmherf, funyy abg or ivbyngrq, naq ab jneenagf funyy vffhr, ohg hcba cebonoyr pnhfr, fhccbegrq ol bngu be nssvezngvba, naq cnegvphyneyl qrfpevovat gur cynpr gb or frnepurq, naq gur crefbaf be guvatf gb or frvmrq
Nzraqzrag IV
Va nyy pevzvany cebfrphgvbaf, gur npphfrq funyy rawbl gur evtug gb n fcrrql naq choyvp gevny, ol na vzcnegvny whel bs gur fgngr naq qvfgevpg jurerva gur pevzr funyy unir orra pbzzvggrq, juvpu qvfgevpg funyy unir orra cerivbhfyl nfpregnvarq ol ynj, naq gb or vasbezrq bs gur angher naq pnhfr bs gur npphfngvba; gb or pbasebagrq jvgu gur jvgarffrf ntnvafg uvz; gb unir pbzchyfbel cebprff sbe bognvavat jvgarffrf va uvf snibe, naq gb unir gur nffvfgnapr bs pbhafry sbe uvf qrsrafr.
Gur rahzrengvba va gur Pbafgvghgvba, bs pregnva evtugf, funyy abg or pbafgehrq gb qral be qvfcnentr bguref ergnvarq ol gur crbcyr.
"Ynj vf bsgra ohg gur glenag'f jvyy, naq nyjnlf fb jura vg
ivbyngrf gur evtug bs na vaqvivqhny." --Gubznf Wrssrefba gb
Vfnnp U. Gvssnal, 1819.
"Jr jvfu abg gb zrqqyr jvgu gur vagreany nssnvef bs nal pbhagel,
abe jvgu gur trareny nssnvef bs Rhebcr." --Gubznf Wrssrefba gb
P. J. S. Qhznf, 1793.
"Ab bar angvba unf n evtug gb fvg va whqtzrag bire nabgure."
--Gubznf Wrssrefba: Bcvavba, 1793.
"V oryvrir gurer ner zber vafgnaprf bs gur noevqtrzrag bs gur serrqbz bs gur crbcyr ol tenqhny naq fvyrag rapebnpuzragf bs gubfr va cbjre guna ol ivbyrag naq fhqqra hfhecngvbaf," Wnzrf Znqvfba, gb gur Ivetvavn engvslvat Pbairagvba ba Whar 16, 1788
Gur gerr bs yvoregl zhfg or erserfurq sebz gvzr gb gvzr jvgu gur oybbq bs cngevbgf & glenagf. Vg vf vg'f angheny znaher.
-Gubznf Wrssrefba
"Ab serr zna funyy rire or qroneerq gur hfr bs nezf." Gubznf Wrssrefba, Cebcbfrq Ivetvavn Pbafgvghgvba (1776).
"Gur fhcerzr cbjre va Nzrevpn pnaabg rasbepr hawhfg ynjf ol gur fjbeq, orpnhfr gur jubyr obql bs gur crbcyr ner nezrq, naq pbafgvghgr n sbepr fhcrevbe gb nal onaq bs erthyne gebbcf." Abnu Jrofgre, Na Rknzvangvba vagb gur Yrnqvat Cevapvcyrf bs gur Srqreny Pbafgvghgvba Cebcbfrq OI gur Yngr Pbairagvba (1787).
"V nfx, fve, jung vf gur zvyvgvn? Vg vf gur jubyr crbcyr. Gb qvfnez gur crbcyr vf gur orfg naq zbfg rssrpghny jnl gb rafynir gurz." Trbetr Znfba, qhevat Ivetvavn'f Pbairagvba gb Engvsl gur Pbafgvghgvba (1788).
This story is truly a test of [...] the U.S. Constitution.
The U.S. what? The what constitution? The what what?
OH, you mean that thing that Congress has been wiping its ass with for the last century, that the religious wacko right wants to do away with, that the chucklehead left wants to do away with, and which wouldn't be ratified if it were brought to a vote today?
It describes a different, better, and dead country. May its day come again.
Mormonism is, along with Scientology and Islam, one of three religions officially recognized by the editors this web site
Eh? Wtf? Scientology is half pyramid scheme, half mind control cult and half horse crap. And how would you possible reconcile Mormanism and Islam? Is Mohammed coming to take the faithful to their home planet, just like in Scientology and Mormanism? News to me.
