I think everyone wants freedom over their computer hardware & software. My computer is my domain, my email, my data. This is my castle, and nobody should have control over it. I put up firewalls to keep hackers out, I'm not letting lawyers in.
People need to realize, that their computer is the same as their checkbook, credit cards, journal, diary, love letters, children's pictures, private thoughts. The data is ours, and mine ours alone...
DRM gives companies control over you and your hardware. They must have control not for the loss of revenue but for the increase in revenue for the future. The future is a data oriented future, you will have smart hardware in every appliance in your life. This data be it multimedia or logging is worth money.
If all these draconian laws are passed, I can see a day where your shopping trip to the grocery store is logged, and when your home control computer sees you have the making for a bomb (Kitty litter, plant supplies, etc) the Police are notified.
Remember the old saying, "Don't copy that floppy?" They didn't have control over your hardware. In the future, You Can't copy that floppy, You cant even view it. (That will be 19.99 thank you)
Im waiting for the MP version of the AMDXP chipset. After they come out with thier 2000+ procs, im upgrading from my dual P3-800. SMP is the only boxes I want to use now, going from 1ghz to a dual 800, my system doesnt hang when an application use all the cpu resources.
I just wish I could pick up a cheap powerpc atx motherboard, and through a couple power4's in it. But for some reason IBM/Motorola doesnt want to compete against Intel in the desktop market, im denied the joy of a smp box. I have been toying with the idea of picking up an SMP Mac now that OSX is patched and running smoothly.
Speaking of PowerPC chips, Recently/. had a nice article on the Power4 cpu with 2 processor cores.
Just curious, how many/.'ers goto tribescon lan parties? 1999/2000/2001?
We have normally over 200+ people, and each person chips in 25-50 bux for renting the room. (also couple bux of it goes for prizes)
At the 2001 tc3 we had tribalwar.com and wsbn sponser us, it was at portaland airport embassy suites. 2002 tc4 will be in SanFransico (Rumors)
Oh yeah, we had the Dynamix dev team show up again. Nice of them, since they were just canned. (fcking sierra...)
Same here, I did the tech support for the only CyberCafe in town, they did ok, but mostly kids just playing Magic and drinking coffee. Not alot of income for a big place, maybe if they renamed it to StarBucks or something.
They closed down, and the local D&D store in town "Merlins in Spokane Washingtion" has the only game PC's around (kinkos has 3, but for printing only). Merlins has Inet access, but when I was back home and needed VPN access, thier nat server couldnt handle IPsec correctly. (Its always something...)
Over here in Seattle, theres a place in little silicon alley that has a dozen pc's in enclosed booths with 29 inch gateway tvs. They actually have subs and base thumpers in the seats. Playing counter-strike on thier t1 was smooth as silk. Thou a tad expensive. Also me and my friend seem to be the only ones over 25 lol.
Um, no. DHCP isnt hard to setup, and any linux geek could download dhcpd and the sample config works fine. And @home/dsl(some) peeps seem to use dhcp anyways, all lan parties I goto use DHCP so nobody has to give out settings. Plus you can do cool stuff like playing with DNS and redirects. So people can hit the fileservers without knowing its ips. http://files and they can get all the mods/patches.
I personally love DHCP, I can plug in my work laptop at home and not reconfigure any tcp/ip settings. I even tweaked my dhcpd.conf so that my MAC address gets the same IP and network settings for VPN.
Also, Now that switches are cheap, might as well spend the extra 10-20 bux and get a switch. 8 ports switches are like 40 bux now.
Actually the best 2 mice out are the Boomslang and m$ intellimouse explorer. They have higher dpi(or whatever) than a standard mouse. Boomslang is suppose to be the best gamers mouse, but rides a little high on the grip for my taste.
So the 5 buttons, scroll wheel, and opitcal made me choose the m$ mouse. It took me a little while to get used the extra weight for the m$ie mouse, since it doesnt have a ball to roll on. A nice 3m mouse pad fixed that.
Ive been to Lan games where people still keyboard it. Some peeps even use a trackball, this I never will understand.
There are unified messaging projects and products starting to come that will allow you to consolidate all your data. This has to be one of the most important time saving ideas. Get your voicemail on the web, listen to your Email or IM on the phone, Fax on the web, text to speech, etc.
Another consolidation that I really like, is Instant messaging products, like Tillian. I can now get my AOL/AIM/Yahoo/ICQ/IRC in one program. (The irc is ok, but I'll stick with mirc and bitchx)..
