Actually it was supposed to be a "Slurm Dunk" (Drink Slurm!). A "Slurm Dunk" is a dip in the extra enriched Slurm as provided by the Slurm Queen. One dip in this extra enriched Slurm (slurm of course being the Royal Secretions of a giant worm thingy) and madness sets in.
Of course Leila's slurm would have tasted foul as she was not of Royal pedigree. The plan for her Slurm was to call it New Slurm.
Why spend $ when you can push packets to get the govt you want?
Wish we could have kept this quiet. Imagine how much moolah we could have got for geek toys if we had sold this important election "enhancement" tool.:)
Vonage mentions they are The Broadband Phone Company on their web page. If you are a phone company then you have to pay into the 911 kitty for that state. If the local phone companies pay for it, you better believe they will hit up those that don't. Vonage offers a 911 that calls the local police dept. Of course you don't get the address and it bypasses the states paid for official 911 service.
Competitors like Packet8 don't offer 911 service and stay away from calling themselves a phone company.
Clearly tho the agenda of the PUC's in PA and MN is to squash VoIP since it is a real threat. Kill it now before it gets to be a monster they cannot regulate and kill.
I think the only way this mess will get the general publics attention is if one of these variants includes a partition scribbler or other malware. Clearly few apply patches to either the OS or the virus signatures. They use insecure mail apps and click on attachments.
If you had a million PC's drop off the net one week with destroyed partition tables I would wager the general public might be curious as to why that happens and what they can do to prevent it.
Also, don't pay the extortion when the letters start getting sent out!
Step 1) We need to arrange a class action against them the moment the first individual is sued. Let's be 100% cohesive here, to fight one Linux user is to fight us all. Step 2) Ensure that language is in our class action that we stipulate no payment ("relief") whatsoever until all pending litigation concerning this matter (IBM. Redhat) is brought to a close and found for SCO. If there is no finding for SCO, then make SCO liable for our legal costs.
I am sure they got one of the 1500 letters sent out. Them and nVidia are two very big linux shops in the CA Bay Area. nVidia in particular has video of their data centre touting how many 1000's of SMP machines they have.
I am sure SCO hears the dinner bell. Too bad all they are going to eat is the ashes of their stock certificates.
Further cease showboating. Stop doing what you are doing, you risk grave beak injury.
Actually Darl is a particularily odious character, so slippery in interviews, a clear lack of any foundation in this business (at least the part that we on/. originate from, the love of the machines and joy of creating useful things). He comes accross as a slimy opportunistic do nothing. Relying on lawyers, sham lawsuits, and extortion to gain wealth. Creating nothing but loathe in the community against him and his legal machine. Passed over as the article said. Good, passed over for better programmers and better, newer ideas.
I like the term also about a "hail Mary" pass. That is exactly what this is. Put something up and see what happens. Slippery weazel.
I don't think these fundamentalists are aligned with money quite the way you phrase it. As for OBL, he inherited a lot of cash, this he uses to finance activities. Money for them is just a resource used to carry out their plans. Also, they don't need a lot of cash to fund these efforts. It really doesn't take much when you remove greed from the equation and replace it with religious fervor, a little cash goes a long way. They probably are not looking to profit from it, just to push ideology (however misguided that seems).
Is there a way when directly threatened by legal action from SCO to attach some rider in the language back to them that would state: (either of these)
1) Thanks for your request for relief, we will contemplate paying licensing subject to the outcome of any pending litigation. Our policy is not to pay licensing on contested IP.
OR
2) Here is our payment for licensing it is to be repayable in full with interest should any pending legal decisions be found that invalidate the claims made for relief.
OK. I respect that. Just make sure you have the time to defend yourself in the unlikely event they id you. I am kind of busy and I don't have a lot of unspoken for time to get involved with lawyers who are fishing for cash.
Especially those of you with static IP's. Try to get your fingerprint to look like Win2k server. I was going to say SCO OpenServer but there are probably so few licenses that it would be too easy for them to nail you:)
If they get creative and start sweeping the IP space they could harvest many boxes. Watch out.
