This may be nothing more than the typical embrace and extend strategy. Microsoft may be aiming to present itself as the only provider of a totally trusted computer. First they will embrace the hardware and then they will start modifying it so that it integrates better with their software to the point that both are inseparable. Microsoft has realized that it cannot compete with Linux at the software level, so they must extend their grab to the hardware. At the same time, it may use their monopoly position to present their hw/sw product as the only tamper-proof trusted computer available, and thus make it desirable to Hollywood as the required platform for home computing and to corporate control freaks as the required platform for business computing. Some people will protest Microsoft's use of monopolistic practices, but they bet they will get away with it as usual.
Linksys has two systems that can be used as a general-purpose Linux computer: NSLU2 and WRT54GL. I use both on a regular basis for a variety of tasks, such as Webcams, remote voice intercoms, asterix PBX, and, of course, for their original purpose too: file serving and network routing/bridging. The
USB port in the NSLU2 is very useful not only for disks but also for all kinds of peripherals. I also use the slightly more expensive WRTSL54GS, which includes a USB port along with 3 network interfaces (two wired and one wireless.) I wish there were more options, but I am happy with those, as all 3 options are under $100.
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That's really outrageous. Who hired you? What did the program? It is important that everyone knows about such evil people.
News like this make me appreciate the integrity of people such as RMS. Both Stallman and Negroponte have a vision of a world made better by using computers for social gains instead of individual gains. However, while Stallman has remained firmly commited to work towards his goals with no compromises, Negroponte drifted away from his as soon as some pressure from the status quo was applied. The OLPC is supposed to be totally hackable, so that children learn the underlying workings of computer. How can this task be accomplished with a close-source Windows? I doubt very much that OLPCs shipped with Windows will include the source code. So, instead of a platform to encourage children to experiment, the OLPC will become the new tool to train future Windows users. Dr. Negroponte, please, if you are reading this, do not forget your laudable goals and resist the temptation to compromise.
Can you give more details about how you did it? I am in the same situation, but don't know how to add those kinds of rules. I am not a sysadmin, but happen to have a low-traffic personal domain that is now being attacked, and feel overwhelmed by the huge amount of bounces. Also, if you can explain how to setup your email agent so that it rejects messages instead of sending delayed bounces I will be glad to do this in my domain, as now I think it does the latter. My email agent is exim (the default in Debian when I installed it) but I don't care which email agent to use as long as it is safe and easy to admin. So any suggestion for us Linuxers with our own personal domain will be gladly appreciated.
This could be not only the end of Vonage, but also the end of Asterisk, Skype and VoIP in general. I am not a Vonage customer and do not plan to be, as I prefer using Asterisk and small termination providers, which is much cheaper than Vonage. However, I think anyone interested in the success of VoIP should help Vonage win this fight, either by contributing money to their defense or protesting the decision to the Government. Letting Verizon get away with it would set us back 20 years or so until the patents expire.
I also wonder what will happen with all the hardware currently in stores that is set up to connect to Vonage. This may be a nightmare for stores and their unaware customers. I think they judge did not consider all the unintended consequences of his decision.
That move is the best example of Anti American practices in a long time. Owners of the company should be rescinded their American citizenship. If Mr. Cheney is still a shareholder, then his losing citizenship would mean he would no longer qualify for Vice President. So, no impeachment would be necessary, because the Constitution forbids non-Americans to participate in the American political process. Actually, this would be a legal move under the current law, because moving overseas for the purpose of evading taxes constitutes legal grounds for loss of American citizenship. All that is needed is an Attorney General with the guts to enforce the current laws.
The OLPC issue is making it crystal clear that there is no such thing as free market self-regulation. It is obvious that the market demands machines like these. The fact that none is available shows that producers control the market, not consumers, and whoever thinks otherwise lives in delusion.
Nobody seems to get that the reason for ID/Boarding Pass checks at airports is to limit the number of people that go through the scanners, to make it more manageable. So keeping friends and family out helps
them save money by having fewer scanning devices and hiring fewer agents. It is all about money, and that is why the Government does not want people to know that it the inconvenience is not for security
purposes.
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Clearly different races are different physically, if nothing else
Sorry, dude, but clearly neither Cuban nor Puerton Rican are races. Please check your facts.
There is no physical difference whatsoever between a Puerto Rican and a Martian.
Nationality has nothing to do with race.
Running Linux would not be good enough unless the firmware is open source too. It would not be fun to have to call a close-source API that implements pre-programmed routines instead of providing raw access to sensors and motors. Otherwise, I would think they use Linux for two reasons: propaganda and freeloading... I hope they are honestly and carry on the promise to deliver a really open system.
This line made me chuckle. Not crippled by DRM? How about a DRM that made it so that if you wanted to make a copy you'd have to either re-write the entire novel or OCR the whole thing? Imagine not even being able to make a quick archive copy for personal back up!
Imagine a book that wouldn't let you open it unless you paid a rental fee to the publisher. Or a book that insisted on being read only when placed on a certain desk. Or a book that locked up when put on a copy machine. Or a book that would only let you use publisher-approved markers to write on it... The annoying part of DRM is not copy protection as much as access protection.
Sorry, but you are not geniuses, just discriminating hackers. Oops, I think that's the Haskell guys. You are just an extremely cool bunch of re-hackers.
The most effective action is to turn in anyone who illegally copies anything. When people unexpectedly find friends in jail for such crimes, they will start to consider whether the current legislation makes any sense.