Judge Sporkin's comments on the consent decree:
"It is clear to this Court that if it signs the decree presented to it, the message will be that Microsoft is so powerful that neither the market nor the Government is capable of dealing with all of its monopolistic practices. The attitude of Microsoft confirms these observations. While it has denied publicly that it engages in anticompetitive practices, it refuses to give the Court in any respect the same assurance. It has refused to take even a small step to meet any of the reasonable concerns that have been raised by the Court."
Judge Sporkin: Microsoft's Unwitting Ally, an interesting article from The Computer Lawyer (March 1995).
"On February 14, 1995, Federal Judge Stanley Sporkin refused to approve the consent decree negotiated between the U.S. Government and Microsoft to settle the antitrust complaint filed against Microsoft by the Government. Many think that this denial is a harsh blow against Microsoft. In fact, it may be very helpful to Microsoft for several reasons:
*It started an appellate process during which Microsoft will not be bound by any decree and after which any decree might be obsolete.
*It has caused an important adversary of Microsoft -- the government -- to become an advocate for Microsoft.
*It may well lessen the likelihood that the Government will investigate or take enforcement actions against other Microsoft anticompetitive practices.
*It may focus on a practice -- vaporware -- which is not illegal and which is fairly commonplace."
Civil Action No.: 94-1564, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, vs. MICROSOFT CORPORATION, Defendant. Stanley Sporkin, Judge.
The Judge Who Rejected Microsoft / Stanley Sporkin is known as aggressive, unpredictable , S.F. Gate, 2/16/95
"Assigned to review the settlement, he could have rubber-stamped it, which was what both sides wanted. Instead, he peeled the respectability off the agreement like layers of skin off an onion, exposing it as an unenforceable deal that let the government save face while letting Microsoft off the hook.
In his lengthy, fiercely worded ruling, Sporkin characterized Microsoft as having monopolistic practices that pose ``a potential threat to the nation's well-being,'' and he called the consent decree ``too little, too late.''"
1. Section I. B. 11. Other Top Level Domains of Amendment 19, as amended, is amended as follows:
.us Top Level Domain
Until such time as the Department of Commerce ("Department") designates a successor registry for the.us top level domain, or November 10, 2001, whichever comes first, NSI shall continue to provide administrative services, including Registry and, as appropriate, Registrar services, for this domain. Such services shall be at no cost to the U.S. Government, except that the Department shall reimburse NSI for the 1999-2000 contribution to ICANN attributed to the.us top-level domain.
As administrator, NSI shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the status quo with respect to the operational policies, practices, procedures, administration, and daily operations of the.us domain (except as may be reasonably necessary to comply with customary business practices and to minimize or mitigate risks), and, unless directed by the Department, shall not alter the registration policies of the.us domain. NSI shall have no obligation to develop or prepare any new documentation with respect to its administration of the.us domain. If NSI, however, develops such new documentation, NSI shall provide such documentation (other than internal drafts, memoranda, and working papers) to the Department upon the Department's request. Moreover, NSI shall provide, upon the Department's request, any information or documentation regarding administration of the.us domain that the Department reasonably deems necessary to secure a successor registry.
As custodian of the.us registration data, NSI shall have no obligation to verify or validate the completeness and/or accuracy of the data provided to NSI by the Information Sciences Institute of the University of Southern California. NSI will use the existing constellation of secondary.us DNS servers to propagate the.us top level domain zone files, to the extent that the volunteer top-level domain server administrators agree to continue such operation, and reliability and stability of the.us domain are not jeopardized. NSI will use commercially reasonable efforts to replace any volunteer top-level domain server administrator that elects to discontinue service. NSI will not be held either responsible or liable for any consequences related to the actions or failure to perform by any of the volunteer.us top-level domain server administrators.
Upon designation by the Department of a successor registry, or November 10, 2001, whichever comes first, NSI shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Department to facilitate the smooth transition of operation of the.us domain. Such cooperation shall include timely transfer to the successor registry of an electronic copy of the then-current top-level domain registration date and, to the extent such information is available, specification of the format of the data. Upon receipt of written acknowledgment by the successor registry that it has accepted full and complete responsibility for all tasks associated with administering the.us domain, the Department will concurrently relieve, release, and discharge NSI from any responsibility for administering the.us domain.
