Here are my favorites and some quick summaries... I have to say that I'm glad to see this article on/. so I can look for some of the recommended series.:-)
Rurouni Kenshin: This is probably my favorite overall anime. It's about an ex-hitokiri (professional assassin) who has incredible angst over his past life and wants to make up for it. Historical fiction, excellent character development.
Saber Marionette J: Another of my all-time favorites. This is a futuristic anime set on a planet accidentally colonized when a colonization ship crash landed. The only survivors were men, and they created marionettes (robots) to take the societal role of women. This series is the story of three of these marionettes posessing otome kairo, which are circuits that allow them to have feelings. This is a POWERFUL series; I nearly cried at several points and I'm not an emotional person. The first time Lime (a marionette) has to deal with the death of a loved one... *sniff*
Neon Genesis: Evangelion: A fascinating and action-packed Mechs-and-cute-girls anime. The ending is disappointing, though, so if you stop watching at about episode 20 I won't blame you. Not that you'll be able to. Another powerful series, but somewhat disturbing. (unlike SMJ, which is not twisted) You'll hate Shinji, get used to it.
The Slayers: This is probably the funniest anime I've ever seen. Lina Inverse is a fifteen-year-old sorcerer with an attitude and an appetite to match. She collects an unlikely band of followers including the dumb-as-a-post Gourry Gabriev, the stone-skinned golem Zelgadis, the Justice-freak princess Amelia (once I saw her aptly described as "Sailor Moon at age five and on drugs"), and the pure but not-so-swift Shrine Maiden Sylphael.
Ranma 1/2: Slapstick comedy, probably as funny as The Slayers. Saotome Ranma falls in a cursed pool in China and is doomed to turn into a girl every time he gets doused by cold water. Don't expect any sort of consistency from this series, but it will have you rolling on the ground with laughter.
Some others that are definitely worth your time after you watch the above:
If you want the low-down information, the obvious thing to do is check out the RFCs. Here are several that I have found interesting:
RFC1883, a top-level specification of IPv6 which includes ALL KINDS of cool stuff. If you're only going to read one, make it this one.
RFC2374, which involves assigning Unicast (like the IPv4 address you have now, only bigger) addresses
RFC2462, stateless autoconfiguration; why many hosts won't need DHCP any more
These documents barely scratch the surface, but they're interesting and they have splendid references.:-) For random RFCs, go to http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc####.txt, where #### is, obviously, the RFC number. Happy reading...
I'm disappointed that this was moderated to Score: 3 (Insightful). I don't like Microsoft software any more than the next guy, but if this were pointed at Linux it'd be labelled FUD and moderated to -1 faster than you could blink.
I try to stay out of moderation fights, but come on guys...
(BTW, after the above post gets moderated down, feel free to knock this one down, too, so nobody has to read it:-P)
Guys like you always have a lot to whine about, but never a plan. You talk about rights, but don't actually make a suggestion. Do you think Mitnick should be allowed to profit from his crimes? You don't really know how the world works or what's going on, so you should either devote your life to making sure you know how things are and enter politics, or sit back and let the people who know how run things.
I'm sorry my post evoked such hostility in you. Perhaps it was slightly offtopic, but it was in fact in response to the post I replied to, not directly to the Mitnick article. I did make plenty of suggestions regarding the topic I discussed... I was discussing making fellow citizens more aware of the importance of rights and personal freedoms, and I suggested a method that I feel is an effective way to do so.
To answer the question you asked (rather rudely, I might add), however, I do not think that this represents Kevin being "allowed to profit from his crimes". Perhaps if we allow an (IMHO) overly loose interpretation of what his crimes were and how directly this profit must descend from them.
I am also quite impressed with what you could infer from my knowledge and personality from one short post on Slashdot. Despite the fact that your post leads me to believe that you have no idea how the world works, or even how to sign up for a username and log into Slashdot, I will trust that I just caught you in a bad mood thos morning and you are truly a nice person. Please forgive me if I don't "sit back and let the people who know how run things", however, as that does not a free country make. If the "people who know how" think that rude anonymous posts to Slashdot make more impression than my post, so be it. I don't share their opinions.
I'd be perfectly content to let anybody who smokes do so freely, but the problem is that whenever they're smoking when I'm around they're directly hurting me with their secondhand smoke.
