Samsung isn't blocking, T-Mobile is. Samsung put forth the effort to develop the update. T-Mobile wants to sell more phones and new contracts.
It's bad enough the two worst cellphone carriers are making the iphone (AT&T) and android (T-Mobile) look bad... but let's not blame the manufacturers. HTC, Samsung, Motorola, and others have done a great job of providing open upgradeable platforms... AND developing upgrades for them with hardware specific vendor modifications.
Blame AT&T and T-Mobile for sucking. Samsung is ok in my book.
I am one of her constituents.
I voted for her because her opposition was even whackier.
I ALSO voted for the proposition to exclude Arizona from the very same healthcare bill. A majority of Arizona voters agreed with me, and we are now excluded.
Gabby Giffords doesn't represent me, her district, or our best interests. We showed THAT through referendum.
I sure don't know everything about everything, but I *read* that bill before I voted for the Proposition to exclude Arizona. She admitted she did not.
It's not a republic. It's not a representative democracy. It's Demagoguery Gone Wild.
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1. She's not dead.
2. It's definitely wrong that she was shot.
3. She voted for the healthcare bill despite knowing that 67% of her constituents opposed it. She's no "representative." Just a political whackjob.
Condolences for those who died. May justice be served.
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GOSIP was supposed to require all US Federal agencies to support ISO's OSI stack, not TCP/IP.
Obviously that didn't work.
Twenty years later, and ONE branch of the US military thinks it can make a difference?
Sorry, US Navy.
Like everything else about the Internet, innovation will come from private enterprise. We don't mind accepting Federal money, but your contract lawyers and funky colored skittles won't change the Net. Oooh... piece of candy.
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IP - written by Bolt Beranek and Newman (now part of Raytheon)
BGP - written by Cisco and IBM
ROUTERS - produced by Cisco, Juniper, Redback, and others
(in other words, while DARPA provided $$$, the real innovation wasn't done by the military or US govt.)
Notably that DBM went from "revolution" to "ready for production" instantly, and that's not likely,
and that there is no DBM manufacturing plant. (I'm not sure how they make forklift batteries then,
but hey, I shouldn't be so inquisitive.
Correction... while the color scheme looks like their new Bell 212HP... it appears that this is actually an Aerospatiale Astar 355 ("Twinstar") dual turboshaft operated AS350 series aircraft.
> This one isn't even close. > Ignore every advice in this thread except the ones that tell you to get a lawyer.
Use your judgment. Don't "ignore every advice" because someone on slashdot said so.
> That's what they're for.
When there is a legal conflict requiring expert representation -- THAT is what lawyers are for. If you can avoid the issue, you can avoid the lawyer. Sorry, lawyers.
> Both you and your employer will be thankful your did.
Your employer will NEVER be thankful you got a lawyer. Talk to your supervisor. Talk to your in-house counsel. Admit nothing, but offer to help. Make it clear you refuse to accept the presumption of guilt.
It takes ONE (1) command/control server to keep the botnet functioning.
TEN (10) were left up.
NOTHING was "seriously crippled" nor was the botnet affected. This is a perfect example of a non-story about a good attempt that failed.
They've been "Trying since 2007" and can't take down 30 servers. Fair enough. There are lots of countries that don't cooperate with self-styled "authorities". How is this a story?
Did some widdle person need to publish something to get their widdle higher degree?
This is not a success.
There was nothing "crippled" here nor "seriously crippled" nor "partially crippled."
This is an example of a non-story about an abject failure.
It's like Bruce Willis taking out 2/3 of the asteroids about to blow up the Earth.
The Yankee Group has been a microsoft shil for years!
Do the math.
I'm not sure how much of a "group" they are. After all, they have more directors and officers than "analysts." Still I'm sure the microsoft money is good.. http://www.yankeegroup.com/listAnalysts.do
> "It's common knowledge that the majority of files distributed over BitTorrent violate copyright
No, sadly that's false.
Files do not "violate" (you mean infringe I'm guessing) Copyright laws.
The Copyright laws I'm familiar with apply to people. They do not apply to files
The people who use those same files may be doing so in any number of legal ways.
It's common knowledge when one doesn't do the research, it's easier to blame "common knowledge" than actually either understand the law, or research the issues.
