At least now they have some hope of providing confidentiality and protection of information. The government forces anyone who so much as works in a business that touches patient records to go through HIPAA training to make certain that some human error doesn't reveal any sensitive information and then dumps the data on relatively non-secure Windows servers. Linux should provide a significantly more secure environ for it.
However, I somehow doubt that my copay is going to go down because of the money they save...
Quite so. The maximum speed at which your brain can operate and perceive information is fixed, as neurons can only fire so fast (once every few milliseconds). Thus, you can only experience some maximum theoretical frame-rate for your perception of the world. However, the total utilization of your brain (i.e. using more of the total number of neurons) may increase in times of duress, allowing greater data processing and seemingly faster thought processes, likely leading to the perceived "slow down" of time.
This is actually not too bad of a deal for one not concerned about their privacy. I can see educational institutions, businesses, or low-income individuals welcoming monetarily-free software. Besides, it beats them just implementing a feedback system regardless and still charging you $300 for the software.
Oops, yeah, I meant Calc. I always forget it shows up as "Spreadsheet" on my computer...:D Yeah, I know. It took me four hours to install Office on my Windows box... I kept typing "yum install MSOffice" and it kept saying "yum is not a recognized command or batch file."... I'm so confused... You mean I actually have to put a CD in my computer? And what's with this "Product Activation Key" thing?
Thanks; I do appreciate the shopping advice. I've been looking for a good player supporting the kind of drag-drop functionality that you described but had never gotten around to really searching for one.
I may just have to go out and buy one.
Good point. How many roots do they have is the question? I assume they provide all of the major certificate verification companies. They could always block verisign completely, forcing you to accept an unsigned certificate, but that would rouse the wrath of everyone, as it would kinda defeat the purpose of certificate authorities. They may just require you to install software (that can do whatever it wants) on your computer to use the ISP, but this would also be met with great ire. I predict increased profits for certificate authorities in the near future.:-)
I, for one, will still mourn the loss of performance that will come with increased use of SSL, but it beats DPI.
My guess is that the Tor network (and its other friends at the EFF) will be able to get around this somehow, though, perhaps by encryption of all internet traffic.
What was preventing me was the fact that I've never heard of it before. Thanks for the information! I intend to go home and put it on my iPod and kiss iTunes goodbye. I'd tried GTKPod, but hadn't really loved it, and iPod linux doesn't support my generation. I love the feeling I get when I can delete Apple programs from my computer...:-)
Quite so, which is why we need to see the breakdown of the terrible monopolies that we currently have in the ISP arena. Sadly, internet is a natural monopoly, and I'd like publicly controlled internet even less, because if private ISPs are going to filter your internet, a government controlled one would infringe even further. However, it is rare that people truly have no choice. Most people can get cable, satellite, DSL, or EV-DO where they are; that's a lot of options. If we start to see government-imposed filtering, however, we are truly lost.
Yes, I have used GIMP. I'm not saying that at a functional level it's like Photoshop. My point is simply that, consciously or not, its layout, etc. resembles it.
I'm not complaining that it looks like Microsoft; I like MS Office's UI. It's simply a comment. Yes, I will grant that there are only so many ways you can lay out a word processing program, but if you look at Open Office, it is identical. Almost all of the buttons are in the same place, the menus have the mostly the same names, the margin adjusting bars look the same. I challenge anyone to look at Open Spreadsheet and Excel next to each other and tell me that it's not imitating Excel...
...Microsoft will object to anything that threatens their proprietary, monopolistic stranglehold on office computing. I find it refreshing that governments are considering switching to a potentially more accessible, widespread format. Hopefully we will start to see more and more transitioning to the more friendly, open formats; I for one will buy the first iPod-clone that supports Vorbis. And as a Linux user I just have to laugh. Still, you have to respect Microsoft's market power; consider, for example, that Open Office was designed specifically to look as close to MS Office as possible. MS is what people are used to; it is what they learned on and what they instinctually default to (even Mac users use MS Office). And so, people will continue to resist anything that doesn't look and feel like Gates, even if it's an improvement, so we will keep seeing the open-source clones of proprietary programs, e.g. MS Office-Open Office, Photoshop-GIMP, etc.
Speaking as a molecular biologist, that is far too accurate...
It is sad that in the modern day, global warming/environmental change has become nothing more than a buzzword. Rather than investigate and present the reality of the matter, we've just started to see it everywhere and jump at shadows. But still, whatever you have to say to get the grant money.
