I've been a Slashdot quite a while, been so long I can't remember. This new beta site needs to go. The current layout works just fine. The new one looks like one of those SEO spam sites used to get clicks. Please make it go away.
This device would be easy on the grid
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I work at a company which manages the power grid for all or parts of thirteen states. This device would work to even out the load curve. I know the dispatchers in the control room wouldn't mind a flatter load curve during traditionally high load periods. That said, I don't see this being very useful for single family homes at the price points mentioned. Multi-tenant units could benefit if they would be willing to aggregate their metering.
Snippage from e-mail sent to me last night.(Note: I snipped info on how to fix worm, anti-virus software recommendations, and edited to get around filter):
Dear Speakeasy Members,
Over the last 3 months, we have been battling it out with the Code Red worm. Just as we were beginning to believe the worst was behind us, we have now learned that there is yet another hostile bit of rogue data coursing it's way around the Internet.
This new so-called Nimda worm, unlike it's Code Red predecessor, affects not only Windows 2000,NT,XP running IIS, but Windows 95,98,ME as well. It goes without saying that the damage potential for this worm is exponentially greater than the Code Red worm. It is for this reason we
urge you to apply the proper fix to your machines ASAP, if you have not done so already.
PLEASE NOTE:
The affects of this worm are detrimental to all and we'd like to give each member a chance to secure their machines. However, after 9-23-01, Speakeasy's Abuse Team will be freezing the DSL circuit hooked to any machine infected with the worm. We apologize for the inconvenience of
this, but it is imperative that we ensure our network is not assisting in the propogation of this, or any, worm. All of us are part of a larger community, and it really isn't cool to infect your neighbors.
Employ NSA-linemuncher-like countermeasures
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I know it'd be a hassle to get pulled over but if enough people rode around with a rag/sponge soaked in Jack Daniels in their car, I'd think the police would begin ignoring these little sensors tout de suite. Noble intent, dumb implementation.
Cynics repsonse: The research was probably funded, in part, by automobile manufacturers at the behest of their legal counsel.
I was contacted recently by a Comcast recruiter (in the Philadelphia area) looking to staff up a new Comcast networking group. She said that they were dropping their relationship with @Home and were going to do it themselves. I don't know about Cox but Comcast is definitely taking the DIY route.
...instead of a tap on the shoulder. Some companies need some "convincing" to make the necessary changes in a timely manner. Microsoft is definitely one those companies.
I know some of the/. population will make trite remarks about how it's Acme's business to run as they see fit but I have a problem with corporations enforcing traffic laws. Even more so when Acme's fines aren't subject to any limits.
It's bad enough with corporations buying laws and influence at all levels of government. At least keep them out of the kangaroo court business.
You would think that if enough artists got fed up with taking it in the rear from record labels, they would start their own business. And no, I don't mean Master P getting his own record label. He's still just ho'in for the man.
What I'm talking about is more of a collective. The creation of genre-specific, artist-friendly, groups who cut the labels out of the process. I understand labels have the distribution power, but look at the model mp3.com uses with it's D.A.M. format. The artist gets to release material when they think it's ready and they don't have to answer to some corporate shill A&R person who only cares about getting a commercial hit. And the artists can get a fairer share of the proceeds.
I worked at an east-coast univerisity until this summer and they were audited by the BSA. Basically one of the colleges in the University was ratted-out by a disgruntled employee. Interestingly, they only wanted to audit the one college, not the whole university. After many meetings between both party's lawyers, the fine was announced. It was somewhere in the six-figure range, even after being appealed down. The upshot was that even though only the single college was audited, the university decided to self-audit the rest of the university. So you can tack on all those hidden adminstrative costs to the official fine. Yours truly was part of that audit, what a nightmare. I'm making sure that any non-free software is legit. That school really has to watch their step from here on as they're now on the BSA *hit-list.
For reference, if you are ever audited by the BSA, you'll need proof of ownership. That means an invoice, credit card statement, or any other piece of paper that establishes who you bought it from, payment form, vendor order number, and the quantity purchased. Lawyers love paper trails....
This is the real issue in all of the Napster debates. The gouging of the consumer is what is really driving the online sharing of music, I think. It's pretty apparent that most of the industry claims that the higher prices are due to promotion costs are bogus.
"It was no game to the man who was trying to catch him, Federal Prosecutor Chris Painter. "Millions of dollars in damages...conduct that caused these companies to shut down their networks...retool....That's not a prankster," says Painter.
Is it really damages when a company was forced to do what they should have done all along, that is, secure their systems?
....they feel they have stacked the deck enough to make this challenge. Like most of the comments in the previous article about Mindcraft wanting to run a third bench, they're trying to fabricate a test that makes them look good to the general business public.
