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It takes just a few minutes to get used to and there is a great >> built in tutorial. The hardest thing to get used to is the fact that >> you just type, no formating borders, spacing, or some insane "auto >> format" garbage. >> >> Just write. Very nice indeed. >> > > Your a great sales rep Ray. I don't know how we keep missing that most > valuable aspect of you!. > > It took me weeks to home my original programming with Perl notes, and > I'm interested if all the color coding for the programming code could > have been made easier. As it was I had developed a system to make the > notes. I loaded the program into gvim, and exported the color as html. > Then I wrote script which would add the HTML encoded code into the notes > where the scripts would find tags in my notes for the programs. I let > the magic of HTML and a standard browser do the rest. > > Even with the scripts used to speed up the process, it was hours of > work. > > Now I need a book by Friday for my 5th grader, a Biography on FDR. So I > have zero time off and I ran to LULU to see if they have anything. It > comes up blank. I'm going to have a problem. 8+ years into the digital > revolution and I STILL can't download a simple Biography in book form on > the most important figure of the 20th Century who wasn't named John, > Paul, George or Ringo. > > I just want to thank all the hard working people in Congress for there > worthless contribution. > > Ruben > >> R >> >> Ruben Safir wrote: >>> Not another TeX analogue? >>> >>> Ruben >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 04:50:28PM -0400, rc wrote: >>>> Yeah, its great, awesome monetary split compared to traditional >>>> publishing. I have been playing with LyX for a couple of weeks. It >>>> rocks, period. Plus, I believe it will spit out a final format ready >>>> for lulu if it doesn't hook right into over the net. >>>> >>>> http://www.lyx.org/ >>>> >>>> R >>>> >>>> Ruben Safir wrote: >>>>> On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 11:21:01AM -0400, rc wrote: >>>>>> BTW - Lulu.com was founded by Red Hat founder Bob Young >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/secure_voip_calling_free_software_right_to_privacy >>>>>> >>>>> Say - I didn't know that. LULU looks like it might be a seriously useful >>>>> tool >>>>> when we publish out text book. >>>>> >>>>> Ruben >>>>> >>>>>> Secure VoIP calling, free software, and the right to privacy >>>>>> >>>>>> By David Sugar >>>>>> >>>>>> Online on: 24/10/2006 >>>>>> >>>>>> All free nations in the world today recognize certain basic principles, >>>>>> such as freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the freedom of >>>>>> privacy. These values that we all share were articulated by and fought >>>>>> for by people such as Voltaire, Jefferson, and Bolivar. This common >>>>>> heritage of freedom is today under attack by those who wish to turn the >>>>>> clock back on human progress. We all know that a government that lives >>>>>> in such fear of its own citizens that it must spy on them and claims the >>>>>> authority to do so en-mass and unchallengeable is not a legitimate >>>>>> government of the people it claims to serve. >>>>>> >>>>>> There is an interesting story about George Washington during the >>>>>> American Revolutionary War. At one point some of Washington's officers >>>>>> were plotting rebellion against him, and he accidentally received a >>>>>> dispatch that was meant for one of the conspirators. Having opened it, >>>>>> and read it, he realized what had happened, and then asked the courier >>>>>> to please apologize because the letter was not meant for him. He choose >>>>>> to act as best he could in a manner as if he had not read the letter. >>>>>> For Washington understood that even at a time of war, there are certain >>>>>> ideals that must never be sacrificed, otherwise even if victory was >>>>>> achieved, it is not worth the price of a nation nobody would wish to >>>>>> live in. >>>>>> >>>>>> With these thoughts, we chose, on the first Monday of this October, to >>>>>> release a stack for secure VOIP calling, as free software developed >>>>>> through GNU Telephony, a loose organization of developers who specialize >>>>>> in free software for telecommunications. We accomplished this by >>>>>> creating a free software stack that implements Phil Zimmerman's ZRTP, as >>>>>> well as the Secure RTP spec. This is now part of the GNU RTP Stack, >>>>>> ccrtp. We chose to make this available for immediate use in the most >>>>>> compelling way, by having available at the same time, a complete secure >>>>>> softphone client anyone can also download and use and which implements >>>>>> the secure calling features in an easy to use manner. This client was >>>>>> the Twinkle Softphone client, developed by Michel De Boer, and modified >>>>>> with his help to meet this goal in time with our initial release. >>>>>> >>>>>> Secure calling VOIP using ZRTP operates much like ssh in concept. The >>>>>> keys for communication are generated locally, rather than using an >>>>>> external certificate authority, hence preventing weak or poisoned >>>>>> certificates which SRTP potentially allows. Fingerprint