While I agree that Nader would most likely not actually win an election, I do think that if given a fair chance he would pull in closer to 10-20% of the vote, rather than the 4-5% he's polling now. Things such as shutting him out of debates, the media ignoring his rallies (which are often bigger than Bush's or Gore's), and his refusal to take soft money donations do hurt him significantly.
The Cursed WWW, from back when slashdot preferred to be called http://slashdot.org/ rather than http://www.slashdot.org/ (though the latter still worked). =P
I didn't say slashdot shouldn't cover it, but rather that they should just cover it as with any other news story. Instead, they're acting as Sony cheerleaders and posting multiple stories per day about it as if the release of the PS2 is the single greatest event in our lifetime.
Why does it keep seeming like every time I visit Slashdot recently I think I accidentally went and started reading Sony press releases? You know, the ones put out by the same Sony that's part of the MPAA and RIAA and which slashdot constantly criticizes? I can see maybe one announcements, but come on, two or three per day? This is getting ridiculous.
I mean... short of hiring a full-time staff that exclusively surfs through the entire web
Many of these companies claim that the blocked sites are individually reviewed by human staff. One of the points of the Peacefire analysis was that these claims are false (and as you imply, they're pretty ludicrous claims to make in the first place).
No, but it's a good idea to allow it. I'd also argue that censoring public access to information (i.e. libraries) based on discriminatory standards (i.e. allowing religious sites but not atheist sites) is a violation of free speech rights.
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Well in that case, most UNIX systems do in fact have virtual memory, not swap space, so my original point - that criticizing Windows for this is hypocritical - holds.
Unless you live in a state in which the results will not be close (I live in Texas) - the you can vote for whoever the hell you want, because it really has no effect on who will win. A vote for Gore in Texas would certainly be wasted, so might as well make a statement by voting for Nader and not waste it completely.
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Duh! I think the point was that everything has to be "virtual something". It's a buzzword, and doesn't really have to MEAN virtual, but it sounds good, and it sells good.
Except in this case it does mean virtual. As far as the program can tell, the computer has, say, 400 MB of RAM, while there is not that much physical RAM - hence it is "virtual RAM." From the program's point of view it is not "swap space" (that's merely a detail of the OS's implementation), it's just a lot of RAM (which happens to not physically exist). "Swap space" is what you call it when you want normal people to think you are a smart computer geek.
It's just like this guy who came on IRC once, when a new version of IE was out, and he urged everyone to download it. "So what's so special?" I asked. "Why shoudn't I continue to use Netscape?"
"Well," he explained to me. "There's this thing called 'favourites' - Netscape doesn't have favourites." Of course not. Netscape has BOOKMARKS. Netscape are SO behind on these things...
Some guy did that to me once, except his selling point was that IE did not crash within 3 minutes of viewing any page with Java applets. I switched. (I use Opera for most of my surfing, but IE for stuff that requires Flash, Java, or other things Opera doesn't support or supports badly. Netscape has been deleted due to its being a completely piece of crap).
And Java has programming patterns, and C is completely patternless. And Java has interfaces and a class can "extend" another class and stuff. It is SO much better than C! The kicker was the comment I once read, that Java is better than C, because there are no pointers in Java!
So you mean to tell me that implementing classes, inheritence, etc. in C is desireable (or at least just as good as using an OO language)? These features of C++ and Java are not "buzzwords," they're fundamental language features. By your argument "functions" are just a bunch of buzzword crap for an automated jmp.
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...Which is the same thing, except it requires its own partition rather than using an existing one. The concept is the same - application asks for memory that doesn't exist, kernel pretends it exists by swapping some other stuff out of memory to disk and gives the application its requested memory.
Re:Linux is not an OS, either...
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yeah, and especially when they don't themselves call say GNU/Hurd!
Sure they do. It's just somewhat redundant, because the Hurd kernel is the official kernel of the GNU OS, so you can just call it the "GNU OS," or simply "GNU." Linux is the exact same OS but with the Hurd kernel swapped out for the Linux one, which is why the FSF argues GNU/Linux would be an accurate name for this hybrid.
Re:Linux is not an OS, either...
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You could, at least in theory, port a different set of those utilities for the Linux kernel- say the set provided with the BSDs- and get a GNU-free version of Linux.
This neglects the fact that all the free BSDs I know of use the GNU C compiler. To remove all parts of the GNU OS from GNU/Linux would require rewriting pretty much everything except the kernel.
Of course the FSF also neglects to mention that there's also a hell of a lot that's neither GNU nor Linux included in most distributions. XFree86, for instance, is completely separate but is included in just about every distro.
And you don't seem to understand that these are not part of the OS. An X Windowing System is including in most distributions of the GNU OS (including both those running the Linux and in the future those running the Hurd kernels), but it is certainly not part of it.