Micrsoft so proud of the survey while everybody knows it's fake.
Does everybody know it's a fake?? Microsoft is aiming this type of crap at senior management: People who have limited capacity for critical thinking and would rather have their homework done for them by "independent" reviews.
One would hope that their technical experts would set them straight but unfortunately with senior management, once the mind is set, it's a helluva task to change their mind.
What I'm feeling is that the general trend here is that a lot of you nerds are feeling hatred towards those who oppressed you. This is natural. However, it probably isn't the best mentality to take, as it only contributes to the already profuse hatred out there.
It's just like Henry Rollins said, "Don't hate someone, you're giving them too much of yourself."
Thats exactly it. This Mindcrap group can say whatever they want. If their tests aren't independently verified, their words ring hollow.
Those in the medical community know that when a medical study's results are published, more testing must be done by others to corroborate results before it is accepted as true. Yet the media will happily latch on to the results and preach them as the gospel truth. It's a shame though, because a lot of managers in companies put a lot of faith in those media sound-bites.
You do realize that having Linus do this test would look roughly the same as Microsoft sponsoring the Mindcraft study. Truly independent entities who aren't sponsored by any special interest (i.e. Microsoft or Linux backers) would seem credible to me.
I live near a Air National Guard squadron of A-10's. The Air Force has been working to rid themselves of these close air support beauties for years. The success these planes had in the Gulf War and they still can't see their usefulness. These planes are perfect for the Yugoslavian mission. Alas, the "Air Farce" wants the fill the role with F-16's. Yikes.
......must have been written by Micro$oft flaks. With the exception of two or three entries, most of them laud the book. Maybe pointy-hair bosses straight out of Dilbert. Nothing like stuffing the ballot box......
Methinks that Micro$oft is just looking to push this case back in an attempt to use the time factor to dilute Caldera's case impact. This has been dragging on since 1996.
Slashdot Mirror
I guess Slashdot isn't monetized enough? How else to explain the miserable Beta redesign?
Users should cause a revenue drought for Dice. Money talks...............
I've been a Slashdot quite a while, been so long I can't remember. This new beta site needs to go. The current layout works just fine. The new one looks like one of those SEO spam sites used to get clicks. Please make it go away.
I work at a company which manages the power grid for all or parts of thirteen states. This device would work to even out the load curve. I know the dispatchers in the control room wouldn't mind a flatter load curve during traditionally high load periods. That said, I don't see this being very useful for single family homes at the price points mentioned. Multi-tenant units could benefit if they would be willing to aggregate their metering.
Dear Mr. Masnick:
Please do not attempt to sign up for an ISP that uses Covad. I'd die without my DSL!
Respectfully yours,
nixon
Snippage from e-mail sent to me last night.(Note: I snipped info on how to fix worm, anti-virus software recommendations, and edited to get around filter):
Dear Speakeasy Members,
Over the last 3 months, we have been battling it out with the Code Red worm. Just as we were beginning to believe the worst was behind us, we have now learned that there is yet another hostile bit of rogue data coursing it's way around the Internet.
This new so-called Nimda worm, unlike it's Code Red predecessor, affects not only Windows 2000,NT,XP running IIS, but Windows 95,98,ME as well. It goes without saying that the damage potential for this worm is exponentially greater than the Code Red worm. It is for this reason we
urge you to apply the proper fix to your machines ASAP, if you have not done so already.
PLEASE NOTE:
The affects of this worm are detrimental to all and we'd like to give each member a chance to secure their machines. However, after 9-23-01, Speakeasy's Abuse Team will be freezing the DSL circuit hooked to any machine infected with the worm. We apologize for the inconvenience of
this, but it is imperative that we ensure our network is not assisting in the propogation of this, or any, worm. All of us are part of a larger community, and it really isn't cool to infect your neighbors.
I know it'd be a hassle to get pulled over but if enough people rode around with a rag/sponge soaked in Jack Daniels in their car, I'd think the police would begin ignoring these little sensors tout de suite. Noble intent, dumb implementation.
Cynics repsonse: The research was probably funded, in part, by automobile manufacturers at the behest of their legal counsel.
I was contacted recently by a Comcast recruiter (in the Philadelphia area) looking to staff up a new Comcast networking group. She said that they were dropping their relationship with @Home and were going to do it themselves. I don't know about Cox but Comcast is definitely taking the DIY route.
...instead of a tap on the shoulder. Some companies need some "convincing" to make the necessary changes in a timely manner. Microsoft is definitely one those companies.
Boy, what a difference spin makes. Check this article out:
http://biz.yahoo.com/st/010810/28625.html
Seems pretty much pro-Rambus.
