Some valid points, however on Italics and Boldface...
Terminals can boldface (or close enough, doing a higerintensity colour). I've never really seen a difference in how I mentally process the emphasis of italics over boldface.
Dotster Rocks! 45$ a year for planetmofo.com, org and net? The cost difference alone paid for my first 3 months of hosting. NSI is a dinosaur, and should be treated as such. 'course, dotster hasn't been involved in a lawsuit yet, that'll probably change my opinion.
Has anyone else made the comment (either to themselves or their friends) "Ya know, if I was in High School now I'd be dragged into the guidance office faster than you can say 'black trenchcoat'?" I thought the administration was draconian enough back then, I shudder to think about now...
If you're not breaking any laws, and not suspected of such, why should they be reading your email? It's search and seizure of your intellectual posessions without just cause.
Yeah, I've dug myself into a hole on that point. Touche. That wouldn't be a bad idea though. But the word Militia has taken on a rather nasty connotation in the last 5 or so years, so we'd have to call it something else.
National Security is rather important, no matter how greedy or crooked the fucks are.
The NSA randomly monitors all voice and data transmissions, even those of people who have not and never will commit a crime. Like grandmothers. And scoutmasters. And Natalie Portman (moderators, please don't moderate this down because of mentioning her, it's just an example!). Yes, national security is important, and a lot of groups have agents inside this country for less than honorable reasons, but they now treat everyone like a criminal.
Our Rights (which we really haven't had in 30 years)
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, [I consider my communications to be my property -- kc] against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Where's the warrant stating my crimes? Why has the NSA intercepted and stored my communications as evidence?
Amendment II
A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.
Since the federal government classifies my copy of PGP as a munition (even with the recent relaxation of export regulations) it is therefore 'Arms' (a synonym of 'munitions') and any attempt to break my encrypted communications is therefore an infringement of my rights given to me by our founding fathers. Sure, Thomas Jefferson et al could not foresee the future, but they laid down the Bill of Rights in plain language to insure the rights of every American citizen for as long as this great country stands.
I propose the NSA turns it's voice and data scanning to a truly criminal group inside this country.
Facts about this relatively (less than 600 total) group as of mid-1999.
29 members of this group have been accused of spousal abuse
7 have been arrested for fraud.
19 have been accused of writing bad checks.
3 have been arrested for assault.
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges.
8 have been arrested for shoplifting.
84 were stopped for drunk driving, but released after they claimed immunity.
This group, ladies and gentlemen, is The United States Congress. source: www.firecongress.com.
It doesn't matter how crooked our watchdogs are? Bullshit! It matters very much. Most of us born after 1970 have never been able to communicate electronically without a chance of interception. We are one of the most carefully watched societies on the planet, and I don't see that changing. Do you believe that you're best protected when the government treats everyone like a criminal? I don't. And I don't like living in a prison, which is all this country will amount to the farther we travel down this path.
And no, this is not assfucking our country and you so eloquently put it. Our country is asking us to bend over which is not their right because their power devolves from the people, not the other way around. Put into your vernacular the can only assfuck you if you've given permission, which you seem more than willing to do.
Kristian C. Note to the NSA's computers if you read this: Fuck off.
I noticed that, but I've never heard of a minidisc writer (not to say they don't exist). Interesting that a movie put out by WB has a product of a competing company, I checked the slipbox just to make sure The Matrix wasn't put out by Sony Pictures.
Minidisks also make an appearance in James Cameron's Strange Days (awesome flick imho even if the general public didn't think so!). That was put out by 20th Century Fox.
At least for the people in the area served by the NYCAP (Albany NY Region) branch of RR, DSL service is available from Rhythms.
I haven't taken more than a cursory glance at the web site, but it is available now as far as I can tell and the second I see RR get too much like AOL I'm gone.
Until about 1995-97 most games were written for MS-DOS, because Windows' support for games was lousy.
True. I stated they captured the game developers, I didn't say when. Anyway, DOS was MS by and large, correct? I mean, DR-DOS and PC-DOS existed, and if the stars were right and you had the right drivers you could play them under OS/2, but by and large when you say DOS you're saying MS-DOS. Kristian
I can't speak for the Win users of the world, but I can speak for myself.
They captured developers long ago who make the programs I want to use today.
They captured game developers. Linux has come a long way, but a bulk of games are still available only for Windows.
Sheep mentality. Baaaaaaaaaa.
Kristian Cee
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I believe that IBM is still developing Warp Server, so don't hold your breath.
OS/2 was perhaps the most stable OS I ever ran. Supported dos better than MS-DOS. Windows programs weren't stable (these are Windows apps we're talking about), but at least a misbehaving app didn't crash my system (or even other windows and dos vm's!)
Stardock (makers of Object Desktop, probably single most useful program I ever saw for OS/2) was trying to get IBM to let them further develop a client version. IBM, of course, in their infinite wisdom, said no.
Stardock moved on, I wish them well, but I won't be buying Object Desktop for Win.
