...I can't help but fear the sort of warrants that could come *out* of the US.
We Canajuns don't have a DMCA or equivalent (yet) and our courts seem to be labouring to maintain sanity in things like child porn laws. There's even a whiff (but *just* a whiff) of enlightenment in our drug laws.
The scariest thing for me, reading that article, was not what might come from Uzbekistan or Latvia, but the thought of a bunch of Mounties showing up with a warrant from the FBI to seize my computers 'cause I linked to the DeCSS gallery or sent some anime to a friend south of the border. Or to seize my house 'cause I ordered some mushroom spores (legal here) from south of the border.
I used to scoff at libertarians who claimed that the UN was becoming the World Government that would take away their freedom. Now I see my nation's sovreignty threatened a little at a time (through trade agreements etc.) and I fear instead that it'll slowly become impossible to govern any country the way the people want - we'll be too wrapped up in international agreements that are too disruptive to change or cancel.
"Scott Culp, Microsoft's security program manager, said on Friday that the flaw exists only with a few out of several hundred MIMEs that are used to encode files as e-mail attachments."
In other words: "Chrysler spokesman Corporate G. Bastard said that although every Chrysler vehicle produced in the last year could be unlocked, its alarm disabled and driven away using Bic brand ballpoint pens, the vulnerability exists only for a few of several hundred colours available."
This is the worst (ie. least skillful) spin doctoring I've ever seen. Just because all MIME attachments don't open your machine's front door, well, we shouldn't worry about this "typical software error."
This could be a big loss - a strong (compatible) competitor to Exchange with huge potential, just fading into history.
But if open sourced, it could be one of the biggest wins in years. Imagine the inroads Open Source could make on Exchange starting with OpenMail... any thoughts on how we could plant the 'suggestion' with HP?
Gawd - 3-4 years ago, Intel was preparing to launch the Xeon. They produced a banner ad that ran my poor little Pentium-120 into the red. I mean, it flattened my machine - I barely had the processing power to shut down Netscape.
Happened every time I ran across that ad. I suppose it could have been unintentional bad programming, but it seemed Intel was trying to highlight the inadequacies of my processor. And nearly forced me into a hard reboot in the process.
I think that one banner ad pissed me off more than all the 'Punch the Monkey' 'Fawking DSL' and 'Hot Horny Women' ads combined. I haven't bought an Intel product since.
Another example of the Open Source community leading the pack. Y'know, even if OSDN doesn't develop this, I bet you'll see this sort of thing become standard over the next year. It addresses the declining value of ads without offending readers. It also encourages users to get a login, increasing the stickiness of the site.
If I were running cnet.com I'd be all over this - it's a damn sight better than putting big, distracting ads right in the middle of the 'content'...
er... yeah. Good point. I'm considering the modified lrp solution for the following (admittedly feeble) reasons:
1) Geek factor. 'Nuff said.
2) I'm concerned that the sound quality (already down to mp3 levels) might degrade over a 30-foot cable, especially when coming out the back of a soundblaster.
3) My original idea was a webradio receiver (before I nixed the interface). I'm still kicking around some possible tiny interfaces, say an LCD display and a mouse to cycle through preprogrammed 'stations'. Failing that (and that's pushing my technical skills), I could always boot from different floppies to get different stations, or ssh in and change the station manually. Heck, I could even put a PalmPilot cradle there and work something out.
4) Just looking for some experience developing a linux-based appliance.
I do like your 2.4GHz transmitter idea. I'll price them - thanks!
I've had icecast working fine for a long time now... it's clunky, but it works. Now I want a practical way to stream mp3's to my stereo downstairs.
Here's what I'm thinking - take a basic 'distribution' from the Linux Router Project, strip out most of the networking, add mpg123 and set it to start playing the stream at startup. Then run Cat5 cable from my study to the living room.
The idea is that I could stream mp3's continuously from my main computer, and just power up the one in my stereo cabinet when I wanted to hear the stream. Because it's LRP-based, it runs from a write-protected floppy - I can just power it off when I'm done with it.
Any thoughts from the crowd? Am I way off base here? I want an appliance, and LRP seems to be the closest thing to it. I'm looking at using a 486-66, but if it lacks the horsepower to decode the stream, I have a 486-120 available. I'd love to hear what Slashdotters think of this - if I'm way off base, you could save me a lot of time experimenting....
The War on Drugs has been a consistently neglected topic in discussions surrounding this federal election. My question is, do you believe the War on Drugs has been an unqualified success, and if not, what would you change about it if elected president? Further, does your solution represent a change in strategy, or just more of the same?
Interesting... I think the original post was more notable for what it said about the current music distribution model than its defense of Napster.
1. He can't find the music he likes. The current model leaves lots of room for Mariah and Will Smith, but simply doesn't allow for small-run releases... if your tastes vary from the mainstream, you're going to have to look long and hard to find anything you like.
2. Most music for sale can't be listened to prior to purchase. Some stores will make a small number of CD's available for preview, but the vast majority of the music is shrinkwrapped and you have to take your chances.
