Hmm... isn't that interesting, I don't have a command line on my screen when I use linux. And I don't run a server either. Odd that my copy of linux doesn't fit either of the adjectives you use to describe all of them. ---
Once again, what is wrong with stealing ideas? I want the best UI, not the newest one.
Also, MS doesn't claim anything like that. They claim to be "innovators", not to take the best parts from many places and combine them into one.
And UI developers for Linux don't just take everything from everywhere. They take the best ideas (in their opinion) and put them together, as you are claiming that MS does. ---
Did anyone else notice that Intel wants to remove *all* user accessible slots? What, are they planning to have external graphics cards, scsi cards, modems, ethernet conenctions (though that could be built into the mobo), sound cards (different people want different quality, and different prices, and the same mobo), external CPUs (hey, I can replace my CPU today!), external everything? My computer takes up enough space already, I don't need a bunch of external components added on! ---
Try anonymous remailers. While there are not many free ones left, there are still some, some of which do what you are suggesting. The one problem with them is that then the messages take a while to go, and when they get there are probably out of date.
Now, if a group of people in different countries decided to set up various servers to do this, I can't say I wouldn't use them occasionally, but a lot of the reason I use email is because it's fast, not because it's anonymous. Routing through several remailers, which is the best way to remain anonymous, takes even longer. ---
That could be done for proxies, but not email anonymizers, at least not if you want to be able to get replies. If it doesn't remember your email address, then it can't send a reply to you. So it would be hard not to remember anything. Now, a webbased email service that kept no records, that's possible. There's even free software packages out there to set up web-based email, if anyone wants to try it.
Also, a free webmail account with a current service, which remembers your ip, combined with an anonymizing proxy and fraudulent info would do it. Then there would be no connection to you, unless the proxy keeps logs, in which case the same problem is back again. ---
But the moderation does not include deleting messages. I think it would be rather difficult to actually delete a message, requiring delving into the database with all the messages in it. The moderation only indicates the moderators opinion of the importance of the message. ---
The problem isn't with whether Yahoo is responsible, the problem is that they are giving out info without informing the subscribers first. Most services have a clause in the contract requiring them to give you about a month to respond to any subpoena requests.
Of course, even that is secondary to the real problem, which is that anonymous posting should be just that, anonymous. Now, if they log your IP, then they can easily trace you.
Could they sue you for "defamatory remarks" you made in a conversation with a friend while walking down the street? What about a discussion between a group of people (in RL)? Because that's whats happening here. ---
Actually, the lawyers were looking into Hotline sites. A friend of mine uses Hotline, and the admin of a site he frequents had to pull down TPM because of legal threats. Even the sites which require you to upload for a password usually let you browse the files, and most advertise their content on the "trackers" (trackers tell you what server is where, and give each one a bid of space for info about the server). So it's not that hard for them to tell, and they were looking.
If software were instrumented this way, you could also create a small industry of selling site lists. I could then subscribe to a site list, and they would send me a list of approved sites every month that I could "install" as part of my master list.
But buying the site list would be just the same as using blocker software: letting someone else decide. ---
I'd trade a dozen bum-ridden public libraries for a Blockbuster Books with 100 copies of each bestseller, guaranteed in stock... and private schools have ALWAYS been better than public ones. They have to be, or their staffs end up on skid row. But now, private schools and libraries are taxed to pay for public ones. What an outrage!
Okay, so now everyone has to pay 16k a year for each kid to go to school (that's how much private schools cost, I used to go to one [hated it]). What about families that don't make that amount in a year in toto, let alone having that much to spend on education for each kid? Schools need subsidizing if they are to remain accessible to everyone, a goal which I support.
Also, do you really want to have the libraries guarantee 100 copies of each bestseller? What about more obscure books, are they not worth reading? If that happened, libraries would all become more specialized, and I fear most would lean toward the bestseller route, with only books that make the NY Times/London Times Bestseller lists. Some would specialize in other topics, but because they would be used less, they would also cost more. So, libraries need to be subsidized as well, if they are to remain the centers of information that they are intended to be.
Also, would you deny 'bums' access to books? How can anyone ever improve themselves without learning? That is one of the most important tenets behind public libaries: that everyone has access.
