Having said that, Obama is young, charismatic, and is promoting the change that 48% of Americans did not want.
There, fixed it for ya. America is a more divided country now than I can remember in my life time. Obama failed to unite the people and proven just how partisan he is.
Change We Need? Looked to me any other corrupt politician.
...I should think you would be determining the end result of the program. If I read the question correctly, that is. You want to pay someone to write a program or programs. Then, you want to release them to the world as open source. The contractor would not own the code if as part of the RFC you stated the code would not be owned by them in any manner. The programmers may insist proper attribution in the source code, but attribution does not imply ownership.
Okay, I understand the need for new and fresh content to keep the customers coming back, but an article about a dating site that uses town names from across America?
I am not quite which is more sad. That this article got approved for the main page, or that I am taking the time to point out how sad it is?
I, for one, welcome our massively-coordinated and well-funded guerilla marketing machine overlords.
Martin wanted us all to get along. Obama used racial tension to divide and install anger, mobilizing the blacks to vote for him because he was black and promised to give them free money. He consistently played the race card while McCain avoided the topic. Obama used past generations of racism to his advantage.
And at his acceptance speech, he began to back-peddle on all of his promises. 52% of the nation was played for fools.
King would be appalled at Obama's actions. Obama has create a division that could tear this country apart.
Yes. There are many places in this world where freedom of information is oppressed. Having a method of communicating in the clear without raising any red flags is a Good Thing(tm).
For example, let's say you are an evil political dissident in China, trying to spread ideas of democracy and capitalism. If you send an encrypted message to your corrupt imperialist American ally, that seems suspicious. If you have nothing to hide, then why are you hiding it?
But, if you can send your friend a message about how you are growing corn in relatively poor conditions and how great the local government has been in supporting the effort...with a stego message hidden inside, then that is probably going to slip right through.
The best way to not get caught is to look like there is nothing to catch.
"Servers that sit in idle state for long periods of time are the top candidates for powering down between uses."
Then virtualize it or combine its function with another server. I see this part of the article as a bad example. It starts by saying that virtualization has helped, and then uses an example that virtualization would solve, NOT power-cycling.
Maybe its just me, but when I think of a server, I think of something important that is running, that needs to be accessible on something other than a glorified desktop. If it is important, then it cannot be turned off.
And now back to our regularly scheduled program "Diverting Funding from New Space Telescope Technology"
I am your host, Marlin Perkins, and this week, we are sending Jim into space to repair the HST instead of focusing our funding on newer telescope technology.
I understand that the James Webb telescope thingy is not a visible light 'scope. But, do you wonder what kind of HST replacement we could have had already if we had not spent so much time and money on repairs?
This is just an extension of the MS mind set. No, not the chair-throwing, but making sure that at least THEIR technology is being used, and not some open standard. Microsoft would rather folks run pirated copies of XP than install Linux. Just extend this to AD on SAMBA. Microsoft can still lay claims to number of AD nodes and such.
You don't just make up a number and add it onto your balance sheet.
And THAT is why I failed my economics class. My teacher never did appreciate my 'creativity'. I would simply explain that I wanted to be a CEO someday.
Economics does not use Balance Sheets, that would be your Accounting course. Perhaps that is why you failed?
No, I seem to remember having to do something that looked like a balance sheet in my micro-economics class. I remember in accounting doing a different type of balancing. Those numbers always came out correct, though.
So Norton finally got their act together with the 2009 version? Good for them. But, they have a long road to travel to fix the perception that their product is bloated. Such a history is difficult to change overnight.
Indeed, it is. Norton really is a load of crap. It is a resource hog of cpu, memory and hard drive. I believe the only reason it is found on anyone's PC is because Norton pays PC companies to install it by default. Because, frankly, you would have to literally know nothing about AV to choose Norton. As in, you did no research and picked the shiniest box off the shelf. At which point, I have lost sympathy for the user.
My company relies on SOPHOS. In 12 years of working with SOPHOS, never has a virus had a chance to spread...despite the users best efforts.
You don't just make up a number and add it onto your balance sheet.
