You must realize that people like myself use software like Linux and OpenBSD because of the freedom that it offers. I do not hear many people talk about this freedom, as it is a freedom from the whims of software developers themselves. If a particular piece of open source software does something in a way that annoys me (maybe something as simple as a splash screen) then I can change the source to disable that splash screen. Ever used DVDPlayer on a Mac? Notice how you can not skip the FBI warnings and advertisements? With open source software, I can change the code myself so I can skip those annoying features. Mac OS X sure is slick, pretty, coherent, etc... but it is no more free (not as in beer!) than MS Windows. Should "Linux" be afraid? Not a chance.
It should be: Slackware Debian Gentoo Redhat Suse Mand rake etc.
Slackware is the oldest existing distro. It is also my second favorite.:)
Debian is... Debian is just incredible. It should be covered early on because it defines a linux based distro for anyone who has been around for a while. I do not particularly care for debian though.
Gentoo needs to be covered early because it can give you the most features with the least amount of hassle. Personally, this is my favorite distro.
Redhat, and therefore Fedora, should be covered... if only because they got their act together after 7 years of improper security practices and poorly thought out packaging. I really do not like this distro, but I suppose I should thank them for pushing me to slackware pre 3.2.:)
Suse and Mandrake have enough history to be considered important. I have no personal opinions on either one though.
sometimes, i run across a comment that is clear, coherent, informative, and compellingly interesting. i wish it were possible to mod your post to +6 because it stands head and shoulders above the rest of the noise. outstanding.
If you hate your country don't like the current political climate, by all means leave. If however you love your country and don't like the currently political climate...then fight for change, whether it be by joining PAC's or just word-of-mouth...do something.
Even if I like my home, why should I force my ideal form of government on a majority who obviously want what is happening? Surely it is better to leave in that case. No?
What are you, as an American, doing to stop this from happening to your country?
I vote. I write my senators and representatives. I choose to live in a relatively sensible state (Colorado). What else can I do when most other people do nothing?
yeah, but now radio stations are fucked because people can listen to the tune quickly and easily. there goes another revenue stream (and avenue of control!) for the riaa.
Open Source would not exist at the level that it is at if it were not for the astonishing greed and lust for control exhibited by Microsoft and the early Unix vendors.
...I didn't get to buy ABC (Atomic, Biological, Chemical) weapons, jet fighters, tanks, artillery, rocket launchers, assault rifles, sniper rifles or any other kind of heavy weaponry on the free market. The content industry is worried because we have a WMI (Weapon of mass infringement) in every home. Or well, slashdotters have an arsenal. If everyone had WMDs, I'd be heading for the nearest bunker real quick.
Everyone around me carries a 9mm or an M16. Tanks have their barrels (loaded!) pointed at me on a daily basis. Sometimes, I do feel a bit uncomfortable with the tank barrels, but for the most part, I feel perfectly safe. Yes, one of these folks could go crazy with their weapon, but, there are a thousand others here to stop them quickly. I do not agree with the laws that you mention.
I downloaded two torrents of Battlestar Galactica, was pleasantly suprised (I saw the original series) and wanted to see more. Well, I never got to see any more because I went to Iraq... but, they will have someone buying each seasons DVDs if they ever get around to selling them where I can buy them. That someone is me. Those were good shows. I am still dying to find out if that girl is a cylon (not starbuck, boomer?) and how she reacts if she finds out she is a cylon. anyways...
... and yet when the personal information of spammers and ip lawyers is posted here, everyone cheers. I am not accusing you personally of double standards. i am merely noting how different the reactions are based upon the situation. (situational ethics?)
While your commentary is insightful and your suggestions are useful, you are off topic. The topic is Cisco source code theft. These kinds of suggestions do not belong in the comment section for stories. I have seen hundreds (thousands?) of them over the years and _nothing_ has ever changed because of them. Maybe send them directly to taco or cowboyneal?
I was going to post anonymously so I could mod you offtopic but, I felt it was important that you, or anyone else, not think that I am hiding... which means, of course, that I can not mod your comments offtopic anymore.
