Internet2 misconception
on
Internet Emulator
·
· Score: 4, Informative
As usual, someone is confusing Internet2 with Abilene Which is Internet2's high speed network. Abilene is just a part of what Internet2 does. If you ask me (and I know you didn't), Internet2's middleware stuff is much more interesting and ground breaking than a silly high speed network. Check out Shibboleth if you want to know where the Liberty Alliance got pretty much all their ideas:)
Pink Floyd: Another Brick in the Wall Dark Side of the Moon
The Who: Tommy
The Beatles: Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
These are albums meant to be listented to in their entirety. They are true works or art. Even if you do not particularly like this type of music (I personally never liked Tommy), you have to appreciate the amount of work and attention to detail that obviously went into every song to make it fit with the whole.
I don't know. I know quite a few people who are in unions and nearly every one hates it. You are right we need laws to protect us, but I don't think unions are the answer. Besides the fact they they seem to all get corrupt fairly quickly, the general complaint I hear is "everyone gets paid the same regardless of the quality of their work, so I'm just going to coast along like everyone else."
Good, because in addition to crappy hours and low pay, I'm sure everyone wants the added benefit of paying union dues. That, and I cannot think of a better way to move all IT jobs to India, can you?
Re:Do younger minds absorb quicker?
on
Ageism in IT?
·
· Score: 3, Interesting
To be honest, I think a lot of has to do with the myth that is hammered into kids that "learning is hard" Think about it, we start out in life knowing how to do NOTHING but learn.
We learn to walk, talk, etc at a rapid rate. Then we hit school, and we are constantly told that learning is hard, and we must spend a lot of time on it. Learning becomes less of a natural thing and more of a painful, forced, and utterly boring thing.
It gets even worse for adults, I know some adults (I'm 25, and I still consider myself a kid:) ) who constantly complain that they cannot learn new things. Whether it be a new computer program (or computers in general), a new way to do something at work, a new hobby, anything. Yet this is total bull. I remember struggling at school with algebra , trig, english, pretty much all subjects yet at the same time I was coming home and teaching myself x86 assembly language. One was fun and something I wanted to do, the rest was stuff that everyone told me was hard, took a lot of time, and was forced on me. Sometimes it is an issue of motivation, but I really think many people just believe that as they get older they cannot learn new things and do not even bother trying.
The preception "learning is hard", and "you can't teach an old dog new trick" is probably having more of a negative effect on people than any real biological block to learning.
My handwriting is horrible. Sometimes I cannot even read it. See, I'm left handed. That alone is no excuse, but I went through elementry school alternating between teachers who tried to teach me to write left handed and didn't know how, and teachers who tried to force me to be right handed.
Good think I learned to type or I would be stuck waiting for voice->text technology to mature before I could get anything down on paper:)
I'm in the same boat. 7.3 is the best server offering Redhat has right now (8&9 make fine desktops, but introduce some annoying stability problems, not the lest of which is the old "corrupt RPM DB trick" that they have yet to fix).
I'm starting to lean away from Redhat and am investigating Debian. Unfortunatly most commercial vendors seem to make everything work with Redhat, and ignore the rest.
You are correct, Oracle has a history of buying up companies and pissing off current customers. Recently they bought Steltor (maker of CorporateTime) and pretty much told all existing CorporateTime customers that they would now have to buy Oracle's crappy backend server bundle if they wanted to continue running CT. As a result quite a few Universities are dumping CT and throwing their efforts behind the open source Chandler calandar system.
There is a constant flood of people who keep asking why SCO does not just show everyone the evidence if they really have a claim. I mean the code already exists for the public to look at in the linux kernel, so why not just point out which lines that are talking about?
(for purposes of this discussion I am going to pretend SCO really has a legit claim and is not just doing this to get bought out)
Here is why: They want to collect royalties. They cannot collect royalties if the code in question is removed and replaced with "clean" code, which is what will happen within minutes of them announcing exactly which lines of code are in violation.
My guess is they would want all evidence to be secret, and never disclosed to the public else they lose their imagined "windfall" they plan to make via royalties on future sales of Linux distributions (or just extorting users of Linux directly).
Can you just see it? "To keep our IP secret we cannot tell you what code is infringing on our property, buy we will let you keep doing it for a small fee. Don't worry, we will tell you if the code is ever removed or changed and stop charging you"
Now before you scoff at this as the stupidest thing you have ever heard, think: Is this idea any sillier than everything else that has happened in this SCO fiasco so far?
