Nothing about that article is remotely illegal, as he is simply describing how one would make a box using Cisco software.
I can publish a page on how to crack software, convert an AR-15 to an M-16, make meth, pick locks, launch dead babies out of catapults, and even have sex with dolphins, and none of that would be illegal, because I have the right to say pretty much anything I damn well please. (Not that publishing some of those things is a good idea...unless you like feds showing up at your door.)
Talking about an illegal act isn't illegal (yet)...DOING it is. There is absolutely no reason to pull this article...it's not as if the author is hosting IOS files.
Hahah...I didn't know that strip was still around. Didn't he stop doing it for a while cause some psycho ex-girlfriend accused him of sexual assualt or something? I seem to remeber the site went down a couple times, sometimes for a month or more.
Yeah, UF is all the same recycled 'linux rules' wanking over and over and over and over and over. A rotting corpse is funnier than UF. Penny Arcade, on the other hand, rules...I mean, how can you not love stuff like "Fruit Fucker 2000"?
I just wish the space moose guy would start making new strips. There just aren't enough comic strips with sodomy as a central theme.
By the companies doing one thing: Offering noncommercial use licenses on full software products, at a NOMINAL[1] cost, while aggressively pursuing companies that violate the noncommerical licenses. This would allow the kids who want to play with ($software), make wacky animations, programs and such to do so without breaking the law, while charging the people that make money off of flash the full license fee. There's even an added benefit - a lot more people will learn ($software), and will potentially become paying customers in the future (this especially applies to younger people). Educational software is not the answer, as it's only open to students, and often times is *still* too highly priced for many people that just want to fool around.
I think piracy would be greatly reduced if the software companies would recognize that a lot of the warezing is being done because the price is too high for people that just want to 'play' and not actually do any for-profit work.
Who the hell needs to track their money by hand when the bank does it for you?
Most banks have this now, and it's usually free. Just use your debit card or direct withdrawl instead of checks (checks can take days to clear...this is bad if you want an up-to-date statement), and you should have no problems.
Just put that on my laptop the other day. I normally use BSD, but I needed linux, so I gave Gentoo a shot after hearing it had a 'ports' type package system.
It kicks ass! IMO, best linux distro I've seen so far. Yeah, people whine about how long it takes to compile a system, but I'd rather take a day to build a system that runs well on *my* hardware, than take an hour and build a generic system that runs like shit.
But then again, every time my boss walks by with his cell phone, my monitors fuzz out and my speakers make strange noises from whatever signals the cell phone is emitting...
Did you remove all the shielding from your gear, or does your boss walk around with a 5 watt analog brickphone strapped to his ass?
I'd rather have a site require referrers than have yet another copyright law passed, or precedent set. If they don't want people coming from outside sources, they should block them, not go whining to the authorities.
Copyright should deal with *copying and distribution*, not access to freely available information. Linking does not copy or distribute any of the site's content, nor does it even circumvent an access control measure.
Another significant motion-related problem is that the response time on an LCD is usually anywhere from 25-85ms, whereas CRT response time is virtually instantaneous. (I couldn't find docs on the exact response time of a typical CRT, but I'd guess that it's less than 5ms.) Since the response time is relatively slow on a LCD, the last image displayed will remain on the screen for a few fractions of a second, leading to the blurring or ghosting effect that is commonly seen.
Nope, cause LCDs don't work like CRTs do. With an LCD, an illuminated pixel is illuminated until the controller changes it, unlike CRT pixels, which start fading as soon as the electron beam has passed.
A refresh rate of 60hz on a LCD is fine, because it just means the display is getting updated 60 times per second, with the pixels staying lit between refreshes. 60hz on a CRT would be unacceptable for most people, because the screen is going dark between refreshes, which is perceptable as flicker.
I'd like to have a 3200x2400+ 19" display. The thought of not needing to antialias anything because my screen is 150+ dpi makes me want to sp00ge. My main complaint against LCDs right now is that they aren't very high resolution for the price. I'm definately not going to drop $3k for a display that only does 1600x1200.
But hey, I'm a rez freak...I run my 19" CRT at some odd resolution like 1920x1200[1] just to squeeze out a few extra horizontal pixels at a reasonable refresh rate. Why? Because information wants to be wide.
