Court cases are already public record, so there isn't a risk of libel/slander in this. Malpractice insurance is so bad right now that this is one way that doctors can protest. After the modern medicine collapses in ruin, people will look back, in hindsight, and say just how spoiled we all were (seeking perfection from human doctors and human doctors seeking high payment for the illusion of perfection).
Yeah, this whole sales tax issue is already a disaster, because it would require the taxpayer to keep proof of increasing his/her tax liability. This is complete backwards from when people could keep receipts as proof of reducing tax liability.
A voluntary tax is like a voluntary castration. I'm sure they have people signing up in droves.
Only when standards allow for true interoperability (e.g., TCP/IP). Microsoft exploited people who are technically ignorant to achieve a true monopoly with their shitty proprietary technology. I can't plug my 110V two-prong toaster plug into a moron-purchased Microsoft-branded outlet that has 55 prongs and operates at 5, 12, 60, 100, and 440 volts with DMCA-protected PCM data channels just so their uber-toaster can have fancy automatic LED designs on its side.
However, the software industry is so immature that I have to argue that regulation is terribly bad, as even good widely-used standards are rare and volatile. We need to let the industry flesh itself out further before the government steps in and screws everything up. Regulating now would simply codify the totally craptastic state of affairs in the industry right now.
No, you are trying to compare forms of governments, when software lies in the domain of the markets.
There is no state control of software, it is not socialism or communism; in fact, OSS is the product of the FREE MARKET, as it should be. Any similarity to socialism is completely and totally superficial.
Many software companies turned into looting bands of assholes, so people created an alternative, namely Free and Open Source software. Now, we are finding that OSS can actually be a very healty part of the software FREE MARKET.
How many people are killed each year because of medical technology delayed by they FDA? This is a real issue. Paranoia is just as dangerous as negligence.
Also, nearly all the "advancements" put forth by the pharmaceutical industry are treatments for symptoms. There is little profit in cures, and the pharmaceutical industry is quite happy selling heartburn, blood pressure, and cholesterol treatments for people who are themselves responsible for their illness. Who here thinks that any pharmaceutical company would actually support shutting down soft drink manufacturers and fast food restaurants?
Just like all the car companies have closed down because of safety standards, right ? Bah...
IIRC, regulations nearly killed the US car manufacturers, who already enough problems with quality control. I'd say only in the last five years have US cars really gotten pretty good. I hesitate to say "really good", because the Japanese are still ahead.
Regulations are also why I hate my phone company. My phone bills include about a 20% total taxes listed in four or five different places. Hidden in amongst the taxes are profit bombs like "cost adjustment fees" or whatever they call them.
Regulations have their place, but premature regulation is evil.
One of the most frustrating things about Linux distributions is conflicting documentation and obselete and current documentation mixed into the same directories. I'll look at some documentation for packet filtering, for example, and be left totally bewildered as to which methods and software are actually current and intended for use and which ones are considered outmoded (and, afterwards, I run off and just use OpenBSD).
It would be a great help if some of the distribution maintainers contributed to the wiki. They can say things like, "Debian 3.0 uses software X for doing Y, while Debian 4.0 uses Z, a replacement for X." Some one else can say, "Well, Fedora chose to use W for doing Y, so you have to do this this and this differently."
Eliminating ambiguity can be, perhaps, the benefit of a "real-time" wiki.
Inside the walls of a corporation, no less. Between spyware and worms, I'm suprised anyone can live with putting proprietary information on a networked Windows box.
Hypothetical scenario: "Oops, that darned worm! It just e-mailed our new Formula One engine plans to the competiton! Oh well, who wanted to win the championship, anyway? Okay guys, time to break out the squeegees, cause we just got demoted to Car Wash Attendent!"
Didn't I read somewhere on/. (a log of one of the chat sessions irrc) that most of the readers only view the front page, and do not decend into the comments? Even if the first few (highest moderated) comments were on the front page, is it really good journalism to make wild unsupported claims only to have the the 'whole truth' come out later?
