If we're ever at the point where transcribing the code from a frame-by-frame playback of the video is the only way to transfer the code, we'll be in really big trouble, and DeCSS will be the least of our problems.
This isn't a matter of practical use. This is more of a protest move. They don't honestly think people will transcribe the code from the TV set. This is just something to grab attention, and send a big "Fu*k you" to the Powers-that-be which tried to censor the code.
I can see what would happen already....Picture it:
You do a full system backup on a roll of tape. Then you put your tape roll on the desk.
Now, someone who lives with you is just going to *NEED* a piece of tape. They go searching around the house, and viola! There's a NICE FRESH ROLL OF TAPE sitting right there on the computer desk!
Rrrrrrrrrrrip........Snap! (500 MB)
When they're done, they put it back. Then comes the point when you want to restore from backup...
I disagree. It's relatively small, very powerful, efficent, portable....
I like Linux, but would never want it to be used on aircraft or controlling an anti-lock braking system.
Would you rather those systems run Windows CE? Personally, I'd feel a lot better with a proven and stable OS behind the scenes. (I see no problem with Linux on an aircraft.)
"Best tool for the job" is infinitely more important than advocacy.
If you read my post, I said: "Which is better at doing the job, doing it right, and doing it quickly? THAT'S the one the developers are going to pick."
Microsoft may give away the software to developers in the embedded-device market -- an effort to blunt Linux inroads.
In a lot of cases, it's not about who's open-source and who isn't. People are using Linux in embedded systems (as well as other places) because it does a better job than it's counterparts. So what if it's free, and open source. Which is better at doing the job, doing it right, and doing it quickly?
Patient: "Doctor, it hurts when I bend my arm this way."
Doctor: "Don't bend your arm that way."
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Consumer: "Whenever I drop my hard drive, the glass platter breaks."
Corporation: "Don't drop the hard drive."
Seriously, I've never dropped a hard drive (save the one that I threw across the driveway), so what kind of conditions do you have that this would actually be a problem? Are you actually that clumsy that you have to buy ruggedized equipment just to make sure it survives?;P
-- Except the papers have to be notarized....and Notaries require ID. So unless You're good buddies with a Notary (and they won't mind losing the power of notary, and getting thrown in Jail along with you), it's a bad thought.
First, type up a letter to both your Local FBI office, as well as FBI Headquarters.
Say in the letter you want to request any information being held on you on behalf of the Freedom of Information Privacy Acts. Word it professionally, so it's easily understood.
Within 4 weeks you should get a confirmation paper that they've received your request:
[X] This acknowledged your Freedom of Information-Privacy Acts (FOIPA) request submitted to the FBI.
After 6 to 8 weeks (maybe sooner) you'll get a packet (if applicable) with your info.
Unfortunately, the FOIPA doesn't apply to certain information, so anything they don't want you to see gets blacked out.
Some facts (From the FBI FILE FACT SHEET) BEFORE you send off for your file:
- The primary function of the FBI is law enforcement. The FBI does not keep a file on every citizen of the United States.
- An FBI identification record or "rap sheet" is NOT the same as an FBI "file" - It is simply a listing of information taken from fingerprint cards submitted to the FBI in connection with arrests, federal employment, naturalization, or military service.
Oh, and another thing to remember: If FBI HQ doesn't have a file on you, check with the field offices near you, or where you've lived.
The Plasma shoelaces look really interesting. The thing that gets me, is the Website says they have a 13 hour battery life (and the blinking slows down drain...), but can you turn them OFF? And how hard can you tighten your laces before a rupture sprays plasma in your eye? Or, what if the dog gets ahold of your shoes, and thinks the blinking laces look tasty?
The SkyBird doesn't look that cool. It would be niftier if it was physiologically correct against a REAL bird, and flew like a real bird.
Reading the WebGuide was a trip back, but this section gave me pause:
How was the Web created?
The Web began in March 1989, when Tim Berners-Lee of CERN (a collective of European high-energy physics researchers) proposed the project to be used as a means of transporting research and ideas effectively throughout the organization. Effective communications was a goal of CERNs for many years, as its members were located in a number of countries.
