Who is this guy to define what *I* am like. Yes, I do disagree w/the DMCA, the RIAA, and Microsoft. I don't like the fact that the US is becoming more and more government controlled. I don't like the fact that the PEOPLE of the US are allowing this to happen w/o a fight.
I don't like the fact this this person believes we had strict boundaries. I don't like the fact that he calls us "pasty, long haired, UN*X t-shirt wearing" individuals.
I am against things that are wrong. Microsoft, the DMCA, and recent US policies are WRONG.
I don't have a pasty complexion, I don't have long hair, I don't live on pizza and Mountain Dew, and I certainly don't wear Unix related t-shirts.
He is the one setting boundaries on us, not the group.
Geeks stand up for what they believe in. We are typically young and brash and want to see change made. We are the protesters of the new millenium. We use a different medium than was used before. We are who we are, not what someone labels us as.
Please forgive the rant. He was just wrong for creating a false label for the "geek".
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she always said, "bellybutton lint is really goat cheese."
machines are too easy to deploy in large numbers to stop simple violations (speeding, jaywalking, stop sign rolling, etc).
I actually believe this to be a Bad Thing. We are getting to the point were we are:
1. coming to accept this as acceptable.
2. actually making jokes about it.
I agree that it will allow for manpower to be directed towards more violent crime, but it will also threaten the rest of us and our pockets and our records.
I am COMPLETELY against automated traffic control (red-light monitors and the like). If the cop isn't there to see it then tough noogies for them. I got away w/a minor violation.
IIS has 25 CVE entires, Apache has 30 CVE entries.
now, granted it is EASIER to find vunerabilities in Apache, but the numbers (both CVE and number of servers than run Apache) are probably why it is rated so high.
when a vendor installs an application BY DEFAULT on EVERY single version they ship and it is considered at top 10 vundeability I would say that is more important (see previous comment here) than individual applications that are GENERALLY not installed by default on UNIX based OSs.
If you are using IE, your computer is vunerable to numerous security breaches.
If this is installed on EVERY Windows computer by default, I believe that this should be rated higher than those vunerabilities in applications that are only installed by default on SOME Windows versions (IIS).
I disagree with you. While your point about Robin Hood is taken, the rest is not.
The RIAA is using FORCE to continue their UNFAIR practice of price fixing and lobbying to those that don't truly understand the ramifications of the laws they are putting into place.
*I* do not support purchased music (on a small scale for bands that promote the freedom of their music). I support ONLY bands that allow the free trade of their songs/shows (furthurnet.org and etree.org as I have so many times before pointed out).
while I see your point and agree with it. The community at large will not.
It seems to me that we are playing Robin Hood here. The RIAA/MPAA is charing WAY too much for the media they distribute. It's one market that does not have to abide by supply and demand.
They set the prices (they have settled and been fined a minimal amount) and we have to pay them. There's no real other option for music lovers.
P2P networks allow us to "get something back" for which we have long been paying for.
I say fuck the King (no not Elvis, his new album is owning in 17 countries) and I say we should keep fighting our grass-roots campaign. It seems to be working a bit.
The MPAA has learned a little and has reduced prices for most titles over time, they have included other material along with their movies, and they are less annoying than the RIAA.
We are still paying the same prices for CDs that we did in 1991 and they never seem to drop in price no matter how old the album is.
The bill specifically states that the safe harbor does not allow a copyright owner to delete or alter any file or data on the computer of a file trader. Thus, a copyright owner can't send a virus to a P2P pirate. Nor can it remove any files on the pirate's computer. Nor can it even remove files that include the pirated works. All it can do is impair the illegal distribution or reproduction of those works through a public P2P network.
While it may help to stop people from destroying your local computer's files it will NOT stop them from DoS attacking you?
They need to be held accountable for ANY and ALL financial damage that they do to the computer that was being attacked AND the computers around the original that were also being hindered by their attack.
While I agree that P2P have little use outside of illegal activities (outside of FurthurNET and the like) I don't think that these laws are the way to put a stop to it.
Nor do I believe that infesting the P2P networks w/poor files does it either.
I know that ATTBI was disabling users that were leaving movies in their shared folders (yes, ATTBI users be careful). I believe that going through the ISP may be the only method. If the ISP doesn't cooperate, uhh, sorry.
I took a look recently (the last time this sort of thing was mention on/.) and I wasn't very happy w/the motions I had to make to move between pages.
It was a list of "drawings" I had to make w/my mouse in order to move through pages.
I just want Moz to use the same keys as IE so I can switch between them and not have to think which one I am using.
If the gestures themselves became easier for me to remember I would probably hop the bandwagon. Until then, I will stay away from having to learn PalmOS-like graffiti.
as an ex-Slackware, ex-RedHat, and current Debian user I don't care what they have done.
I would dump KDE and/or GNOME and run what I have run since however many years ago.
While I think that it looks nice (except for PACKED menus) for people that want that sort of thing, Linux is still great b/c we can run whatever the hell we like instead of whatever the default is.
