Wow, someone from my town on slashdot. Since you don't have an email or web addy handy, I have to reply here (feel free to reply here or to my email.) I've told my parents in Philly (Chestnut Hill) to hold off on getting broadband until I could find some reliable data on it. My biggest concerns with cable are a) learning how to set up a little network to get multiple (2 or 3) computers on one connection, and b) since our computers are on the 3rd floor and our TV's are on the 1st and basement, it'll probably entail some Comcast guys in a cherry picker on my Dad's prize lawn. Is it a static IP or a DHCP/PPP/proprietary deal? ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
It's not a bad idea, but there are a couple of implementation problems. First, it's GPL, so I can just get my copy and delete all the ad banner code, right? Second, if they are going to use the md5sum authentication method, they'll have to certify every release, including nightly cvs builds. That's totally doable, but it'd require someone doing a real part-time job of it, especially if they were going to allow clients other than Gaim. ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
at least toc still works, and the same trick won't work there. (tik is the legacy client that they won't (i hope) break support for- and it's open-source).
While I do appreciate the open TOC protocol, it is still lacking in certain key features. The biggest one is one you really have to be an AIMer to understand: the Get Away Message feature. It lets you see someone else's autoresponse without IMing them. My friends at college and I use these to communicate our whereabouts a lot of the time, some people at my last job did the same, and from the Gaim mailing list, it's this tiny feature that moved people from Tik to Gaim. And this very feature is NOT OFFERED by AOL's Linux AIM client. (Or it wasn't in the last version I tried, which anyway didn't have the pretty GTK interface of Gaim.) So right now Linux users are fscked for that. Sigh. ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
I second that. The Sims isn't really my style (mostly because I downloaded a pirated version of Gnutella which didn't work quite right), but I have a bunch of friends who are addicted ONLY because they say it's the most fun architecture / interior decorating simulation they've ever seen. There are probably better ones out there, but they were probably never marketed as FUN. ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
I don't have to go to freenet to peddle my thoughts and speeches. I can already do that without fear of reprisal.
True enough. Unlike some other young Americans, I understand and appreciate the amount of freedom I have relative to a lot of others in the world. However, it's a cliche but the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Did Jon Johansen (bad example, I know, he's Norwegian) or 2600 have free speech with DeCSS? What about the creators of CPHACK, who only wanted to show the world what Mattel was doing wrong? If UCITA passes in most states, open discussion of software could be seriously endangered. When that happens, I'll be grateful to Freenet. ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
By creating a place where free speech can't be abridged, they're hurting the cause of free speech in the rest of the United States? It doesn't work like that. Freedom isn't a zero-sum game.
By declaring the thirteen colonies independent of the United Kingdom (or whatever it was called in 1776), and then declaring them free-speech areas, did that set back the cause of freedom in, say, Canada or England? Hardly. It set a good example.
Oppose the DMCA, the CDA, and whatever other laws try to take away your freedom of speech. But don't attack those who are trying to circumvent the laws, because they are not the problem. ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
but with napster, if you download a full album and don't buy the cd, you are costing the artists and the record company some real money.
Situation A: I download an album without paying for it, love it, and decide to see the band the next time they come to my town.
Situation B: Respecting copyrights, I neither download an album nor buy it. When the band comes to my own, I say "ah, they're okay, but so far as I've heard, not really worth seeing."
Which situation nets more real money for the artist? ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
He has long said that he wished for a better term than "free" so people don't confuse "free software" with "freeware".
It's kinda funny - this is only a problem in English. In French, you don't have to worry about "free beer" software vs. "free speech" software. Free as in beer is gratis, and free as in speech is libre. Nobody will confuse gratis software with libre software. I forget exactly, but I think this works in Italian and Spanish too. And I'd venture to guess that most of the world's other languages also have two separate words. Maybe the FSF should relocate to France! ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
Of COURSE they only last for a little while--profits (from selling more moths every year) is of paramount importance.
