The 9.1 4-disc CD set is also available from the Slackware Store. I usually place my order for the CD set and download the ISOs so I can have it available to me immediately until the nice disc set arrives in the mail.
It's good in the fact that 100% of the money goes to Mozilla, but on the other hand, where's the attention? By actually promoting Mozilla via the coffee purchase, not only are you donating to Mozilla, you're telling the company "Hey, this is a good idea. You're doing good here." and you're promoting the attention the project receives as a result. And just maybe, it could encourage others to do the same.
Donations don't get press coverage unless they're in ridiculously large amounts. But when a company has pledged to donate a portion of its profits to a worthy cause, it gets more attention.
Which is why this story is on Mozillazine and Slashdot. A simple donation wouldn't have done that.
Who cares? Buy a bag and give it to someone who does. I'm not a coffee drinker at all, but I'm buying a bag right now just to show support for this endeavor. This is an EXTREMELY generous offer on the part of RJ Tarpley, and I plan on thanking them by thanking the Mozilla Foundation at the same time.
That's not very good. The Borg are powerful, efficient, and capable. Obviously, this is not a very good metaphor for SCO.
I see SCO as being more akin to the Pakleds from the Star Trek TNG episode "Samaritan Snare." They're slow, stupid, and bumble about without a clue. They manage to fuck a few things up here and there, but are ultimately beaten because of their own stupidity. It's perfect.
Here's some information that may help. They actually asked for this info:
The SCO Group 355 South 520 West Suite 100 Lindon, Utah 84042
801-765-4999 phone
The guy I spoke with was actually somewhat familiar with what Linux is. One of his first questions was how this company got involved with me, which my answer was "Well, that's the problem. They didn't."
He eventually asked if SCO has contacted me personally with regard to this situation, which they have not. Don't lie to them. Be completely truthful. At the end of the call I got a reference number, and he said that if SCO does contact me personally, I should call back and let them know.
It was very easy to do, and took about 5 minutes of my time. The recording while I wated for the counselor to pick up the phone did say that the FTC does track trends in complaints. If we get enough people to complain, something will happen. Please, take a few minutes and call!
Not only that, it says "The views expressed hereafter are not necessarily those of MENSA"
That implies that everything AFTER the disclaimer is "not necessarily those of MENSA", which is a pretty useless disclaimer. The word that should be there is "herein."
Sheesh. I used to think MENSA actually had *standards* for admission.
This was actually considered, attempted, and dismissed. The problem with the hologram was that it didn't survive all of the torture tests required, since paper money gets the shit kicked out of it in circulation.
If memory serves, I think the hologram they designed had passed all but one of the torture tests. These included baking them in extremely hot ovens, rolling them, washing them, etc.
The test on which it failed was the crumple test. They set the bill on top of a metal tube, and a shaft came down and pressed the bill into the tube, crushing it incredibly. When it came out and was flattened, the hologram was severely wrinkled and crushed, and the holographic image was (obviously) no longer able to be seen.
Judging by their whiny, pithy attitude, I hope usage of their product (no matter how good it may be) drops even further. From the FirebirdSQL main page:
Our marks are not there for the taking and our advice is that the law is on our side: we have nearly three years of widespread international use of our mark.
What incredible arrogance to claim ownership of the word "Firebird" implied by the statement "Our marks are not there for the taking." Give me a break. That word wasn't theirs to begin with.
Plus, while they don't come right out and say that they'd threaten legal action, they're certainly hinting at it by claiming they believe the law is on their side. Of course, that's a bullshit scare tactic at best, and a weak one at that.
The thing is, a Turbo hopper is a hell of a lot more resistant to abuse than a full-size car. The Turbo Hopper (and most RC cars) are DESIGNED to do all of those things. A Toyota Camry, however, is not.
I love how they demonstrated the throttle using the trigger-controller before they started the car, and it was cool to seem them driving it around in the desert. Very impressive work.