:wq [1]Yes, the aspect ratio is screwed up. So I compress the image vertically, much like letterboxing a widescreen movie...works pretty well if you don't mind text being small.
I don't see how latency would be a problem
on
Cable Without Cables
·
· Score: 2, Interesting
Latency is an issue with satellite because of the huge distances involved in going from the ground to the satellite. With a nearby (within a few miles) antenna, latency should be no worse than with a landline. A friend of mine had Sprint's wireless service for awhile, and it was pretty nice, faster than my DSL line most of the time.
However, rain or snow can negatively affect microwave signal reception, so your network may go out or get really slow at times.
As for equipment, chances are you'd rent it, maybe with the option to buy. It's usually pretty spendy gear ($500+) so rental would prolly be the norm.
As for a mobile service, I'd guess it'd be pretty unlikely, since the antennas have to be aimed fairly precisely, much like with satellite.
Many ATMs and cash registers run OS/2, but you don't hear about it because there is no problem.
The PC and embedded markets are very, very different things. Just because a piece of software is ubiquitous on an ATM, doesn't mean it's not obscure in the PeeCee world.
The reason OS/2 doesn't get viruses is because no one writes them for it - it's not worth it because hardly any good targets (desktop computer users) exist. The spyware situation on linux is similar: people crow about how linux apps don't have any spyware, but that's not because of some inherent technological superiority, it's simply because no one has written any. (Hell, barely anyone has written commercial apps for linux at this point, let alone commercial apps with sleazeware.)
Just because you don't see it in the news does not mean that it is obscure.
According to webster.com it does: 3 : relatively unknown: as a : REMOTE, SECLUDED b : not prominent or famous
I have to disagree with this point. How many people use *all* of the features of ms office?
Yes, the probability that one user will use all the functionality is pretty low, but in a group of say, 20 users, all doing different sorts of work, the probability of obscure feature XYZ getting used increases greatly.
BSD is prime troll material simply because you can write something like "BSD is dying! Linux is technically superior because of [...make something up...]" and you'll actually get replies and up mods!
The reason is simple, BSD users reply because they can't ignore the troll, and linux users mod up the troll because they are basically clueless about BSD and they know in their heart that nothing is , or will ever be, as good as linux, the One True OS. All this adds up to a lot of BSD trolls.
Trolling linux users used to be that easy (see MEEPT!!), but they slowly (very slowly) they picked up on it and now it's a lot harder, and requires a well crafted and complex troll.
Reread his comment. He starts out talking about the desktop but goes on to generalize[1]:
And besides - whats the point to run BSD again? Linux had a shitty VM in terms of performance compared to FreeBSD - it's over dude, kernel 2.4.9-pre6 (that I'm using now) or RedHat's 2.4.18 kernel (which INCLUDES the low latency support) makes Linux runs as fast as FreeBSD or faster + I got more drivers support on the Linux side, so I hardly see the point to run BSD.
[...] but you know what Im saying right?
Uh...Not really.
It's not as if I was saying something like 'PalmOS is a better system than the average linux distro'. I was comparing two *NIX systems with roughly the same capabilities, not two drastically different platforms.
:wq [1] Maybe he unintentionally generalized, but that comment read like a well-disguised "BSD is Dying" post.
Slashdot Mirror
but you can still get excellent performance from it if you know what you're doing, and you try.
...and if you use the SGI X server on SGI machines...
:wq
Nothing about that article is remotely illegal, as he is simply describing how one would make a box using Cisco software.
:wq
I can publish a page on how to crack software, convert an AR-15 to an M-16, make meth, pick locks, launch dead babies out of catapults, and even have sex with dolphins, and none of that would be illegal, because I have the right to say pretty much anything I damn well please.
(Not that publishing some of those things is a good idea...unless you like feds showing up at your door.)
Talking about an illegal act isn't illegal (yet)...DOING it is.
There is absolutely no reason to pull this article...it's not as if the author is hosting IOS files.
Hahah...I didn't know that strip was still around.
:wq
Didn't he stop doing it for a while cause some psycho ex-girlfriend accused him of sexual assualt or something?
I seem to remeber the site went down a couple times, sometimes for a month or more.
