Does this mean that all of Yahoo! will be blocked by the various
censorware companies?
Heck! They may block themselves...
And one wonders if some arbitrary link from Yahooligans could ever cross the line...And wasn't Yahooligans a censroware service itself at one point? Now that's talking out of both sides of your face!
Mundie said the public will fully accept the HailStorm concept and Microsoft as a trusted repository within five to 10 years. "They'll trade off aspects of personal information in order to get a benefit," he said.
I bet he waved his hand, with index, middle finger and thumb extended when he said that stuff...The reporter replied "I will trade off personal information to get a benefit" and proceeded to hand Mundie his credit card, social security card, etc.
Are Linux, BSD, Mac, Be (all OS's non-M$) users impervious to such M$ mind-tricks?
are probably not the early adopters of OS X. I did Hypercard back in the mid-90's...after Apple started to ignore it's development and got tired of waiting for updates after about a year+.
On the other hand...I do know a group at a University that uses it extensively (still, I believe) for computer-based testing. They would probably just run it in the 'Classis' environment...or go to something more updated...ya know, that natively supports color and all!
True...hadn't thought of the social engineering angle.
Just one question...
It burns me to see people who ought to be tech-savvy still perpetuating the myth that the Internet is overrun with pedophiles and child
abusers, when the reality is that it's overrun by petty, vindictive, malicious, lying adults.
Are pedophiles and child abusers not malicious, lying adults in most cases?
Although...I do believe generally, people are good, I also do believe very seriously in keeping your guard up.
You can't rely on corporations, elementary schools, government, churches...Nay, not even censorware to keep your kids safe.
The story of the kid and the screen identity is kind of heart-wrenching...at least how its told. Did he say what the nick was on the IM? I mean...it could have been the kid down the street and her son going to light off some firecrackers. <siderant>We just live for media like this and look for the worst in it. There must me a perv on the other end cuz the media tells us (or suggests) so...right?</siderant> But I do understand the anguish of the mother. I've had my daughter wander off inside a store and send my wife frantically chasing and calling after her, meanwhile thinking what might have happened. Amazing what your mind can do in 5 minutes!
There's just no guaranatees...which means you can't rely on AOL's censorship team to keep your kids safe. People get mad if a politician, teacher, etc. tells them it's their primary responsibility (as parents) to teach, monitor and help their children, but that's just the way it goes folks. And ya know what...There's still no guarantees!
And yes...since It's our responsibility, I would just as well have these groups out of the picture, only invading privacy further.
I would use it full
time if there were a few more apps available for it, but the OS itself does everything I need it to do
Interesting...that same thing said by a Windows User about Linux would be highlighted as weak, stupid, troll'ish behavior...and you would be flogged by 70 percent or better of the/. populus. Either that or flooded with links and questions about what apps you need.
But since you use Debian...we'll leave you alone;-)
And there are how many apps in development for Mac OS X currently, and how many already working?
BTW, my current main OS is Mac OS 9.0.4 w/a dual-boot to LinuxPPC.
Whether or not you want it. That's what kept from signing on the line. Others like that stability and will take the trade-off. As far as techie-life in the military...don't know.
If you like stability, the military could be good. Structure, three meals a day, and your company won't go down when tech-stocks dip.
I work for a defense contractor (And traced my path to here on this chart). Having been in the military is something they consider here as a bonus. I imagine there are other employers that also look favorably on that. Look at the committment versus the pay-off and do some homework as to how likely it is that you'll get to work where you want to. When I looked into it, that was something I considered and asked around about (and one of the things that kept me from signing on in the end). Course...that was the air force and I wasn't a techie.
First, you can check this post out for the experience I had with the Covad/Qwest run around I shopped around and compared price/features on DSL:
SpeakEasy offered me all-in-one billing
Charged me the same price for the modem no matter what sort of box it was (try getting that free internal modem for Linux/Mac from Qwest...ain't happening)
Oh yeah...rebated the install/modem through Covad
Offered me three free months
Offered support on just about any platform that could handle 10BaseT network adapter
Didn't put me behind a firewall
Allow me to run a server if I wanted
For the same price as it would cost me with Qwest's DSL + ISP. I am getting bang for my buck. Now...
