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Technocracy of War, Part 8
Once the pattern was established and compared against the Tor perimeter traffic, it really wasn’t that hard. Mantis and his assistant detected a lot of similar traffic and found there were a half-dozen systems traipsing all over Washington DC and … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, government, internet, law
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Oklahoma: Oppression Is Relative
Oklahoma is easily as corrupt as any other state, but there are other limits which make it a sane place to live. We are one of the few states which has encoded the basic right to ignore a policeman who … Continue reading
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Tagged government, law, oppression, propaganda
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Technocracy of War, Part 7
The message Thad got was essentially an offer of more active involvement and some measure of support if he could help Peter get in touch with someone in the military who handled Tor servers. It was common knowledge the US … Continue reading
CentOS 6: Broken Dictionary
On CentOS 6, the GNOME Dictionary is broken. Apparently, I’m not the only one who has noticed this. Unfortunately, I’ve not seen where anyone posted a proper fix. It worked fine in both RHEL 6 and SL 6 on this … Continue reading
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Technocracy of War, Part 6
The one thing Thad liked most was how they had managed to port almost every GUI application over to a TUI. Thus, while losing some of the buttons and toolbars, the backend was the same for web browser, office suite, … Continue reading
Taming the Beast: CentOS 6.2 and Inspiron 1525 Laptop
We all know Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is the basis for both CentOS and Scientific Linux (SL). The differences are largely cosmetic from the user’s point of view, in which the clones are legally required to change only the … Continue reading
Technocracy of War, Part 5
For most of that week, Thad poked and prodded Bread OS. There was in the documentation a notice more popular applications would be ported eventually, but the basic set of workstation programs was almost complete. The desktop display was not … Continue reading
Technocracy of War, Part 4
She waited patiently, her paws crossed as she lay in the small patch of sun available in the fenced yard. Once each week, he walked past on the newly paved street which had replaced the gravel. In her mind, the … Continue reading
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CentOS 6.2 Laptop: Changes
The Latitude will not be available. I’ll be testing CentOS on my Inspiron 1525. I am downloading via Bittorrent as I type this (and sampling the experience of dialup speeds for my browser in the process). Opera’s built-in torrent handler … Continue reading
Technocracy of War, Part 3
They had moved Pete that very hour to temporary solitary confinement. While it meant missing breakfast, this was one of the saner things, keeping informants away from the general population. In two days, Peter found himself being marched down that … Continue reading