I wrestle with this issue myself... And what it almost comes down to in my mind is "Do I want the government involved?" Despite the fact that the cigarette smoke irritates me and potentially causes cancer (as some secondhand smoke studies have supported), I would rather that the proprieter of the establishment being smoked in made that decision. I ask that people not smoke in my house/dorm room, and I ask them not to smoke in my car. I appreciate it greatly when restaurants do more than put up an imaginary line between the "smoking" and "non-smoking" sections (such as a divider or even separate rooms), and I find myself frequenting those restaurants more often... I guess maybe that's voting with my wallet.:-)
In short, at least for me, it comes down to being willing to put up with some inconvenience on my part to avoid government intervention. That's a choice we all have to make, I guess, and not everyone may see this issue the same as I do.
The saddest part is that NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE. I find myself often having to explain to people in detail why things like this (and the bust-in on Elian, and Waco, and Ruby Ridge, and a hundred other things) are so terrible, and when I'm done they say "Well, they're criminals, right?" It seems most people don't hear a word I say...
It scares me that people think it's OK for federal paramilitary troops (in the case of the BATF, under the Dept. of the Treasury... What's up with that?) to storm the residences and private properties of US Citizens because "they're wierd" or "they might have had guns". Last time I checked, both of those were legal.
Sure, maybe it's not so bad yet... But if we give away these freedoms one by one it won't be long until there aren't many left to give. Just because some rights violation doesn't directly affect you doesn't mean it's OK. When one does, you won't have a leg to stand on if you didn't defend your fellow citizens when their rights were infringed.
I like to use alcohol as an example to drinkers who think firearms should be outlawed... (I believe firmly in the right to bear arms, but I am a non-drinker) I present them with this situation:
You think it's OK for my firearms to be outlawed, but I bet you would fight if another prohibition were instated. Yet consider the number of firearm-related deaths versus the number of alcohol-related deaths... Not only are many (possibly most) firearm-related deaths also alcohol-related, we can add in drunk driving accidents, alcohol poisoning, the majority of domestic violence, etc. etc.
I'm not saying that alcohol is the direct cause of death in most of these incidents (whereas firearms more directly are), but it undeniably plays a large part. The number of those alcohol-related deaths will greatly outnumber the firearm deaths. Now I propose that we outlaw alcohol.
At this point, the person to whom I am speaking almost invariably begins to cry bloody murder, saying it's an unfair comparison and "a drink doesn't hurt anybody" and a hundred other things. Is it because alcohol isn't dangerous, or because drinkers are more responsible than firearm owners? No. It's because alcohol affects them personally, and the firearms issue does not. The point is not that alcohol is terrible and should be outlawed (I think outlawing alcohol would be an infringement of rights), but that you have to consider others' rights as well as your own. Just because you don't want to have a firearm (whether for self-defense, hunting, shooting sports, defense against tyranny, or what) doesn't necessarily mean your fellow citizens should not have that choice.
I choose alcohol and firearms because they are both well-known issues, but it can be applied to almost any pair of rights. Many people are offended by sidewalk evangelists and think sidewalk evangelism should be outlawed... Compare that to the legality of tobacco, or right to display a confederate flag or anarchy symbol. I don't want to smell cigarette smoke or look at a confederate flag; the average citizen probably doesn't want to promote anarchy. However, the flag and the anarchy symbol are both freedoms of speech the same as sidewalk evangelism, and the tobacco is the freedom to decide what you want to do with your body rather than the gov't deciding.
I realize that most of these issues are not direct parallels, and many people won't have a problem with either side or will have a problem with both sides, but you get the point. (I hope so, anyway, not everyone does) As a responsible citizen, you have to consider the rights of other citizens, too.
Not everyone who I talk to understands this, but every so often a light will dawn behind their eyes, and I know I've helped someone realize the importance of personal rights and not losing ANY of them. It isn't enough not to lose the ones that are most important to ourselves, we must protect the rights of EVERYONE.
I guess this has sort of turned into a ramble, but it scares me how unconcerned the average citizen is for their personal rights. Once they're all gone, it will be impossible to get them back. The only option is to keep them in the first place.
But then again, I'm probably preaching to the choir for many readers of/., as I see a lot of "defend your rights" posts. Just remember to tell your friends.
MUCH improved support for this card is included in the 2.3 series of kernels. It was spotty for me at best for a long time (one ver it would work, the next not, etc. etc.), but with 2.3.48 it works like a charm. No extra ide= parameters for lilo, and I get ~17MB/sec off my 7200RPM WD Select.
