I decided to pick one at random, and chose How "they" try to corrupt "us".
It's his discussion on an attempt by Microsoft to pressure his department into
using their products by offering fame and fortune (uhh... I mean graduate
fellowships). He was truly a wise man!
It's quite simple, really. I'm supposed to PAY for the privilege of seeing the stories early, so that I can write email to the editors telling there is a duped story, and have it IGNORED?
Seriously, dupes are the only big complaint I have about slashdot. And seriously, it's not that hard to figure something out to prevent them. Regardless, it's even easier to read the email sent to the editors warning them.
The FloppyFW distribution is the one I use, personally. I found it to be quicker to get up and running than the LRP. Also, it is very flexible with the ability to add packages, etc. I have SSH running on my FloppyFW to give a poor-man's tunneling into my network from outside...
I work as an information security consultant, and I often hear folks telling me that PKI is dead, and
that I should remove PKI from my consultancy and teaching because it is a dinosaur technology.
Since you are an architect of SSL 3.0, I would like to hear your take on whether or not PKI
is dead--and/or if SSL is the only reason PKI is still alive.
Dave,
I'd like to know how many times you drafted a column involving something related to Linux or the Open Source movement only to have it shot down by an editor thinking that it was not mainstream enough. (By the way, he/she would be absolutely correct IMHO!)
I was so glad to see your new blog. I often wondered how the internet would be best put to use.
--Peter
I've actually done this on one contract I'm working on. I've given the customer access to the source code, but we have a contract in place that basically says that they may modify or resell it, but I receive profits based upon sales of the product or its derivatives.
While this is hard to protect technically, it is easy to protect legally. If I find that they are selling the software and not cutting me in, I can take serious legal action.
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If you're using Microsoft Internet Explorer and you don't have the Google toolbar, get it immediately!
Once you do have it, click the Google toolbar and select the options page. Click the link for experimental features. You will see the following quite useful feature:
The onUnload JavaScript event is most often used to open pop-up windows as you leave a page, which can be an annoyance. The following feature will clear the onUnload event after loading each page.
I've found it is rather effective. It doesn't block all popups, only the ones that try to appear as you exit a web page.
It makes perfect sense to reinvent the wheel again. It is totally obvious that we need another completely new operating system. The other ones certainly are not suffering due to lack of time, money, resources, or talent. Let's put another small group of talented people together to work on another splinter of the open source world. Let's not team more people up to work together to build something which has a chance at gaining/taking market share from a proprietary solution. Hazzah! A completely new effort is a brilliant solution!
I got onto Google, typed "Cindy McCaffrey", and pressed the I'm Feeling Lucky button. It didn't work out nearly as well as I had hoped. No phone number. No candid pics. Not even an e-mail address. I'm disappointed in Google.
Perhaps you misread, it's not the I Want To Get Lucky button...
So sure, you can like the other folks have already mentioned, use pricewatch, pricegrabber, even mysimon to find good prices on QUALITY components. But don't buy cheapie stuff--the best part of building your own system is that you can use quality parts and get it done for the same price as a system manufacturer might with cheap stuff!
But then you go to a store with a good reputation, such as Dell, NewEgg, Buy.com, etc. to buy all the stuff at a higher price. The best part is when you whip out the Amex Gold card to pay for it. Then you call American Express up and tell them that you found all these items for cheaper at other websites (referencing your searches above). They kindly cut you a check for the difference.
This way, you get the best price and the best service. Ahh how wonderful.
Details on doing Amex pricematching are here which is a link on www.xpbargains.com. XPBargains is a very cool site by the way.
AMC Theaters all over the country started selling tickets to AOTC today, with no fanfare by Lucas. I just called the phone charge for my local theater (AMC Hoffman Center, Alexandria VA, 703-998-4262) and ordered up 8 tickets for the 12:01am showing.
Well obviously you didn't read the angry flower's guide, did you. You recall incorrectly. Words and abbreviations in all caps may get an apostrophe if it is needed, such as "The VCR's acting up again" but not as in "Best Buy has a great deal on VCR's". Idiots like you are why there is an over-apostrophication of the English language.
Of course the book is better written...
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...because it doesn't have improper use of apostrophes, such as "the meager amount of information on the web is T1's and synchronous circuits/leased lines".
Before posting again, please read Bob's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, You Idiots.
FloppyFW is a linux distribution on a floppy that acts as a packet filtering firewall. I have floppyfw machines set up both at home and at work--one's a 486-50, the other's a Pentium 60--that protect my machines. It's great for those of us that have old computers with floppy disk drives sitting in the basement, and have to protect a computer or two running Winblows.
http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw
Just FYI, the latest software update for the DirecTv-enabled Tivo (lovingly referred to as DirecTivo) allows the use of two tuners, to record two shows simultaneously or to record one while watching another. This is no longer an advantage of UltimateTV.
