Well, this is why Mozilla is open source - file a bug (there is a type that is used for feature requests) at BugZilla! This is what open source is all about! I mean, it only takes a couple of minutes to do...
I know that drop-down menus on the Back and Forward buttons have been requested for a while, and you can get them now at the ChromeZone (look at the Back/Forward Context Menus "skin"). It only takes a little extra work, and it's very handy!
Hey - don't you think that's a bit harsh? I mean, I'm sure the NASA team spent countless number of hours programming instructions for the lander, and it's not really that unlikely that they're going to make a mistake. Think about how many things went _right_, and maybe you'll start to better appreciate the hard work that went in to this. It's like writing software - except if you screw up, you lose hundreds of millions of dollars...
Have you looked at the CD-Writing HOWTO? It's quite good, and got my CD burner going with no problem. Also, if you've tried using the GUI burners, try using cdrecord from the command-line - at least the first time that I tried, the GUIs I had didn't work, and I thought that was the problem for a while...
I used to use Lynx for text-based browsing, but now I use w3m - it renders frames in one window, which I don't think Lynx can do, and other neat stuff. Check it out!
Wow - that pamphlet is scary! It makes the ALA seem like some big bad agency that your library shouldn't be affiliated with, and if it is, the ALA can have a lot of influence over them (Section 5 is entitled "ALA influence"). Also, why is having books about homosexual lifestyles bad? And so is taking part in "Banned Books Week"?? I hope the citizens of Holland realize that the AFA is promoting plain and simple censorship...
Has anyone actually gotten DVD playing to work under Linux? I can decrypt the DVD, but the player that I have (mpeg2player) doesn't work, even when I start X in 16-bit mode - it shows the information, opens a window, and then just sits there... Anyone have a link to a good DVD player?
It looks like you're assuming here that science is necessarily good for humanity, and so impeding it is impeding the "progress of humanity". I'm not sure that's necessarily the case - certainly many scientific breakthroughs have helped humanity. But what about scientific breakthroughs such as: the atomic bomb any sort of biological or chemical weapon etc. Now, certainly creating life doesn't appear to be as malicious as anything on the list, but who knows what it could be used for? How about (in the future, obviously) creating an army of soldiers whose only loyalty is to their commander? I'm not saying anything like this would necessarily happen - I'm just trying to show that science is not good for humanity in all cases...
Oh, come on, now. Is anyone here _really_ surprised by this? Napster has a disclaimer, and mentions that there are thousands of legal mp3's out there, but how many people (myself included) actually use it to get legal mp3's? *waiting for responses*....I thing RIAA might have a point here (as much as I hate to admit it!) - they should be quite worried by this...
It seems to me that if the companies producing DVD Audio want to store the audio with encryption, that's their right. As long as they provide players for Linux, *BSD, etc. (very unlikely, unfortunately), what is the justification for breaking the encryption? It seems that if these things happened, the companies would have a strong case against the hacker(s), claiming that the only possible reason to do this would be to illegally share copies. Just a thought...
More background: Willy's Statue faces Lovett Hall, which is the administration building that houses the President's office, etc. I think (this was heard from my dad, who taught at Rice when this happened) that the group of students got annoyed with the administration, so they turned Willy around so he would no longer be facing them!
Wow - this is fairly scary. Anyone know if the US has anything like this? On a sidenote, I read a while ago in Newsweek that the US was planning to break in to Slobodan Milosevic's bank accounts and take his money (or something), so I guess we at least have something in mind...
From the point of view of most of the public, Linux IS a "fringe operating system". It can be easy to forget that when we (yes, I use Linux and love it!) focus only on Linux software and Linux websites. However, even at the university I am at (a place that has many computer-savvy people), there are few people who use Linux, and not all that many that have even heard of it. So we may not like to think of Linux as a "fringe operating system", and may hope that someday it will outgrow that label, but I think that for now, that statement is accurate...
Wow - Karma = -30?? Not exactly adding intelligent insight to stories... On a related note, would Rob or whoever be willing to block his IP address from commenting or something? I mean, with 22 comments and nothing but "First Post"...would people be willing to support this? Just curious...
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Well, this is why Mozilla is open source - file a bug (there is a type that is used for feature requests) at BugZilla! This is what open source is all about! I mean, it only takes a couple of minutes to do...
Check out Greg's Bridge Page!
I know that drop-down menus on the Back and Forward buttons have been requested for a while, and you can get them now at the ChromeZone (look at the Back/Forward Context Menus "skin"). It only takes a little extra work, and it's very handy!
Check out Greg's Bridge Page!
