The BBC had this story a week or two ago: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3017078.stm and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3034520.stm
I didn't see the picture of the fangtooth on the link provided in the story above so wanted to share. Perhaps I just missed it? A couple of the other pics are different too I think.
I worked telemarketing several years ago for about a month. We were required to give out our 800 number with each call, told it was some sort of law. If people hung up on us we still have to recite the 800 number before ending the call. I don't know if all companies do it that way though.
So how does it work for someone who sends the messages to a phone via email? Since I don't have a phone this is how I send my husband messages. I imagine it wouldn't say I'm sending from a particular phone number, so could he store my email addresses in their to compare against that?
BTW, I see this email message to SMS message feature as both a benefit and a problem. The problem is that since with the account we have SMS messages can accept only 250 characters at a time, if someone accidentally (or to spam) sent a regular email messages to an SMS account it would be divided up into a dozen or so little SMS messages holding each part. And we'd have to pay to receive each part.
Hardly worth any of us reading, but perhaps a significant article in that it goes to the everyday masses and provides a place and date of where you can get help installing Linux if you've ever wanted to try it. It's just a round about way of telling about the installfest and making the idea at least palatable to Windows users by explaining that Linux isn't really all that far off from Windows and still has plenty of apps.
It already has. I'm getting host not available errors. I guess that's what you get when you advertise something like this across the country and then post a link on slashdot. This really shows just how many people are tired of being called.
I'm willing to bet that they will have researched very carefully the list of people they plan to sue. Just because they ask for the info from the ISPs doesn't mean they have to use it. They'll look at those lists and will research to come up with a very targeted list, with specific reasons for suing each person.
They likely make sure and not target anyone with a high profile, especially people like the senator's kids. They'll also stay away from wealthy people who might actually have the ability to fight back in court. (Includes most senators anyway) They'll go for low to middle income people and students who are unable to do anything but choose to settle. That's been their method so far, and it's likely to continue. They'll target some children or teenagers to catch the parents unaware. This will make sure they are good and scared and thus will be more likely to crackdown on their kids.
They want to target the average American user so that other average American users feel that this is hitting a little to close to home for them and will begin to wonder about their own safety from prosecution.
I hope you are kidding. I know that when designing a website for a client saying "Your browser sucks, download Mozilla" could definitely hurt. And deleting files? Come on. That could even be considered malicious.
Sometimes you just have to code for what's out there. Try to change the world along the way, but realize that you're not going to convince everyone right away. There are ways to design for the standards and achieve backwards compatability at the same time.
Who said anything about allowing copies? That would be bellings (137948)
You're right. My mistake. I mistakenly assumed he meant somthing similar to what I was talking about when it looks like he meant anyone and everyone having copies. I don't agree with the idea that the video tape should be handled in this way. In fact, I really believe that the government really has no business doing this kind of stuff anyway. I was thinking though that if they did though that we certainly want a way to have access to these tapes the same way we do through the open records and open meetings laws to prevent an abuse of power.
Who said anything about allowing copies? I think the post is referring to something like the open records law that gives us access to public documents. You could go to the courthouse and ask to watch a copy of the tape if you so choose, not make copies and distribute it to your friends. He/she is perfectly on target with the comment that if we as taxpayers are expected to finance this, then this must be a provision.
Your comment is right on target. Very insightful! My guess is that the posters were drawn by an outside person or company. IMO the skill exhibited were better than those likely to be held by an average SCO employee. Most likely the drawers were given a theme that they didn't fully understand, and attempted to just create attention grabing artwork intended to inflame. I bet they were hoping the anti-SCO protesters would get upset by them and do something stupid in response to ruin the credibility of the protest.
That means that Linus can sue, because he was actually named, thus specifically targeted. He might get somewhere with his suit especially because they've said other things about him as well, but I doubt the rest of us would.
I know this is off topic, but I wanted to mention that the only example of non-evil communism that I can think of is that of Indian reservations. And that's using this definition of communism from dictionary.reference.com:
1. A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members.
not the evil government version. And yes, I agree that corporate power does provide a way around the constitution. I often wonder why corporations are allowed to help finance campaigns, if not only to exert their influence over the candidate.
His idea is wrong on soooo many levels, but this is the angle I took in my letter to the Senator:
Senator Hatch, I am writing in response to your comments in support of allowing the computers of illegal file traders to be destroyed by the copyright owner. Allowing this to take place without allowing the benefit of due process, where guilt or innocence must be proven, would be a mistake.
