Both the story and the website highlight "eye-to-eye contact" from the presenter to the audience. But from what I gather, the communication is totally one-way.
Are there any other contradictions yet?
Has anyone ever seen a projection into thin air? I'd like to hear about it.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California regulators Friday ordered NorthPoint Communications Inc.'s remaining five employees to upkeep the major internet service provider's operatons and swindle its service providers out of monetary obligations for another 30 days.
One anonymous official said: "I don't see how a company going bankrupt has anything to do with its service being suspended. This shouldn't happen."
It remained unclear, however, how exactly operations would be upkept, as the majority of Northpoint's staff has been laid off, and its bills have remained unpaid for over a month. Regulators say they will not pay Northpoint's bills but expect them to provide service anyway.
All these "remote root" exploits are all starting to be a blur when it comes to Internet Explorer or Micorosft in general. Who ever gave them the idea to make Internet software? Couldn't they just stick to insecure operating systems?
I just don't see how you can knowingly dig your own grave by providing ubiquitous, essential e-mail and web browsing software and then widely propogating its lack of security. Why does an e-mail program have the ability to anything to my system except write a data file with my e-mails?
Why on earth do our protests have to be non-threatening to the average citizen!? I don't give a hairy rat's ass if the average citizen agrees with me. If we are doing something that is within our rights, even if it is unpopular, then it is still within our rights.
Your rights are what your government tells you they are. One of the greatest dangers of democracy lies in that the rights of the few can be abridged at the will of the many.
We have only the same avenues to send our message as does the average citizen. Go beyond that, and you're breaking the law and undermining the movement. To mold public opinion to sympathize with our message, we have to present information in a manner easily digested. Dr. Touretzky understands this and does it well.
For me, a piece of code, or an elegant mathematical proof is as much art as a Picasso, or Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
I think you are blurring the line separating efficiency and creativity.
With any programming problem, if you work on it long enough, the logic will eventually turn out the most efficient code ever written. You can work on a piece of art for decades and not turn it into a masterpiece.
Creativity is far more dependent on short bursts of insight than logical thinking.
(This is coming from a programmer-turned-artist.:))
Quick fudging says the actual expended cost per user, per year is under $25. (Probably closer to $18, but I'll go high to be safe) Now, if we assume there are 200 million computers in business use in the US, (Once again, high and safe)
So far so good...
I only get $5 billion.
You forgot to mention that out of those 200 million computers in business use in the US, only a somewhat small (up to 20%?) number of them get infected. That could very well drop the estimate below the $1B marker-- can't have that!
And we all have to assume that liberally applying hyperbole to a flawed comparison is a blessing or privilige of some sort, right?
Discarding mental strain is as ridiculous as doing the same for physical strain. And if you're working 14 hours a day at $2 an hour, I'd get a good lawyer.
What I don't understand is how a virus (say the "Love Bug") could propogate any better by using this method. It can't figure out your system configuration, or whether or not you're running Word.
Here comes the sensational journalism with its "cyber crime" and "hacker wars." Oh boy.
The only really good claim that they come back to in that article, and a valid one, is that spammers can now discern whether or not you opened the e-mail.
This is even better than asking you to reply with a "remove," in order to get you on even more lists. This way, you can become a premium beneficiary of their spam enterprise without any direct involvement.
Good job Congress. At least telemarketers can be stopped.
I have to take jabs at reporters based on their afterwords, but:
Michael Hawley's column, Things That Matter, will look at how imbedded intelligence and networked computers will actually make a difference in daily life, following the collapse of the Internet hysteria.
This is a very, very subjective statement. Things that matter, that make a difference in daily life, can't be quantified by any reporter or any other single person claiming to
To many of the visitors to Slashdot, the existence of computer themselves provide a sort of meaning and pursuit. Who is to say that they are less important than schoolchilden in Cambodia?
"It is only the ignorant who despise education." - Publius Syrus, 42 B.C.
How do you feel about higher education? I understand that there are a lot of undue challenges you face (from your teachers, for example) in high school because of whom you are. Do you think this might discourage you from higher learning?
Many a UNIX admin are donning a job instead of college, but don't realize that they will be the first to go once a recession comes around. How do you feel about this possibility?
It seems clear that the power companies, who of course have a monopoloy, are not fulfilling their social duty to supply power to those who need it.
