FYI, here in Denmark the interpretation of the EUCD has made DVD reselling illegal! That is all DVDs other than region 2.
It pretty much sucks, as you have to privately import, say region 1 and region 4 discs now if you still want to absorb some kind of foreign culture and art.
Refer to my other post on Brushy Bill Roberts - I bet it's the connection you're looking for.
For those of you who have seen the movie "Young Guns II", Brushy Bill Roberts is not just some character the writers came up with, he's for real. Whether he really was William H. Bonney, nobody knows.
What I find most intriguing about The Kid, is the fact that he may not have been killed at all that night at Fort Sumner. I've read Sheriff Pat Garrett's book "The Authentic Life of Billy The Kid" and remember the description of The Kid's fateful night was rather cloudy - it was dark during the shootout. It's been a while since I've read it though.
If it turns out that Billy's body isn't in either of those graves, perhaps they should exhume Brushy Bill Roberts' grave. For those who don't know the Brushy Bill Roberts story, Brushy was a man from Hico, Texas, who after being confronted by an attorney confessed to being The Kid - all his charecteristics we actually said to have matched the Kid's, such as having unusally small hands and big wrists. Also, all the wounds that the Kid was known to have were accounted for on Brushy.
I find the story rather interesting - he was supposed to go before the Governor of New Mexico and get his promised pardon, however just before that he died from a heart attack at the age of 90 in 1950. It's not that far out, as The Kid was in his early twenties during the time of the Lincoln County War. It could have been Brushy.
People make fun of Debian for being "politically pure" and slow to update
If you're using it as a desktop, go with the unstable branch - it's really not that unstable. It hasn't broken apart on me yet. And you don't have to update every day either, just do it once a week or something like that, and it'll be run smooth for ya.
"testing/unstable" in Debians book means the same as "stable" in Red Hat's book - that's my experience, either.
And the stable branch? Well that's as rock solid as you can get a Linux distro. Works wonders as a server. But hey, I'd say using the testing branch on servers is not out of the question.
We haven't caught up to how much you guys bitched when Microsoft declared EOL on Windows NT.
You're right, actually. However, on NT you're completely screwed as Microsoft are the only ones who can supply security fixes etc. In Red Hat's case you could patch diff the files from a SRPM or someting like that, and I guess it's possible that someone other than Red Hat can supply newer RPMs you could upgrade with.
Using an atypical desktop or a slide show that fakes it entirely eliminates this.
Actually I find the fake ones distracting, but that's because I'm just a geek. I find they're almost always very poorly done with bells and whistles to make it clear what's happening, ie. messages like "Copying virus...".
However, I found the desktop in American Pie's "Nadiavision" sequence very nicely executed. There are lots of goodies to spot if you freeze frame and look at all the overlapping windows. I remember you can see Jim's email address @eastgreatfalls.edu (FYI, the working title of the movie was East Great Falls High), and you can also se he accidentally selects the East Great Falls Directory in the recipients list when sending the email with the link to his webcam. The link was an HTTP URL with correct dotted decimal IP address.
I wonder how IBM will react (IBM is using SuSE internally, how well does Novell's management get along with IBM?).
From the press release:
Novell today also announced that IBM intends to make a $50 million investment in Novell convertible preferred stock. In addition, Novell and IBM are negotiating extensions to the current commercial agreements between IBM and SUSE LINUX for the continued support of SUSE LINUX on IBM's eServer products and middleware products to provide for product and marketing support arrangements related to SUSE LINUX. Both of these agreements will be effective when the acquisition of SUSE LINUX by Novell is completed.
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So I guess the people who predicted the fall of the internet might be proven right after all.
- MS merges with (takes over) Google
- All Google's Linux based hosts are replaced with Windows boxes.
(- Internet slowdown)
- Latest worm exploits MS security vulnerability, spreads through all IE browsers doing searches, then through local shares to servers.
(- Internet slowdown)
Oh man, I'm Danish - no wonder I haven't heard about the snow plow.:-)
Anyway this part of our military is a support unit (ie. not our special forces) and for that matte their usual role is peace keeping. A role much more needed in Iraq about now - a pitty they're only a couple of hundred as I fear they won't make a difference like in Bosnia, Macedonia, the former Yugoslavia, etc.
I'd say no - the RPC vulnerabilities you mention are buffer overrun errors, which lie with the (somewhat braindamaged) implementation of the protocol. As long as there are no flaws discovered in the actual protocols, you won't see the same exploits unless the source code is copied directly between implementations.
I have sat through hours of DVD extras and have come to the conclusion that sound effects are done from scratch by sound gurus for every single movie. It's almost like professionals ALSO don't have a huge library to draw upon.
Well, except for that trademark explosion sound you hear in almost all eighties action movies and TV series. And the Dirty Harry Magnum gun too, I think. You all know what I'm talking about, right?:-)
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Time to switch to Apple, buddy!
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Anyway it was to my surprise that even though I saved this file to my 'Desktop', the next time I booted Knoppix it was nowhere to be found.
McBride: Every time I ship a copy of my operating system, I pay royalties to Novell and Veritas.
[emphasis mine]
I may not remember correctly, but didn't SCO say they had no ties left to Novell - or something along those lines - after Novell spoke up the last time?
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FYI, here in Denmark the interpretation of the EUCD has made DVD reselling illegal! That is all DVDs other than region 2.
It pretty much sucks, as you have to privately import, say region 1 and region 4 discs now if you still want to absorb some kind of foreign culture and art.
zRefer to my other post on Brushy Bill Roberts - I bet it's the connection you're looking for.
