Thanks for the info, Jamie. Anyway I noticed something - there is unencrypted content in the page, so the address bar doesn't turn yellow. I had to look at the source code to find out which content wasn't encrypted. IMHO it'd be better to just encrypt all content so the user knows his password won't be sniffed.
One question. When someone logs in, is there a way to login through https? Because it doesn't matter if you get to https AFTER login - the login procedure can be sniffed anyway:-/
The very concept I loved in Supermetroid was the possibility of making a speedrun. By using special techniques you could get to certain areas without the required items, allowing you to skip long walks (er.. runs). I could beat the game with 100% collected items under 2 hours, and I'm glad to find out that some people have been able to do it under one hour!
Without speed runs, the time would go up to 6 hours. Speedruns give the game a wonderful replay value.
Sigh... feeding the troll. Anyway, I'll answer this once.
I don't work for the PCLinuxOS guys, k? If you had read my entire journal and my posts so far, you'd realize i'm not an avid Linux fan or troll. I've had enough awful experiences with Linux that it took me all these years to switch. Then again, I'm not signing as anonymous coward.
I'd like to share a thought with you guys. Perhaps it might help someone who's doubting on switching to Linux (it might be a bit off-topic, but I don't think so - everytime Microsoft plays dirty on you is a reason to switch).
Yesterday I switched to Linux from Windows. My Linux of choice was PCLinuxOS, which I find powerful and yet guiding (read my journal for my review). Anyway, what I wanted to share is that when I used to be a prisoner - or slave - of Windows, everytime I read these news ("Microsoft forces this update on you!", "Windows calls home", "Windows antipiracy measures screw up your install!"), I used to get irritated and mad at Microsoft.
But today, I felt different when reading these news. I felt like a spectator watching the tragedy from a tower far away, and giving thanks for not having been there. Or, as mexicans say, i felt like if I was watching the bullfight from behind the barrier. I was no longer angry, nor desperate. I was safe.
Being a V for Vendetta fan, I can compare with the feeling Evey had when she was under the rain, with her thoughts and actions free from the government. It was a feeling of power. A feeling of freedom. I wasn't part of the system anymore. I felt like Neo after going in the matrix and realizing I *CAN* change things.
I no longer need to hack my way through Microsoft's limitations. I no longer need to download a crack to bypass the stupid region encoding imposed by Windows. I no longer need to fear the dreaded Windows update screwing up my system. I am beyond Windows now. I have trascended, and I'm immune.
This power, this freedom, this liberty, is a feeling that can't really be explained. You NEED to experience it. After you do, you will never go back.
For ages, I had complained about our slavery to Windows and the lack of Linux user-friendliness that kept us in that slavery. And now I feel that PCLinuxOS had build the bridge that I needed to do the switch. To put it in biblical terms, PCLinuxOS was, at least for me, the Moses we needed to get away from the evil Pharaoh.
So, if you decide switch, and if Ubuntu doesn't meet your expectations, try PCLinuxOS. Just remember to backup your data. You need to do it, anyway.
LucasArts adventure games, Silent Hill 1,2 and 3 (4 sucked), Prince of Persia (all of them except the gameboy versions), Castlevania, SuperMetroid and derivates. Lemmings was a gem, too.
OK, now, let's suppose that I live in the U.S. (thank God I don't), that I've never illegally downloaded music (just for the sake of the argument), and that by the vicissitudes of fate, I happen to live in a zone monopolized by Comcast (again, thank God I don't).
Now, let's say I got sick tired of Windows (because just yesterday my legitimate-but-illegally-cracked due-to-legalized-limit-of-3-reinstalls-max copy of Windows, downloaded an update without notifying me! Only when I was about to shut down it told me), and I want to try out Gutsy Gibbon.