All private institutions are taxed. I believe that private schools, at least, get a break, and I assume that private libaries do too. ---
Hmm... that wouldn't even be that hard either. Use an embeddable PC board, maybe an Aaeon PCM-5894 with a portable K6-2 233Mhz (fastest possible), with 64 or 128megs RAM. need a new graphics display board though, the on-board one is only 1024x768 @ 64K colors. Maybe there's another Little Board form factor board with a better gfx controller.
Anyways, add in a hard drive, then you just need a screen. Ah, there's all those catalogs. Well, here're display kits from 9.4" to 42" in the Inside Technology catalog. 1998 version, though. I'll have to get all those companies to send me new ones, I need updated prices (getting a new computer soon, considering a wearable, otherwise dual celerons). There's a 21" plasma display. The largest TFT listed is 12.1", but I'm sure there are larger ones now. If not, use plasma, oh well.
The whole system would be really expensive, though, with that screen. Without the screen, it's under a thousand, but the screen's going to be really expensive. Then you need a power supply. The board only needs about 50W with the K6-2, with another gfx board it'd probably be more like 70W. Voltage levels are unfortunately unlisted here for the screens. Anyone else know how much a 21" plasma screen would use? or a 21" TFT?
The entire unit would be the width, etc. of the screen, which is about.5" thick (just a guess, could be thinner). add in the Little Board, and it's another half inch or so. with another video board, that's another inch (could be less with a board with connectors on the side). So, it'd be about 2" thick, allowing for a case. That also leaves room for such items as blueprints/paper/paints/pencils/etc. in a pocket.
As an estimate, I'd put the entire unit at 4000, assuming you can build the thing yourself. The hardest part would be the case, since that's gotta be the right size/shape and designed well to boot. But, if you're in college, then there's tons of people around, some of which will know how to make plastic cases, especially if you offer monetary incentive.
A custom designed single board computer would do a better job, and if a company wanted to sell these, at a better price too (at least above a couple thousand units, and depending on what is removed/added). A custom screen would be just the same. Then it could be just the right size though.
Well, I've finished my off topic rant for the day. Hope someone learned something from my little foray back into my SBC catalogs. I've gotta admit, I'm really glad I asked for ALL the companies that make SBCs to send me info. That's the way to go about it if you want real info. If you don't buy something, of course, they won't send you them again, although one of them recently proved me wrong on that one. Agh, ranting again. Sorry. ---
I've never understood that. What does censoring one's language have to do with respecting the people around you? It only has to do with respecting that which one is swearing at. Agh, too many 'one's. Ah well. You get the idea, I hope. ---
Also, other companies were *prevented* from putting in cable lines while AT&T was. Nothing was stopping MS, or anyone else, from releasing an IM service. Those situations are not analagouas at all. ---
In addition to Jabber, there is a server/client pair called Teaser and Firecat. Firecat is in java, so it can be run on any platform with a JVM. It's also based on user@server, like PUMP. I'm not sure how well it works, thus far. ---
Actually, Geocities has majorly changed their copyright policies, so it's now safe. I still wouldn't use it anyways, because of that little fiasco, and because their service sucks compared to what I can get for free from friends. Go use crosswinds or somesuch. There's a lot of really good free hosting services out there, some of which don't even require ads (how they stay alive, I don't know). You've just gotta look. ---
It is the parents decision how to parent. If they are bad parents, then they are bad parents. It's not your responsibility to make sure that they don't make a mistake.
There are no films (that I can think of offhand) that I wouldn't want my kids to see. If I had kids, and one of them, at 7, watched pornography, I would have no qualms. I would explain to them exactly what it is, and what it means (to me), but I would not censor their view of the world. That would only result in them not being able to deal with the world when they are finally exposed to it. I feel that parents should guide their children, not force them into a path. ---
As I have said before (lower down, in threaded mode), it's not the theaters making the decision. It's the government, and those who want to force their moral opinions on others, through controlling the media. ---
Ah, but the reason they require them to be accompanied by an adult is because they are forced to by those who wish to force their morals on others, through the government. It's one thing if the theater owner decides it, it's another if the theater is forced into it. ---
I ask you this: do you truly believe that "Katz is the devils spawn"? Do you really think that he is the child of the Adversary? If not, then you are lying.
The first amendment is about being to say ANYTHING, so long as it is not slanderous (or physically dangerous). It's not about being able to say things *unless you can't*. It is there to prevent people like you from stopping others from saying what they wish. ---
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Hmm... isn't that interesting, I don't have a command line on my screen when I use linux. And I don't run a server either. Odd that my copy of linux doesn't fit either of the adjectives you use to describe all of them.