Yeah, until some Norwegian punk figures out a way to make them non-sterile! Then Mothster will be a huge craze and the Moth Industry Association of America (MIAA) will have a huge lawsuit against it! "DeMSS is like giving away the key to every insect laboratory in your neighborhood!"
I think that in most cases the intentions are good, but the folks capable of, say, defacing a website, usually aren't the same folks able to intelligently communicate a message.
You mean to communicate a message intelligently. Don't split the infinitive.
Instead of looking like political activists staging a sit-in, they look like angry teens spraying graffiti obscenities on a wall which does far more damage then good.
You mean far more damage THAN good. Then is an adverb.
(I'm kidding here, people.) ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
Of course there are many fair judges, but they get labled as "liberal activist" by the same corporate shills that are paying congress to write (and rewrite) legislation.
First of all, I consider myself a liberal of one type or another, so don't consider this political flamebait. The tricky thing about "liberal" judges is that usually they take a strong stand against censorship of any kind, which lets them get cozy with Hollywood execs who want to promote the anti-censorship agenda. That's great. I'll side with the MPAA on censorship any day of the week. The problem is that then on "lesser" issues like content protection (and don't forget that most people outside of Slashdot really aren't excited about this YET), they start toeing the Hollywood line, figuring they're the good guys. I could rant about how this shows the danger of defining political ideologies in a strict "left vs. right" context, but I'll save that for another time. ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
You are absolutely right. And while it seems ridiculous to anyone who understands the difference between a Microsoft EULA and a Free/Open license, I bet there are a lot of judges out there (with help from the news media) who would fall for a lawsuit saying "Linux is using predatory anticompetitive tactics!"
In the wake of the infamous Allchin comments, this is a chilling idea. ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
***1. improved productivity, thanks to the improvements in software effected between upgrades***
This is one of the biggest falshoods propagated by big software companies, and for the most part they get away with it.
Seriously! Can you imagine if the movie industry could get away with that? "Problem Child 2 totally sucked, which is why you ABSOLUTELY have to see Problem Child 3!" ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
"If you bust your ass in the USA, you can get ahead."
That's true for now, although not as much as I'd like to see (take the recreational drug industry, for example). The founders of RedHat busted their asses, and they are making some serious money now. Hallelujah. The American dream works. Now take a look at the link at the top of this page.
Ooops! Sorry RedHat, Microsoft just got your business model illegalized. I guess you should have found a different way to bust your ass.
My point is that if things like this can come true, your statement about what makes America great will become false in a hurry. Note that this is a perfect piece of evidence for libertarians faced with the argument that big government benefits the poor. ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
A tip, if something like this happened to you in IE, don't hit back, hit refresh.
No, I'm talking about situations where I fill in the whole form and the site says "No, dickhead, you need a longer password than that." Reposting the same data isn't going to help. I need to change it. And half the time IE forgets what I had in the boxes. ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
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DMCA, WIPO, WTO Rule, DeCSS etc etc has to do with one thing: Profit motive at the expense of the Proletariat.
I agree with you 100% on that. But the problem here isn't that the government doesn't interfere enough, it's that the government IS interfering on the behalf of the profits. Jon Johansen was arrested by a GOVERNMENT, not a corporation that should have been stopped by the government.
I hate big corporations, and I love the little guy, et cetera, but bigger government is not the way to go. Government power always ends up serving the powerful. ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
My biggest problem with TEXTAREA use is that it's prone to being lost. There are two different ways this can happen. One, you use IE and when you submit your form there's a problem. So you hit "back" to fix it and WHAT THE HELL?! You're looking at a blank form. (That's what mine does, anyway.) Or you can use Netscape, which keeps form data in place when you hit the Back button.... but it still crashes a hell of a lot. I've lost many a lengthy web-based email or online journal entry to Netscape crashes. Yeah, don't tell me I should just do my editing in notepad and paste it. That's like telling people to quit smoking - good advice but pointless to give out.:) ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
My name is Latin and means unattractive or uncharming, specifically in a sexual way. It was an epithet used by Gaius Valerius Catullus, my favorite Latin poet, for people he really didn't like. Slashdot, you think you're geeks? Try hanging around with some Classics majors. It's a whole new standard of geekhood. ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
I'd much rather use public transport than drive, but I'm not given the chance due to the UK's incredibly short-sighted transport policy.