Nope, Apt installs binaries. They are configured with library requirements when the package maintainer builds them, and you either like their options (which generally include every possible option....and dependancy) or you don't.
Yes, if he is not distributing binaries, you do not have to distribute source code. You are allowed to modify GPL code for your own use without filtering the code back to the community.
Copyright is only assigned to the song, that is why anytime you see a compilation album it has copywrite info for each song listed somewhere in the liner notes.
I could be mistaken, but I believe Win98 is out of support, and MS no longer produces "security updates" for it. In which case it would be VERY irresponsible to continue using it. Upgrade to Win2k or a recent Linux distro, but get off of Win98.
However, allowing a State Funded School to go into business for it's self by selling music is a HUGE conflict of interest for both parties.
Agreed, but so is selling out your school for money from Microsoft, Pepsi, and MBNA (all PSU sponsers). Most of us are just sick that this is happening, but we (students, faculty, and staff) have less and less say when money gets tossed around.
This is how Universities loose State and Federal funding for various programs.
Well, regardless of any misdoings, State funded universities are losing funding hand over fist these days. Pennsylvania is not only cutting the funding for these schools, it is requesting money back. Perhaps the schools feel corporate sponsership is the only way to get money anymore. I'm not saying it is right, just that the almighty dollar still rules.
You can choose not to get HIV/AIDS reletivly easily (avoid dirty needles, unprotected sex), but SARS can be spread to you regardless of your actions.
This discounts the rare possibility of a tainted blood transfusion, but let's face facts here, HIV is primarily sexually transmitted. SARS is trasmitted simply by contact.
Slashdot Mirror
There are other parties interested in Kerberos?
Yeah, most large Universities.
Finkployd
As usual, someone is confusing Internet2 with Abilene Which is Internet2's high speed network. Abilene is just a part of what Internet2 does. If you ask me (and I know you didn't), Internet2's middleware stuff is much more interesting and ground breaking than a silly high speed network. Check out Shibboleth if you want to know where the Liberty Alliance got pretty much all their ideas :)
Finkployd
And he violated copyright exactly HOW?
Finkployd
Pink Floyd:
Another Brick in the Wall
Dark Side of the Moon
The Who:
Tommy
The Beatles:
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
These are albums meant to be listented to in their entirety. They are true works or art. Even if you do not particularly like this type of music (I personally never liked Tommy), you have to appreciate the amount of work and attention to detail that obviously went into every song to make it fit with the whole.
Finkployd
I don't know. I know quite a few people who are in unions and nearly every one hates it. You are right we need laws to protect us, but I don't think unions are the answer. Besides the fact they they seem to all get corrupt fairly quickly, the general complaint I hear is "everyone gets paid the same regardless of the quality of their work, so I'm just going to coast along like everyone else."
Finkployd
Good, because in addition to crappy hours and low pay, I'm sure everyone wants the added benefit of paying union dues. That, and I cannot think of a better way to move all IT jobs to India, can you?
Finkployd
I'd say "How do you like them apples", but it's too obvious a pun.
Yes, we are all glad you decided not to say that.
wait a minute......
Finkployd
problems we were having with Linux 9.0.
:)
You had me until that
Finkployd
To be honest, I think a lot of has to do with the myth that is hammered into kids that "learning is hard" Think about it, we start out in life knowing how to do NOTHING but learn.
:) ) who constantly complain that they cannot learn new things. Whether it be a new computer program (or computers in general), a new way to do something at work, a new hobby, anything. Yet this is total bull. I remember struggling at school with algebra , trig, english, pretty much all subjects yet at the same time I was coming home and teaching myself x86 assembly language. One was fun and something I wanted to do, the rest was stuff that everyone told me was hard, took a lot of time, and was forced on me. Sometimes it is an issue of motivation, but I really think many people just believe that as they get older they cannot learn new things and do not even bother trying.
We learn to walk, talk, etc at a rapid rate. Then we hit school, and we are constantly told that learning is hard, and we must spend a lot of time on it. Learning becomes less of a natural thing and more of a painful, forced, and utterly boring thing.
It gets even worse for adults, I know some adults (I'm 25, and I still consider myself a kid
The preception "learning is hard", and "you can't teach an old dog new trick" is probably having more of a negative effect on people than any real biological block to learning.