> Oh you'll start caring if Skype pulls this same bullshit for their Android client and starts charging for Skype-to-Skype calls over 3G. I think you might care about that.
I use both the Android and the Nokia N900 because they are open-source. Nobody will "start charging" for anything. Should they, someone will write a replacement.
For that reason I don't use Skype on my Android (nor the Nokia N900). I use SipDroid. It's free, I still get unlimited minutes excluding international dialing, and I'm not encumbered by "worrying" about Apple's app-store policies, Skype's cellular contracts, or any company's policy.
Slashdot Mirror
Try http://tinyurl.com/4ep4vqo.
There's your citation.
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It's bad enough the two worst cellphone carriers are making the iphone (AT&T) and android (T-Mobile) look bad... but let's not blame the manufacturers. HTC, Samsung, Motorola, and others have done a great job of providing open upgradeable platforms... AND developing upgrades for them with hardware specific vendor modifications.
Blame AT&T and T-Mobile for sucking. Samsung is ok in my book.
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I am one of her constituents.
I voted for her because her opposition was even whackier.
I ALSO voted for the proposition to exclude Arizona from the very same healthcare bill. A majority of Arizona voters agreed with me, and we are now excluded.
Gabby Giffords doesn't represent me, her district, or our best interests. We showed THAT through referendum.
I sure don't know everything about everything, but I *read* that bill before I voted for the Proposition to exclude Arizona. She admitted she did not.
It's not a republic. It's not a representative democracy. It's Demagoguery Gone Wild.
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1. She's not dead.
2. It's definitely wrong that she was shot.
3. She voted for the healthcare bill despite knowing that 67% of her constituents opposed it. She's no "representative." Just a political whackjob.
Condolences for those who died. May justice be served.
E
Obviously that didn't work.
Twenty years later, and ONE branch of the US military thinks it can make a difference?
Sorry, US Navy.
Like everything else about the Internet, innovation will come from private enterprise. We don't mind accepting Federal money, but your contract lawyers and funky colored skittles won't change the Net. Oooh... piece of candy.
E
IP - written by Bolt Beranek and Newman (now part of Raytheon)
BGP - written by Cisco and IBM
ROUTERS - produced by Cisco, Juniper, Redback, and others
(in other words, while DARPA provided $$$, the real innovation wasn't done by the military or US govt.)
People in responsible positions shouldn't be asshats about their passwords.
Sorry, asshat, next time don't have an easily guessable dictionary password and blame the rest of the world for your folly.
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Notably that DBM went from "revolution" to "ready for production" instantly, and that's not likely, and that there is no DBM manufacturing plant. (I'm not sure how they make forklift batteries then, but hey, I shouldn't be so inquisitive.
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Correction... while the color scheme looks like their new Bell 212HP... it appears that this is actually an Aerospatiale Astar 355 ("Twinstar") dual turboshaft operated AS350 series aircraft.
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As a fellow helicopter pilot, I'm happy the pilot and three film-crew members survived.
My condolences to the family and friends of a brand-new (to Air-Cam) Bell 212HP Helicopter.
The world is now smaller by one less helicopter :(
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> This one isn't even close.
> Ignore every advice in this thread except the ones that tell you to get a lawyer.
Use your judgment. Don't "ignore every advice" because someone on slashdot said so.
> That's what they're for.
When there is a legal conflict requiring expert representation -- THAT is what lawyers are for. If you can avoid the issue, you can avoid the lawyer. Sorry, lawyers.
> Both you and your employer will be thankful your did.
Your employer will NEVER be thankful you got a lawyer. Talk to your supervisor. Talk to your in-house counsel. Admit nothing, but offer to help. Make it clear you refuse to accept the presumption of guilt.
Best regards,
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It takes ONE (1) command/control server to keep the botnet functioning.
TEN (10) were left up.
NOTHING was "seriously crippled" nor was the botnet affected. This is a perfect example of a non-story about a good attempt that failed.
They've been "Trying since 2007" and can't take down 30 servers. Fair enough. There are lots of countries that don't cooperate with self-styled "authorities". How is this a story?
Did some widdle person need to publish something to get their widdle higher degree?
This is not a success.
There was nothing "crippled" here nor "seriously crippled" nor "partially crippled."
