who else here thinks he'll be sympathizing with sco next? andt hen telemarketers.
gotta remember forbs is a business man, and all businessmen use sneaky tactics, so he sees nothing wrong with spammers or companies like sco pulling crap to get what they want.
you dont have to visit these sites, and I bet it will end up making them lose money, but if this does become a trend where more sites do it, then I'll be pissed off, because I have right not to be subjected to forced advertizing, not to mention the net is a development platform where data is sent and recieved, websites and companies with websites are just using it to promote their companies, companies that already have enough money to run hundreds of sites if they wished, they just want more money, and they want to turn the net into another version of television because more and more people are starting to look online for entertainment because TV sucks, so the same ad leeches who ruined television (where there are almost more commercials than the actual show) are trying to ruin the net, but unlike television, it's incredibly easy to start your own site and offer information free of ads.. I think we really should start worrying when our isp's start forcing us to view these ads and prevent us from running personal sites and creating verisign's wet dream, I wouldnt be surprised if they started phone ads where before you can call, you get 5 minutes of advertisements before you're allowed to call someone. and I bet that will be implemented in VOIP.
"Cnet.com is reporting that the Mars Rover uses Java. The same piece of software that lets people around the world play video games on their cell phones is now letting scientists drive the ultimate remote-controlled car across the surface of Mars."
I remember looking at that sucker up close back in... '98, '99 and she was starting to look aged.
I also remember it because I was on the space shot and got a good view of her, and the fact one of the toughest guys in class who liked bothering me and harassing me pissed his pants on that ride.. hoo boy, fun.
anyone been to huntsville? remember the mars rover thing they had there? the little remote contolled toy rovers in the display on one side, the controls on the other side of the center..
anyways, my point is, I saw the rocket (was sideways IRC) and it was in bad shape, and shit, putting it in alabama without preserving it? big mistake, you got humidity, you got rain, you got unbearable heat (thanks to the humidity) and then you have icy winters and sometimes snow.... yet they didnt preserve it in the first place? shame on them.
if the professors need a site that probably re-sells the essays to cheating websites or individuals, then they should be fored because they cannot do their job, god, they should go back to the public school system where teachers are expected to do that shit.
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actually, it was the unix wars that sprung forth the opensource movement, and if it werent microsoft, it would be IBM or Apple.
is the fact that it has a stiffer feel to it compared to linux, which is a bit more flexible. and has a friendlier userbase, I havent been in one bsd chat where there are people who arent socially inept and fanatical.. I've seen lots of linux chats that are fanatical and socially inept, but I've also actually seen friendly linux chatrooms with people willing to help.
I'm sorry, but rtfm can only be an excuse for ignorance for so long before it becomes obvious that the people saying that and bitching a lot because you need help where a manual cant help are too afraid to admit they dont know either.
I tried bsd once, it's ok, openbsd is great for misc server work, small and stable, but I ran into various little issues that I didnt like. and the stiffness of bsd is annoying. I just feel more comfortable with linux as a daily operating system.
BSD is just better as a server operating system, it's not good for gaming, it's not good for most media, so, that's why linux is more popular. because of its flexibility and up to date functionality.
and before you try to correct me on an obvious comment, I mean we dont have any reliable protection for our men or probes, and even though they say the atmosphere protects things from radiation, it's still a lot more radiation than comes through the earth's atmosphere, and the rover on mars isnt expected to last more than 10 to 15 years IIRC due to battery power and radiation exposure.
not to mention, unless these men have their balls removed, and have a lobotomy, no way in hell will they retain sanity longer than a year. they'll eventually kill each other or if it's one man, he'd kill himself. would be a gigantic waste of money. especially considering his only help is a speaker connected to a transmitter that has a 20 minute lag and the source of help is several million miles away and months for any physical help.