USB 2.0 should be able to handle 100mbps no problem. If they're smart and put USB 2.0 ports on there then it should be OK. If not, well, my only guess is that they had no intention of allowing video transfer via the network--probably only guide data retrieval and perhaps network video games and/or music.
Keep your eyes on www.geminisecurity.com for a few weeks. I've got a Windoze based LDAP viewer/editor that I think is pretty darn good under development. The viewer will be free, the editor will be pay. If this had only been posted a little while later!!
Just a rough count, there were like 13 different apps/projects/foundations in the/. post. And those are just the ones that were directly called out! This makeshift group of many small projects and organizations betrays the disorganization that is omnipresent in open source and free software development efforts. I have paid for free software, registered my shareware, made micropayments to developers, and submitted changes and bugfixes to open source software. The thing that strikes me is that we don't need a better way to pay all these organizations; we need a better way to organize!
IMHO if there were a strategy developed by a few people or even a few groups that looked at a global view--these are the software needs of our society, and we will develop A, B, and C because there are no (free / alternate) products currently available to meet these needs--it would show that at least there is some looking ahead. Instead we have a bunch of different organizations, pushing many different flavors of the same operating system, two entirely different windowing / gui systems, two different wordprocessor / spreadsheet / presentation solutions, and countless other efforts, some with narrow focus and others that seem to repeat what's already been tried because for some reason the new developer thinks they have a better idea / approach / design / open source licensing model.
It seems to me that we are hunting elephants with buckshot. One concentrated rifle shot between the eyes will take down the big guys, but buckshot will only make them angry!
Until such a group is formed to help organize and focus the efforts of open source / free software development, we will still have a bunch of small disorganized companies wanting money, a bunch of very talented people programming in their spare time better code than what Microsofties get paid quite well for, and a few behemoth companies setting the direction of the computing world as a whole, and making a ton of money to boot.
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I decided to pick one at random, and chose How "they" try to corrupt "us".
It's his discussion on an attempt by Microsoft to pressure his department into
using their products by offering fame and fortune (uhh... I mean graduate
fellowships). He was truly a wise man!
It's quite simple, really. I'm supposed to PAY for the privilege of seeing the stories early, so that I can write email to the editors telling there is a duped story, and have it IGNORED ?
Seriously, dupes are the only big complaint I have about slashdot. And seriously, it's not that hard to figure something out to prevent them. Regardless, it's even easier to read the email sent to the editors warning them.
The FloppyFW distribution is the one I use, personally. I found it to be quicker to get up and running than the LRP. Also, it is very flexible with the ability to add packages, etc. I have SSH running on my FloppyFW to give a poor-man's tunneling into my network from outside...
Please refer to Bob's quick guide to the apostrophe, you idiots before posting. Thanks.
We're hiring...
I work as an information security consultant, and I often hear folks telling me that PKI is dead, and
that I should remove PKI from my consultancy and teaching because it is a dinosaur technology.
Since you are an architect of SSL 3.0, I would like to hear your take on whether or not PKI
is dead--and/or if SSL is the only reason PKI is still alive.
Dave, I'd like to know how many times you drafted a column involving something related to Linux or the Open Source movement only to have it shot down by an editor thinking that it was not mainstream enough. (By the way, he/she would be absolutely correct IMHO!) I was so glad to see your new blog. I often wondered how the internet would be best put to use. --Peter
Until various Linux developers, companies, service providers, and hardware makers stop pissing on each other, Windows will rule the market.
Once some focus is obtained, concentrating all these great resources to work together (rather than against each other) Linux will have a chance.
WTF!?! Was the existing .XLS, .DOC, .PPT format the basis of the first anti-trust suit? NO! You Microsoft-bashers just can't get it straight, can you?
This moment of frustration brought to you by the holiday season.
I've actually done this on one contract I'm working on. I've given the customer access to the source code, but we have a contract in place that basically says that they may modify or resell it, but I receive profits based upon sales of the product or its derivatives.
While this is hard to protect technically, it is easy to protect legally. If I find that they are selling the software and not cutting me in, I can take serious legal action.
alas i forgot
to use HTML tags
my haiku ruined
I'll use some haiku against the RIAA and DMCA...
If you're using Microsoft Internet Explorer and you don't have the Google toolbar, get it immediately!
Once you do have it, click the Google toolbar and select the options page. Click the link for experimental features. You will see the following quite useful feature:
The onUnload JavaScript event is most often used to open pop-up windows as you leave a page, which can be an annoyance. The following feature will clear the onUnload event after loading each page.