And THAT is why I failed my economics class. My teacher never did appreciate my 'creativity'. I would simply explain that I wanted to be a CEO someday.
Here is a geoengineering idea meant to address the concern of ocean levels. In the USA, we have death valley. Death Valley is huge. Check it out on a map sometime. My idea is to dig a trench/pipe from the ocean to death valley (the wacky part of this idea) and beginning filling it up. Eventually, we would have death valley lake and a new rush for lake front property.
Here's a crazy idea - let's burn less gasoline! Give me a nobel prize!
There is no Nobel prize for stupidity. Otherwise, you're a shoe-in!
The call of "just use less" rings empty in the ears of the people who have no choice but to drive to work, insist on heating their home, or, God forbid, actually like cold air from their AC.
I have a better idea. How about we improve our technology that so that what we do consume, is consumed more efficiently? Don't design my car to get optimal MPG at 55...target 65, because that is highway speed.
Trains use less fuel than trucks, but there is not nearly the capacity to handle the increased load at this time. So, make the trucks more efficient until we get more rails installed.
Yowza! Bring it on! That 15-disk array just got much larger. Roughly, at the rate of growth of data at my company, we wouldn't run out of space for nearly 10 years. I think I can handle that.
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Of course, he could probably unite the country, balance the budget, and cure cancer and you'd just find something else to complain about him.
I am simply following the example of the Democratic party in their treatment of Bush. What is good for the goose, is good for the gander.
Having said that, Obama is young, charismatic, and is promoting the change that 48% of Americans did not want.
There, fixed it for ya. America is a more divided country now than I can remember in my life time. Obama failed to unite the people and proven just how partisan he is.
Change We Need? Looked to me any other corrupt politician.
...I should think you would be determining the end result of the program. If I read the question correctly, that is. You want to pay someone to write a program or programs. Then, you want to release them to the world as open source. The contractor would not own the code if as part of the RFC you stated the code would not be owned by them in any manner. The programmers may insist proper attribution in the source code, but attribution does not imply ownership.
Okay, I understand the need for new and fresh content to keep the customers coming back, but an article about a dating site that uses town names from across America?
I am not quite which is more sad. That this article got approved for the main page, or that I am taking the time to point out how sad it is?
I, for one, welcome our massively-coordinated and well-funded guerilla marketing machine overlords.
Rev. Martin Luther King's "I have a dream".
Martin wanted us all to get along. Obama used racial tension to divide and install anger, mobilizing the blacks to vote for him because he was black and promised to give them free money. He consistently played the race card while McCain avoided the topic. Obama used past generations of racism to his advantage.
And at his acceptance speech, he began to back-peddle on all of his promises. 52% of the nation was played for fools.
King would be appalled at Obama's actions. Obama has create a division that could tear this country apart.
Is this how slow of a news day we are to expect? Watching plants grow...in HD?
Do we need to hide crypto anymore?
Yes. There are many places in this world where freedom of information is oppressed. Having a method of communicating in the clear without raising any red flags is a Good Thing(tm).
For example, let's say you are an evil political dissident in China, trying to spread ideas of democracy and capitalism. If you send an encrypted message to your corrupt imperialist American ally, that seems suspicious. If you have nothing to hide, then why are you hiding it?
But, if you can send your friend a message about how you are growing corn in relatively poor conditions and how great the local government has been in supporting the effort...with a stego message hidden inside, then that is probably going to slip right through.
The best way to not get caught is to look like there is nothing to catch.
Don't attach a name to it. Just submit the donation anonymously.
"Servers that sit in idle state for long periods of time are the top candidates for powering down between uses."
Then virtualize it or combine its function with another server. I see this part of the article as a bad example. It starts by saying that virtualization has helped, and then uses an example that virtualization would solve, NOT power-cycling.
Maybe its just me, but when I think of a server, I think of something important that is running, that needs to be accessible on something other than a glorified desktop. If it is important, then it cannot be turned off.
