Thanks for the point in the right direction, rincebrain.
The reason I ask is that I'm using an open wireless network, and before I log-in to my emails or do anything more sensitive than reading/., I want to know that my browsing can't be intercepted... hence installing Privoxyhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa on my shared server space... but even from within the cpanel I havn't been able to ascertain what bloody distribution its running. (and Privoxy has different packages for different distibutions).
Thanks for the tip, anyway. I'll work it out in the end...
Hiya folks, mod me down to oblivion if you wish but I've been searching for ages for the answer to this question, and in my desperation I'm turning to Slashdot in the full and certain knowledge that I will be modded down to Australia and burned alive by flaims... but,
How do you tell which linux distribution a host is running? I've tried http://www.dnsstuff.com/ and searching google relentlessly.... any help? Pretty please?
During WW-II, there were whole squadrons of knitters who tried knitting patterns submitted to newspaper knitting columns to check if the to-be-printed coded patterns were legitimate and were not coded messages...
What absolute rot. Give your source for this absurd suggestion. While it is true that the art of stenography has been in extistance since Greek times (see Wikipedia article), the military and intigence services had much more important things on their mind than searching every possible stenographic message coming into the country. That would just be impossible.
Congratulations, you made up a 'fact', and you will now be modded down to the oblivion you deserve.
I sit in sad repose as I put pen to paper concerning an issue I find most deeply disturbing. I assume you already know that Slashdot's hangers-on have been trained, organized, and motivated to calumniate helpless wonks, but I have something more important to tell you. Although I respect Slashdot's right to free speech just as I respect it for crotchety disreputable-types, demented good-for-nothings, and tyrannical euphuists, one of the things I find quite interesting is listening to other people's takes on things. For instance, I recently overheard some folks remark that to Slashdot's mind, its remonstrations enhance performance standards, productivity, and competitiveness. So that means that it's inappropriate to teach children right from wrong, right? No, not right. The truth is that the baneful nature of Slashdot's initiatives is not just a rumor. It is a fact to which I can testify. Now, I don't mean for that to sound pessimistic, although the absurdity of Slashdot's op-ed pieces did not dawn on me until I realized that ignoring the problem of onanism will not make it go away. That's the sort of statement that some people believe is batty, but which I believe is merely a statement of fact. And it's a statement that needs to be made, because we all have a moral obligation to stand up together and forcefully oppose Slashdot's sinister propositions. Well, that's getting away from my main topic, which is that certain facts are clear. For instance, it may seem difficult at first to advance a clear, credible, and effective vision for dealing with our present dilemma and its most disgraceful manifestations. It is. But it really struck a nerve with me when it said that we should avoid personal responsibility. That lie is a painful reminder that Slashdot ignores the most basic ground rule of debate. In case you're not familiar with it, that rule is: attack the idea, not the person.
The truth hurts, doesn't it, Slashdot? Slashdot's platitudes are based on two fundamental errors. They assume that we should all bear the brunt of Slashdot's actions. And they promote the mistaken idea that "the norm" shouldn't have to worry about how the exceptions feel. I wish I could say this nicely, but I don't have much tolerance for the worst classes of foul-mouthed, pertinacious misfits I've ever seen: Slashdot holds onto power like the eunuch mandarins of the Forbidden City -- sterile obstacles to progress who impose ideology, control thought, and punish virtually any behavior it disapproves of. Slashdot maintains that the moon is made of green cheese. This is hardly the case. Rather, there is growing evidence that says, to the contrary, that it can't fool me. I've met sententious vagabonds before, so I know that if you look back over some of my older letters, you'll see that I predicted that Slashdot would rip apart causes that others feel strongly about. And, as I predicted, it did. But you know, that was not a difficult prediction to make. Anyone who has bothered to learn even a little about Slashdot could have made the same prediction.
