Wooohoooo! I'm happy to see Linux taking a stronger foothold. It's too bad that they aren't putting Linux on desktops though.
If Linux is preloaded on a computer, people might actually prefer it to Windows. Asians do.
"making uploading to P2P sites such as Kazaa and Grokster illegal."
Just uploading to P2P networks is illegal? Even if it's not copyrighted material?
This is the first time I've actually been proud to be an American after reading a Slashdot article.
'Unlike existing network intrusion systems, the FPX uses hardware, not software, to scan data quickly. The FPX can scan each and every byte of every data packet transmitted through a network at a rate of 2.4 billion bits per second. In other words, the FPX could scan every word in the entire works of Shakespeare in about 1/60th of a second.'
And:
'The FPX itself fits within a rack-mounted chassis that can be installed in any network closet. When a virus or worm is detected, the system can either silently drop the malicious traffic or generate a pop-up message on an end-user's computer. An administrator uses a web-based interface to control and configure the system.'
Infrared? I think that a line of sight would be a lot more difficult to get with a badge that you are wearing around your neck. Wouldn't Bluetooth be better for this application? ooh, FP? please?
A computer that has the DeCSS utility can use it to break the CSS code on DVDs making it possible for motion pictures in DVD format to be decrypted and illegally copied onto a computer's hard-drive for further distribution over the Internet or otherwise, in perfect, digital format. DeCSS is akin to a tool that breaks the lock on your house.
The DMCA does allow reverse engineering. However, the reverse engineering provisions in the DMCA were never intended to enable anyone to circumvent technical protection measures (TPMs) for the purpose of gaining unauthorized access to or making unauthorized copies of copyrighted works.
There are no legal software packages available for decrypting DVDs.
There is no such thing as a perfect encryption system that is immune to hacking. Newer and tougher copy protection systems are in development, but we acknowledge that determined thieves will attempt to bypass these protections as well.
Maybe we should go tell them what we think about this. And more importantly, make sure that gamespy users know about these vulnerabilities. Here are their forums.
My post was in reply to a stupid troll about the sexy BSD chicks and Linux mascots and that. And then a mod or someone deleted it, and I'm paying the price. Someone please delete BOTH of my comments and I'll be happy.
If somebody called you asking that question, wouldn't you tell them that you deleted everying? I'm not positive who these people are calling me, but it could only be bad news if I say I have illegal music on my computer, and there is a lot better chance of being safe by lying.
I saw that episode too, and what I found weird was that the big "Linux Inside" poster was right next to the Microsoft poster. The Microsoft poster wasn't making fun of it either, it conveyed the idea that the fat techie guy loved Linux and Microsoft.
The install mechanism is way too basic for my needs. I installed it on an old laptop, and it wouldn't let me partition it the way I wanted.I wish they had options for more advanced users.
Please don't call it DRM management. DRM stands for Digital Rights Management, and putting management after it is redundant, just like NT Technology, and PIN Number.
Not to mention that Linux software developers usually end up porting their software to Windows after it has been made successful. Take Apache, Nmap, and Gaim for example. I'm still torn whether this is better for the Linux community. It introduces Windows users to free and good software. Apache for Windows keeps them from running IIS, yet it doesn't get them to switch to Linux.
I actually infected my winblows machine with this out of curiousity. I had my backups in place and I was intrigued to find that Norton Antivirus didn't detect it. (yes, after updating definitions and a trip to Windows Update.) It came in a nice HTML email faking Microsoft's cartooney XP look and had links to Microsoft's site and everything. There was only one spelling mistake (not very joke, huyuyuyuyuy) and the email address came from a bogus address. Why they didn't forge that is beyond me.
Anyway, the virus runs a process, puts itself in your startup, messes with your registry so you can't edit it. It pops up this fake email error thing asking for your mail server, username, password, full name, etc. every 5 minutes. It also stops Norton Antivirus and Firewall from getting into memory once you reboot. And when you do shut down, it hangs a little while the hard drive churns... I'm not sure what it's doing back there.
Can anyone tell me if transgaming is any good? I'd love to replace my windows gaming machine with a Linux gaming machine.
Here's what I've always wondered: What is the real motive?
Does Verizon and SBC actually care about people's rights and fair use? Or are they just in it for money, looking out for number 1?