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Everything must be virtual - take windows for instance. Virtual drivers, virtual memory, virtual Bob - it's silly.
Of course the gratuitous (but obligatory) Windows remark neglects the fact that most UNIX systems utilize virtual memory as well.
You have no need for a coded exploit - if you can't write it yourself, what chance do you have to understand it? And if you don't understand it, what possible LEGITIMATE use do you have for it?
Testing whether or not your particular setup is vulnerable or not sounds like a pretty "LEGITIMATE" use of an exploit to me. I shouldn't have to understand every possible security problem in depth and write my own test exploit just to determine whether I'm vulnerable.
The problem isn't only the people in general - it includes the operators of the site. When they set somebody's karma at -50 to make their default posting score -1 and then lie about it in the FAQ saying that this never happens and then lie about it in email saying that it's a "bug being worked out" I no longer trust the site operators. Especially when some of the people this "bitchslapping" was done to posted on-topic (albeit satirical) comments (anyone still remember "MEEPT!!!"?).
I don't see your point. Why should I pay $4.95 that goes to the RIAA when the music I download is (for the most part) not released on RIAA-affiliated labels? Why should the RIAA get my money when I download the latest, say, Friendly Fire mp3s? The bands certainly aren't going to see any of it, and either are their labels - only an organization representing labels with artists whose music I am not downloading anyway is going to get money. So, no, I would not pay $4.95. Or any amount.
it seems to make sense to me. the record industry is arguing that mp3.com cost them sales - the judgement was to make up for lost sales. some of the profits from those sales (though of course not much) would have gone to the artists as royalty payments, so therefore it should hold that the artists get reimbursed for "lost royalty payments" from the money the record companies were reimbursed for "lost sales."
Well, if you don't want to support major labels that presents a bit of a problem, since Nothing is a subsidiary of (or is it just distributed by?) Interscope Records.
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While I agree that Nader would most likely not actually win an election, I do think that if given a fair chance he would pull in closer to 10-20% of the vote, rather than the 4-5% he's polling now. Things such as shutting him out of debates, the media ignoring his rallies (which are often bigger than Bush's or Gore's), and his refusal to take soft money donations do hurt him significantly.
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As we all know, Halloween is coming...
Looking forward to Halloween 2001 already?
The Cursed WWW, from back when slashdot preferred to be called http://slashdot.org/ rather than http://www.slashdot.org/ (though the latter still worked). =P
[flaunts his low userID]
I didn't say slashdot shouldn't cover it, but rather that they should just cover it as with any other news story. Instead, they're acting as Sony cheerleaders and posting multiple stories per day about it as if the release of the PS2 is the single greatest event in our lifetime.
Why does it keep seeming like every time I visit Slashdot recently I think I accidentally went and started reading Sony press releases? You know, the ones put out by the same Sony that's part of the MPAA and RIAA and which slashdot constantly criticizes? I can see maybe one announcements, but come on, two or three per day? This is getting ridiculous.
I mean ... short of hiring a full-time staff that exclusively surfs through the entire web
Many of these companies claim that the blocked sites are individually reviewed by human staff. One of the points of the Peacefire analysis was that these claims are false (and as you imply, they're pretty ludicrous claims to make in the first place).
No, but it's a good idea to allow it. I'd also argue that censoring public access to information (i.e. libraries) based on discriminatory standards (i.e. allowing religious sites but not atheist sites) is a violation of free speech rights.
Well in that case, most UNIX systems do in fact have virtual memory, not swap space, so my original point - that criticizing Windows for this is hypocritical - holds.
Unless you live in a state in which the results will not be close (I live in Texas) - the you can vote for whoever the hell you want, because it really has no effect on who will win. A vote for Gore in Texas would certainly be wasted, so might as well make a statement by voting for Nader and not waste it completely.
Duh! I think the point was that everything has to be "virtual something". It's a buzzword, and doesn't really have to MEAN virtual, but it sounds good, and it sells good.
Except in this case it does mean virtual. As far as the program can tell, the computer has, say, 400 MB of RAM, while there is not that much physical RAM - hence it is "virtual RAM." From the program's point of view it is not "swap space" (that's merely a detail of the OS's implementation), it's just a lot of RAM (which happens to not physically exist). "Swap space" is what you call it when you want normal people to think you are a smart computer geek.
It's just like this guy who came on IRC once, when a new version of IE was out, and he urged everyone to download it. "So what's so special?" I asked. "Why shoudn't I continue to use Netscape?"
"Well," he explained to me. "There's this thing called 'favourites' - Netscape doesn't have favourites." Of course not. Netscape has BOOKMARKS. Netscape are SO behind on these things...
Some guy did that to me once, except his selling point was that IE did not crash within 3 minutes of viewing any page with Java applets. I switched. (I use Opera for most of my surfing, but IE for stuff that requires Flash, Java, or other things Opera doesn't support or supports badly. Netscape has been deleted due to its being a completely piece of crap).
