On an OT note, I think business ethics is something that's going to be seeing new light in the close years to come. It's gotten enough attention through scandals like Enron, microsoft's issues, and other unethical behavior. I think in the 90's people started to lose their grip on humanity when doing business, and the shareholders didn't care as much what the company was doing as long as they were making money. Now people are seeing a light where they realize that the two go hand in hand. I think all these big housing corporations going under is all the same boat. I did business with WCI communities for about a year, and they were _awful_ in every regard of business sense. Bad to the customers, the people doing their work, and their own people. I'm glad it's catching up.
Sorry, to clarify, I guess his basic premise is once legislation is in place to hold corporations accountable, insurance companies will find a way to effectively cover those losses, as they have with other sections of industry. This might lead to code auditing, or something of the sort to "guarantee" software as opposed to just hoping it works as planned when you put it out there.
I'm with you. I ran 2 gentoo servers that I took down just before I moved to colorado. another firewall is still running at work, and my laptop is fine and dandy running gentoo. The servers did get a little overwhelming, and I guess that's dependant upon the number of services you run too, but even apache at times.. gawd.. I remember when they split the main apache config to several files.. try diffing that! The laptop is great, I can get all the cutting-edge wireless tools working no problem.
I think you skipped around the argument there. You need to realize that although most of the ipods are used on MS systems, the ipod did show people how mac specializes in some intuitive design on the interface.
Sure, it's messed up, but do you realize that in many, many countries, having interaction with the law is much worse than the US? We may still have fundamental rights violations here by officers, but south american / mexican / other countries have much worse things to fear from authorities. My point is, it's been wrong for a long time:)
To be more honest on how this works, I've donated to quite a few open source free software projects, mostly distros. I don't expect a return, and I'm not pushy towards developers. However, all too often, I join an IRC channel to troubleshoot a problem with a project I have donated to, and I get flamed out for being very straightforward about the info I give and receive. I'm not kidding, I can specifically site a major distro channel which I won't, because I don't start bad blood, but I was trying to help someone else fix a distro problem, and I was yelled at by both a op in the channel and a voiced user, only because I restated to the voiced user that I gave him specifically the information he requested, and the fact that I hadn't given him more info was solely because he didn't ask for more. Apparently, I was wrong in the end? And threatened to be kicked. No biggie, let him have his cake, but I've noticed this more than once when people ask for help. However, I Still donate, because I still use the software.
Either tech for ID theft is on the decline, or hackers have seeded data to the secret service to make them look the other way! I cry Conspiracy! heh, but seriously, isn't this sort of flip-flop normal?
It would always make sense to take care of it the easier way. And if computer security goes beyond the point of paper security, it's time to make the switch! It'll go back though, if the mail / dumpster maintainers start to see their faults.
I wish I didn't post higher up in this thread, I would have modded you. I felt the exact same way with this article, and in greenpeace's reply, they even did say they did further tests into some elements than gizmodo had mentioned. I kind of felt bad the way that gizmodo displayed such arrogance.
Not so true.. As big as Apple has grown, it's kind of interesting how true to their own goals they've kind of stayed. I think they hold much more integrity than most pc / electronic manufacturers. After all, one of the company founders is still the CEO.
Screw that, I'd want one hanging on my wall! Although I'd hate to see what it sets you back for a dynamic poster:) So far, the regular e-ink paper hasn't been too bad.
3 Computers? 4 Remotes? I live in a room in my parents house and I easily meet this limitation in a 12x15' room. And no, I don't even have a TV in there. Gawd, I'm never getting married!
Yeah, I must admit as well, I don't know what that was about:) ME was absolutely awful, and any computer I've ever serviced running it has mostly just called for XP.
I run linux on a server, a desktop, and a personal laptop, and I really hate to admit it, but XP has grown to be a nice OS of sorts. I'd almost rather see them further development on XP instead of ditching the nice foundation they have.
I think linux kind of thrives in that although their are major releases, people have constant input into the minor changes that get made to make a major release, as well as govern the major changes all throughout its development. This ensures that the OS helps to fulfill the interests of the users, not just the company producing it. Since there's not as much monetary pressure as a publicly owned company has, Linux can live its destined life. If it doesn't fulfill the needs of the users at any point, it would become abandoned.
At least the linux community has the chance for slow path traversal, versus just releasing one product to the public and having it be done with.
Well, it's like the dealer has in their contract that if you give the car away for free right after you buy it, they would reimburse your money in full. So you did this continually for all of your friends, and then the salesperson came to your house and beat you to a pulp with a hammer so you couldn't do it anymore.:)
Personally, I'm kind of tired of seeing those ads everywhere I go:)
Maybe it'll cut down some load time for the remaining ones as they save some bandwidth as well.
I know that if you modify a card post purchase, a car manufacturer is obligated to still hold warranty on it, unless they can _prove_ that the modifications caused it. This would be easy in some engine cases, but harder with, say, upholstery issues at times. This should hold true in most circumstances, no?
Well, neither I nor you know what copyrighted code might be there, but why copyright and selectively close-source an aspect of the system with no gain over its original funcionality?
For those who don't know, myelin is a coating that coats the axon of a nerve, promoting signal propogation to the dendrites of the next nerve. Lack of this coating is also known to lead to things such as high impulsivity (This myelin coating does not entire form until at least mid-twenties, and is at least partly responsible for the way we act as kids / teenagers).
Ah, sure! but as soon as OpenBSD starts porting the broadcom driver in CVS, the linux guys all scream foul play! I see how the ball rolls!