How am I supposed to download it, if Comcast thinks I'm stealing (and who the heck do they think they are, judge dredd?) pirated music? Oh, right, I'll mask my communications and encrypt all traffic, which is seen as evil and pro-terrorist by the current administration. What's next, sending me to Guantanamo for encrypting my LEGITIMATE traffic and demanding some LEGITIMATE privacy?
Sometimes I read the RIAA's arguments and I think I can figure out what they're saying behind us: "Oh, yeah, 'downloading Linux' (nudge) yeah, right... (smirk) 'legitimate traffic' (nudge), heh heh."
The problem with this thinking is that: a) Linux userbase (and those curious to download) has increased tremendously since Ubuntu came out. It's not the 1% it was a few years ago. At last I'm starting to believe that Linux is arriving to the Desktop. b) they do NOT respect the minorities. Even if it's only 1% of the population, ISPs should ensure that they get the traffic they PAID FOR. c) Where do I file for authorization to use bittorrent? Do I need a Linux certificate to demonstrate I'm not a music pirate, now? d) And what about free independent music? e) If they're only going to allow HTTP usage, I'd appreciate if at least they were F***ING SINCERE about it, k?
<rant> That said, I wonder how they put their noses in bittorrent communication and at the same time they DON'T SHUT THE DAMN SMTP PORT used by the millions of zombified computers sending me spam! At least we have proved that they can, now! </rant>
Or are the users getting their CPUs' source code and recompile them? Or at least call their LinCPUx fans to do it for them?
Trusted Computing requires trusting the CPU manufacturer in the first place. And in this world, where the telcos have disclosed our conversations to the govt without us finding out but several years later, can we really trust that the government hasn't pressured the CPU makers to add a backdoor here and there?
Trusted Computing is practically closed, and incompatible with the spirit of Open Source/Free Software. Ergo, Trusted Computing cannot be trusted. Sorry.
but remember there's a lot of pissed off people in Iraq who would love to see Bush pay for his crimes against the Iraqi citizens. I'm sure some international arrangement can be done after Bush is out of the office. And he WILL get out. Sooner or later, he will.
Yes, I'm enraged about this, too. But if you do that or ask someone to do that, they will respond! You think the government can't kill someone for "treason"? Violence is NOT the option.
Let's assume a pro-linux fanatic goes out and kills Ballmer. Don't you think there are pro-microsoft fanatics who will LOVE to see RMS or Linus dead?
Look what happened to Kennedy - by inciting violence you are giving the bad guys the excuses they need to get rid of the GOOD guys.
On the other hand, you're COMPLETELY WELCOME to carry as much rotten tomatoes as you want and... "send" them;-) to your favorite politician. If they jail you for that, make a statement and give it to the press, to the international press, etc.
Remember: The pen is mightier than the sword.
So, if anyone wants a tomato-your-antifavorite-politician season, the heck, why not? At least they'll KNOW we're pissed.
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Thanks for the info, Jamie. Anyway I noticed something - there is unencrypted content in the page, so the address bar doesn't turn yellow. I had to look at the source code to find out which content wasn't encrypted. IMHO it'd be better to just encrypt all content so the user knows his password won't be sniffed.
Again, thanks!
One question. When someone logs in, is there a way to login through https? Because it doesn't matter if you get to https AFTER login - the login procedure can be sniffed anyway :-/
The very concept I loved in Supermetroid was the possibility of making a speedrun. By using special techniques you could get to certain areas without the required items, allowing you to skip long walks (er.. runs). I could beat the game with 100% collected items under 2 hours, and I'm glad to find out that some people have been able to do it under one hour!
Without speed runs, the time would go up to 6 hours. Speedruns give the game a wonderful replay value.
Sigh... feeding the troll. Anyway, I'll answer this once.
I don't work for the PCLinuxOS guys, k? If you had read my entire journal and my posts so far, you'd realize i'm not an avid Linux fan or troll. I've had enough awful experiences with Linux that it took me all these years to switch. Then again, I'm not signing as anonymous coward.