I have tried Gnone and KDE once before each. I wasn't impressed w/the speed of the UI on this machine. I suppose once I get older and less annoyed with attempts to make Linux more of a desktop OS and I become lazy and want to stop having to move files with commands I will switch.
Until then, if I were to upgrade to a distribution that offered this sort of UI, I would disable it and go back to what I have been used to.
Ahh, the wonders of freedom! Just my worthless.02 for today.
what if your camera makes insanely large photos and you would prefer to have them at 1024x768 or smaller?
I print out, maybe, 10 pictures a year. The rest are for going on the web.
I have no real desire to immediately print out a picture. But I suppose if you were going to have a stereo component that was MP3 capable, plugging your iPod (or whatever) directly in and having it transfer would be nice.
It was just recently pointed out to me that I had a 4 digit ID. It really meant nothing to me before then.
I am happy to have been a part of something that has lasted this long. Watching it grow was something special.
I guess I feel like an old-geezer. I complain like a 90 year old about repeat posts, assholish responses, and boring crap that doesn't belong on the front-page. But with a 4 digit ID that's my right god damn it;)
As a degree holder in History I was actually disappointed that there was no material online from the History dept.
I don't think that *most* of the lectures would contain copyrighted material. Sure there would be a lot of external reading that would need to be done but I don't see why the lectures themselves could not be posted online.
Just as the other courses have done, list the required external readings and let the Internet readers find that material for themselves, it's not terribly hard.
Part of being interested in History is research, it would actually make the readers of the online material more involved in what they are supposed to be doing anyway.
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Who is this guy to define what *I* am like. Yes, I do disagree w/the DMCA, the RIAA, and Microsoft. I don't like the fact that the US is becoming more and more government controlled. I don't like the fact that the PEOPLE of the US are allowing this to happen w/o a fight.
I don't like the fact this this person believes we had strict boundaries. I don't like the fact that he calls us "pasty, long haired, UN*X t-shirt wearing" individuals.
I am against things that are wrong. Microsoft, the DMCA, and recent US policies are WRONG.
I don't have a pasty complexion, I don't have long hair, I don't live on pizza and Mountain Dew, and I certainly don't wear Unix related t-shirts.
He is the one setting boundaries on us, not the group.
Geeks stand up for what they believe in. We are typically young and brash and want to see change made. We are the protesters of the new millenium. We use a different medium than was used before. We are who we are, not what someone labels us as.
Please forgive the rant. He was just wrong for creating a false label for the "geek".
she always said, "bellybutton lint is really goat cheese."
Yummy!
they are trying to catch the guy that bolts around London's loop in 10 mins at 160mph.
machines are too easy to deploy in large numbers to stop simple violations (speeding, jaywalking, stop sign rolling, etc).
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I actually believe this to be a Bad Thing. We are getting to the point were we are:
1. coming to accept this as acceptable.
2. actually making jokes about it.
I agree that it will allow for manpower to be directed towards more violent crime, but it will also threaten the rest of us and our pockets and our records.
I am COMPLETELY against automated traffic control (red-light monitors and the like). If the cop isn't there to see it then tough noogies for them. I got away w/a minor violation.
That's my worthless
IIS has 25 CVE entires, Apache has 30 CVE entries.
now, granted it is EASIER to find vunerabilities in Apache, but the numbers (both CVE and number of servers than run Apache) are probably why it is rated so high.
when a vendor installs an application BY DEFAULT on EVERY single version they ship and it is considered at top 10 vundeability I would say that is more important (see previous comment here) than individual applications that are GENERALLY not installed by default on UNIX based OSs.
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#8 is listed here.
If you are using IE, your computer is vunerable to numerous security breaches.
If this is installed on EVERY Windows computer by default, I believe that this should be rated higher than those vunerabilities in applications that are only installed by default on SOME Windows versions (IIS).
wow, news for nerds.
rumors and no information available on the linked webpages.
explain to me another option for purchasing CDs IN stores.
So, they have the ENTIRE market (for popular music).
That's force.
I disagree with you. While your point about Robin Hood is taken, the rest is not.
The RIAA is using FORCE to continue their UNFAIR practice of price fixing and lobbying to those that don't truly understand the ramifications of the laws they are putting into place.
*I* do not support purchased music (on a small scale for bands that promote the freedom of their music). I support ONLY bands that allow the free trade of their songs/shows (furthurnet.org and etree.org as I have so many times before pointed out).
They aren't playing fair, neither should we.
while I see your point and agree with it. The community at large will not.
It seems to me that we are playing Robin Hood here. The RIAA/MPAA is charing WAY too much for the media they distribute. It's one market that does not have to abide by supply and demand.
They set the prices (they have settled and been fined a minimal amount) and we have to pay them. There's no real other option for music lovers.
P2P networks allow us to "get something back" for which we have long been paying for.
I say fuck the King (no not Elvis, his new album is owning in 17 countries) and I say we should keep fighting our grass-roots campaign. It seems to be working a bit.