Nothing in this Amendment is intended to preclude NSI from seeking or obtaining the rights to function as the successor registry for the.us domain consistent with Federal acquisition law or regulations.
No, Verisign is "working" to screw that up as well. See my previous post.
If the second-level DNS servers cannot be contacted because Network "Solutions" refuses to update the.us DNS name server delegation records, then the second-level domain is unusable.
Does anyone know who uses.US now? And why is it America has not used this TLD like most other countries have had to do? (IE: www.myDomain.or.jp, etc.)
I do (see email address). My town does. All k-12 schools do.
Unfortunately,.us is incredibly hard to use at the moment. It's not because of the decentralized nature of the system as it currently exists. It's because service from Verisign/Network "Solutions" absolutely, no-two-ways-about-it, sucks. It sucks rocks through a hose.
They have made it intentionally difficult to use. For instance, I've been trying to give up a delgation given to me years about for a bout a year now. Neither I nor the town who would like the domain is able to get satisfaction from Network "Solutions." So, I just set the domain back up on my servers and provided the delegation.
Which bring me to the second problem: updates. They're nearly impossible to make. The name server listed as master for the holly-springs.nc.us domain and the domain I was trying to relenquish has to move. The company it's hosted at went bankrupt and I have no idea how long I'll have use of that server's IP address. But www.nic.us -- now a Network "Solutions" "Service" -- requires email to be sent in; does not pre-fill the web form that generates the email form; responds to the request in 4-6 weeks, even if it's just to say that a field in the form was wrong (which prefilling would take care of); no one at Network "Solutions" knows about the.us domain; the phone number given for.us domain inquries plays a recorded message saying all correspondance must be done through email (see broken "procedure" above).
Also, if it is just a bug in SELECT statements, no data is actually being lost - its just not showing up where it should be.
Re:Shared Source (Score:1)
by pnatural on 08:56 PM July 16th, 2001 EST (#96)
(User #59329 Info)
Ever heard of SELECT INTO? A bug there would cause data to be lost. Or how about a stored proc that performs an INSERT or UPDATE based on the content of a SELECT? Add DTS into the mix, you have a million and one ways a bug in SELECT would cause data loss.
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Re:Shared Source (Score:2)
by mikeee on 09:06 PM July 16th, 2001 EST (#107)
(User #137160 Info)
>no data is actually being lost - its just not showing up where it should be.
You're saying that the data isn't lost, you just can't find it?
Hello!
And when it comes to nuclear security, I'll take transparency over features any day; put the damn records in a flat file if you have to.
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Re:Shared Source (Score:1)
by Tuross (root@[127.0.0.1]) on 09:17 PM July 16th, 2001 EST (#113)
(User #18533 Info) http://www.goldweb.com.au/~matt/
Also, if it is just a bug in SELECT statements, no data is actually being lost - its just not showing up where it should be.
This might be a cultural thing, but where I'm from, if something doesn't show up where it should be, we describe it as being "lost" (until it is "found")
--
Matt
"Hope you don't think I'm rude - FUCK YOU!!"
An error every 1 of 1,000 operations is outstandingly crappy. Microsoft actually acknowledged it, so the bug must be real. I'll have to run some tests on SQL Server tomorrow. Has anyone else reproduced the bug? Please post if you have.
X-Win32? Blah. The Unix version of the VNC server (it's actually just an X server) works great. X provides a lot more information to VNC than windows, and in an event-driven manner, so that VNC can do minimal updates with good results. The Windows GUI essentially has to be polled, which is why you'll often see WinVNC eating 80-100% CPU on windows while doing even simple things, while on unix it barely makes a dent.
The first commercial release of X Windows was in 1986
... any they appeared to not have learned a damned thing from the Macintosh other than "oooo, bitmapped display with a mouse." Although they did capture the "visual elegance of Windows."
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No. Expect Ashcroft to make a statement about how America will be a safer place! Hackers are already getting the message that America is not a good place for them to be!
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$90 each? Where? How? Who do I send the cheque to?
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I've got Linux on an IA-1. I started with Jailbait, a 16MB flash-friendly Linux distro originally tossed together for the iOpener (I think).