I live in America, and all I can say is dude, don't complain. I've been to London. I've ridden the Underground. I've been on the Docklands Light Railway (no driver!). I've been on the new Heathrow Airport line. The UK has the US beat in transportation ten times over. ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
I think "not knowing how to end" is the curse of the independent film. Mainstream Hollywood blockbusters can be utterly unoriginal, but you usually get the standard conflict-climax-resolution formula that we tend to expect from stories. (At least in the Western world.) After a lot of independent films, I'm left asking "Why couldn't they combine that level of cinematic originality with just a little viewer-friendly Hollywood polish on the story?" ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
Slightly OT: Grounded for Life
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Did anyone besides me catch the new FOX show Grounded for Life on Wednesday night? Without getting into a flamewar about how much the show sucks or rules, there was one scene of interest. It had two parents who were worried about their daughter, trying to log into her AOL account. Her younger brother's friend knew the password had to be "timberlake".
The whole thing was from the point of view of the monitor, in a parody of the typical hacker scene in TV and film. When the AOL "Welcome!" sound played, the father said "We're in!" They proceeded to read the classic spam in the girl's mailbox and have an Instant Message conversation with the daughter's best friend. ("What R U doing tonight?")
I turned to my roommate and said, "This is the most realistic hacker show EVER." ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
Again, a US centric/. article - if Katz would take his USian specs off and done some digging, it would have been nice to see where the rest of the world is on this.
Uh, did you read the article? And if so, did you miss these lines?
"Many Europeans own their own data, and Canada actually has a privacy commissioner."
"Some European countries give citizens legal control over their personal data, and forbid the transmission of personal information from one source to another without the individual's permission. They also have government agencies responsible for monitoring violations; citizens can turn to them for help. And even in most European countries, citizens surrender confidentiality when buying homes or cars or applying for bank loans. Generally, they can rest assured that the information they surrender won't be sold or passed along without their approval."
"Canada, which has a privacy commissioner, has recently enacted a bill requiring companies to ask permission before collecting personal data; it also requires that they tell clients why they need it and who will see it"
Hope that helps. ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
I was channel-surfing tonight and I heard the quote that is now my slashdot signature. See below. This is worrisome. ---- "Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
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Wow, someone from my town on slashdot. Since you don't have an email or web addy handy, I have to reply here (feel free to reply here or to my email.) I've told my parents in Philly (Chestnut Hill) to hold off on getting broadband until I could find some reliable data on it. My biggest concerns with cable are a) learning how to set up a little network to get multiple (2 or 3) computers on one connection, and b) since our computers are on the 3rd floor and our TV's are on the 1st and basement, it'll probably entail some Comcast guys in a cherry picker on my Dad's prize lawn. Is it a static IP or a DHCP/PPP/proprietary deal?
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It's not a bad idea, but there are a couple of implementation problems. First, it's GPL, so I can just get my copy and delete all the ad banner code, right? Second, if they are going to use the md5sum authentication method, they'll have to certify every release, including nightly cvs builds. That's totally doable, but it'd require someone doing a real part-time job of it, especially if they were going to allow clients other than Gaim.
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http://slashdot.org/articles/99/11/12/0844228.shtm l is a link to Slashdot's original piece on the "I kiss you" guy.
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I second that. The Sims isn't really my style (mostly because I downloaded a pirated version of Gnutella which didn't work quite right), but I have a bunch of friends who are addicted ONLY because they say it's the most fun architecture / interior decorating simulation they've ever seen. There are probably better ones out there, but they were probably never marketed as FUN.
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By declaring the thirteen colonies independent of the United Kingdom (or whatever it was called in 1776), and then declaring them free-speech areas, did that set back the cause of freedom in, say, Canada or England? Hardly. It set a good example.