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Once again, what is wrong with stealing ideas? I want the best UI, not the newest one.
Also, MS doesn't claim anything like that. They claim to be "innovators", not to take the best parts from many places and combine them into one.
And UI developers for Linux don't just take everything from everywhere. They take the best ideas (in their opinion) and put them together, as you are claiming that MS does.
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Did anyone else notice that Intel wants to remove *all* user accessible slots? What, are they planning to have external graphics cards, scsi cards, modems, ethernet conenctions (though that could be built into the mobo), sound cards (different people want different quality, and different prices, and the same mobo), external CPUs (hey, I can replace my CPU today!), external everything? My computer takes up enough space already, I don't need a bunch of external components added on!
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Who cares about innovation? I just want the highest quality, I could care less about whether it's an old or new idea.
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Try anonymous remailers. While there are not many free ones left, there are still some, some of which do what you are suggesting. The one problem with them is that then the messages take a while to go, and when they get there are probably out of date.
Now, if a group of people in different countries decided to set up various servers to do this, I can't say I wouldn't use them occasionally, but a lot of the reason I use email is because it's fast, not because it's anonymous. Routing through several remailers, which is the best way to remain anonymous, takes even longer.
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That could be done for proxies, but not email anonymizers, at least not if you want to be able to get replies. If it doesn't remember your email address, then it can't send a reply to you. So it would be hard not to remember anything. Now, a webbased email service that kept no records, that's possible. There's even free software packages out there to set up web-based email, if anyone wants to try it.
Also, a free webmail account with a current service, which remembers your ip, combined with an anonymizing proxy and fraudulent info would do it. Then there would be no connection to you, unless the proxy keeps logs, in which case the same problem is back again.
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But the moderation does not include deleting messages. I think it would be rather difficult to actually delete a message, requiring delving into the database with all the messages in it. The moderation only indicates the moderators opinion of the importance of the message.
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The problem isn't with whether Yahoo is responsible, the problem is that they are giving out info without informing the subscribers first. Most services have a clause in the contract requiring them to give you about a month to respond to any subpoena requests.
Of course, even that is secondary to the real problem, which is that anonymous posting should be just that, anonymous. Now, if they log your IP, then they can easily trace you.
Could they sue you for "defamatory remarks" you made in a conversation with a friend while walking down the street? What about a discussion between a group of people (in RL)? Because that's whats happening here.
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Actually, the lawyers were looking into Hotline sites. A friend of mine uses Hotline, and the admin of a site he frequents had to pull down TPM because of legal threats. Even the sites which require you to upload for a password usually let you browse the files, and most advertise their content on the "trackers" (trackers tell you what server is where, and give each one a bid of space for info about the server). So it's not that hard for them to tell, and they were looking.
Can't say the same about IRC, though.
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If software were instrumented this way, you could also create a small industry of selling site lists. I could then subscribe to a site list, and they would send me a list of approved sites every month that I could "install" as part of my master list.
But buying the site list would be just the same as using blocker software: letting someone else decide.
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Okay, so now everyone has to pay 16k a year for each kid to go to school (that's how much private schools cost, I used to go to one [hated it]). What about families that don't make that amount in a year in toto, let alone having that much to spend on education for each kid? Schools need subsidizing if they are to remain accessible to everyone, a goal which I support.
Also, do you really want to have the libraries guarantee 100 copies of each bestseller? What about more obscure books, are they not worth reading? If that happened, libraries would all become more specialized, and I fear most would lean toward the bestseller route, with only books that make the NY Times/London Times Bestseller lists. Some would specialize in other topics, but because they would be used less, they would also cost more. So, libraries need to be subsidized as well, if they are to remain the centers of information that they are intended to be.
Also, would you deny 'bums' access to books? How can anyone ever improve themselves without learning? That is one of the most important tenets behind public libaries: that everyone has access.
All private institutions are taxed. I believe that private schools, at least, get a break, and I assume that private libaries do too.
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Hmm... that wouldn't even be that hard either. Use an embeddable PC board, maybe an Aaeon PCM-5894 with a portable K6-2 233Mhz (fastest possible), with 64 or 128megs RAM. need a new graphics display board though, the on-board one is only 1024x768 @ 64K colors. Maybe there's another Little Board form factor board with a better gfx controller.