Do people who watch CNN or, god forbid, Fox News ever get anywhere to the "whole truth"? I had to stop watching cable news altogether after seeing just how obvious it is that they are simply propoganda machines and/or enternainment news posing as real news.
Uncensored discussions at least allow the possibility of a chance of truth being told. In the world of journalism, the bottom of the barrel in logical expression, I claim that Slashdot is definitely "relatively good." Think of it as a newspaper's instant editorial page or readers' letters page (how many people actually read those, BTW)?
Yes, I do worship the autoconf god. Like it or not - it is one of the main reasons for unix software viability nowadays.
I've generally had mixed results with autoconf and especially libtool. They are widely abused, often ignoring my environment variables and sometimes even writing broken makefiles. They are complex enough that debugging them is a nightmare. There has been more than one occasion that I wished for a simple file with a simple list of dependencies that I can simply say "lib XYZ is here, dammit."
Have you ever used Solaris default vi in a Eterm window ?
Eterm? I generally have few problems with Sun's vi, and those problems are almost always related to terminal type issues over telnet to/from Linux. Terminal types are a UNIX problem, not just a Solaris and Linux problem.
What do you do with patches applied previously when you install additional SUNW packages ?
Additional SUNW packages typically get installed under/opt. They generally won't conflict with operating system patches that go under/kernel and/usr.
This is why Slashdot is relatively good journalism, IMO. Even when the submitters and editors are clearly biased, it is only a few comments into the following discussion that things get balanced out. How often do we see on the big cable and broadcast networks retractions and alternatives being shown within minutes? Almost never.
Even for the frequent story about Microsoft or SCO, there'll be at least a few comments among the flames adjusting the facts of the story. Actually, by being so harsh on these companies, for example, we can help the public better understand what is true and what is misrepresented regarding their actions. Hold the feet to the fire, so to speak.
This is probably why no politician can realistically run on a platform of "cleaning house" with respect to old laws. So many people in government want those laws around for imprisoning citizens that the politician's campaign would probably last a whole ten seconds before someone finds enough dirt to shovel onto the media ensuring his political ruin.
I suppose since the state and federal congresses would have to vote on which laws to repeal, is there a time and space effective way of repealing in quantity? Say, just list 1500 laws in succession in one bill, allow staffers to comb over them for debate issues, and put the whole thing up for vote?
If you were to say this in an interview, the interviewer would silently cross your name out while nodding politely while you talk.
Also, you really need to be careful of that cat! Cats are masters at denial-of-service attacks. I'll see a little paw reach out and hit that power key on the keyboard, and, while he makes it look like an accident, his eyes reveal the truth. I've also heard the other cats talking...they're out to get us!
Solaris offers several versions of userland utilities under/usr/bin,/usr/ucb,/usr/sfw, and/usr/xpg4 depending on what bugs you want.
Like you say, if you want more of GNU's bugs, there is an open-source CD that installs under/opt/sfw. There is also sunfreeware.com.
Solaris userland is actually not bad at all, but since you are probably a person who grew up in the GNU commune, you must think it really is right for vi have all sorts of fancy highlighting and rendering capabilities. Do you worship the autoconf god?
So it is possible to have passwords and yet still make root available for anyone who asks. Individual passwords make sense because no matter how close knit a "family" you are, some things need to remain private.
There is no privacy against a snooping root user. If a spouse/partner has the availability of root access on the porn file server, then the spouse/partner has full access to the porn collection, too. Unless some sudo/RBAC scheme is devised, root == God in UNIX-land.
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Court cases are already public record, so there isn't a risk of libel/slander in this. Malpractice insurance is so bad right now that this is one way that doctors can protest. After the modern medicine collapses in ruin, people will look back, in hindsight, and say just how spoiled we all were (seeking perfection from human doctors and human doctors seeking high payment for the illusion of perfection).
Yeah, this whole sales tax issue is already a disaster, because it would require the taxpayer to keep proof of increasing his/her tax liability. This is complete backwards from when people could keep receipts as proof of reducing tax liability.
A voluntary tax is like a voluntary castration. I'm sure they have people signing up in droves.
