# The language of the Forbes piece is indeed injudicious. Anytime you see someone pile on adjectives like this, you're looking at either a bad writer, or someone with an axe to grind.
I can no longer sit back and allow Cell Phone Company infiltration, Cell Phone Company indoctrination, Cell Phone Company subversion, and the international Cell Phone Company conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.
Send Code FGD-135 immediately. Wing Attack Plan R. Repeat. Wing Attack Plan R.
Wasn't North Concourse at Stapleton? Haven't been through DIA at all, went through Stapleton the last time about 2 years before DIA went operational...
This is a scenario is just FUD that people like to talk about for some reason, maybe because they hate BSD for some reason (maybe Theo called them dirty names one day). The fact is, the Free/Net/Open BSD tcp/ip stack is way better than anything microsoft has, and probably ever will have. If a company "steals" (not really because the BSD license is a gift) the code and locks it up, they're just hurting themselves in the long run. They'll have to develop on a separate branch and either use resources to sync their fork constantly to the original, or forget about it and deny themselves the benefit of the advances that are constantly taking place in the original.
There's a DLL in Windows you can grep to find the BSD logo in. I don't remember offhand which one it is (I'm writing this before my 1st cup of coffee, dammit), and I don't have Windows installed anywhere here, or I'd grep it myself and post it.
FWIW, I used to use BSD back in The Day when I was working heavy metal. I also used System V a bit. I liked Unix a lot. And when Linux started coming on strong, I switched from Win98 to RedHat 3.0.3 and used it, Fedora, & Ubuntu ever since. Thanks to what I learned on Unix, Linux was a piece of cake to pick up. Never met Theo in my life. Never met Stallman in my life either. Don't even know Linus personally. So your theory of Theo insulting me in an email is right out.
Face it. Microsoft took code from BSD, modified it to use for their own ends, and never gave back. That ain't FUD. Microsoft has better l*wy*rs than any individual in the world has. That ain't FUD either. You release some code under the BSD license and Microsoft uses it in their next version of Windows, you have no recourse. You're gonna lose in court. Lawsuits are won by the l*wy*rs, not the law. That ain't FUD either.
I'd like to agree, but at this point who would use HURD? If it were '90 and the whole GNU system where availiable I could see myself as a HURD user rather than a Linux user, but now it's just irrelevant. Hell, the crazy fuckers can't even stick with their original design goals, they're thinking about switching micro-kernels _again_ without ever having gotten something usable. Stick with the original plan, motherfuckers! Then fix things!
What all is left of GNU in Linux anyways? A handful of heirloom utilites & the compiler? And last time I looked, there were alternate compilers...
If somebody wants to take BSD code, modify it and not release those changes, then so be it. It doesn't hurt the rest of us, as we still have FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD to use. Beyond that, such use may make somebody else better off. Thus, there's a net benefit overall. We lose nothing, yet others gain.
Prob I have with the BSD license is, a company can take your code, modify it, close it off, and go their own way with it. And they never have to put anything back. For instance, Microsoft with the TCP/IP stack they took directly from BSD. They get something for nothing, the original writers of the stack get jackshit, and Microsoft claims 'all our code belongs to us' and locks away any improvements, PLUS has the ability to sue if somebody comes along & updates the code along the lines of a MS product. If anybody comes up with an improvement on the stack that is a workalike to current MS code, they're in trouble.
In the united states we also have a system of reducing the effects of alcohol related violence. We call it prison.
And that is why you're one of the countries in the world with the highest percentage of your population in prison, surpassing many oppressive dictatorships. Despite that you still have some of the highest crime rates in the world too...
Doesn't look like it's working too well.
Of course not. We're imprisoning mostly drug offenders and filling up the prisons so fast, we don't have ROOM for the 'real' criminals like rapists, muggers, murderers, and politicians.
I think it's readily apparent that he didn't set out specifically to violate the Constitution, but he doesn't have any problem at all overstepping his boundaries of his power.
What part of 'no warrantless wiretapes, searches, or seizures' are you having problems understanding? The FISA courts allowed him to take his time getting the warrants (72 hours) after the fact. He didn't want to be bothered with that. He got the law changed.
It is illegal and uncostitutional for the president to declare war on somebody. That's the job of Congress. Somebody passed a law allowing him limited military action for up to 90 days. He took advantage of that, then declared 'Mission accomplished' before the 90 days of active hostilities were up. IANAL, but I'm thinking the 90 days should have started when he first contemplated military action, not when the first shots were fired. But then, according to recent legislation, I can be declared an enemy of the state for what I'm writing in this comment.
Dood, where I come from, a '1%er' is an outlaw biker, the kind that the AMA used to talk about when they said that 99% of all motorcycle riders were law abiding citizens, courteous, yada yada yada, it was the '1%' that were the hell raising law breaking hooligans of screen and street and screwed it up for the other 99%. Kinda like the 99% of whackjob weasel l*wy*rs screwin it up for the other 1%.
