Thank you for giving me the opportunity of seeing your country many times between 1992 and 1998, travelling all over the country, seeing Lake Michigan, walking on Broadway, seeing the Capitol, admiring broads in Santa Monica, falling in love in San Francisco, gambling in Vegas and being stranded in Kansas. Meeting online friends from usenet, from business and family.
The only thing I filed online back then was a confirmation of my meeting with some broad from San Francisco I met in alt.drunken.bastards
I pity young people, wanting to see the Land of the Free, the country of opportunity and having to see what the USA stands for these days. Thank $DEITY America has the amazing capability of reinventing herself and I hope she makes proper use of that capability very soon.
The obligation of registering for travel is the summary of everything that I would never have associated with the US.
The whole Hatto hoax is an internet phenomenon, specifically a usenet phenomenon. Hadn't there been two shills on the group, playing good cop, bad cop and drawing other bystanders into the game, this would not have happened.
Before those Hatto recordings were on the radar of the professional reviewing magazines in the UK, the entire promotion for these CDs was done on rec.music.classical recordings by the two shills and on the website of a CD retailer with a close affiliation to the record producers. People were praising the CDs into the sky and the exclusive retailer is a regular on the newsgroup, too.
This thing had SCAM written all over it, but overcoming groupthink in the presence of two shills is difficult. Godwin's law,you know.
It's hilarious to see the two shills in action: The one is a loud, foulmouthed ex-classical-music-producer from Canada and the other one an English gentleman with impeccable style, manners and a deep love for classical music. What they staged was drama on a very high level, flaming residents into the ground at the slightest hint of a suspicion as to the authenticity of the recordings. Anything from Jew to Nazi was good enough to be hurled at the detractors of the holy trinity of Hatto, Barrington-Coup and Music.
They almost murdered me when I told the group that the whole thing was a total fake, based on all the oddities that I named.
Created by johns Last modified 2007-01-16 12:43 PM
Why do we need read Reuters redacted newsfart instead of some hard information on their website? The whole website is pretty useless when it comes to finding out what current political affairs are hot within the scope of fsf's audience.
If you take a look at the license agreement, you will find that the last paragraph named "ENTIRE AGREEMENT" contains a link, pointing to http://www.vcodec.com/terms.html
That link leads you to an advertisement page containing three ads, the second of which has this:
---Original Message---
Re:Amazing (Score:1) by glens (6413) Alter Relationship on 08-09-05 8:18 (#13506927) I can't freaking believe they quote the whole thing and reply at the top. Who's stupid idea started all that type of email response anyway? You've got to scroll to the bottom then back up to the start of the first message, then read it, then scroll back up attentively looking for the start of the second message, then read it, again and again, all the way to the top. Do folks go up stairways like that; two steps up, one, down, two up, one down? Where is common sense anymore?
Whatever happened to a sane style of communicating with people over e-mail?
I remember times where people actually quoted relevant material from previous mails, trimmed down unnecessary garbage and answered questions *below* the question itself.
These days you need to sift through millions of lines of excessive "Original Message" quoting without any reference to the actual contents of previous messages. Sucky line breaks, HTML-crap, incoherent writing and idiotic bitmap smileys have made e-mail communication a Pain In The Ass, but certainly not an effective means of getting things done in a coherent fashion.
Thank god there are some lonely islands in usenet with old-fashioned people who take the three seconds to trim down excessive quoting, who put answers *after* the questions and who know how to use an editor to get a message across.
One of these days I am going to start a company that uses a newsserver as its main means of internal communication and I'll fire everyone who doesn't play by the rules of old style usenet posting.
You can fight a legal grassroot, but you can't win.
If you lose, you're dead, so only coexistence can make you survive at all.
Microsoft can only coexist by massive support of interoperability with other vendors' products and offer a palette of proprietary products of high quality and a set of unique features.
In that sense it's godd to see that MS has finally understood that its fight against Linux will not make them earn one single cent. Nobody is going to spend more money on MS's products just because MS says that Linux is evil, quite on the contrary.
