We are so used to seeing stories about patent trolls suing over some obvious extension of existing technology "on the internet." Is this one of those rare cases where a patent holder is using patent laws as they were originally intended?
Many CRTs and fluorescent lights (yes, even CFLs) flicker like crazy. I've swapped out a few in my house because of it. It is a known problem with video cameras, which run at similar frequencies to the human eye. Why would so many of you deny that this is possible for some people?
What we need is open source in phones in a way that enshrines the consumer first. GPLv3 all the phone specific software.
Android has market share, has manufacturers (choice in devices), has carriers (coverage), has app developers, is relatively mature, and is "open" enough for most. Do you really think consumers are going to choose Ubuntu just because of a software license most have never heard of? I'm all for innovation, competition and choice, but Ubuntu doesn't seem to be offering anything compelling to any but the hard-core software freedom crowd.
Cumulus' product appears to be a full blown debian port that runs directly on cheap chinese 48 port switches. Seems pretty useful to me. Feel free to point out alternatives.
What, in your opinion, was a success at the time? There were labs full of Apple//e machines at my schools. Never saw anything else except in people's homes.
I'm big on cross plaform, and listen to music on Mac and Linux on a regular basis. Never heard of Songbird. Their lack of self promotion and word of mouth may have been a factor here.
It works like this: If I pay you more than I make from the work you do, you are a liability. The vast majority of employees make their company money. This is true even if they are overhead in the accounting department, for example, because their work allows the business to function. My point is that summer students/interns do not meet this criteria. They go back to school before you can break even on them.
I ran a company for quite a few years. The summer students I had were paid something, but I have to say that the assumption that employers are getting something for nothing is simply ridiculous. I had to do background checks before allowing them access to my business assets. I had to supply them with desk-space, a computer, a phone. I had to assign someone to train and then to supervise them. Most of their "work" was them learning to do the job. I had a couple who worked out really well, but most were revenue-neutral at best. The last few years I ended up not doing it even when kids begged to work for me for nothing.
I would liken it to the opportunities available in international aid. Kids go off and volunteer at orphanages in India or whatever. These days, NGOs usually charge their volunteers a fee in exchange for the opportunity. They have figured out that, in the end, it _costs_ them money to host volunteers.
The video cards are not standard or (apparently) replaceable. As a Mac Pro user needing an upgrade, this is a deal killer for me. Part of the ROI on a Mac Pro purchase has been the abilty to throw a new card in the box every couple years and keep going. These new machines are going to be obsoleted much faster.
What you describe exists. It's not uncommonly used for IP cameras outside the 100m limit of TP Ethernet (on perimeter fences, etc.). The problem with fibre is that it's a bitch to terminate compared to copper, and therefore quite a bit more expensive to install on a large scale. Fibre still only makes sense when you need the long cable runs.
The OpenBSD guys are always clear that they work on things for themselves. I would assume, therefore, that someone wanted GNOME3 and ported it, but nobody was interested in KDE4. This is a good ting. I'd much rather see them working on projects like OpenSSH, OpenBGPD, OpenNTPD, and OpenSMTPD since these end up being ported to FreeBSD and Linux and benefit the FOSS community as a whole.
No mod points today, so, THIS. Working for a non-profit/charity will give you real world experience, and give the prospective employer a warm fuzzy feeling. Make sure you go through a backup/crash/restore disaster recovery exercise so you can discuss that as well.
I think if you ask most people in India what is the biggest thing holding them back as a nation, they will answer, "corruption." Bribes and kick-backs are expected for everyday transactions, and many things like diplomas are simply for sale. I've talked to some very bright, educated, hard working young Indians who are really angry about the situation because they end up competing with lazy rich kids who's parents just bought them their diplomas. It removes the incentive to work hard in school.
I love embedded linux/bsd, and use it both at home at at work to solve problems. People are tired about hearing about Raspberry Pi everyday because the posts simply aren't interesting. "Oh, look! Someone made a plastic box for their Pi! Someone "ported" some app that already runs on linux to Pi by typing make!" Linux on homebrew embedded projects was interesting 10 years ago on gumstix. Now it's a normal everyday thing.
Like I said, the new reality where grant givers are making larger but fewer grants. Groups of friends and "shoestring non-profits" don't get those very often in my experience. I'm not saying he has to merge with the red cross. Just that perhaps his current charity could become a project of an already-grant-receiving community redevelopment organization in his area. A small piece of a $200,000 grant is better than nothing, and he's probably end up with more exposure, volunteers and resources than he has now.
Donors and grant-givers are increasingly more careful about who they give money to. Even ignoring the scams, they want to know that they are having the greatest effect for their money. Of course it is not always true, but larger organizations tend to have less overhead and better accountability in showing what is being delivered for the money they receive. Then of course there's the elephant in the room: Are you really sure you are helping? Perhaps you should be doing something else that the community you are serving needs more.
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blocking websites for US Army personnel is beyond offensive.
Employers regularly put filters on work networks. How is this different?
We are so used to seeing stories about patent trolls suing over some obvious extension of existing technology "on the internet." Is this one of those rare cases where a patent holder is using patent laws as they were originally intended?
Wouldn't your statistics for "rate of sexual assault" be lower if you didn't act on rape accusations very often, as we see in this case?
not true. I've used grub to boot freebsd for some projects. it has quite good serial-console multi-boot flexibility.