I've found it is rather effective. It doesn't block all popups, only the ones that try to appear as you exit a web page.
It makes perfect sense to reinvent the wheel again. It is totally obvious that we need another completely new operating system. The other ones certainly are not suffering due to lack of time, money, resources, or talent. Let's put another small group of talented people together to work on another splinter of the open source world. Let's not team more people up to work together to build something which has a chance at gaining/taking market share from a proprietary solution. Hazzah! A completely new effort is a brilliant solution!
I got onto Google, typed "Cindy McCaffrey", and pressed the I'm Feeling Lucky button. It didn't work out nearly as well as I had hoped. No phone number. No candid pics. Not even an e-mail address. I'm disappointed in Google.
Perhaps you misread, it's not the I Want To Get Lucky button...
So sure, you can like the other folks have already mentioned, use pricewatch, pricegrabber, even mysimon to find good prices on QUALITY components. But don't buy cheapie stuff--the best part of building your own system is that you can use quality parts and get it done for the same price as a system manufacturer might with cheap stuff!
But then you go to a store with a good reputation, such as Dell, NewEgg, Buy.com, etc. to buy all the stuff at a higher price. The best part is when you whip out the Amex Gold card to pay for it. Then you call American Express up and tell them that you found all these items for cheaper at other websites (referencing your searches above). They kindly cut you a check for the difference.
This way, you get the best price and the best service. Ahh how wonderful.
Details on doing Amex pricematching are here which is a link on www.xpbargains.com. XPBargains is a very cool site by the way.
AMC Theaters all over the country started selling tickets to AOTC today, with no fanfare by Lucas. I just called the phone charge for my local theater (AMC Hoffman Center, Alexandria VA, 703-998-4262) and ordered up 8 tickets for the 12:01am showing.
As you can read here, there is already a sequel in the works...
Well obviously you didn't read the angry flower's guide, did you. You recall incorrectly. Words and abbreviations in all caps may get an apostrophe if it is needed, such as "The VCR's acting up again" but not as in "Best Buy has a great deal on VCR's". Idiots like you are why there is an over-apostrophication of the English language.
...because it doesn't have improper use of apostrophes, such as "the meager amount of information on the web is T1's and synchronous circuits/leased lines". Before posting again, please read Bob's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, You Idiots.
FloppyFW is a linux distribution on a floppy that acts as a packet filtering firewall. I have floppyfw machines set up both at home and at work--one's a 486-50, the other's a Pentium 60--that protect my machines. It's great for those of us that have old computers with floppy disk drives sitting in the basement, and have to protect a computer or two running Winblows. http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw
Just FYI, the latest software update for the DirecTv-enabled Tivo (lovingly referred to as DirecTivo) allows the use of two tuners, to record two shows simultaneously or to record one while watching another. This is no longer an advantage of UltimateTV.
USB 2.0 should be able to handle 100mbps no problem. If they're smart and put USB 2.0 ports on there then it should be OK. If not, well, my only guess is that they had no intention of allowing video transfer via the network--probably only guide data retrieval and perhaps network video games and/or music.
Keep your eyes on www.geminisecurity.com for a few weeks. I've got a Windoze based LDAP viewer/editor that I think is pretty darn good under development. The viewer will be free, the editor will be pay. If this had only been posted a little while later!!
Just a rough count, there were like 13 different apps/projects/foundations in the /. post. And those are just the ones that were directly called out! This makeshift group of many small projects and organizations betrays the disorganization that is omnipresent in open source and free software development efforts. I have paid for free software, registered my shareware, made micropayments to developers, and submitted changes and bugfixes to open source software. The thing that strikes me is that we don't need a better way to pay all these organizations; we need a better way to organize!
IMHO if there were a strategy developed by a few people or even a few groups that looked at a global view--these are the software needs of our society, and we will develop A, B, and C because there are no (free / alternate) products currently available to meet these needs--it would show that at least there is some looking ahead. Instead we have a bunch of different organizations, pushing many different flavors of the same operating system, two entirely different windowing / gui systems, two different wordprocessor / spreadsheet / presentation solutions, and countless other efforts, some with narrow focus and others that seem to repeat what's already been tried because for some reason the new developer thinks they have a better idea / approach / design / open source licensing model.
It seems to me that we are hunting elephants with buckshot. One concentrated rifle shot between the eyes will take down the big guys, but buckshot will only make them angry!
Until such a group is formed to help organize and focus the efforts of open source / free software development, we will still have a bunch of small disorganized companies wanting money, a bunch of very talented people programming in their spare time better code than what Microsofties get paid quite well for, and a few behemoth companies setting the direction of the computing world as a whole, and making a ton of money to boot.