/dev/hdb. Step one is to change this to /dev/hdc, which is the external compact flash slot on the IA-1. Use a PCMCIA to CF adapter and a laptop to write the jailbait image, once you've modified it, to a 16MB (size is important here) flash card. Read the instructions on rebuilding the jailbait image that come with jailbait. Short story: untar the JB package, and use the included scripts to build the cramfs images. The tricky part is getting lilo to cooperate when moving the jailbait image from booting from /dev/hdb to /dev/hdc, and then to /dev/hda (the IA-1's internal flash).
:)
Jailbait assumes that it's booting from
To get into the bios, which you'll need to do to set the thing to boot from the external flash slot, press the "compaq" key on the wireless keyboard during boot-up. Things are easier if you connect a real keyboard to the IA-1 using the USB ports on the back. However, having USB peripherals attached during boto seems to sometimes prevent Linux form booting properly -- lilo hangs. It's strange.
The jailbait image uses cramfs for its filesystems, so to modify what's installed on the IA-1, you'll have to rebuild the flash image. Once you get Linux booting from the internal flash, you can mount an NFS fileserver over ethernet, using a USb-to-ethernet adapter, and just 'dd' the new filesystem images to their proper locations, then reboot. Don't use the Netgear adapter. It's crap. Get a DLink or other "pegasus" adapter. Set aside your hdc-bootable flash card. You'll need it when you do something stupid like disable all the ttys (voice of experience).
I'll put up my images at http://nc.flyingbuttmonkeys.com/mirrors/IA1
Please don't ask for support with these, though. These images are rather hacked up versions of jailbait. I compiled my own kernel, whacked Netscape, added Skinux demo files, a modified boot logo, etc. They will be a place for you to start, though. You can get Linux onto the IA-1 using them, then replace my garbage with your garbage.
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Actually, he promised he would, but never did. Sorry. :-)
:)
Hah! Rumors!
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Jr gur crbcyr bs gur Havgrq Fgngrf, va beqre gb sbez n zber cresrpg havba, rfgnoyvfu whfgvpr, vafher qbzrfgvp genadhvyvgl, cebivqr sbe gur pbzzba qrsrafr, cebzbgr gur trareny jrysner, naq frpher gur oyrffvatf bs yvoregl gb bhefryirf naq bhe cbfgrevgl, qb beqnva naq rfgnoyvfu guvf Pbafgvghgvba sbe gur Havgrq Fgngrf bs Nzrevpn.
Nzraqzrag V
Pbaterff funyy znxr ab ynj erfcrpgvat na rfgnoyvfuzrag bs eryvtvba, be cebuvovgvat gur serr rkrepvfr gurerbs; be noevqtvat gur serrqbz bs fcrrpu, be bs gur cerff; be gur evtug bs gur crbcyr crnprnoyl gb nffrzoyr, naq gb crgvgvba gur tbireazrag sbe n erqerff bs tevrinaprf.
Nzraqzrag VI
Gur evtug bs gur crbcyr gb or frpher va gurve crefbaf, ubhfrf, cncref, naq rssrpgf, ntnvafg haernfbanoyr frnepurf naq frvmherf, funyy abg or ivbyngrq, naq ab jneenagf funyy vffhr, ohg hcba cebonoyr pnhfr, fhccbegrq ol bngu be nssvezngvba, naq cnegvphyneyl qrfpevovat gur cynpr gb or frnepurq, naq gur crefbaf be guvatf gb or frvmrq
Nzraqzrag IV
Va nyy pevzvany cebfrphgvbaf, gur npphfrq funyy rawbl gur evtug gb n fcrrql naq choyvp gevny, ol na vzcnegvny whel bs gur fgngr naq qvfgevpg jurerva gur pevzr funyy unir orra pbzzvggrq, juvpu qvfgevpg funyy unir orra cerivbhfyl nfpregnvarq ol ynj, naq gb or vasbezrq bs gur angher naq pnhfr bs gur npphfngvba; gb or pbasebagrq jvgu gur jvgarffrf ntnvafg uvz; gb unir pbzchyfbel cebprff sbe bognvavat jvgarffrf va uvf snibe, naq gb unir gur nffvfgnapr bs pbhafry sbe uvf qrsrafr.