Software is not a NATURAL monopoly business.
Only when standards allow for true interoperability (e.g., TCP/IP). Microsoft exploited people who are technically ignorant to achieve a true monopoly with their shitty proprietary technology. I can't plug my 110V two-prong toaster plug into a moron-purchased Microsoft-branded outlet that has 55 prongs and operates at 5, 12, 60, 100, and 440 volts with DMCA-protected PCM data channels just so their uber-toaster can have fancy automatic LED designs on its side.
However, the software industry is so immature that I have to argue that regulation is terribly bad, as even good widely-used standards are rare and volatile. We need to let the industry flesh itself out further before the government steps in and screws everything up. Regulating now would simply codify the totally craptastic state of affairs in the industry right now.
No, you are trying to compare forms of governments, when software lies in the domain of the markets.
There is no state control of software, it is not socialism or communism; in fact, OSS is the product of the FREE MARKET, as it should be. Any similarity to socialism is completely and totally superficial.
Many software companies turned into looting bands of assholes, so people created an alternative, namely Free and Open Source software. Now, we are finding that OSS can actually be a very healty part of the software FREE MARKET.
How many people are killed each year because of medical technology delayed by they FDA? This is a real issue. Paranoia is just as dangerous as negligence.
Also, nearly all the "advancements" put forth by the pharmaceutical industry are treatments for symptoms. There is little profit in cures, and the pharmaceutical industry is quite happy selling heartburn, blood pressure, and cholesterol treatments for people who are themselves responsible for their illness. Who here thinks that any pharmaceutical company would actually support shutting down soft drink manufacturers and fast food restaurants?
Just like all the car companies have closed down because of safety standards, right ? Bah...
IIRC, regulations nearly killed the US car manufacturers, who already enough problems with quality control. I'd say only in the last five years have US cars really gotten pretty good. I hesitate to say "really good", because the Japanese are still ahead.
Regulations are also why I hate my phone company. My phone bills include about a 20% total taxes listed in four or five different places. Hidden in amongst the taxes are profit bombs like "cost adjustment fees" or whatever they call them.
Regulations have their place, but premature regulation is evil.
They gave out the iPods so that Beetle owners can entertain themselves while waiting for the towtruck.
One of the most frustrating things about Linux distributions is conflicting documentation and obselete and current documentation mixed into the same directories. I'll look at some documentation for packet filtering, for example, and be left totally bewildered as to which methods and software are actually current and intended for use and which ones are considered outmoded (and, afterwards, I run off and just use OpenBSD).
It would be a great help if some of the distribution maintainers contributed to the wiki. They can say things like, "Debian 3.0 uses software X for doing Y, while Debian 4.0 uses Z, a replacement for X." Some one else can say, "Well, Fedora chose to use W for doing Y, so you have to do this this and this differently."
Eliminating ambiguity can be, perhaps, the benefit of a "real-time" wiki.
Anyone can update the wiki.
I can't wait to see the changelog for the article, "So, Which Linux Distribution is Right for Me?"
What is the actual URL for downloading Spybot S&D? A URL that is guranteed to not be a "very close" clone is important to the Slashdot populace.
That's a lot of fucking spyware.
Inside the walls of a corporation, no less. Between spyware and worms, I'm suprised anyone can live with putting proprietary information on a networked Windows box.
Hypothetical scenario: "Oops, that darned worm! It just e-mailed our new Formula One engine plans to the competiton! Oh well, who wanted to win the championship, anyway? Okay guys, time to break out the squeegees, cause we just got demoted to Car Wash Attendent!"
One in twenty Windows computers.
Didn't I read somewhere on /. (a log of one of the chat sessions irrc) that most of the readers only view the front page, and do not decend into the comments? Even if the first few (highest moderated) comments were on the front page, is it really good journalism to make wild unsupported claims only to have the the 'whole truth' come out later?
Do people who watch CNN or, god forbid, Fox News ever get anywhere to the "whole truth"? I had to stop watching cable news altogether after seeing just how obvious it is that they are simply propoganda machines and/or enternainment news posing as real news.