There is no monopoly for power production in California, and that can be seen as part of the problem. Because of legislation promoting competition, the larger companies were required to sell off some of their plants to new competitors. Now, this shouldn't make a difference for anything but the cost of power. So what's to blame?
The power companies are not "demading" that Intel uses less power. Intel and a lot of other companies (some in the tech industry, some not) voluntarily signed deals with the power companies that they would curb electricity use whenever asked, in return for huge rebates on costs.
That's the only reason Intel is cooperating. Were you expecting something else?
To be quite honest though, us Europeans consider the USA's lack of GSM coverage as frankly a frightening concept. I can't imagine what it would be like to drive somewhere and my phone not working. To me, that is as unacceptable as my watch not working.
I don't know how you can take the liberty to connect one with the other.. I don't recall my phone ceasing to work when I arrived in Las Vegas waiting for my flight into Los Angeles, nor when I was traveling down to San Diego.
There is roaming coverage all over the United States, and AT&T offers a $60 OneRate plan which treats all calls as local, regardless of where you make them or where you are calling. As far as I'm aware, regardless of your calling plan, if there is coverage of a certain area by one provider, you can use another provider's phone.
With a low initial purchase cost and a pay-per-use model, how is this any different than the whole idea behind DivX?
From where I was standing, it didn't seem to take all that long to get even a large company (Circuit City) to back out. How long could it take before the same could be done with Microsoft and their rental product?
Not true. They usually don't pull their request out of their asses, and the federalis can consider their request for permission evidence for alleged piracy.
They don't have to be a government agency to show up with one.
What happened to Drudge Report, who swore on reporting election results throughout the day (before the polls closed in each state)? It's been down all day.
Slashdot Mirror
Both the story and the website highlight "eye-to-eye contact" from the presenter to the audience. But from what I gather, the communication is totally one-way.
Are there any other contradictions yet?
Has anyone ever seen a projection into thin air? I'd like to hear about it.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California regulators Friday ordered NorthPoint Communications Inc.'s remaining five employees to upkeep the major internet service provider's operatons and swindle its service providers out of monetary obligations for another 30 days.
One anonymous official said: "I don't see how a company going bankrupt has anything to do with its service being suspended. This shouldn't happen."
It remained unclear, however, how exactly operations would be upkept, as the majority of Northpoint's staff has been laid off, and its bills have remained unpaid for over a month. Regulators say they will not pay Northpoint's bills but expect them to provide service anyway.
http://sec.noaa.gov/pmap/pmapN.html
If you really want to see whether you should be getting some of this good stuff in your sky tonight.
All these "remote root" exploits are all starting to be a blur when it comes to Internet Explorer or Micorosft in general. Who ever gave them the idea to make Internet software? Couldn't they just stick to insecure operating systems?
.NET.
I just don't see how you can knowingly dig your own grave by providing ubiquitous, essential e-mail and web browsing software and then widely propogating its lack of security. Why does an e-mail program have the ability to anything to my system except write a data file with my e-mails?
I can only imagine
The IAB didn't get these numbers out of nowhere.
Both ZDNet and MSN (on its sub-pages) already use the "skyscraper" banner ad.
I found myself clicking it trying to use the scrollbar. Oops!
My former employer, eFront, is also doing a "skyscraper" in much the same style as MSN but sort of cramming smaller ads into the space.
Why on earth do our protests have to be non-threatening to the average citizen!? I don't give a hairy rat's ass if the average citizen agrees with me. If we are doing something that is within our rights, even if it is unpopular, then it is still within our rights.
Your rights are what your government tells you they are. One of the greatest dangers of democracy lies in that the rights of the few can be abridged at the will of the many.
We have only the same avenues to send our message as does the average citizen. Go beyond that, and you're breaking the law and undermining the movement. To mold public opinion to sympathize with our message, we have to present information in a manner easily digested. Dr. Touretzky understands this and does it well.
For me, a piece of code, or an elegant mathematical proof is as much art as a Picasso, or Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
:))
I think you are blurring the line separating efficiency and creativity.
With any programming problem, if you work on it long enough, the logic will eventually turn out the most efficient code ever written. You can work on a piece of art for decades and not turn it into a masterpiece.
Creativity is far more dependent on short bursts of insight than logical thinking.
(This is coming from a programmer-turned-artist.
So far so good
I only get $5 billion.
