You should see today's "daily digest" on the kernel mailing list. It gave me a decent heartburn to wade through a few hundred K of advocacy, in between bits and pieces of code. The code is pretty cool looking, btw.
Here's the part that really pisses me off: "You are receiving this email because you opted in to receive special offers from (xyz.com) through one of our marketing partners...."
Exactly. I might have done business with one of your "marketing partners" in the past. That doesn't mean I'm interested in doing it with you, or any of the other "marketing partners". Usually, I can find what I'm looking for without any marketing assistance, thank you.
We do agree. It all makes me wonder about the whole "prior art" thing. I mean, did Xerox ever make a nickel from any of it? Correct me if I'm wrong, but last I heard, they never *did* license or sell the graphical environment or mouse technologies.
Yes, thank you -- learning to read was very important for me too!
As far as this discussion goes, my idea is that human memory is probably unlimited in the conventional sense; the only limit seems to be the ability to retrieve from memory, at will. This means that it is all saved *somewhere*, we just can't get at it all. Perhaps this is a good thing?
This is completely unscientific and unverifiable, but I will stand by this idea until shown otherwise.
... I feel sorry for the dude cuz he has a *lot* of catching up to do... and maybe that's why his legal punishment was (for once) so appropriate?
Now, if only our legal system had a way to make the punishment fit the crime in all other areas also...
Disregarding for the moment any questions of evidence, proof of guilt, circunstances, trial, etc. The sentence that Mitnick served was possibly one of the hardest that any (geek, nerd, etc.) could serve, IMHO eg, being starved for information.
of deja vu. You know, the feeling that you've seen something before? Something like Windows, in this case. Back in the days when Xerox PARC, Apple, and OS/2 were new and exciting.
Ummm, true; Microsoft DOESN'T bundle every other software package in the world with Windows. However, the only thing that prevents Java from running in Windows is -- Microsoft itself. IMO, it's all case of the corporate "NIH" (Not Invented Here) syndrome. "Dang! Here's this thing we didn't invent, so let's use it before we disable it as much as possible!"
I've thought about this and I might take it seriously if Windows even had things like chmod, chown, and chgrp. Let alone the fact that I use the POSIX ACL's , which (equivalently) brings my box into WinNT/2k territory....
Bummer, you don't see a lot of those features actually being *used* outside of corporate LANs; and even then, just barely.
Oh, and before I forget: a GUI application is part of the OS, regardless of buffer overruns?
er, approx 130 Mb uncompressed, on my box. I jusr rebuilt the kernel for it a few days ago.
But then again, I was reading at the college level in the 9th grade... and that was 18 years ago.
One interesting thing though; even if it were completely true and was all over the mainstream news, it reminds me very much of the OS/2 vs Windows case. Specifically, it's amazing how fragile "joint" projects are when proprietary interests start to smell some real $$$.
sort of like the Blue box for telemarketers? I bet it wouldn't be all that hard to do in software even with newer modems (mine's a Rockwell 56k, bout a year old)
between "...the potential loss of buying opportunities." and an actual lost sale. It all really makes me wonder wtf is the legal system coming to in the US? Ideas anyone?
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You should see today's "daily digest" on the kernel mailing list. It gave me a decent heartburn to wade through a few hundred K of advocacy, in between bits and pieces of code. The code is pretty cool looking, btw.
Here's the part that really pisses me off:
"You are receiving this email because you opted in to receive special offers from (xyz.com) through one of our marketing partners...."
Exactly. I might have done business with one of your "marketing partners" in the past. That doesn't mean I'm interested in doing it with you, or any of the other "marketing partners". Usually, I can find what I'm looking for without any marketing assistance, thank you.
Wow, that's cool. RTFEULA. That's going into the Jargon file, one way or another.
Awesome argument, BTW. My sentiments exactly.
for the nth time.... the last I saw Clippy, I unbent him to clean some body parts...
We do agree. It all makes me wonder about the whole "prior art" thing. I mean, did Xerox ever make a nickel from any of it? Correct me if I'm wrong, but last I heard, they never *did* license or sell the graphical environment or mouse technologies.
