Taken from the Ubuntu 7.10 box I'm running on. 'sudo passwd root' if you must have a password on the root account, though it's been long enough since I've had to boot to single user mode on any linux that I don't remember if it wants a password or not.
also why is it that there seems to be no option to install packages such as subversion during the initial install.
Because they made a conscious design decision to make Ubuntu a usable desktop distribution with maximum appeal (to their thinking) that would fit on a single CD image? Of course there's trade-offs, there always will be. You don't buy a mini-van looking to get the sports car performance and the off road ability of the jeep.
Old Man, there's no need to feel down I said Old Man, pick your feet off the ground I said Old Man, there's a new law in town Lawsuits can make you feel happy
Old Man, here's what you must do I said Old Man, do what your lawyer says to You can sue them, and I'm sure that you'll find They won't violate your copyright!
It's fun to sue with the D-M-C-A! It's fun to sue with the D-M-C-A!
It has everything you need to sue You can even screw YouTube!
It's fun to sue with the D-M-C-A! It's fun to sue with the D-M-C-A!
You can take down the vids, You can enforce your rights It's all within your sights!
According to the OBSD Journal here from the diffs of the driver in question, found in the ath5k_base.h and ath5k_base.c files:
- * Alternatively, this software may be distributed under the terms of the
- * GNU General Public License ("GPL") version 2 as published by the Free
- * Software Foundation.
So, as I understand it, the stink is that they're taking drivers that they may distribute under GPL 2 and redistributing under that license. Huh. Ok.
Admittedly, the GPL clause doesn't show in ath5k.h - but only the original authors of the code can say if that was by intent or just an oversight.
It does seem common courtesy would dictate that any bug-fixes / improvements they make also be fed back to the *BSD teams under a license they can use for their project, but calling this theft? This seems like a tempest in a teapot.
I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned already, honestly. Add the benefit of knowing exactly who is looking at your data, and the potential to access your data the way YOU want it, and it sounds like a win.
Security Focus - by way of the Register - had an interesting "birds eye view" of why you might not want your data in the hands of a third party here.
Paranoia? Maybe, but wouldn't it suck if your personal data happened to be living in the same storage as $PERSON_OF_INTEREST who was the subject of a FISA Warrant or a pedophile?
Sounds interesting - gotta love Free Software, every where you look someone's doing something interesting.
But in defense of the great work (IMO) the teams from Compiz / Beryl are doing:
There's a bunch of little things that they got right - for example, when you close a window with the mouse using the X in the corner, the window closes so that it draws your attention to that point.
Minimizing a window to the task bar? The window minimizes to the appropriate button.
I wouldn't have thought much of these things before installing Beryl, had you asked. But now when I am working without it, it feels odd.
My personal favorite? I use multiple virtual desktops on a single monitor, and with a motion of the mouse (move to the upper right corner) the DM will show all the windows currently open, and they update in real time. You can even manipulate the windows in this view: left-click to go to that window, middle-click closes a the selected window, right-click shows the window full size. Want to go back to where you where? Dodge right again.
Sure, it's betaware, but it's very cool, and I can only hope the teams keep on going the way they have been!
Old Man, there's no need to feel down I said Old Man, pick your feet off the ground I said Old Man, there's a new law in town Lawsuits can make you feel happy
Old Man, here's what you must do I said Old Man, do what your lawyer says to You can sue them, and I'm sure that you'll find They won't violate your copyright!
It's fun to sue with the D-M-C-A! It's fun to sue with the D-M-C-A!
It has everything you need to sue You can even screw YouTube!
It's fun to sue with the D-M-C-A! It's fun to sue with the D-M-C-A!
You can take down the vids, You can enforce your rights It's all within your sights!
Specifically:
Oaths of office are usually a statement of loyalty to a constitution or other legal text, as well as an oath to the state or religion the office holder will be serving. It is often considered treason or a high crime to betray a sworn oath of office. See also perjury: the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.
Actually, no. The Polish armed forces were severely out-gunned, and out-manned. A quick look here shows that Germany threw the bulk of her armed forces at the Poles: double the number of troops, nearly 40 times the number of tanks, and nearly 10 times the number of aircraft. The German Blitzkrieg was incredibly effective, and while the Poles fought bravely, they didn't have a snowball's chance in Hell. If memory serves, at one point they attempted calvary charges against Panzer units (tanks) as a desperation move.