For Covad & Speakeasy to set me up, Qwest had to plug in my phone loop to Covad's DSLAM. The request went in twice...Qwest twice said "Sure, it's done"...and hadn't done it. The tech. told me this was typical procedure (and Qwest wasn't paying the gas on his van nor his salary). I considered dropping my order...but whose fault would the delays have been?
I agree that competition is inefficient when such an unfair advantage is leveraged in this maner.
Mandrake 2010 or the like? Seems there's some real aversion of software reaching version 10 (and admitting it)...Mandrake's getting close, they're going to have to come up with something else.
Even Apple made it X...ten,but not Mac OS 10. Anyway...just thinking outloud with my finers. I'll be curious to see what Apple does on revs...
X.04 ?
X.1 ?
X.5 ?
Unless someone else is paying them for the hassle they went through to get my DSL installed. It goes a little something like this...The company's name that has been a royal pain (the one who provides service throughout the midwest-rockies) has been replace here with 'Telco'.
Request loop from Telco to Covad DSLAM
Upon confirmation of loop from Telco, make appointment w/ customer
Go to customer's house to find out Telco did (most likely) not put in the loop. Open trouble ticket
Receive confirmation of fixed trouble ticket (i.e.-loop should be installed and set up new appointment)
Go to customer's house and go through the same routine as before (most likely). Set up a co-lo to make sure Telco installs the loop.
Go to co-lo and make sure Telco installs loop
Go to customer's house (if customer has been patient enough) to install DSL
My wife was ready to bag it. I picked the technicians brain about this process and how the Telco was behaving while he was there. If every install goes like this...it can get costly. The technicians don't get a commission for each line they *successfully* install. Customers drop off after that sort of hassle.
Now...after that, I hear they might be closing CO's! Anyone know what area/CO's they might be doing in? Think I'm gonna contact SpeakEasy to see what's up. They are the ISP contracting out Covad. Anyway...thought that might explain how it's hard to provide DSL when you're not the actual Telco (sanctioned monopoly).
Cheers
Galego
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Well...I would be the lowest troll on this totem post if I took a random stab at you, right?
Well...for me, the broadband opportunity led me to Speakeasy/Covad. I wanted to avoid Qwest (not entirely possible), and that allowed me to do that...but Mom's and Pop's can't seem to keep up in broadband services. Any one have evidence otherwise? (I think that would be a good sign!) Thing is, I've been happy with service from Speakeasy (Even got 3 months free through a special w/thinkgeek...which apparently isn't there any longer). They're a big corporation that's geek-friendly so far. Their bottom plan gives me my own IP on all the time...at least until they get their wide area DHCP up and running:]
Some mom and pop places are eating up their cousins and other siblings to stay alive and grow...I used to work for Fibernet. Check out the top bullet on the news at their front page. They just acquired someone else's user base. The ma's and pa's have to get big enough that they are hard enough to move off the block...That makes them less ma and pa'ish and also eliminates aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.
Or at least that's what it looks like to me.
Another reason I'm glad for my Mac/LinuxPPC
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Support on these FreeISP's was/is very slow to get to Macs. And now I'm especially broken up about it too. And of course...freeISP for Linux? So...I'm happy the only two things I allow to boot in my home won't get the data sucked out of them. Just my linux boot I gotta worry about getting hacked. But that's a moving target still...
I'd rather pay $40-$50 for DSL anyway. You get what you pay for...or they get your info. if you don't pay for it.
My concern now though is for my relatives who use Juno. I'm going to point this out to them give them by HO on the matter. Thanks for the pointer. Guess it's time to start reading these agreements again more carefully. Did it in the past, started clicking willy nilly again...