.5" thick (just a guess, could be thinner). add in the Little Board, and it's another half inch or so. with another video board, that's another inch (could be less with a board with connectors on the side). So, it'd be about 2" thick, allowing for a case. That also leaves room for such items as blueprints/paper/paints/pencils/etc. in a pocket.
Anyways, add in a hard drive, then you just need a screen. Ah, there's all those catalogs. Well, here're display kits from 9.4" to 42" in the Inside Technology catalog. 1998 version, though. I'll have to get all those companies to send me new ones, I need updated prices (getting a new computer soon, considering a wearable, otherwise dual celerons). There's a 21" plasma display. The largest TFT listed is 12.1", but I'm sure there are larger ones now. If not, use plasma, oh well.
The whole system would be really expensive, though, with that screen. Without the screen, it's under a thousand, but the screen's going to be really expensive. Then you need a power supply. The board only needs about 50W with the K6-2, with another gfx board it'd probably be more like 70W. Voltage levels are unfortunately unlisted here for the screens. Anyone else know how much a 21" plasma screen would use? or a 21" TFT?
The entire unit would be the width, etc. of the screen, which is about
As an estimate, I'd put the entire unit at 4000, assuming you can build the thing yourself. The hardest part would be the case, since that's gotta be the right size/shape and designed well to boot. But, if you're in college, then there's tons of people around, some of which will know how to make plastic cases, especially if you offer monetary
incentive.
A custom designed single board computer would do a better job, and if a company wanted to sell these, at a better price too (at least above a couple thousand units, and depending on what is removed/added). A custom screen would be just the same. Then it could be just the right size though.
Well, I've finished my off topic rant for the day. Hope someone learned something from my little foray back into my SBC catalogs. I've gotta admit, I'm really glad I asked for ALL the companies that make SBCs to send me info. That's the way to go about it if you want real info. If you don't buy something, of course, they won't send you them again, although one of them recently proved me wrong on that one. Agh, ranting again. Sorry.
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I've never understood that. What does censoring one's language have to do with respecting the people around you? It only has to do with respecting that which one is swearing at. Agh, too many 'one's. Ah well. You get the idea, I hope.
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the screen for a movie is 16:9. it's the ratio between the width and the height.
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there is a difference between funding and allowing.
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Also, other companies were *prevented* from putting in cable lines while AT&T was. Nothing was stopping MS, or anyone else, from releasing an IM service. Those situations are not analagouas at all.
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In addition to Jabber, there is a server/client pair called Teaser and Firecat. Firecat is in java, so it can be run on any platform with a JVM. It's also based on user@server, like PUMP. I'm not sure how well it works, thus far.
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How about legi? sorta like lagi (rabbits). Latinesque!
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Actually, Geocities has majorly changed their copyright policies, so it's now safe. I still wouldn't use it anyways, because of that little fiasco, and because their service sucks compared to what I can get for free from friends. Go use crosswinds or somesuch. There's a lot of really good free hosting services out there, some of which don't even require ads (how they stay alive, I don't know). You've just gotta look.
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It is the parents decision how to parent. If they are bad parents, then they are bad parents. It's not your responsibility to make sure that they don't make a mistake.
There are no films (that I can think of offhand) that I wouldn't want my kids to see. If I had kids, and one of them, at 7, watched pornography, I would have no qualms. I would explain to them exactly what it is, and what it means (to me), but I would not censor their view of the world. That would only result in them not being able to deal with the world when they are finally exposed to it. I feel that parents should guide their children, not force them into a path.
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It's his right to choose what he is exposed to. It would be censorship if he prevented *you* from reading Katz's future posts.
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As I have said before (lower down, in threaded mode), it's not the theaters making the decision. It's the government, and those who want to force their moral opinions on others, through controlling the media.
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Ah, but the reason they require them to be accompanied by an adult is because they are forced to by those who wish to force their morals on others, through the government. It's one thing if the theater owner decides it, it's another if the theater is forced into it.
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I ask you this: do you truly believe that "Katz is the devils spawn"? Do you really think that he is the child of the Adversary? If not, then you are lying.
The first amendment is about being to say ANYTHING, so long as it is not slanderous (or physically dangerous). It's not about being able to say things *unless you can't*. It is there to prevent people like you from stopping others from saying what they wish.
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And in turn, who are YOU to attack his morals, which apparently include allowing parents to choose what their children see? Turn and turn about.
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