TUX

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Permission to use and/or modify this image is granted provided you acknowledge  lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP if someone asks

"Tux is a penguin character, the official mascot of the Linux kernel Originally created as an entry to a Linux logo competition.Tux was originally designed as a submission for a Linux logo contest. Three such competitions took place. Tux won none of them. This is why Tux is formally known as the Linux mascot and not the logo. Tux was created by Larry Ewing using the first publicly released version (0.54) of GIMP, a free software graphics package. The image of the mascot is the most commonly used icon for Linux, used in many flavors showing Tux in one way or another. He is also used in many Linux games and programs, such as Tux Racer, Extreme Tux Racer, Tux Math, Super Tux, Super Tux Kart, and Tux Paint, which are usually look-alikes from other mainstream games.

The concept of the Linux mascot being a penguin came from Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux. Tux was created by Larry Ewing in 1996 after an initial suggestion made by Alan Cox and further refined by Linus Torvalds on the Linux kernel mailing list. Linus took his inspiration from a photograph he found on an FTP site, showing a penguin figurine looking strangely like the Creature Comforts characters made by Nick Park. The first person to call the penguin "Tux" was James Hughes, who said that it stood for "(T)orvalds (U)ni(X)" However, many people observe that Tux is also an abbreviation of tuxedo, the outfit which springs to mind when they see a penguin."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux

So I have no imagination to make up a neato story about the Linux peguin. I did find but of course a Wiki and a bunch of Images I ripped off the internet. This was a neat story how the penguin was orignally a contest loser and was dubbed the mascot of Linux.   

"net neutrality" 

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"Network neutrality (also net neutrality, Internet neutrality) is a principle proposed for user access networks participating in the Internet that advocates no restrictions by Internet Service Providers or governments on content, sites, or platforms, on the kinds of equipment that may be attached, and on the modes of communication allowed, as well as communication that is not unreasonably degraded by other traffic.The principle states that if a given user pays for a certain level of Internet access, and another user pays for the same level of access, that the two users should be able to connect to each other at the subscribed level of access.Though the term did not enter popular use until several years later, since the early 2000s advocates of net neutrality and associated rules have raised concerns about the ability of broadband providers to use their last mile infrastructure to block Internet applications and content (e.g. websites, services, protocols), particularly those of competitors. In the US particularly, but elsewhere as well, the possibility of regulations designed to mandate the neutrality of the Internet has been subject to fierce debate." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality 

Well that is what the Great Wiki has to say about net neutrality. Basically saying that if one person pays one price for a service, another person pays the same and everyone can connect with each other all at the same cost. But yeah right!! we are talking about the Fat Cats money here. So Regulation practices became hot topics of concern. Who is sleeping with who and for what?

What I have to say is something of just plain hatred that in a Linux or basic computer technology class I have to keep on learning about legal shit, when I wanted to pay for computer and neat gadget and gizmo crap to learn and discuss about. Instead I am left wondering whether or not I somehow glitched into the Legal courses. But like all god damn fucking laws and rules of form it gets all mixed up and re-interpreted to mean what ever the one with the most power and money would want it to say.  

"Last week, a United States court of appeals issued a ruling blocking the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) attempts to prevent internet service providers from restricting access to content, applications and services offered by competitors. Now, a group of journalist is pushing back, urging the FCC to reclaim its right to regulate broadband networks. The FCC defended today its right to censure Comcast for blocking P2P files on its cable network, arguing in a court filing that it has general jurisdiction over all interstate communications by radio and wire — including the company’s cable modem service. The claim came in response to Comcast’s appeal last month regarding the FCC’s August 2008 decision that ordered the cable provider to stop blocking P2P files and to amend its network management techniques. Comcast argued that the FCC had no jurisdiction to enforce the principles of net neutrality."http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2008/02/comcast-and-net-neutrality-advocates-clash-at-fcc-hearing.ars 

Of Course Obama has something to say about this crap.....
Don't Worry the clip is shorter than this shitty Blog I am giving birth to tonight.. 

