I'm with you. I live outside of Philly, PA (USA), in the burbs. There are still some small areas of woods around but they are being sold off and developed. Thankfully we have a few semi-large county and state parks around here that are nice and wooded. I'd hate to see this area turn out like most of Philly. Nothing but urbin sprall as far as the eye can see (there are a few nice areas of Philly but I mean most of it). I'd love to see that front lobby atrium. I wish more companys would do it.
"First, a fingerprint serves no purpose to prove my identity for acquiring an identification card. As there are no other existing thumb-prints (of mine) on record, there is absolutely no use for them."
Lucky you, When I was little (in the early '80) my mom took my to the local high school to have my prints put on file. She did this because there was some kind of campaign saying that it would help find me if I was ever kidnapped. To me that sounds like a load of bull. I'm sure it was just another way to help build up a file to track me with.
(Yes, I know I sound paranoid but sometimes that's not a bad thing)
Yup. Slot-loading drives can only use normal sized CD. I've been wondering why no one's come up with come kind of carrier/holder that these small CD would snap into so they'd work with slot-loading drives...
My main consern is something along those lines. What happenes then a program crashes (unix programs *do* crash sometimes)? Do you get a core dump? How about if a driver takes a dump? Do you have to comment it out of an init script? My main complaint about them killing INITs is just that. If the new driver for my xyz drive/card is buggy I can just remove it from my extentions folder or turn it off with CC or the like. My mom can do that. I can't see her tweeking init scripts. Don't get me wrong, I do like Unixes. I have a NetBSD box and a Linux box but it takes for ever for a Mac user (like me) to rap his/her mind around rc.d scripts and the like.
(yes, calling extentions INITs does show that I've been a Mac user for a long time)
It could happen but it's not as likely. You can't run an AppleScript from the web via a browser (unless you use the help viewer as your browser). AppleScript can and has been used (stardust?) by virus writers but not in the way you mentioned.
BTW, Help viewer didn't open. I'm using Netscape so I don't know about IE.
Good! I'm not the only one to think about the Shadowrun angle of this. People used to say that Data Jack's would never, ever become real. Well it looks like we're taking baby steps in that direction. If they ever do come out with them I will get one. After I see that the first few people live. Oh God, lets hope Micro$oft isn't the maker. The last thing I'd need is a "Fatal Error in Greymatter.sys"
>Maybe I can find a sufficently eardrum shattering >noise to play over the phone.
Sence I only get 2 or 3 usefull calls a week and my friends/family has e-mail I've taken to putting a modem on my voice line set to auto-answer when I get pissed them calling on weekends. It hasn't stopped the calls but it is satisfying
The idea is great. Unfortunely I've lost count of the telemarketers that have hung up when I start collecting that info. I'm all for capitalism but when I get 15+ calls a day I get pissed!
Actually she has a PC running Linux as well as her Mac. But I don't see why being a Mac user means that someone wouldn't interested in/. I'm a Mac user and I come here religiously (I know, strange religion)
This doesn't surpise me. This is the same School that puts all of it's student's personal info up for anyone to see (by fingering their e-mail address). If you want you info taken down you have to jump through a few dozen hoops.
Not to nit pick (well not too much) but if you want to use the all-in-one idea for prior art then Apple beat them all to the punch with the Lisa or Mac 128k. Also one that looked more like the IMac or Compaq all in one would be the Mac LC 575.
Well, I'm using NetBSD 1.4.1 on a real old Mac IIx w/ 8 MB Ram and a 1GB drive (40MB swap, 40 HFS, the rest root/usr). I have it set up for my self and a friend (remotely) to learn Unix. It works pretty well if a little slow (I can run X but it takes 5 minutes to load and is slowwwww). It's running samba, netatalk, apache, ssh (slow to connect but runs fine), etc and I like it. I tried OpenBSD but it was dog slow on this box and asking any questions of the user community only got RTFM. NetBSD users are more willing to help.