This is an example of a non-story about an abject failure.
It's like Bruce Willis taking out 2/3 of the asteroids about to blow up the Earth.
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I distinctly remember that a retail version wasn't sold until 1996.
It's possible my memory is wrong, and you didn't buy a pre-release wholesale version, and Microsoft shils edited wikipedia...
Having thought it over... I'm pretty sure I'm right.
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It's nice that Microsoft and its trolled have "fixed" written history.
Windows 95 was not released to the consumer market until 1996.
You can edit WiKipedia, but you can't change reality.
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They require registration to read the link.
Either post a link from a reputable news organization not behind the paywall, or don't post at all.
FUCK THE NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, and all the dinosaurs. You're done. You just don't know it yet.
Mods: It's ok, you know you wanna... but you also know I'm right. Go with your conscience.
Ehud
I wish I had mod points.
+1 on parent
Great subtle dry wit on IPv4/CIDR/NAT :)
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The Yankee Group has been a microsoft shil for years!
Do the math.
I'm not sure how much of a "group" they are. After all, they have more directors and officers than "analysts." Still I'm sure the microsoft money is good.. http://www.yankeegroup.com/listAnalysts.do
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> "It's common knowledge that the majority of files distributed over BitTorrent violate copyright
No, sadly that's false.
Files do not "violate" (you mean infringe I'm guessing) Copyright laws.
The Copyright laws I'm familiar with apply to people. They do not apply to files
The people who use those same files may be doing so in any number of legal ways.
It's common knowledge when one doesn't do the research, it's easier to blame "common knowledge" than actually either understand the law, or research the issues.
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No it didn't.
Variables starting with I through N (INt) were integers in FORTRAN.
If you don't know the answer, keep your mouth shut.
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It's time to remind the world that the Internet is the result of US DoD research.
It is a privilege to connect to it, not a right.
India, China, and other countries with false sense of entitlements -- take note -- the plug can be pulled.
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People who cheat have one thing to blame, and to find it they need only look in the mirror.
FaceBook does not cause divorces. Divorce lawyers don't cause divorces.
Cheaters who get caught and don't change their behavior cause divorces.
If you promised someone your fidelity, and if you have broken that promise, look in the mirror to see whom to blame.
I can't stand hypocrites who don't take responsibility for their actions.
And cheaters.
Ehud
Tucson AZ
P.S. Please don't mod me down. It's my birthday this year.
I'm so glad that the future "Internet Standards" will be put together by the BBC. I hope they get good input from the MPAA, RIAA, BSA, etc.
Good things we don't leave Internet Standards in the hands of those pesky idiots at the IETF, NANOG, or vendors like Cisco, Juniper, et al.
I was going to say more but I think I'll go write a Broadcasting Standard.
Ehud
Tucson
P.S. Please don't mod me down. It's my birthday.
> Oh you'll start caring if Skype pulls this same bullshit for their Android client and starts charging for Skype-to-Skype calls over 3G. I think you might care about that.
I use both the Android and the Nokia N900 because they are open-source. Nobody will "start charging" for anything. Should they, someone will write a replacement.
For that reason I don't use Skype on my Android (nor the Nokia N900). I use SipDroid. It's free, I still get unlimited minutes excluding international dialing, and I'm not encumbered by "worrying" about Apple's app-store policies, Skype's cellular contracts, or any company's policy.
Kind regards
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Nobody cares anymore. Apple/AT&T iPhone sales are flat.
The Droid rules.
Oh, and Skype works on 3G or WiFi out of the box. No "patch" needed.
Sorry, Apple. Once again you led the way to herds of dead buffalos at the bottom of cliffs.
So much for the "Jesus Phone".
What iPhone doesn't do (patch or not), Droid _does_.
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Yeah where's that windows 3.0? *LOL!* You windows fanbois are hilarious :)
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AmigaOS was the first truly successful multi-windows system.
Before that there was the Apple Lisa.
Sorry, OP, and sorry Slashdot editors who were sleeping on the job. Windows 3.0 was a joke, is a joke, and will always be a joke.
"First [lol] truly successful [LOL] windows [ROTFLMAO!!!]"
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Amiga. Lisa. X-11. And someone thinks winblows3.0 is "the first truly successful" oh god I'm laughing so hard.