A mistake such as this could cost companies, research and educational institutions, governmental offices, and personal computer users a bundle. There is a VERY good chance that errors would be made in the enforcement, especially by overzealous media companies. What legal recourse could be taken by those that are incorrectly identified as copyright infringers and have their tangible, expensive, and perhaps crucial systems destroyed?
Protecting intellectual property rights is important, but not to the degree that it circumvents the justice system. Laws against copyright infringement already exist. I suggest you push for their enforcement, rather than advocate such an extreme position as this.
The CIA World Factbook at http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ can give you pretty much anything you need to know about any country in the world. Invaluable, especially to me as a history-political science major.
I'd say it's a helluva lot better than "burger flipper". Just because you think your skills are superior doesn't mean there isn't a need for people who can use HTML. I agree though that it's not so much "programming" as it is markup, but most resumes list the actual job title they are assigned...
I agree 100%. In the begining HTML provides something very tangible - you can see the results as you code. It's fun to play with colors and font sizes, add graphics, etc. fulfilling the need for visuals, but it also teaches you about some of the basics of coding. For instance you learn how to put things in quotes, make sure you're typing things in exactly as required for the tag, etc. You'll learn to look through your code to find out where the errors are, how to FTP, etc. Then once basic pages are up and running perhaps you'll look at other people's pages and wonder how they got those cool drop down menus, or how the form emails comments to the webmaster, pulls things out of a db, etc. and move on to other languages. At least that's what happened to me. I don't really claim to be a "programmer" per say, but from HTML I moved on to server and client side scripting languages, the to using databases, and even took a C++ class at college for fun. HTML was certainly my gateway into programming.
I could be way off base, but isn't the issue in the Linksys case that you wouldn't be allowed to freely use and redistribute their product? Not that they acquired or used the source code, but that they plan to convert it into a form that isn't free for all to see and share? That would be a violation of the license under which the code is published.
I've experienced what you describe in number 2. I was diagnosed as having an anxiety disorder and found that quitting caffeine had almost as much of an effect on lessening my problems as did my meds. I stear clear of most caffeine now, with the occasional exception.
BTW to others who plan to cut their caffeine: I was suprised to learn that a cup of black tea has almost as much caffeine as mountain dew or other sodas.
That's true, but the article is coming from a person who claims that they are a newbie with about 5 months of Linux use and knowledge.
I think this brings up a good point though, that not all users really care about, or should have to know absolutely everything about, the rpm dependency system. They just want to use the computer to do what they want to do.
You shouldn't need to decide which distro to use on the basis of how easy it is to install things. Period.
Why not pick a distro based on how easy it is to use? Seems like ease of use is why a lot of people use Windows in the first place. A new user likely won't have any clue about the difference between the distros, so how else are they going to choose?
You know why nobody is posting? It's because the color of the pages hurts the eyes so much you can't read through the description to get to the story, let alone all the posts. Change it already.
As for Rare, I can't say I'm too exciting about any of their upcoming stuff. Why? Because they're all for the XBox.
Ah, but who were the ones who gave the candidates enough money to campaign effectively in order to win over the populace in those states? That certainly has to be the corporations, as individuals don't contribute enough out of their own pockets to support a multi-million dollar run for office. The biggest individual supporters are almost always the heads of major corporations.
You can't deny that corporations have a role in our governence. For one, they have a HUGE amount of lobbyists working every day alongside our legislators in order to sway things in a direction that benefits them.
There's huge variation in individual productivity both within and across jobs. Some people can put in very little tangible effort, yet end up producing a tremendous amount of quality output, while others work their tails off all day and produce very little. For this second group, computer gaming poses the greatest threat to continued productivity.
My take on this is that since not every person who plays games can be as productive as the company expects, bosses choose to ban game playing for everyone. Little do they know that most people need to take breaks during the day so they don't get burned out. I don't think gameplaying automatically indicates you're not productive. On the contrary, if I have time to play games it's because my works all done.
A debit card seems a better option. Then you don't overspend, or have to pay fees, worry about interest rate, etc. However, the big problem with this in general is that many places/machines still don't take credit.
