If a distro gave credit to all the software in the name of the operating system (i.e. distribution), we would have distros with names such as: RedHat GNU/MIT/Trolltech/Apache_foundation/AT&T/Berkeley/ Linux.
The OP presents some very nice arguments against both government regulation of ISP carriers and this act in particular. It sucks when legislators start making rules in areas they do not understand.
Criminal Infringement.--Any person who infringes a copyright willfully [...] by the reproduction or distribution, including by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of 1 or more copies or phonorecords of 1 or more copyrighted works, which have a total retail value of more than $1,000, shall be punished as provided under section 2319 of title 18.
. . . what will happen when optical computing and fiber optic networks become popular?
I learned about cousin-marriage legalities from either a FWD or an A.P. Article. It has been several years, so I cannot remember.
Actually, only 26 states allow first-cousin marriage. If the http://www.cousincouples.com/info/facts.shtmlfacts are correct, then the U.S.A. is the only western country that has illegalized cousing marriage (at least partially).
Why not use userland drivers? I am pretty sure that Linux allows for this. X11 video drivers have, traditionally, not been included in Unix kernels because X11 developers did not always have access to the kernel source code, and most older Unix kernels were monolithic (i.e. you can only change hardware/features/etc. by recompiling the kernel). Is there a HUGE performance decrease?
Also, I think the OP was talking about including proprietary software packages with Linux, which is certainly allowed under the GPL.
Sorry for the crappy formatting. Slashdot always returned an error about 'too few characters per line.' What is the best way to get around this? I tried strings of  , and I tried converting all the entries into list elements.
>> For something like this, no, you cannot effectively donate JUST to OpenSSH.
Here is a simple solution: look in the CREDITS file of the OpenSSH and find the developers who are responsible for the areas in which you desire some improvements and email them with offers to provide them money, hardware, or whatever they need to improve OpenSSH.
For the sake of convenience, here is the CREDITS file to OpenSSH-4.3p1
Tatu Ylonen - Creator of SSH;
Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos,;
Theo de Raadt, and Dug Song - Creators of OpenSSH;
Ahsan Rashid - UnixWare long passwords;
Alain St-Denis - Irix fix;
Alexandre Oliva - AIX fixes;
Andre Lucas - new login code, many fixes;
Andreas Steinmetz - Shadow password expiry support;
Andrew McGill - SCO fixes;
Andrew Morgan - PAM bugfixes;
Andrew Stribblehill - Bugfixes;
Andy Sloane - bugfixes;
Aran Cox - SCO bugfixes;
Arkadiusz Miskiewicz - IPv6 compat fixes;
Ben Lindstrom - NeXT support;
Ben Taylor - Solaris debugging and fixes;
Bratislav ILICH - Configure fix;
Charles Levert - SunOS 4 & bug fixes;
Chip Salzenberg - Assorted patches;
Chris Adams - OSF SIA support;
Chris Saia - SuSE packaging;
Chris, the Young One - Password auth fixes;
Christos Zoulas - Autoconf fixes;
Chun-Chung Chen - RPM fixes;
Corinna Vinschen - Cygwin support;
Dan Brosemer - Autoconf support, build fixes;
Darren Hall - AIX patches;
Darren Tucker - AIX BFF package scripts;
David Agraz - Build fixes;
David Del Piero - bug fixes;
David Hesprich - Configure fixes;
David Rankin - libwrap, AIX, NetBSD fixes;
Dag-Erling Smørgrav - Challenge-Response PAM code.;
Dhiraj Gulati - UnixWare long passwords;
Ed Eden - configure fixes;
Garrick James - configure fixes;
Gary E. Miller - SCO support;
Ged Lodder - HPUX fixes and enhancements;
Gert Doering - bug and portability fixes;
HARUYAMA Seigo - Translations & doc fixes;
Hideaki YOSHIFUJI - IPv6 and bug fixes;
Hiroshi Takekawa - Configure fixes;
Holger Trapp - KRB4/AFS config patch;
IWAMURO Motonori - bugfixes;
Jani Hakala - Patches;
Jarno Huuskonen - Bugfixes;
Jim Knoble - Many patches;
Jonchen (email unknown) - the original author of PAM support of SSH;
Juergen Keil - scp bugfixing;
KAMAHARA Junzo - Configure fixes;
Kees Cook - scp fixes;
Kenji Miyake - Configure fixes;
Kevin Cawlfield - AIX fixes.;
Kevin O'Connor - RSAless operation;
Kevin Steves - HP support, bugfixes, improvements;
Kiyokazu SUTO - Bugfixes;
Larry Jones - Bugfixes;
Lutz Jaenicke - Bugfixes;
