Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-13 Thread Doug Younker
For quite sometime I have felt the fairest way to charge for internet access, by the amount of data the internet transports on behalf of the user. That would crimp the style of commercial email, cause some to rethink their need to send cutesy html formatted email and large attachments to

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-13 Thread Jeromie Reeves
What SBC is asking is not for (just) end users to pay for the BW they use. Its for Google, Yahoo and the likes to pay for the BW that SBC users use FROM them. IE they want the phone standards applies to IP networks and that is just plain wrong to force on people after the fact. All phone

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-12 Thread Chandan Haldar
Exactly the whole point of the definition in the hackers dictionary. Thanks, Jeromie. Anyway, I can't pretend to be a hacker (however honorable the true meaning of the term may be). Sorry to disappoint all hoping to meet a Matrix character in real life. Chandan Jeromie Reeves wrote: Do

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-12 Thread Jeromie Reeves
What are people who make there own biodiesel? I would think of them along the same mentality as the original hackers. Loosely put, people who were not happy with the status quo and decided to take matters into their own hands. Jeromie Reeves Chandan Haldar wrote: Exactly the whole point of

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-12 Thread Andres Secco
. I will start to experiment with the E85 soon for the other vehicles. Andres - Original Message - From: Jeromie Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet What are people who make

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-11 Thread Mike McGinness
Funny when you think that the internet all started with DARPA Mike McGinness Evergreen Solutions wrote: I just wanted to chime in very quickly about the hacker mentality and ethic. In theory, hackers hack to make things better. Security, speed, effeciency, clock cycles, whatever. I

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-10 Thread Chandan Haldar
GNU Emacs has this nice little diversion in its mail handling facility: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/Mail-Amusements.html#Mail-Amusements Some samples of what it can automatically add to the end of a mail is at the end of this mail. Joe, sorry to disappoint uncle S, but I

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-10 Thread Chandan Haldar
I must quickly add that I didn't mean to suggest using Emacs for email. It was a great mail env once for text based email, but probably won't be suitable for normal email usage today (with html, graphics, attachments, etc). Chandan Chandan Haldar wrote: GNU Emacs has this nice little

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-10 Thread Michael Redler
Whoa Chandan!That looked like legitimate spy talk (like I know what I'm talking about)....you still there? If you are, smile for the itty bitty camera.:-)MikeChandan Haldar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GNU Emacs has this nice little diversion in its mail handling

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-10 Thread Joe Street
ROFL ROFL I'm not sure it will be appreciated as an addition to the archives but if you just want a couple of subversive keywords to revolve the wheels of the big machines a little further why don't you try some of theseand don't forget to set your mailer to send once per minute!

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-10 Thread Jeromie Reeves
Do not forget the difference between hacker and cracker. The news would have us all think that all hackers==crackers but that simply is not true. The term Hacker first meant a person to did there own computer work (more or less but absolutely with no crime) and crackers were hackers who also did

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-10 Thread robert luis rabello
Joe Street wrote: ROFL ROFL Aldergrove? I used to live there. It's a town full of single moms on welfare who move from one relationship with a no-good guy to the next. What's so subversive about Aldergrove? robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice Adventure for Your Mind

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-09 Thread John Mullan
Yes, on behalf of government agencies and universities. The original internet. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of robert luis rabello Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 6:33 PM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] The End

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-09 Thread Chandan Haldar
Here's the 'Hacker' entry in Eric Raymond's The Hackers Dictionary (aka the jargon file): http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/H/hacker.html Having been deep in that world for a while now, I see today's hacker community as a highly heterogeneous community with a variety of views revolving

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-09 Thread Michael Redler
Good point Chandan.I guess I'm a hacker too.MikeChandan Haldar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's the 'Hacker' entry in Eric Raymond's The Hackers Dictionary (aka the jargon file):http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/H/hacker.htmlHaving been deep in that world for a while now, I see today's

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-09 Thread Joe Street
Easy big fella. You may be in violation of the patriot act with that admission! What are your coordinates. Joe Michael Redler wrote: Good point Chandan. I guess I'm a hacker too. Mike Chandan Haldar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's the 'Hacker' entry in Eric Raymond's