Think of nVidias n'000 simulation farm. Imagine the cost of those seats. Or Transmeta. Dreamworks. Etc. I sure hope the IT managers there play dumb, find some way to link payment only when there are no legal encumbrances (I.e. IBM not prevailing in a court case).
Hedley
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Would it kill these guys to put a mini-jack on the dash (or somewhere) and an AUX setting on the stereo.
And if you want to pay $20 for the same thing, contact www.packet8.net.
No I don't work there but check out www.dslreports.com for lot's of good VoIP info and detailed user experiences between Vonage and Packet8. Packet8 does not have all the features of Vonage but it has some other features that Vonage doesn't have (call forwarding that rings all phones on the forward list).
I have Packet8 and it is good. I can call unlimited for $20 and my buddy in Germany is 5c/min. Why not get your DSL or Cable paying for itself?
Both the Vonage and Packet8 are fine choices, read the user reports and decide for yourself.
Coincidence! I am currently mootching some guys 802.11b net here in SF. Thanks for the 11mbit 80% signal quality link! My friends had been offering the telephone which I connect @~50kbis, I think I will stay on here instead.
"Bunnie" Huang has written a great book on reverse engineering BTW. Specifically the Xbox but there are lots of cool hardware tips that are applicable anywhere.
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Actually it was supposed to be a "Slurm Dunk" (Drink Slurm!). A "Slurm Dunk" is a dip in the extra enriched Slurm as provided by the Slurm Queen. One dip in this extra enriched Slurm (slurm of course being the Royal Secretions of a giant worm thingy) and madness sets in.
Of course Leila's slurm would have tasted foul as she was not of Royal pedigree. The plan for her Slurm was to call it New Slurm.
I use a Harmon Kardon vacuum tube power amp from circa 1965 regularily (between tube/valve fires).
40watts class B push-pull design. Transformer coupled output stage.
I had a Citation II also but I had to leave it behind when I moved.
Why spend $ when you can push packets to get the govt you want?
Wish we could have kept this quiet. Imagine how much moolah we could have got for geek toys if we had sold this important election "enhancement" tool.
Ancient history folx. It has *so* been done before.
Remember the group Blondie?
Hedley
Vonage mentions they are The Broadband Phone Company on their web page. If you are a phone company then you have to pay into the 911 kitty for that state. If the local phone companies pay for it, you better believe they will hit up those that don't. Vonage offers a 911 that calls the local police dept. Of course you don't get the address and it bypasses the states paid for official 911 service.
Competitors like Packet8 don't offer 911 service and stay away from calling themselves a phone company.
Clearly tho the agenda of the PUC's in PA and MN is to squash VoIP since it is a real threat. Kill it now before it gets to be a monster they cannot regulate and kill.
Hedley
As I wrote in my Journal, he has slipped away from reality into a paranoid delusional state.
It will only get worse.
I think the only way this mess will get the general publics attention is if one of these variants includes a partition scribbler or other malware. Clearly few apply patches to either the OS or the virus signatures. They use insecure mail apps and click on attachments.
If you had a million PC's drop off the net one week with destroyed partition tables I would wager the general public might be curious as to why that happens and what they can do to prevent it.
Hedley
I pronounce them dead. Time of death, the moment Darl opened is fat trap and talked up this scam.
Also, don't pay the extortion when the letters start getting sent out!
Step 1) We need to arrange a class action against them the moment the first individual is sued. Let's be 100% cohesive here, to fight one Linux user is to fight us all.
Step 2) Ensure that language is in our class action that we stipulate no payment ("relief") whatsoever until all pending litigation concerning this matter (IBM. Redhat) is brought to a close and found for SCO. If there is no finding for SCO, then make SCO liable for our legal costs.
I proudly run the 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels.
Hedley
I am sure they got one of the 1500 letters sent out. Them and nVidia are two very big linux shops in the CA Bay Area. nVidia in particular has video of their data centre touting how many 1000's of SMP machines they have.
I am sure SCO hears the dinner bell. Too bad all they are going to eat is the ashes of their stock certificates.
To whom it may concern @SCO.