Ronald Reagan administration gave 3 billion dollars to Afghanistan for weapons, the same weapons that the Taliban are using now. We can thank the CIA (Under RRA) for helping Afgahnistan terrorist groups, the same ones today that formed the Taliban.
Nothing like Americans killed with Republican funded weapons, and Republican created terrorist groups.
The only Republican I can approve is the Secretary of State Colin Powell. I have no respect for that draft dodger Bush who uses a mostly republican seated Supreme Court and his brother in florida to help him overthrow an election.
Thats the major problem with the 2 party system, your vote doesnt count, its either left or the right.
I cant even find a party that has the same beliefs that I have. Something with a cross between Anarchist, Moderate Republican & Democrat.
Less government, total freedom (legalize everything for consenting adults..), womens rights, fathers rights, gun control not a gun ban, medical for everyone, something like job core for unemployment, keeping the government out of court cases, privacy issues, tax issues, and much more. Keep morals out of the laws.
There is too many thoughts on politics, Ill just quit now. Going to watch Enterprise in 30 minutes.
"I think he is being unjustly accused and that's the kind of case I like to do," Keker said Thursday.
Bravo.
As programmers write code to further the cause of opensource software, we need skilled Lawyers to protect our rights. Its war, and the battle will take place in the courts.
Autoskip with no commericals and Quickskip with 30 seconds! I was going to pick up a tivo, but noticed they removed these features. Guess maybe I need to think about a Replay.
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I'm an American, and ASHAMED of my goverment.
If it means giving up the "freedom" to illegally gamble at off shore casinos... I can live with that.
Why should your morals be forced on me?
Why should your morals put me in prision?
Any consenting adult should be able to do as they please as long as another person is not hurt in the process.
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"Give me liberty or Give me death." - Patrick Henry
My local Taco Bell doesnt take credit cards.
National ID Card? They dont take checks either.
Aha, We can starve the terrorists!
I think everyone wants freedom over their computer hardware & software. My computer is my domain, my email, my data. This is my castle, and nobody should have control over it. I put up firewalls to keep hackers out, I'm not letting lawyers in.
People need to realize, that their computer is the same as their checkbook, credit cards, journal, diary, love letters, children's pictures, private thoughts. The data is ours, and mine ours alone...
DRM gives companies control over you and your hardware. They must have control not for the loss of revenue but for the increase in revenue for the future. The future is a data oriented future, you will have smart hardware in every appliance in your life. This data be it multimedia or logging is worth money.
If all these draconian laws are passed, I can see a day where your shopping trip to the grocery store is logged, and when your home control computer sees you have the making for a bomb (Kitty litter, plant supplies, etc) the Police are notified.
Remember the old saying, "Don't copy that floppy?" They didn't have control over your hardware. In the future, You Can't copy that floppy, You cant even view it. (That will be 19.99 thank you)
Im waiting for the MP version of the AMDXP chipset. After they come out with thier 2000+ procs, im upgrading from my dual P3-800. SMP is the only boxes I want to use now, going from 1ghz to a dual 800, my system doesnt hang when an application use all the cpu resources.
/. had a nice article on the Power4 cpu with 2 processor cores.
I just wish I could pick up a cheap powerpc atx motherboard, and through a couple power4's in it. But for some reason IBM/Motorola doesnt want to compete against Intel in the desktop market, im denied the joy of a smp box. I have been toying with the idea of picking up an SMP Mac now that OSX is patched and running smoothly.
Speaking of PowerPC chips, Recently
Good one. lol
Goto senate.gov And search for Bill "H.R. 2975"
lol, so when are the Vulcans going to land!
Yes, we can become just like China, with a "Homeland Security" force of a million police.
Just curious, how many /.'ers goto tribescon lan parties? 1999/2000/2001?
We have normally over 200+ people, and each person chips in 25-50 bux for renting the room. (also couple bux of it goes for prizes)
At the 2001 tc3 we had tribalwar.com and wsbn sponser us, it was at portaland airport embassy suites. 2002 tc4 will be in SanFransico (Rumors)
Oh yeah, we had the Dynamix dev team show up again. Nice of them, since they were just canned. (fcking sierra...)
Same here, I did the tech support for the only CyberCafe in town, they did ok, but mostly kids just playing Magic and drinking coffee. Not alot of income for a big place, maybe if they renamed it to StarBucks or something.
They closed down, and the local D&D store in town "Merlins in Spokane Washingtion" has the only game PC's around (kinkos has 3, but for printing only). Merlins has Inet access, but when I was back home and needed VPN access, thier nat server couldnt handle IPsec correctly. (Its always something...)