Actually, RoTJ was nowhere near as enchanting as the first two. it was Star Wars though, so I enjoyed it, but Epsidode I should have been an attempt to win me back.
my 99 saturn sl1 barely registers anything at all during emissions testing. i can not imagine that any internal combustion engine could get much cleaner.
Frankly I guess I am confused. Is pirating and right? I thought that the main complaint with the RIAA was with there tactics, destruction of the princeable of fair use, and just general nastyness. I mean the FSF uses the very same IP laws to go after people that break the GPL. Are they just as evil since they go after violators of their IP as does the RIAA? I really thought it was about keeping your rights to privacy not piracy.
i would be sickened if the FSF tried indoctrinating children too. not as sick, since it is not for financial gain, but sick nevertheless.
200000000 is not a very large pool to draw from. for example, my mothers phone number is not contained in it nor is my own phone number. i suppose i could check if a 3 or 8 is included... but somehow or another, i think they are.:)
I can not prove nor disprove a coverup. All I can do is lend credibility to the idea that the soldier fired upon that car without any evil intentions. The wording in the report is plain and factual. My own personal experiences with checkpoints (re: speed) are congruent with what happened. I suppose I could look up the soldier himself and ask him (since his name was released by the Italians), but I think it would not prove anything to anyone else since I could be part of the supposed coverup as well.
Well you've immediately assumed the US party line is the truth. The Italians are claiming a slow approach (30mph), that all necessary contacts with the US for safe passage were made, the driver stopped immediately when a light flashed 10m away but at the same time shots were fired into car for 10-15 seconds. Just wanted to clear that up for anyone who didn't RTFA, but did read your post. A quick overview here.
The Italians also consider the US to have a motive.
The Americans (I am an American) may or may not have had a a motive. It is irrelevant to the discussion since the soldier who fired had no idea at all who might be in the car. Nobody was in communication with the soldier on duty. He had no idea what kind of car Ms Sgrena would be coming in or even that she might be arriving. This is even assuming that the Italians notified Camp Victory that Ms Sgrena was arriving at that time.
Myself, I drive into checkpoints frequently. (Yes, I am in Camp Victory right now) I drive very predictably and very slowly whenever I approach such roadblocks/checkpoints. I hear the suicide bombs going off. I know how dangerous it is for the soldiers. They can, and will, shoot you if they perceive you as a threat. 30 mph is way above the posted speed limits. Try 30 kph. Even THAT is too fast for approaching a checkpoint/roadblock.
I truly believe that the official American version of this incident is completely true. I do not usually believe the offical version of anything, but this one smells true.
I do have kids and I can guarantee you that the world is not any more dangerous than it was 50 years ago, 500 years or even 5000 thousand years ago... except kids are less likely to be eaten by wild animals now. I always hear people saying, "kids nowadays! they are so much more X than when I was their age." or, "Things have changed so much from when I was a kid." Let me clue you in buddy. Sure, there are cycles where things are a little more this or a little more that (or a little less!) but for the most part, people are not changing. The internet did not suddenly create a bunch of sick people hunting down your child. Those people were always there. The internet did not create a whole new class of racists/paedophiles/[insert other dangerous scary type person here].
It is always the same old song and dance. The more things change, the more things stay the same.
You're right about one thing though: poverty in the western world is virtually non-existant. It's a statistical joke defined as earning less than half the average income, so every generation nearly doubling its wealth is completely left out of the equation.
yeah, whatever. while there are a large number of people over here who are anything but poor, do not call poverty in america a joke. it is quite real. there are many of us here who can not afford to buy two meals a day while still paying rent and utilities. healthcare? hah. lay down and die mother fucker. you will be getting nothing in america unless you can pay for it.
have you ever been hungry and cold? real hunger, not the type where you haven't eaten in 24 hours but the type where you regularly go more than 24 hours without any food and when you do get some, it is only in small amounts that do not satisfy. that kind of hunger when mixed with cold is what i experienced for many years. despair. hopelessness. almost everyone i knew was in a similar situation. most of them are now dead or in prison. thankfully, i made it out and i am no longer hungry or cold. ever.
poverty is not a joke. it exists everywhere, even in the richest nations of the earth.
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with a no-cd hack, grand theft auto plays just fine under wine in linux. click quickly through the movies at the beginning.