Now look at this one:
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010810/100178.html
Basically a reprint of Infineon's press release. Boy, and you thought the patent system was confusing! So what's the real analysis?
I know some of the /. population will make trite remarks about how it's Acme's business to run as they see fit but I have a problem with corporations enforcing traffic laws. Even more so when Acme's fines aren't subject to any limits.
It's bad enough with corporations buying laws and influence at all levels of government. At least keep them out of the kangaroo court business.
You would think that if enough artists got fed up with taking it in the rear from record labels, they would start their own business. And no, I don't mean Master P getting his own record label. He's still just ho'in for the man.
What I'm talking about is more of a collective. The creation of genre-specific, artist-friendly, groups who cut the labels out of the process. I understand labels have the distribution power, but look at the model mp3.com uses with it's D.A.M. format. The artist gets to release material when they think it's ready and they don't have to answer to some corporate shill A&R person who only cares about getting a commercial hit. And the artists can get a fairer share of the proceeds.
I worked at an east-coast univerisity until this summer and they were audited by the BSA. Basically one of the colleges in the University was ratted-out by a disgruntled employee. Interestingly, they only wanted to audit the one college, not the whole university. After many meetings between both party's lawyers, the fine was announced. It was somewhere in the six-figure range, even after being appealed down. The upshot was that even though only the single college was audited, the university decided to self-audit the rest of the university. So you can tack on all those hidden adminstrative costs to the official fine. Yours truly was part of that audit, what a nightmare. I'm making sure that any non-free software is legit. That school really has to watch their step from here on as they're now on the BSA *hit-list.
For reference, if you are ever audited by the BSA, you'll need proof of ownership. That means an invoice, credit card statement, or any other piece of paper that establishes who you bought it from, payment form, vendor order number, and the quantity purchased. Lawyers love paper trails....
I wonder how much money in letterhead and stationary that law firm could save if they'd trim the list of names on the header. Dumbass lawyers.
This is the real issue in all of the Napster debates. The gouging of the consumer is what is really driving the online sharing of music, I think. It's pretty apparent that most of the industry claims that the higher prices are due to promotion costs are bogus.
Since the delivery was that late, did the space station get a free pizza?
"It was no game to the man who was trying to catch him, Federal Prosecutor Chris Painter. "Millions of dollars in damages...conduct that caused these companies to shut down their networks...retool....That's not a prankster," says Painter.
Is it really damages when a company was forced to do what they should have done all along, that is, secure their systems?
....they feel they have stacked the deck enough to make this challenge. Like most of the comments in the previous article about Mindcraft wanting to run a third bench, they're trying to fabricate a test that makes them look good to the general business public.
Inveigle, Deceive, Obfuscate
Micrsoft so proud of the survey while everybody knows it's fake.
Does everybody know it's a fake?? Microsoft is aiming this type of crap at senior management: People who have limited capacity for critical thinking and would rather have their homework done for them by "independent" reviews.
One would hope that their technical experts would set them straight but unfortunately with senior management, once the mind is set, it's a helluva task to change their mind.
What I'm feeling is that the general trend here is that a lot of you nerds are feeling hatred towards those who oppressed you. This is natural. However, it probably isn't the best mentality to take, as it only contributes to the already profuse hatred out there.
It's just like Henry Rollins said, "Don't hate someone, you're giving them too much of yourself."
Bill has been taking cues from that X-Files Opening Screen:
"Deceive Inveigle Obfuscate"
Thats exactly it. This Mindcrap group can say whatever they want. If their tests aren't independently verified, their words ring hollow.
Those in the medical community know that when a medical study's results are published, more testing must be done by others to corroborate results before it is accepted as true. Yet the media will happily latch on to the results and preach them as the gospel truth. It's a shame though, because a lot of managers in companies put a lot of faith in those media sound-bites.
You do realize that having Linus do this test would look roughly the same as Microsoft sponsoring the Mindcraft study. Truly independent entities who aren't sponsored by any special interest (i.e. Microsoft or Linux backers) would seem credible to me.
I live near a Air National Guard squadron of A-10's. The Air Force has been working to rid themselves of these close air support beauties for years. The success these planes had in the Gulf War and they still can't see their usefulness. These planes are perfect for the Yugoslavian mission. Alas, the "Air Farce" wants the fill the role with F-16's. Yikes.
......must have been written by Micro$oft flaks. With the exception of two or three entries, most of them laud the book. Maybe pointy-hair bosses straight out of Dilbert. Nothing like stuffing the ballot box......
Nixon
Methinks that Micro$oft is just looking to push this case back in an attempt to use the time factor to dilute Caldera's case impact. This has been dragging on since 1996.