Yeah, UF is all the same recycled 'linux rules' wanking over and over and over and over and over.
:wq
A rotting corpse is funnier than UF.
Penny Arcade, on the other hand, rules...I mean, how can you not love stuff like "Fruit Fucker 2000"?
I just wish the space moose guy would start making new strips.
There just aren't enough comic strips with sodomy as a central theme.
What if my religion says that I must kill all people that I don't like ??
:wq
You fly airplanes into buildings, of course.
I rather give my kid "Rocky's Boot" than a soldering iron and some ICs!
:wq
No way. I'd rather have my kid know the theory,
*and* how to use it in real life, than just know
how to click-and-drag symbols with a mouse.
A simulation will never live up to the real thing
until I have a jack in the back of my head, and
can nail a Natalie Portman simulation.
Computer modding seems to me to be the current day version of hot-rodding cars back in the fourties and fifties.
:wq
No, it's more like the nerd equivalent of putting neon ground-effects, "Type R" stickers, and enormous wings...on a Honda Civic.
Yes. Case modders are the Rice Boys of the tech world.
Tell you something, sonny, nobody is perfect. Not RMS, nor Ghandi or George Washington.
There's just something funny about comparing RMS to Ghandi or Washington.
:wq
It was really cool, because with every game came a little sheet that you could slip over the controller that said what did what.
Heh. My Intellivision had that...
:wq
By the companies doing one thing:
Offering noncommercial use licenses on full software products, at a NOMINAL[1] cost,
while aggressively pursuing companies that violate the noncommerical licenses.
This would allow the kids who want to play with ($software), make wacky animations, programs and such to do so without breaking the law, while charging the people that make money off of flash the full license fee.
There's even an added benefit - a lot more people will learn ($software), and will potentially become paying customers in the future (this especially applies to younger people).
Educational software is not the answer, as it's only open to students, and often times is *still* too highly priced for many people that just want to fool around.
I think piracy would be greatly reduced if the software companies would recognize that a lot of the warezing is being done because the price is too high for people that just want to 'play' and not actually do any for-profit work.
:wq
[1] under $100. Just media with PDF'd docs.
Who the hell needs to track their money by hand when the bank does it for you?
Most banks have this now, and it's usually free.
Just use your debit card or direct withdrawl instead of checks (checks can take days to clear...this is bad if you want an up-to-date statement), and you should have no problems.
:wq
Just put that on my laptop the other day.
I normally use BSD, but I needed linux, so I gave Gentoo a shot after hearing it had a 'ports' type package system.
It kicks ass! IMO, best linux distro I've seen so far.
Yeah, people whine about how long it takes to compile a system, but I'd rather take a day
to build a system that runs well on *my* hardware, than take an hour and build a generic system that runs like shit.
:wq
But then again, every time my boss walks by with his cell phone, my monitors fuzz out and my speakers make strange noises from whatever signals the cell phone is emitting...
Did you remove all the shielding from your gear, or does your boss walk around with a 5 watt analog brickphone strapped to his ass?
:wq
I'd rather have a site require referrers than have yet another copyright
law passed, or precedent set. If they don't want people coming from
outside sources, they should block them, not go whining to the authorities.
Copyright should deal with *copying and distribution*, not access to freely
available information. Linking does not copy or distribute any of the
site's content, nor does it even circumvent an access control measure.
:wq
Yup, that's right.
Another significant motion-related problem is that the response time on an LCD is usually anywhere
from 25-85ms, whereas CRT response time is virtually instantaneous.
(I couldn't find docs on the exact response time of a typical CRT, but I'd guess
that it's less than 5ms.)
Since the response time is relatively slow on a LCD, the last image displayed will
remain on the screen for a few fractions of a second, leading to the blurring or ghosting
effect that is commonly seen.
:wq
it seems like this is at least 'unethical,'
I wouldn't say it's any more 'unethical' than the thing it's protesting...
:wq
Nope, cause LCDs don't work like CRTs do.
With an LCD, an illuminated pixel is illuminated until the controller changes it, unlike
CRT pixels, which start fading as soon as the electron beam has passed.
A refresh rate of 60hz on a LCD is fine, because it just means the display is getting
updated 60 times per second, with the pixels staying lit between refreshes.