On the other hand, I seem to recall the Polish resistance was quite effective during the occupation.
You know perjury isn't treason. As a crime treason is very specifically defined. People toss "traitor", "treason", "treasonous", etc. around without even the slightest hint that an act of treason has actually been committed. They should rip the tongues out of anyone who makes baseless accusations. Pot. Kettle. Black.
Specifically:
Oran's Dictionary of the Law (1983) defines treason as: "...[a]...citizen's actions to help a foreign government overthrow, make war against, or seriously injure the [parent nation]." I can think of fewer things more injurious to the United States than the Fascist dribble coming out of the mouth of our nation's attorney General. You know, governed of, by and for the people?
P.S. - Perjury would require statements on the part of Gonzalez that are demonstrably false - in this case he expressed an opinion that the Constitution doesn't offer the right of Habeus Corpus - thank what ever you hold sacred that he isn't a judge in a position to rule on matters of law to that effect.
In a similar vein, a long time ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...
I did a delivery & install for a desktop system, a new NEC mini-tower with an equalizer/amplifier occupying one of the 5.25" drive bays. The amplifier had it's own power switch.
The afternoon after delivering the system, I receive a call from the customer who's incredibly irrate that his computer isn't making noise. I tried to get him to turn on the amplifier, but no matter how I described it, "There's no power switch!" So much for Plan A, time for Plan B. I drive back over to the customer site, walk with him over to the desk, and press the power button.
"Maybe it's because I generally don't like silly musicals, but Gilbert's & Sulivan's 'HMS Pinnafore' was really bad.":)
Sure, the dialog wasn't 'Othello', but it was sufficient to the genre, and didn't serve to impede my enjoyment of the series. I found the interactions between the characters interesting, certainly more human than other shows that will remain nameless. I also enjoyed the milieu Mr. Whedon created - the parallels of the Firefly universe to the Post Civil War era United States created a fascinating (IMOO) world for the characters.
One of the highlights of the article in question was how the ever illuminating Pete Townshend was releasing his latest live album on the net to be downloaded for free (as in Beer.) This struck me as a "Good Thing (TM)", up until the point that I actually went to download the flaming thing. "*.wma". Feh!
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Damn paper-clip is EVIL, man. PURE FSCKING EVIL!
Because they made a conscious design decision to make Ubuntu a usable desktop distribution with maximum appeal (to their thinking) that would fit on a single CD image? Of course there's trade-offs, there always will be. You don't buy a mini-van looking to get the sports car performance and the off road ability of the jeep.
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=220588&cid=17886098
According to the OBSD Journal here from the diffs of the driver in question, found in the ath5k_base.h and ath5k_base.c files:
- * Alternatively, this software may be distributed under the terms of the - * GNU General Public License ("GPL") version 2 as published by the Free - * Software Foundation.So, as I understand it, the stink is that they're taking drivers that they may distribute under GPL 2 and redistributing under that license. Huh. Ok.
Admittedly, the GPL clause doesn't show in ath5k.h - but only the original authors of the code can say if that was by intent or just an oversight.
It does seem common courtesy would dictate that any bug-fixes / improvements they make also be fed back to the *BSD teams under a license they can use for their project, but calling this theft? This seems like a tempest in a teapot.
Hello world, is that you?
I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned already, honestly. Add the benefit of knowing exactly who is looking at your data, and the potential to access your data the way YOU want it, and it sounds like a win.
Security Focus - by way of the Register - had an interesting "birds eye view" of why you might not want your data in the hands of a third party here.
Paranoia? Maybe, but wouldn't it suck if your personal data happened to be living in the same storage as $PERSON_OF_INTEREST who was the subject of a FISA Warrant or a pedophile?
Sounds interesting - gotta love Free Software, every where you look someone's doing something interesting.
But in defense of the great work (IMO) the teams from Compiz / Beryl are doing:
There's a bunch of little things that they got right - for example, when you close a window with the mouse using the X in the corner, the window closes so that it draws your attention to that point.
Minimizing a window to the task bar? The window minimizes to the appropriate button.
I wouldn't have thought much of these things before installing Beryl, had you asked. But now when I am working without it, it feels odd.
