I suppose all those people using PGP (or GnuPG) must have "bad" things in them. I suppose any sort of encryption must be used for "bad" things now that you mention it.
The fact is that the internet was not designed for privacy and it is only natural that people will want their privacy. I don't have curtins on my windows because I have methlab or something, I just don't want people to be able to look in my house all the time. FreeNet and other encrypted/private communication mechanisms are just a natural extension of the internet: people want to communicate instantly and have instant access to information, but sometimes they want it to be private.
until this gets hacked and we can then download the full game? A week? A Month? Then they'll probably get charged with distributing copyrighted material.
But then again, there isn't a CGAA (Computer Gaming Association of America) with money up the wazoo to sue them...
My S.O. is an archaeologist too, she loves it. Right now she's leading an excavation of a Mayan household group in Belize, Central America, and yeah we get a kick out of those kinds of movies too:). She's in graduate school right now and going for her PhD (kind of a requirement in that field), only 6 more years to go! It kinda sucks that she has to be down there for 2 or 3 months at a time during the summer, but I try and go down and visit for a week or so at least if I can. Archaeology is actually very interesting and gives you quite a different perspective on things (at least it did for me).
to be able to carry a little clear crystal in my pocket with several terabytes of information on it and I just set it in a device with these nice lasers that can read/write the information from it. I just think that would be kinda cool and a whole lot cooler than cdrw/dvdrw/floppy/tape/zip/dat etc.
Hmmm, Maybe I've just been watching too much star trek.
That's a good question, I've been wondering that myself. I'm using 0.9 and I'm not sure if the problem is in the Flash pluggin itself or Mozilla, but if I'm using the sound card (i.e. listening to MP3's), and the pluggin is installed then Mozilla won't start, it (the mozilla-bin process) just sits there, no UI or anything. I'm guessing it's the flash pluggin and not Mozilla.
Anyone else had this problem? (I'm using a 2.4.2 kernel with a VIA AC97 on-board sound card, btw).
You're right. Now that you mention it, it does make sense for something like this to come from Japan. I admit I've never spent time there, but Japan was used frequently as an example in my International Business class about a group-minded/oriented culture where people act for the good of a group or collective instead of trying to help their own arses.
I actually just posted a statement in agreement to the poster of the story, but now that you mention the cultural context it makes sense. And I know that my views are probably skewed by my American culture. I still don't think it's 'right', but that should be quailified as being 'right' from my perspective as an individualistic American.
Thank you for pointing this out, if I had some mod points, I'd give you at least one or two for being insightful.
I don't think employers should actively try to get in the way of an employee looking for a better job. However, I do understand the employers point of view that they are a resource that they have invested time and money in to and don't want that taken away. In the end I think it that employers should look at it as what's best for the individual, they shouldn't encourage employees to find some place else, obviously, but they have no right to get in the way.
When I was first hired at my company, within a month some random person at another company called me trying to hire me. I have no idea how they got my extension (since I hadn't given it out to anyone, and no one had been at this extension before I got there), but after realizing what they wanted I claimed that they must have the wrong person and I forwarded them to my boss who chewed them out and I'm sure I heard him yelling into the phone from down the hall. Hehehe, I've actually been considering using this as an excuse to ask for a raise: 'See how in demand I am? What are you going to do to keep me here?'. However, I like where I'm at, so I don't really want to step on any toes right now.
However, if anyones willing to pay more than 90k for an excellent programmer in Boulder, CO, I might be willing to entertain some offers:).
From what I've seen in my company, I can completely understand why employees over value their options. All they're doing is taking the number of options they have and multiplying it by the current stock price. They probably don't even know about the exercise price and that they have to take the difference between the two. When I was hired these things weren't explained to me and I (and everyone else) was going around thinking that their X options at $15/share were actually worth X*15, not X*(15-Y).
I'm glad this article clears things up a bit. I'll probably be forwarding this around on monday so everyone knows exactly how this stuff works.