You forgot to mention that out of those 200 million computers in business use in the US, only a somewhat small (up to 20%?) number of them get infected. That could very well drop the estimate below the $1B marker-- can't have that!
If you want to *see* what this is all about, and what the Newton OS looks like: http://www.spodder.com/newton/paul.html
A reader who chose anonymity writes . . .
Are we seeing a new era of respect and tolerance for anonymous cowards on Slashdot? Or was this guy just named "A reader who chose anonymity"?
Actually, this is an assumption. I have seen the word "disc" used to describe any sort of flat, circular object, frying pans included.
However, as Mr. Webster says, they are simply variants of each other.
The U.S. does this already with casette tapes. It will only take a little bit more lobbying for Congress to extend this to optical media (CD-R, etc).
And we all have to assume that liberally applying hyperbole to a flawed comparison is a blessing or privilige of some sort, right?
Discarding mental strain is as ridiculous as doing the same for physical strain. And if you're working 14 hours a day at $2 an hour, I'd get a good lawyer.
TerraServer URL's are permanent.
Here is a better, more complete view. It's closer in and shows the entire base.
What I don't understand is how a virus (say the "Love Bug") could propogate any better by using this method. It can't figure out your system configuration, or whether or not you're running Word.
Here comes the sensational journalism with its "cyber crime" and "hacker wars." Oh boy.
The only really good claim that they come back to in that article, and a valid one, is that spammers can now discern whether or not you opened the e-mail.
This is even better than asking you to reply with a "remove," in order to get you on even more lists. This way, you can become a premium beneficiary of their spam enterprise without any direct involvement.
Good job Congress. At least telemarketers can be stopped.
Ladies And Gentleman, Linux 2.4
Story of my life... I'm the gentleman.
I have to take jabs at reporters based on their afterwords, but:
Michael Hawley's column, Things That Matter, will look at how imbedded intelligence and networked computers will actually make a difference in daily life, following the collapse of the Internet hysteria.
This is a very, very subjective statement. Things that matter, that make a difference in daily life, can't be quantified by any reporter or any other single person claiming to
To many of the visitors to Slashdot, the existence of computer themselves provide a sort of meaning and pursuit. Who is to say that they are less important than schoolchilden in Cambodia?
"It is only the ignorant who despise education." - Publius Syrus, 42 B.C.
How do you feel about higher education? I understand that there are a lot of undue challenges you face (from your teachers, for example) in high school because of whom you are. Do you think this might discourage you from higher learning?
Many a UNIX admin are donning a job instead of college, but don't realize that they will be the first to go once a recession comes around. How do you feel about this possibility?
There is no monopoly for power production in California, and that can be seen as part of the problem. Because of legislation promoting competition, the larger companies were required to sell off some of their plants to new competitors. Now, this shouldn't make a difference for anything but the cost of power. So what's to blame?
The power companies are not "demading" that Intel uses less power. Intel and a lot of other companies (some in the tech industry, some not) voluntarily signed deals with the power companies that they would curb electricity use whenever asked, in return for huge rebates on costs. That's the only reason Intel is cooperating. Were you expecting something else?
To be quite honest though, us Europeans consider the USA's lack of GSM coverage as frankly a frightening concept. I can't imagine what it would be like to drive somewhere and my phone not working. To me, that is as unacceptable as my watch not working.
I don't know how you can take the liberty to connect one with the other.. I don't recall my phone ceasing to work when I arrived in Las Vegas waiting for my flight into Los Angeles, nor when I was traveling down to San Diego.
There is roaming coverage all over the United States, and AT&T offers a $60 OneRate plan which treats all calls as local, regardless of where you make them or where you are calling. As far as I'm aware, regardless of your calling plan, if there is coverage of a certain area by one provider, you can use another provider's phone.
With a low initial purchase cost and a pay-per-use model, how is this any different than the whole idea behind DivX?
From where I was standing, it didn't seem to take all that long to get even a large company (Circuit City) to back out. How long could it take before the same could be done with Microsoft and their rental product?
Not true. They usually don't pull their request out of their asses, and the federalis can consider their request for permission evidence for alleged piracy.
They don't have to be a government agency to show up with one.
The CNN results get updated every few minutes.
What happened to Drudge Report, who swore on reporting election results throughout the day (before the polls closed in each state)? It's been down all day.