1. '/usr/local/bin/knx-hdinstall ' is still there, but has been superseded by '/usr/sbin/knoppix-installer '.
2. It's all over the help forums that you should NOT do a dist-upgrade, only do apt-get upgrade. Knoppix is already testing/unstable - do a dist-upgrade and you go all the way *unstable.*
3. > Knoppix is great as a static system, that's what it was designed for. --I've benn using Knoppix installed to HD on 3 machines for over a year now. Very few problems. (Hey, nothing's PERFECT.) Just use apt-get upgrade and you should be OK.
--I know for a fact that Mike Nesmith *did* play from the start, Davey Jones probably got along with the tambourine, and IIRC the other two did learn by the time they went into concert-mode.
--What can I say, I saw the documentarty. In fact, Mike got so uptight about the band having control over their music, he got violent about it and punched the wall right next to some exec's head IRL. Man, I loved that show.
--Well, we have RAD already - maybe (just maybe) this might be a good tool for ROD - Rapid Orchestration Development.
--However!! There have been a few sci-fi stories about these kinds of advancements. More than likely it *will* be used by people (George Lucas anyone?) who want to do entire productions without one human visible, because they think it will save money or some such bullshit. THAT's the nightmare. You can't have an orchestra without PEOPLE. Go to Chuck E. Cheese if you want a 100% mechanical orchestra.
--The Right Thing To Do (TM) is to use these developments AS TOOLS, and then let the humans come in and make it BETTER. Gollum anyone? Do you really think FOTR/TTT would be NEARLY as enjoyable if Gollum had been more like Jar-Jar? (shudder)
--Just a quick note regarding your sig - 'If you don't pray in my school, I won't think in your church'... Try reading this link. The Bereans were commended for being of more noble character *because* they examined the Scriptures (OT) every day to see if what Paul said was true. It's perfectly OK to question religious leaders if you honestly want answers to your questions, but you should try to be respectful about it.
--(Actually in my pastor's case he *wasn't* respectful about it, and got saved anyway -- he went from being a complete in-your-face "intellectual atheist" to an EV Free pastor, and has been for over 30 years!)
--Look into it, and feel free to email me if you get something workable; I'd be interested to know. I think Squid does http acceleration on port 80, but my knowledge is limited there - I don't do any web serving (apart from bittorrent) and all I use is port 3128 for proxy caching.
--Not really, but the difference there is that you would be listening PASSIVELY. Sure you could try asking me to change the station, but still. When you start using someone else's Internet connection w/o asking, compensating, or warning them it opens up a whole 'nother can of worms because basically you are using their computer equipment and bandwidth w/o authorization.
--Part of the problem is shit-poor planning on the wireless manufacturer's part. They **never** should have left things open by default, with no security. And believe me, there are many (many!) people out there that just bought the hardware and really have no idea how it works or how to secure it. It "just works" and they don't worry (or know) about it until somebody comes along and mentions the problem.
--The guy that comes up with "WiFi shields" a la Star Trek is gonna make a million.
--Man, if somebody emailed *me* saying "take me off your damn list or I'll killyourmother/killyourfather/killyoursister/rapey ourwifeandtakeyourdog" -- I'D take him right off the damn list and apologize *profusely!*
> Back when flag-burning was declared to be constitutionally protected speech one of the states that had a law against it amended their law. Now instead of being illegal to burn the flag the new law said it was NOT illegal to punch someone burning a flag.
--Now THAT's some creative lawmaking.:-) It's gotta be a Southern state. Any idea which one?
--I think this guy should just be given a slap on the wrist and undergo some counseling; after all, using an ice pick on a spammer is just PRIMITIVE.;-)
--Pity the poor cop, the paperwork on this one's gonna be a stone bitch -- not to mention the SIGHT of that idiot perp in the car. (shudder) I bet he's gonna need some counseling, or at least a coupla days off.
> So in that sense, if I open my AP to anybody who happens to be near me, I don't care if ppl use it. I'm not profiting from reselling the service, but I'm operating a convenience for my neighborhood. As long as this is not prohibited under my terms of service, I don't see any problem at all doing that.
--Common sense would tell you to provide some means for whoever "sees" your network to receive a notification that it is indeed OK to use it. At least letting them know it's OK is just plain courtesy.
--However, it's kind of like leaving a sign on your front door saying "Go ahead, come in and use the bathroom and phone" - you don't know WHO you'll have walking in the door at odd hours, and it will certainly cramp your browsing if they start downloading a 700MB ISO or the like.
--Anyone that has Internet access (unless you're using free Juno or the like) is paying their ISP a monthly fee. If they have broadband access, they're likely paying upwards of $30-60 a month for the privilege. Now along comes Jack who sees this access point open for whatever reason, and decides to "drink the water" from this fat pipe - for $amount-of-time. Guess what? He just ripped off the person that has to PAY for that connection by both using it w/o permission AND not notifying the owner that his "gate was open."
--Geez, it used to be common courtesy to your neighbor - now it's "Hey it was there and nobody got harmed" selfish chowderheads who take advantage of the other guy's work and think he's supposed to like it.
