I'm in MA, and go through Verizon, 640K up and 256K down, $39.95 a month, my only complaint is that they use PPPoE, but Roaring Penguin takes care of that nicely. Tech support isn't the brightest, but I really don't care considering that they wouldn't know a linux box if I LARTed them with it.
but it's not the same as doing nothing useful at all, which is what most IT people do.
Sounds like someone who has never had a IT job. Yes, somedays I have absolutely jack shit to do so yes, it does look like I fuck off all day, but then other days I work from about 7a to 9p or more fixing problems. It depends on the day and how many machines decided to go "*pbbbt* I'm not working!". How many 'professionals' are called into work on vacation by some luser^W co-worker saying that their printer isn't working? I deal with all kinds of shit that nobody in their right mind would do, but I do it because I enjoy doing working with computers, and I enjoy having play-time at my job when a new shipment of goodies^W equipment comes in. So go basically, go screw yourself and don't talk about something you obviously have little to no knowledge of. Thankyouverymuch.
I don't understand why they specifically mentioned TV and radio
Because that's where the CIA gets a majority of their information. As much as you would like to believe that they have thousands of secret agents running around, A good part of intel comes from Signal Intellegence. Ever see TV shows when they walk down the rows of country desks? There are hundreds of TVs tuned into "local" news. Read a Tom Clancy novel, he's really good at describing how the system works.
.int is used for international entities. I've seen it here, and the UN. Unfortunately, its not available for sale, otherwise I would have so tried to get 'unsigned.int';-)
Im sorry, but this sounds like John Markoff wrote this. I really don't believe it. Also, This is not the first time a domain controller sued a Spammer, Matt Seidl from localhost.comsued a spammer for using his domain name in their spam. Which I hate to say, was thrown out.
Yes, but its not "buying up the search engines" its buying up the search engines the people use There are tons of search engines, but only a few the people use regularly. I often bring up Google and some (l)user will ask me, "Whats that"? AOL has a search engine right on their main page that a lot of their users use as their main search engine. Try to regulate that, maybe altavista and yahoo, you can regulate what people would find, and hence surf, much like how Lycos did if you typed in "Altavista".
void flame(){ Iridium uses a incredibly small amount of radio spectrum these days. Just because You think its a 'leech' and you have to share your airspace with someone else doesn't mean we all have to hate it. I find it incredibly annoying that I cannot pick up a scanner in the US that cannot tune in all of the 800Mhz spectrum. But do I carry a cell phone? Yes. I've seen a lot of Radio Spectrum go to things that I've thought are 'stupid' but most of them have really turned out to be good things. Iridium is one of the best concepts for telecommunications ever, and If you don't like it because you can't map your quasars for a majority of the day, bite me. I've lost a couple of experimental bands for 24 hours of the day. }
...Do radio stations pay for every time they play the song...
IIRC, (High School TV/Radio Production Class) Radio stations pay ~2.5 cents to the artist every time they play a song. Stupid, Ain't it? I don't support the practice so I try and listen to Internet stations, which usually don't pay. Unfortunately, when RIAA realizes that there are tons of Internet radio stations that play songs and don't pay it, you can guess what will be there next target.
Well I did some poking and I did find a e-mail address for the Editor of Calendar Live. I didn't see any "Editorial Section" for it, but it would be nice to tell "our side" of the story. Now, BEFORE you go e-mail the editor with you zealoutry I IMPLORE to read the OpenDVD Advocacy-HOWTO and the Linux-Advocacy-HOWTO.
Someone should point out that the link to the "original story" leads you to the backslash editor for the story and not the original story itself. Whoops!
#ifndef RANT_H Why? Why does Linux ALWAYS have to hide behind our "Well, we may not be as good as NT on P650s, but we can run on 386s!" ?! I mean, Yes, when I have a 486/P75/Other Old comptuer at home, I pop my Slackware CD in and I got a nice MP3 server / Firewall Box / Whatever, but when I try to convince my (PH)Boss that our new PDC/Web Server/Print Server should run Linux with Samba/Apache/LPD, he can come up with tons of documents (Including some non-FUD) saying that NT/Novell/Whatever will do a better job. Its great that we can run a nice box on a old computer, but wouldn't it make sense rather then hiding behind our "My P60 is faster then your P60" statements, concentrate our efforts in getting better performance with up-to-date hardware? #endif
Yes, I know we do a fine job and all that. I love Linux. But it just peeves me taht zealots always fall behind this excuse instead of improving our current situation. Yes the 2.4.X kernels are coming out. Oh well. I think I am gonna get a 0, Flamebait rating on this one:)
Well... If you ever go to any survey that was posted on/. any Linux-Type answer will ultimately come up on top. It would be the same thing if we send thousands of pro-ponents of Windows to a survey where Windows is a choice, Windows will come out on top. The Slashdot Effect sort of tips the scales in our favor.:)
I don't think there are many 100% PalmPilot-Packet-Orientated programs out there (PocketAPRS being the exception) I have come across a few programs that can be used in Packet Radio Fashion. You can find them here. They are quite simple, nothing more then vt100 emulators for the Palm. But you should be able to talk to your Packet Modem in Terminal mode.