Uncensored discussions at least allow the possibility of a chance of truth being told. In the world of journalism, the bottom of the barrel in logical expression, I claim that Slashdot is definitely "relatively good." Think of it as a newspaper's instant editorial page or readers' letters page (how many people actually read those, BTW)?
Yes, I do worship the autoconf god. Like it or not - it is one of the main reasons for unix software viability nowadays.
/opt. They generally won't conflict with operating system patches that go under /kernel and /usr.
I've generally had mixed results with autoconf and especially libtool. They are widely abused, often ignoring my environment variables and sometimes even writing broken makefiles. They are complex enough that debugging them is a nightmare. There has been more than one occasion that I wished for a simple file with a simple list of dependencies that I can simply say "lib XYZ is here, dammit."
Have you ever used Solaris default vi in a Eterm window ?
Eterm? I generally have few problems with Sun's vi, and those problems are almost always related to terminal type issues over telnet to/from Linux.
Terminal types are a UNIX problem, not just a Solaris and Linux problem.
What do you do with patches applied previously when you install additional SUNW packages ?
Additional SUNW packages typically get installed under
This is why Slashdot is relatively good journalism, IMO. Even when the submitters and editors are clearly biased, it is only a few comments into the following discussion that things get balanced out. How often do we see on the big cable and broadcast networks retractions and alternatives being shown within minutes? Almost never.
Even for the frequent story about Microsoft or SCO, there'll be at least a few comments among the flames adjusting the facts of the story. Actually, by being so harsh on these companies, for example, we can help the public better understand what is true and what is misrepresented regarding their actions. Hold the feet to the fire, so to speak.
This is probably why no politician can realistically run on a platform of "cleaning house" with respect to old laws. So many people in government want those laws around for imprisoning citizens that the politician's campaign would probably last a whole ten seconds before someone finds enough dirt to shovel onto the media ensuring his political ruin.
I suppose since the state and federal congresses would have to vote on which laws to repeal, is there a time and space effective way of repealing in quantity? Say, just list 1500 laws in succession in one bill, allow staffers to comb over them for debate issues, and put the whole thing up for vote?
Just be careful what you write and always assume all on-line content is available for government mining operations. This isn't hard, folks.
Did you mean: genius
I never claimed I was one!
Sun Blade 60
If you were to say this in an interview, the interviewer would silently cross your name out while nodding politely while you talk.
Also, you really need to be careful of that cat! Cats are masters at denial-of-service attacks. I'll see a little paw reach out and hit that power key on the keyboard, and, while he makes it look like an accident, his eyes reveal the truth. I've also heard the other cats talking...they're out to get us!
For firewalling, it is probably just better to use OpenBSD or a dedicated Cicso box. Solaris really shines on servers and workstations.
You are a troll.
/usr/bin, /usr/ucb, /usr/sfw, and /usr/xpg4 depending on what bugs you want.
/opt/sfw. There is also sunfreeware.com.
Solaris offers several versions of userland utilities under
Like you say, if you want more of GNU's bugs, there is an open-source CD that installs under
Solaris userland is actually not bad at all, but since you are probably a person who grew up in the GNU commune, you must think it really is right for vi have all sorts of fancy highlighting and rendering capabilities. Do you worship the autoconf god?
Are you referring to Windows 2000 Datacenter Edition?
So it is possible to have passwords and yet still make root available for anyone who asks. Individual passwords make sense because no matter how close knit a "family" you are, some things need to remain private.
There is no privacy against a snooping root user. If a spouse/partner has the availability of root access on the porn file server, then the spouse/partner has full access to the porn collection, too. Unless some sudo/RBAC scheme is devised, root == God in UNIX-land.
That is absolute political genious.
This is also true of bad jokes on Slashdot.
In Soviet Russia, the blog steals you!
Who poured hot grits on my blog?!?
1) Create mind-virus about blog mind-viruses.
2) Post about said mind-virus on Slashdot
3) ???
4) Profit!
(sigh)