All Apple laptops since the black G3s have the Apple logo on the lid positioned so it's right side up when the lid is opened. It makes a lot more sense, doesn't it?
I only have to look at the URL to say that this guy is first and formost a self-promoting machine. So advertising, once again.
I swear, if I hear the word "banksy" one more time this week I'm going to be sick. Why is everyone so obsessed with this guy lately?
And to think, I came into this thread to say something about how Bruce Sterling's writing is best left behind registration systems so people won't accidentally read it.
I was kinda shocked. I knew he was lying about the correlation but I was shocked that he would lie so blatantly and then have no backup story. It was like he never expected to be asked to support any of his statements. It was like he expected to say anything he wanted and never get anything approaching a *real* question. The arrogance, the hubris were unbelievable. As another poster has said, he wasn't even trying to come up with *believable* lies.
Given the sorry state of journalism in this country, this was probably a pretty safe bet. He just got unlucky when he ran into one of the few journalists who still has the balls to question the regime.
And to take that a step further, I've heard the Google 20% time perk referred to, by a Google employee herself, as "mythical".
She didn't mean that it doesn't really exist, but rather that Google employees are frequently too busy with their regular work to be able to take advantage of it.
But it wasn't private. Nearly all of the people sent emails from their real addresses using their real names. None were encrypted.
Totally irrelevent. This Fortuny asshole could have posted his public key and requested encrypted e-mail. Does that make it any less likely that he would have published the responses to his fake ad? Whether or not the mail could have been read in transit has nothing to do with anything. It's not third parties that are the problem here, it's the guy who the communication was meant for. Encryption would have solved nothing.
Back in the days of MacOS 8 or 9, one of the system sound effects was a car crash that was played when something catastrophic happened. A friend of mine made that the startup sound on his Powerbook.
The GPL only requires releasing your source if you're distributing binaries. If they're using their custom Linux kernel entirely in-house, there are under no obligation to release it.
The kernel source used in the Google Search Applicance they sell is available, but of course no one outside of Google knows if that's the same kernel running their in-house production systems.
have you ever tried to get a domain name away from Verisign?
If by Verisign you mean Network Solutions (weren't they spun off again a few years back?), then yes, just a couple weeks ago. I transferred two domains from NetSol to pairNIC and the transfer went flawlessly.
Why couldn't you just unlock them again? Mine were locked by my own choice and I just had to unlock them via NetSol's administration app before initiating the transfer.
I strongly recommend that you do read up on this before you "decide to act". You should start with the fact that O'Reilly hasn't patented anything. From there, read about the very specific things the trademarks apply to and think about why O'Reilly might want them.
I'm always amused how practically none of the people who are enthusiastic about free sharing of copyrighted material have created any memorable works of art that are still in high demand.
Might I suggest you familiarize yourself with the free/open source software community?
If I remember correctly, it was a very small minority bitching about "security implications" while the rest of us realized that it's a very useful feature, no matter who's doing it, Microsoft (Vista), Apple (Leopard), or Sun (ZFS). It's no more a security problem than Netapp snapshots are, or the rsnapshot backups I make of my own systems, both at home and at work.
We need to realize that the word "journalist" does not apply to everyone who can type at >30wpm. There are standards.
You're great at telling us what a journalist isn't, but how about telling us what a journalist is?
Is your hypothetical Nation journalist still a journalist if he loses his job but continues reporting and sells his stories to a newspaper? If he sells them to a web-only news outlet? Starts his own web-only news outlet? Posts them on his blog? Where is this line drawn and, more importantly, why is it drawn at this particular point?
If you buy from itunes, you're stuck with buying an Apple player.
I think you meant to add "... if you want a portable music player". I can play this music on my computer without buying any additional hardware or software. I can burn them to CD and play them in my CD changer.
Speak for yourself. My SO and I work things out just fine, and we both work full-time. Our house is clean, we do our laundry regularly, and we eat healthy, home cooked meals, not frozen or prepackaged garbage.
It's not difficult if both people are sane and reasonable (and if your SO isn't, why is she your SO?).
Well, not everyone wants to push their significant others into indentured servitude. A better approach would be to drop the sexist stereotypes and working things out like equals. Believe it or not, men are capable of cooking, cleaning, and doing their own laundry.
(oh, and hope that she doesn't read your bitter whining on slashdot)
I use this locally on OS X at home and have implemented it at work to backup all our production Linux systems to a single off-site file server. It works great, and doesn't have the PHP and PEAR requirements that RIBS does. Assuming everyone already has SSH and Perl, all you need is rsync.
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I'm convinced that this is the way to go. I rolled my own iPod integration for my old Acura and will be doing the same again in my current car.