Their logic might be that defending their customers' identity in the public eye is good PR, it says that the ISP cares about your privacy which will garner more subscribers. If Verizon had just handed over the suspects in question, don't you think that people would switch or consider a different ISP?
You could even say that SBC was making money indirectly by advertising the power to infringe the RIAA's copyrights. That is a great streatch by the way.
Am I the only one who thinks it should be the other way around? I should only be downloading music that I have the right to listen to (ie: I bought the CD). I believe that I should be able to host all the music that I want. It's the responsibility of the downloader to make sure he is allowed to download a song, not mine. A clickthrough license may make this concept smoother, like messaging everyone who downloads off of you with "Please cancel your download from me unless you are allowed to download this... yadda yadda yadda". I'd be mad if I got sued because someone else got a song off of me. Wouldn't they be violating the copyright laws and not me?
They put the K there so that you know that it is an app. written for KDE and that it will work best and look best in KDE and not Gnome. Same thing with Gnome, they have a ton of programs that start with G. It doesn't bother me at all. In fact, I want someone to port Gaim to KDE (port isn't a good word, oh well you know what I mean) to KDE. It's a scary thought that I would love to use a program called KGaim.
Galeon will ask you before you close the whole window with all of it's tabs, and if you do by accident or on purpous, it will save the session. Next time you start up galeon, it will reload all of those websites again and keep the tabs in place. A very nice system indeed, but it could be even better, like having it remember where you were scrolled to, what certain buttons and such were set to, maybe stuff typed in in a field... I like your idea of the restoring a closed tab though.
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Wooohoooo! I'm happy to see Linux taking a stronger foothold. It's too bad that they aren't putting Linux on desktops though.
If Linux is preloaded on a computer, people might actually prefer it to Windows. Asians do.
Just uploading to P2P networks is illegal? Even if it's not copyrighted material?
This is the first time I've actually been proud to be an American after reading a Slashdot article.
'Unlike existing network intrusion systems, the FPX uses hardware, not software, to scan data quickly. The FPX can scan each and every byte of every data packet transmitted through a network at a rate of 2.4 billion bits per second. In other words, the FPX could scan every word in the entire works of Shakespeare in about 1/60th of a second.'
And:
'The FPX itself fits within a rack-mounted chassis that can be installed in any network closet. When a virus or worm is detected, the system can either silently drop the malicious traffic or generate a pop-up message on an end-user's computer. An administrator uses a web-based interface to control and configure the system.'
Infrared? I think that a line of sight would be a lot more difficult to get with a badge that you are wearing around your neck. Wouldn't Bluetooth be better for this application? ooh, FP? please?
If you want to get really super pissed:
Read the MPAA's FAQ
A computer that has the DeCSS utility can use it to break the CSS code on DVDs making it possible for motion pictures in DVD format to be decrypted and illegally copied onto a computer's hard-drive for further distribution over the Internet or otherwise, in perfect, digital format. DeCSS is akin to a tool that breaks the lock on your house.
The DMCA does allow reverse engineering. However, the reverse engineering provisions in the DMCA were never intended to enable anyone to circumvent technical protection measures (TPMs) for the purpose of gaining unauthorized access to or making unauthorized copies of copyrighted works.
There are no legal software packages available for decrypting DVDs.
There is no such thing as a perfect encryption system that is immune to hacking. Newer and tougher copy protection systems are in development, but we acknowledge that determined thieves will attempt to bypass these protections as well.
They have some very angering quotes on that page.
Maybe we should go tell them what we think about this. And more importantly, make sure that gamespy users know about these vulnerabilities. Here are their forums.
My post was in reply to a stupid troll about the sexy BSD chicks and Linux mascots and that. And then a mod or someone deleted it, and I'm paying the price. Someone please delete BOTH of my comments and I'll be happy.
Oh shut the hell up. That is really old. I'll continue to download porn rather than beat off to a devil or penguin.
If somebody called you asking that question, wouldn't you tell them that you deleted everying?
I'm not positive who these people are calling me, but it could only be bad news if I say I have illegal music on my computer, and there is a lot better chance of being safe by lying.
I saw that episode too, and what I found weird was that the big "Linux Inside" poster was right next to the Microsoft poster.