I'd like to share a thought with you guys. Perhaps it might help someone who's doubting on switching to Linux (it might be a bit off-topic, but I don't think so - everytime Microsoft plays dirty on you is a reason to switch).
Yesterday I switched to Linux from Windows. My Linux of choice was PCLinuxOS, which I find powerful and yet guiding (read my journal for my review). Anyway, what I wanted to share is that when I used to be a prisoner - or slave - of Windows, everytime I read these news ("Microsoft forces this update on you!", "Windows calls home", "Windows antipiracy measures screw up your install!"), I used to get irritated and mad at Microsoft.
But today, I felt different when reading these news. I felt like a spectator watching the tragedy from a tower far away, and giving thanks for not having been there. Or, as mexicans say, i felt like if I was watching the bullfight from behind the barrier. I was no longer angry, nor desperate. I was safe.
Being a V for Vendetta fan, I can compare with the feeling Evey had when she was under the rain, with her thoughts and actions free from the government. It was a feeling of power. A feeling of freedom. I wasn't part of the system anymore. I felt like Neo after going in the matrix and realizing I *CAN* change things.
I no longer need to hack my way through Microsoft's limitations. I no longer need to download a crack to bypass the stupid region encoding imposed by Windows. I no longer need to fear the dreaded Windows update screwing up my system. I am beyond Windows now. I have trascended, and I'm immune.
This power, this freedom, this liberty, is a feeling that can't really be explained. You NEED to experience it. After you do, you will never go back.
For ages, I had complained about our slavery to Windows and the lack of Linux user-friendliness that kept us in that slavery. And now I feel that PCLinuxOS had build the bridge that I needed to do the switch. To put it in biblical terms, PCLinuxOS was, at least for me, the Moses we needed to get away from the evil Pharaoh.
So, if you decide switch, and if Ubuntu doesn't meet your expectations, try PCLinuxOS. Just remember to backup your data. You need to do it, anyway.
why don't they just sell themselves in ebay? After all, a paperclip can generate millions! :)
LucasArts adventure games, Silent Hill 1,2 and 3 (4 sucked), Prince of Persia (all of them except the gameboy versions), Castlevania, SuperMetroid and derivates. Lemmings was a gem, too.
But where were the pirates?
:P
They're too busy downloading stuff
And lawyers. Couldn't we try some lawyers???
Are you NUTS? They'll MUTATE! It's bad enough with NORMAL lawyers already!
But how much more are we going to milk this stuff?
That stuff isn't milk anymore. It slowly degenerated into the following stages: butter, requesón, cheese, rotten cheese, fungus breeding ground, komodo dragon saliva, chemically unstable methane generator, mad-cow disease pryons, zombifying biological agent, and finally, George Lucas' brain cells' chemicals.
http [colon] [slash] [slash] thepiratebay [dot] org [slash] tor [slash] 3264309 [slash] The_Star_Wars_Holiday_Special
Warning: Not for the faint-hearted. Users who disliked goatse, be warned.
Great, just when I spent hours searching for at a replacement for the Bertram font, and now you tell me it's legal to just download it? :-/
What they are doing is preventing seeding once the DL is complete.
Which is, for practical purposes, preventing downloading.
Also, since most users are clueless as to how it works, they will accept any old certificate and click "Yes" to everything.
Who said encrypted = https?
One copy of a Linux distro requires at least 700MB. Which is equivalent to 150 downloaded MP3's. This traffic is definitely NOT a minority.
OK, now, let's suppose that I live in the U.S. (thank God I don't), that I've never illegally downloaded music (just for the sake of the argument), and that by the vicissitudes of fate, I happen to live in a zone monopolized by Comcast (again, thank God I don't).
Now, let's say I got sick tired of Windows (because just yesterday my legitimate-but-illegally-cracked due-to-legalized-limit-of-3-reinstalls-max copy of Windows, downloaded an update without notifying me! Only when I was about to shut down it told me), and I want to try out Gutsy Gibbon.