Oppose the DMCA, the CDA, and whatever other laws try to take away your freedom of speech. But don't attack those who are trying to circumvent the laws, because they are not the problem.
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Situation B: Respecting copyrights, I neither download an album nor buy it. When the band comes to my own, I say "ah, they're okay, but so far as I've heard, not really worth seeing."
Which situation nets more real money for the artist?
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In other news, the bread industry is suing Jesus for copyright infringement.
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(I'm kidding here, people.)
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In the wake of the infamous Allchin comments, this is a chilling idea.
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Technically if you go by the Greek roots, a hippocracy would be a government under the rule of a horse or a body of horses.
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Ooops! Sorry RedHat, Microsoft just got your business model illegalized. I guess you should have found a different way to bust your ass.
My point is that if things like this can come true, your statement about what makes America great will become false in a hurry. Note that this is a perfect piece of evidence for libertarians faced with the argument that big government benefits the poor.
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No, I'm talking about situations where I fill in the whole form and the site says "No, dickhead, you need a longer password than that." Reposting the same data isn't going to help. I need to change it. And half the time IE forgets what I had in the boxes.
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I agree with you 100% on that. But the problem here isn't that the government doesn't interfere enough, it's that the government IS interfering on the behalf of the profits. Jon Johansen was arrested by a GOVERNMENT, not a corporation that should have been stopped by the government.
I hate big corporations, and I love the little guy, et cetera, but bigger government is not the way to go. Government power always ends up serving the powerful.
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My biggest problem with TEXTAREA use is that it's prone to being lost. There are two different ways this can happen. One, you use IE and when you submit your form there's a problem. So you hit "back" to fix it and WHAT THE HELL?! You're looking at a blank form. (That's what mine does, anyway.) Or you can use Netscape, which keeps form data in place when you hit the Back button.... but it still crashes a hell of a lot. I've lost many a lengthy web-based email or online journal entry to Netscape crashes. Yeah, don't tell me I should just do my editing in notepad and paste it. That's like telling people to quit smoking - good advice but pointless to give out. :)
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My name is Latin and means unattractive or uncharming, specifically in a sexual way. It was an epithet used by Gaius Valerius Catullus, my favorite Latin poet, for people he really didn't like. Slashdot, you think you're geeks? Try hanging around with some Classics majors. It's a whole new standard of geekhood.
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I think "not knowing how to end" is the curse of the independent film. Mainstream Hollywood blockbusters can be utterly unoriginal, but you usually get the standard conflict-climax-resolution formula that we tend to expect from stories. (At least in the Western world.) After a lot of independent films, I'm left asking "Why couldn't they combine that level of cinematic originality with just a little viewer-friendly Hollywood polish on the story?"
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Did anyone besides me catch the new FOX show Grounded for Life on Wednesday night? Without getting into a flamewar about how much the show sucks or rules, there was one scene of interest. It had two parents who were worried about their daughter, trying to log into her AOL account. Her younger brother's friend knew the password had to be "timberlake".
The whole thing was from the point of view of the monitor, in a parody of the typical hacker scene in TV and film. When the AOL "Welcome!" sound played, the father said "We're in!" They proceeded to read the classic spam in the girl's mailbox and have an Instant Message conversation with the daughter's best friend. ("What R U doing tonight?")
I turned to my roommate and said, "This is the most realistic hacker show EVER."
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- "Many Europeans own their own data, and Canada actually has a privacy commissioner."
- "Some European countries give citizens legal control over their personal data, and forbid the transmission of personal information from one source to another without the individual's permission. They also have government agencies responsible for monitoring violations; citizens can turn to them for help. And even in most European countries, citizens surrender confidentiality when buying homes or cars or applying for bank loans. Generally, they can rest assured that the information they surrender won't be sold or passed along without their approval."
- "Canada, which has a privacy commissioner, has recently enacted a bill requiring companies to ask permission before collecting personal data; it also requires that they tell clients why they need it and who will see it"
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I was channel-surfing tonight and I heard the quote that is now my slashdot signature. See below. This is worrisome.
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