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-09 Thread Michael Redler
Hey, I heard that the secret service filters words from email traffic and may categorize you based on the content of your messages. So,in the spirit of domestic spying...Jihad Jihad Jihad Jihad Jihad Jihad Jihad Jihad Infidel InfidelInfidel InfidelInfidel InfidelInfidel InfidelFried,

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-09 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Chandan Here's the 'Hacker' entry in Eric Raymond's The Hackers Dictionary (aka the jargon file): http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/H/hacker.htmlhttp://www.catb.o rg/~esr/jargon/html/H/hacker.html Having been deep in that world for a while now, I see today's hacker community as a

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-09 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Mike Keith, Your last paragraph really jumped out at me for two reasons: Except that the Internet keeps growing and spreading and getting faster and better and ever more firmly rooted in all our societies. These are some of the most encouraging words I've read in a while on this

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-09 Thread bob allen
and a bomb, bomb IED suicide osama hate to you too. Michael Redler wrote: Hey, I heard that the secret service filters words from email traffic and may categorize you based on the content of your messages. So, in the spirit of domestic spying... Jihad Jihad Jihad Jihad Jihad

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-09 Thread Evergreen Solutions
I just wanted to chime in very quickly about the hacker mentality and ethic. In theory, hackers hack to make things better. Security, speed, effeciency, clock cycles, whatever. I just heard a story on NPR tonight about prius hackers who have doubled the effeciency of their Prius's by adding

[Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-08 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/31753/ The End of the Internet By Jeffrey Chester, The Nation. Posted February 6, 2006. America's big phone and cable companies want to start charging exorbitant user fees for the supposedly-free internet. The nation's largest telephone and cable companies

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-08 Thread Michael Redler
Keith,So, it seems as though the federal government (a.k.a.corporate America) is threatened bythe Second Superpower and is making preparations for war.MikeKeith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/31753/The End of the InternetBy Jeffrey Chester, The

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-08 Thread MH
I found this interesting. Since I've been using my Window XP system some email threads have been deleted regarding global warming exchanges. One thread started to discuss one persons belief that one billion cows flatulent methane emissions were the cause of global warming. I thought this

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-08 Thread Joe Street
Ok so we go wireless. The original idea for internet protocol came from packet radio which was an amateur radio thing. Granted the bandwidth was not to be compared but I can easily set up an ad hock net over several kilometers using a standard wireless adapter and a high gain antenna which is

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-08 Thread Joe Street
Well there may be something to this. It may not be the main source of greenhouse gas but IIRC methane is 6 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than CO2 and there are a lot of cows being grown to serve the north american obsession with beef. And they do fart a hell of a lot! Consider also

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-08 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Mike Keith, So, it seems as though the federal government (a.k.a. corporate America) is threatened by the Second Superpower and is making preparations for war. :-) Maybe. Or maybe it's just what corporations do all the time anyway, they want to own everything. They had such an easy time

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-08 Thread MH
And what about the permafrost thawing ? Joe Street wrote: Well there may be something to this. It may not be the main source of greenhouse gas but IIRC methane is 6 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than CO2 and there are a lot of cows being grown to serve the north american

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-08 Thread doug
Joe Street wrote: Well there may be something to this. It may not be the main source of greenhouse gas but IIRC methane is 6 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than CO2 and there are a lot of cows being grown to serve the north american obsession with beef. And they do fart a hell of a

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-08 Thread Michael Redler
Keith,Your last paragraph really jumped out at me for two reasons:"Except that the Internet keeps growing and spreading and getting faster and better and ever more firmly rooted in all our societies." These are some of the most encouraging words I've read in a while on this subject. I

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-08 Thread John Mullan
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Keith Addison Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 12:54 PM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet Seems to me I've been reading stories like this for at least 10 years. It keeps upping the ante each time

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-08 Thread robert luis rabello
John Mullan wrote: I don't like the flimsy excuse give by that Telecom guy why should they use our pipes for free. Wasn't all of that infrastructure built on the backs of rate payers anyway? robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-08 Thread Jeromie Reeves
Wireless can easily supply the same speeds as most of the DSL in service right now. It takes planning and the correct gear but it works very well. WISP's will be the future if/when this is implemented. We are luck as Google was ABC's first target and they said go to H#LL! to SBC. In the end