>Dos 6.22 formated floppy with only the basic files required for booting
>Minuet from University of Minnesota along with dialing software.
Minuet included a basic pop mail client, web browser (later version even supported images, but the browser was flakey) newsreader, ftp, gopher, and telnet clients. Did everything I needed on the internet for a long time.
I should look for that disk around here somewhere...
Slashdot Mirror
The VV guys are really cool, and the best part is, they're in my home town, which really needs more successful companies.
Terminals can boldface (or close enough, doing a higerintensity colour). I've never really seen a difference in how I mentally process the emphasis of italics over boldface.
But maybe that's just me...
Dotster Rocks! 45$ a year for planetmofo.com, org and net? The cost difference alone paid for my first 3 months of hosting. NSI is a dinosaur, and should be treated as such. 'course, dotster hasn't been involved in a lawsuit yet, that'll probably change my opinion.
Has anyone else made the comment (either to themselves or their friends) "Ya know, if I was in High School now I'd be dragged into the guidance office faster than you can say 'black trenchcoat'?" I thought the administration was draconian enough back then, I shudder to think about now...
Kristian C.
Kristian C.
The NSA randomly monitors all voice and data transmissions, even those of people who have not and never will commit a crime. Like grandmothers. And scoutmasters. And Natalie Portman (moderators, please don't moderate this down because of mentioning her, it's just an example!). Yes, national security is important, and a lot of groups have agents inside this country for less than honorable reasons, but they now treat everyone like a criminal.
- Our Rights (which we really haven't had in 30 years)
- Amendment IV
- The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, [I consider my communications to be my property -- kc] against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
- Where's the warrant stating my crimes? Why has the NSA intercepted and stored my communications as evidence?
- Amendment II
- A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.
- Since the federal government classifies my copy of PGP as a munition (even with the recent relaxation of export regulations) it is therefore 'Arms' (a synonym of 'munitions') and any attempt to break my encrypted communications is therefore an infringement of my rights given to me by our founding fathers. Sure, Thomas Jefferson et al could not foresee the future, but they laid down the Bill of Rights in plain language to insure the rights of every American citizen for as long as this great country stands.
I propose the NSA turns it's voice and data scanning to a truly criminal group inside this country.- Facts about this relatively (less than 600 total) group as of mid-1999.
- 29 members of this group have been accused of spousal abuse
- 7 have been arrested for fraud.
- 19 have been accused of writing bad checks.
- 3 have been arrested for assault.
- 14 have been arrested on drug-related charges.
- 8 have been arrested for shoplifting.
- 84 were stopped for drunk driving, but released after they claimed immunity.
- This group, ladies and gentlemen, is The United States Congress. source: www.firecongress.com.
It doesn't matter how crooked our watchdogs are? Bullshit! It matters very much. Most of us born after 1970 have never been able to communicate electronically without a chance of interception. We are one of the most carefully watched societies on the planet, and I don't see that changing. Do you believe that you're best protected when the government treats everyone like a criminal? I don't. And I don't like living in a prison, which is all this country will amount to the farther we travel down this path.And no, this is not assfucking our country and you so eloquently put it. Our country is asking us to bend over which is not their right because their power devolves from the people, not the other way around. Put into your vernacular the can only assfuck you if you've given permission, which you seem more than willing to do.
Kristian C.
Note to the NSA's computers if you read this: Fuck off.
Minidisks also make an appearance in James Cameron's Strange Days (awesome flick imho even if the general public didn't think so!). That was put out by 20th Century Fox.
Kristian Cee
I haven't taken more than a cursory glance at the web site, but it is available now as far as I can tell and the second I see RR get too much like AOL I'm gone.
Kristian Cee
True. I stated they captured the game developers, I didn't say when. Anyway, DOS was MS by and large, correct? I mean, DR-DOS and PC-DOS existed, and if the stars were right and you had the right drivers you could play them under OS/2, but by and large when you say DOS you're saying MS-DOS. Kristian
- They captured developers long ago who make the programs I want to use today.
- They captured game developers. Linux has come a long way, but a bulk of games are still available only for Windows.
- Sheep mentality. Baaaaaaaaaa.
Kristian CeeOS/2 was perhaps the most stable OS I ever ran. Supported dos better than MS-DOS. Windows programs weren't stable (these are Windows apps we're talking about), but at least a misbehaving app didn't crash my system (or even other windows and dos vm's!)
Stardock (makers of Object Desktop, probably single most useful program I ever saw for OS/2) was trying to get IBM to let them further develop a client version. IBM, of course, in their infinite wisdom, said no.
Stardock moved on, I wish them well, but I won't be buying Object Desktop for Win.
Ingredients:
>Dos 6.22 formated floppy with only the basic files required for booting
>Minuet from University of Minnesota along with dialing software.
Minuet included a basic pop mail client, web browser (later version even supported images, but the browser was flakey) newsreader, ftp, gopher, and telnet clients. Did everything I needed on the internet for a long time.
I should look for that disk around here somewhere...