"He who sacrafices freedom for conveneance deserves neither"
I'm sure this has already been posted in reply but I have to put my $0.02 in. (moderate this down if you wish) <RANT> I do live in the US and any time some one tries to get the Gov to ignore the Constatution it afects me. Be it in Holland of in my home town, I'm going to fight tooth and nail to stop them. Infact if any one <I>anywhere</I> tries to take away peoples' basic rights I care. Some say we are the "brotherhood of man" and while it my sound cornie it's true! No one can truly live free untill we all live free. Okay, I'm done now. </RANT> (Sorry about the spelling)
If I remember right you need to add some text in BootX. I think I foundthat somewhere on linuxppc's page. I'm sorry I can't give you more info mut I haven't run LinuxPPC for a while now.
A quick, off topic Question. Can Toast for the Mac use ISO images? I'd love to burn a few ISO's I've seen but I don't want to download a 600+ meg file just to find out I can't do anything with it.
You make a good point but the UN would never kick out the US. If they tried I'm sure the US Gov would say something along the lines of, "You like your pretty building? What to keep it?"
Okay, I'll admit it. I'd be scared to use a digital signature that's as legally binding as a pen and paper one. While you do make some good points I just can't trust encryption with anything real important. We've all seen what can be cracked if enough people put their minds to it. For this to work there will need to be a standard and there's a good chance that ether the US Gov. or Microsoft will try and design that standard. Frankly, I trust neither.
My machines are running fine. In fact I left one of mine up for the change over and it didn't blow up (Despite what every one was saying on the news last night). I am suffering from one Y2K glitch though. My news server forgot who I am. As bad as their service is I should have expected it.
This might sound really odd but I actually like the sounds of my computers running. I find it comforting, kind of like a wave machine or a white noise generator. (Before anyone says something: Yes, I do have a life)
Has any one looked for planets in the Centari (sp?) system? I haven't been able to find any info either way. To me it makes sence that you'd look for planets closer to the Sol system then 50 light years away.
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I'm with you. I live outside of Philly, PA (USA), in the burbs. There are still some small areas of woods around but they are being sold off and developed. Thankfully we have a few semi-large county and state parks around here that are nice and wooded. I'd hate to see this area turn out like most of Philly. Nothing but urbin sprall as far as the eye can see (there are a few nice areas of Philly but I mean most of it). I'd love to see that front lobby atrium. I wish more companys would do it.
"free/legal clients for Mac and Windows."
Putty for Windows
and
NiftyTelnet 1.1 SSH for the Mac.
I've used both and they work well
"First, a fingerprint serves no purpose to prove my identity for acquiring an identification card. As there are no other existing
thumb-prints (of mine) on record, there is absolutely no use for them."
Lucky you,
When I was little (in the early '80) my mom took my to the local high school to have my prints put on file. She did this because there was some kind of campaign saying that it would help find me if I was ever kidnapped. To me that sounds like a load of bull. I'm sure it was just another way to help build up a file to track me with.
(Yes, I know I sound paranoid but sometimes that's not a bad thing)
Yup.
Slot-loading drives can only use normal sized CD. I've been wondering why no one's come up with come kind of carrier/holder that these small CD would snap into so they'd work with slot-loading drives...
ummm, the above is copyright FyreFiend!
...Off to the patent office
My main consern is something along those lines. What happenes then a program crashes (unix programs *do* crash sometimes)? Do you get a core dump? How about if a driver takes a dump? Do you have to comment it out of an init script? My main complaint about them killing INITs is just that. If the new driver for my xyz drive/card is buggy I can just remove it from my extentions folder or turn it off with CC or the like. My mom can do that. I can't see her tweeking init scripts.
Don't get me wrong, I do like Unixes. I have a NetBSD box and a Linux box but it takes for ever for a Mac user (like me) to rap his/her mind around rc.d scripts and the like.
(yes, calling extentions INITs does show that I've been a Mac user for a long time)
...or .gods for the polytheistic
It could happen but it's not as likely. You can't run an AppleScript from the web via a browser (unless you use the help viewer as your browser). AppleScript can and has been used (stardust?) by virus writers but not in the way you mentioned.
.sig. I follow it with my computers)
BTW, Help viewer didn't open. I'm using Netscape so I don't know about IE.
(I love the
Good! I'm not the only one to think about the Shadowrun angle of this. People used to say that Data Jack's would never, ever become real. Well it looks like we're taking baby steps in that direction. If they ever do come out with them I will get one. After I see that the first few people live. Oh God, lets hope Micro$oft isn't the maker. The last thing I'd need is a "Fatal Error in Greymatter.sys"
I never order from someone that calls/mails me and I stop ordering from poeple that sell my name.
