maybe im missing something here, but i dont see how open hardware could ever be as successful as open source software. why? because the hardware required to build software (ie: a computer) is a commodity in most of the developed world. how many people own machines capable of producing microchips?
i always felt that the power of open source lies in the fact that if you know how to program, you can make changes to the software yourself. now if i somehow got a hold of a schematic for my processsor and managed to improve the design, how would i go from paper to silicon?
not trying to sound like a troll, but to all the people saying that privacy is a right, i ask you this: a right granted by whom?
fyi, the united states bill of rights says absolutely nothing about privacy. neither does the constitution. a bit scary, but its true. look it up.
the 4th amendment to the bill of rights sorta hints at privacy, but its obvious that our forefathers could not even begin forsee the type of privacy issues we deal with today.
'SCO is trying to get the judge to declare all works released under the GPL for the last 3 years put into the public domain.'
correct me if im wrong, but wouldnt this put sco's linux distro into the public domain, and thus, invalidate all of their stolen-ip claims? sco did release their distro under the gpl, correct?
ok, im sorry. i should have said 'dual integrated nics.' i already knew about the pci slot, but i wanted to use that for a sata controller (if one will fit).
now that they make a mini-itx with dual nics, you can build a pretty nice homemade firewall appliance out of one of these. pc-power out of something a little bigger than a linksys router. sounds good to me!
i know im gonna get modded as a troll for saying this, but seriously, who cares? ive looked through the riaa members list, and as far as im concerned, none of the "music" they own is worth a damn anyway. all of those labels produce the same recycled garbage. rather than complain that you cant hear the latest backstreet boys or britany spears single for free on the net, do a little research and do YOURSELF a favor by giving some of the indie labels a chance. ill even give you good place to start. support the REAL musicians!
well, if i suspect that one of my neighbors stole my lawnmower, i believe it's illegal for me to just walk into their garages to look for it. why should the riaa be any different?
unless you are a medium level linux user you CANNOT install software without a fight.
i work in an environment of mostly window 98 machines filled with all kinds of non-it-department-approved shareware/spyware. since 9x cant be locked down to stop this (as far as i know), this makes linux seem like the solution to a lot of our desktop support troubles!
With properly placed firewalls there shouldn't be a problem
not true. it's not uncommon for a mobile user to get infected through their (unfirewalled) internet connection at home, and unknowingy bring something bad into the corporate network.
and my next question would be what would keep them from moving to another subnet later on? or even worse, constantly changing to random ips on random subnets? face it; there really is no quick fix for this.
everyone keeps suggesting that blocking/ignoring 64.94.110.11 is the fix for this. come on, you people are smarter than that! how hard do you think it would be for them to change the A record to 64.94.110.12? then 64.94.110.13? and so on...
as i see it, the only way this madness will stop is if the government gets involved somehow.
I from this day forward will never again purchase another compact disc. Ever.
people say things like this far too often here. dont forget; there are plenty of record labels out there (which distribute far better music imo) that dont belong to the riaa. theres no need to stop buying cds altogether.
you know, maybe this site is some smart person's idea for collecting a lot of spammer contact info for which to 'accidentally' release to the masses via a 'glitch.'
but if not, someone should really come up with this idea.;)
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isnt every speed less than the speed of light a fraction of light speed?
maybe im missing something here, but i dont see how open hardware could ever be as successful as open source software. why? because the hardware required to build software (ie: a computer) is a commodity in most of the developed world. how many people own machines capable of producing microchips?
i always felt that the power of open source lies in the fact that if you know how to program, you can make changes to the software yourself. now if i somehow got a hold of a schematic for my processsor and managed to improve the design, how would i go from paper to silicon?
not trying to sound like a troll, but to all the people saying that privacy is a right, i ask you this: a right granted by whom?
fyi, the united states bill of rights says absolutely nothing about privacy. neither does the constitution. a bit scary, but its true. look it up.
the 4th amendment to the bill of rights sorta hints at privacy, but its obvious that our forefathers could not even begin forsee the type of privacy issues we deal with today.
should we really care? its not like they're actually distributing any linux code, since nobody wants their distro anyway. =)
'SCO is trying to get the judge to declare all works released under the GPL for the last 3 years put into the public domain.'
correct me if im wrong, but wouldnt this put sco's linux distro into the public domain, and thus, invalidate all of their stolen-ip claims? sco did release their distro under the gpl, correct?
ok, im sorry. i should have said 'dual integrated nics.' i already knew about the pci slot, but i wanted to use that for a sata controller (if one will fit).
now that they make a mini-itx with dual nics, you can build a pretty nice homemade firewall appliance out of one of these. pc-power out of something a little bigger than a linksys router. sounds good to me!
i know im gonna get modded as a troll for saying this, but seriously, who cares? ive looked through the riaa members list, and as far as im concerned, none of the "music" they own is worth a damn anyway. all of those labels produce the same recycled garbage. rather than complain that you cant hear the latest backstreet boys or britany spears single for free on the net, do a little research and do YOURSELF a favor by giving some of the indie labels a chance. ill even give you good place to start. support the REAL musicians!
OSS needs a killer-app style product/system/something to get the lead, so that microsoft will have to try to be compatible.
but remember, when microsoft has tried to be compatible in the past, it wasnt too long until the whole 'embrace and extend' thing came into play.
register.com provides the same services at a lower cost.
well, if i suspect that one of my neighbors stole my lawnmower, i believe it's illegal for me to just walk into their garages to look for it. why should the riaa be any different?
how about nagios?
"...They came without a notice - no warrant, no nothing. They're making up their own laws, if you ask me."
ok, so if they didnt have a warrant, why didnt you just tell them to get the hell out of your store?
i guess i'll be getting lots of dates now, unless these girls want to have charges brought up against them for assult. =)
thanks to the internet, i was able to graduate from college without ever having to check out a book from the university library! ;D
unless you are a medium level linux user you CANNOT install software without a fight.
i work in an environment of mostly window 98 machines filled with all kinds of non-it-department-approved shareware/spyware. since 9x cant be locked down to stop this (as far as i know), this makes linux seem like the solution to a lot of our desktop support troubles!
With properly placed firewalls there shouldn't be a problem
not true. it's not uncommon for a mobile user to get infected through their (unfirewalled) internet connection at home, and unknowingy bring something bad into the corporate network.
and my next question would be what would keep them from moving to another subnet later on? or even worse, constantly changing to random ips on random subnets? face it; there really is no quick fix for this.
everyone keeps suggesting that blocking/ignoring 64.94.110.11 is the fix for this. come on, you people are smarter than that! how hard do you think it would be for them to change the A record to 64.94.110.12? then 64.94.110.13? and so on...
as i see it, the only way this madness will stop is if the government gets involved somehow.
i dunno if it matters, but i thought ccna stood for cisco certified network associate. not administrator.
I from this day forward will never again purchase another compact disc. Ever.
people say things like this far too often here. dont forget; there are plenty of record labels out there (which distribute far better music imo) that dont belong to the riaa. theres no need to stop buying cds altogether.
whether this guy wins his case or not, isnt he worried that he might get arrested for vandalism now?
you know, maybe this site is some smart person's idea for collecting a lot of spammer contact info for which to 'accidentally' release to the masses via a 'glitch.'
;)
but if not, someone should really come up with this idea.
doesnt freebsd have a committee?
oh yeah, i forgot that bsd is dead. =)
i dont care if you mod me down. im gonna imagine a beowolf cluster of these anyway!