The Microsoft poster wasn't making fun of it either, it conveyed the idea that the fat techie guy loved Linux and Microsoft.
And here's the video for slashdotting.
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these!
I guess it would be called a squad.
The install mechanism is way too basic for my needs. I installed it on an old laptop, and it wouldn't let me partition it the way I wanted.I wish they had options for more advanced users.
Please don't call it DRM management.
DRM stands for Digital Rights Management, and putting management after it is redundant, just like NT Technology, and PIN Number.
Not to mention that Linux software developers usually end up porting their software to Windows after it has been made successful. Take Apache, Nmap, and Gaim for example.
I'm still torn whether this is better for the Linux community. It introduces Windows users to free and good software. Apache for Windows keeps them from running IIS, yet it doesn't get them to switch to Linux.
Space out with me on this for a bit.
I'd be interested to know what percent of people changed their plans to continue to use Microsoft software after the great worm breakouts.
Just look at their Linux news lineup:
IBM Refuses To Indemnify Linux Users
Red Hat's Mad Matt Vs. Humongous SCO Lawsuit
IBM Takes Linux To A New Level
Why You Won't Be Getting A Linux PC
The Limitations Of Linux
Boies' Take On Linux
PeopleSoft Jumps On The Linux Train
Oracle's Linux Lineup
The Cult Of Linux
I actually infected my winblows machine with this out of curiousity. I had my backups in place and I was intrigued to find that Norton Antivirus didn't detect it. (yes, after updating definitions and a trip to Windows Update.) It came in a nice HTML email faking Microsoft's cartooney XP look and had links to Microsoft's site and everything. There was only one spelling mistake (not very joke, huyuyuyuyuy) and the email address came from a bogus address. Why they didn't forge that is beyond me.
Anyway, the virus runs a process, puts itself in your startup, messes with your registry so you can't edit it. It pops up this fake email error thing asking for your mail server, username, password, full name, etc. every 5 minutes. It also stops Norton Antivirus and Firewall from getting into memory once you reboot. And when you do shut down, it hangs a little while the hard drive churns... I'm not sure what it's doing back there.
Can anyone tell me if transgaming is any good? I'd love to replace my windows gaming machine with a Linux gaming machine.
Dude, it came out for Windoze also, I'm playing it right now. I'm not shooting anyone by the way.
Here's what I've always wondered: What is the real motive?
Does Verizon and SBC actually care about people's rights and fair use? Or are they just in it for money, looking out for number 1?
Their logic might be that defending their customers' identity in the public eye is good PR, it says that the ISP cares about your privacy which will garner more subscribers. If Verizon had just handed over the suspects in question, don't you think that people would switch or consider a different ISP?
You could even say that SBC was making money indirectly by advertising the power to infringe the RIAA's copyrights. That is a great streatch by the way.
Am I the only one who thinks it should be the other way around? I should only be downloading music that I have the right to listen to (ie: I bought the CD). I believe that I should be able to host all the music that I want. It's the responsibility of the downloader to make sure he is allowed to download a song, not mine. A clickthrough license may make this concept smoother, like messaging everyone who downloads off of you with "Please cancel your download from me unless you are allowed to download this... yadda yadda yadda". I'd be mad if I got sued because someone else got a song off of me. Wouldn't they be violating the copyright laws and not me?
It is awesome, I bought one for my girlfriend and they shoot clear across the room. It does taste funny though.
lol, same thing with me man, It took my parents a few days actually. My sister wondered where Internet Exploder went, I also pointed her to the G.
They put the K there so that you know that it is an app. written for KDE and that it will work best and look best in KDE and not Gnome. Same thing with Gnome, they have a ton of programs that start with G. It doesn't bother me at all. In fact, I want someone to port Gaim to KDE (port isn't a good word, oh well you know what I mean) to KDE. It's a scary thought that I would love to use a program called KGaim.
hell yeah, give the illusion of burnination. ;)
Galeon will ask you before you close the whole window with all of it's tabs, and if you do by accident or on purpous, it will save the session. Next time you start up galeon, it will reload all of those websites again and keep the tabs in place. A very nice system indeed, but it could be even better, like having it remember where you were scrolled to, what certain buttons and such were set to, maybe stuff typed in in a field... I like your idea of the restoring a closed tab though.