I liked this up until they started beating the shit out of the car. They literally did all that work to trash the damn thing. They made it do jumps, tried to ski it on two wheels (which eventually made it flip over), rammed it with their trucks, and completely destroyed it. I don't get it. They made this really badass full-size remote controlled car, then they killed it.
Oh, and posting an article with a direct link to a video file? Dammit, that's pretty lame and inconsiderate. You could have linked to a page with some detail that wasn't a direct goddamned link to the video file. Sheesh.
What I REALLY want is, a way to upgrade from version n to version n+1 without reinstalling from scratch. It is saddening that no easy way to do it exists,
Slackware has had an easy-upgrade capability since 8.0. I upgraded from 7.1 to 8 with absolutely no problems. And it was easy.
Check this out - easy upgrade instructions. While it's not as simple as "apt-get upgrade", it's hardly a nightmare. Give it a shot.
The Atlanta area has had something similar for awhile. It's pretty handy if you want to check traffic on your way home.
Plus, you can modify the map to display the locations of traffic cameras around the area. When you click a camera, it shows you the current view from that camera.
Slashdot Mirror
ISOs for 9.1 won't be available via the main Slackware FTP site due to bandwidth limitations, so BitTorrents have been set up to distribute the load.
Torrent for Disc 1
Torrent for Disc 2
The 9.1 4-disc CD set is also available from the Slackware Store. I usually place my order for the CD set and download the ISOs so I can have it available to me immediately until the nice disc set arrives in the mail.
And then you have http://slahsdot.org/ which is *clearly* some scumbucket squatter page.
Bah. WS2K3 was affected by that silly DirectX/MIDI vulnerability.
Because, you know, servers need DirectX. Just like they need themes.
As is Xine.
This is a security problem from March. Sendmail 8.12.9 was released on March 31st, correcting this problem.
Why is this being posted nearly half a year later? Solely to advertise Postfix?
I thought of the 100% to Mozilla argument.
It's good in the fact that 100% of the money goes to Mozilla, but on the other hand, where's the attention? By actually promoting Mozilla via the coffee purchase, not only are you donating to Mozilla, you're telling the company "Hey, this is a good idea. You're doing good here." and you're promoting the attention the project receives as a result. And just maybe, it could encourage others to do the same.
Donations don't get press coverage unless they're in ridiculously large amounts. But when a company has pledged to donate a portion of its profits to a worthy cause, it gets more attention.
Which is why this story is on Mozillazine and Slashdot. A simple donation wouldn't have done that.
too bad i don't drink coffee though..
Who cares? Buy a bag and give it to someone who does. I'm not a coffee drinker at all, but I'm buying a bag right now just to show support for this endeavor. This is an EXTREMELY generous offer on the part of RJ Tarpley, and I plan on thanking them by thanking the Mozilla Foundation at the same time.
That's not very good. The Borg are powerful, efficient, and capable. Obviously, this is not a very good metaphor for SCO.
I see SCO as being more akin to the Pakleds from the Star Trek TNG episode "Samaritan Snare." They're slow, stupid, and bumble about without a clue. They manage to fuck a few things up here and there, but are ultimately beaten because of their own stupidity. It's perfect.
"We look for things. Things to make us go."
It'd be so great if McBride reads Slashdot, takes your comment, and sticks it in a press release as "proof" of IBM's puppetmastery.
I would laugh and laugh...
I just called a few minutes ago.
Here's some information that may help. They actually asked for this info:
The SCO Group
355 South 520 West
Suite 100
Lindon, Utah 84042
801-765-4999 phone
The guy I spoke with was actually somewhat familiar with what Linux is. One of his first questions was how this company got involved with me, which my answer was "Well, that's the problem. They didn't."
He eventually asked if SCO has contacted me personally with regard to this situation, which they have not. Don't lie to them. Be completely truthful. At the end of the call I got a reference number, and he said that if SCO does contact me personally, I should call back and let them know.