1989? Jeez, Al Gore must have just been getting started. (The document has no mention of ARPANET that I could find whatsoever.)
Pokemon Butts: WHY GOD, WHY?!
CmdrTaco: That's GEEK pride. PLEASE make sure you show up at the correct festival. GEEK pride. GEEK.
So what are YOU saying? You have a glass on the table. You pick up the glass and move it to the other end of the table. Since the atoms have to catch up to each other, the glass distorts until it stops? No. Atoms are held together by their own properties. Moving a glass across the table doesn't go any faster than moving a pole that spans halfway across the solar system. You're not transmitting information at the speed of light, or anything faster. BUT, since the other end of the pole is outside the near-immediate viewing perspective of the POV, light takes time to catch up. The pole moves instantly, but we don't SEE the whole thing move instantly.
...say you have a REALLY rigid pole (please no jokes:P) and it spanned from here to say the Sun, and you yanked on that pole, would the information (the force of the tug) exceed the speed of light or would you have to wait 8 minutes for the opposite end of the pole to move[?]
Well, if it were possible to have a pole that spans from here to the sun that DOESN'T bend, and you pulled it in a certain direction, I'm guessing the pole would appear to bend when you jerk it away, and as light catches up and hits Earth, the pole would appear to straighten out.
Oh, and my pole isn't rigid right NOW, but you have the length about right.;)
If the signal travels faster than light, wouldn't it get received before it was sent??
Woah. That makes my head hurt, but I'm going to try anyway...
Depending on the distance between the station and destination, let's assume the signal travels *at* the speed of light.
Now, let's assume the station is orbiting Earth, and the target is hovering somewhere near the Sun. If we send a signal out *at* the speed of light, it would take about 8 minutes to reach the destination. So assuming there's no accelleration curve involved, if we send the signal at *twice* the speed of light, it would probably get there in about 4 minutes.
Light has to travel a distance, so I can't see it being received before it's sent. Either that, or my brain refuses to let me see it until I can think straight.:)
A method to transmit and receive electromagnetic waves which comprises generating opposing magnetic fields having a plane of maximum force running perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the magnetic field; generating a heat source along an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the magnetic field; generating an accelerator parallel to and in close proximity to the heat source, thereby creating an input and output port; and generating a communications signal into the input and output port, thereby sending the signal at a speed faster than light.
WooHoo! Now we can contact Voyager!
(P.S.: If that's the abstract, I don't want to see the specifics. heh)
Whatever happened from Slackware 4 to Slack ware 7? This is a fairly large gap here.
This has been explained several times already, even by Patrick Himself. What follows is Patrick's post to the Slackware forum about the version number jump.
Patrick Volkerding (Slackware Project Lead), at 21:43 10-10-1999.
I've stayed out of this for now, but I do think I should lend a little justification to the version number thing.
First off, I think I forgot to count some time ago. If I'd started on 6.0 and made every release a major version (I think that's how Linux releases are made these days, right?;), we would be on Slackware 47 by now. (it would actually be in the 20s somewhere if we'd gone 1, 2, 3...)
I think it's clear that some other distributions inflated their version numbers for marketing purposes, and I've had to field (way too many times) the question "why isn't yours 6.x" or worse "when will you upgrade to Linux 6.0" which really drives home the effectiveness of this simple trick. With the move to glibc and nearly everyone else using 6.x now, it made sense to go to at least 6.0, just to make it clear to people who don't know anything about Linux that Slackware's libraries, compilers, and other stuff are not 3 major versions behind. I thought they'd all be using 7.0 by now, but no matter. We're at least "one better", right?:)
Sorry if I haven't been enough of a purist about this. I promise I won't inflate the version number again (unless everyone else does again;)
I've been a happy Slackware user forever now, and I have some questions.