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You must realize that people like myself use software like Linux and OpenBSD because of the freedom that it offers. I do not hear many people talk about this freedom, as it is a freedom from the whims of software developers themselves. If a particular piece of open source software does something in a way that annoys me (maybe something as simple as a splash screen) then I can change the source to disable that splash screen. Ever used DVDPlayer on a Mac? Notice how you can not skip the FBI warnings and advertisements? With open source software, I can change the code myself so I can skip those annoying features. Mac OS X sure is slick, pretty, coherent, etc... but it is no more free (not as in beer!) than MS Windows. Should "Linux" be afraid? Not a chance.
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It should be:d rake
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:)
Slackware
Debian
Gentoo
Redhat
Suse
Man
etc.
Slackware is the oldest existing distro. It is also my second favorite.
Debian is... Debian is just incredible. It should be covered early on because it defines a linux based distro for anyone who has been around for a while. I do not particularly care for debian though.
Gentoo needs to be covered early because it can give you the most features with the least amount of hassle. Personally, this is my favorite distro.
Redhat, and therefore Fedora, should be covered... if only because they got their act together after 7 years of improper security practices and poorly thought out packaging. I really do not like this distro, but I suppose I should thank them for pushing me to slackware pre 3.2.
Suse and Mandrake have enough history to be considered important. I have no personal opinions on either one though.
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lysdexics untie!
sometimes, i run across a comment that is clear, coherent, informative, and compellingly interesting. i wish it were possible to mod your post to +6 because it stands head and shoulders above the rest of the noise. outstanding.
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I have rarely seen a post that I wanted to mod insightful more than yours. I am without mod points today though so I will repeat your words.
Perhaps we ought to look into education so our peasants aren't so damn gullible to the wiles of politicians.
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If you hate your country don't like the current political climate, by all means leave. If however you love your country and don't like the currently political climate...then fight for change, whether it be by joining PAC's or just word-of-mouth...do something.
Even if I like my home, why should I force my ideal form of government on a majority who obviously want what is happening? Surely it is better to leave in that case. No?
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What are you, as an American, doing to stop this from happening to your country?
I vote. I write my senators and representatives. I choose to live in a relatively sensible state (Colorado). What else can I do when most other people do nothing?
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yeah, but now radio stations are fucked because people can listen to the tune quickly and easily. there goes another revenue stream (and avenue of control!) for the riaa.
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Open Source would not exist at the level that it is at if it were not for the astonishing greed and lust for control exhibited by Microsoft and the early Unix vendors.
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"Maybe they will restrict the operation to those who do things to their brain other than try to deaden it and give way to instinct."
life would be mighty boring if we never satisfied instinct. as always, there should be a balance of "partying" and intellectualism.
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Everyone around me carries a 9mm or an M16. Tanks have their barrels (loaded!) pointed at me on a daily basis. Sometimes, I do feel a bit uncomfortable with the tank barrels, but for the most part, I feel perfectly safe. Yes, one of these folks could go crazy with their weapon, but, there are a thousand others here to stop them quickly. I do not agree with the laws that you mention.
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I downloaded two torrents of Battlestar Galactica, was pleasantly suprised (I saw the original series) and wanted to see more. Well, I never got to see any more because I went to Iraq... but, they will have someone buying each seasons DVDs if they ever get around to selling them where I can buy them. That someone is me. Those were good shows. I am still dying to find out if that girl is a cylon (not starbuck, boomer?) and how she reacts if she finds out she is a cylon. anyways...
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While your commentary is insightful and your suggestions are useful, you are off topic. The topic is Cisco source code theft. These kinds of suggestions do not belong in the comment section for stories. I have seen hundreds (thousands?) of them over the years and _nothing_ has ever changed because of them. Maybe send them directly to taco or cowboyneal?
I was going to post anonymously so I could mod you offtopic but, I felt it was important that you, or anyone else, not think that I am hiding... which means, of course, that I can not mod your comments offtopic anymore.
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only if there are flaws in said code.
which translates into: yes!
Actually, RoTJ was nowhere near as enchanting as the first two. it was Star Wars though, so I enjoyed it, but Epsidode I should have been an attempt to win me back.
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my 99 saturn sl1 barely registers anything at all during emissions testing. i can not imagine that any internal combustion engine could get much cleaner.