3. Prices are artificially high. How do I know? Cassettes generally sell for $5-7 LESS than CD's, despite their much smaller appeal and more expensive manufacture. I'm no conspiracy nut, but it looks to me like the music business has gotten the public hooked on CD's then jacked up the price.
I don't think an argument can be made that Napster is legal, or somehow not an infringement of copyright. What I do expect is that legislation and litigation will be unable to keep up with technology, and that the technology is going to (finally) force a change in this exploitative business model.
...by ensuring that/etc/issue.net is refreshed at startup with the OS and kernel version. With a default RH install, then, anyone who telnets into your machine knows immediately that you're running RedHat X.X, kernel version X.XX.
Don't give them this info - comment out the line in rc.local that reads "cp -f/etc/issue/etc/issue.net" and put some uninformative welcome text into/etc/issue.net.
A good next step for the OSS community...
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...not to mention everyone who opposes censorship might be to actually complete a Linux-based DVD player based on the DeCSS code.
Then 'we' could point to that innocuous software and say 'Look... *this* was the point of cracking CSS". Might really help the public to understand the hammerlock that the DVD people have on the entire format too...
Pardon my ignorance, but I distinctly recall reading that for NT 4.0, graphics control was built into the lowest level of the NT kernel. This apparently had the effect of improving graphics performance at the expense of stability.
Can someone correct me if I'm wrong? Otherwise, this is inconsistent with the goals MS claims to hold for NT development.
I went with a cable modem, since Bell Canada hasn't wired my 'hood for DSL yet. I got it installed the morning I moved in, the technician ran new cables 'cause the old ones looked shabby, a 3Com NIC was included, and everything worked the second I plugged it in.
It was all free, even the first 6 mo. rent on my modem.
But I can sympathize, 'cause I can see myself sticking with it the same way you did.
One hint to those who find themselves behind DHCP and want to run a server... bigfoot.com will forward email and http traffic to the IP address of your choice. I just set it up to forward http requests to my current IP, and have my linux box send email to my wireless phone on every reboot (damn power company) so I can check that my IP hasn't changed.
It's manageable, and it works - check the URL above...
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Actually, Canada's had quite a number of astronauts. This mission just represents the first Canadian to do a spacewalk.
We Canajuns don't have a DMCA or equivalent (yet) and our courts seem to be labouring to maintain sanity in things like child porn laws. There's even a whiff (but *just* a whiff) of enlightenment in our drug laws.
The scariest thing for me, reading that article, was not what might come from Uzbekistan or Latvia, but the thought of a bunch of Mounties showing up with a warrant from the FBI to seize my computers 'cause I linked to the DeCSS gallery or sent some anime to a friend south of the border. Or to seize my house 'cause I ordered some mushroom spores (legal here) from south of the border.
I used to scoff at libertarians who claimed that the UN was becoming the World Government that would take away their freedom. Now I see my nation's sovreignty threatened a little at a time (through trade agreements etc.) and I fear instead that it'll slowly become impossible to govern any country the way the people want - we'll be too wrapped up in international agreements that are too disruptive to change or cancel.
Dammit, how am I going to sleep tonight?
In other words: "Chrysler spokesman Corporate G. Bastard said that although every Chrysler vehicle produced in the last year could be unlocked, its alarm disabled and driven away using Bic brand ballpoint pens, the vulnerability exists only for a few of several hundred colours available."
This is the worst (ie. least skillful) spin doctoring I've ever seen. Just because all MIME attachments don't open your machine's front door, well, we shouldn't worry about this "typical software error."
*low conspiratorial tone*
Or allow the *real* positives through...
The artists are only rarely the actual copyright holders. They can't opt in because of this.
That's what's so disingenuous about the RIAA's bleating about "artists' rights" in copyright discussions. The artists don't own the copyright.
Well screw NCR's ATMs then! I'll just go into my bank branch for service.
*tumbleweed blow past*
Oh yeah... no more branches.
*wolf howls in the distance*
...for some good technical work.
Regardless of what you think of the idea, looks like some real smart people have pulled off something cool.
'Course Wine might have moved this fast with the Windows source code, but still...
This could be a big loss - a strong (compatible) competitor to Exchange with huge potential, just fading into history.
But if open sourced, it could be one of the biggest wins in years. Imagine the inroads Open Source could make on Exchange starting with OpenMail... any thoughts on how we could plant the 'suggestion' with HP?
I'm not kidding.
I'd be screwed.
*Clear!*
Gawd - 3-4 years ago, Intel was preparing to launch the Xeon. They produced a banner ad that ran my poor little Pentium-120 into the red. I mean, it flattened my machine - I barely had the processing power to shut down Netscape.
Happened every time I ran across that ad. I suppose it could have been unintentional bad programming, but it seemed Intel was trying to highlight the inadequacies of my processor. And nearly forced me into a hard reboot in the process.
I think that one banner ad pissed me off more than all the 'Punch the Monkey' 'Fawking DSL' and 'Hot Horny Women' ads combined. I haven't bought an Intel product since.