But let's hear it for those who only have to deal with WinDOS/2 at work!
Cheers
Galego
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Seriously, folks, what is it about Mac OS X that would make you shell out money for it when Linux is free? Do you think it can compete with Windows where Linux can't? Do you think it's genuinely better? I don't get it.
I think most people would pay for OS X on X86 because the savings on X86 over Apple hardware would allow them to purchase those expensive commercial software packages that are supported on OS X (but don't exist on Linux). I personally would use Linux more...but (for one example) Macromedia doesn't make Flash (authoring) for it. Those commercial software makers have trouble supporting Linux due to the lack of consistent GUI etc. Anyway, that's why I think people would be willing to pay for that OS on that hardware.
I think though, that your comments on an answer looking for a question and Apple's OS on non-Apple hardware are very valid. (See my post 'Making the whole widget'.) I have a Power Computing box and it hasn't been easy to update/upgrade over the years...but I am now running a dual-booting (Linux PPC/Mac OS) with OS 9.0.4 on it. Got a G3/375 in there too:-)
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That's one thing that Apple prides themself on. Or at least I've heard Steve boast about it. (And man, you should have seen the reality distortion field that accompanied that one!) They make a lot more money on hardware than they do their software....that's pretty much always been the case.
I own a PowerTower (now upgraded to G3 etc.)...you know, one of the Mac clones. Well the cloning stuff ended a few years back, shortly after it started. The largest and most successful one, Power Computing was basically bought out by Apple. That buyout (or payoff) helped both Apple and Power Computing. Not everyone knew this at the time, but Power Computing had made some bad mistakes. Despite doing well in sales and really hurting Apple's hardware sales, Apple was bailing them out by purcahsing their technology/stock shares/whatever.
The point? Apple makes its money (its real money) off of hardware. OS updates shadow in comparsion at the shows IMHO...almost sometimes as side notes to what they do in hardware. OS X will be a big one though.
I would love to see X on X86 hardware. My dream would be to build an athlon/duron system for a good price and drop OS X on it. Actually...my dream would be to have a TiBook and one those desktops with a superdrive, but I can't afford that. So...OS X on X86 would be nice. I just don't see it happening for Apple and us.
If they could get enough marketshare back OS-wise(which right now requires hardware) to make a heavier focus on OS/Software to pay off for them, they might do it. But...I still think they like making the whole widget. The dangling questions then is...How much would putting OS X on X86 hardware hurt their current hardware sales? Anyone want to offer up an answer/guess/speculation on that?
So...what it boils down for the home dual-booting user is that if you're not running DNS service out of your house...then you're okey dokey (as far as BIND issues at least)....No?
You don't say why your school wants to do distance learning. Without knowing what they hope to accomplish, it's hard to say what technology would be appropriate.
Indeed a good question to ask before purchasing anything...
And remember that not all learners are/. readers...or are yours? And will all of them be? I say this because someone suggested IRC for example. I wouldn't want to use IRC for an average distance learner...and think of the requirements you just layed on.
Distance learning has usually been a failure, and probably will be until technology
changes drastically (like really fast broadband access in all the students' homes).
There's some truth to this, but it's also a bad generalization. All teaching/learning involves an instructor, resources (texts etc.), tools for delivery (your voice, a microphone, the web etc.), and an objective. I have had correspondence courses that I deemed useless. My 1,000 student section of history 202 was pitiful while I learned a great deal out of the independent study 201 course where I read at my own pace and did everything correspondence. Teaching and learning is about leveraging the tools and resources to meet your objectives. In some cases, clear objectives lack...and no matter what tools you use, you're screwed!
Oh...and then there's learner motivation...which can be killed by too-hard-to-use technology/delivery systems, boring professors, dull material, immaturity etc. Hence the reason technology alone or 'distance learning' alone shouldn't be blamed. Check this out.
Anyway...technologies...especially for Linux?
WebCT - A course development, delivery and management server. Linux version available
Sorenson - Desktop video conferencing...Sorry, No Linx though.