Marc G. Fournier - Solaris patches;
Mark D. Baushke - bug fixes;
Martin Johansson - Linux fixes;
Mark D. Roth - Features, bug fixes;
Mark Miller - Bugfixes;
Matt Richards - AIX patches;
Michael Steffens - HP-UX fixes;
Michael Stone - Irix enhancements;
Nakaji Hiroyuki - Sony News-OS patch;
Nalin Dahyabhai - PAM environment patch;
Nate Itkin - SunOS 4.1.x fixes;
Niels Kristian Bech Jensen - Assorted patches;
Pavel Kankovsky - Security fixes;
Pavel Troller - Bugfixes;
Pekka Savola - Bugfixes;
Peter Kocks - Makefile fixes;
Peter Stuge - mdoc2man.awk script;
Phil Hands - Debian scripts, assorted patches;
Phil Karn - Autoconf fixes;
Philippe WILLEM - Bugfixes;
Phill Camp
- login code fix;
Rip Loomis - Solaris package support, fixes;
Robert Dahlem - Reliant Unix fixes;
Roumen Petrov - Compile & configure fixes;
SAKAI Kiyotaka - Multiple bugfixes;
Simon Wilkinson - PAM fixes, Compat with MIT KrbV;
Solar Designer - many patches and technical assistance;
Svante Signell - Bugfixes;
Thomas Neumann - Shadow passwords;
Tim Rice - Portability & SCO fixes;
Tobias Oetiker - Bugfixes;
Tom Bertelson's - AIX auth fixes;
Tor-Ake Fransson - AIX support;
Tudor Bosman - MD5 password support;
Udo Schweigert - ReliantUNIX support;
Wendy Palm - Cray support.;
Zack Weinberg - GNOME askpass enhancement;
Apologies to anyone I have missed.;
Damien Miller ;
>> One should note that Tor won't attempt to hide the fact that you're running a node
Yes, but the OP was just looking for a method to browse the web anonymously, which TOR does provide, to an extent.
To have a better chance of remaining anonymous, run TOR from a random WAP with a spoofed MAC address, and, if you are paranoid, do not access any information that could reveal your identity: personal email accounts, Online Retail stores, etc.
Well, it is not a foolproof solution, but you can try using TOR: The Onion Router (http://tor.eff.org/). It will act as a random daisy-chain of proxies that pass all the information (except for the final hop) encrypted.
Failing that, you could always buy a laptop/PDA/etc. and a cheap wifi card and connect to random WAPs using a spoofed MAC address.
The Heading of the parent should have been 'Interesting' or 'Can't wait to try it out.' I guess I was simultaneously thinking about two posts and confused myself.
I think that the only feasible form of DRM would involve watermarking the file with the information of a customer. Depending on the information stored in the marked files, if the watermarking method is ever reverse engineered, you could find a lot of information on a lot of people (which is a big problem).
Microsoft dropped Xenix about the time of the AT&T divestiture. When AT&T was freed from their agreement to not compete in the software business, they clamped down on the Unix source code and began to market it. To compete with in the Unix market, Microsoft would have had to reimplement every feature AT&T added, and people at Microsoft realized that it was not good business sense to play a constant game of catch-up, so they sold Xenix.
Not necessarily. I have yawned many times during presentations that I was engrossed with. There are several proposed hypotheses for the purpose of yawning. Check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yawn for more information.
>>Having much of a story in a RPG didn't even exist in the West until the mid or late 90's. Before Bethesda's "TES: Arena" and Interplay's acquiring the rights to D&D, there was no such thing as a western RPG with enough of a story to play a part in, or any freedom in playing that part.
Apparently, you have never played Ultima IV, which was released in 1985. The first CRPGS were created in the West. The afforementioned Ultima series was the inspiration to the Final Fantasy games.
> And trust me if you skip work to MMOG only your boss will care, skip a table top RPG and the other members of the party are likely to drive to your house, kidnap you and force you to play. At least they do where I come from, we take our role-play seriously.
Uh... just what would he gain from this? Now I know where people who classify RPGs as 'cults' get their material from. I *REALLY* hope you were kidding.
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If a distro gave credit to all the software in the name of the operating system (i.e. distribution), we would have distros with names such as: RedHat GNU/MIT/Trolltech/Apache_foundation/AT&T/Berkeley/ Linux.