Man... thet's a lotta pr0n!
...that they would call it "Bush"?
Yes, thank you -- learning to read was very important for me too!
As far as this discussion goes, my idea is that human memory is probably unlimited in the conventional sense; the only limit seems to be the ability to retrieve from memory, at will. This means that it is all saved *somewhere*, we just can't get at it all. Perhaps this is a good thing?
This is completely unscientific and unverifiable, but I will stand by this idea until shown otherwise.
... I feel sorry for the dude cuz he has a *lot* of catching up to do... and maybe that's why his legal punishment was (for once) so appropriate?
Now, if only our legal system had a way to make the punishment fit the crime in all other areas also...
Disregarding for the moment any questions of evidence, proof of guilt, circunstances, trial, etc. The sentence that Mitnick served was possibly one of the hardest that any (geek, nerd, etc.) could serve, IMHO eg, being starved for information.
(waves) Hi Kevin!
I travel through Canada regulrly, enroute to the more western portions of the US.
It appears that they have finally invented a way to overcome boredom up there.
Thank you for saying that. As a matter of fact, I am aware of these things.
of deja vu. You know, the feeling that you've seen something before? Something like Windows, in this case. Back in the days when Xerox PARC, Apple, and OS/2 were new and exciting.
Ummm, true; Microsoft DOESN'T bundle every other software package in the world with Windows.
However, the only thing that prevents Java from running in Windows is -- Microsoft itself.
IMO, it's all case of the corporate "NIH" (Not Invented Here) syndrome.
"Dang! Here's this thing we didn't invent, so let's use it before we disable it as much as possible!"
if Mitch Kapor, Ximian, and Mozilla ever got together? With Andy Hertzfeld for lead UI designer?
Er, sorry bout that, it's late (early?) And I must be dreaming.... good night, all.
When can I move in?
I've thought about this and I might take it seriously if Windows even had things like chmod, chown, and chgrp. Let alone the fact that I use the POSIX ACL's , which (equivalently) brings my box into WinNT/2k territory....
Bummer, you don't see a lot of those features actually being *used* outside of corporate LANs; and even then, just barely.
Oh, and before I forget: a GUI application is part of the OS, regardless of buffer overruns?
Yeah, I could use a new house
QED
er, approx 130 Mb uncompressed, on my box. I jusr rebuilt the kernel for it a few days ago. But then again, I was reading at the college level in the 9th grade... and that was 18 years ago.
if it takes 600 days to listen to it, too. My dialup ISP might not like that. OTOH, who reads that slow?
What's his name from Metallica needs to see this
It must be the "potential loss of buying opportunities" for their customers which has the MPAA worried. Sort of like the DMA...
Gigabyte GA-6VXDC7, uses VIA Apollo 694X AGPset.
Bummer, they recently discontinued it, but I bet there's loads of new ones being sold dirt cheap as retailers try to clear out their stock.
Er? What downside? AFAIC, it rocks. The only downside for me is that I couldn't afford to do the same on a RISC platform (such as, er, MAC).
For the same $1730 you mentioned, I built the box I'm typing this with.
;)
Dual P3 Coppermines @1GHz, 1Gb pc133 ram, dual 80 Gb drives, Plextor CD-burner, n-Vidia GeForce4, 10/100 base-T, and 19" 1600x1200 ViewSonic CRT. Full-tower case and 450-watt power supply; runs cool and quiet.
All brand-new parts.
Oh yeah, and Linux
One interesting thing though; even if it were completely true and was all over the mainstream news, it reminds me very much of the OS/2 vs Windows case. Specifically, it's amazing how fragile "joint" projects are when proprietary interests start to smell some real $$$.
sort of like the Blue box for telemarketers? I bet it wouldn't be all that hard to do in software even with newer modems (mine's a Rockwell 56k, bout a year old)
between "...the potential loss of buying opportunities." and an actual lost sale. It all really makes me wonder wtf is the legal system coming to in the US? Ideas anyone?