Well, I'm not sure if I entirely agree with this. I pay a certain amount per month for access to the net from my dorm. In exchange for that subsidy, I feel as though I have a right to at least a basic amount of connectivity in accordance with the acceptable use policy of my university.
Basic connectivity: You can surf the internet, you can read email, etc etc etc. But, your school draws the line at playing Half-Life (mine do to!damn them!). They apparently think that playing half-life is not a basic amount of connectivity. It sucks, yes, but everyone administrates their network differently. Getting back to my original post, I mainly complained about people who are constantly hogging up bandwith, from the sounds of it, this really doesn't apply to you. Your analogy was really good too. But, unfortunately the problems are being caused by people sucking down (keeping with the analogy) Entire Dorm rooms of furniture at a time. So, the NetAdmins see this, see Napster is a major part of it, and save themselves headaches in the future by killing the napster ports. Technically, this is just a few bad apples causing problems for the rest of us. Although, I have had a few times taht I went a little mp3 crazy, as most of us probably have.:)
... are the "We go to school here and we have the right to our bandwith" and the (IMHO more sane) "Bandwith is bandwith, don't suck it up".
This sounds like the infamous (well at least to me) (l)user vs. SysAdmin debate. I have arguments about this everyday (with mostly script kiddies a W@r3z d00dz). They always fall behind the argument that "If I were doing legal things you would have no right to shut me down..." BUZZ! Wrong! In the net I administrate if you suck up the T1 day after day with anything whether it be Porn, Mp3s, Warez, Linux Distros, Games, I will tell you to stop, if you don't stop Kiss you IP address goodbye. The user has no right to the Network. It is a privilige. If all my users suddenly start using napster and my Quake games are slow as hell (Tounge planted firmly in cheek in that example:)), I'll ask them to stop, if they dont't, then its up to me whether I be a total meanie and kill the DHCP server, or just block the Napster ports. On my campus network its no different. They are absolute fascists when they block ports (No SMTP,SSH,POP, UDP completely blocked). I look at it as I am on their network and I am blessed to have such a speedy connection. If I want to download the new Slackware Distro, or something else extremely large, I am considerate enough to do it overnight, as not to upset anyo other users. If they suddenly decide to ask me to stop, I will say "Yes sir Mr. NetAdmin sir, I will stop downloading Files like that, is their anything else?". Why? Why don't I pull a "Hey man! I pay your salary! You shouldn't tell me what to do! and re-enable my ports!blahblahblah..." Because it THEIR network, Not mine, not my dormmates, not Napsters. They run it they want to. I may have complaints, I have asked politely for them to open up Port 22 and such, and they were kind enough to write me a couple of paragraphs on why they have it blocked ("Might be able to compromise security on a machine outside the network, etc" *shrug*)
Hmmmm... This might be considered a Rant, but I am able to look at it from both sides of the coin. So people really have no "right" to the net. Just count your lucky stars that you have any access at all.
Being interested in virusses myself, I can tell you that *real* virusses (not the Melissa crap) push the limits of both OSes
I think Melissa gave the world a wake-up call on how vunerable Microsoft is security wise. I know quite a few people who gave up using MS brand programs (Outlook, IE, etcetcetc.) Because of the dangers exposed by Melissa. I think it was a good thing that the virus was released (Although I DID have to kill my mail servers) Because it showed a VERY big security hole.