Perhaps I missed something, but when was DeCSS declared to be illegal? I just thought this whole deal was because the MPAA didn't like the potential uses of DeCSS and destroyed their content protection scheme and threatened their distribution.
However, I do recall a ruling saying that source code was speech and protected under the first amendment. Thus the source code itself is not illegal and linking to the source should not be illegal. However, using the source code inappropriately should be the only legal action that should be taken and only against users who use the source code illegally (i.e. to copy and distribute DVD's). But if I just want to watch a DVD that I legally paid for and the MPAA just hasn't got around to supporting my platform, that's the MPAA's problem. After all, I don't see 'Requires Microsoft Windows' written on my DVD case anywhere.
If I read the article correctly it sounded like these would be video phones. That would be pretty cool. However, if someone didn't know it was a video phone and they put it up to their ear, it could give the person on the other end a very unpleasant picture. Sorry, but looking at the inside of someones ear up close just doesn't sound very exciting to me.
But other than that, it sounds like pretty cool technology. So when do we get it in the US?
.NET which is untested and a big gamble to say the least.
.Net might be a big gamble, but companies will invest the time and resources into because it's backed by a company that they can turn to if something goes wrong. Contrast this with open source alternatives, if something goes wrong with an open source product, they have no company they can call and get support or sue if it causes major damages. Sure they can look at the source and fix it, blah blah blah, that's how we might look at it, but that's not how a company exec will look at it.
I'm willing to bet that even though it's a gamble, many companies will invest it it, just because of the backing by Microsoft. However, if it was only back by a smaller XYZ Company, most companies would not invest in it, but Microsofts prominance will ease any worries that companies might have.
Microsoft's XP line will do as well or perhaps better than they are expecting, despite what the/. community thinks. The average consumer will see, via good ole Microsoft marketing, that they will be able to use their computer more efficiently and effectively and that it will do lots of things for them if they get this new 'Windows XP' thing.
As for monthy subscriptions, I'm guessing most won't care too much because it'll be taken directly from their credit card that they have to pay every month anyways and if it will provide them with a richer experience on their computer they will probably overlook it. I hate to say it, but if Microsoft delivers on it's promises with this new system and provides something that is significantly different than it's previous line of windows products that people will buy it and Microsoft will make more money and extend their monopoly.
So far thay seem to have done everything right with the tight integration they are promissing which should enhance the users experience. It's too bad the Justice Department is letting this happen if they could only see how much this will help and hurt consumers at the same time, not to mention what it will do to competition.
Yes this will help consumers in ways I've already mentioned and that Microsoft has mentioned, but it will also hurt several of them if they are denied the freedom to use what they want to, however I'm willing to bet that 80-90% of the Windows users out there don't care what they're using and will just use whatever someone puts in front of them.
Competition of course will be hurt quite a bit, but this should not be surprising either coming from Microsoft. Microsoft plays hardball, and they have the resources to play harder than anyone.
I'm not pro-Microsoft by any means, but I can recognize that they do have a good business and excellent marketing which has brought them to where they are today and will continue to carry them in the future. As for Linux and other open alternatives, I'm not sure. I personally use Linux as my primary operating system, but I can also see that Linux has no real business model or good marketing and unless that is changed, giants like Microsoft will trample them out of existance.
For those of us who don't care about brand names, the ultra generics will work just fine. But if you look on shopping.yahoo.com they have a Gateway 15" for 395, a Xenon for 400. So it is possible to get better name brands for cheaper than the 475 they wanted for a 12.1".
Apart from the fact that a kernel release or patch is inherently different from MSFT's "service packs"
Could you clarify how it's different? You're still taking a common code base, applying a patch that fixes problems, introduces new problems, and adds new features. Sure you're working with source code instead of binaries, but the process and outcome are still the same. If you don't believe me that it introduces problems, perhaps you should read some of the previous posts in this thread.
I just don't want the Linux community to be disillusioned into thinking that their new kernel releases are any different than service packs, because they aren't.