How am I supposed to download it, if Comcast thinks I'm stealing (and who the heck do they think they are, judge dredd?) pirated music? Oh, right, I'll mask my communications and encrypt all traffic, which is seen as evil and pro-terrorist by the current administration. What's next, sending me to Guantanamo for encrypting my LEGITIMATE traffic and demanding some LEGITIMATE privacy?
Sometimes I read the RIAA's arguments and I think I can figure out what they're saying behind us: "Oh, yeah, 'downloading Linux' (nudge) yeah, right... (smirk) 'legitimate traffic' (nudge), heh heh."
The problem with this thinking is that: a) Linux userbase (and those curious to download) has increased tremendously since Ubuntu came out. It's not the 1% it was a few years ago. At last I'm starting to believe that Linux is arriving to the Desktop. b) they do NOT respect the minorities. Even if it's only 1% of the population, ISPs should ensure that they get the traffic they PAID FOR. c) Where do I file for authorization to use bittorrent? Do I need a Linux certificate to demonstrate I'm not a music pirate, now? d) And what about free independent music? e) If they're only going to allow HTTP usage, I'd appreciate if at least they were F***ING SINCERE about it, k?
<rant>
That said, I wonder how they put their noses in bittorrent communication and at the same time they DON'T SHUT THE DAMN SMTP PORT used by the millions of zombified computers sending me spam! At least we have proved that they can, now!
</rant>
Whew, that felt good.
Or are the users getting their CPUs' source code and recompile them? Or at least call their LinCPUx fans to do it for them?
Trusted Computing requires trusting the CPU manufacturer in the first place. And in this world, where the telcos have disclosed our conversations to the govt without us finding out but several years later, can we really trust that the government hasn't pressured the CPU makers to add a backdoor here and there?
Trusted Computing is practically closed, and incompatible with the spirit of Open Source/Free Software. Ergo, Trusted Computing cannot be trusted. Sorry.
This reminds me of a chapter of Ghost in the Shell:SAC where a Robotic Cannon lost control and began shooting the military.
Is truth mirroring fiction now?
Altho the clip is hilarious, i consider it MUCH BETTER than the van-damme movie. It's worth watching, trust me.
P.S. You'll love Blanka's appearance on the third episode.
Unfortunately, it costs 6 million dollars, and makes a very distinctive sound when in use.
:)
And due to devaluation that would be.... 6 dollars of today
This... is your computer on Open source (insert picture of a patched PC here)
This... is your computer on Closed Source (insert a picture of a Storm-infected PC here)
Any questions?
but remember there's a lot of pissed off people in Iraq who would love to see Bush pay for his crimes against the Iraqi citizens. I'm sure some international arrangement can be done after Bush is out of the office. And he WILL get out. Sooner or later, he will.
Yes, I'm enraged about this, too. But if you do that or ask someone to do that, they will respond! You think the government can't kill someone for "treason"? Violence is NOT the option.
;-) to your favorite politician. If they jail you for that, make a statement and give it to the press, to the international press, etc.
Let's assume a pro-linux fanatic goes out and kills Ballmer. Don't you think there are pro-microsoft fanatics who will LOVE to see RMS or Linus dead?
Look what happened to Kennedy - by inciting violence you are giving the bad guys the excuses they need to get rid of the GOOD guys.
On the other hand, you're COMPLETELY WELCOME to carry as much rotten tomatoes as you want and... "send" them
Remember: The pen is mightier than the sword.
So, if anyone wants a tomato-your-antifavorite-politician season, the heck, why not? At least they'll KNOW we're pissed.
in favor of encrypted, Anonymous P2P.
Those of you wanting real tinfoil hats, should download Waste, I2P, and install them in a hidden truecrypt volume.
But protesting against this abuse and voting for a privacy-supporting candidate is mandatory.