The iPod adaptor marking is way overpriced and not remotely mature enough yet. Maybe I'll check back in a couple years.
All Apple laptops since the black G3s have the Apple logo on the lid positioned so it's right side up when the lid is opened. It makes a lot more sense, doesn't it?
Except for the part where he swore to uphold the constitution, but maybe that's just nitpicking.
I only have to look at the URL to say that this guy is first and formost a self-promoting machine. So advertising, once again.
I swear, if I hear the word "banksy" one more time this week I'm going to be sick. Why is everyone so obsessed with this guy lately?
And to think, I came into this thread to say something about how Bruce Sterling's writing is best left behind registration systems so people won't accidentally read it.
Given the sorry state of journalism in this country, this was probably a pretty safe bet. He just got unlucky when he ran into one of the few journalists who still has the balls to question the regime.
I've used XP and have determined that it is completely useless in all real world cases. That's why I bought a Mac.
Wait, what were we talking about again?
Oh, I don't know about that, the Neocons seem to be getting away with it.
And to take that a step further, I've heard the Google 20% time perk referred to, by a Google employee herself, as "mythical".
She didn't mean that it doesn't really exist, but rather that Google employees are frequently too busy with their regular work to be able to take advantage of it.
Attacks on occupying troops are, by definition, not terrorism. Military personal are a legitimate target.
Totally irrelevent. This Fortuny asshole could have posted his public key and requested encrypted e-mail. Does that make it any less likely that he would have published the responses to his fake ad? Whether or not the mail could have been read in transit has nothing to do with anything. It's not third parties that are the problem here, it's the guy who the communication was meant for. Encryption would have solved nothing.
Back in the days of MacOS 8 or 9, one of the system sound effects was a car crash that was played when something catastrophic happened. A friend of mine made that the startup sound on his Powerbook.
The GPL only requires releasing your source if you're distributing binaries. If they're using their custom Linux kernel entirely in-house, there are under no obligation to release it.
The kernel source used in the Google Search Applicance they sell is available, but of course no one outside of Google knows if that's the same kernel running their in-house production systems.
If by Verisign you mean Network Solutions (weren't they spun off again a few years back?), then yes, just a couple weeks ago. I transferred two domains from NetSol to pairNIC and the transfer went flawlessly.
Why couldn't you just unlock them again? Mine were locked by my own choice and I just had to unlock them via NetSol's administration app before initiating the transfer.
I strongly recommend that you do read up on this before you "decide to act". You should start with the fact that O'Reilly hasn't patented anything. From there, read about the very specific things the trademarks apply to and think about why O'Reilly might want them.
In short, there is nothing abusive going on here.
iPods and hair gel?
Might I suggest you familiarize yourself with the free/open source software community?
If I remember correctly, it was a very small minority bitching about "security implications" while the rest of us realized that it's a very useful feature, no matter who's doing it, Microsoft (Vista), Apple (Leopard), or Sun (ZFS). It's no more a security problem than Netapp snapshots are, or the rsnapshot backups I make of my own systems, both at home and at work.
Yeah, I remember what a complete and total failure the iMac was. Oh, wait.
Also, the Cube wasn't a one-piece system any more than a Mac Mini is.
You're great at telling us what a journalist isn't, but how about telling us what a journalist is?
Is your hypothetical Nation journalist still a journalist if he loses his job but continues reporting and sells his stories to a newspaper? If he sells them to a web-only news outlet? Starts his own web-only news outlet? Posts them on his blog? Where is this line drawn and, more importantly, why is it drawn at this particular point?
I think you meant to add "... if you want a portable music player". I can play this music on my computer without buying any additional hardware or software. I can burn them to CD and play them in my CD changer.
Speak for yourself. My SO and I work things out just fine, and we both work full-time. Our house is clean, we do our laundry regularly, and we eat healthy, home cooked meals, not frozen or prepackaged garbage.
It's not difficult if both people are sane and reasonable (and if your SO isn't, why is she your SO?).
Well, not everyone wants to push their significant others into indentured servitude. A better approach would be to drop the sexist stereotypes and working things out like equals. Believe it or not, men are capable of cooking, cleaning, and doing their own laundry.
(oh, and hope that she doesn't read your bitter whining on slashdot)
Jesus H. Christ, just when you think people can't possibly get any stupider, stuff like this comes along.
On the other hand, a better goatse opportunity I have never seen...
See also: rsnapshot.
I use this locally on OS X at home and have implemented it at work to backup all our production Linux systems to a single off-site file server. It works great, and doesn't have the PHP and PEAR requirements that RIBS does. Assuming everyone already has SSH and Perl, all you need is rsync.
With Apple's interest in ZFS, we may not have to wait long to find out if you're right.