2.4.4 also has the patch for the iptables hole included
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Is this the one for ftp servers? I seem to recall something like that a while back, but I don't run an ftp server so it didn't sound like it affected me.<br>
The NIC price is decent, $199. However, I thought their monitor prices were a bit high. I can easily get a 15" monitor for under $100 and they're charging $130. I can also get a 15" TFT LCD display for around $350 instead a 12.1" for $475. Granted they do offer a small discount if you buy the NIC and monitor together, but not enough. So I would suggest going elsewhere for the monitor. But it would be pretty cool to put in my kitchen as a nice recipie database:).
Linux 2.4 Service Pack 5. I'm running Service Pack 2 just fine and I haven't really seen a reason to apply the latest Service Pack as soon as it comes out, unless the changelog mentioned a significant security fix. Otherwise, if it's not broke, don't fix it.
So I guess my video capture card in my computer is a violation of their patent? I guess I'll have to get rid of it now.
What about Microsofts digital recorder? Is that a violation of this patent also? Maybe we could get Microsoft for patent infringement. Of course Microsoft allows you to record two programs at the same time, I wonder if Microsoft will be filing a patent for that now?
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I suppose all those people using PGP (or GnuPG) must have "bad" things in them. I suppose any sort of encryption must be used for "bad" things now that you mention it.
The fact is that the internet was not designed for privacy and it is only natural that people will want their privacy. I don't have curtins on my windows because I have methlab or something, I just don't want people to be able to look in my house all the time. FreeNet and other encrypted/private communication mechanisms are just a natural extension of the internet: people want to communicate instantly and have instant access to information, but sometimes they want it to be private.
until this gets hacked and we can then download the full game? A week? A Month? Then they'll probably get charged with distributing copyrighted material.
But then again, there isn't a CGAA (Computer Gaming Association of America) with money up the wazoo to sue them...
My S.O. is an archaeologist too, she loves it. Right now she's leading an excavation of a Mayan household group in Belize, Central America, and yeah we get a kick out of those kinds of movies too :). She's in graduate school right now and going for her PhD (kind of a requirement in that field), only 6 more years to go! It kinda sucks that she has to be down there for 2 or 3 months at a time during the summer, but I try and go down and visit for a week or so at least if I can. Archaeology is actually very interesting and gives you quite a different perspective on things (at least it did for me).
Cool! Thanks, I'll see about trying that this afternoon.
to be able to carry a little clear crystal in my pocket with several terabytes of information on it and I just set it in a device with these nice lasers that can read/write the information from it. I just think that would be kinda cool and a whole lot cooler than cdrw/dvdrw/floppy/tape/zip/dat etc.
Hmmm, Maybe I've just been watching too much star trek.
That's a good question, I've been wondering that myself. I'm using 0.9 and I'm not sure if the problem is in the Flash pluggin itself or Mozilla, but if I'm using the sound card (i.e. listening to MP3's), and the pluggin is installed then Mozilla won't start, it (the mozilla-bin process) just sits there, no UI or anything. I'm guessing it's the flash pluggin and not Mozilla.
Anyone else had this problem? (I'm using a 2.4.2 kernel with a VIA AC97 on-board sound card, btw).
You're right. Now that you mention it, it does make sense for something like this to come from Japan. I admit I've never spent time there, but Japan was used frequently as an example in my International Business class about a group-minded/oriented culture where people act for the good of a group or collective instead of trying to help their own arses.
I actually just posted a statement in agreement to the poster of the story, but now that you mention the cultural context it makes sense. And I know that my views are probably skewed by my American culture. I still don't think it's 'right', but that should be quailified as being 'right' from my perspective as an individualistic American.
Thank you for pointing this out, if I had some mod points, I'd give you at least one or two for being insightful.
I don't think employers should actively try to get in the way of an employee looking for a better job. However, I do understand the employers point of view that they are a resource that they have invested time and money in to and don't want that taken away. In the end I think it that employers should look at it as what's best for the individual, they shouldn't encourage employees to find some place else, obviously, but they have no right to get in the way.