If you're willing to experiment with an "unstable" kernel (which I've only been running for about 24 hours but has been stable so far - if 24h can EVER be considered stable;-), I highly recommend it. Ethan
Moohahaha! There's nothing more satisfying than waking up to Anime references on/. on a Sunday morning.:-) After my Neon Genesis comments to an article about implanting consciousness in a computer received a pathetic +1 Funny, this is some sort of vindication.;-)
I've seen Neon Genesis: Evangelion. Following the Second Impact on Sept. 15 (that's right, this year!), the need for this technology will become great.
Sometime around 2008, Ritsuko's mother will finalize the technology and upload her personality as a woman, a scientist, and a mother into three supercomputers. Shortly after that she'll strangle a little girl and kill herself.
The technology won't last long, though, because the world is going to end in about 2015. Well, as far as you or I are concerned it will, anyway.
The good news is it requires a seventh-generation supercomputer, so we'll have those to play with by 2008.;-)
(For those who are confused, this is from a STORY and it is NOT true.) Ethan
That is very true... I'd probably have to second James Watt as well.:-) I would, however, argue that interchangeable parts had as large an impact as the steam engine... Just on a different part of production.
My little brother also got a MindStorms set for X-mas, and the first thing I did when I found out about it is dl'd NQC and packaged up a nice RPM for him...
It actually seems to be very capable and easy to use. It lets you use the multitasking capabilities of the RCX in a simple fashion (although I can't find semaphores or mutexes anywhere:-P), but it has LOTS of power. Certainly more than the provided tools.
It also has variables, as an above poster lamented about the provided programming tools.;-)
I read A Canticle for Leibowitz my senior year in High School on the recommendation of my English teacher... And I have to say it was one of the best recommendations I've ever had.:-) I was so moved at the time that I decided to put up a web site of book reviews, and it was the first book in it. I long since gave up on that idea, but it was the thought that counted.
ACFL fascinated me with its dark but realistic look at the Human state... Miller successfully points out in stark detail the major goods and evils of several Human tendencies and creations... From the Church to government to simple individuals, he touches on societal flaws and features.
As an example, we have the contrast of the corrupt church and the virtuous individual monk... I found myself rooting for the church on one page, so as to fulfill the dreams of a character, but condemning it on the next for the dreams of the church executives.
I would (and have!) recommend this book to anyone who likes to read, and think about what they've read. For me, this book falls into the category of _1984_, _Fareheit 451_, _The Time Machine_, et al in terms of societal significance. Whether you agree with what Miller is "saying" or not, it makes you think and provides for an entertaining read.
(I will warn those who are inclined toward happy readings that it is a little depressing!)
What many people are missing is the significance of "Honorary Membership".
Membership to the X Consortium is/far/ from free. The Open Group has given XFre86 a voting seat on the X Consortium for/free/. That is the significance of this move. AFAIK, this is a first... I believe all other members of the X Consortium are paying members. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong)
I look at all these articles (both on/. and in mainstream media) about schools and classification and profiling... And I think "This won't happen in my community, they're much smarter than that."
Then I go to the school or I talk to the students or my brother (who is in HS), and it is happening. They have an officer in the halls every day, places to report "disturbed" students or students who "need help" are posted on bulletin boards, and teachers express concern about the safety of carrying backpacks or wearing heavy coats. This from a school that had one fight my senior year (two years ago). Not exactly a hotbed of violent activities.
The bottom line is that it is happening in the schools and communities you and I know and love, and we need to do something about it. Visit your schools and express your concerns. It sure doesn't feel like it's doing much good at the time, when the administrators smile and nod and say "It's for the kids' safety", but maybe sooner or later we'll make an impression.
Let's keep our youth and our society safe by making it what we want it to be with our own hands, not by sitting aside and watching the government mandate safety in ways that persecute youth that could have been you or I a handful of years ago.
I did not read your original post, but I do sometimes agree that slashdot moderation is harsh on KDE. (or other topics...)
However, I would personally have moderated your last post down for the (and probably everyone else) comment. It was a perfectly valid point, and you tried to turn it into a flame.
It strikes me as mildly irritating that this message is presently a score of 4, 'Insightful', while the following post (which is basically the same as this one, only using a generic 'Gnome sucks' stereotype rather than a 'KDE sucks' stereotype), Commerical Powers (#24) is rated 0 for flamebait.