Nzraqzrag IVVV
Rkprffvir onvy funyy abg or erdhverq, abe rkprffvir svarf vzcbfrq, abe pehry naq hahfhny chavfuzragf vasyvpgrq.
Nzraqzrag VK
Gur rahzrengvba va gur Pbafgvghgvba, bs pregnva evtugf, funyy abg or pbafgehrq gb qral be qvfcnentr bguref ergnvarq ol gur crbcyr.
"Ynj vf bsgra ohg gur glenag'f jvyy, naq nyjnlf fb jura vg
ivbyngrf gur evtug bs na vaqvivqhny." --Gubznf Wrssrefba gb
Vfnnp U. Gvssnal, 1819.
"Jr jvfu abg gb zrqqyr jvgu gur vagreany nssnvef bs nal pbhagel,
abe jvgu gur trareny nssnvef bs Rhebcr." --Gubznf Wrssrefba gb
P. J. S. Qhznf, 1793.
"Ab bar angvba unf n evtug gb fvg va whqtzrag bire nabgure."
--Gubznf Wrssrefba: Bcvavba, 1793.
"V oryvrir gurer ner zber vafgnaprf bs gur noevqtrzrag bs gur serrqbz bs gur crbcyr ol tenqhny naq fvyrag rapebnpuzragf bs gubfr va cbjre guna ol ivbyrag naq fhqqra hfhecngvbaf," Wnzrf Znqvfba, gb gur Ivetvavn engvslvat Pbairagvba ba Whar 16, 1788
Gur gerr bs yvoregl zhfg or erserfurq sebz gvzr gb gvzr jvgu gur oybbq bs cngevbgf & glenagf. Vg vf vg'f angheny znaher.
-Gubznf Wrssrefba
"Ab serr zna funyy rire or qroneerq gur hfr bs nezf." Gubznf Wrssrefba, Cebcbfrq Ivetvavn Pbafgvghgvba (1776).
"Gur fhcerzr cbjre va Nzrevpn pnaabg rasbepr hawhfg ynjf ol gur fjbeq, orpnhfr gur jubyr obql bs gur crbcyr ner nezrq, naq pbafgvghgr n sbepr fhcrevbe gb nal onaq bs erthyne gebbcf." Abnu Jrofgre, Na Rknzvangvba vagb gur Yrnqvat Cevapvcyrf bs gur Srqreny Pbafgvghgvba Cebcbfrq OI gur Yngr Pbairagvba (1787).
"V nfx, fve, jung vf gur zvyvgvn? Vg vf gur jubyr crbcyr. Gb qvfnez gur crbcyr vf gur orfg naq zbfg rssrpghny jnl gb rafynir gurz." Trbetr Znfba, qhevat Ivetvavn'f Pbairagvba gb Engvsl gur Pbafgvghgvba (1788).
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This story is truly a test of [...] the U.S. Constitution.
The U.S. what? The what constitution? The what what?
OH, you mean that thing that Congress has been wiping its ass with for the last century, that the religious wacko right wants to do away with, that the chucklehead left wants to do away with, and which wouldn't be ratified if it were brought to a vote today?
It describes a different, better, and dead country. May its day come again.
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I hear Mussolini made the trains run on time.
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kapow!kapow!
:)
p.s. if I have shot someone I don't know, sorry
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From http://adequacy.org/
Mormonism is, along with Scientology and Islam, one of three religions officially recognized by the editors this web site
Eh? Wtf? Scientology is half pyramid scheme, half mind control cult and half horse crap. And how would you possible reconcile Mormanism and Islam? Is Mohammed coming to take the faithful to their home planet, just like in Scientology and Mormanism? News to me.
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Jackson was the 2nd judge. Remember the 1995 Consent Decree?
Judge Sporkin's comments on the consent decree:
"It is clear to this Court that if it signs the decree presented to it, the message will be that Microsoft is so powerful that neither the market nor the Government is capable of dealing with all of its monopolistic practices. The attitude of Microsoft confirms these observations. While it has denied publicly that it engages in anticompetitive practices, it refuses to give the Court in any respect the same assurance. It has refused to take even a small step to meet any of the reasonable concerns that have been raised by the Court."
Judge Sporkin: Microsoft's Unwitting Ally, an interesting article from The Computer Lawyer (March 1995).