:).
When I was first hired at my company, within a month some random person at another company called me trying to hire me. I have no idea how they got my extension (since I hadn't given it out to anyone, and no one had been at this extension before I got there), but after realizing what they wanted I claimed that they must have the wrong person and I forwarded them to my boss who chewed them out and I'm sure I heard him yelling into the phone from down the hall. Hehehe, I've actually been considering using this as an excuse to ask for a raise: 'See how in demand I am? What are you going to do to keep me here?'. However, I like where I'm at, so I don't really want to step on any toes right now.
However, if anyones willing to pay more than 90k for an excellent programmer in Boulder, CO, I might be willing to entertain some offers
From what I've seen in my company, I can completely understand why employees over value their options. All they're doing is taking the number of options they have and multiplying it by the current stock price. They probably don't even know about the exercise price and that they have to take the difference between the two. When I was hired these things weren't explained to me and I (and everyone else) was going around thinking that their X options at $15/share were actually worth X*15, not X*(15-Y).
I'm glad this article clears things up a bit. I'll probably be forwarding this around on monday so everyone knows exactly how this stuff works.
Perhaps I missed something, but when was DeCSS declared to be illegal? I just thought this whole deal was because the MPAA didn't like the potential uses of DeCSS and destroyed their content protection scheme and threatened their distribution.
However, I do recall a ruling saying that source code was speech and protected under the first amendment. Thus the source code itself is not illegal and linking to the source should not be illegal. However, using the source code inappropriately should be the only legal action that should be taken and only against users who use the source code illegally (i.e. to copy and distribute DVD's). But if I just want to watch a DVD that I legally paid for and the MPAA just hasn't got around to supporting my platform, that's the MPAA's problem. After all, I don't see 'Requires Microsoft Windows' written on my DVD case anywhere.
If I read the article correctly it sounded like these would be video phones. That would be pretty cool. However, if someone didn't know it was a video phone and they put it up to their ear, it could give the person on the other end a very unpleasant picture. Sorry, but looking at the inside of someones ear up close just doesn't sound very exciting to me.
But other than that, it sounds like pretty cool technology. So when do we get it in the US?
Bill Gates: Commercial Software is Good
Linus Torvalds: Open Source Sofware is Good
Craig Mundie: Free Software is Bad
Oh please. This is like posting a headline saying that Linux is better than Windows. Next time, try to tell us something we don't know.
According to their help you only need:
What do I need before I can register?
Before you register with the Government Gateway, check the requirements below to make sure you have everything you need:
Hardware
* PC or Macintosh
* A working Internet connection
Software
PC Users
* Microsoft Windows (Windows 95 and above or Windows NT 4 and above)
* Internet browser. Either Microsoft Internet Explorer (v4.01 or later) or Netscape Navigator (v4.08 or later).
Your browser must have Javascript and Cookies enabled, and be capable of supporting 128bit SSL.
Apple Macintosh Users
* Mac OS version 7.5 or later
* Internet browser. Either Microsoft Internet Explorer (v5.0 or later) or Netscape Navigator (v4.08 or later).
Your browser must have Javascript and Cookies enabled, and be capable of supporting 128bit SSL.
But it looks like Netscape or Mozilla should work just fine.
.NET which is untested and a big gamble to say the least.
.Net might be a big gamble, but companies will invest the time and resources into because it's backed by a company that they can turn to if something goes wrong. Contrast this with open source alternatives, if something goes wrong with an open source product, they have no company they can call and get support or sue if it causes major damages. Sure they can look at the source and fix it, blah blah blah, that's how we might look at it, but that's not how a company exec will look at it.
I'm willing to bet that even though it's a gamble, many companies will invest it it, just because of the backing by Microsoft. However, if it was only back by a smaller XYZ Company, most companies would not invest in it, but Microsofts prominance will ease any worries that companies might have.
