Where's the limit of these (horrible) reality shows? I don't usualy watch these shows, but I know the're there every day.
Maybe this categorizes as entertainment, but which statement are we giving toards our children. Which value is there in showing them total disrespect for the human individual? This Japanese Nasubi guy is a little extreme (It's even on/.), but even the "Big Brother" shows running everywhere around Europe are as bad as this Japanese show when small children laugh with other people's misery.
I'm sorry, but the society "out there" is as wicked as the one populated by Nerds.
This is the recurring difference between "free" software and "open source" software.
Will there ever be software that's really "free"? Somebody else's code with which you can do whatever YOU like? I don't think this is truly "free"dom, but this is chaos!
True "free" software also protects the "free"dom of the initial owner, as well as the "free"dom of he user/distributor/...
Mayb there is something in the localization perventing them to release it under GPL right now? Or maybe they are still investigating which license to choose later on this year.
But when you see the restrictions "Only Suse". That's plain silly. Mayb they intend to build in some kind of countermeasure by June if you run it on RedHat, Mandrake, etc... But that's worth nothing as everyone will use the patched code.
I remember hte time when I made my parent place in Quake 1. later came QuakeII and III levels. Fully decorated with scanned textures. I'm not surprised that a copany wants to use this technique. I'm only surprised they didn't do it sooner.
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There actually quite nice machines! It's already my third Sony VAIO C1 in a row I'm writing this reply with.
The first make was a Pentium (166 MHz) driven small laptop with a Motion Eye camera buit-in just above the 8.9" screen. The screen was since the first model the best TFT I saw so far.
The second one was a Pentium 266 Mhz and came with a 4.3GB harddisk. A good improvement, but still quite slow loading all the services at startup.
The latest model I currenlt use, is a Pentium II (NO Celeron!) 400 Mhz and comes with a nice 12GB harddisk for all you data transfer needs.
It's true the keyboard is rather small and you grow some neck-pains if you use it throughout the da. But buy yourself a cheap USB keyboard and a 15" monitor to go on the VGA/S-VIDEO output. You will never want another notebook again!
One of the nbiggist disadvantages is that Sony rejects to build a Port Replicator for it's smallest of VAIO's. The lack of parallel and serial ports is sometimes a pain.
The Sony VAIO comes standard with neat goodies. One of the thing I mostly use is the biometric screensaver by Keyware Technologies. When the PC goes into screensaver mode, your desktop is protected by your facial and voice features. Works great.
We at work have recently migrated from Windows NT4 RRAS (PPTP based) servers to a Linux based IPSEC implementation. This was done using the UNI-BOX of the people at ABLE.be (http://www.able.be). The only thing I can say is that the FreeS/WAN setup on the UNI-BOXes is quite superior to the RRAS that we used to have. The response speed seems to be faster and the downtime is reduced to an absolute minimum.
We only use Linux boxes to connect the different offices together. Inside it's still a full blown Windows NT 4 deal.
Sorry, but your NOT ahead anymore (technologically) in the US. Take for instance the major progress made in Europe concerning the PKI secured Java based smartcard platform.
I believe the difference between Europe and the US faded away, just because Europe has a far better policy regarding technology advances.
Why would a scratch be a problem in this case. I used the Veridicom sensor before with the LBV Server backoffice product, and you can specify more than one finger to make sure you can enter even if you hurt your primary finger. (But a small scratch didn't reject me trying to access the building.)
One way to get around this problem is to rely upon multiple biometrics. If you protect a high security area with fingerprint and additionally voice and/or face the problem of stealing becomes obsolete.
I have an original idea: let's call it Netscape (in Dr. Evil's voice) Two Thousand... and put a giant "laser" on it, and call it the "Death Explorer"...
Does it matter if the trademark was retrieved before or after the registration of the domain name? Let's say you registered thiscoolname.com and a company likes the name too (knowingly or not) and decides to use this name as a product line...
...ease-of-use of Linux." Given their market, it's almost predictable that the first release is for Red Hat specifically...
Why do so many men mistake RedHat for Linux. It's a distribution for God sake !!! I remember the time where slakware was the main distribution... and it sure wasn't easy....
In my feeling RedHat is the desktop distribution of Linux, Slackware closer to the production server distro....
I don't like this idea at all. I agree that something must be done about cybersquatting, but does it provide enough security for individuals?
For instance my homepage is om http://www.dobbelaere.com (my last name). What if some evil company from hell calls himself also "dobbelaere" or registers my name as his trademark? Indivisduals can't fight like companies you know....
Also... let's say you create a special interest webpage in high-school and get you domainname for it. You have been studying the web closely and you have a very good name... let's say something like corvette.com (you create a non-profit website about the car). You know someone has the trademark, but he (the company) doesn't care about the internet yet. (corvette.com being random choice here)Then the company gets web-aware and want to secure his trademark. What will be the outcome....
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Maybe this categorizes as entertainment, but which statement are we giving toards our children. Which value is there in showing them total disrespect for the human individual? This Japanese Nasubi guy is a little extreme (It's even on /.), but even the "Big Brother" shows running everywhere around Europe are as bad as this Japanese show when small children laugh with other people's misery.