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The BBC had this story a week or two ago: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3017078.stm and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3034520.stm
I didn't see the picture of the fangtooth on the link provided in the story above so wanted to share. Perhaps I just missed it? A couple of the other pics are different too I think.
I worked telemarketing several years ago for about a month. We were required to give out our 800 number with each call, told it was some sort of law. If people hung up on us we still have to recite the 800 number before ending the call. I don't know if all companies do it that way though.
So how does it work for someone who sends the messages to a phone via email? Since I don't have a phone this is how I send my husband messages. I imagine it wouldn't say I'm sending from a particular phone number, so could he store my email addresses in their to compare against that?
BTW, I see this email message to SMS message feature as both a benefit and a problem. The problem is that since with the account we have SMS messages can accept only 250 characters at a time, if someone accidentally (or to spam) sent a regular email messages to an SMS account it would be divided up into a dozen or so little SMS messages holding each part. And we'd have to pay to receive each part.
Hardly worth any of us reading, but perhaps a significant article in that it goes to the everyday masses and provides a place and date of where you can get help installing Linux if you've ever wanted to try it. It's just a round about way of telling about the installfest and making the idea at least palatable to Windows users by explaining that Linux isn't really all that far off from Windows and still has plenty of apps.
It already has. I'm getting host not available errors. I guess that's what you get when you advertise something like this across the country and then post a link on slashdot. This really shows just how many people are tired of being called.
I'm willing to bet that they will have researched very carefully the list of people they plan to sue. Just because they ask for the info from the ISPs doesn't mean they have to use it. They'll look at those lists and will research to come up with a very targeted list, with specific reasons for suing each person.
They likely make sure and not target anyone with a high profile, especially people like the senator's kids. They'll also stay away from wealthy people who might actually have the ability to fight back in court. (Includes most senators anyway) They'll go for low to middle income people and students who are unable to do anything but choose to settle. That's been their method so far, and it's likely to continue. They'll target some children or teenagers to catch the parents unaware. This will make sure they are good and scared and thus will be more likely to crackdown on their kids.
They want to target the average American user so that other average American users feel that this is hitting a little to close to home for them and will begin to wonder about their own safety from prosecution.
I hope you are kidding. I know that when designing a website for a client saying "Your browser sucks, download Mozilla" could definitely hurt. And deleting files? Come on. That could even be considered malicious.
Sometimes you just have to code for what's out there. Try to change the world along the way, but realize that you're not going to convince everyone right away. There are ways to design for the standards and achieve backwards compatability at the same time.
Who said anything about allowing copies?
That would be bellings (137948)
You're right. My mistake. I mistakenly assumed he meant somthing similar to what I was talking about when it looks like he meant anyone and everyone having copies. I don't agree with the idea that the video tape should be handled in this way. In fact, I really believe that the government really has no business doing this kind of stuff anyway. I was thinking though that if they did though that we certainly want a way to have access to these tapes the same way we do through the open records and open meetings laws to prevent an abuse of power.
Who said anything about allowing copies? I think the post is referring to something like the open records law that gives us access to public documents. You could go to the courthouse and ask to watch a copy of the tape if you so choose, not make copies and distribute it to your friends. He/she is perfectly on target with the comment that if we as taxpayers are expected to finance this, then this must be a provision.
Your comment is right on target. Very insightful! My guess is that the posters were drawn by an outside person or company. IMO the skill exhibited were better than those likely to be held by an average SCO employee. Most likely the drawers were given a theme that they didn't fully understand, and attempted to just create attention grabing artwork intended to inflame. I bet they were hoping the anti-SCO protesters would get upset by them and do something stupid in response to ruin the credibility of the protest.
BTW, I'm pretty sure it's spelled Jawohl!
instead of corporations, there would be corrupt corporations and corrupt leaders of state... :-)
And this is different to our current situation how?
That means that Linus can sue, because he was actually named, thus specifically targeted. He might get somewhere with his suit especially because they've said other things about him as well, but I doubt the rest of us would.
I know this is off topic, but I wanted to mention that the only example of non-evil communism that I can think of is that of Indian reservations. And that's using this definition of communism from dictionary.reference.com:
1. A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members.
not the evil government version. And yes, I agree that corporate power does provide a way around the constitution. I often wonder why corporations are allowed to help finance campaigns, if not only to exert their influence over the candidate.