> Unless you are given explicit permission to use someone else's property it is wrong to use it. Doesn't matter if someone left the keys in their running car, it is still illegal to steal it.
--You are 100% correct. The number of people on this forum trying to argue that point is pretty clear evidence of the general moral and ethical decline in America's youth.
--Y'know, the Bible covers all of this. There's a reason why our court system is based on Judeo-Christian laws. Maybe more people should clue themselves in on what God has to say about this stuff. (Yes, I'm opening myself up to trolling and flaming, but it still had to be said.) My point being, is that if there were no *basis* for the laws in the 1st place, everybody would be stealing each other blind and it would be total anarchy. And if no-one had told us the laws in the 1st place, we wouldn't know it was wrong behavior.
--You know, my response would be a little different:
Him: "Thanks."
Me: "Uh, no problem. Just make sure you *ask* next time, OK? I'd hate to mistake you for a burglar and shoot your ass um, accidentally like."
--There's a reason for fences - it works well for the people on *both* sides. There's a reason it's called YOUR property. Not to mention the awkward situation that would ensue if "something happened" to the lawnmower (or God forbid, some hapless passerby gets a rock flung in their eye from the blades) while he was using it WITHOUT your knowledge.
> I'd say an open WiFi signal should be considered de facto permission for public use!
--People like you are the reason I would never consider using wireless. I suppose if I left my car door unlocked you would reach in and "borrow" my portable MP3 player as well, by hooking up your own headphones and draining my battery.
--Wireless isn't All That, either. Standards are up in the air, my 100Mbit Ethernet Cat5E is faster anyhow, and I already have enough problems with people trying to hack my (dynamic) DSL IP.
--Did you call the water company and explain the situation when the bill came? You might be able to take the neighbors to court for theft of service w/o permission or something.
--I have just discovered Halo PC online play over DSL.
--I have not slept in almost 24 hours.
--The two above items are directly related.;-)
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--Seriously, I was almost going to return the game because it plays so crappy in 1-player mode**, but this makes it all worth it.
**Geforce4, 900MHz Duron, all tips + tricks that I could find implemented (-use11, -nojoystick, etc) and all the latest patches and drivers for Win98 -- and I'm lucky to get 10-15fps at 640x480 with almost everything turned off. PaTheTic.
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1. ' /usr/local/bin/knx-hdinstall ' is still there, but has been superseded by ' /usr/sbin/knoppix-installer '.
2. It's all over the help forums that you should NOT do a dist-upgrade, only do apt-get upgrade. Knoppix is already testing/unstable - do a dist-upgrade and you go all the way *unstable.*
3. > Knoppix is great as a static system, that's what it was designed for.
--I've benn using Knoppix installed to HD on 3 machines for over a year now. Very few problems. (Hey, nothing's PERFECT.) Just use apt-get upgrade and you should be OK.
--I know for a fact that Mike Nesmith *did* play from the start, Davey Jones probably got along with the tambourine, and IIRC the other two did learn by the time they went into concert-mode.
--What can I say, I saw the documentarty. In fact, Mike got so uptight about the band having control over their music, he got violent about it and punched the wall right next to some exec's head IRL. Man, I loved that show.
--Well, we have RAD already - maybe (just maybe) this might be a good tool for ROD - Rapid Orchestration Development.
--However!! There have been a few sci-fi stories about these kinds of advancements. More than likely it *will* be used by people (George Lucas anyone?) who want to do entire productions without one human visible, because they think it will save money or some such bullshit. THAT's the nightmare. You can't have an orchestra without PEOPLE. Go to Chuck E. Cheese if you want a 100% mechanical orchestra.
--The Right Thing To Do (TM) is to use these developments AS TOOLS, and then let the humans come in and make it BETTER. Gollum anyone? Do you really think FOTR/TTT would be NEARLY as enjoyable if Gollum had been more like Jar-Jar? (shudder)
--I wonder if the name of this new program will be "S1m0ne"...
--Just a quick note regarding your sig - 'If you don't pray in my school, I won't think in your church'... Try reading this link. The Bereans were commended for being of more noble character *because* they examined the Scriptures (OT) every day to see if what Paul said was true. It's perfectly OK to question religious leaders if you honestly want answers to your questions, but you should try to be respectful about it.
--(Actually in my pastor's case he *wasn't* respectful about it, and got saved anyway -- he went from being a complete in-your-face "intellectual atheist" to an EV Free pastor, and has been for over 30 years!)
--Look into it, and feel free to email me if you get something workable; I'd be interested to know. I think Squid does http acceleration on port 80, but my knowledge is limited there - I don't do any web serving (apart from bittorrent) and all I use is port 3128 for proxy caching.
--Not really, but the difference there is that you would be listening PASSIVELY. Sure you could try asking me to change the station, but still. When you start using someone else's Internet connection w/o asking, compensating, or warning them it opens up a whole 'nother can of worms because basically you are using their computer equipment and bandwidth w/o authorization.
--I noticed that too. Thankfully, with cdrecord you can specify a much larger buffer if you want.