They seem to have understood that it might make more sense in the long run to improve its product's qualities instead of pumping bad money into shady PR firms and legal attacks and dishonest lobbying.
"The choice wasn't Windows vs Linux, it was Linux vs IRIX. This is why SGI's stock is in the toilet."
Incorrect.
The choice was between IRIX--> Linux and IRIX --> Windows with hundreds of MS key account managers in LA throwing lavish parties and handing out gifts for those in the decision making process.
Considering that, the choice made should not be underestimated in its impact, since it was a *technical* decision, not a "business" decision. Of course, a sound technical decision process will always lead to a sound business development.
I'd like to use this text as reference whenever there is a discussion about hams being innovative and useful and their frequencey spectrum needs to be protected. Can you get in touch with me?
"Realistically I feel that if IBM really want to premote the Power line or processors they will have to have a Apple style lower end system that can be purchased at a reasonable price."
The EU has drawn strict lines in what needs to be open in terms of operating systems and their APIs. It may be way too late to do anything about Windows XP now, but when Longhorn is out, the EU can easily get injunctions on a very short notice when Microsoft fails to deliver API specifications and unbundle content providing from the core of an operating system.
In the long run this is going to be a massive problem for Microsoft.
"I think this is the more salient point. Apple switching to Intel is going to be a lot less of a problem for Linux, and much more of one for Microsoft."
I believe you are right. Apple is now in a unique position to take a step towards the mass market AND have an operating system with all necessary applications and support PLUS a slick, easy to use interface.
Bundle that with chipsets specified by Apple, certify certain hardware makers "for use with OS X" and leave the world divided: Those with cheaply assembled hardware and Windows and those with an Intel/Apple and OSX.
Add to that perfect entertainment capabilities and a deal with the largest chipmaker in the world and their distribution systems and you have what Microsoft had in the early 90s.
Intel has massproduction capabilities and that's what Apple wants: their software on as many as possible computers out there. With minor adjustments to Apple's specifications, hardware manufacturers can still produce a single component for both Apple and the rest of the Intel world.
Apple will "certify" a large number of components and specific configurations and their will keep their own DeLuxe Apple design that will be distinctly different from the rest of the Intel pack, by design and manufacturing quality.
If I were Microsoft, I'd be scared shitless tight now.
"Remember that everything can be generalized into broad, short terms, but if you do that nothing except universe in the broadest sense makes a topic worth talking about. So before deducting something's value please try to look at the details first,"
I have no idea what you are talking about.
Do you expect Linus Torvalds to take BSD code apart, analyze it and pass a judgement on the quality of the code? He could do that, but why?
Linus Torvalds' technical merits stand on their own and what he projects is an open mind within the Open Source community. BSD and Linux are two operating systems and not religions.
I don't need technical details to get the message, that's what linux.kernel is for.
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Thank you for giving me the opportunity of seeing your country many times between 1992 and 1998, travelling all over the country, seeing Lake Michigan, walking on Broadway, seeing the Capitol, admiring broads in Santa Monica, falling in love in San Francisco, gambling in Vegas and being stranded in Kansas. Meeting online friends from usenet, from business and family.
The only thing I filed online back then was a confirmation of my meeting with some broad from San Francisco I met in alt.drunken.bastards
I pity young people, wanting to see the Land of the Free, the country of opportunity and having to see what the USA stands for these days. Thank $DEITY America has the amazing capability of reinventing herself and I hope she makes proper use of that capability very soon.
The obligation of registering for travel is the summary of everything that I would never have associated with the US.
What's wrong with you these days, America?
"got any links to the posts?"
No, but I've got keywords for you:
Hatto, Deacon, Watkins, Lemken, Köhler
Search within rec.music.classical.recordings
The whole Hatto hoax is an internet phenomenon, specifically a usenet phenomenon. Hadn't there been two shills on the group, playing good cop, bad cop and drawing other bystanders into the game, this would not have happened.