Over here in Seattle, theres a place in little silicon alley that has a dozen pc's in enclosed booths with 29 inch gateway tvs. They actually have subs and base thumpers in the seats. Playing counter-strike on thier t1 was smooth as silk. Thou a tad expensive. Also me and my friend seem to be the only ones over 25 lol.
Um, no. DHCP isnt hard to setup, and any linux geek could download dhcpd and the sample config works fine. And @home/dsl(some) peeps seem to use dhcp anyways, all lan parties I goto use DHCP so nobody has to give out settings. Plus you can do cool stuff like playing with DNS and redirects. So people can hit the fileservers without knowing its ips. http://files and they can get all the mods/patches.
I personally love DHCP, I can plug in my work laptop at home and not reconfigure any tcp/ip settings. I even tweaked my dhcpd.conf so that my MAC address gets the same IP and network settings for VPN.
Also, Now that switches are cheap, might as well spend the extra 10-20 bux and get a switch. 8 ports switches are like 40 bux now.
Actually the best 2 mice out are the Boomslang and m$ intellimouse explorer. They have higher dpi(or whatever) than a standard mouse. Boomslang is suppose to be the best gamers mouse, but rides a little high on the grip for my taste.
So the 5 buttons, scroll wheel, and opitcal made me choose the m$ mouse. It took me a little while to get used the extra weight for the m$ie mouse, since it doesnt have a ball to roll on. A nice 3m mouse pad fixed that.
Ive been to Lan games where people still keyboard it. Some peeps even use a trackball, this I never will understand.
Saw a nice article on Plasma Shields. (Fusion Powered) Then it goes onto Fusion powered flight, but you can tell where this is leading..
:)
Space Travel.
There are unified messaging projects and products starting to come that will allow you to consolidate all your data. This has to be one of the most important time saving ideas. Get your voicemail on the web, listen to your Email or IM on the phone, Fax on the web, text to speech, etc.
Another consolidation that I really like, is Instant messaging products, like Tillian. I can now get my AOL/AIM/Yahoo/ICQ/IRC in one program. (The irc is ok, but I'll stick with mirc and bitchx)..
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Another Verizon customer, DSL'less in Seattle.
Humm, Those ghosts in PACMAN have pretty good AI, always chasing my ass.
Wheres he hosting all these sites?
Where is he buying his domains from?
What OS is he using?
Sounds like alot of work for popup sites, he must be making damn good money after lawsuits.
Brainwashed /. readers, who would of thunk it.
Ronald Reagan administration gave 3 billion dollars to Afghanistan for weapons, the same weapons that the Taliban are using now. We can thank the CIA (Under RRA) for helping Afgahnistan terrorist groups, the same ones today that formed the Taliban.
Nothing like Americans killed with Republican funded weapons, and Republican created terrorist groups.
The only Republican I can approve is the Secretary of State Colin Powell. I have no respect for that draft dodger Bush who uses a mostly republican seated Supreme Court and his brother in florida to help him overthrow an election.
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My how people forget, when its not on CNN.
Thats the major problem with the 2 party system, your vote doesnt count, its either left or the right.
I cant even find a party that has the same beliefs that I have. Something with a cross between Anarchist, Moderate Republican & Democrat.
Less government, total freedom (legalize everything for consenting adults..), womens rights, fathers rights, gun control not a gun ban, medical for everyone, something like job core for unemployment, keeping the government out of court cases, privacy issues, tax issues, and much more. Keep morals out of the laws.
There is too many thoughts on politics, Ill just quit now. Going to watch Enterprise in 30 minutes.
We can all use our National ID that Ashcroft wants.
Political Cartoons at Political Strikes
Forgot to give the Gnucleus URL.
http://gnucleus.sourceforge.net/
If your interested playing around with some internet mapping software, Gnucleus will map out some gnutella hosts around you.
Check out a picture of me running gnucleus. gnucleus.jpg
"I think he is being unjustly accused and that's the kind of case I like to do," Keker said Thursday.
Bravo.
As programmers write code to further the cause of opensource software, we need skilled Lawyers to protect our rights. Its war, and the battle will take place in the courts.
Ashcroft tells it all - Political Cartoons at Political Strikes
Autoskip with no commericals and Quickskip with 30 seconds! I was going to pick up a tivo, but noticed they removed these features. Guess maybe I need to think about a Replay.
Actually, i rip all my cd's and burn them into mp3 cds. My car audio player is a mp3 player.
I hate swapping cds.