>Maybe I can find a sufficently eardrum shattering >noise to play over the phone.
Sence I only get 2 or 3 usefull calls a week and my friends/family has e-mail I've taken to putting a modem on my voice line set to auto-answer when I get pissed them calling on weekends.
It hasn't stopped the calls but it is satisfying
The idea is great. Unfortunely I've lost count of the telemarketers that have hung up when I start collecting that info. I'm all for capitalism but when I get 15+ calls a day I get pissed!
Actually she has a PC running Linux as well as her Mac. But I don't see why being a Mac user means that someone wouldn't interested in /. I'm a Mac user and I come here religiously (I know, strange religion)
This doesn't surpise me. This is the same School that puts all of it's student's personal info up for anyone to see (by fingering their e-mail address). If you want you info taken down you have to jump through a few dozen hoops.
Not to nit pick (well not too much) but if you want to use the all-in-one idea for prior art then Apple beat them all to the punch with the Lisa or Mac 128k. Also one that looked more like the IMac or Compaq all in one would be the Mac LC 575.
Well, I'm using NetBSD 1.4.1 on a real old Mac IIx w/ 8 MB Ram and a 1GB drive (40MB swap, 40 HFS, the rest root/usr). I have it set up for my self and a friend (remotely) to learn Unix. It works pretty well if a little slow (I can run X but it takes 5 minutes to load and is slowwwww). It's running samba, netatalk, apache, ssh (slow to connect but runs fine), etc and I like it. I tried OpenBSD but it was dog slow on this box and asking any questions of the user community only got RTFM. NetBSD users are more willing to help.
"He who sacrafices freedom for conveneance deserves neither"
I'm sure this has already been posted in reply but I have to put my $0.02 in. (moderate this down if you wish)
<RANT>
I do live in the US and any time some one tries to get the Gov to ignore the Constatution it afects me. Be it in Holland of in my home town, I'm going to fight tooth and nail to stop them. Infact if any one <I>anywhere</I> tries to take away peoples' basic rights I care. Some say we are the "brotherhood of man" and while it my sound cornie it's true! No one can truly live free untill we all live free.
Okay, I'm done now.
</RANT>
(Sorry about the spelling)
If I remember right you need to add some text in BootX. I think I foundthat somewhere on linuxppc's page. I'm sorry I can't give you more info mut I haven't run LinuxPPC for a while now.
A quick, off topic Question.
Can Toast for the Mac use ISO images? I'd love to burn a few ISO's I've seen but I don't want to download a 600+ meg file just to find out I can't do anything with it.
Thanks,
Fyre
>Which is exactly why we need encryption. After
>this, I will assume France to be on the privacy
>side of the privacy-security debate.
If memory serves the French Gov. Out lawed all forms of encryption a few years ago, but I could be wrong.
-Fyre
You make a good point but the UN would never kick out the US. If they tried I'm sure the US Gov would say something along the lines of, "You like your pretty building? What to keep it?"
-Fyre
Okay, I'll admit it. I'd be scared to use a digital signature that's as legally binding as a pen and paper one. While you do make some good points I just can't trust encryption with anything real important. We've all seen what can be cracked if enough people put their minds to it. For this to work there will need to be a standard and there's a good chance that ether the US Gov. or Microsoft will try and design that standard. Frankly, I trust neither.
My machines are running fine. In fact I left one of mine up for the change over and it didn't blow up (Despite what every one was saying on the news last night).
I am suffering from one Y2K glitch though. My news server forgot who I am. As bad as their service is I should have expected it.
This might sound really odd but I actually like the sounds of my computers running. I find it comforting, kind of like a wave machine or a white noise generator.
(Before anyone says something: Yes, I do have a life)
while Looking for eggs in system 9 I found that in the system file at STRs -16096 is the name of the owner of the Machine
Has any one looked for planets in the Centari (sp?) system? I haven't been able to find any info either way. To me it makes sence that you'd look for planets closer to the Sol system then 50 light years away.
SeeYa,
Fyre