This is a blatant plug, but it is at least on topic:)
SAGE-AU is holding Australasia's premier System Administration Conference on the Gold Coast, Australia, from Mon 3rd to Fri 7th of July, 2000. Details are available online at www.sage-au.org.au/conf. Mon-Wed is 3 days of tutorials, with the conference proper Thu-Fri. Thursday evening is the conference dinner which is always a great night.
Having been to a number of sysadmin conferences I have to say I think they are a damn fine idea. It's a great chance to see what other people are doing and see how other organisations are solving the same problems you are facing.
1. You seem to insinuate that Open Source activists shouldn't be working for commercial enterprises as you comment on Linux working for Transmeta and the recent acquisition of Slashdot by VA. Just like everyone else, OS activists have to make a living, and just because an organisation is commercial doesn't preclude it from open source development.
2. Companies and people are seperate entities. Crusoe was developed and will be released by Transmeta, a company. Transmete is not Linus, nor vice versa. Crusoe being open source (or not) will not make Linus and more or less honest - they are seperate entities.
3. Just because Crusoe is X86 compatible, and can therefore run Windows is not an endorsement (or a sledging for that matter) of the operating system. It can also run Minix, FreeBSD, Windows 3.1, BSDi and any number of other operating systems. It's compatible with an architectural instruction set.
Working hard or just being lucky has it's benefits. I don't see this as some grand plot to obfuscate history and hoard all fossils away from the view of the general public.
Unfortunately there are more fossils held by private collectors than by museums. I like the idea of the full TRex skeleton being sold to a museum because these things are part of our collective history. A full skeleton is quite rare, and it's value to science is greater than it's lobby-impress value.
I have visions of a T-rex skeleton sitting squat in the middle of the entry (ok so LARGE entry) of a mansion somewhere. The lady of the house is greeting guests and the conversation is reduced to:
"Oh wherever did you get one, I simply MUST have one?"
Seriously though, I hope a museum can afford to buy this to put it on display for us all to see. Having a T-rex in your corporate lobby would be cool, having some lame receptionist try to hang decorations off it come Christmas time would not.
One would imagine fossils take a certain amount of care and looking after?
Linux is managing to do what the linux ocmmunity really wanted... become more mainstream and make in roads into the M$ server market.
Given the success of Linux over the last 12 months why does/. still seem amazed whenever it appears in the mainstream press? Is success that difficult to cope with?:)
Red Hat Australia recently posted to the SAGE-AU-JOB S mailing list advertising a number of positions in Brisbane, Australia. The original message included:
Following Red Hat's 1999 international expansions into Europe & Japan, we are now establishing an Asia-Pacific regional headquarters, which will be located in Brisbane, Australia. This center will provide telephone and contract support services for Red Hat users in Australia, New Zealand, South Asia, India, Korea and Greater China.
Now while we can joke that RH is burning through the money and this is JustAnotherIPO[tm], it appears they are actually moving into new market places (geographically).
Several days after the positions vacant e-mail a request was sent to post a mail advertising a $AU3,500 5 day Red Hat training course. From my understanding this is the first time it's been offered in Australia.
Red Hat are setting up office in Brisbane in the state of Queensland. It's a pacfic rim city, closer to Asia than Sydney, and a number of large IT firms are setting up offices there to manage the Asia-Pacific market. I guess big American companies still prefer to setup shop in english speaking countries? Or maybe than just fell for the shrimp on the barbie line?
If the movie industry had implemented a security system that prevented unauthorized copying that would be one story. But they don't even attempt this. Anyone can copy encrypted DVD media to a blank DVD and play it anywhere. This encryption does nothing to stop bootleggers. What it does do is stop authorized viewers from accessing the media in a legitimate manner.
Apart from big corporations trying to screw over people once again - my major gripe with this is the MPAA are trying to deny my rights as a law abiding citizen.
Certainly in Australia it is legal to make a backup copy of VHS movies you purchase, just as it is legal to backup data and software. It should also be legal to make a backup copy of a DVD. If it is legal to backup then my copying of the data is authorised. The MPAA claim to be stopping internet pirates from making unauthorised copies when they are really trying to stop comsumers from making copies, regardless of their rights.
I will make backups of my DVDs and play them instead of my originals. Forking out $AU30-40 for a movie to have it scratched and ruined just isn't acceptable.