Yahoo! Answers can come in handy. Yes, I can actually bring myself to say that. I will admit that it is occasionally useful when you are looking for some incredibly eclectic answer to an incredibly eclectic question. It will never match Wikipedia though. Like the article says, it simply does not have the peer-moderation that Wikipedia does, nor the strive for excellence and accuracy. You may argue with me, but you do have to admit that while Wikipedia has had some rather visible instances of abuse and misdirection, in general the community does its best to provide accurate, insightful reference. I think that Answers could prove to be so much more if they would just institute the kind of mass-collaborative production/moderation that Wikipedia uses.
I doubt this will stop ISPs for long. They'll likely just man-in-the-middle attack it. This has long been a weakness of public-key encryption and the reason that certificate authorities like Verisign were created to validate keys. The problem lies in the fact that ISPs control your communication with certificate authorities too. Theoretically, they can fool you into thinking whatever they want. How can you verify keys when all of your communications run through a single authority?
Perhaps the only weakness ISPs face here (other than the wrath of consumers) is the computational demands of DPI. It will take an awful lot of computing power on their end to truly implement this.
One possible way around might be through the use of multiple, distinct internet connections. If you are presented with a different key for google on two different connections, at least one of them must be faked. Of course, you are still left wondering which one, so you'd have to throw out both.
I honestly think that the best hope for preventing the Orwellian state of communications that is rapidly approaching is through market pressure. So long as one ISP remains that does not filter, that remains neutral, customers will flock to them. It will be the new selling point of the 21st century, "We only censor your web a little bit!"
Wow, I think you've just discovered an unbreakable form of DRM...
Windows kernel patch: On insertion of blank disc or activation of bittorrent client, play CopyFloppy.wmv. Now with break-dancing Bill Gates action!
Sadly, they're going to have to update the song...
"Don't copy that floppy, unless it's been released, under the GPL, 'cause then it's free."
The next verse goes on to talk about how you should always include source code and then Tux joins in for the big dance number at the end.:-P
Dearly love the book; one of my favorites. You seeing shades of it here? Using bacteria to create electrical components? That could then be assembled...
It seems to me that for a long time, the GPL was viewed by most simply as an ideal, a nominal rationalization for releasing source rather than the license agreement that it actually is. Hopefully with the recent rash of GPL-violation lawsuits, companies will start taking seriously the protections granted by the GPL and the principles of open-source software design that it supports. Nothing like a few court trials to wake people up...
But are tall enough to reach phones by themselves and understand how to work them? Most small kids don't have urgent business deals that are time sensitive and need to close in the next two hours. If it's just a social call to your children, it can probably wait till you land. Besides, I also don't want to hear someone baby-talking next to me either.:D
Just as a side thought, this would prove invaluable in the case of airline hijacking, as the passengers would easily and surreptitiously be able to contact the authorities.
...who anxiously await the release of OpenMoko's unlocked phone. I can't wait to get my hands on a Neo, now that I know networks in the US will support it. Who wants an iPhone tied to AT&T, when you can have a phone that runs on all GSM networks and runs Linux?
Really. While I am utterly against anything but net neutrality and hate with a passion any who throttle traffic/block ports/protocols, etc. (that means you, Comcast!), I do think that it is probably right of them to prevent the usage of VoIP services. I wouldn't really appreciate the guy squished two inches to my right having an "interesting chat" with his girlfriend, and I don't want to hear the girl three inches to my left arguing with her husband for three hours. As stated by others, it would probably be enforced more by flight attendants than by any real attempt at a firewall (they being to easy to overcome). If you really need to communicate with the outside world, I'd say there is little you can do with VoIP (that can't wait two hours) that can't be done with IRC/e-mail.
...why the strife?! I see no reason we are obligated to rename streets after dead/famous people. It provides nothing other than a token nod to the arts, or ethnic minorities, etc. allowing us to say we've done our part without actually making any sacrifice. On the other hand, it costs many people time and money, as businesses have to update cards, ads, signs, etc. to reflect the new address, mapping programs will have to update their databases, etc. I live in the city, and I am frankly horrified by the name-calling, vicious accusations, and general uncivilized conduct that these debates have caused.
I'm sorry, but that is the most entertaining thing I've read in weeks... I have family members who would seriously do that... I don't think I'd ever talk to them again.:D
My point exactly. Why the government rush to socialize most natural monopolies (e.g. water, power, etc.) and to jump on Intel and Microsoft and others like them? Why allow Comcast's monopoly to stand without so much as blinking an eye? At least you can by an AMD processor or use a Mac if you feel so compelled; for many people, Comcast is the only viable form of internet service available.