1.) I've liked Slackware because it doesn't hide what it does behind pretty interfaces. You have easy access to the entire system should you decide to configure any part of it. Obviously, the version jump from 4 to 7 was to keep up with 'Competition' per se....are we going to see that same rivalry enter the distribution? (I.e.: We have to have a pretty interface because the others do!) I like Slack for what it is, and I hope it doesn't become another Red Hat. Slackware is touted for it's Stability and power, and those are two things that we don't want to go away.
2.) Now that Slackware has spun off into it's own entity, are there any changes going to be implemented into it that you couldn't do before? What I mean is, were there anyt limitations imposed on you at Walnut Creek that you are free to do now? Or are you going to need to bring on more maintainers because the main guys are busy with corporate stuff? (Hint Hint....I can work for you!);)
Also plugged: Isuzu, Pennzoil, SGI, Barq's Root Beer, Dr. Pepper, several others that I don't recall just now. The product placement was offensive enough that if I was writing this review I'd make a really big deal of it. Oh, I guess I am. Like watching two hours of commercials.
Hehehe, Remember Austin Powers II? There was the intentional humorously subtle product placement throught the entire movie. ("Would you like a Hot Pocket? An Eggo?") That was funny, and added to the movie. Also, remember Twister? Great movie, but one big Dodge commercial. ("That's a Nice Truck!")
In the case of a regular movie with lots of product placement, it's always funny to see how they work it in. I remember back when E.T. first came out, the people who made the film originally wanted to use Skittles. They brought it to the Skittles people, and they said "No. This movie is going to be a flop." and pulled out. So they went to Reese's, who happily said that ET was permitted to munch on Reese's Pieces. Then the film was a huge success, and everyone wanted Reese's Pieces.
Just because you pay for a domain doesn't mean you're not squatting.
A domain squatter is someone who registers a domain hoping to sell it off in the future for a nice chunk of change. Say 10 years ago, you decided to register microsoft.com, hoping to sell it for a cool billion today. That's domain squatting.
The computers are theirs to do with as they please. So if some of them decide to do away with Windows and install Linux, so be it. (Although they do get a slew of accessories with it, such as a Printer and a web cam. Who knows if those specific devices are even supported under Linux.)
According to this page, the first Dairy Queen store opened in 1940. Dairy Queen's "Blizzard" was introduced in 1985.
Blizzard Entertainment was founded in 1990 according to their Company Profile, and they weren't even *called* Blizzard back then.
I say we call Dairy Queen, and let them know that Blizzard.com is causing "confusion of mark." Hell, I went to blizzard.com hoping to get some Ice Cream, but NOOOOOOOOOO....There's some damn Computer Game manufacturer there.
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This isn't a matter of practical use. This is more of a protest move. They don't honestly think people will transcribe the code from the TV set. This is just something to grab attention, and send a big "Fu*k you" to the Powers-that-be which tried to censor the code.
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
You do a full system backup on a roll of tape. Then you put your tape roll on the desk.
Now, someone who lives with you is just going to *NEED* a piece of tape. They go searching around the house, and viola! There's a NICE FRESH ROLL OF TAPE sitting right there on the computer desk!
Rrrrrrrrrrrip........Snap! (500 MB)
When they're done, they put it back. Then comes the point when you want to restore from backup...
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
I'm not talking about double entries. I'm talking about the sheer volume of Slashdot readers.
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
...But now since the story was submitted and posted on Slashdot, the actual CHANCES you will get picked have decreased by 800,000%.
Good Luck!
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
I disagree. It's relatively small, very powerful, efficent, portable....
I like Linux, but would never want it to be used on aircraft or controlling an anti-lock braking system.
Would you rather those systems run Windows CE? Personally, I'd feel a lot better with a proven and stable OS behind the scenes. (I see no problem with Linux on an aircraft.)
"Best tool for the job" is infinitely more important than advocacy.
If you read my post, I said: "Which is better at doing the job, doing it right, and doing it quickly? THAT'S the one the developers are going to pick."
I didn't say it *had* to be Linux.