I think it's important to try less to create a community, and more to just think of it as offering a service to people, and you're just providing the space for them to make the community.
Good point. Let's say for example that I build all the houses in a neighborhood...did I build a 'community'? It's the people and the interactions that produce the community. I don't think you can necessarily 'design' or 'build' a community...but you can guide, facilitate or nurture one. You can set up rules/guidelines with them.
As someone else pointed out, you do need to be somewhat specific, but understand that things will happen there that you didn't expect...and those things might be great serendipitous (do I get extra Karma for a five-syllable word?:) advancements for you or someone else.
The only problem I have with/. is there is very less discussion and a lot more posting (kind of like pissing to mark territory). I check back to look for replies to my posts, but rarely find them. When I do, sometimes they are intelligent and good discussion. A lot of times, they are flames (I even had someone bash my sig as their response to my post) or other less useful comments. Other than that...I like Slashdot and am excited about playing with slashcode to design and build...err...I mean, foster an on-line community/discussion site.
Cheers
I checked the reviews at both Fatbrain and Amazon (what Amazon is most useful for...I mostly buy from Fatbrain and BN). At Fatbrain, the author was the only review...and he gave himself, guess what? 5 stars...you guessed it!
Of course, I'd be concerned if he said..."Yeah, this is a piece of crap. don't buy it". At the same time, I immediately went in search of the reviews on it at Amazon. It got four stars from four reviewers (I'm going to do some more homework). One of the reviewers, suggested this book by Amy Jo Kim, which got five stars from 17 reviews. Granted...these are on-line reviews, but I am really interested in picking one of these books as I am working on a slashcode based community and want some more input/perspective.
Any other good related books anyone know of? (Besides those listed in the 'Other people who bought this...')
I mean...OrangeMicro made an Intel-box-on-a-PCI for quite a while (OK, minus the 10/100 and the 40GB HD). Apple even distributed a machine that had that sort of card in it. They just jammed the HD and ethernet onto it too...and did it with G3/4 chips...
The graphic here says 'Patent Pending'...what would they have to offer so 'insanely great' that they would patent this? Stuffing LinuxPPC into a lunch box? I mean...I'd love to have one...I just don't see patentability...does anyone else? (not intended as a troll)
One thing that I noticed was this was a 'settlement' and not a 'ruling' (according to my reading). Does this mean that M$ was scared of a being ruled against?
The only reason they didn't settle with the DOJ is well...there was no way. Back when Caldera was about to win the ruling in court against Microslush...Bill got out the checkbook and Caldera settled out of court. The check for them seems to be a worthwhile tradeoff to being proved wrong in court.
I know there are other times when M$ paid off the plaintiff...err...I mean settled, instead of letting the suit play out. I think that's where M$'s lawyers are best...realizing when they are going to lose, and getting Bill to pony up the cash.
But beyond that, [note to moderators: tag this as 'no-brainer'] it sounds as if your real decision is which offer to take.
I have a wife and kids. And from that perspective, I know that life is hard enough without having to stave off hunger, look for a job w/o an income (cuz you hung on til they did go belly up), go daily to a job you can't take anymore, or have to work with people/in a system that makes you want to pull dead-strands-of-material-that-keeps-your-head-warm out.
Let me ask you these two questions?
Did you actively seek those offers?
Do either of them appear better than your current position and have you done your homework on those employers/companies?
My main annoyance was having to download an AIM plug-in every other day. I do remember it having trouble with Yahoo (I used it when they had barely introduced Yahoo). The trouble being that it never succeeded...that would be failure wouldn't it? But for AIM and ICQ it worked well (minus AOL creating annoyances), especially with ICQ. And I never use Yahoo for IM.
The people finder had its ups and downs...but I was usually in invisible/stealth mode.
Hence, I would deem some of the features (those that didn't work, it was still beta when I played with it) crap, but overall I thought it was good. I was most impressed with their response time to AOL's blockades.