I'd prefer to die quickly after being there for a few days. instead of slowly rotting away mentally and being exposed to more and more radiation until I get painful tumors and slowly and painfully die.
one flaw this idiot forgot is the fact that the radiation levels are incredibly high on mars, due to a weak atmosphere and magnetic field (IIRC) and if the magnetic field thing is the cause, then it would explain why there's no water or life there.
and we currently have no protection for men, nor our space probes against this radiation.
safest bet would be to send people to the moon and start bases there first, before we send people to a planet that is known to be a graveyard for probes. I think some people are getting anxious. just because we got a probe on mars, doesnt mean we're ready to go there ourselves. in fact, it took a long time before we actually got on them moon, several missions before that happened, and we're still not officially on the moon yet. it's human count is 0. so mars is another 70 to a hundred years away before we even think about sending people there.
does this mean we'll be seeing more dead soldiers before the hit the battlefield? soon, we'll be seeing bunkers filled with pasty military men hanging from the cieling with notes on their bunks saying:
"My character died, my life is worthless and pointless, goodbye world!"
or is this just an attempt for sco to get ibm's IP and then turn around and "accidently leak" it as a sort of "revenge"?
So, basically call linux theirs, and not give out their own code as evidence, because they're afraid of IBM stealing it or giving it out (if there was such code) and then tell the judge that the people they're suing need to give them "their" evidence to produce and use against them, and also potentially leak the code from ibm out onto the net?
SCO is going to go out in a gigantic mess of shame, flames and destruction. They know they're fucked, they couldnt even compete if they went opensource, so why not claim that linux is their property and start a mess to go out with a boom that will spread legal and financial shrapnel to all who they felt made them suffer? (eg, IBM, linus torvalds, opensource, etc)
thing is, what do they hope to accomplish by doing this now? it's starting to look like they're spamming just to spam now, I dont even see ads in the spam, it's like they've now gone to the level of typical 13 year old kids who got ahold of a spam software just to piss people off.. or maybe they're hoping people will just give in and become slaves to the spammers, either way, it's just ridiculous.
what happens if a little kid or someone accidently cuts off their finger? with a standard wire slicer, it's hard to cut yourself on, but with a laser slicer, if you do cut yourself, how will you get your finger re-attached especially if the laser does too much damage to the tissue?
even with the licensed sets, or the themed sets, I've built them, then destroyed them not too long afterwards and created my own creations..
that's what most people do.
hey, I'm 17 and I still occasionally like playing with legos, why? it's fun on the side, Legos are that one toy that has no real age limit. it's universal, and their new plan is a good one, because now, you can get legos without worrying about getting all these parts that appeal to a certain age group, it's fun when you're bored, you know?
apache's good, really damn good, and oncey ou get some optimizations in, it's sheer ownage. it's complicated, but in a good way, and to configure it, you may have to sit there for an hour scrolling along, playing around with the options, but once you get it going, it works, and is stable. not to mention a lot of the 3rd gui configurators are easier to understand than IIS, and give more options that give you total control of your webserver. the percentage that doesnt use apache are either afraid of it, think it's too hard, dont care, unwilling windows users that have it enabled by default, or companies that have CEO's that are tied by the balls to bill gates' finger.
well I have to say earthlink is pretty good, even with dialup, their dialup and highspeed are reliable, them and speakeasy are the only isp's i'd trust.
I'm tempted to start an isp myself, and stay low key, mostly around the areas where I live. offer a reliable line that doesnt bullshit you every 3 minutes. but that's a wish of mine.
One thing that might happen here is that microsoft might get all pissed off and go to the us government and tell them to cut ties with israel and shit.
I wouldnt be surprised at all.
maybe that's a bit extreme, but stranger has happened.
but good move for israel, %3-%4 doesnt sound like a lot, but it is, in fact, it makes quite a good dent. and once other people see that they dont need to pay for software, microsoft will have red, black and blue asses from all the asskicking they recieve from being boted out of other countries.
if I pay for unlimited bandwidth usage, or if I'm paying good money, I do not want to get crap about actually making use of what I bought, and if they cant handle you actually using your connection besides for email and web browsing, they need to get out of the highspeed business, or use all that money they're getting from overcharging people and make the network stronger.
also, I bet it's prolly imposed on them by the RIAA and the MPAA to assume those who use bwidth are mp3 traders. or pressure from the govt to stop spam.. or, just because they're tightwads.
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actually, you can tunnel back and forth (there's ipv6tov4 and ipv4 to ipv6)
www.freenet6.net
who else here thinks he'll be sympathizing with sco next? andt hen telemarketers.
gotta remember forbs is a business man, and all businessmen use sneaky tactics, so he sees nothing wrong with spammers or companies like sco pulling crap to get what they want.