I'm sorry, but the society "out there" is as wicked as the one populated by Nerds.
This is the recurring difference between "free" software and "open source" software.
Will there ever be software that's really "free"? Somebody else's code with which you can do whatever YOU like? I don't think this is truly "free"dom, but this is chaos!
True "free" software also protects the "free"dom of the initial owner, as well as the "free"dom of he user/distributor/...
But then: Why don't you post them as an Anonymous Coward? my $0.02
But when you see the restrictions "Only Suse". That's plain silly. Mayb they intend to build in some kind of countermeasure by June if you run it on RedHat, Mandrake, etc... But that's worth nothing as everyone will use the patched code.
On the other hand: Suse is not a bad distro!
my $0.02
It does something useful now: Yet another logo contest! Could we be more innovating next time...
I remember hte time when I made my parent place in Quake 1. later came QuakeII and III levels. Fully decorated with scanned textures. I'm not surprised that a copany wants to use this technique. I'm only surprised they didn't do it sooner. my $0.02
The first make was a Pentium (166 MHz) driven small laptop with a Motion Eye camera buit-in just above the 8.9" screen. The screen was since the first model the best TFT I saw so far.
The second one was a Pentium 266 Mhz and came with a 4.3GB harddisk. A good improvement, but still quite slow loading all the services at startup.
The latest model I currenlt use, is a Pentium II (NO Celeron!) 400 Mhz and comes with a nice 12GB harddisk for all you data transfer needs.
It's true the keyboard is rather small and you grow some neck-pains if you use it throughout the da. But buy yourself a cheap USB keyboard and a 15" monitor to go on the VGA/S-VIDEO output. You will never want another notebook again!
One of the nbiggist disadvantages is that Sony rejects to build a Port Replicator for it's smallest of VAIO's. The lack of parallel and serial ports is sometimes a pain.
The Sony VAIO comes standard with neat goodies. One of the thing I mostly use is the biometric screensaver by Keyware Technologies. When the PC goes into screensaver mode, your desktop is protected by your facial and voice features. Works great.
Good stuff by Sony...
Tried it and saw that it was good... :-)
x11 6000-6063/udp X Window System
ias-reg 2140/tcp IAS-REG
ias-reg 2140/udp IAS-REG
For more ports go to: http://www.isi.edu/in-not es/iana/assignments/port-numbers
Sure you can. Just put a PhatNoise system in there! Guaranteed to have the same quality experience as a traditional CD player. Works great BTW :-)
http://music.zdnet.com/features/phatnois e/
http://www.phatnoise.com/table.htm
WinME runs old DOS program just as "nicely" as Windows 98. I was even able to ru the Borland C DOS compiler to create some old DOS executables.
My $0.02
We only use Linux boxes to connect the different offices together. Inside it's still a full blown Windows NT 4 deal.
My $0.02
Which middle of the night? European or American? We're living in a global world... Your webserver never ever sleeps... my 2 euro-cents :-)
The only question is: "Did they join the /. team on d.net?" ;o)
http://www.matchboxtoys.com/.
doh!
I believe the difference between Europe and the US faded away, just because Europe has a far better policy regarding technology advances.
Tim Dobbelaere
Smart Card & Cryptography
Keyware Technologies
Voice Verification
Face Recognition
Retinal Scan
Signature Matching
Hand Geometry (maybe not for the un-armed)
Biometrics is more than Fingeprint! (Look at VoiceGuardian.com)
Why would a scratch be a problem in this case. I used the Veridicom sensor before with the LBV Server backoffice product, and you can specify more than one finger to make sure you can enter even if you hurt your primary finger. (But a small scratch didn't reject me trying to access the building.)
Here's a company who does this kind of stuff: Keyware Technologies
I have an original idea: let's call it Netscape (in Dr. Evil's voice) Two Thousand... and put a giant "laser" on it, and call it the "Death Explorer"...
Does it matter if the trademark was retrieved before or after the registration of the domain name? Let's say you registered thiscoolname.com and a company likes the name too (knowingly or not) and decides to use this name as a product line...
Why do so many men mistake RedHat for Linux. It's a distribution for God sake !!! I remember the time where slakware was the main distribution... and it sure wasn't easy....
In my feeling RedHat is the desktop distribution of Linux, Slackware closer to the production server distro....
My $0.02
For instance my homepage is om http://www.dobbelaere.com (my last name). What if some evil company from hell calls himself also "dobbelaere" or registers my name as his trademark? Indivisduals can't fight like companies you know....
Also... let's say you create a special interest webpage in high-school and get you domainname for it. You have been studying the web closely and you have a very good name... let's say something like corvette.com (you create a non-profit website about the car). You know someone has the trademark, but he (the company) doesn't care about the internet yet. (corvette.com being random choice here)Then the company gets web-aware and want to secure his trademark. What will be the outcome....
USB to Ethernet solution? Maybe need some kernel hacking :))
Hey, this is so funny that I'll ask them to post the article again... he who knows the future controls the past.. hehe :))