Before those Hatto recordings were on the radar of the professional reviewing magazines in the UK, the entire promotion for these CDs was done on rec.music.classical recordings by the two shills and on the website of a CD retailer with a close affiliation to the record producers. People were praising the CDs into the sky and the exclusive retailer is a regular on the newsgroup, too.
This thing had SCAM written all over it, but overcoming groupthink in the presence of two shills is difficult. Godwin's law,you know.
It's hilarious to see the two shills in action: The one is a loud, foulmouthed ex-classical-music-producer from Canada and the other one an English gentleman with impeccable style, manners and a deep love for classical music. What they staged was drama on a very high level, flaming residents into the ground at the slightest hint of a suspicion as to the authenticity of the recordings. Anything from Jew to Nazi was good enough to be hurled at the detractors of the holy trinity of Hatto, Barrington-Coup and Music.
They almost murdered me when I told the group that the whole thing was a total fake, based on all the oddities that I named.
1. www.fsf.org:
Created by johns
Last modified 2007-01-16 12:43 PM
Why do we need read Reuters redacted newsfart instead of some hard information on their website? The whole website is pretty useless when it comes to finding out what current political affairs are hot within the scope of fsf's audience.
2. Eben Moglen
http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/blog
Last entry 26 Sep 2006
Where is the place I can read his actual thoughts on this matter? Again, just Reuters?
Sheesh.
It gets better.
If you take a look at the license agreement, you will find that the last paragraph named "ENTIRE AGREEMENT" contains a link, pointing to http://www.vcodec.com/terms.html
That link leads you to an advertisement page containing three ads, the second of which has this:
Remove Vcodec Now
Remove Vcodec Spyware Forever. Scan Now. Takes 3 Mins. Gone.
www.AdwareAlert.com
Go figure...
Will try this in de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc
Brilliant.
http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/Linux
Drawbacks of Linux on the GP2X
* Does not expose the full power of the hardware - Linux does not see the second processor or the upper 32MB of memory.
Huh?
If I were their marketing department, I'd fling a couple of these things among kernel developers.
"Oh, and remember, next Friday is Hawaiian shirt day"
" I can't believe this is the only post about the headline misspell. Embarrassing..."
Welcome to Hell.
Q: How do you know your spelling *really* sucks?
A: When a foreigner gets goosepimples from having to read "forfiet" three times in one sentence.
What a stupid question!
---Original Message---
Re:Amazing (Score:1)
by glens (6413) Alter Relationship on 08-09-05 8:18 (#13506927)
I can't freaking believe they quote the whole thing and reply at the top. Who's stupid idea started all that type of email response anyway? You've got to scroll to the bottom then back up to the start of the first message, then read it, then scroll back up attentively looking for the start of the second message, then read it, again and again, all the way to the top. Do folks go up stairways like that; two steps up, one, down, two up, one down? Where is common sense anymore?
Whatever happened to a sane style of communicating with people over e-mail?
I remember times where people actually quoted relevant material from previous mails, trimmed down unnecessary garbage and answered questions *below* the question itself.
These days you need to sift through millions of lines of excessive "Original Message" quoting without any reference to the actual contents of previous messages. Sucky line breaks, HTML-crap, incoherent writing and idiotic bitmap smileys have made e-mail communication a Pain In The Ass, but certainly not an effective means of getting things done in a coherent fashion.
Thank god there are some lonely islands in usenet with old-fashioned people who take the three seconds to trim down excessive quoting, who put answers *after* the questions and who know how to use an editor to get a message across.
One of these days I am going to start a company that uses a newsserver as its main means of internal communication and I'll fire everyone who doesn't play by the rules of old style usenet posting.
"better deal with Linux".
You can fight a legal grassroot, but you can't win.
If you lose, you're dead, so only coexistence can make you survive at all.
Microsoft can only coexist by massive support of interoperability with other vendors' products and offer a palette of proprietary products of high quality and a set of unique features.