I just got some of these, and when I looked at a picture of darl mcbride, they broke..
you dont have to visit these sites, and I bet it will end up making them lose money, but if this does become a trend where more sites do it, then I'll be pissed off, because I have right not to be subjected to forced advertizing, not to mention the net is a development platform where data is sent and recieved, websites and companies with websites are just using it to promote their companies, companies that already have enough money to run hundreds of sites if they wished, they just want more money, and they want to turn the net into another version of television because more and more people are starting to look online for entertainment because TV sucks, so the same ad leeches who ruined television (where there are almost more commercials than the actual show) are trying to ruin the net, but unlike television, it's incredibly easy to start your own site and offer information free of ads..
I think we really should start worrying when our isp's start forcing us to view these ads and prevent us from running personal sites and creating verisign's wet dream, I wouldnt be surprised if they started phone ads where before you can call, you get 5 minutes of advertisements before you're allowed to call someone. and I bet that will be implemented in VOIP.
that it might be due to the minors online since 1995 now being adults?
at least he isnt being a shut in with no humanity or chances to be laid, ever :P
"Cnet.com is reporting that the Mars Rover uses Java. The same piece of software that lets people around the world play video games on their cell phones is now letting scientists drive the ultimate remote-controlled car across the surface of Mars."
talk about a waste of resources, sheesh.
I remember looking at that sucker up close back in... '98, '99 and she was starting to look aged.
I also remember it because I was on the space shot and got a good view of her, and the fact one of the toughest guys in class who liked bothering me and harassing me pissed his pants on that ride.. hoo boy, fun.
anyone been to huntsville? remember the mars rover thing they had there?
the little remote contolled toy rovers in the display on one side, the controls on the other side of the center..
anyways, my point is, I saw the rocket (was sideways IRC) and it was in bad shape, and shit, putting it in alabama without preserving it? big mistake, you got humidity, you got rain, you got unbearable heat (thanks to the humidity) and then you have icy winters and sometimes snow....
yet they didnt preserve it in the first place? shame on them.
if the professors need a site that probably re-sells the essays to cheating websites or individuals, then they should be fored because they cannot do their job, god, they should go back to the public school system where teachers are expected to do that shit.
actually, it was the unix wars that sprung forth the opensource movement, and if it werent microsoft, it would be IBM or Apple.
and people would still like free stuff.
people are generally the same.
is the fact that it has a stiffer feel to it compared to linux, which is a bit more flexible. and has a friendlier userbase, I havent been in one bsd chat where there are people who arent socially inept and fanatical.. I've seen lots of linux chats that are fanatical and socially inept, but I've also actually seen friendly linux chatrooms with people willing to help.
I'm sorry, but rtfm can only be an excuse for ignorance for so long before it becomes obvious that the people saying that and bitching a lot because you need help where a manual cant help are too afraid to admit they dont know either.
I tried bsd once, it's ok, openbsd is great for misc server work, small and stable, but I ran into various little issues that I didnt like. and the stiffness of bsd is annoying. I just feel more comfortable with linux as a daily operating system.
BSD is just better as a server operating system, it's not good for gaming, it's not good for most media, so, that's why linux is more popular. because of its flexibility and up to date functionality.
and before you try to correct me on an obvious comment, I mean we dont have any reliable protection for our men or probes, and even though they say the atmosphere protects things from radiation, it's still a lot more radiation than comes through the earth's atmosphere, and the rover on mars isnt expected to last more than 10 to 15 years IIRC due to battery power and radiation exposure.
not to mention, unless these men have their balls removed, and have a lobotomy, no way in hell will they retain sanity longer than a year. they'll eventually kill each other or if it's one man, he'd kill himself. would be a gigantic waste of money. especially considering his only help is a speaker connected to a transmitter that has a 20 minute lag and the source of help is several million miles away and months for any physical help.