For those of you who have seen the movie "Young Guns II", Brushy Bill Roberts is not just some character the writers came up with, he's for real. Whether he really was William H. Bonney, nobody knows.
zWhat I find most intriguing about The Kid, is the fact that he may not have been killed at all that night at Fort Sumner. I've read Sheriff Pat Garrett's book "The Authentic Life of Billy The Kid" and remember the description of The Kid's fateful night was rather cloudy - it was dark during the shootout. It's been a while since I've read it though.
If it turns out that Billy's body isn't in either of those graves, perhaps they should exhume Brushy Bill Roberts' grave. For those who don't know the Brushy Bill Roberts story, Brushy was a man from Hico, Texas, who after being confronted by an attorney confessed to being The Kid - all his charecteristics we actually said to have matched the Kid's, such as having unusally small hands and big wrists. Also, all the wounds that the Kid was known to have were accounted for on Brushy.
I find the story rather interesting - he was supposed to go before the Governor of New Mexico and get his promised pardon, however just before that he died from a heart attack at the age of 90 in 1950. It's not that far out, as The Kid was in his early twenties during the time of the Lincoln County War. It could have been Brushy.
zWell, of course they're taking an incremental approach! What did you expect? A light speed trip to Alpha Centauri, then the moon landing?
Perhaps I'm being too literal. :-)
zIt has a rather striking resemblance to T-Bob from M.A.S.K. doesn't it? That's cool - now I want one. :-)
zIf you're using it as a desktop, go with the unstable branch - it's really not that unstable. It hasn't broken apart on me yet. And you don't have to update every day either, just do it once a week or something like that, and it'll be run smooth for ya.
"testing/unstable" in Debians book means the same as "stable" in Red Hat's book - that's my experience, either.
And the stable branch? Well that's as rock solid as you can get a Linux distro. Works wonders as a server. But hey, I'd say using the testing branch on servers is not out of the question.
zYou're right, actually. However, on NT you're completely screwed as Microsoft are the only ones who can supply security fixes etc. In Red Hat's case you could patch diff the files from a SRPM or someting like that, and I guess it's possible that someone other than Red Hat can supply newer RPMs you could upgrade with.
zI'd like to spammers on FBI's ten most wanted list instead of this.
zActually I find the fake ones distracting, but that's because I'm just a geek. I find they're almost always very poorly done with bells and whistles to make it clear what's happening, ie. messages like "Copying virus...".
However, I found the desktop in American Pie's "Nadiavision" sequence very nicely executed. There are lots of goodies to spot if you freeze frame and look at all the overlapping windows. I remember you can see Jim's email address @eastgreatfalls.edu (FYI, the working title of the movie was East Great Falls High), and you can also se he accidentally selects the East Great Falls Directory in the recipients list when sending the email with the link to his webcam. The link was an HTTP URL with correct dotted decimal IP address.
zFrom the press release:
Novell today also announced that IBM intends to make a $50 million investment in Novell convertible preferred stock. In addition, Novell and IBM are negotiating extensions to the current commercial agreements between IBM and SUSE LINUX for the continued support of SUSE LINUX on IBM's eServer products and middleware products to provide for product and marketing support arrangements related to SUSE LINUX. Both of these agreements will be effective when the acquisition of SUSE LINUX by Novell is completed. zSo I guess the people who predicted the fall of the internet might be proven right after all.
- MS merges with (takes over) Google
- All Google's Linux based hosts are replaced with Windows boxes.
(- Internet slowdown)
- Latest worm exploits MS security vulnerability, spreads through all IE browsers doing searches, then through local shares to servers.
(- Internet slowdown)
BANG! :-)
zSo I guess there's no chance you'll post a picture of her then? ;-)
zI imagine Commander (or Darth?) Gates saying: "Alert my Star Destroyer to prepare for my arrival." :-)
zActually, if you want to learn something about Denmark, then state.gov's info on Denmark is a much more informative resource.
I recommend reading the 'People and history' and 'Cultural Achievements' sections.
zWatch out for the suicide snow plower. :-)
zOh man, I'm Danish - no wonder I haven't heard about the snow plow. :-)
Anyway this part of our military is a support unit (ie. not our special forces) and for that matte their usual role is peace keeping. A role much more needed in Iraq about now - a pitty they're only a couple of hundred as I fear they won't make a difference like in Bosnia, Macedonia, the former Yugoslavia, etc.
zWhat's next, I wonder? 'Shrink wrap' (pun intented) agreements for condoms?
zHuh? For any other domain than hotmail.com, perhaps. :-)
zI'd say no - the RPC vulnerabilities you mention are buffer overrun errors, which lie with the (somewhat braindamaged) implementation of the protocol. As long as there are no flaws discovered in the actual protocols, you won't see the same exploits unless the source code is copied directly between implementations.
zWell, except for that trademark explosion sound you hear in almost all eighties action movies and TV series. And the Dirty Harry Magnum gun too, I think. You all know what I'm talking about, right? :-)
zSo, it was like ... it devoured your paper? :-)
zYeah, now all we need is MEMMAKER! Ugh!
zI wouldn't bet my SCO stock on it - judging by Novell's recent firm commitment to GNU/Linux and their CEO's letter to Darl McBride himself.
Also, check out this one and this one.
z[emphasis mine]
I may not remember correctly, but didn't SCO say they had no ties left to Novell - or something along those lines - after Novell spoke up the last time?
zNah, we have room on Greenland too. :-)
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