Another example of the Open Source community leading the pack. Y'know, even if OSDN doesn't develop this, I bet you'll see this sort of thing become standard over the next year. It addresses the declining value of ads without offending readers. It also encourages users to get a login, increasing the stickiness of the site.
If I were running cnet.com I'd be all over this - it's a damn sight better than putting big, distracting ads right in the middle of the 'content'...
...which, like his chin, were always less-than-adequate (in poor Opus' mind, anyway ;)
...especially if you're in the habit of leaving your computer cases open. Talk about hissing ;)
Just trading in a little karma for a silly joke that's not worth the effort.
er... yeah. Good point. I'm considering the modified lrp solution for the following (admittedly feeble) reasons:
1) Geek factor. 'Nuff said.
2) I'm concerned that the sound quality (already down to mp3 levels) might degrade over a 30-foot cable, especially when coming out the back of a soundblaster.
3) My original idea was a webradio receiver (before I nixed the interface). I'm still kicking around some possible tiny interfaces, say an LCD display and a mouse to cycle through preprogrammed 'stations'. Failing that (and that's pushing my technical skills), I could always boot from different floppies to get different stations, or ssh in and change the station manually. Heck, I could even put a PalmPilot cradle there and work something out.
4) Just looking for some experience developing a linux-based appliance.
I do like your 2.4GHz transmitter idea. I'll price them - thanks!
I've had icecast working fine for a long time now... it's clunky, but it works. Now I want a practical way to stream mp3's to my stereo downstairs.
Here's what I'm thinking - take a basic 'distribution' from the Linux Router Project, strip out most of the networking, add mpg123 and set it to start playing the stream at startup. Then run Cat5 cable from my study to the living room.
The idea is that I could stream mp3's continuously from my main computer, and just power up the one in my stereo cabinet when I wanted to hear the stream. Because it's LRP-based, it runs from a write-protected floppy - I can just power it off when I'm done with it.
Any thoughts from the crowd? Am I way off base here? I want an appliance, and LRP seems to be the closest thing to it. I'm looking at using a 486-66, but if it lacks the horsepower to decode the stream, I have a 486-120 available. I'd love to hear what Slashdotters think of this - if I'm way off base, you could save me a lot of time experimenting....
The War on Drugs has been a consistently neglected topic in discussions surrounding this federal election. My question is, do you believe the War on Drugs has been an unqualified success, and if not, what would you change about it if elected president? Further, does your solution represent a change in strategy, or just more of the same?
1. He can't find the music he likes. The current model leaves lots of room for Mariah and Will Smith, but simply doesn't allow for small-run releases... if your tastes vary from the mainstream, you're going to have to look long and hard to find anything you like.
2. Most music for sale can't be listened to prior to purchase. Some stores will make a small number of CD's available for preview, but the vast majority of the music is shrinkwrapped and you have to take your chances.
3. Prices are artificially high. How do I know? Cassettes generally sell for $5-7 LESS than CD's, despite their much smaller appeal and more expensive manufacture. I'm no conspiracy nut, but it looks to me like the music business has gotten the public hooked on CD's then jacked up the price.
I don't think an argument can be made that Napster is legal, or somehow not an infringement of copyright. What I do expect is that legislation and litigation will be unable to keep up with technology, and that the technology is going to (finally) force a change in this exploitative business model.
Don't give them this info - comment out the line in rc.local that reads "cp -f /etc/issue /etc/issue.net" and put some uninformative welcome text into /etc/issue.net.
...not to mention everyone who opposes censorship might be to actually complete a Linux-based DVD player based on the DeCSS code.
Then 'we' could point to that innocuous software and say 'Look... *this* was the point of cracking CSS". Might really help the public to understand the hammerlock that the DVD people have on the entire format too...
Much obliged. I really appreciate your making these available.
Wish me luck with the upgrade!
It's actually kinda fun to give my box a little action. And what action... I haven't seen this many hits on my own website... um... ever!
Please be gentle with my box... this may not be wise of me.
Pardon my ignorance, but I distinctly recall reading that for NT 4.0, graphics control was built into the lowest level of the NT kernel. This apparently had the effect of improving graphics performance at the expense of stability.
Can someone correct me if I'm wrong? Otherwise, this is inconsistent with the goals MS claims to hold for NT development.
I went with a cable modem, since Bell Canada hasn't wired my 'hood for DSL yet. I got it installed the morning I moved in, the technician ran new cables 'cause the old ones looked shabby, a 3Com NIC was included, and everything worked the second I plugged it in.
It was all free, even the first 6 mo. rent on my modem.
But I can sympathize, 'cause I can see myself sticking with it the same way you did.
One hint to those who find themselves behind DHCP and want to run a server... bigfoot.com will forward email and http traffic to the IP address of your choice. I just set it up to forward http requests to my current IP, and have my linux box send email to my wireless phone on every reboot (damn power company) so I can check that my IP hasn't changed.
It's manageable, and it works - check the URL above...