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This may be nothing more than the typical embrace and extend strategy. Microsoft may be aiming to present itself as the only provider of a totally trusted computer. First they will embrace the hardware and then they will start modifying it so that it integrates better with their software to the point that both are inseparable. Microsoft has realized that it cannot compete with Linux at the software level, so they must extend their grab to the hardware. At the same time, it may use their monopoly position to present their hw/sw product as the only tamper-proof trusted computer available, and thus make it desirable to Hollywood as the required platform for home computing and to corporate control freaks as the required platform for business computing. Some people will protest Microsoft's use of monopolistic practices, but they bet they will get away with it as usual.
Linksys has two systems that can be used as a general-purpose Linux computer: NSLU2 and WRT54GL. I use both on a regular basis for a variety of tasks, such as Webcams, remote voice intercoms, asterix PBX, and, of course, for their original purpose too: file serving and network routing/bridging. The USB port in the NSLU2 is very useful not only for disks but also for all kinds of peripherals. I also use the slightly more expensive WRTSL54GS, which includes a USB port along with 3 network interfaces (two wired and one wireless.) I wish there were more options, but I am happy with those, as all 3 options are under $100.
That's really outrageous. Who hired you? What did the program? It is important that everyone knows about such evil people.
News like this make me appreciate the integrity of people such as RMS. Both Stallman and Negroponte have a vision of a world made better by using computers for social gains instead of individual gains. However, while Stallman has remained firmly commited to work towards his goals with no compromises, Negroponte drifted away from his as soon as some pressure from the status quo was applied. The OLPC is supposed to be totally hackable, so that children learn the underlying workings of computer. How can this task be accomplished with a close-source Windows? I doubt very much that OLPCs shipped with Windows will include the source code. So, instead of a platform to encourage children to experiment, the OLPC will become the new tool to train future Windows users. Dr. Negroponte, please, if you are reading this, do not forget your laudable goals and resist the temptation to compromise.
Can you give more details about how you did it? I am in the same situation, but don't know how to add those kinds of rules. I am not a sysadmin,
but happen to have a low-traffic personal domain that is now being attacked, and feel overwhelmed by the huge amount of bounces. Also, if you
can explain how to setup your email agent so that it rejects messages instead of sending delayed bounces I will be glad to do this in my domain,
as now I think it does the latter. My email agent is exim (the default in Debian when I installed it) but I don't care which email agent to
use as long as it is safe and easy to admin. So any suggestion for us Linuxers with our own personal domain will be gladly appreciated.
This could be not only the end of Vonage, but also the end of Asterisk, Skype and VoIP in general. I am not a Vonage customer and do not plan to be, as I prefer using Asterisk and small termination providers, which is much cheaper than Vonage. However, I think anyone interested in the success of VoIP should help Vonage win this fight, either by contributing money to their defense or protesting the decision to the Government. Letting Verizon get away with it would set us back 20 years or so until the patents expire.
I also wonder what will happen with all the hardware currently in stores that is set up to connect to Vonage. This may be a nightmare for stores and their unaware customers. I think they judge did not consider all the unintended consequences of his decision.
That move is the best example of Anti American practices in a long time. Owners of the company should be rescinded their American citizenship. If Mr. Cheney is still a shareholder, then his losing citizenship would mean he would no longer qualify for Vice President. So, no impeachment would be necessary, because the Constitution forbids non-Americans to participate in the American political process. Actually, this would be a legal move under the current law, because moving overseas for the purpose of evading taxes constitutes legal grounds for loss of American citizenship. All that is needed is an Attorney General with
the guts to enforce the current laws.
The OLPC issue is making it crystal clear that there is no such thing as free market self-regulation. It is obvious that the market demands machines like these. The fact that none is available shows that producers control the market, not consumers, and whoever thinks otherwise lives in delusion.
Nobody seems to get that the reason for ID/Boarding Pass checks at airports is to limit the number of people that go through the scanners, to make it more manageable. So keeping friends and family out helps them save money by having fewer scanning devices and hiring fewer agents. It is all about money, and that is why the Government does not want people to know that it the inconvenience is not for security purposes.
Clearly different races are different physically, if nothing else Sorry, dude, but clearly neither Cuban nor Puerton Rican are races. Please check your facts. There is no physical difference whatsoever between a Puerto Rican and a Martian. Nationality has nothing to do with race.
Running Linux would not be good enough unless the firmware is open source too. It would not be fun to have to call a close-source API that implements pre-programmed routines instead of providing raw access to sensors and motors. Otherwise, I would think they use Linux for two reasons: propaganda and freeloading... I hope they are honestly and carry on the promise to deliver a really open system.
Imagine a book that wouldn't let you open it unless you paid a rental fee to the publisher. Or a book that insisted on being
read only when placed on a certain desk. Or a book that locked up when put on a copy machine. Or a book that would only
let you use publisher-approved markers to write on it... The annoying part of DRM is not copy protection as much as access
protection.
Sorry, but you are not geniuses, just discriminating hackers. Oops, I think that's the
Haskell guys. You are just an extremely cool bunch of re-hackers.
free-as-in-freedom software so that it generates
less confusion. Here are a couple of suggestions:
The most effective action is to turn in anyone who illegally copies anything. When people unexpectedly find friends in jail for such crimes, they will start to consider whether the current legislation makes any sense.