Finkployd
Really, Democrat Fritz Hollings strikes you as someone would support open source?
Finkployd
Thanks, I'll check that out.
Finkployd
My handwriting is horrible. Sometimes I cannot even read it. See, I'm left handed. That alone is no excuse, but I went through elementry school alternating between teachers who tried to teach me to write left handed and didn't know how, and teachers who tried to force me to be right handed.
:)
Good think I learned to type or I would be stuck waiting for voice->text technology to mature before I could get anything down on paper
Finkployd
I'm in the same boat. 7.3 is the best server offering Redhat has right now (8&9 make fine desktops, but introduce some annoying stability problems, not the lest of which is the old "corrupt RPM DB trick" that they have yet to fix).
I'm starting to lean away from Redhat and am investigating Debian. Unfortunatly most commercial vendors seem to make everything work with Redhat, and ignore the rest.
Finkployd
Begun, the mod wars have.
Finkployd
You are correct, Oracle has a history of buying up companies and pissing off current customers. Recently they bought Steltor (maker of CorporateTime) and pretty much told all existing CorporateTime customers that they would now have to buy Oracle's crappy backend server bundle if they wanted to continue running CT. As a result quite a few Universities are dumping CT and throwing their efforts behind the open source Chandler calandar system.
Finkployd
Five words:
:)
Dirty deeds, done to sheep
Finkployd
There is a constant flood of people who keep asking why SCO does not just show everyone the evidence if they really have a claim. I mean the code already exists for the public to look at in the linux kernel, so why not just point out which lines that are talking about?
(for purposes of this discussion I am going to pretend SCO really has a legit claim and is not just doing this to get bought out)
Here is why: They want to collect royalties. They cannot collect royalties if the code in question is removed and replaced with "clean" code, which is what will happen within minutes of them announcing exactly which lines of code are in violation.
My guess is they would want all evidence to be secret, and never disclosed to the public else they lose their imagined "windfall" they plan to make via royalties on future sales of Linux distributions (or just extorting users of Linux directly).
Can you just see it? "To keep our IP secret we cannot tell you what code is infringing on our property, buy we will let you keep doing it for a small fee. Don't worry, we will tell you if the code is ever removed or changed and stop charging you"
Now before you scoff at this as the stupidest thing you have ever heard, think: Is this idea any sillier than everything else that has happened in this SCO fiasco so far?
Finkployd
Nope, Apt installs binaries. They are configured with library requirements when the package maintainer builds them, and you either like their options (which generally include every possible option....and dependancy) or you don't.
Finkployd
Yes, if he is not distributing binaries, you do not have to distribute source code. You are allowed to modify GPL code for your own use without filtering the code back to the community.
Finkployd
Copyright is only assigned to the song, that is why anytime you see a compilation album it has copywrite info for each song listed somewhere in the liner notes.
Finkployd
I could be mistaken, but I believe Win98 is out of support, and MS no longer produces "security updates" for it. In which case it would be VERY irresponsible to continue using it. Upgrade to Win2k or a recent Linux distro, but get off of Win98.
Finkployd
I didn't think you could patent algorithms?
Ever heard of RSA?
Finkployd
However, allowing a State Funded School to go into business for it's self by selling music is a HUGE conflict of interest for both parties.
Agreed, but so is selling out your school for money from Microsoft, Pepsi, and MBNA (all PSU sponsers). Most of us are just sick that this is happening, but we (students, faculty, and staff) have less and less say when money gets tossed around.
This is how Universities loose State and Federal funding for various programs.
Well, regardless of any misdoings, State funded universities are losing funding hand over fist these days. Pennsylvania is not only cutting the funding for these schools, it is requesting money back. Perhaps the schools feel corporate sponsership is the only way to get money anymore. I'm not saying it is right, just that the almighty dollar still rules.
Finkployd
You can choose not to get HIV/AIDS reletivly easily (avoid dirty needles, unprotected sex), but SARS can be spread to you regardless of your actions.
This discounts the rare possibility of a tainted blood transfusion, but let's face facts here, HIV is primarily sexually transmitted. SARS is trasmitted simply by contact.
Finkployd
On PSU's board of trustees sits one of the major lawyers for the RIAA. I hope this explains it.
Finkployd