Come on, people. I'm personally a Gnome user, but I can see that the KDE people have done some great things. (KOffice, if nothing else... I personally think there's lots more) The QT license thing is annoying, but hardly a reason fora call-to-arms against KDE. I'm thrilled that you want to develop for Gnome, but lets not tell people that developing for KDE is evil.
And moderators, just because YOU like Gnome better than KDE is not a good reason to moderate this post up and the next post down. I'm very disappointed. Ethan
I agree completely! I have a playlist of tens of hours (somewhere around 30 right now, I think, but I have as many more to be sorted and added) of themes from Anime cartoons... I maintain that words I don't understand give me that feeling of good ol' rock & roll (or whatever style you prefer, just find the right music!) without the distraction.
I can to Rurouni Kenshin or Neon Genesis for hours... And it doesn't distract me or otherwise impede my coding progress. I can think *and* I'm entertained!
I recommend it to anyone who asks... Goes the same for studying or any other thought-intensive task.
This isn't a reasonable hypothetical situation. After all, David Goodman would be shot twice in the back when he "attacked" the officers in his sleep. =)
It's unfortunate that this holds enough ring of truth to be disturbing.:-( Let's not forget that if the ATF was involved several officers would lose their lives to friendly fire.
The point is that AOL did NOT keep their protocol proprietary. They released specs to it. (Well, to a slightly simpler ascii version, but that makes little difference.)
It makes all the difference in the world. Regardless of whether you side with AOL or Microsoft or whoever on this one, you should be able to see the line here... AOL released specs to the open TOC protocol (albeit with a clause stating that it could change without warning at any time; kudos to them for not doing that to us!) in order to allow people to write unsupported clients. They did *not* release specs to the Oscar protocol.
I don't know exactly what their line of reasoning is to do this, but it seems to me that since they have an established method for unapproved clients to connect, their argument that the Oscar protocol was to remain closed is, if anything, stronger.
My $0.02...
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AOL's reference implementation was GPL... I don't think the protocol itself was. I think it would be logically quite difficult to GPL a protocol. Ethan
This is very disappointing, as AOL has seemed to put a lot of effort into making TOC usable and effective for the OSS community. Hopefully this is not a permanent turn, and we'll get the specs/etc back after this whole MS thing blows over.
On the bright side, gaim and TiK still seem to be working OK for me. It seems they're not actively working against us.
I noticed the TiK and TNT sites were down several weeks ago, and wondered what was up then... Ethan
I do, and you should. Just because you don't use *BSD, and I don't use *BSD (although I have OpenBSD installed, and I like what I've seen, I use Linux as my primary OS) doesn't mean that we should not be concerned with the welfare of the *BSD movement. You do not appear to be aware of this, but Linux has gotten a LOT of good out of the BSD developers and BSD code over the years. I know that for a long time (and I believe it still does) the Linux kernel booted and displayed a message to the effect of "This program contains code Copyright (c) the Regents of the University of California, Berkeley..." You might recognize "Berkeley" as the B in BSD and that snippet (which may not be 100% word for word) as part of the BSD license. Many of the utilities you use every day on your Linux system are *BSD utilities, or derived thereof.
Be careful who you scorn, especially if you haven't done your research. Remember that competition is a good thing, and that the *BSD people are pursuing a goal, while not identical, similar to that of the Linux crowd.
(b) You can't integrate other Linux kernel enhancments into BSD
While this is true (although there may be ways to work around it ?), that does not mean that we should not work for a solution equitable to all parties.
(c) SGI is getting into Linux. It doesn't give a damn about BSD (as most of us don't)
I can't speak for SGI, and while I cannot technically speak for "most of us" (as I am sure you cannot), I do not believe this is true. There are many people on Slashdot who care as little for Linux as you seem to care for *BSD. There are also many who feel as I do, using Linux day-to-day but following the *BSD activity and applauding those developers for their efforts, or vice versa.
(d) Freer license would mean it could get into NT as well
And what is the problem with that? You (as well as many others) seem to miss the point that a stable and functioning NT would be nothing but a boon to the industry. You rant against Microsoft about the instability and uselessness of their operating system, and then seek to deny them the tools to fix it.