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it is a shame that you used such inflammatory language as your points are all valid:
blocking ports == bad idea
blocking protocols == bad idea
personally, i would have modded you insightful despite your approach.
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Frankly I guess I am confused. Is pirating and right? I thought that the main complaint with the RIAA was with there tactics, destruction of the princeable of fair use, and just general nastyness. I mean the FSF uses the very same IP laws to go after people that break the GPL. Are they just as evil since they go after violators of their IP as does the RIAA?
I really thought it was about keeping your rights to privacy not piracy.
i would be sickened if the FSF tried indoctrinating children too. not as sick, since it is not for financial gain, but sick nevertheless.
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200000000 is not a very large pool to draw from. for example, my mothers phone number is not contained in it nor is my own phone number. i suppose i could check if a 3 or 8 is included... but somehow or another, i think they are. :)
anyways, it was a cool link. thanks.
oooh. removing the area code helps.
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I can not prove nor disprove a coverup. All I can do is lend credibility to the idea that the soldier fired upon that car without any evil intentions. The wording in the report is plain and factual. My own personal experiences with checkpoints (re: speed) are congruent with what happened. I suppose I could look up the soldier himself and ask him (since his name was released by the Italians), but I think it would not prove anything to anyone else since I could be part of the supposed coverup as well.
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Well you've immediately assumed the US party line is the truth. The Italians are claiming a slow approach (30mph), that all necessary contacts with the US for safe passage were made, the driver stopped immediately when a light flashed 10m away but at the same time shots were fired into car for 10-15 seconds. Just wanted to clear that up for anyone who didn't RTFA, but did read your post.
A quick overview here.
The Italians also consider the US to have a motive.
The Americans (I am an American) may or may not have had a a motive. It is irrelevant to the discussion since the soldier who fired had no idea at all who might be in the car. Nobody was in communication with the soldier on duty. He had no idea what kind of car Ms Sgrena would be coming in or even that she might be arriving. This is even assuming that the Italians notified Camp Victory that Ms Sgrena was arriving at that time.
Myself, I drive into checkpoints frequently. (Yes, I am in Camp Victory right now) I drive very predictably and very slowly whenever I approach such roadblocks/checkpoints. I hear the suicide bombs going off. I know how dangerous it is for the soldiers. They can, and will, shoot you if they perceive you as a threat. 30 mph is way above the posted speed limits. Try 30 kph. Even THAT is too fast for approaching a checkpoint/roadblock.
I truly believe that the official American version of this incident is completely true. I do not usually believe the offical version of anything, but this one smells true.
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I do have kids and I can guarantee you that the world is not any more dangerous than it was 50 years ago, 500 years or even 5000 thousand years ago... except kids are less likely to be eaten by wild animals now. I always hear people saying, "kids nowadays! they are so much more X than when I was their age." or, "Things have changed so much from when I was a kid." Let me clue you in buddy. Sure, there are cycles where things are a little more this or a little more that (or a little less!) but for the most part, people are not changing. The internet did not suddenly create a bunch of sick people hunting down your child. Those people were always there. The internet did not create a whole new class of racists/paedophiles/[insert other dangerous scary type person here].
It is always the same old song and dance. The more things change, the more things stay the same.
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You're right about one thing though: poverty in the western world is virtually non-existant. It's a statistical joke defined as earning less than half the average income, so every generation nearly doubling its wealth is completely left out of the equation.
yeah, whatever. while there are a large number of people over here who are anything but poor, do not call poverty in america a joke. it is quite real. there are many of us here who can not afford to buy two meals a day while still paying rent and utilities. healthcare? hah. lay down and die mother fucker. you will be getting nothing in america unless you can pay for it.
have you ever been hungry and cold? real hunger, not the type where you haven't eaten in 24 hours but the type where you regularly go more than 24 hours without any food and when you do get some, it is only in small amounts that do not satisfy. that kind of hunger when mixed with cold is what i experienced for many years. despair. hopelessness. almost everyone i knew was in a similar situation. most of them are now dead or in prison. thankfully, i made it out and i am no longer hungry or cold. ever.
poverty is not a joke. it exists everywhere, even in the richest nations of the earth.
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