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
In a lot of cases, it's not about who's open-source and who isn't. People are using Linux in embedded systems (as well as other places) because it does a better job than it's counterparts. So what if it's free, and open source. Which is better at doing the job, doing it right, and doing it quickly?
THAT'S the one the developers are going to pick.
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
That kitten will be suffering from Post Pnumatic Stress Syndrome. (Oh my god, what a terrible joke.)
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
I'd be hard pressed to find *2* gigs of DECENT porn.
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
Doctor: "Don't bend your arm that way."
------
Consumer: "Whenever I drop my hard drive, the glass platter breaks."
Corporation: "Don't drop the hard drive."
Seriously, I've never dropped a hard drive (save the one that I threw across the driveway), so what kind of conditions do you have that this would actually be a problem? Are you actually that clumsy that you have to buy ruggedized equipment just to make sure it survives?
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
They wanted to forge a signature to get someone ELSE'S FBI file.
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
-- Except the papers have to be notarized....and Notaries require ID. So unless You're good buddies with a Notary (and they won't mind losing the power of notary, and getting thrown in Jail along with you), it's a bad thought.
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
First, type up a letter to both your Local FBI office, as well as FBI Headquarters.
Say in the letter you want to request any information being held on you on behalf of the Freedom of Information Privacy Acts. Word it professionally, so it's easily understood.
Within 4 weeks you should get a confirmation paper that they've received your request:
[X] This acknowledged your Freedom of Information-Privacy Acts (FOIPA) request submitted to the FBI.
After 6 to 8 weeks (maybe sooner) you'll get a packet (if applicable) with your info.
Unfortunately, the FOIPA doesn't apply to certain information, so anything they don't want you to see gets blacked out.
Some facts (From the FBI FILE FACT SHEET) BEFORE you send off for your file:
- The primary function of the FBI is law enforcement.
The FBI does not keep a file on every citizen of the United States.
- An FBI identification record or "rap sheet" is NOT the same as an FBI "file" - It is simply a listing of information taken from fingerprint cards submitted to the FBI in connection with arrests, federal employment, naturalization, or military service.
Oh, and another thing to remember: If FBI HQ doesn't have a file on you, check with the field offices near you, or where you've lived.
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
The Plasma shoelaces look really interesting. The thing that gets me, is the Website says they have a 13 hour battery life (and the blinking slows down drain...), but can you turn them OFF? And how hard can you tighten your laces before a rupture sprays plasma in your eye? Or, what if the dog gets ahold of your shoes, and thinks the blinking laces look tasty?
The SkyBird doesn't look that cool. It would be niftier if it was physiologically correct against a REAL bird, and flew like a real bird.
Reading the WebGuide was a trip back, but this section gave me pause:
How was the Web created?
The Web began in March 1989, when Tim Berners-Lee of CERN (a collective of European high-energy physics researchers) proposed the project to be used as a means of transporting research and ideas effectively throughout the organization. Effective communications was a goal of CERNs for many years, as its members were located in a number of countries.
1989? Jeez, Al Gore must have just been getting started. (The document has no mention of ARPANET that I could find whatsoever.)
Pokemon Butts: WHY GOD, WHY?!
CmdrTaco: That's GEEK pride. PLEASE make sure you show up at the correct festival. GEEK pride. GEEK.
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
You have a glass on the table. You pick up the glass and move it to the other end of the table. Since the atoms have to catch up to each other, the glass distorts until it stops?
No.
Atoms are held together by their own properties. Moving a glass across the table doesn't go any faster than moving a pole that spans halfway across the solar system. You're not transmitting information at the speed of light, or anything faster. BUT, since the other end of the pole is outside the near-immediate viewing perspective of the POV, light takes time to catch up. The pole moves instantly, but we don't SEE the whole thing move instantly.
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
Well, if it were possible to have a pole that spans from here to the sun that DOESN'T bend, and you pulled it in a certain direction, I'm guessing the pole would appear to bend when you jerk it away, and as light catches up and hits Earth, the pole would appear to straighten out.
Oh, and my pole isn't rigid right NOW, but you have the length about right.