According to the brochure in the motel room, it was 167 Men, 3 or 8 women, 13 children, and assorted livestock- draw you own conclusions.
That was just the scouting party sent ahead to prepare for the main body coming from Nauvoo. Their job was to start getting the area ready for building and farming.
Oh come on people. We are already like that. We have fat ugly people and drop dead gorgeous people. This guy is just looking for a way to get his name in the history books. He can make all the claims he wants because no one will ever remember his name or anything about our era in 100,000 years.
So in 100,000 years, we'll FINALLY live down 'American Idol'?
Boy, he really hasn't studied human beings enough, has he? First he expects smart people to be beautiful (or the converse) and now he expects large boobs to be pert?
They can be. Just add enough plastic, and quarters will bounce off them...
Ammonium Perchlorate is one of the most dangerous chemicals I can think of, not only is it an incredibly powerful explosive, but it is extremely toxic too, giving out large amounts of chlorine gas if allowed to decompose. Imagine if this stuff got into the hands of some drunken, bored rednecks looking for some fun, or some teenager who wants to impress his friends or a normally good natured hobbyist who's emotionally unstable because of a messy custody dispute. The repercussions could be enormous.
Sounds like a Darwin Award in progress to me.
The slashdot libertarian slant is normally all well and good, but when someone is chastised for advocating keeping this dangerous industrial oxidizer away from family homes it has become clear that much of slashdot has lost touch with the needs of the community in favour of supporting their own ability to live like mad scientists whenever they feel like it.
When was the last time this stuff was in the news? Whose house did it level, and where? Part of getting certified for high powered rocketry is learning how to deal with this stuff safely. What more do you want?
It's a shame that American voters care so little about the legitimacy of their elections that they tolerate a system that can easily disenfranchise large portions of the electorate.
It's not that we 'care so little', it's that we've been told 'this system works perfectly' even when it doesn't. And since we're never given an alternative, we gotta deal with what's in front of us.
I wonder how long it will be before operating systems come with a "you're running low on disk space: want me to order a 250gb drive for you?"...or buy internet-based storage like on S3. While I doubt it'd have the best prices, I'm sure it'd be a big hit with normal users
Probably as soon as MS doesn't allow you to delete a thing off the drive for 'security' reasons.
I am, however, forced to *buy Windows every time I get a new computer. I could build my own, I guess, but that's quite a bit of work.
It's not that hard. The hardest part of building a system is waiting for the parts to come in from NewEgg or TigerDirect. You start with picking a motherboard, then pick a video card, case, and memory to match it. No big thing, I can design a machine in like 20 minutes of online shopping.
Reputedly, on the planes, there were FIVE terrorists. According to the LAPD, OJ acted alone. With 4 other people, you have somebody to watch your back, as well as to help intimidate your victims. According to LAPD, OJ acted alone.
Besides, how did blood get on his socks and NOT in his shoes?
'Guilt' in a civil case is a lower bar than a criminal case. And the criminal case was lost because the evidence was so fucked up they ended up throwing most of it out. And finally, the finding of the jury in the civil case was, 'he probably had something to do with the murders'. Never mind that the ex & her boyfriend were found in an area known for violent drug related deaths. Never mind she had a history of drug abuse. So did the boyfriend. Never mind that if there are two victims and no gun involved and only one attacker, there will be only ONE victim as the other one WON'T stick around screaming and yelling until they too get their throats slit. It's obvious. OJ killed her. And him. By himself.
Nevermind that we don't have a timeframe, but FTA there's nothing implicating him other than his divorce and the fact he is refusing to talk to police (thus they're treating him like shit). There still is the possibility that one of the other 300,000,000 people in the US is responsible, or that she flew the coop and went far, far away.. (back to Russia?) She is the one who left and is filing for divorce; I do enjoy seeing how everyone automatically assumes she's dead and he's guilty though... Maybe she's the psycho and kids-be-damned she's watching from the wings right now as the legal gears turn towards locking up her husband.
She might not be dead. But if she is, the cops' first choice of suspect is always the ex. Maybe yes, maybe no, but that's who they rake over the coals first.
As far as OJ goes, nobody will ever be able to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt if he did or didn't.
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Or, he's getting paid by the word.
Send Code FGD-135 immediately. Wing Attack Plan R. Repeat. Wing Attack Plan R.
Yeah, I've seen the 'face' pics before, but Elvis never looked better.
Wasn't North Concourse at Stapleton? Haven't been through DIA at all, went through Stapleton the last time about 2 years before DIA went operational...
There's a DLL in Windows you can grep to find the BSD logo in. I don't remember offhand which one it is (I'm writing this before my 1st cup of coffee, dammit), and I don't have Windows installed anywhere here, or I'd grep it myself and post it.