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At least now they have some hope of providing confidentiality and protection of information. The government forces anyone who so much as works in a business that touches patient records to go through HIPAA training to make certain that some human error doesn't reveal any sensitive information and then dumps the data on relatively non-secure Windows servers. Linux should provide a significantly more secure environ for it. However, I somehow doubt that my copay is going to go down because of the money they save...
Quite so. The maximum speed at which your brain can operate and perceive information is fixed, as neurons can only fire so fast (once every few milliseconds). Thus, you can only experience some maximum theoretical frame-rate for your perception of the world. However, the total utilization of your brain (i.e. using more of the total number of neurons) may increase in times of duress, allowing greater data processing and seemingly faster thought processes, likely leading to the perceived "slow down" of time.
This is actually not too bad of a deal for one not concerned about their privacy. I can see educational institutions, businesses, or low-income individuals welcoming monetarily-free software. Besides, it beats them just implementing a feedback system regardless and still charging you $300 for the software.
...they were only AMD's. I was getting worried there for a second. One day they hope to upgrade to a single Penryn.
Oops, yeah, I meant Calc. I always forget it shows up as "Spreadsheet" on my computer... :D Yeah, I know. It took me four hours to install Office on my Windows box... I kept typing "yum install MSOffice" and it kept saying "yum is not a recognized command or batch file."... I'm so confused... You mean I actually have to put a CD in my computer? And what's with this "Product Activation Key" thing?
Thanks; I do appreciate the shopping advice. I've been looking for a good player supporting the kind of drag-drop functionality that you described but had never gotten around to really searching for one. I may just have to go out and buy one.
Good point. How many roots do they have is the question? I assume they provide all of the major certificate verification companies. They could always block verisign completely, forcing you to accept an unsigned certificate, but that would rouse the wrath of everyone, as it would kinda defeat the purpose of certificate authorities. They may just require you to install software (that can do whatever it wants) on your computer to use the ISP, but this would also be met with great ire. I predict increased profits for certificate authorities in the near future. :-)
I, for one, will still mourn the loss of performance that will come with increased use of SSL, but it beats DPI.
My guess is that the Tor network (and its other friends at the EFF) will be able to get around this somehow, though, perhaps by encryption of all internet traffic.
What was preventing me was the fact that I've never heard of it before. Thanks for the information! I intend to go home and put it on my iPod and kiss iTunes goodbye. I'd tried GTKPod, but hadn't really loved it, and iPod linux doesn't support my generation. I love the feeling I get when I can delete Apple programs from my computer... :-)
Quite so, which is why we need to see the breakdown of the terrible monopolies that we currently have in the ISP arena. Sadly, internet is a natural monopoly, and I'd like publicly controlled internet even less, because if private ISPs are going to filter your internet, a government controlled one would infringe even further. However, it is rare that people truly have no choice. Most people can get cable, satellite, DSL, or EV-DO where they are; that's a lot of options. If we start to see government-imposed filtering, however, we are truly lost.
Yes, I have used GIMP. I'm not saying that at a functional level it's like Photoshop. My point is simply that, consciously or not, its layout, etc. resembles it. I'm not complaining that it looks like Microsoft; I like MS Office's UI. It's simply a comment. Yes, I will grant that there are only so many ways you can lay out a word processing program, but if you look at Open Office, it is identical. Almost all of the buttons are in the same place, the menus have the mostly the same names, the margin adjusting bars look the same. I challenge anyone to look at Open Spreadsheet and Excel next to each other and tell me that it's not imitating Excel...
...Microsoft will object to anything that threatens their proprietary, monopolistic stranglehold on office computing. I find it refreshing that governments are considering switching to a potentially more accessible, widespread format. Hopefully we will start to see more and more transitioning to the more friendly, open formats; I for one will buy the first iPod-clone that supports Vorbis. And as a Linux user I just have to laugh. Still, you have to respect Microsoft's market power; consider, for example, that Open Office was designed specifically to look as close to MS Office as possible. MS is what people are used to; it is what they learned on and what they instinctually default to (even Mac users use MS Office). And so, people will continue to resist anything that doesn't look and feel like Gates, even if it's an improvement, so we will keep seeing the open-source clones of proprietary programs, e.g. MS Office-Open Office, Photoshop-GIMP, etc.
Speaking as a molecular biologist, that is far too accurate... It is sad that in the modern day, global warming/environmental change has become nothing more than a buzzword. Rather than investigate and present the reality of the matter, we've just started to see it everywhere and jump at shadows. But still, whatever you have to say to get the grant money.