                                                        

Here are some FCC .Pdf Documents I found around the web. 

  http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/epicenter/2009/10/fcc-09-93a1.pdf

The only reason I care about  "net neutrality" is when I get the Sprint or Verizon or what ever their name is to give me that 4G anywhere wireless and I dump the AT&T monopoly and just Wifi my way with Skype internet phone and some basic free lite program for my text messages on my Apple iPhone. Just a little Phracking going down.

See the FCC and Comcast needs to look more at the Hackers and Phrackers still out there, remembering when Ma Bell was the enemy a decade or more ago. ( oh!! Yeah FCC and corporate folks you guys have not totally censored all the copies of the Anarchist Cook Book yet...) Anyway I agree with Obama on this one, with the whole preserving of our internet traffic Privacy. I get stuff  sent from my brothers and sisters still serving over there that are for privileged eyes only. A civilian would not see humor or courage and pride drawn from these web episodes. I miss it over there a lot. (Don't tell my wife. She would try to have me go to the crazy hospital).  So lets just leave it as I watch a lot of Porn and don't want my Momma catching me, Or the government for that matter knowing my viewings and reading.

But, for once, I agree with the government, the FCC at least, that internet providers should not be allowed to say what I can and can't use on the internet.  We don't live in freaking China and if I want to watch orangutans flinging poo at 3 girls getting it on with each other, I don't want any company or group to block me.

 

Monkey Update

 Our daughter is getting bigger and smarter everyday.  She is walking, but mostly running now.  She knows a couple signs, like "milk", "eat", and "sleep".  Then she uses a bunch of pointing to make herself understood.

She likes to sing along with music.  She loves music of all kinds.  She especially likes to boogie to Daddy playing Guitar Hero.

She loves going to the park and playing on the slides.  For a toddler, she is pretty fearless. She loves going down the slides head first on her belly.  She likes the swings, climbing on the structures and just running around the playground.  

She is working on learning her colors, shapes, and numbers.  She can show us the right color or shape when we ask immediately after showing her, but we're still working on long term retention. 

We're having tons of fun in this new toddler stage.

iPad's Linux Competition

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http://www.openpeak.com/OpenTablet7.php

Hands down, with no competition in my book, The Open-tablet and other iPad Clones like (HP)Hewlett Packard is coming out with  will beat the crap out of Apple's new little toy. My major problem with my iPhone 3GS and this iPad  that Apple has put out is the flaw of no Flash player support. I go mobile even while laying in bed. So Since I am a Cisco technology and Computer Information Technology Student I need access to Macro-Media or even some Java Run-time to view my online Texts and complete Labs and quizzes. Oh!! Yeah My online Netflix Movie Streaming too. I could go on and on with how I believe the Con's will out weigh the Pro's of the iPad.

Now I do enjoy the App store's size and Ability to run the Apps on the wide range of equipment, from iPod/iPhone, computers to this new iPad which in my opinion is a big screen version of the iPod Touch.

The Android Market is growing though, but still lacks the size of the infamous App store. The Android Market programs/Apps has a little more Capable practicality, especially with their Processor and software being used.

So I would not buy an Apple iPad with my personal monies. I am going to wait for something with a little more practicality for me, i.e., Flash players. I already have an iPhone 3GS which is just a glorified iPod cell phone.

Vs.

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This Blog is about Unix/Linux or the Owner Novell's Legal problems with the SCO Group. SCO Group claims that their intellectual property was being stolen. I think they are jealous and wish they thought up this way to utilize whatever they think they have rights to. Therefore, SCO group just wants their cut of the action, Man. I have include a very shitty URL attachment with the actual court documents with the all the judge's notes too. In Layman's terms on what these documents say is that Novell is the settlement winner as of March 30, 2010.

I started reading everything that came up on the Web about this court issue. I mostly ran up against Wiki crap, which I do not hold accurate or liable. I did a little hacking and found some real public records, which lead to the discovery of the actual court document, thanks to this school’s Law program Software floating around school.

                                         SCO Vs. Novell Court Document

      This link is a  downloadable Word Doc. attached to MSN SkyDrive: Hope it works for you...