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
Woah. That makes my head hurt, but I'm going to try anyway...
Depending on the distance between the station and destination, let's assume the signal travels *at* the speed of light.
Now, let's assume the station is orbiting Earth, and the target is hovering somewhere near the Sun. If we send a signal out *at* the speed of light, it would take about 8 minutes to reach the destination. So assuming there's no accelleration curve involved, if we send the signal at *twice* the speed of light, it would probably get there in about 4 minutes.
Light has to travel a distance, so I can't see it being received before it's sent. Either that, or my brain refuses to let me see it until I can think straight.
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
WooHoo! Now we can contact Voyager!
(P.S.: If that's the abstract, I don't want to see the specifics. heh)
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
This has been explained several times already, even by Patrick Himself. What follows is Patrick's post to the Slackware forum about the version number jump.
Patrick Volkerding (Slackware Project Lead), at 21:43 10-10-1999.
I've stayed out of this for now, but I do think I should lend a little justification to the version number thing.
First off, I think I forgot to count some time ago. If I'd started on 6.0 and made every release a major version (I think that's how Linux releases are made these days, right?
I think it's clear that some other distributions inflated their version numbers for marketing purposes, and I've had to field (way too many times) the question "why isn't yours 6.x" or worse "when will you upgrade to Linux 6.0" which really drives home the effectiveness of this simple trick. With the move to glibc and nearly everyone else using 6.x now, it made sense to go to at least 6.0, just to make it clear to people who don't know anything about Linux that Slackware's libraries, compilers, and other stuff are not 3 major versions behind. I thought they'd all be using 7.0 by now, but no matter. We're at least "one better", right?
Sorry if I haven't been enough of a purist about this. I promise I won't inflate the version number again (unless everyone else does again
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
I've been a happy Slackware user forever now, and I have some questions.
1.) I've liked Slackware because it doesn't hide what it does behind pretty interfaces. You have easy access to the entire system should you decide to configure any part of it. Obviously, the version jump from 4 to 7 was to keep up with 'Competition' per se....are we going to see that same rivalry enter the distribution? (I.e.: We have to have a pretty interface because the others do!) I like Slack for what it is, and I hope it doesn't become another Red Hat. Slackware is touted for it's Stability and power, and those are two things that we don't want to go away.
2.) Now that Slackware has spun off into it's own entity, are there any changes going to be implemented into it that you couldn't do before? What I mean is, were there anyt limitations imposed on you at Walnut Creek that you are free to do now? Or are you going to need to bring on more maintainers because the main guys are busy with corporate stuff? (Hint Hint....I can work for you!)
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
Hehehe, Remember Austin Powers II? There was the intentional humorously subtle product placement throught the entire movie. ("Would you like a Hot Pocket? An Eggo?") That was funny, and added to the movie. Also, remember Twister? Great movie, but one big Dodge commercial. ("That's a Nice Truck!")
In the case of a regular movie with lots of product placement, it's always funny to see how they work it in. I remember back when E.T. first came out, the people who made the film originally wanted to use Skittles. They brought it to the Skittles people, and they said "No. This movie is going to be a flop." and pulled out. So they went to Reese's, who happily said that ET was permitted to munch on Reese's Pieces. Then the film was a huge success, and everyone wanted Reese's Pieces.
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
A domain squatter is someone who registers a domain hoping to sell it off in the future for a nice chunk of change. Say 10 years ago, you decided to register microsoft.com, hoping to sell it for a cool billion today. That's domain squatting.
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?
According to this page, the first Dairy Queen store opened in 1940. Dairy Queen's "Blizzard" was introduced in 1985.
Blizzard Entertainment was founded in 1990 according to their Company Profile, and they weren't even *called* Blizzard back then.
I say we call Dairy Queen, and let them know that Blizzard.com is causing "confusion of mark." Hell, I went to blizzard.com hoping to get some Ice Cream, but NOOOOOOOOOO....There's some damn Computer Game manufacturer there.
-- Give him Head? Be a Beacon?