Come on, Slashdot; I know you're capable of thoughtful social behavior. I feel that Slashdot's slogans are all too often clad in the nugatory garb of voyeurism. My views, of course, are not the issue here. The issue is that all the deals it makes are strictly one-way. Slashdot gets all the rights, and the other party gets all the obligations. Slashdot talks loudly about family values and personal responsibility, but when it comes to backing up those words with actions, all it does is pursue a twofold credo of vigilantism and anarchism. Let no one say that Slashdot has mystical powers of divination and prophecy. No, this is twisted despotism and must be regarded as an attempt to encourage young people to break all the rules, cut themselves loose from their roots, and adopt a doctrinaire, revolting lifestyle.
In case you have any doubts, if Slashdot gets its way, I might very well hide in a closet. To the fullest extent that my age and health will permit, I myself will beat S
I kept my silence when Mr. SimilarityEngine announced he wanted to make bargains with the devil. I did nothing when he tried to promote the abhorrent ideals of lackadaisical, self-indulgent publishers of hate literature. But his latest undertakings are the straw that breaks the camel's back. As a preliminary, I want to embrace diversity. In case you don't know, he is deliberately manipulating the facts. So let him call me contumelious. I call him pestiferous. To be fair, he argues that I am avaricious for wanting to explain a few facets of this confusing world around us. I should point out that this is almost the same argument that was made against Copernicus and Galileo almost half a millennium ago.
Doesn't it strike you as odd that the outcome of the struggle will ultimately be decided based on the number and influence of people fully informed about SimilarityEngine's subliminal psywar campaigns, committed to SimilarityEngine's defeat, and organized under sound leadership? Quite simply, SimilarityEngine confuses demagoguery with leadership and undocumented conspiracism with serious research. He will almost certainly tiptoe around that glaringly evident fact, because if he didn't, you might come to realize that he does not merely condemn innocent people to death. He does so consciously, deliberately, willfully, and methodically. There's a time to keep silent and a time to speak. There's a time to love and a time to hate. There's a time for war and a time for peace. And, I claim, there's a time to find the common ground that enables others to search for solutions that are more creative and constructive than the typically Pecksniffian ones championed by slimy turncoats. Or, to put it less poetically, SimilarityEngine complains a lot. What's ironic, though, is that he hasn't made even a single concrete suggestion for improvement or identified a single problem with the system as it exists today. If we are powerless to address a number of important issues, it is because we have allowed SimilarityEngine to increase society's cycle of hostility and violence.
Would he like it if I were feral and bloodthirsty, too? I don't think so. Let me try to put this in perspective: I'll tell you what we need to do about all the craziness he is mongering. We need to bring him to justice. What SimilarityEngine doesn't realize is that in a recent essay, he stated that chauvinism is a viable and vital objective for our nation's educational institutions. Since the arguments he made in the rest of his essay are based in part on that assumption, he should be aware that it just isn't true. Not only that, but all of the bad things that are currently going on are a symptom of his nugatory notions. They are not a cause; they are an effect. As we all know, anyone who says that he is the best thing to come along since the invention of sliced bread can be branded as both rapacious and vicious. According to the latest scientific evidence, many people respond to SimilarityEngine's infernal commentaries in much the same way that they respond to television dramas. They watch them; they talk about them; but they feel no overwhelming compulsion to do anything about them. That's why I insist we develop an alternative community, a cohesive and comprehensive underground with a charter to rage, rage against the dying of the light. Okay, I've vented enough frustration. So let me end by saying that some of Mr. SimilarityEngine's backers once admitted -- after considerable tergiversation -- that yes, he had secretly plotted to procure explosive devices, gasoline, and detonators for use in an upcoming campaign of terror.
An interesting side-effect of this might be that Google may feel pressure to publish exactly how they split the revenue of Adsence. At the moment its all guesswork, but most estimates seem to converge at about 60-40 split in favour of the publisher.
Competition has got to be a good thing, but I can't wait to see how Yahoo foul this up like they did with 'search'
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Thanks for the point in the right direction, rincebrain.
/., I want to know that my browsing can't be intercepted... hence installing Privoxyhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa on my shared server space... but even from within the cpanel I havn't been able to ascertain what bloody distribution its running. (and Privoxy has different packages for different distibutions).
The reason I ask is that I'm using an open wireless network, and before I log-in to my emails or do anything more sensitive than reading
Thanks for the tip, anyway. I'll work it out in the end...