(e) If BSD really wants it, BSD can GPL itself
While I don't know the particulars of the BSD license enough to comment on the truth of that statement, I can comment on its invalidity for other reasons. *BSD is under the license that it is under because the authors believed that that license was the one it should be under. Just like you belive the GPL to be superior, they believe the BSD license to be superior. I can see the merits of both. Why don't you release your software under the *BSD license instead of the GPL (if you have any, which I doubt)? That is the same as what you would ask them to do...
I would like to think that you are just misguided and not a troll. If you are misguided, think before you speak. If you are a troll, go home.
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Here are my favorites and some quick summaries... I have to say that I'm glad to see this article on /. so I can look for some of the recommended series. :-)
- Rurouni Kenshin: This is probably my favorite overall anime. It's about an ex-hitokiri (professional assassin) who has incredible angst over his past life and wants to make up for it. Historical fiction, excellent character development.
- Saber Marionette J: Another of my all-time favorites. This is a futuristic anime set on a planet accidentally colonized when a colonization ship crash landed. The only survivors were men, and they created marionettes (robots) to take the societal role of women. This series is the story of three of these marionettes posessing otome kairo, which are circuits that allow them to have feelings. This is a POWERFUL series; I nearly cried at several points and I'm not an emotional person. The first time Lime (a marionette) has to deal with the death of a loved one... *sniff*
- Neon Genesis: Evangelion: A fascinating and action-packed Mechs-and-cute-girls anime. The ending is disappointing, though, so if you stop watching at about episode 20 I won't blame you. Not that you'll be able to. Another powerful series, but somewhat disturbing. (unlike SMJ, which is not twisted) You'll hate Shinji, get used to it.
- The Slayers: This is probably the funniest anime I've ever seen. Lina Inverse is a fifteen-year-old sorcerer with an attitude and an appetite to match. She collects an unlikely band of followers including the dumb-as-a-post Gourry Gabriev, the stone-skinned golem Zelgadis, the Justice-freak princess Amelia (once I saw her aptly described as "Sailor Moon at age five and on drugs"), and the pure but not-so-swift Shrine Maiden Sylphael.
- Ranma 1/2: Slapstick comedy, probably as funny as The Slayers. Saotome Ranma falls in a cursed pool in China and is doomed to turn into a girl every time he gets doused by cold water. Don't expect any sort of consistency from this series, but it will have you rolling on the ground with laughter.
Some others that are definitely worth your time after you watch the above:Happy watching. :-)
If you want the low-down information, the obvious thing to do is check out the RFCs. Here are several that I have found interesting:
These documents barely scratch the surface, but they're interesting and they have splendid references. :-) For random RFCs, go to http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc####.txt, where #### is, obviously, the RFC number. Happy reading...
I'm disappointed that this was moderated to Score: 3 (Insightful). I don't like Microsoft software any more than the next guy, but if this were pointed at Linux it'd be labelled FUD and moderated to -1 faster than you could blink.
:-P)
I try to stay out of moderation fights, but come on guys...
(BTW, after the above post gets moderated down, feel free to knock this one down, too, so nobody has to read it
If you were really CmdrTaco, you would have made a Gargoyle reference. ;-)
Nonetheless, this *is* a pretty cool gadget and opens up fabulous "wearables" opportunities.
Guys like you always have a lot to whine about, but never a plan. You talk about rights, but don't actually make a suggestion. Do you think Mitnick should be allowed to profit from his crimes? You don't really know how the world works or what's going on, so you should either devote your life to making sure you know how things are and enter politics, or sit back and let the people who know how run things.
I'm sorry my post evoked such hostility in you. Perhaps it was slightly offtopic, but it was in fact in response to the post I replied to, not directly to the Mitnick article. I did make plenty of suggestions regarding the topic I discussed... I was discussing making fellow citizens more aware of the importance of rights and personal freedoms, and I suggested a method that I feel is an effective way to do so.
To answer the question you asked (rather rudely, I might add), however, I do not think that this represents Kevin being "allowed to profit from his crimes". Perhaps if we allow an (IMHO) overly loose interpretation of what his crimes were and how directly this profit must descend from them.
I am also quite impressed with what you could infer from my knowledge and personality from one short post on Slashdot. Despite the fact that your post leads me to believe that you have no idea how the world works, or even how to sign up for a username and log into Slashdot, I will trust that I just caught you in a bad mood thos morning and you are truly a nice person. Please forgive me if I don't "sit back and let the people who know how run things", however, as that does not a free country make. If the "people who know how" think that rude anonymous posts to Slashdot make more impression than my post, so be it. I don't share their opinions.