Many CRTs and fluorescent lights (yes, even CFLs) flicker like crazy. I've swapped out a few in my house because of it. It is a known problem with video cameras, which run at similar frequencies to the human eye. Why would so many of you deny that this is possible for some people?
$3K for a layer 3 switch with 48 1Gb ports and 4 10Gb ports seems pretty cheap to me. Feel free to point out alternatives.
What we need is open source in phones in a way that enshrines the consumer first. GPLv3 all the phone specific software.
Android has market share, has manufacturers (choice in devices), has carriers (coverage), has app developers, is relatively mature, and is "open" enough for most. Do you really think consumers are going to choose Ubuntu just because of a software license most have never heard of? I'm all for innovation, competition and choice, but Ubuntu doesn't seem to be offering anything compelling to any but the hard-core software freedom crowd.
Cumulus' product appears to be a full blown debian port that runs directly on cheap chinese 48 port switches. Seems pretty useful to me. Feel free to point out alternatives.
What, in your opinion, was a success at the time? There were labs full of Apple //e machines at my schools. Never saw anything else except in people's homes.
You forgot my fave: Z80 processor cards allowing you to run CP/M and WordStar
I'm big on cross plaform, and listen to music on Mac and Linux on a regular basis. Never heard of Songbird. Their lack of self promotion and word of mouth may have been a factor here.
It works like this: If I pay you more than I make from the work you do, you are a liability. The vast majority of employees make their company money. This is true even if they are overhead in the accounting department, for example, because their work allows the business to function. My point is that summer students/interns do not meet this criteria. They go back to school before you can break even on them.
I ran a company for quite a few years. The summer students I had were paid something, but I have to say that the assumption that employers are getting something for nothing is simply ridiculous. I had to do background checks before allowing them access to my business assets. I had to supply them with desk-space, a computer, a phone. I had to assign someone to train and then to supervise them. Most of their "work" was them learning to do the job. I had a couple who worked out really well, but most were revenue-neutral at best. The last few years I ended up not doing it even when kids begged to work for me for nothing. I would liken it to the opportunities available in international aid. Kids go off and volunteer at orphanages in India or whatever. These days, NGOs usually charge their volunteers a fee in exchange for the opportunity. They have figured out that, in the end, it _costs_ them money to host volunteers.
The video cards are not standard or (apparently) replaceable. As a Mac Pro user needing an upgrade, this is a deal killer for me. Part of the ROI on a Mac Pro purchase has been the abilty to throw a new card in the box every couple years and keep going. These new machines are going to be obsoleted much faster.
What you describe exists. It's not uncommonly used for IP cameras outside the 100m limit of TP Ethernet (on perimeter fences, etc.). The problem with fibre is that it's a bitch to terminate compared to copper, and therefore quite a bit more expensive to install on a large scale. Fibre still only makes sense when you need the long cable runs.
The OpenBSD guys are always clear that they work on things for themselves. I would assume, therefore, that someone wanted GNOME3 and ported it, but nobody was interested in KDE4. This is a good ting. I'd much rather see them working on projects like OpenSSH, OpenBGPD, OpenNTPD, and OpenSMTPD since these end up being ported to FreeBSD and Linux and benefit the FOSS community as a whole.
There is no need for this. Pretty much everything is freely downloadable for evaluation (180 days) from the MS TechNet Evaluation Centre.
No mod points today, so, THIS. Working for a non-profit/charity will give you real world experience, and give the prospective employer a warm fuzzy feeling. Make sure you go through a backup/crash/restore disaster recovery exercise so you can discuss that as well.
I think if you ask most people in India what is the biggest thing holding them back as a nation, they will answer, "corruption." Bribes and kick-backs are expected for everyday transactions, and many things like diplomas are simply for sale. I've talked to some very bright, educated, hard working young Indians who are really angry about the situation because they end up competing with lazy rich kids who's parents just bought them their diplomas. It removes the incentive to work hard in school.
I love embedded linux/bsd, and use it both at home at at work to solve problems. People are tired about hearing about Raspberry Pi everyday because the posts simply aren't interesting. "Oh, look! Someone made a plastic box for their Pi! Someone "ported" some app that already runs on linux to Pi by typing make!" Linux on homebrew embedded projects was interesting 10 years ago on gumstix. Now it's a normal everyday thing.
Is there another "Google" we don't know about? This is _exactly_ what google is and does.
What reality do you live in?
Like I said, the new reality where grant givers are making larger but fewer grants. Groups of friends and "shoestring non-profits" don't get those very often in my experience. I'm not saying he has to merge with the red cross. Just that perhaps his current charity could become a project of an already-grant-receiving community redevelopment organization in his area. A small piece of a $200,000 grant is better than nothing, and he's probably end up with more exposure, volunteers and resources than he has now.
Donors and grant-givers are increasingly more careful about who they give money to. Even ignoring the scams, they want to know that they are having the greatest effect for their money. Of course it is not always true, but larger organizations tend to have less overhead and better accountability in showing what is being delivered for the money they receive. Then of course there's the elephant in the room: Are you really sure you are helping? Perhaps you should be doing something else that the community you are serving needs more.
Make movies so bad that they aren't even worth torrenting.
As for helpdesk support... support isn't going anywhere.
I agree with you except for this. Unless his dad is working from India, I'm amazed he's still got a helpdesk job. Time to move on or up.