And Java has programming patterns, and C is completely patternless. And Java has interfaces and a class can "extend" another class and stuff. It is SO much better than C! The kicker was the comment I once read, that Java is better than C, because there are no pointers in Java!
So you mean to tell me that implementing classes, inheritence, etc. in C is desireable (or at least just as good as using an OO language)? These features of C++ and Java are not "buzzwords," they're fundamental language features. By your argument "functions" are just a bunch of buzzword crap for an automated jmp.
...Which is the same thing, except it requires its own partition rather than using an existing one. The concept is the same - application asks for memory that doesn't exist, kernel pretends it exists by swapping some other stuff out of memory to disk and gives the application its requested memory.
yeah, and especially when they don't themselves call say GNU/Hurd!
Sure they do. It's just somewhat redundant, because the Hurd kernel is the official kernel of the GNU OS, so you can just call it the "GNU OS," or simply "GNU." Linux is the exact same OS but with the Hurd kernel swapped out for the Linux one, which is why the FSF argues GNU/Linux would be an accurate name for this hybrid.
You could, at least in theory, port a different set of those utilities for the Linux kernel- say the set provided with the BSDs- and get a GNU-free version of Linux.
This neglects the fact that all the free BSDs I know of use the GNU C compiler. To remove all parts of the GNU OS from GNU/Linux would require rewriting pretty much everything except the kernel.
Of course the FSF also neglects to mention that there's also a hell of a lot that's neither GNU nor Linux included in most distributions. XFree86, for instance, is completely separate but is included in just about every distro.
And you don't seem to understand that these are not part of the OS. An X Windowing System is including in most distributions of the GNU OS (including both those running the Linux and in the future those running the Hurd kernels), but it is certainly not part of it.
Everything must be virtual - take windows for instance. Virtual drivers, virtual memory, virtual Bob - it's silly.
Of course the gratuitous (but obligatory) Windows remark neglects the fact that most UNIX systems utilize virtual memory as well.
You have no need for a coded exploit - if you can't write it yourself, what chance do you have to understand it? And if you don't understand it, what possible LEGITIMATE use do you have for it?
Testing whether or not your particular setup is vulnerable or not sounds like a pretty "LEGITIMATE" use of an exploit to me. I shouldn't have to understand every possible security problem in depth and write my own test exploit just to determine whether I'm vulnerable.
I'll sell you my #597 cheap =P
The problem isn't only the people in general - it includes the operators of the site. When they set somebody's karma at -50 to make their default posting score -1 and then lie about it in the FAQ saying that this never happens and then lie about it in email saying that it's a "bug being worked out" I no longer trust the site operators. Especially when some of the people this "bitchslapping" was done to posted on-topic (albeit satirical) comments (anyone still remember "MEEPT!!!"?).
I don't see your point. Why should I pay $4.95 that goes to the RIAA when the music I download is (for the most part) not released on RIAA-affiliated labels? Why should the RIAA get my money when I download the latest, say, Friendly Fire mp3s? The bands certainly aren't going to see any of it, and either are their labels - only an organization representing labels with artists whose music I am not downloading anyway is going to get money. So, no, I would not pay $4.95. Or any amount.
You forgot your semicolon after the call to vote()
it seems to make sense to me. the record industry is arguing that mp3.com cost them sales - the judgement was to make up for lost sales. some of the profits from those sales (though of course not much) would have gone to the artists as royalty payments, so therefore it should hold that the artists get reimbursed for "lost royalty payments" from the money the record companies were reimbursed for "lost sales."
Well, if you don't want to support major labels that presents a bit of a problem, since Nothing is a subsidiary of (or is it just distributed by?) Interscope Records.
...especially since CmdrTaco has revealed that he plays Diablo II on a Windows box quite often...
If you're into punk rock, the majority of punk rock bands are on indie labels (not affiliated with the RIAA). A few are:
Nitro Records - AFI, Guttermouth, TSOL, One Hit Wonder, old Offspring, Vandals, etc.
Fat Wreck Chords - some NOFX, Bracket, Propagandhi, others
Epitaph - Rancid, NOFX, older Bad Religion, some Offspring, Ten Foot Pole, Pennywise, and a ton of others
Alternative Tentacles - Dead Kennedys, SNFU, random other bands
If you're into industrial, TVT Records has KMFDM, some old Nine Inch Nails, and an assortment of lesser-known bands
And of course there's always mp3.com - they sell cds of most of the bands featured there. Some are actually pretty good.
Of course, I'd rather have cracker insurance.
Yeah, why worry about your computers when there's a much bigger threat out there: hordes of inbred white people?
"Hey I don't know if the billions will survive,
but I'll believe in God when 1 + 1 = 5"
-Bad Religion