Here's hoping consumer rights advocates actually pickup on this.
Psyke.
The Simpsons - A penetrating social commentary?
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The Simpsons is still very popular here in Australia. The exploration of values and often biting social commentary that run throughout the show seem to apply equally well in many western countries.
I know a lot of Australian viewers laugh at what is seen as "US antics". We can point, laugh, and say "only in america". This was turned around on us when the Simpson's in Australia episode played upon classic Australian stereotypes.
The Simpson's commented about Australia being a constitutional monarchy with the Queen as head of state at a time when the country was making it's mind up about it's future: republic or monarchy? How many US TV programmes could have informed so many people around the world about our political system? How many children in the USA see Australia through Barts eyes now?
In many respects The Simpsons gets away with what would others be sen as scathing attacks because it is animated. I can think of no other TV programme to have so effectively satirised institutions such as the Catholic Church, Scientology, 7-11, and ethnic/racial/gender stereo types.
I believe the success of The Simpsons is partly due to it's ability to stimulate viewers at many levels. We laugh at Homer's outward stupidity, but marvel at his ability to blurt out things we would not bring ourselves to say.
Oh please! If @Home had taken appropriate action to stop abuse of USENET in a timely fashion the UDP would never have been called. @Home have been ruining the experience of millions of USENET readers. If anyone is to blame for any of the outcomes of the announcement of the UDP it is not the USENET community.
Users who were around USENET before the great influx of.com folk still lament how it has degraded as a service. I for one am glad that the "USENET cabal" is clawing back some of USENET from spammers and internet-misfits.
Will there be some fallout from the UDP? Yes, probably. But if management at @Home had taken their responsibility to the rest of the internet community seriously they would not be in this situation - and you would not be complaining about what may or may not happen.
It is sad that the USENET community has to resort to the UDP as a final resort to enforce "playing nice". I hope that you, as an end-user are not penalised for @Home's poor management. But I am very glad someone has decided to make a stand.
> You're just ruining it for all of us.
They're making it better for you - you just don't see it.
In Australia the phrase "only in America" comes to mind. I'm glad that Australia has gun control regulations. The best way of increasing the chances of a member of your family shot is to own a gun. If people actually sit down and look at how guns are used it becomes obvious very quickly that owning a gun decreases the personal safety of you and your family. Having had friends killed in the Port Arthur massacre I have a very emotional response to the the pro-gun lobby. I acknowledge this bias but firmly believe that in the majority of cases guns are used to deny the civil rights of others, not to defend one's own. US history is very different to Australian, and in Australia our constitution doesn't provide the right to bear arms, nor do we have a Bill of Rights. Having read a number of essays on the US constitution I believe the right to bear arms has been interpreted incredibly liberally. The US was born out of bloodshed, Australia came into existance peacefully. These events from long ago still seem to have significant impact on modern society. Glad to live in a country where shootings aren't an everyday occurence. Psike.
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SAGE-AU is holding Australasia's premier System Administration Conference on the Gold Coast, Australia, from Mon 3rd to Fri 7th of July, 2000. Details are available online at www.sage-au.org.au/conf. Mon-Wed is 3 days of tutorials, with the conference proper Thu-Fri. Thursday evening is the conference dinner which is always a great night.
Having been to a number of sysadmin conferences I have to say I think they are a damn fine idea. It's a great chance to see what other people are doing and see how other organisations are solving the same problems you are facing.
Cheers,
Russell.
I think you miss three key points.
1. You seem to insinuate that Open Source activists shouldn't be working for commercial enterprises as you comment on Linux working for Transmeta and the recent acquisition of Slashdot by VA. Just like everyone else, OS activists have to make a living, and just because an organisation is commercial doesn't preclude it from open source development.
2. Companies and people are seperate entities. Crusoe was developed and will be released by Transmeta, a company. Transmete is not Linus, nor vice versa. Crusoe being open source (or not) will not make Linus and more or less honest - they are seperate entities.
3. Just because Crusoe is X86 compatible, and can therefore run Windows is not an endorsement (or a sledging for that matter) of the operating system. It can also run Minix, FreeBSD, Windows 3.1, BSDi and any number of other operating systems. It's compatible with an architectural instruction set.
Cheers.