session >>>>>> signatures are shown and cached much like the ssh host fingerprints, so >>>>>> that one can determine if there is a man in the middle decrypting at one >>>>>> end and encrypting to another. >>>>>> >>>>>> What we have developed does not interfere with lawful police >>>>>> investigations, since the end point can still be compromised with >>>>>> physical access, presumably executed as part of a lawful and judicially >>>>>> supervised court order. But it does prevent arbitrary and mass spying on >>>>>> what people say, which must come to an end before all other freedoms are >>>>>> lost. With additional technologies including tls secured SIP and >>>>>> anonymizing connection proxies, it is possible to also reduce >>>>>> associative information signal that intelligence so desperately wishes >>>>>> to mine, and that is a goal of later phases of this project. >>>>>> >>>>>> Since it is free software, anyone can download and use it. Since it is >>>>>> offered as a library, it can be used to produce applications, like >>>>>> Twinkle, that can perform secure communications by design, rather than >>>>>> as an afterthought. This technology is here to stay. There are enough >>>>>> people who have set it up now around the world, including some I >>>>>> personally showed. The source is available and mirrored worldwide. >>>>>> Binaries have been build and now distributed in Debian. Much of that was >>>>>> all done very rapidly and early on at the start of the month, the rest >>>>>> while I was in Maturin speaking at the IVth International Free Knowledge >>>>>> Conference, which I will write about next week, to deliberately make >>>>>> sure it was immediately usable and widely disseminated. >>>>>> >>>>>> This technology we are bringing to free VOIP software was of course >>>>>> first proposed, in a proprietary form, and as an external proxy known as >>>>>> zfone, by Phil Zimmerman. Much of the work in developing secure calling >>>>>> in the GNU RTP Stack was done by people like Werner Dittman and Federico >>>>>> Pouzols, and with lots of Michel De Boer from Twinkle. Whether you are a >>>>>> head of state wishing to communicate in private, a union organizer >>>>>> within a company, or simply talking to your family and friends, you have >>>>>> a basic right and expectation of privacy. We intend to do everything in >>>>>> our power to help further that goal. >>>>>> >>>>>> Further information can be found at GNU Telephony >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Ruben Safir wrote: >>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 10:32:43PM -0400, einker wrote: >>>>>>>> I' ve been reading this since issue #5. I thought you knew about it .... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> I discovered it last month and posted a note about it to the list. >>>>>>> Since I got no responses, I thought I'd mention it again./ It would be >>>>>>> nice to make >>>>>>> a contribution to their rag. They did a much better job than we did >>>>>>> trying to promote the same thing. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ruben >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 10/23/06, Ruben Safir wrote: >>>>>>>>> Has anyone seen this Free Software Magazine at >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This site is one of the best examples of Free Software in action I've >>>>>>>>> ever >>>>>>>>> seen. >>>>>>>>> Its content is awesome, the commentaries just wonderful and in depth. >>>>>>>>> The >>>>>>>>> Magazine is everything I had hoped for with the NYLXS Quarterly >>>>>>>>> Journal as >>>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>>> serious review journal that doesn't completely lose the new user or >>>>>>>>> program >>>>>>>>> user of computers. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> And David Sugar is a regular writer in it. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> And then they discovered this every cool social enginering tool..... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://www.lulu.com/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Ruben >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> __________________________ >>>>>>>>> Brooklyn Linux Solutions >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> So many immigrant groups have swept through our town >>>>>>>>> that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological >>>>>>>>> proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 >>>>>>>>> http://fairuse.nylxs.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> "Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME" >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> "The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming >>>>>>>>> sharecroppers to our own cultural heritage -- we need >>>>>>>>> the ability to participate in our own society." >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Consulting >>>>>>>>> http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software >>>>>>>>> http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive or stories and >>>>>>>>> articles from around the net >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Evan M. 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