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On an OT note, I think business ethics is something that's going to be seeing new light in the close years to come. It's gotten enough attention through scandals like Enron, microsoft's issues, and other unethical behavior. I think in the 90's people started to lose their grip on humanity when doing business, and the shareholders didn't care as much what the company was doing as long as they were making money. Now people are seeing a light where they realize that the two go hand in hand. I think all these big housing corporations going under is all the same boat. I did business with WCI communities for about a year, and they were _awful_ in every regard of business sense. Bad to the customers, the people doing their work, and their own people. I'm glad it's catching up.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0FE4E411-8C88-48C2-8903-3FD9CBB10D05 - wtf? and I thought I had trouble managing URLs at times. Those guys have gotta be sharp. :P
Sorry, to clarify, I guess his basic premise is once legislation is in place to hold corporations accountable, insurance companies will find a way to effectively cover those losses, as they have with other sections of industry. This might lead to code auditing, or something of the sort to "guarantee" software as opposed to just hoping it works as planned when you put it out there.
This sounds like the same thing bruce schneier came up with in secrets & lies, but possibly to a further degree?
*clap clap*
I'm with you. I ran 2 gentoo servers that I took down just before I moved to colorado. another firewall is still running at work, and my laptop is fine and dandy running gentoo. The servers did get a little overwhelming, and I guess that's dependant upon the number of services you run too, but even apache at times.. gawd.. I remember when they split the main apache config to several files.. try diffing that! The laptop is great, I can get all the cutting-edge wireless tools working no problem.
I think you skipped around the argument there. You need to realize that although most of the ipods are used on MS systems, the ipod did show people how mac specializes in some intuitive design on the interface.
Sure, it's messed up, but do you realize that in many, many countries, having interaction with the law is much worse than the US? We may still have fundamental rights violations here by officers, but south american / mexican / other countries have much worse things to fear from authorities. My point is, it's been wrong for a long time :)
To be more honest on how this works, I've donated to quite a few open source free software projects, mostly distros. I don't expect a return, and I'm not pushy towards developers. However, all too often, I join an IRC channel to troubleshoot a problem with a project I have donated to, and I get flamed out for being very straightforward about the info I give and receive. I'm not kidding, I can specifically site a major distro channel which I won't, because I don't start bad blood, but I was trying to help someone else fix a distro problem, and I was yelled at by both a op in the channel and a voiced user, only because I restated to the voiced user that I gave him specifically the information he requested, and the fact that I hadn't given him more info was solely because he didn't ask for more. Apparently, I was wrong in the end? And threatened to be kicked. No biggie, let him have his cake, but I've noticed this more than once when people ask for help. However, I Still donate, because I still use the software.
Either tech for ID theft is on the decline, or hackers have seeded data to the secret service to make them look the other way! I cry Conspiracy! heh, but seriously, isn't this sort of flip-flop normal? It would always make sense to take care of it the easier way. And if computer security goes beyond the point of paper security, it's time to make the switch! It'll go back though, if the mail / dumpster maintainers start to see their faults.
Is that why your website is down? :)
I wish I didn't post higher up in this thread, I would have modded you. I felt the exact same way with this article, and in greenpeace's reply, they even did say they did further tests into some elements than gizmodo had mentioned. I kind of felt bad the way that gizmodo displayed such arrogance.
Not so true.. As big as Apple has grown, it's kind of interesting how true to their own goals they've kind of stayed. I think they hold much more integrity than most pc / electronic manufacturers. After all, one of the company founders is still the CEO.
Screw that, I'd want one hanging on my wall! Although I'd hate to see what it sets you back for a dynamic poster :) So far, the regular e-ink paper hasn't been too bad.
I believe the hackers and fish can coexist peacefully.
3 Computers? 4 Remotes? I live in a room in my parents house and I easily meet this limitation in a 12x15' room. And no, I don't even have a TV in there. Gawd, I'm never getting married!
Yeah, I must admit as well, I don't know what that was about :) ME was absolutely awful, and any computer I've ever serviced running it has mostly just called for XP.
I run linux on a server, a desktop, and a personal laptop, and I really hate to admit it, but XP has grown to be a nice OS of sorts. I'd almost rather see them further development on XP instead of ditching the nice foundation they have.
I think linux kind of thrives in that although their are major releases, people have constant input into the minor changes that get made to make a major release, as well as govern the major changes all throughout its development. This ensures that the OS helps to fulfill the interests of the users, not just the company producing it. Since there's not as much monetary pressure as a publicly owned company has, Linux can live its destined life. If it doesn't fulfill the needs of the users at any point, it would become abandoned.
At least the linux community has the chance for slow path traversal, versus just releasing one product to the public and having it be done with.
Well, it's like the dealer has in their contract that if you give the car away for free right after you buy it, they would reimburse your money in full. So you did this continually for all of your friends, and then the salesperson came to your house and beat you to a pulp with a hammer so you couldn't do it anymore. :)
Personally, I'm kind of tired of seeing those ads everywhere I go :)
Maybe it'll cut down some load time for the remaining ones as they save some bandwidth as well.
I know that if you modify a card post purchase, a car manufacturer is obligated to still hold warranty on it, unless they can _prove_ that the modifications caused it. This would be easy in some engine cases, but harder with, say, upholstery issues at times. This should hold true in most circumstances, no?
Well, neither I nor you know what copyrighted code might be there, but why copyright and selectively close-source an aspect of the system with no gain over its original funcionality?
For those who don't know, myelin is a coating that coats the axon of a nerve, promoting signal propogation to the dendrites of the next nerve. Lack of this coating is also known to lead to things such as high impulsivity (This myelin coating does not entire form until at least mid-twenties, and is at least partly responsible for the way we act as kids / teenagers).
Ah, sure! but as soon as OpenBSD starts porting the broadcom driver in CVS, the linux guys all scream foul play! I see how the ball rolls! *holds up flak shield* -- Free sarcasm, no purchase necessary.
Wow, the kernel's been mainlining drivers without my knowledge? This is serious...