I'll have to check out the two you mentioned
Ahh....the hope of a standard protocol for IM being implemented in the real world!
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Of course...there's always the privacy thing too. I consider that part of the price.
Galego
Heck! They may block themselves...
And one wonders if some arbitrary link from Yahooligans could ever cross the line...And wasn't Yahooligans a censroware service itself at one point? Now that's talking out of both sides of your face!
Galego
I bet he waved his hand, with index, middle finger and thumb extended when he said that stuff...The reporter replied "I will trade off personal information to get a benefit" and proceeded to hand Mundie his credit card, social security card, etc.
Are Linux, BSD, Mac, Be (all OS's non-M$) users impervious to such M$ mind-tricks?
Galego
That's funny...especially the widely understood part of it!
Galego
On the other hand...I do know a group at a University that uses it extensively (still, I believe) for computer-based testing. They would probably just run it in the 'Classis' environment...or go to something more updated...ya know, that natively supports color and all!
Galego
Just one question...
It burns me to see people who ought to be tech-savvy still perpetuating the myth that the Internet is overrun with pedophiles and child abusers, when the reality is that it's overrun by petty, vindictive, malicious, lying adults.
Are pedophiles and child abusers not malicious, lying adults in most cases?
Although...I do believe generally, people are good, I also do believe very seriously in keeping your guard up.
Galego
The story of the kid and the screen identity is kind of heart-wrenching...at least how its told. Did he say what the nick was on the IM? I mean...it could have been the kid down the street and her son going to light off some firecrackers. <siderant>We just live for media like this and look for the worst in it. There must me a perv on the other end cuz the media tells us (or suggests) so...right?</siderant> But I do understand the anguish of the mother. I've had my daughter wander off inside a store and send my wife frantically chasing and calling after her, meanwhile thinking what might have happened. Amazing what your mind can do in 5 minutes!
There's just no guaranatees...which means you can't rely on AOL's censorship team to keep your kids safe. People get mad if a politician, teacher, etc. tells them it's their primary responsibility (as parents) to teach, monitor and help their children, but that's just the way it goes folks. And ya know what...There's still no guarantees!
And yes...since It's our responsibility, I would just as well have these groups out of the picture, only invading privacy further.
Galego
Interesting...that same thing said by a Windows User about Linux would be highlighted as weak, stupid, troll'ish behavior...and you would be flogged by 70 percent or better of the /. populus. Either that or flooded with links and questions about what apps you need.
But since you use Debian...we'll leave you alone ;-)
And there are how many apps in development for Mac OS X currently, and how many already working?
BTW, my current main OS is Mac OS 9.0.4 w/a dual-boot to LinuxPPC.
Galego
If you like stability, the military could be good. Structure, three meals a day, and your company won't go down when tech-stocks dip.
I work for a defense contractor (And traced my path to here on this chart). Having been in the military is something they consider here as a bonus. I imagine there are other employers that also look favorably on that. Look at the committment versus the pay-off and do some homework as to how likely it is that you'll get to work where you want to. When I looked into it, that was something I considered and asked around about (and one of the things that kept me from signing on in the end). Course...that was the air force and I wasn't a techie.
Galego
- SpeakEasy offered me all-in-one billing
- Charged me the same price for the modem no matter what sort of box it was (try getting that free internal modem for Linux/Mac from Qwest...ain't happening)
- Oh yeah...rebated the install/modem through Covad
- Offered me three free months
- Offered support on just about any platform that could handle 10BaseT network adapter
- Didn't put me behind a firewall
- Allow me to run a server if I wanted
For the same price as it would cost me with Qwest's DSL + ISP. I am getting bang for my buck. Now...For Covad & Speakeasy to set me up, Qwest had to plug in my phone loop to Covad's DSLAM. The request went in twice...Qwest twice said "Sure, it's done"...and hadn't done it. The tech. told me this was typical procedure (and Qwest wasn't paying the gas on his van nor his salary). I considered dropping my order...but whose fault would the delays have been?