My personal favorite? I use multiple virtual desktops on a single monitor, and with a motion of the mouse (move to the upper right corner) the DM will show all the windows currently open, and they update in real time. You can even manipulate the windows in this view: left-click to go to that window, middle-click closes a the selected window, right-click shows the window full size. Want to go back to where you where? Dodge right again.
Sure, it's betaware, but it's very cool, and I can only hope the teams keep on going the way they have been!
"From the Net's heat, I wget thee... For hates sake, I spit my last ping at thee..."
"I feel a SONG coming on!"
Old Man, there's no need to feel down
I said Old Man, pick your feet off the ground
I said Old Man, there's a new law in town
Lawsuits can make you feel happy
Old Man, here's what you must do
I said Old Man, do what your lawyer says to
You can sue them, and I'm sure that you'll find
They won't violate your copyright!
It's fun to sue with the D-M-C-A!
It's fun to sue with the D-M-C-A!
It has everything you need to sue
You can even screw YouTube!
It's fun to sue with the D-M-C-A!
It's fun to sue with the D-M-C-A!
You can take down the vids,
You can enforce your rights
It's all within your sights!
Specifically: Oaths of office are usually a statement of loyalty to a constitution or other legal text, as well as an oath to the state or religion the office holder will be serving. It is often considered treason or a high crime to betray a sworn oath of office. See also perjury: the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.
Actually, no. The Polish armed forces were severely out-gunned, and out-manned. A quick look here shows that Germany threw the bulk of her armed forces at the Poles: double the number of troops, nearly 40 times the number of tanks, and nearly 10 times the number of aircraft. The German Blitzkrieg was incredibly effective, and while the Poles fought bravely, they didn't have a snowball's chance in Hell. If memory serves, at one point they attempted calvary charges against Panzer units (tanks) as a desperation move.
On the other hand, I seem to recall the Polish resistance was quite effective during the occupation.
Specifically: Oran's Dictionary of the Law (1983) defines treason as: "...[a]...citizen's actions to help a foreign government overthrow, make war against, or seriously injure the [parent nation]." I can think of fewer things more injurious to the United States than the Fascist dribble coming out of the mouth of our nation's attorney General. You know, governed of, by and for the people?
P.S. - Perjury would require statements on the part of Gonzalez that are demonstrably false - in this case he expressed an opinion that the Constitution doesn't offer the right of Habeus Corpus - thank what ever you hold sacred that he isn't a judge in a position to rule on matters of law to that effect.
Actually no - 35 states issue concealed carry permits. Whether or not you agree with the idea, 70% of the union is not "a small number".
Almost certainly he meant pieces of silver. [Wikipedia.org]
<mode="zealot">Given the Microsoft Playbook, not an entirely inappropriate reference.</mode>.
I think you mean:
"Greetings Starfighter! You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada."
You mis-spelled MCSE. Hope that helps. Have a Nice Day!
In a similar vein, a long time ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...
I did a delivery & install for a desktop system, a new NEC mini-tower with an equalizer/amplifier occupying one of the 5.25" drive bays. The amplifier had it's own power switch.
The afternoon after delivering the system, I receive a call from the customer who's incredibly irrate that his computer isn't making noise. I tried to get him to turn on the amplifier, but no matter how I described it, "There's no power switch!" So much for Plan A, time for Plan B. I drive back over to the customer site, walk with him over to the desk, and press the power button.
"Do you enjoy making people feel stupid?"
"I won't tell anyone if you don't."
Silly git.
I believe they call in penance.
"Maybe it's because I generally don't like silly musicals, but Gilbert's & Sulivan's 'HMS Pinnafore' was really bad." :)
Sure, the dialog wasn't 'Othello', but it was sufficient to the genre, and didn't serve to impede my enjoyment of the series. I found the interactions between the characters interesting, certainly more human than other shows that will remain nameless. I also enjoyed the milieu Mr. Whedon created - the parallels of the Firefly universe to the Post Civil War era United States created a fascinating (IMOO) world for the characters.
We'll make a drinking game of it - every time someone makes the same joke... ;)
...Macrobe!
One of the highlights of the article in question was how the ever illuminating Pete Townshend was releasing his latest live album on the net to be downloaded for free (as in Beer.) This struck me as a "Good Thing (TM)", up until the point that I actually went to download the flaming thing. "*.wma". Feh!