60hz on a CRT would be unacceptable for most people, because the screen is going dark between
refreshes, which is perceptable as flicker.
:wq
I'd like to have a 3200x2400+ 19" display. The thought of not needing to antialias
anything because my screen is 150+ dpi makes me want to sp00ge.
My main complaint against LCDs right now is that they aren't very high resolution for the
price. I'm definately not going to drop $3k for a display that only does 1600x1200.
But hey, I'm a rez freak...I run my 19" CRT at some odd resolution like 1920x1200[1]
just to squeeze out a few extra horizontal pixels at a reasonable refresh rate.
Why? Because information wants to be wide.
:wq
[1]Yes, the aspect ratio is screwed up. So I compress the image vertically, much like
letterboxing a widescreen movie...works pretty well if you don't mind text being small.
Latency is an issue with satellite because of the huge distances involved
in going from the ground to the satellite. With a nearby (within a few miles)
antenna, latency should be no worse than with a landline.
A friend of mine had Sprint's wireless service for awhile, and it was pretty nice,
faster than my DSL line most of the time.
However, rain or snow can negatively affect microwave signal reception, so
your network may go out or get really slow at times.
As for equipment, chances are you'd rent it, maybe with the option to buy.
It's usually pretty spendy gear ($500+) so rental would prolly be the norm.
As for a mobile service, I'd guess it'd be pretty unlikely, since the antennas
have to be aimed fairly precisely, much like with satellite.
:wq
Many ATMs and cash registers run OS/2, but you don't hear about it because there is no problem.
The PC and embedded markets are very, very different things.
Just because a piece of software is ubiquitous on an ATM, doesn't mean
it's not obscure in the PeeCee world.
The reason OS/2 doesn't get viruses is because no one writes them
for it - it's not worth it because hardly any good targets (desktop
computer users) exist. The spyware situation on linux is similar:
people crow about how linux apps don't have any spyware, but that's
not because of some inherent technological superiority, it's simply
because no one has written any. (Hell, barely anyone has written commercial
apps for linux at this point, let alone commercial apps with sleazeware.)
Just because you don't see it in the news does not mean that it is obscure.
According to webster.com it does:
3 : relatively unknown: as a : REMOTE, SECLUDED b : not prominent or famous
:wq
I have to disagree with this point. How many people use *all* of the features of ms office?
Yes, the probability that one user will use all the functionality is pretty low, but in a group
of say, 20 users, all doing different sorts of work, the probability of obscure feature XYZ getting used increases greatly.
What gives?
BSD is prime troll material simply because you can write something like
"BSD is dying! Linux is technically superior because of [...make something up...]"
and you'll actually get replies and up mods!
The reason is simple, BSD users reply because they can't ignore the troll, and linux users mod up the troll because they are basically clueless about BSD and they know in their heart that nothing is , or will ever be, as good as linux, the One True OS.
All this adds up to a lot of BSD trolls.
Trolling linux users used to be that easy (see MEEPT!!), but they slowly (very slowly) they picked up on it and now it's a lot harder, and requires a well crafted and complex troll.
Hope this clarifies things.
-atrowe: Card-carrying Mensa member. I have no toleranse for stupidity.
Congratulations. You just made my day.
Reread his comment.
He starts out talking about the desktop but goes on to generalize[1]:
And besides - whats the point to run BSD again? Linux had a shitty VM in terms of performance compared to FreeBSD - it's over dude, kernel 2.4.9-pre6 (that I'm using now) or RedHat's 2.4.18 kernel (which INCLUDES the low latency support) makes Linux runs as fast as FreeBSD or faster + I got more drivers support on the Linux side, so I hardly see the point to run BSD.
[...] but you know what Im saying right?
Uh...Not really.
It's not as if I was saying something like 'PalmOS is a better system than the average linux distro'.
I was comparing two *NIX systems with roughly the same capabilities, not two drastically different platforms.
:wq
[1] Maybe he unintentionally generalized, but that comment read like a well-disguised "BSD is Dying" post.
With a song like this you know they mean business.
There's even a jungle remix! w00t!
:wq
(Personally, tho, I like IBM's "Ever Onward". Just has that
"1930's cartoon with happy singing cows" feel to it.)