/. originate from, the love of the machines and joy of creating useful things). He comes accross as a slimy opportunistic do nothing. Relying on lawyers, sham lawsuits, and extortion to gain wealth. Creating nothing but loathe in the community against him and his legal machine. Passed over as the article said. Good, passed over for better programmers and better, newer ideas.
I have decided after careful review of the case as presented that I will pay:
Nothing, Nada, zip, goose-eggs, bubkus, rien, SFA.
Further cease showboating. Stop doing what you are doing, you risk grave beak injury.
Actually Darl is a particularily odious character, so slippery in interviews, a clear lack of any foundation in this business (at least the part that we on
I like the term also about a "hail Mary" pass. That is exactly what this is. Put something up and see what happens. Slippery weazel.
No money for you! NONE!
For $699 I expect a box/CD's/Manual etc,
right now I don't even get the courtesy of a reach around
Careful they don't fingerprint your static IP's out there guys.
Hedley
I have heard anecdotally that my neighbour @127.0.0.1 is running RH9 and his SCO license is not paid up!
Please don't report me! I want to remain anonymous!
Hedley
I don't think these fundamentalists are aligned with money quite the way you phrase it. As for OBL, he inherited a lot of cash, this he uses to finance activities. Money for them is just a resource used to carry out their plans. Also, they don't need a lot of cash to fund these efforts. It really doesn't take much when you remove greed from the equation and replace it with religious fervor, a little cash goes a long way. They probably are not looking to profit from it, just to push ideology (however misguided that seems).
Hedley
I agree VoIP is the way. I use Packet8 and could not be happier. $20/m for unlimited LD calling and I can kiss AT&T goodbye.
Hedley
Is there a way when directly threatened by legal action from SCO to attach some rider in the language back to them that would state: (either of these)
1) Thanks for your request for relief, we will contemplate paying licensing subject to the outcome of any pending litigation. Our policy is not to pay licensing on contested IP.
OR
2) Here is our payment for licensing it is to be repayable in full with interest should any pending legal decisions be found that invalidate the claims made for relief.
I prefer 1).
Give them nothing! Nothing!
Hedley
OK. I respect that. Just make sure you have the time to defend yourself in the unlikely event they id you. I am kind of busy and I don't have a lot of unspoken for time to get involved with lawyers who are fishing for cash.
Especially those of you with static IP's. Try to get your fingerprint to look like Win2k server. I was going to say SCO OpenServer but there are probably so few licenses that it would be too easy for them to nail you :)
If they get creative and start sweeping the IP space they could harvest many boxes. Watch out.
Hedley
Think of nVidias n'000 simulation farm. Imagine the cost of those seats. Or Transmeta. Dreamworks. Etc. I sure hope the IT managers there play dumb, find some way to link payment only when there are no legal encumbrances (I.e. IBM not prevailing in a court case).
Hedley
Would it kill these guys to put a mini-jack on the dash (or somewhere) and an AUX setting on the stereo.
Bueller? Anyone?
Hedley
And if you want to pay $20 for the same thing, contact www.packet8.net.
No I don't work there but check out www.dslreports.com for lot's of good VoIP info and detailed user experiences between Vonage and Packet8. Packet8 does not have all the features of Vonage but it has some other features that Vonage doesn't have (call forwarding that rings all phones on the forward list).
I have Packet8 and it is good. I can call unlimited for $20 and my buddy in Germany is 5c/min. Why not get your DSL or Cable paying for itself?
Both the Vonage and Packet8 are fine choices, read the user reports and decide for yourself.
Hedley
Coincidence! I am currently mootching some guys 802.11b net here in SF. Thanks for the 11mbit 80% signal quality link! My friends had been offering the telephone which I connect @~50kbis, I think I will stay on here instead.
"Bunnie" Huang has written a great book on reverse engineering BTW. Specifically the Xbox but there are lots of cool hardware tips that are applicable anywhere.
Check it out!
Bunnie's website
I have no affiliation with it blah,blah etc
Hedley
Sounds like the old "shotgun" modems, two 56k modems, two phonelines, 100kbps (theoretically). A temporary stopgap measure as you can see.
Hedley
I wo~nder when we wil+ see tho&e defec%ive ch)ps in ou! deskt{p mach?nes?