Hey - don't you think that's a bit harsh? I mean, I'm sure the NASA team spent countless number of hours programming instructions for the lander, and it's not really that unlikely that they're going to make a mistake. Think about how many things went _right_, and maybe you'll start to better appreciate the hard work that went in to this. It's like writing software - except if you screw up, you lose hundreds of millions of dollars...
Check out Greg's Bridge Page!
Have you looked at the CD-Writing HOWTO? It's quite good, and got my CD burner going with no problem. Also, if you've tried using the GUI burners, try using cdrecord from the command-line - at least the first time that I tried, the GUIs I had didn't work, and I thought that was the problem for a while...
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Interesting! While this works, I'm not sure how much better this is than exhaustive search, though...good idea!
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Don't sell out to Bill Gates! Remember that Simpsons episode?
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Actually, that's my sig. Sorry for any confusion! :-)
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Crap. We've got to do something to help this guy! Maybe start a legal fund? Or will the EFF protect him?
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Was this posted before? I seem to remember seeing this a few days ago...of course, it could be the voices inside my head again...
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I used to use Lynx for text-based browsing, but now I use w3m - it renders frames in one window, which I don't think Lynx can do, and other neat stuff. Check it out!
Check out Greg's Bridge Page!
Not to sound ignorant, but what does this mean? I'm not familiar with the "Usenet Death Penalty"...
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Wow - that pamphlet is scary! It makes the ALA seem like some big bad agency that your library shouldn't be affiliated with, and if it is, the ALA can have a lot of influence over them (Section 5 is entitled "ALA influence"). Also, why is having books about homosexual lifestyles bad? And so is taking part in "Banned Books Week"?? I hope the citizens of Holland realize that the AFA is promoting plain and simple censorship...
Check out Greg's Bridge Page!
Has anyone actually gotten DVD playing to work under Linux? I can decrypt the DVD, but the player that I have (mpeg2player) doesn't work, even when I start X in 16-bit mode - it shows the information, opens a window, and then just sits there...
Anyone have a link to a good DVD player?
Check out Greg's Bridge Page!
It looks like you're assuming here that science is necessarily good for humanity, and so impeding it is impeding the "progress of humanity". I'm not sure that's necessarily the case - certainly many scientific breakthroughs have helped humanity. But what about scientific breakthroughs such as: the atomic bomb any sort of biological or chemical weapon etc. Now, certainly creating life doesn't appear to be as malicious as anything on the list, but who knows what it could be used for? How about (in the future, obviously) creating an army of soldiers whose only loyalty is to their commander? I'm not saying anything like this would necessarily happen - I'm just trying to show that science is not good for humanity in all cases...
Oh, come on, now. Is anyone here _really_ surprised by this? Napster has a disclaimer, and mentions that there are thousands of legal mp3's out there, but how many people (myself included) actually use it to get legal mp3's? *waiting for responses* ....I thing RIAA might have a point here (as much as I hate to admit it!) - they should be quite worried by this...
It seems to me that if the companies producing DVD Audio want to store the audio with encryption, that's their right. As long as they provide players for Linux, *BSD, etc. (very unlikely, unfortunately), what is the justification for breaking the encryption? It seems that if these things happened, the companies would have a strong case against the hacker(s), claiming that the only possible reason to do this would be to illegally share copies. Just a thought...
Read the FAQ for reasons why slashdot doesn't do this...
More background: Willy's Statue faces Lovett Hall, which is the administration building that houses the President's office, etc. I think (this was heard from my dad, who taught at Rice when this happened) that the group of students got annoyed with the administration, so they turned Willy around so he would no longer be facing them!
Actually, it says in the article that the ACLU is considering a lawsuit...
I don't understand why this was moderated down - why was this marked a Troll? Oh well...whatever...
So the FBI can pressure hosts into pulling websites just because they don't agree with the content? That's pretty scary...(first post?)
Wow - this is fairly scary. Anyone know if the US has anything like this? On a sidenote, I read a while ago in Newsweek that the US was planning to break in to Slobodan Milosevic's bank accounts and take his money (or something), so I guess we at least have something in mind...
From the point of view of most of the public, Linux IS a "fringe operating system". It can be easy to forget that when we (yes, I use Linux and love it!) focus only on Linux software and Linux websites. However, even at the university I am at (a place that has many computer-savvy people), there are few people who use Linux, and not all that many that have even heard of it. So we may not like to think of Linux as a "fringe operating system", and may hope that someday it will outgrow that label, but I think that for now, that statement is accurate...
Wow - Karma = -30?? Not exactly adding intelligent insight to stories... On a related note, would Rob or whoever be willing to block his IP address from commenting or something? I mean, with 22 comments and nothing but "First Post"...would people be willing to support this? Just curious...