--Part of the problem is shit-poor planning on the wireless manufacturer's part. They **never** should have left things open by default, with no security. And believe me, there are many (many!) people out there that just bought the hardware and really have no idea how it works or how to secure it. It "just works" and they don't worry (or know) about it until somebody comes along and mentions the problem.
--The guy that comes up with "WiFi shields" a la Star Trek is gonna make a million.
--Man, if somebody emailed *me* saying "take me off your damn list or I'll killyourmother/killyourfather/killyoursister/rapey ourwifeandtakeyourdog" -- I'D take him right off the damn list and apologize *profusely!*
> Back when flag-burning was declared to be constitutionally protected speech one of the states that had a law against it amended their law. Now instead of being illegal to burn the flag the new law said it was NOT illegal to punch someone burning a flag.
:-) It's gotta be a Southern state. Any idea which one?
--Now THAT's some creative lawmaking.
--I think this guy should just be given a slap on the wrist and undergo some counseling; after all, using an ice pick on a spammer is just PRIMITIVE. ;-)
--You might be able to do something like this with Squid or another proxy server, not sure.
--Pity the poor cop, the paperwork on this one's gonna be a stone bitch -- not to mention the SIGHT of that idiot perp in the car. (shudder) I bet he's gonna need some counseling, or at least a coupla days off.
"That's the kind of combination an IDIOT would have on his luggage!" == Spaceballs
> So in that sense, if I open my AP to anybody who happens to be near me, I don't care if ppl use it. I'm not profiting from reselling the service, but I'm operating a convenience for my neighborhood. As long as this is not prohibited under my terms of service, I don't see any problem at all doing that.
--Common sense would tell you to provide some means for whoever "sees" your network to receive a notification that it is indeed OK to use it. At least letting them know it's OK is just plain courtesy.
--However, it's kind of like leaving a sign on your front door saying "Go ahead, come in and use the bathroom and phone" - you don't know WHO you'll have walking in the door at odd hours, and it will certainly cramp your browsing if they start downloading a 700MB ISO or the like.
> - -Of course /. stories are slanted. If it wasn't slanted it'd be |.
:)
--Thanks, that made me laugh- and broke some tension from reading Too Many Idiotz Posting in this thread.
--Anyone that has Internet access (unless you're using free Juno or the like) is paying their ISP a monthly fee. If they have broadband access, they're likely paying upwards of $30-60 a month for the privilege. Now along comes Jack who sees this access point open for whatever reason, and decides to "drink the water" from this fat pipe - for $amount-of-time. Guess what? He just ripped off the person that has to PAY for that connection by both using it w/o permission AND not notifying the owner that his "gate was open."
--Geez, it used to be common courtesy to your neighbor - now it's "Hey it was there and nobody got harmed" selfish chowderheads who take advantage of the other guy's work and think he's supposed to like it.
> Unless you are given explicit permission to use someone else's property it is wrong to use it. Doesn't matter if someone left the keys in their running car, it is still illegal to steal it.
--You are 100% correct. The number of people on this forum trying to argue that point is pretty clear evidence of the general moral and ethical decline in America's youth.
--Y'know, the Bible covers all of this. There's a reason why our court system is based on Judeo-Christian laws. Maybe more people should clue themselves in on what God has to say about this stuff. (Yes, I'm opening myself up to trolling and flaming, but it still had to be said.) My point being, is that if there were no *basis* for the laws in the 1st place, everybody would be stealing each other blind and it would be total anarchy. And if no-one had told us the laws in the 1st place, we wouldn't know it was wrong behavior.
--You know, my response would be a little different:
Him: "Thanks."
Me: "Uh, no problem. Just make sure you *ask* next time, OK? I'd hate to mistake you for a burglar and shoot your ass um, accidentally like."
--There's a reason for fences - it works well for the people on *both* sides. There's a reason it's called YOUR property. Not to mention the awkward situation that would ensue if "something happened" to the lawnmower (or God forbid, some hapless passerby gets a rock flung in their eye from the blades) while he was using it WITHOUT your knowledge.
> I'd say an open WiFi signal should be considered de facto permission for public use!
--People like you are the reason I would never consider using wireless. I suppose if I left my car door unlocked you would reach in and "borrow" my portable MP3 player as well, by hooking up your own headphones and draining my battery.
--Wireless isn't All That, either. Standards are up in the air, my 100Mbit Ethernet Cat5E is faster anyhow, and I already have enough problems with people trying to hack my (dynamic) DSL IP.
--Did you call the water company and explain the situation when the bill came? You might be able to take the neighbors to court for theft of service w/o permission or something.
--I have just discovered Halo PC online play over DSL.
;-)
--I have not slept in almost 24 hours.
--The two above items are directly related.
===
--Seriously, I was almost going to return the game because it plays so crappy in 1-player mode**, but this makes it all worth it.
**Geforce4, 900MHz Duron, all tips + tricks that I could find implemented (-use11, -nojoystick, etc) and all the latest patches and drivers for Win98 -- and I'm lucky to get 10-15fps at 640x480 with almost everything turned off. PaTheTic.
--That's what +1 Funny is for. ;-)