This is similar to the CTRL+ALT+DEL strip http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20040 703
The OP presents some very nice arguments against both government regulation of ISP carriers and this act in particular. It sucks when legislators start making rules in areas they do not understand.
FUNNY!
I thought this was quite funny. At least, it does not deserve a 0.
Most of the time, when I use TOR, it feels like a 28.8 connection, and I am on a T3. It seems faster when the exit node is within my country (U.S.A).
. . . what will happen when optical computing and fiber optic networks become popular?
I learned about cousin-marriage legalities from either a FWD or an A.P. Article. It has been several years, so I cannot remember.
s are correct, then the U.S.A. is the only western country that has illegalized cousing marriage (at least partially).
Actually, only 26 states allow first-cousin marriage. If the http://www.cousincouples.com/info/facts.shtmlfact
Why not use userland drivers? I am pretty sure that Linux allows for this. X11 video drivers have, traditionally, not been included in Unix kernels because X11 developers did not always have access to the kernel source code, and most older Unix kernels were monolithic (i.e. you can only change hardware/features/etc. by recompiling the kernel). Is there a HUGE performance decrease?
Also, I think the OP was talking about including proprietary software packages with Linux, which is certainly allowed under the GPL.
Actually, 33 out of 50 states allow you to marry your first cousin. Oddly enough, West Virginia is not one of those states.
Sorry for the crappy formatting. Slashdot always returned an error about 'too few characters per line.' What is the best way to get around this? I tried strings of  , and I tried converting all the entries into list elements.
Here is a simple solution: look in the CREDITS file of the OpenSSH and find the developers who are responsible for the areas in which you desire some improvements and email them with offers to provide them money, hardware, or whatever they need to improve OpenSSH.
For the sake of convenience, here is the CREDITS file to OpenSSH-4.3p1
Yes, but TOR is great for reliving those 28.8 days (or 14.6).
>> One should note that Tor won't attempt to hide the fact that you're running a node
Yes, but the OP was just looking for a method to browse the web anonymously, which TOR does provide, to an extent.
To have a better chance of remaining anonymous, run TOR from a random WAP with a spoofed MAC address, and, if you are paranoid, do not access any information that could reveal your identity: personal email accounts, Online Retail stores, etc.
Well, it is not a foolproof solution, but you can try using TOR: The Onion Router (http://tor.eff.org/). It will act as a random daisy-chain of proxies that pass all the information (except for the final hop) encrypted.
Failing that, you could always buy a laptop/PDA/etc. and a cheap wifi card and connect to random WAPs using a spoofed MAC address.
You can also use TOR.
The Heading of the parent should have been 'Interesting' or 'Can't wait to try it out.' I guess I was simultaneously thinking about two posts and confused myself.
This looks interesting. I tried Freenet before, but I could never set it up properly. I will have to try it again.
I think that the only feasible form of DRM would involve watermarking the file with the information of a customer. Depending on the information stored in the marked files, if the watermarking method is ever reverse engineered, you could find a lot of information on a lot of people (which is a big problem).
Microsoft dropped Xenix about the time of the AT&T divestiture. When AT&T was freed from their agreement to not compete in the software business, they clamped down on the Unix source code and began to market it. To compete with in the Unix market, Microsoft would have had to reimplement every feature AT&T added, and people at Microsoft realized that it was not good business sense to play a constant game of catch-up, so they sold Xenix.
>>Most addictions are to do with internal emptiness
>Sounds like a typical female sexual fantasy to me.
Wow! Women really are weird!
Not necessarily. I have yawned many times during presentations that I was engrossed with. There are several proposed hypotheses for the purpose of yawning. Check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yawn for more information.
>>Having much of a story in a RPG didn't even exist in the West until the mid or late 90's. Before Bethesda's "TES: Arena" and Interplay's acquiring the rights to D&D, there was no such thing as a western RPG with enough of a story to play a part in, or any freedom in playing that part.
Apparently, you have never played Ultima IV, which was released in 1985. The first CRPGS were created in the West. The afforementioned Ultima series was the inspiration to the Final Fantasy games.
> And trust me if you skip work to MMOG only your boss will care, skip a table top RPG and the other members of the party are likely to drive to your house, kidnap you and force you to play. At least they do where I come from, we take our role-play seriously.
... just what would he gain from this? Now I know where people who classify RPGs as 'cults' get their material from. I *REALLY* hope you were kidding.
Uh
Wouldn't it be better to go through femto, atto, and zepto first?