"On February 14, 1995, Federal Judge Stanley Sporkin refused to approve the consent decree negotiated between the U.S. Government and Microsoft to settle the antitrust complaint filed against Microsoft by the Government. Many think that this denial is a harsh blow against Microsoft. In fact, it may be very helpful to Microsoft for several reasons:
*It started an appellate process during which Microsoft will not be bound by any decree and after which any decree might be obsolete.
*It has caused an important adversary of Microsoft -- the government -- to become an advocate for Microsoft.
*It may well lessen the likelihood that the Government will investigate or take enforcement actions against other Microsoft anticompetitive practices.
*It may focus on a practice -- vaporware -- which is not illegal and which is fairly commonplace."
Civil Action No.: 94-1564, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, vs. MICROSOFT CORPORATION, Defendant. Stanley Sporkin, Judge.
The Judge Who Rejected Microsoft / Stanley Sporkin is known as aggressive, unpredictable , S.F. Gate, 2/16/95
"Assigned to review the settlement, he could have rubber-stamped it, which was what both sides wanted. Instead, he peeled the respectability off the agreement like layers of skin off an onion, exposing it as an unenforceable deal that let the government save face while letting Microsoft off the hook.
In his lengthy, fiercely worded ruling, Sporkin characterized Microsoft as having monopolistic practices that pose ``a potential threat to the nation's well-being,'' and he called the consent decree ``too little, too late.''"
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Tirebiter comments on Linux Today:
e r
http://linuxtoday.com/search.php3?tbquery=Tirebit
"Tire Biter" Hmmm...
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The NTIA publication
.us top level domain, or November 10, 2001, whichever comes first, NSI shall continue to provide administrative services, including Registry and, as appropriate, Registrar services, for this domain. Such services shall be at no cost to the U.S. Government, except that the Department shall reimburse NSI for the 1999-2000 contribution to ICANN attributed to the .us top-level domain.
.us domain (except as may be reasonably necessary to comply with customary business practices and to minimize or mitigate risks), and, unless directed by the Department, shall not alter the registration policies of the .us domain. NSI shall have no obligation to develop or prepare any new documentation with respect to its administration of the .us domain. If NSI, however, develops such new documentation, NSI shall provide such documentation (other than internal drafts, memoranda, and working papers) to the Department upon the Department's request. Moreover, NSI shall provide, upon the Department's request, any information or documentation regarding administration of the .us domain that the Department reasonably deems necessary to secure a successor registry.
.us registration data, NSI shall have no obligation to verify or validate the completeness and/or accuracy of the data provided to NSI by the Information Sciences Institute of the University of Southern California. NSI will use the existing constellation of secondary .us DNS servers to propagate the .us top level domain zone files, to the extent that the volunteer top-level domain server administrators agree to continue such operation, and reliability and stability of the .us domain are not jeopardized. NSI will use commercially reasonable efforts to replace any volunteer top-level domain server administrator that elects to discontinue service. NSI will not be held either responsible or liable for any consequences related to the actions or failure to perform by any of the volunteer .us top-level domain server administrators.
.us domain. Such cooperation shall include timely transfer to the successor registry of an electronic copy of the then-current top-level domain registration date and, to the extent such information is available, specification of the format of the data. Upon receipt of written acknowledgment by the successor registry that it has accepted full and complete responsibility for all tasks associated with administering the .us domain, the Department will concurrently relieve, release, and discharge NSI from any responsibility for administering the .us domain.
.us domain consistent with Federal acquisition law or regulations.
"SPECIAL AWARD CONDITIONS, NCR 92-1874, Amendment Number Twenty-One (21)" is as follows:
1. Section I. B. 11. Other Top Level Domains of Amendment 19, as amended, is amended as follows:
.us Top Level Domain
Until such time as the Department of Commerce ("Department") designates a successor registry for the
As administrator, NSI shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the status quo with respect to the operational policies, practices, procedures, administration, and daily operations of the
As custodian of the
Upon designation by the Department of a successor registry, or November 10, 2001, whichever comes first, NSI shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Department to facilitate the smooth transition of operation of the
Nothing in this Amendment is intended to preclude NSI from seeking or obtaining the rights to function as the successor registry for the
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Step 1. Call the phone number on nic.us.
.us domain.
