The plans weren't exactly lost. They were just stored in a proprietary format- MS-Word 1966 (codename "Nowhere Man") or something that we can't read today.
The actions of buying and selling mailing lists are, in my humble opinion, the ultimate causes for our grief. These provide the ability as well as legal cover (we got it from our "partner", which informed their customers clearly in fine print...)
The possesion and use drugs are forbidden by most country's laws. But even more illegal is the trafficing in narcotics. Why should it be different with spam. Go after the dealers before the users.
Mailing-list dealing should be banned as well as the sending of UCE in these laws.
I did the same mistake of buying a LinkSys WMP11 (their 802.11b PCI card). Besides being a lousy card, it also happened to be the "new" version (2.7), which is Broadcom based and hence, has no drivers under linux yet.
I've been on the wlan list since then and only get frustrated when another person comes on asking if there are drivers for it, just to get the reply I did- "No".
I did three things to try to help: * I sent email to LinkSys, requesting information on Linux driver availability (they replied with a casual "We don't support linux" (even though you can download the wlan-ng drivers from their site). In a second letter, I explained that I would be returning the card to the retailor. * I wrote a terrible epionion.com review of the card, explaining my situation and the way I was treated by the company (and of course posted a link to this on my website) * Ban on LinkSys products - I will not buy a LinkSys product in the future and advise friends and family to use competing products.
I believe these are the only things we can (and must) do to get both hardware and software companies to understand that Linux is not a toy and that they should and start supporting it.
I'm no kernel hacker, but I'm sure there's no excuse for not releasing drivers for linux. If they can write a driver for Windows, it would seem to me that creating one for Linux would only be an easier task. Again, I don't know anything about driver programming, the lowest level I've worked is writing TSRs and accessing screen memory and keyboard buffers back in high school (using C, of course). LinkSys and all these other hardware companies are not tiny firms. Hiring an open-source developer for a few months would not affect their profit. (and for the conspiracy theorists: Unless they happen to be getting subsidies by Microsoft for ignoring Linux...)
I'd like to explain why I believe the point of the telemarketers problem and the need for regulation on account of it, is irrelevant to VoIP communications:
An advertiser cannot to place junk mail in your mailbox/po box, without going through the regulated postal service. He can, on the other hand, dropping off something at your front door (or throwing it from the driveway, to get around the tresspassing issue). He's still disturbing you (and littering) and your privacy, which is illegal.
The same laws that are and will be signed against email spam, should exist for *all* internet mediums, from ICQ to newsgroups to mailing lists.
PS- In case you were wondering about it too: I think web site advertising could not qualify in this list, since it is privately owned property, just as you may display an advertising poster on your house (as long holds up in court as free speech)
Like Tolkien never mentions Bilbo putting his hand in his pocket to get the ring. Of course he does! Do we need to read it to know that's where he gets it from? No. But it gives us a better picture of the scene.
Grinning characters are the same - it's part of the character. You don't ever see Borric grinning, do you? Why? Because he's not the type to grin at a joke. Roland's character is and your understanding of him would not be the same if he didn't. That's part of Feist's talent - he has created a complex world, full of detail and most of it appears in the life-likeness of his characters.
If you just want to read dialog, grab a screenplay (and try to ignore the stage directions). If you want long unending descriptions of every leaf on every tree a character sees in the distance, pick up a Robert Jordan WOT book - he's the master in describing scenery.
And if you're not a fanatic to either way, I say Feist is a good read. And I've read them all.
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You mean, "like a responsible adult," right? It's hardly helpful if he grows up to be one of these a-holes [Wikipedia.org]
The plans weren't exactly lost. They were just stored in a proprietary format- MS-Word 1966 (codename "Nowhere Man") or something that we can't read today.
The actions of buying and selling mailing lists are, in my humble opinion, the ultimate causes for our grief. These provide the ability as well as legal cover (we got it from our "partner", which informed their customers clearly in fine print...)
The possesion and use drugs are forbidden by most country's laws. But even more illegal is the trafficing in narcotics. Why should it be different with spam. Go after the dealers before the users.
Mailing-list dealing should be banned as well as the sending of UCE in these laws.
I did the same mistake of buying a LinkSys WMP11 (their 802.11b PCI card). Besides being a lousy card, it also happened to be the "new" version (2.7), which is Broadcom based and hence, has no drivers under linux yet.
I've been on the wlan list since then and only get frustrated when another person comes on asking if there are drivers for it, just to get the reply I did- "No".
I did three things to try to help:
* I sent email to LinkSys, requesting information on Linux driver availability (they replied with a casual "We don't support linux" (even though you can download the wlan-ng drivers from their site). In a second letter, I explained that I would be returning the card to the retailor.
* I wrote a terrible epionion.com review of the card, explaining my situation and the way I was treated by the company (and of course posted a link to this on my website)
* Ban on LinkSys products - I will not buy a LinkSys product in the future and advise friends and family to use competing products.
I believe these are the only things we can (and must) do to get both hardware and software companies to understand that Linux is not a toy and that they should and start supporting it.
I'm no kernel hacker, but I'm sure there's no excuse for not releasing drivers for linux. If they can write a driver for Windows, it would seem to me that creating one for Linux would only be an easier task. Again, I don't know anything about driver programming, the lowest level I've worked is writing TSRs and accessing screen memory and keyboard buffers back in high school (using C, of course).
LinkSys and all these other hardware companies are not tiny firms. Hiring an open-source developer for a few months would not affect their profit. (and for the conspiracy theorists: Unless they happen to be getting subsidies by Microsoft for ignoring Linux...)
The parent of this comment was I think Mozilla's password manager remembered the title of my last post and filled it out. Live and learn... :-)
I agree on all madeus' points and ideas.
I'd like to explain why I believe the point of the telemarketers problem and the need for regulation on account of it, is irrelevant to VoIP communications:
An advertiser cannot to place junk mail in your mailbox/po box, without going through the regulated postal service. He can, on the other hand, dropping off something at your front door (or throwing it from the driveway, to get around the tresspassing issue). He's still disturbing you (and littering) and your privacy, which is illegal.
The same laws that are and will be signed against email spam, should exist for *all* internet mediums, from ICQ to newsgroups to mailing lists.
PS- In case you were wondering about it too: I think web site advertising could not qualify in this list, since it is privately owned property, just as you may display an advertising poster on your house (as long holds up in court as free speech)
My two cents,
Monchanger
Come on!
Like Tolkien never mentions Bilbo putting his hand in his pocket to get the ring. Of course he does! Do we need to read it to know that's where he gets it from? No. But it gives us a better picture of the scene.
Grinning characters are the same - it's part of the character. You don't ever see Borric grinning, do you? Why? Because he's not the type to grin at a joke. Roland's character is and your understanding of him would not be the same if he didn't. That's part of Feist's talent - he has created a complex world, full of detail and most of it appears in the life-likeness of his characters.
If you just want to read dialog, grab a screenplay (and try to ignore the stage directions). If you want long unending descriptions of every leaf on every tree a character sees in the distance, pick up a Robert Jordan WOT book - he's the master in describing scenery.
And if you're not a fanatic to either way, I say Feist is a good read. And I've read them all.
Of course, if this stuff does it for you...
http://www.tcfb.com/freetechbooks/