Microsoft's XP line will do as well or perhaps better than they are expecting, despite what the /. community thinks. The average consumer will see, via good ole Microsoft marketing, that they will be able to use their computer more efficiently and effectively and that it will do lots of things for them if they get this new 'Windows XP' thing.
As for monthy subscriptions, I'm guessing most won't care too much because it'll be taken directly from their credit card that they have to pay every month anyways and if it will provide them with a richer experience on their computer they will probably overlook it. I hate to say it, but if Microsoft delivers on it's promises with this new system and provides something that is significantly different than it's previous line of windows products that people will buy it and Microsoft will make more money and extend their monopoly.
So far thay seem to have done everything right with the tight integration they are promissing which should enhance the users experience. It's too bad the Justice Department is letting this happen if they could only see how much this will help and hurt consumers at the same time, not to mention what it will do to competition.
Yes this will help consumers in ways I've already mentioned and that Microsoft has mentioned, but it will also hurt several of them if they are denied the freedom to use what they want to, however I'm willing to bet that 80-90% of the Windows users out there don't care what they're using and will just use whatever someone puts in front of them.
Competition of course will be hurt quite a bit, but this should not be surprising either coming from Microsoft. Microsoft plays hardball, and they have the resources to play harder than anyone.
I'm not pro-Microsoft by any means, but I can recognize that they do have a good business and excellent marketing which has brought them to where they are today and will continue to carry them in the future. As for Linux and other open alternatives, I'm not sure. I personally use Linux as my primary operating system, but I can also see that Linux has no real business model or good marketing and unless that is changed, giants like Microsoft will trample them out of existance.
Having a better product isn't enough.
There was also this one here for 355
There was another one for 355, but I can't seem to find the link for specifics, the main display was here.
I said about 350, the cheapest one I've actually found was 369 here. But there were several on pricewatch.com that were around 350.
For those of us who don't care about brand names, the ultra generics will work just fine. But if you look on shopping.yahoo.com they have a Gateway 15" for 395, a Xenon for 400. So it is possible to get better name brands for cheaper than the 475 they wanted for a 12.1".
Apart from the fact that a kernel release or patch is inherently different from MSFT's "service packs"
Could you clarify how it's different? You're still taking a common code base, applying a patch that fixes problems, introduces new problems, and adds new features. Sure you're working with source code instead of binaries, but the process and outcome are still the same. If you don't believe me that it introduces problems, perhaps you should read some of the previous posts in this thread.
I just don't want the Linux community to be disillusioned into thinking that their new kernel releases are any different than service packs, because they aren't.
2.4.4 also has the patch for the iptables hole included
<br>
Is this the one for ftp servers? I seem to recall something like that a while back, but I don't run an ftp server so it didn't sound like it affected me.<br>
The NIC price is decent, $199. However, I thought their monitor prices were a bit high. I can easily get a 15" monitor for under $100 and they're charging $130. I can also get a 15" TFT LCD display for around $350 instead a 12.1" for $475. Granted they do offer a small discount if you buy the NIC and monitor together, but not enough. So I would suggest going elsewhere for the monitor. But it would be pretty cool to put in my kitchen as a nice recipie database :).
Linux 2.4 Service Pack 5. I'm running Service Pack 2 just fine and I haven't really seen a reason to apply the latest Service Pack as soon as it comes out, unless the changelog mentioned a significant security fix. Otherwise, if it's not broke, don't fix it.
So, when do we get a *nix client? Or at least the source code so we can compile it on our own systems?
So I guess my video capture card in my computer is a violation of their patent? I guess I'll have to get rid of it now.
What about Microsofts digital recorder? Is that a violation of this patent also? Maybe we could get Microsoft for patent infringement. Of course Microsoft allows you to record two programs at the same time, I wonder if Microsoft will be filing a patent for that now?
1) Cool game
2) Ultra-Cool game
3) Have nothing better to do
4) Can't, running Linux, and no Windoze available
5) CowboyNeal