Paraphrasing from the Jargon File a spod is a MUDder who has all the negative traits of geek/nerd-dom (no social skills, unkempt hair, computer addiction) with none of the 'positive' skills (Coding, Hacking, Being able to do a computer field strip and reassmeble with their eyes closed). I see a spod as one step up from luser. I work with a few spods and they are the people that clog up the network with useless programs (tf,Quake,etc) during normal business hours (While I am trying to download mp3s! The nerve!) They are first to complain when the networks goes down. They see their network access as a right and not a privligege. I could go on with a long list of traits (i think) they have. But I will forgo it.
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It's the Many ganging up on the Few to say, "We've decided you don't have the rights to your own creation anymore." Just like how certain companies say "even though you were working on $Product at home, we still own the copyrights and profits from it because of these 5 lines of print on your contract..." Ah.... I see... Its all clear to me now
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Why, oh why does the one time i accidenly hit 'post anonymously' accidently, my comment gets modded up to 5, insightful? Where is the justice in that?
Paint me stupid, but where?
I'm in MA, and go through Verizon, 640K up and 256K down, $39.95 a month, my only complaint is that they use PPPoE, but Roaring Penguin takes care of that nicely. Tech support isn't the brightest, but I really don't care considering that they wouldn't know a linux box if I LARTed them with it.
Obviously, you never went to www.freemom.com! She cooks, she cleans, she nags you about the games you play on the computer!
(Disclaimer: I have no idea if its a real site, and I CBA to find out, click at your own risk :))
I should be some type of Don Juan due all the Japanese dating sims I play on my computer... I wonder why girls hardly talk to me? :-)
Because that's where the CIA gets a majority of their information. As much as you would like to believe that they have thousands of secret agents running around, A good part of intel comes from Signal Intellegence. Ever see TV shows when they walk down the rows of country desks? There are hundreds of TVs tuned into "local" news. Read a Tom Clancy novel, he's really good at describing how the system works.
.int is used for international entities. I've seen it here, and the UN. Unfortunately, its not available for sale, otherwise I would have so tried to get 'unsigned.int' ;-)
I can see it now, "Imminent Death of BUGTRAQ predicted!"
Im sorry, but this sounds like John Markoff wrote this. I really don't believe it. Also, This is not the first time a domain controller sued a Spammer, Matt Seidl from localhost.com sued a spammer for using his domain name in their spam. Which I hate to say, was thrown out.
Anyway, it could be easer then you think.
void flame(){
Iridium uses a incredibly small amount of radio spectrum these days. Just because You think its a 'leech' and you have to share your airspace with someone else doesn't mean we all have to hate it. I find it incredibly annoying that I cannot pick up a scanner in the US that cannot tune in all of the 800Mhz spectrum. But do I carry a cell phone? Yes. I've seen a lot of Radio Spectrum go to things that I've thought are 'stupid' but most of them have really turned out to be good things. Iridium is one of the best concepts for telecommunications ever, and If you don't like it because you can't map your quasars for a majority of the day, bite me. I've lost a couple of experimental bands for 24 hours of the day.
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IIRC, (High School TV/Radio Production Class) Radio stations pay ~2.5 cents to the artist every time they play a song. Stupid, Ain't it? I don't support the practice so I try and listen to Internet stations, which usually don't pay. Unfortunately, when RIAA realizes that there are tons of Internet radio stations that play songs and don't pay it, you can guess what will be there next target.
Now THERE would be a Jerry Springer show I'd watch!
"Reverse Engineers and the Evil Corporate Giants who hate them"
Did you read them? Good.
E-Mail John Forgetta, Editor of CalendarLive at john.forgetta@latimes.com
Remember, if you are being idiots, you are only hurting us, and not helping us one bit.
Here is the actual link
Why? Why does Linux ALWAYS have to hide behind our "Well, we may not be as good as NT on P650s, but we can run on 386s!" ?! I mean, Yes, when I have a 486/P75/Other Old comptuer at home, I pop my Slackware CD in and I got a nice MP3 server / Firewall Box / Whatever, but when I try to convince my (PH)Boss that our new PDC/Web Server/Print Server should run Linux with Samba/Apache/LPD, he can come up with tons of documents (Including some non-FUD) saying that NT/Novell/Whatever will do a better job. Its great that we can run a nice box on a old computer, but wouldn't it make sense rather then hiding behind our "My P60 is faster then your P60" statements, concentrate our efforts in getting better performance with up-to-date hardware?