FWIW, I used to use BSD back in The Day when I was working heavy metal. I also used System V a bit. I liked Unix a lot. And when Linux started coming on strong, I switched from Win98 to RedHat 3.0.3 and used it, Fedora, & Ubuntu ever since. Thanks to what I learned on Unix, Linux was a piece of cake to pick up. Never met Theo in my life. Never met Stallman in my life either. Don't even know Linus personally. So your theory of Theo insulting me in an email is right out.
Face it. Microsoft took code from BSD, modified it to use for their own ends, and never gave back. That ain't FUD. Microsoft has better l*wy*rs than any individual in the world has. That ain't FUD either. You release some code under the BSD license and Microsoft uses it in their next version of Windows, you have no recourse. You're gonna lose in court. Lawsuits are won by the l*wy*rs, not the law. That ain't FUD either.
What all is left of GNU in Linux anyways? A handful of heirloom utilites & the compiler? And last time I looked, there were alternate compilers...
Prob I have with the BSD license is, a company can take your code, modify it, close it off, and go their own way with it. And they never have to put anything back. For instance, Microsoft with the TCP/IP stack they took directly from BSD. They get something for nothing, the original writers of the stack get jackshit, and Microsoft claims 'all our code belongs to us' and locks away any improvements, PLUS has the ability to sue if somebody comes along & updates the code along the lines of a MS product. If anybody comes up with an improvement on the stack that is a workalike to current MS code, they're in trouble.
Of course not. We're imprisoning mostly drug offenders and filling up the prisons so fast, we don't have ROOM for the 'real' criminals like rapists, muggers, murderers, and politicians.
Evolution in action.
What part of 'no warrantless wiretapes, searches, or seizures' are you having problems understanding? The FISA courts allowed him to take his time getting the warrants (72 hours) after the fact. He didn't want to be bothered with that. He got the law changed.
It is illegal and uncostitutional for the president to declare war on somebody. That's the job of Congress. Somebody passed a law allowing him limited military action for up to 90 days. He took advantage of that, then declared 'Mission accomplished' before the 90 days of active hostilities were up. IANAL, but I'm thinking the 90 days should have started when he first contemplated military action, not when the first shots were fired. But then, according to recent legislation, I can be declared an enemy of the state for what I'm writing in this comment.
See you in Gitmo.
Dood, where I come from, a '1%er' is an outlaw biker, the kind that the AMA used to talk about when they said that 99% of all motorcycle riders were law abiding citizens, courteous, yada yada yada, it was the '1%' that were the hell raising law breaking hooligans of screen and street and screwed it up for the other 99%. Kinda like the 99% of whackjob weasel l*wy*rs screwin it up for the other 1%.
That was just the scouting party sent ahead to prepare for the main body coming from Nauvoo. Their job was to start getting the area ready for building and farming.
So in 100,000 years, we'll FINALLY live down 'American Idol'?
Boy, he really hasn't studied human beings enough, has he? First he expects smart people to be beautiful (or the converse) and now he expects large boobs to be pert?
They can be. Just add enough plastic, and quarters will bounce off them...
Sounds like a Darwin Award in progress to me.
When was the last time this stuff was in the news? Whose house did it level, and where? Part of getting certified for high powered rocketry is learning how to deal with this stuff safely. What more do you want?
Musta been the late returns from Chicago...
It's not that we 'care so little', it's that we've been told 'this system works perfectly' even when it doesn't. And since we're never given an alternative, we gotta deal with what's in front of us.
You sure you're not new here????
This is Slashdot, not the NYT, or the WSJ. We're GEEKS dammit!
Probably as soon as MS doesn't allow you to delete a thing off the drive for 'security' reasons.
It's not that hard. The hardest part of building a system is waiting for the parts to come in from NewEgg or TigerDirect. You start with picking a motherboard, then pick a video card, case, and memory to match it. No big thing, I can design a machine in like 20 minutes of online shopping.
That's just per the license, right? Not a technical problem?
Besides, how did blood get on his socks and NOT in his shoes?
'Guilt' in a civil case is a lower bar than a criminal case. And the criminal case was lost because the evidence was so fucked up they ended up throwing most of it out. And finally, the finding of the jury in the civil case was, 'he probably had something to do with the murders'. Never mind that the ex & her boyfriend were found in an area known for violent drug related deaths. Never mind she had a history of drug abuse. So did the boyfriend. Never mind that if there are two victims and no gun involved and only one attacker, there will be only ONE victim as the other one WON'T stick around screaming and yelling until they too get their throats slit. It's obvious. OJ killed her. And him. By himself.
She might not be dead. But if she is, the cops' first choice of suspect is always the ex. Maybe yes, maybe no, but that's who they rake over the coals first.
As far as OJ goes, nobody will ever be able to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt if he did or didn't.
Session Saver extension does it for me. Guess we won't need it anymore.