I'd be perfectly content to let anybody who smokes do so freely, but the problem is that whenever they're smoking when I'm around they're directly hurting me with their secondhand smoke.
I wrestle with this issue myself... And what it almost comes down to in my mind is "Do I want the government involved?" Despite the fact that the cigarette smoke irritates me and potentially causes cancer (as some secondhand smoke studies have supported), I would rather that the proprieter of the establishment being smoked in made that decision. I ask that people not smoke in my house/dorm room, and I ask them not to smoke in my car. I appreciate it greatly when restaurants do more than put up an imaginary line between the "smoking" and "non-smoking" sections (such as a divider or even separate rooms), and I find myself frequenting those restaurants more often... I guess maybe that's voting with my wallet. :-)
In short, at least for me, it comes down to being willing to put up with some inconvenience on my part to avoid government intervention. That's a choice we all have to make, I guess, and not everyone may see this issue the same as I do.
The saddest part is that NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE. I find myself often having to explain to people in detail why things like this (and the bust-in on Elian, and Waco, and Ruby Ridge, and a hundred other things) are so terrible, and when I'm done they say "Well, they're criminals, right?" It seems most people don't hear a word I say...
It scares me that people think it's OK for federal paramilitary troops (in the case of the BATF, under the Dept. of the Treasury... What's up with that?) to storm the residences and private properties of US Citizens because "they're wierd" or "they might have had guns". Last time I checked, both of those were legal.
Sure, maybe it's not so bad yet... But if we give away these freedoms one by one it won't be long until there aren't many left to give. Just because some rights violation doesn't directly affect you doesn't mean it's OK. When one does, you won't have a leg to stand on if you didn't defend your fellow citizens when their rights were infringed.
I like to use alcohol as an example to drinkers who think firearms should be outlawed... (I believe firmly in the right to bear arms, but I am a non-drinker) I present them with this situation:
At this point, the person to whom I am speaking almost invariably begins to cry bloody murder, saying it's an unfair comparison and "a drink doesn't hurt anybody" and a hundred other things. Is it because alcohol isn't dangerous, or because drinkers are more responsible than firearm owners? No. It's because alcohol affects them personally, and the firearms issue does not. The point is not that alcohol is terrible and should be outlawed (I think outlawing alcohol would be an infringement of rights), but that you have to consider others' rights as well as your own. Just because you don't want to have a firearm (whether for self-defense, hunting, shooting sports, defense against tyranny, or what) doesn't necessarily mean your fellow citizens should not have that choice.
I choose alcohol and firearms because they are both well-known issues, but it can be applied to almost any pair of rights. Many people are offended by sidewalk evangelists and think sidewalk evangelism should be outlawed... Compare that to the legality of tobacco, or right to display a confederate flag or anarchy symbol. I don't want to smell cigarette smoke or look at a confederate flag; the average citizen probably doesn't want to promote anarchy. However, the flag and the anarchy symbol are both freedoms of speech the same as sidewalk evangelism, and the tobacco is the freedom to decide what you want to do with your body rather than the gov't deciding.
I realize that most of these issues are not direct parallels, and many people won't have a problem with either side or will have a problem with both sides, but you get the point. (I hope so, anyway, not everyone does) As a responsible citizen, you have to consider the rights of other citizens, too.
Not everyone who I talk to understands this, but every so often a light will dawn behind their eyes, and I know I've helped someone realize the importance of personal rights and not losing ANY of them. It isn't enough not to lose the ones that are most important to ourselves, we must protect the rights of EVERYONE.
I guess this has sort of turned into a ramble, but it scares me how unconcerned the average citizen is for their personal rights. Once they're all gone, it will be impossible to get them back. The only option is to keep them in the first place.
But then again, I'm probably preaching to the choir for many readers of /., as I see a lot of "defend your rights" posts. Just remember to tell your friends.
Ethan
It does now!
;-), I highly recommend it.
MUCH improved support for this card is included in the 2.3 series of kernels. It was spotty for me at best for a long time (one ver it would work, the next not, etc. etc.), but with 2.3.48 it works like a charm. No extra ide= parameters for lilo, and I get ~17MB/sec off my 7200RPM WD Select.