#endif
Yes, I know we do a fine job and all that. I love Linux. But it just peeves me taht zealots always fall behind this excuse instead of improving our current situation. Yes the 2.4.X kernels are coming out. Oh well. I think I am gonna get a 0, Flamebait rating on this one :)
Well... If you ever go to any survey that was posted on /. any Linux-Type answer will ultimately come up on top. It would be the same thing if we send thousands of pro-ponents of Windows to a survey where Windows is a choice, Windows will come out on top. The Slashdot Effect sort of tips the scales in our favor. :)
I don't think there are many 100% PalmPilot-Packet-Orientated programs out there (PocketAPRS being the exception) I have come across a few programs that can be used in Packet Radio Fashion. You can find them here. They are quite simple, nothing more then vt100 emulators for the Palm. But you should be able to talk to your Packet Modem in Terminal mode.
Basic connectivity: You can surf the internet, you can read email, etc etc etc. But, your school draws the line at playing Half-Life (mine do to!damn them!). They apparently think that playing half-life is not a basic amount of connectivity. It sucks, yes, but everyone administrates their network differently. Getting back to my original post, I mainly complained about people who are constantly hogging up bandwith, from the sounds of it, this really doesn't apply to you. Your analogy was really good too. But, unfortunately the problems are being caused by people sucking down (keeping with the analogy) Entire Dorm rooms of furniture at a time. So, the NetAdmins see this, see Napster is a major part of it, and save themselves headaches in the future by killing the napster ports. Technically, this is just a few bad apples causing problems for the rest of us. Although, I have had a few times taht I went a little mp3 crazy, as most of us probably have. :)
This sounds like the infamous (well at least to me) (l)user vs. SysAdmin debate. I have arguments about this everyday (with mostly script kiddies a W@r3z d00dz). They always fall behind the argument that "If I were doing legal things you would have no right to shut me down..." BUZZ! Wrong! In the net I administrate if you suck up the T1 day after day with anything whether it be Porn, Mp3s, Warez, Linux Distros, Games, I will tell you to stop, if you don't stop Kiss you IP address goodbye. The user has no right to the Network. It is a privilige. If all my users suddenly start using napster and my Quake games are slow as hell (Tounge planted firmly in cheek in that example :)), I'll ask them to stop, if they dont't, then its up to me whether I be a total meanie and kill the DHCP server, or just block the Napster ports. On my campus network its no different. They are absolute fascists when they block ports (No SMTP,SSH,POP, UDP completely blocked). I look at it as I am on their network and I am blessed to have such a speedy connection. If I want to download the new Slackware Distro, or something else extremely large, I am considerate enough to do it overnight, as not to upset anyo other users. If they suddenly decide to ask me to stop, I will say "Yes sir Mr. NetAdmin sir, I will stop downloading Files like that, is their anything else?". Why? Why don't I pull a "Hey man! I pay your salary! You shouldn't tell me what to do! and re-enable my ports!blahblahblah..." Because it THEIR network, Not mine, not my dormmates, not Napsters. They run it they want to. I may have complaints, I have asked politely for them to open up Port 22 and such, and they were kind enough to write me a couple of paragraphs on why they have it blocked ("Might be able to compromise security on a machine outside the network, etc" *shrug*)
Hmmmm... This might be considered a Rant, but I am able to look at it from both sides of the coin. So people really have no "right" to the net. Just count your lucky stars that you have any access at all.
Rob, Jeff, You gotta think ahead! *GRIN*
I think Melissa gave the world a wake-up call on how vunerable Microsoft is security wise. I know quite a few people who gave up using MS brand programs (Outlook, IE, etcetcetc.) Because of the dangers exposed by Melissa. I think it was a good thing that the virus was released (Although I DID have to kill my mail servers) Because it showed a VERY big security hole.
Paraphrasing from the Jargon File a spod is a MUDder who has all the negative traits of geek/nerd-dom (no social skills, unkempt hair, computer addiction) with none of the 'positive' skills (Coding, Hacking, Being able to do a computer field strip and reassmeble with their eyes closed).
I see a spod as one step up from luser. I work with a few spods and they are the people that clog up the network with useless programs (tf,Quake,etc) during normal business hours (While I am trying to download mp3s! The nerve!) They are first to complain when the networks goes down. They see their network access as a right and not a privligege. I could go on with a long list of traits (i think) they have. But I will forgo it.
It's the Many ganging up on the Few to say, "We've decided you don't have the rights to your own creation anymore."
Just like how certain companies say "even though you were working on $Product at home, we still own the copyrights and profits from it because of these 5 lines of print on your contract..."
Ah.... I see... Its all clear to me now