I agree that competition is inefficient when such an unfair advantage is leveraged in this maner.
Galego
Even Apple made it X...ten,but not Mac OS 10. Anyway...just thinking outloud with my finers. I'll be curious to see what Apple does on revs...
X.04 ?
X.1 ?
X.5 ?
OK...now mod me down for off-topic ramblings...
Cheers
Galego
My wife was ready to bag it. I picked the technicians brain about this process and how the Telco was behaving while he was there. If every install goes like this...it can get costly. The technicians don't get a commission for each line they *successfully* install. Customers drop off after that sort of hassle.
Now...after that, I hear they might be closing CO's! Anyone know what area/CO's they might be doing in? Think I'm gonna contact SpeakEasy to see what's up. They are the ISP contracting out Covad. Anyway...thought that might explain how it's hard to provide DSL when you're not the actual Telco (sanctioned monopoly).
Cheers
Galego
Galego
Some mom and pop places are eating up their cousins and other siblings to stay alive and grow...I used to work for Fibernet. Check out the top bullet on the news at their front page. They just acquired someone else's user base. The ma's and pa's have to get big enough that they are hard enough to move off the block...That makes them less ma and pa'ish and also eliminates aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.
Or at least that's what it looks like to me.
I'd rather pay $40-$50 for DSL anyway. You get what you pay for...or they get your info. if you don't pay for it.
My concern now though is for my relatives who use Juno. I'm going to point this out to them give them by HO on the matter. Thanks for the pointer. Guess it's time to start reading these agreements again more carefully. Did it in the past, started clicking willy nilly again...
But let's hear it for those who only have to deal with WinDOS/2 at work!
Cheers
Galego
I think most people would pay for OS X on X86 because the savings on X86 over Apple hardware would allow them to purchase those expensive commercial software packages that are supported on OS X (but don't exist on Linux). I personally would use Linux more...but (for one example) Macromedia doesn't make Flash (authoring) for it. Those commercial software makers have trouble supporting Linux due to the lack of consistent GUI etc. Anyway, that's why I think people would be willing to pay for that OS on that hardware.
I think though, that your comments on an answer looking for a question and Apple's OS on non-Apple hardware are very valid. (See my post 'Making the whole widget'.) I have a Power Computing box and it hasn't been easy to update/upgrade over the years...but I am now running a dual-booting (Linux PPC/Mac OS) with OS 9.0.4 on it. Got a G3/375 in there too :-)
Galego
I own a PowerTower (now upgraded to G3 etc.)...you know, one of the Mac clones. Well the cloning stuff ended a few years back, shortly after it started. The largest and most successful one, Power Computing was basically bought out by Apple. That buyout (or payoff) helped both Apple and Power Computing. Not everyone knew this at the time, but Power Computing had made some bad mistakes. Despite doing well in sales and really hurting Apple's hardware sales, Apple was bailing them out by purcahsing their technology/stock shares/whatever.
The point? Apple makes its money (its real money) off of hardware. OS updates shadow in comparsion at the shows IMHO...almost sometimes as side notes to what they do in hardware. OS X will be a big one though.
I would love to see X on X86 hardware. My dream would be to build an athlon/duron system for a good price and drop OS X on it. Actually...my dream would be to have a TiBook and one those desktops with a superdrive, but I can't afford that. So...OS X on X86 would be nice. I just don't see it happening for Apple and us.
If they could get enough marketshare back OS-wise(which right now requires hardware) to make a heavier focus on OS/Software to pay off for them, they might do it. But...I still think they like making the whole widget. The dangling questions then is...How much would putting OS X on X86 hardware hurt their current hardware sales? Anyone want to offer up an answer/guess/speculation on that?
Cheers
Galego
Galego
Indeed a good question to ask before purchasing anything...
And remember that not all learners are /. readers...or are yours? And will all of them be? I say this because someone suggested IRC for example. I wouldn't want to use IRC for an average distance learner...and think of the requirements you just layed on.