And now back to our regularly scheduled program "Diverting Funding from New Space Telescope Technology"
I am your host, Marlin Perkins, and this week, we are sending Jim into space to repair the HST instead of focusing our funding on newer telescope technology.
I understand that the James Webb telescope thingy is not a visible light 'scope. But, do you wonder what kind of HST replacement we could have had already if we had not spent so much time and money on repairs?
And those that do not know should hand in their geek card and stop reading slashdot.
Thank God I'm not the only one around here...
I appreciate the kind axe of the pedants. Were it knot for them, we woodn't realize hour typing errors. Thank ewe!
Pedants unite!
Troll?
Troll?!
Humor is lost on some people.
Why is Cobol still alive and in demand? What's so good about it? Why can't we just port everything over to a newer language and be done with it?
Doesn't it cost more to keep paying these rare programmers than to just update/convert/replace the systems?
Because it is cheaper to patch code written in 1970, than re-write it and go through the QA process to insure the end product does the same thing.
That is why.
If you don't use computers, how did you post on /.?
Maybe he was dictating his response to someone who does have aaaaaaaaa...
Imagine Putin tea-bagging Gates.
This is just an extension of the MS mind set. No, not the chair-throwing, but making sure that at least THEIR technology is being used, and not some open standard. Microsoft would rather folks run pirated copies of XP than install Linux. Just extend this to AD on SAMBA. Microsoft can still lay claims to number of AD nodes and such.
You don't just make up a number and add it onto your balance sheet.
And THAT is why I failed my economics class. My teacher never did appreciate my 'creativity'. I would simply explain that I wanted to be a CEO someday.
Economics does not use Balance Sheets, that would be your Accounting course. Perhaps that is why you failed?
No, I seem to remember having to do something that looked like a balance sheet in my micro-economics class. I remember in accounting doing a different type of balancing. Those numbers always came out correct, though.
'Misc' is your friend!
So Norton finally got their act together with the 2009 version? Good for them. But, they have a long road to travel to fix the perception that their product is bloated. Such a history is difficult to change overnight.
Wow, solid, well supported argument right there.
Indeed, it is. Norton really is a load of crap. It is a resource hog of cpu, memory and hard drive. I believe the only reason it is found on anyone's PC is because Norton pays PC companies to install it by default. Because, frankly, you would have to literally know nothing about AV to choose Norton. As in, you did no research and picked the shiniest box off the shelf. At which point, I have lost sympathy for the user.
My company relies on SOPHOS. In 12 years of working with SOPHOS, never has a virus had a chance to spread...despite the users best efforts.
You don't just make up a number and add it onto your balance sheet.
And THAT is why I failed my economics class. My teacher never did appreciate my 'creativity'. I would simply explain that I wanted to be a CEO someday.
Here is a geoengineering idea meant to address the concern of ocean levels. In the USA, we have death valley. Death Valley is huge. Check it out on a map sometime. My idea is to dig a trench/pipe from the ocean to death valley (the wacky part of this idea) and beginning filling it up. Eventually, we would have death valley lake and a new rush for lake front property.
It is wacky, it is silly...its mad science!
Here's a crazy idea - let's burn less gasoline! Give me a nobel prize!
There is no Nobel prize for stupidity. Otherwise, you're a shoe-in!
The call of "just use less" rings empty in the ears of the people who have no choice but to drive to work, insist on heating their home, or, God forbid, actually like cold air from their AC.
I have a better idea. How about we improve our technology that so that what we do consume, is consumed more efficiently? Don't design my car to get optimal MPG at 55...target 65, because that is highway speed.
Trains use less fuel than trucks, but there is not nearly the capacity to handle the increased load at this time. So, make the trucks more efficient until we get more rails installed.
Consume Efficiently!
Yowza! Bring it on! That 15-disk array just got much larger. Roughly, at the rate of growth of data at my company, we wouldn't run out of space for nearly 10 years. I think I can handle that.
I find it funny that Microsoft feel they have to educate people about piracy. I'm already well aware of the many benefits thank you, Microsoft.
Maybe this Microsoft's way of fighting global warming? By educating more pirates, we insure a healthy planet for our children's children.