His idea is wrong on soooo many levels, but this is the angle I took in my letter to the Senator:
Senator Hatch,
I am writing in response to your comments in support of allowing the computers of illegal file traders to be destroyed by the copyright owner. Allowing this to take place without allowing the benefit of due process, where guilt or innocence must be proven, would be a mistake.
A mistake such as this could cost companies, research and educational institutions, governmental offices, and personal computer users a bundle. There is a VERY good chance that errors would be made in the enforcement, especially by overzealous media companies. What legal recourse could be taken by those that are incorrectly identified as copyright infringers and have their tangible, expensive, and perhaps crucial systems destroyed?
Protecting intellectual property rights is important, but not to the degree that it circumvents the justice system. Laws against copyright infringement already exist. I suggest you push for their enforcement, rather than advocate such an extreme position as this.
Signature
The CIA World Factbook at http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ can give you pretty much anything you need to know about any country in the world. Invaluable, especially to me as a history-political science major.
I'd say it's a helluva lot better than "burger flipper". Just because you think your skills are superior doesn't mean there isn't a need for people who can use HTML. I agree though that it's not so much "programming" as it is markup, but most resumes list the actual job title they are assigned...
I agree 100%. In the begining HTML provides something very tangible - you can see the results as you code. It's fun to play with colors and font sizes, add graphics, etc. fulfilling the need for visuals, but it also teaches you about some of the basics of coding. For instance you learn how to put things in quotes, make sure you're typing things in exactly as required for the tag, etc. You'll learn to look through your code to find out where the errors are, how to FTP, etc. Then once basic pages are up and running perhaps you'll look at other people's pages and wonder how they got those cool drop down menus, or how the form emails comments to the webmaster, pulls things out of a db, etc. and move on to other languages. At least that's what happened to me. I don't really claim to be a "programmer" per say, but from HTML I moved on to server and client side scripting languages, the to using databases, and even took a C++ class at college for fun. HTML was certainly my gateway into programming.
I could be way off base, but isn't the issue in the Linksys case that you wouldn't be allowed to freely use and redistribute their product? Not that they acquired or used the source code, but that they plan to convert it into a form that isn't free for all to see and share? That would be a violation of the license under which the code is published.
I've experienced what you describe in number 2. I was diagnosed as having an anxiety disorder and found that quitting caffeine had almost as much of an effect on lessening my problems as did my meds. I stear clear of most caffeine now, with the occasional exception.
BTW to others who plan to cut their caffeine: I was suprised to learn that a cup of black tea has almost as much caffeine as mountain dew or other sodas.
That's true, but the article is coming from a person who claims that they are a newbie with about 5 months of Linux use and knowledge.
I think this brings up a good point though, that not all users really care about, or should have to know absolutely everything about, the rpm dependency system. They just want to use the computer to do what they want to do.
You shouldn't need to decide which distro to use on the basis of how easy it is to install things. Period.
Why not pick a distro based on how easy it is to use? Seems like ease of use is why a lot of people use Windows in the first place. A new user likely won't have any clue about the difference between the distros, so how else are they going to choose?
You know why nobody is posting? It's because the color of the pages hurts the eyes so much you can't read through the description to get to the story, let alone all the posts. Change it already.
As for Rare, I can't say I'm too exciting about any of their upcoming stuff. Why? Because they're all for the XBox.
Ah, but who were the ones who gave the candidates enough money to campaign effectively in order to win over the populace in those states? That certainly has to be the corporations, as individuals don't contribute enough out of their own pockets to support a multi-million dollar run for office. The biggest individual supporters are almost always the heads of major corporations.
You can't deny that corporations have a role in our governence. For one, they have a HUGE amount of lobbyists working every day alongside our legislators in order to sway things in a direction that benefits them.
I think this says it all.
There's huge variation in individual productivity both within and across jobs. Some people can put in very little tangible effort, yet end up producing a tremendous amount of quality output, while others work their tails off all day and produce very little. For this second group, computer gaming poses the greatest threat to continued productivity.
My take on this is that since not every person who plays games can be as productive as the company expects, bosses choose to ban game playing for everyone. Little do they know that most people need to take breaks during the day so they don't get burned out. I don't think gameplaying automatically indicates you're not productive. On the contrary, if I have time to play games it's because my works all done.
A debit card seems a better option. Then you don't overspend, or have to pay fees, worry about interest rate, etc. However, the big problem with this in general is that many places/machines still don't take credit.