Step 2. Call Verisign. Chase your way around that company until you have confirmed that no one is willing to help with the
Step 3. Call the Department of Commerce and/or your representive and senators.
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No, Verisign is "working" to screw that up as well. See my previous post.
.us DNS name server delegation records, then the second-level domain is unusable.
If the second-level DNS servers cannot be contacted because Network "Solutions" refuses to update the
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Does anyone know who uses .US now? And why is it America has not used this TLD like most other countries have had to do? (IE: www.myDomain.or.jp, etc.)
.us is incredibly hard to use at the moment. It's not because of the decentralized nature of the system as it currently exists. It's because service from Verisign/Network "Solutions" absolutely, no-two-ways-about-it, sucks. It sucks rocks through a hose.
.us domain; the phone number given for .us domain inquries plays a recorded message saying all correspondance must be done through email (see broken "procedure" above).
I do (see email address). My town does. All k-12 schools do.
Unfortunately,
They have made it intentionally difficult to use. For instance, I've been trying to give up a delgation given to me years about for a bout a year now. Neither I nor the town who would like the domain is able to get satisfaction from Network "Solutions." So, I just set the domain back up on my servers and provided the delegation.
Which bring me to the second problem: updates. They're nearly impossible to make. The name server listed as master for the holly-springs.nc.us domain and the domain I was trying to relenquish has to move. The company it's hosted at went bankrupt and I have no idea how long I'll have use of that server's IP address. But www.nic.us -- now a Network "Solutions" "Service" -- requires email to be sent in; does not pre-fill the web form that generates the email form; responds to the request in 4-6 weeks, even if it's just to say that a field in the form was wrong (which prefilling would take care of); no one at Network "Solutions" knows about the
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Also, if it is just a bug in SELECT statements, no data is actually being lost - its just not showing up where it should be.
Re:Shared Source (Score:1)
by pnatural on 08:56 PM July 16th, 2001 EST (#96)
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Ever heard of SELECT INTO? A bug there would cause data to be lost. Or how about a stored proc that performs an INSERT or UPDATE based on the content of a SELECT? Add DTS into the mix, you have a million and one ways a bug in SELECT would cause data loss.
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Re:Shared Source (Score:2)
by mikeee on 09:06 PM July 16th, 2001 EST (#107)
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>no data is actually being lost - its just not showing up where it should be.
You're saying that the data isn't lost, you just can't find it?
Hello!
And when it comes to nuclear security, I'll take transparency over features any day; put the damn records in a flat file if you have to.
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Re:Shared Source (Score:1)
by Tuross (root@[127.0.0.1]) on 09:17 PM July 16th, 2001 EST (#113)
(User #18533 Info) http://www.goldweb.com.au/~matt/
Also, if it is just a bug in SELECT statements, no data is actually being lost - its just not showing up where it should be.
This might be a cultural thing, but where I'm from, if something doesn't show up where it should be, we describe it as being "lost" (until it is "found")
--
Matt
"Hope you don't think I'm rude - FUCK YOU!!"
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An error every 1 of 1,000 operations is outstandingly crappy. Microsoft actually acknowledged it, so the bug must be real. I'll have to run some tests on SQL Server tomorrow. Has anyone else reproduced the bug? Please post if you have.
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Maybe the GPL is a "cancer," maybe it's not. But it's never misplaced plutonium.
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Remember Ted Kennedy's "Where Was George" speech?
Remember the T-Shirts the RNC made?
Heh. They said "Dry, Sober and Home With His Wife."
Woot!
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X-Win32? Blah. The Unix version of the VNC server (it's actually just an X server) works great. X provides a lot more information to VNC than windows, and in an event-driven manner, so that VNC can do minimal updates with good results. The Windows GUI essentially has to be polled, which is why you'll often see WinVNC eating 80-100% CPU on windows while doing even simple things, while on unix it barely makes a dent.
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See, the problem is that you're not a big enough lesbian.
;)
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http://www.flyingbuttmonkeys.com/mirrors/www.licen turion.com/xp/
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The first commercial release of X Windows was in 1986
... any they appeared to not have learned a damned thing from the Macintosh other than "oooo, bitmapped display with a mouse." Although they did capture the "visual elegance of Windows."
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Ah... your very own Amtrack. Brittrack, perhaps. Ours keeps begging for money and trying to legitimize itself, as well.
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