It was very easy to do, and took about 5 minutes of my time. The recording while I wated for the counselor to pick up the phone did say that the FTC does track trends in complaints. If we get enough people to complain, something will happen. Please, take a few minutes and call!
Thank you for this information, div_2n.
Another, similarly detail-lacking article is here.
Not only that, it says "The views expressed hereafter are not necessarily those of MENSA"
That implies that everything AFTER the disclaimer is "not necessarily those of MENSA", which is a pretty useless disclaimer. The word that should be there is "herein."
Sheesh. I used to think MENSA actually had *standards* for admission.
"Your" is not the same as "you're", you fucking idiot!
Heh, reminds me of an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Q: It's the truth! I'm as human as the rest of you! What must I do to prove that?
Worf: Die.
That's not holographic. It's reflective ink.
This was actually considered, attempted, and dismissed. The problem with the hologram was that it didn't survive all of the torture tests required, since paper money gets the shit kicked out of it in circulation.
If memory serves, I think the hologram they designed had passed all but one of the torture tests. These included baking them in extremely hot ovens, rolling them, washing them, etc.
The test on which it failed was the crumple test. They set the bill on top of a metal tube, and a shaft came down and pressed the bill into the tube, crushing it incredibly. When it came out and was flattened, the hologram was severely wrinkled and crushed, and the holographic image was (obviously) no longer able to be seen.
Judging by their whiny, pithy attitude, I hope usage of their product (no matter how good it may be) drops even further. From the FirebirdSQL main page:
Our marks are not there for the taking and our advice is that the law is on our side: we have nearly three years of widespread international use of our mark.
What incredible arrogance to claim ownership of the word "Firebird" implied by the statement "Our marks are not there for the taking." Give me a break. That word wasn't theirs to begin with.
Plus, while they don't come right out and say that they'd threaten legal action, they're certainly hinting at it by claiming they believe the law is on their side. Of course, that's a bullshit scare tactic at best, and a weak one at that.
This is childish whining in every sense.
Interestingly enough, Infoseek's Go.com is "powered by Google".
Insert conspiracy-theorist's speculative "Hmmm..." here.
Hell yes I did. I had a Turbo Hopper.
The thing is, a Turbo hopper is a hell of a lot more resistant to abuse than a full-size car. The Turbo Hopper (and most RC cars) are DESIGNED to do all of those things. A Toyota Camry, however, is not.
It wasn't hard, really. The site is very simplistic.
I love how they demonstrated the throttle using the trigger-controller before they started the car, and it was cool to seem them driving it around in the desert. Very impressive work.
I liked this up until they started beating the shit out of the car. They literally did all that work to trash the damn thing. They made it do jumps, tried to ski it on two wheels (which eventually made it flip over), rammed it with their trucks, and completely destroyed it. I don't get it. They made this really badass full-size remote controlled car, then they killed it.
Oh, and posting an article with a direct link to a video file? Dammit, that's pretty lame and inconsiderate. You could have linked to a page with some detail that wasn't a direct goddamned link to the video file. Sheesh.
It was actually from 4 to 7.
What I REALLY want is, a way to upgrade from version n to version n+1 without reinstalling from scratch. It is saddening that no easy way to do it exists,
Slackware has had an easy-upgrade capability since 8.0. I upgraded from 7.1 to 8 with absolutely no problems. And it was easy.
Check this out - easy upgrade instructions. While it's not as simple as "apt-get upgrade", it's hardly a nightmare. Give it a shot.
Sorry, but it's not terraforming if you ain't forming on Terra. "Marsforming" maybe?
Just like there's only one "Solar System". OURS. Why? Because the sun's freakin' name is SOL.
The Atlanta area has had something similar for awhile. It's pretty handy if you want to check traffic on your way home.
Plus, you can modify the map to display the locations of traffic cameras around the area. When you click a camera, it shows you the current view from that camera.
It's a pretty nifty system.