Unfortunately there are more fossils held by private collectors than by museums. I like the idea of the full TRex skeleton being sold to a museum because these things are part of our collective history. A full skeleton is quite rare, and it's value to science is greater than it's lobby-impress value.
Psike.
"Oh wherever did you get one, I simply MUST have one?"
Seriously though, I hope a museum can afford to buy this to put it on display for us all to see. Having a T-rex in your corporate lobby would be cool, having some lame receptionist try to hang decorations off it come Christmas time would not.
One would imagine fossils take a certain amount of care and looking after?
Psike.
Save the Fairy Penguins - Make a Donation
Given the success of Linux over the last 12 months why does /. still seem amazed whenever it appears in the mainstream press? Is success that difficult to cope with? :)
Psike.
Several days after the positions vacant e-mail a request was sent to post a mail advertising a $AU3,500 5 day Red Hat training course. From my understanding this is the first time it's been offered in Australia.
Red Hat are setting up office in Brisbane in the state of Queensland. It's a pacfic rim city, closer to Asia than Sydney, and a number of large IT firms are setting up offices there to manage the Asia-Pacific market. I guess big American companies still prefer to setup shop in english speaking countries? Or maybe than just fell for the shrimp on the barbie line?
Psike.
Apart from big corporations trying to screw over people once again - my major gripe with this is the MPAA are trying to deny my rights as a law abiding citizen.
Certainly in Australia it is legal to make a backup copy of VHS movies you purchase, just as it is legal to backup data and software. It should also be legal to make a backup copy of a DVD. If it is legal to backup then my copying of the data is authorised. The MPAA claim to be stopping internet pirates from making unauthorised copies when they are really trying to stop comsumers from making copies, regardless of their rights.
I will make backups of my DVDs and play them instead of my originals. Forking out $AU30-40 for a movie to have it scratched and ruined just isn't acceptable.
Here's hoping consumer rights advocates actually pickup on this.
Psyke.
I know a lot of Australian viewers laugh at what is seen as "US antics". We can point, laugh, and say "only in america". This was turned around on us when the Simpson's in Australia episode played upon classic Australian stereotypes.
The Simpson's commented about Australia being a constitutional monarchy with the Queen as head of state at a time when the country was making it's mind up about it's future: republic or monarchy? How many US TV programmes could have informed so many people around the world about our political system? How many children in the USA see Australia through Barts eyes now?
In many respects The Simpsons gets away with what would others be sen as scathing attacks because it is animated. I can think of no other TV programme to have so effectively satirised institutions such as the Catholic Church, Scientology, 7-11, and ethnic/racial/gender stereo types.
I believe the success of The Simpsons is partly due to it's ability to stimulate viewers at many levels. We laugh at Homer's outward stupidity, but marvel at his ability to blurt out things we would not bring ourselves to say.
Psyke.
Users who were around USENET before the great influx of .com folk still lament how it has degraded as a service. I for one am glad that the "USENET cabal" is clawing back some of USENET from spammers and internet-misfits.
Will there be some fallout from the UDP? Yes, probably. But if management at @Home had taken their responsibility to the rest of the internet community seriously they would not be in this situation - and you would not be complaining about what may or may not happen.
It is sad that the USENET community has to resort to the UDP as a final resort to enforce "playing nice". I hope that you, as an end-user are not penalised for @Home's poor management. But I am very glad someone has decided to make a stand.
> You're just ruining it for all of us.
They're making it better for you - you just don't see it.
Psike.
In Australia the phrase "only in America" comes to mind. I'm glad that Australia has gun control regulations. The best way of increasing the chances of a member of your family shot is to own a gun. If people actually sit down and look at how guns are used it becomes obvious very quickly that owning a gun decreases the personal safety of you and your family. Having had friends killed in the Port Arthur massacre I have a very emotional response to the the pro-gun lobby. I acknowledge this bias but firmly believe that in the majority of cases guns are used to deny the civil rights of others, not to defend one's own. US history is very different to Australian, and in Australia our constitution doesn't provide the right to bear arms, nor do we have a Bill of Rights. Having read a number of essays on the US constitution I believe the right to bear arms has been interpreted incredibly liberally. The US was born out of bloodshed, Australia came into existance peacefully. These events from long ago still seem to have significant impact on modern society. Glad to live in a country where shootings aren't an everyday occurence. Psike.