Distance learning has usually been a failure, and probably will be until technology changes drastically (like really fast broadband access in all the students' homes).
There's some truth to this, but it's also a bad generalization. All teaching/learning involves an instructor, resources (texts etc.), tools for delivery (your voice, a microphone, the web etc.), and an objective. I have had correspondence courses that I deemed useless. My 1,000 student section of history 202 was pitiful while I learned a great deal out of the independent study 201 course where I read at my own pace and did everything correspondence. Teaching and learning is about leveraging the tools and resources to meet your objectives. In some cases, clear objectives lack...and no matter what tools you use, you're screwed! Oh...and then there's learner motivation...which can be killed by too-hard-to-use technology/delivery systems, boring professors, dull material, immaturity etc. Hence the reason technology alone or 'distance learning' alone shouldn't be blamed. Check this out.
Anyway...technologies...especially for Linux?
- WebCT - A course development, delivery and management server. Linux version available
- Sorenson - Desktop video conferencing...Sorry, No Linx though.
- Mimio - Whiteboards etc. Linux...Dunno
- W3C - They do web stuff
And I'll stop there...but you get the point hopefully...Galego
Good point. Let's say for example that I build all the houses in a neighborhood...did I build a 'community'? It's the people and the interactions that produce the community. I don't think you can necessarily 'design' or 'build' a community...but you can guide, facilitate or nurture one. You can set up rules/guidelines with them.
As someone else pointed out, you do need to be somewhat specific, but understand that things will happen there that you didn't expect...and those things might be great serendipitous (do I get extra Karma for a five-syllable word? :) advancements for you or someone else.
The only problem I have with /. is there is very less discussion and a lot more posting (kind of like pissing to mark territory). I check back to look for replies to my posts, but rarely find them. When I do, sometimes they are intelligent and good discussion. A lot of times, they are flames (I even had someone bash my sig as their response to my post) or other less useful comments. Other than that...I like Slashdot and am excited about playing with slashcode to design and build...err...I mean, foster an on-line community/discussion site.
Cheers
Galego
Of course, I'd be concerned if he said..."Yeah, this is a piece of crap. don't buy it". At the same time, I immediately went in search of the reviews on it at Amazon. It got four stars from four reviewers (I'm going to do some more homework). One of the reviewers, suggested this book by Amy Jo Kim, which got five stars from 17 reviews. Granted...these are on-line reviews, but I am really interested in picking one of these books as I am working on a slashcode based community and want some more input/perspective.
Any other good related books anyone know of? (Besides those listed in the 'Other people who bought this...')
Galego
Galego
The only reason they didn't settle with the DOJ is well...there was no way. Back when Caldera was about to win the ruling in court against Microslush...Bill got out the checkbook and Caldera settled out of court. The check for them seems to be a worthwhile tradeoff to being proved wrong in court.
I know there are other times when M$ paid off the plaintiff...err...I mean settled, instead of letting the suit play out. I think that's where M$'s lawyers are best...realizing when they are going to lose, and getting Bill to pony up the cash.
Comments? Flames? Rebuttals? Corrections?
Cheers
Galego
But beyond that, [note to moderators: tag this as 'no-brainer'] it sounds as if your real decision is which offer to take.
I have a wife and kids. And from that perspective, I know that life is hard enough without having to stave off hunger, look for a job w/o an income (cuz you hung on til they did go belly up), go daily to a job you can't take anymore, or have to work with people/in a system that makes you want to pull dead-strands-of-material-that-keeps-your-head-warm out.
Let me ask you these two questions?
Galego
The people finder had its ups and downs...but I was usually in invisible/stealth mode.
Hence, I would deem some of the features (those that didn't work, it was still beta when I played with it) crap, but overall I thought it was good. I was most impressed with their response time to AOL's blockades.
I'll have to check out the two you mentioned
Ahh....the hope of a standard protocol for IM being implemented in the real world!
Galego