Yahoo! Answers can come in handy. Yes, I can actually bring myself to say that. I will admit that it is occasionally useful when you are looking for some incredibly eclectic answer to an incredibly eclectic question. It will never match Wikipedia though. Like the article says, it simply does not have the peer-moderation that Wikipedia does, nor the strive for excellence and accuracy. You may argue with me, but you do have to admit that while Wikipedia has had some rather visible instances of abuse and misdirection, in general the community does its best to provide accurate, insightful reference. I think that Answers could prove to be so much more if they would just institute the kind of mass-collaborative production/moderation that Wikipedia uses.
:-) Good point, but I prefer penguins to devils.
I doubt this will stop ISPs for long. They'll likely just man-in-the-middle attack it. This has long been a weakness of public-key encryption and the reason that certificate authorities like Verisign were created to validate keys. The problem lies in the fact that ISPs control your communication with certificate authorities too. Theoretically, they can fool you into thinking whatever they want. How can you verify keys when all of your communications run through a single authority? Perhaps the only weakness ISPs face here (other than the wrath of consumers) is the computational demands of DPI. It will take an awful lot of computing power on their end to truly implement this. One possible way around might be through the use of multiple, distinct internet connections. If you are presented with a different key for google on two different connections, at least one of them must be faked. Of course, you are still left wondering which one, so you'd have to throw out both. I honestly think that the best hope for preventing the Orwellian state of communications that is rapidly approaching is through market pressure. So long as one ISP remains that does not filter, that remains neutral, customers will flock to them. It will be the new selling point of the 21st century, "We only censor your web a little bit!"
Wow, I think you've just discovered an unbreakable form of DRM... Windows kernel patch: On insertion of blank disc or activation of bittorrent client, play CopyFloppy.wmv. Now with break-dancing Bill Gates action! Sadly, they're going to have to update the song... "Don't copy that floppy, unless it's been released, under the GPL, 'cause then it's free." The next verse goes on to talk about how you should always include source code and then Tux joins in for the big dance number at the end. :-P
I did, but when I went to find it, I got nothing but a BSoD. Oh wait, I remember, I tried to move the file and it lost the data... :-)
Dearly love the book; one of my favorites. You seeing shades of it here? Using bacteria to create electrical components? That could then be assembled...
It seems to me that for a long time, the GPL was viewed by most simply as an ideal, a nominal rationalization for releasing source rather than the license agreement that it actually is. Hopefully with the recent rash of GPL-violation lawsuits, companies will start taking seriously the protections granted by the GPL and the principles of open-source software design that it supports. Nothing like a few court trials to wake people up...
But are tall enough to reach phones by themselves and understand how to work them? Most small kids don't have urgent business deals that are time sensitive and need to close in the next two hours. If it's just a social call to your children, it can probably wait till you land. Besides, I also don't want to hear someone baby-talking next to me either. :D
Just as a side thought, this would prove invaluable in the case of airline hijacking, as the passengers would easily and surreptitiously be able to contact the authorities.
...who anxiously await the release of OpenMoko's unlocked phone. I can't wait to get my hands on a Neo, now that I know networks in the US will support it. Who wants an iPhone tied to AT&T, when you can have a phone that runs on all GSM networks and runs Linux?
Really. While I am utterly against anything but net neutrality and hate with a passion any who throttle traffic/block ports/protocols, etc. (that means you, Comcast!), I do think that it is probably right of them to prevent the usage of VoIP services. I wouldn't really appreciate the guy squished two inches to my right having an "interesting chat" with his girlfriend, and I don't want to hear the girl three inches to my left arguing with her husband for three hours. As stated by others, it would probably be enforced more by flight attendants than by any real attempt at a firewall (they being to easy to overcome). If you really need to communicate with the outside world, I'd say there is little you can do with VoIP (that can't wait two hours) that can't be done with IRC/e-mail.
...why the strife?! I see no reason we are obligated to rename streets after dead/famous people. It provides nothing other than a token nod to the arts, or ethnic minorities, etc. allowing us to say we've done our part without actually making any sacrifice. On the other hand, it costs many people time and money, as businesses have to update cards, ads, signs, etc. to reflect the new address, mapping programs will have to update their databases, etc. I live in the city, and I am frankly horrified by the name-calling, vicious accusations, and general uncivilized conduct that these debates have caused.
I'm sorry, but that is the most entertaining thing I've read in weeks... I have family members who would seriously do that... I don't think I'd ever talk to them again. :D
My point exactly. Why the government rush to socialize most natural monopolies (e.g. water, power, etc.) and to jump on Intel and Microsoft and others like them? Why allow Comcast's monopoly to stand without so much as blinking an eye? At least you can by an AMD processor or use a Mac if you feel so compelled; for many people, Comcast is the only viable form of internet service available.