In that sense it's godd to see that MS has finally understood that its fight against Linux will not make them earn one single cent. Nobody is going to spend more money on MS's products just because MS says that Linux is evil, quite on the contrary.
They seem to have understood that it might make more sense in the long run to improve its product's qualities instead of pumping bad money into shady PR firms and legal attacks and dishonest lobbying.
Good for us.
"The choice wasn't Windows vs Linux, it was Linux vs IRIX. This is why SGI's stock is in the toilet."
Incorrect.
The choice was between IRIX--> Linux and IRIX --> Windows with hundreds of MS key account managers in LA throwing lavish parties and handing out gifts for those in the decision making process.
Considering that, the choice made should not be underestimated in its impact, since it was a *technical* decision, not a "business" decision. Of course, a sound technical decision process will always lead to a sound business development.
"I'm ashamed to be on the same continent where stuff this ignorent stupidity occurs."
It's ignorant. Relevant. Definitely.
[Lameness filter adjustment]
"Holy Crap What The Hell Is Wrong With You PEOPLE!"
A Puritan landed on the shores of New England.
Merkins.
'Nuff said.
I'd like to use this text as reference whenever there is a discussion about hams being innovative and useful and their frequencey spectrum needs to be protected. Can you get in touch with me?
Can someone please mod this up? (Sheesh, my one mod point left went into an SCO-discussion.)
"Skyramps were Werner von Braun's original idea for putting things into orbit."
I don't know about you, but there is one thing I certainly don't even want to think about when going at Mach 3 on a jet sled: mechanical friction.
There is only one way to *safely* launch a spacebound vehicle on a horizontal lauch pad: Magnetic rails.
And *pooof* goes the "reduced cost" argument.
"Ms Kimberly Yeo,a 23yo business student,clocked just 43.24 seconds for typing this 160-character, 26-word text."
And I just keyed that on my Schurr paddle and Logikey in under 35 seconds.
Do I get to lay Ms. Yeo now?
"Realistically I feel that if IBM really want to premote the Power line or processors they will have to have a Apple style lower end system that can be purchased at a reasonable price."
You mean like a Playstation 3?
The EU has drawn strict lines in what needs to be open in terms of operating systems and their APIs. It may be way too late to do anything about Windows XP now, but when Longhorn is out, the EU can easily get injunctions on a very short notice when Microsoft fails to deliver API specifications and unbundle content providing from the core of an operating system.
In the long run this is going to be a massive problem for Microsoft.
"I think this is the more salient point. Apple switching to Intel is going to be a lot less of a problem for Linux, and much more of one for Microsoft."
I believe you are right. Apple is now in a unique position to take a step towards the mass market AND have an operating system with all necessary applications and support PLUS a slick, easy to use interface.
Bundle that with chipsets specified by Apple, certify certain hardware makers "for use with OS X" and leave the world divided: Those with cheaply assembled hardware and Windows and those with an Intel/Apple and OSX.
Add to that perfect entertainment capabilities and a deal with the largest chipmaker in the world and their distribution systems and you have what Microsoft had in the early 90s.
Intel has massproduction capabilities and that's what Apple wants: their software on as many as possible computers out there. With minor adjustments to Apple's specifications, hardware manufacturers can still produce a single component for both Apple and the rest of the Intel world.
Apple will "certify" a large number of components and specific configurations and their will keep their own DeLuxe Apple design that will be distinctly different from the rest of the Intel pack, by design and manufacturing quality.
If I were Microsoft, I'd be scared shitless tight now.
"Remember that everything can be generalized into broad, short terms, but if you do that nothing except universe in the broadest sense makes a topic worth talking about. So before deducting something's value please try to look at the details first,"
I have no idea what you are talking about.
Do you expect Linus Torvalds to take BSD code apart, analyze it and pass a judgement on the quality of the code? He could do that, but why?
Linus Torvalds' technical merits stand on their own and what he projects is an open mind within the Open Source community. BSD and Linux are two operating systems and not religions.
I don't need technical details to get the message, that's what linux.kernel is for.