The MPAA has learned a little and has reduced prices for most titles over time, they have included other material along with their movies, and they are less annoying than the RIAA.
We are still paying the same prices for CDs that we did in 1991 and they never seem to drop in price no matter how old the album is.
That's my opinion at least.
The bill specifically states that the safe harbor does not allow a copyright owner to delete or alter any file or data on the computer of a file trader. Thus, a copyright owner can't send a virus to a P2P pirate. Nor can it remove any files on the pirate's computer. Nor can it even remove files that include the pirated works. All it can do is impair the illegal distribution or reproduction of those works through a public P2P network.
While it may help to stop people from destroying your local computer's files it will NOT stop them from DoS attacking you?
They need to be held accountable for ANY and ALL financial damage that they do to the computer that was being attacked AND the computers around the original that were also being hindered by their attack.
While I agree that P2P have little use outside of illegal activities (outside of FurthurNET and the like) I don't think that these laws are the way to put a stop to it.
Nor do I believe that infesting the P2P networks w/poor files does it either.
I know that ATTBI was disabling users that were leaving movies in their shared folders (yes, ATTBI users be careful). I believe that going through the ISP may be the only method. If the ISP doesn't cooperate, uhh, sorry.
I can't wait to see the Behind the Movie about this one.
Bart: Homer was too drunk to play his parts. He couldn't even remember his lines!
Homer: Oh yeah you little... Do'h!
the hell w/it being biodegradable.
:)
What I *really* want w/a PC is an EDIBLE one. You use it for 2 or 3 years and you are ready to move on to a new one...
You take out all the components you want to save and you eat the rest! Yummmy. Thanks Linus
the speed of the downloads really wasn't my point. The point was that albums can be downloaded easily in their entirety.
I took a look recently (the last time this sort of thing was mention on /.) and I wasn't very happy w/the motions I had to make to move between pages.
It was a list of "drawings" I had to make w/my mouse in order to move through pages.
I just want Moz to use the same keys as IE so I can switch between them and not have to think which one I am using.
If the gestures themselves became easier for me to remember I would probably hop the bandwagon. Until then, I will stay away from having to learn PalmOS-like graffiti.
no, it has to do w/iPod. It's business. It's not about making the public care for them more.
I am SURE other MP3/Ogg player manus are REALLy thrilled about DRM.
In a recent Maxim test they actually did this to test the speed at which the P2P programs would work best.
iMesh won w/19 mins for the Weezer album.
Kazaa was rated with two stars.
Limewire was rated the best and took 27 mins to download the album.
check it out here
as an ex-Slackware, ex-RedHat, and current Debian user I don't care what they have done.
.02 for today.
I would dump KDE and/or GNOME and run what I have run since however many years ago.
While I think that it looks nice (except for PACKED menus) for people that want that sort of thing, Linux is still great b/c we can run whatever the hell we like instead of whatever the default is.
I have tried Gnone and KDE once before each. I wasn't impressed w/the speed of the UI on this machine. I suppose once I get older and less annoyed with attempts to make Linux more of a desktop OS and I become lazy and want to stop having to move files with commands I will switch.
Until then, if I were to upgrade to a distribution that offered this sort of UI, I would disable it and go back to what I have been used to.
Ahh, the wonders of freedom! Just my worthless
they want us to think that they are losing money on it so that we buy it to "undermine their economic situation".
It's proof yet of ANOTHER honey-pot for hackers!
I am still waiting for those commercials run recently about "aren't you glad you have freedom" to come true.
1. Hiding in a basement to have a religious service.
2. Getting arrested for newspapers in your car.
etc.
what if your camera makes insanely large photos and you would prefer to have them at 1024x768 or smaller?
I print out, maybe, 10 pictures a year. The rest are for going on the web.
I have no real desire to immediately print out a picture. But I suppose if you were going to have a stereo component that was MP3 capable, plugging your iPod (or whatever) directly in and having it transfer would be nice.
It was just recently pointed out to me that I had a 4 digit ID. It really meant nothing to me before then.
;)
I am happy to have been a part of something that has lasted this long. Watching it grow was something special.
I guess I feel like an old-geezer. I complain like a 90 year old about repeat posts, assholish responses, and boring crap that doesn't belong on the front-page. But with a 4 digit ID that's my right god damn it
Have a happy birthday!
I guarantee that the settlement for P2P is going to be over 100 million.
P2P actually saved the consumer money during the price fixing and we are going to end up paying for it in the long run.
As a degree holder in History I was actually disappointed that there was no material online from the History dept.
.02
I don't think that *most* of the lectures would contain copyrighted material. Sure there would be a lot of external reading that would need to be done but I don't see why the lectures themselves could not be posted online.
Just as the other courses have done, list the required external readings and let the Internet readers find that material for themselves, it's not terribly hard.
Part of being interested in History is research, it would actually make the readers of the online material more involved in what they are supposed to be doing anyway.
just my worthless