I'd prefer to die quickly after being there for a few days. instead of slowly rotting away mentally and being exposed to more and more radiation until I get painful tumors and slowly and painfully die.
it's not worth it. at all.
one flaw this idiot forgot is the fact that the radiation levels are incredibly high on mars, due to a weak atmosphere and magnetic field (IIRC) and if the magnetic field thing is the cause, then it would explain why there's no water or life there.
and we currently have no protection for men, nor our space probes against this radiation.
safest bet would be to send people to the moon and start bases there first, before we send people to a planet that is known to be a graveyard for probes. I think some people are getting anxious.
just because we got a probe on mars, doesnt mean we're ready to go there ourselves. in fact, it took a long time before we actually got on them moon, several missions before that happened, and we're still not officially on the moon yet. it's human count is 0. so mars is another 70 to a hundred years away before we even think about sending people there.
think closer to home first.
does this mean we'll be seeing more dead soldiers before the hit the battlefield? soon, we'll be seeing bunkers filled with pasty military men hanging from the cieling with notes on their bunks saying:
"My character died, my life is worthless and pointless, goodbye world!"
or is this just an attempt for sco to get ibm's IP and then turn around and "accidently leak" it as a sort of "revenge"?
So, basically call linux theirs, and not give out their own code as evidence, because they're afraid of IBM stealing it or giving it out (if there was such code) and then tell the judge that the people they're suing need to give them "their" evidence to produce and use against them, and also potentially leak the code from ibm out onto the net?
SCO is going to go out in a gigantic mess of shame, flames and destruction. They know they're fucked, they couldnt even compete if they went opensource, so why not claim that linux is their property and start a mess to go out with a boom that will spread legal and financial shrapnel to all who they felt made them suffer? (eg, IBM, linus torvalds, opensource, etc)
thing is, what do they hope to accomplish by doing this now?
it's starting to look like they're spamming just to spam now, I dont even see ads in the spam, it's like they've now gone to the level of typical 13 year old kids who got ahold of a spam software just to piss people off..
or maybe they're hoping people will just give in and become slaves to the spammers, either way, it's just ridiculous.
what happens if a little kid or someone accidently cuts off their finger? with a standard wire slicer, it's hard to cut yourself on, but with a laser slicer, if you do cut yourself, how will you get your finger re-attached especially if the laser does too much damage to the tissue?
even with the licensed sets, or the themed sets, I've built them, then destroyed them not too long afterwards and created my own creations..
that's what most people do.
hey, I'm 17 and I still occasionally like playing with legos, why? it's fun on the side, Legos are that one toy that has no real age limit. it's universal, and their new plan is a good one, because now, you can get legos without worrying about getting all these parts that appeal to a certain age group, it's fun when you're bored, you know?
apache's good, really damn good, and oncey ou get some optimizations in, it's sheer ownage.
it's complicated, but in a good way, and to configure it, you may have to sit there for an hour scrolling along, playing around with the options, but once you get it going, it works, and is stable.
not to mention a lot of the 3rd gui configurators are easier to understand than IIS, and give more options that give you total control of your webserver. the percentage that doesnt use apache are either afraid of it, think it's too hard, dont care, unwilling windows users that have it enabled by default, or companies that have CEO's that are tied by the balls to bill gates' finger.
well I have to say earthlink is pretty good, even with dialup, their dialup and highspeed are reliable, them and speakeasy are the only isp's i'd trust.
I'm tempted to start an isp myself, and stay low key, mostly around the areas where I live. offer a reliable line that doesnt bullshit you every 3 minutes. but that's a wish of mine.
One thing that might happen here is that microsoft might get all pissed off and go to the us government and tell them to cut ties with israel and shit.
I wouldnt be surprised at all.
maybe that's a bit extreme, but stranger has happened.
but good move for israel, %3-%4 doesnt sound like a lot, but it is, in fact, it makes quite a good dent. and once other people see that they dont need to pay for software, microsoft will have red, black and blue asses from all the asskicking they recieve from being boted out of other countries.
if I pay for unlimited bandwidth usage, or if I'm paying good money, I do not want to get crap about actually making use of what I bought, and if they cant handle you actually using your connection besides for email and web browsing, they need to get out of the highspeed business, or use all that money they're getting from overcharging people and make the network stronger.
also, I bet it's prolly imposed on them by the RIAA and the MPAA to assume those who use bwidth are mp3 traders. or pressure from the govt to stop spam.. or, just because they're tightwads.
In the us anyways, all 3 go hand in hand.
is it me, or does that just sound like a new sci-fi series on the scifi channel?
anyone know where you can find these, and how much they cost? sounds intriguing.