Hiya folks, mod me down to oblivion if you wish but I've been searching for ages for the answer to this question, and in my desperation I'm turning to Slashdot in the full and certain knowledge that I will be modded down to Australia and burned alive by flaims... but,
How do you tell which linux distribution a host is running? I've tried http://www.dnsstuff.com/ and searching google relentlessly.... any help? Pretty please?
No. But from a company that sells itself on 'don't be evil', I dont expect censorship.
'nuff said.
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum86/519.htm
Its an quick, interesting read.
During WW-II, there were whole squadrons of knitters who tried knitting patterns submitted to newspaper knitting columns to check if the to-be-printed coded patterns were legitimate and were not coded messages...
What absolute rot. Give your source for this absurd suggestion. While it is true that the art of stenography has been in extistance since Greek times (see Wikipedia article), the military and intigence services had much more important things on their mind than searching every possible stenographic message coming into the country. That would just be impossible.
Congratulations, you made up a 'fact', and you will now be modded down to the oblivion you deserve.
A Beow ... nevermind .. screw it..
.. Nanotec... laaaaame
.. nevermind
I for one wel... naw, screw it
In Soviet Russia
the GN... err
Hmmm..
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--I think therefore I sig
http://www.pakin.org/complaint
:)
^^
Its a wonderful tool
I sit in sad repose as I put pen to paper concerning an issue I find most deeply disturbing. I assume you already know that Slashdot's hangers-on have been trained, organized, and motivated to calumniate helpless wonks, but I have something more important to tell you. Although I respect Slashdot's right to free speech just as I respect it for crotchety disreputable-types, demented good-for-nothings, and tyrannical euphuists, one of the things I find quite interesting is listening to other people's takes on things. For instance, I recently overheard some folks remark that to Slashdot's mind, its remonstrations enhance performance standards, productivity, and competitiveness. So that means that it's inappropriate to teach children right from wrong, right? No, not right. The truth is that the baneful nature of Slashdot's initiatives is not just a rumor. It is a fact to which I can testify. Now, I don't mean for that to sound pessimistic, although the absurdity of Slashdot's op-ed pieces did not dawn on me until I realized that ignoring the problem of onanism will not make it go away. That's the sort of statement that some people believe is batty, but which I believe is merely a statement of fact. And it's a statement that needs to be made, because we all have a moral obligation to stand up together and forcefully oppose Slashdot's sinister propositions. Well, that's getting away from my main topic, which is that certain facts are clear. For instance, it may seem difficult at first to advance a clear, credible, and effective vision for dealing with our present dilemma and its most disgraceful manifestations. It is. But it really struck a nerve with me when it said that we should avoid personal responsibility. That lie is a painful reminder that Slashdot ignores the most basic ground rule of debate. In case you're not familiar with it, that rule is: attack the idea, not the person.
The truth hurts, doesn't it, Slashdot? Slashdot's platitudes are based on two fundamental errors. They assume that we should all bear the brunt of Slashdot's actions. And they promote the mistaken idea that "the norm" shouldn't have to worry about how the exceptions feel. I wish I could say this nicely, but I don't have much tolerance for the worst classes of foul-mouthed, pertinacious misfits I've ever seen: Slashdot holds onto power like the eunuch mandarins of the Forbidden City -- sterile obstacles to progress who impose ideology, control thought, and punish virtually any behavior it disapproves of. Slashdot maintains that the moon is made of green cheese. This is hardly the case. Rather, there is growing evidence that says, to the contrary, that it can't fool me. I've met sententious vagabonds before, so I know that if you look back over some of my older letters, you'll see that I predicted that Slashdot would rip apart causes that others feel strongly about. And, as I predicted, it did. But you know, that was not a difficult prediction to make. Anyone who has bothered to learn even a little about Slashdot could have made the same prediction.
