I'm there, me and my rack lol, we'll get some stuff going, screw fios, 320gigs to the home!
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Dino K <[email protected]> wrote: > It just shows how out of touch our lawmakers are, they are not keen to the > technologies of the intarwebzz... > > And for pete: you bet your ass I will have a couple routers to peer with > and I'll break out the ladder and start stringing fiber > over telephones myself if I have to or have Roger bring me some big Wifi > units. > > > > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Someone at the eff emailed me this with respect to the bill: >> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/cybersecurity-act >> >> "The Cybersecurity Act is an example of the kind of dramatic proposal >> that doesn't address the real problems of security, and can actually >> make matters worse by weakening existing privacy safeguards – as >> opposed to simpler, practical measures that create real security by >> encouraging better computer hygiene. We’ll be watching this bill >> carefully to ensure that it doesn’t pass in its present form." >> >> Hopefully this will not lead to a conversation about the third reich. >> >> Chris... >> >> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Jeff Lasman<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > On Sunday 30 August 2009 07:18 pm, Dino K wrote: >> > >> >> I'm gonna have to agree with Chris, we are getting way off topic. >> > >> > Which is why I brought up Godwin's Law. >> > >> > From Wikipedia: >> > >> > <snip> >> > There are many corollaries to Godwin's law, some considered more >> > canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)[2] than others.[1] For >> > example, there is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet >> > discussion forums that once such a comparison is made, the thread is >> > finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically "lost" >> > whatever debate was in progress. This principle itself is frequently >> > referred to as Godwin's Law. It is considered poor form to raise such a >> > comparison arbitrarily with the motive of ending the thread. There is a >> > widely recognized codicil that any such ulterior-motive invocation of >> > Godwin's law will be unsuccessful (this is sometimes referred to as >> > "Quirk's Exception"). >> > </snip> >> > >> > Jeff >> > -- >> > Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services >> > P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 >> > Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only >> > voice: +1 951 643-5345, or see: >> > "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; >> > _______________________________________________ >> > LinuxUsers mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to >> be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." >> -Roger Penrose >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > -- Peter Manis (678) 269-7979
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