If you're willing to experiment with an "unstable" kernel (which I've only been running for about 24 hours but has been stable so far - if 24h can EVER be considered stable
Ethan
Moohahaha! There's nothing more satisfying than waking up to Anime references on /. on a Sunday morning. :-) After my Neon Genesis comments to an article about implanting consciousness in a computer received a pathetic +1 Funny, this is some sort of vindication. ;-)
Way to go, CmdrTaco!
I've seen Neon Genesis: Evangelion. Following the Second Impact on Sept. 15 (that's right, this year!), the need for this technology will become great.
;-)
Sometime around 2008, Ritsuko's mother will finalize the technology and upload her personality as a woman, a scientist, and a mother into three supercomputers. Shortly after that she'll strangle a little girl and kill herself.
The technology won't last long, though, because the world is going to end in about 2015. Well, as far as you or I are concerned it will, anyway.
The good news is it requires a seventh-generation supercomputer, so we'll have those to play with by 2008.
(For those who are confused, this is from a STORY and it is NOT true.)
Ethan
That is very true... I'd probably have to second James Watt as well. :-) I would, however, argue that interchangeable parts had as large an impact as the steam engine... Just on a different part of production.
My little brother also got a MindStorms set for X-mas, and the first thing I did when I found out about it is dl'd NQC and packaged up a nice RPM for him...
:-P), but it has LOTS of power. Certainly more than the provided tools.
;-)
It actually seems to be very capable and easy to use. It lets you use the multitasking capabilities of the RCX in a simple fashion (although I can't find semaphores or mutexes anywhere
It also has variables, as an above poster lamented about the provided programming tools.
How about the guy who made the Industrial Revolution possible with the "invention" of the concept and application of interchangeable parts?
Forget the cotton gin... This guy changed the world forever in the pursuit of making cheaper firearms.
I read A Canticle for Leibowitz my senior year in High School on the recommendation of my English teacher... And I have to say it was one of the best recommendations I've ever had. :-) I was so moved at the time that I decided to put up a web site of book reviews, and it was the first book in it. I long since gave up on that idea, but it was the thought that counted.
ACFL fascinated me with its dark but realistic look at the Human state... Miller successfully points out in stark detail the major goods and evils of several Human tendencies and creations... From the Church to government to simple individuals, he touches on societal flaws and features.
As an example, we have the contrast of the corrupt church and the virtuous individual monk... I found myself rooting for the church on one page, so as to fulfill the dreams of a character, but condemning it on the next for the dreams of the church executives.
I would (and have!) recommend this book to anyone who likes to read, and think about what they've read. For me, this book falls into the category of _1984_, _Fareheit 451_, _The Time Machine_, et al in terms of societal significance. Whether you agree with what Miller is "saying" or not, it makes you think and provides for an entertaining read.
(I will warn those who are inclined toward happy readings that it is a little depressing!)
What many people are missing is the significance of "Honorary Membership".
/far/ from free. The Open Group has given XFre86 a voting seat on the X Consortium for /free/. That is the significance of this move. AFAIK, this is a first... I believe all other members of the X Consortium are paying members. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong)
Membership to the X Consortium is
Then I go to the school or I talk to the students or my brother (who is in HS), and it is happening. They have an officer in the halls every day, places to report "disturbed" students or students who "need help" are posted on bulletin boards, and teachers express concern about the safety of carrying backpacks or wearing heavy coats. This from a school that had one fight my senior year (two years ago). Not exactly a hotbed of violent activities.
The bottom line is that it is happening in the schools and communities you and I know and love, and we need to do something about it. Visit your schools and express your concerns. It sure doesn't feel like it's doing much good at the time, when the administrators smile and nod and say "It's for the kids' safety", but maybe sooner or later we'll make an impression.
Let's keep our youth and our society safe by making it what we want it to be with our own hands, not by sitting aside and watching the government mandate safety in ways that persecute youth that could have been you or I a handful of years ago.
I did not read your original post, but I do sometimes agree that slashdot moderation is harsh on KDE. (or other topics...)
However, I would personally have moderated your last post down for the (and probably everyone else) comment. It was a perfectly valid point, and you tried to turn it into a flame.
Watch those things...
Ethan
It strikes me as mildly irritating that this message is presently a score of 4, 'Insightful', while the following post (which is basically the same as this one, only using a generic 'Gnome sucks' stereotype rather than a 'KDE sucks' stereotype), Commerical Powers (#24) is rated 0 for flamebait.