Come on, Slashdot; I know you're capable of thoughtful social behavior. I feel that Slashdot's slogans are all too often clad in the nugatory garb of voyeurism. My views, of course, are not the issue here. The issue is that all the deals it makes are strictly one-way. Slashdot gets all the rights, and the other party gets all the obligations. Slashdot talks loudly about family values and personal responsibility, but when it comes to backing up those words with actions, all it does is pursue a twofold credo of vigilantism and anarchism. Let no one say that Slashdot has mystical powers of divination and prophecy. No, this is twisted despotism and must be regarded as an attempt to encourage young people to break all the rules, cut themselves loose from their roots, and adopt a doctrinaire, revolting lifestyle.
In case you have any doubts, if Slashdot gets its way, I might very well hide in a closet. To the fullest extent that my age and health will permit, I myself will beat S
I kept my silence when Mr. SimilarityEngine announced he wanted to make bargains with the devil. I did nothing when he tried to promote the abhorrent ideals of lackadaisical, self-indulgent publishers of hate literature. But his latest undertakings are the straw that breaks the camel's back. As a preliminary, I want to embrace diversity. In case you don't know, he is deliberately manipulating the facts. So let him call me contumelious. I call him pestiferous. To be fair, he argues that I am avaricious for wanting to explain a few facets of this confusing world around us. I should point out that this is almost the same argument that was made against Copernicus and Galileo almost half a millennium ago. Doesn't it strike you as odd that the outcome of the struggle will ultimately be decided based on the number and influence of people fully informed about SimilarityEngine's subliminal psywar campaigns, committed to SimilarityEngine's defeat, and organized under sound leadership? Quite simply, SimilarityEngine confuses demagoguery with leadership and undocumented conspiracism with serious research. He will almost certainly tiptoe around that glaringly evident fact, because if he didn't, you might come to realize that he does not merely condemn innocent people to death. He does so consciously, deliberately, willfully, and methodically. There's a time to keep silent and a time to speak. There's a time to love and a time to hate. There's a time for war and a time for peace. And, I claim, there's a time to find the common ground that enables others to search for solutions that are more creative and constructive than the typically Pecksniffian ones championed by slimy turncoats. Or, to put it less poetically, SimilarityEngine complains a lot. What's ironic, though, is that he hasn't made even a single concrete suggestion for improvement or identified a single problem with the system as it exists today. If we are powerless to address a number of important issues, it is because we have allowed SimilarityEngine to increase society's cycle of hostility and violence. Would he like it if I were feral and bloodthirsty, too? I don't think so. Let me try to put this in perspective: I'll tell you what we need to do about all the craziness he is mongering. We need to bring him to justice. What SimilarityEngine doesn't realize is that in a recent essay, he stated that chauvinism is a viable and vital objective for our nation's educational institutions. Since the arguments he made in the rest of his essay are based in part on that assumption, he should be aware that it just isn't true. Not only that, but all of the bad things that are currently going on are a symptom of his nugatory notions. They are not a cause; they are an effect. As we all know, anyone who says that he is the best thing to come along since the invention of sliced bread can be branded as both rapacious and vicious. According to the latest scientific evidence, many people respond to SimilarityEngine's infernal commentaries in much the same way that they respond to television dramas. They watch them; they talk about them; but they feel no overwhelming compulsion to do anything about them. That's why I insist we develop an alternative community, a cohesive and comprehensive underground with a charter to rage, rage against the dying of the light. Okay, I've vented enough frustration. So let me end by saying that some of Mr. SimilarityEngine's backers once admitted -- after considerable tergiversation -- that yes, he had secretly plotted to procure explosive devices, gasoline, and detonators for use in an upcoming campaign of terror.
The last time someone tossed up an article like this, I saw a similar comment. It was me!!!
Participants of the program must be a resident of the U.S., with valid U.S. Social Security number or Tax ID. (from http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/scp/viewer/ind ex.php?loc=USYPN0005&client_id=5468&event_id=15952
I know its in beta, but bloody hell...
An interesting side-effect of this might be that Google may feel pressure to publish exactly how they split the revenue of Adsence. At the moment its all guesswork, but most estimates seem to converge at about 60-40 split in favour of the publisher. Competition has got to be a good thing, but I can't wait to see how Yahoo foul this up like they did with 'search'