Come on, people. I'm personally a Gnome user, but I can see that the KDE people have done some great things. (KOffice, if nothing else... I personally think there's lots more) The QT license thing is annoying, but hardly a reason fora call-to-arms against KDE. I'm thrilled that you want to develop for Gnome, but lets not tell people that developing for KDE is evil.
And moderators, just because YOU like Gnome better than KDE is not a good reason to moderate this post up and the next post down. I'm very disappointed.
Ethan
I agree completely! I have a playlist of tens of hours (somewhere around 30 right now, I think, but I have as many more to be sorted and added) of themes from Anime cartoons... I maintain that words I don't understand give me that feeling of good ol' rock & roll (or whatever style you prefer, just find the right music!) without the distraction.
I can to Rurouni Kenshin or Neon Genesis for hours... And it doesn't distract me or otherwise impede my coding progress. I can think *and* I'm entertained!
I recommend it to anyone who asks... Goes the same for studying or any other thought-intensive task.
It's unfortunate that this holds enough ring of truth to be disturbing. :-( Let's not forget that if the ATF was involved several officers would lose their lives to friendly fire.
Ethan
It makes all the difference in the world. Regardless of whether you side with AOL or Microsoft or whoever on this one, you should be able to see the line here... AOL released specs to the open TOC protocol (albeit with a clause stating that it could change without warning at any time; kudos to them for not doing that to us!) in order to allow people to write unsupported clients. They did *not* release specs to the Oscar protocol.
I don't know exactly what their line of reasoning is to do this, but it seems to me that since they have an established method for unapproved clients to connect, their argument that the Oscar protocol was to remain closed is, if anything, stronger.
My $0.02...
AOL's reference implementation was GPL... I don't think the protocol itself was. I think it would be logically quite difficult to GPL a protocol.
Ethan
This is very disappointing, as AOL has seemed to put a lot of effort into making TOC usable and effective for the OSS community. Hopefully this is not a permanent turn, and we'll get the specs/etc back after this whole MS thing blows over.
On the bright side, gaim and TiK still seem to be working OK for me. It seems they're not actively working against us.
I noticed the TiK and TNT sites were down several weeks ago, and wondered what was up then...
Ethan
So why, exactly, have you read this far down into the thread?
Go away, troll.
Ethan
I do, and you should. Just because you don't use *BSD, and I don't use *BSD (although I have OpenBSD installed, and I like what I've seen, I use Linux as my primary OS) doesn't mean that we should not be concerned with the welfare of the *BSD movement. You do not appear to be aware of this, but Linux has gotten a LOT of good out of the BSD developers and BSD code over the years. I know that for a long time (and I believe it still does) the Linux kernel booted and displayed a message to the effect of "This program contains code Copyright (c) the Regents of the University of California, Berkeley
Be careful who you scorn, especially if you haven't done your research. Remember that competition is a good thing, and that the *BSD people are pursuing a goal, while not identical, similar to that of the Linux crowd.
(b) You can't integrate other Linux kernel enhancments into BSD
While this is true (although there may be ways to work around it ?), that does not mean that we should not work for a solution equitable to all parties.
(c) SGI is getting into Linux. It doesn't give a damn about BSD (as most of us don't)
I can't speak for SGI, and while I cannot technically speak for "most of us" (as I am sure you cannot), I do not believe this is true. There are many people on Slashdot who care as little for Linux as you seem to care for *BSD. There are also many who feel as I do, using Linux day-to-day but following the *BSD activity and applauding those developers for their efforts, or vice versa.
(d) Freer license would mean it could get into NT as well
And what is the problem with that? You (as well as many others) seem to miss the point that a stable and functioning NT would be nothing but a boon to the industry. You rant against Microsoft about the instability and uselessness of their operating system, and then seek to deny them the tools to fix it.
(e) If BSD really wants it, BSD can GPL itself
While I don't know the particulars of the BSD license enough to comment on the truth of that statement, I can comment on its invalidity for other reasons. *BSD is under the license that it is under because the authors believed that that license was the one it should be under. Just like you belive the GPL to be superior, they believe the BSD license to be superior. I can see the merits of both. Why don't you release your software under the *BSD license instead of the GPL (if you have any, which I doubt)? That is the same as what you would ask them to do...
I would like to think that you are just misguided and not a troll. If you are misguided, think before you speak. If you are a troll, go home.
Ethan