MacOS X is close to what the main question was but the GUI is closed source. (Mac Zealot here, buy the powerbook)
I've looked at many linux and *bsd distros, and while many of them had nice GUIs most of them had problems centered right around the geek factor. The target was the geek, not the MS drone or the fresh out of the box computer newbie.
Apple somewhat addressed this with OS X but it only runs on Mac hardware so the Windows lemmings can't jump ship unless they buy a new ship to jump on to. Which is very silly, come-on, who really wants to buy a whole new computer just to see what it's really like doing some real work?
Want to make a good User*nix? (or *bsd for that matter.) Target the USER, not the geek, nor POWERuser. But don't make the MS BOB error. Make a GUI that's as clean, powerful and most importantly as newbie friendly as the Aqua GUI and but also open enough for the geek or poweruser to bend to their whim and you'll see the tide turn.
They could, but cash changes hands so quickly it would be a lesson in futility. The better idea would be to ban cash (cash is too easy for terrorists to counterfit) and go solely with credit/debit cards which do have RFID tags as part of the smart chip.
Simple way of taking care of the RFID tags in this tin hat situation;
Pay cash, (until the gov stops printing it, they must accept it) give them a fake name and phone number (the phone book is full of them), buy or make a RFID reader and locate the tag in the tire and cut that section of the tire out and put it in a microwave for about 30 seconds. DING! The RFID tag is fried, now replace the cutout in the tire and freely run down kids in school crosswalks with the red lights.
Hmm, just read the rest of your post. You're screwed.
Uh, maybe you should read the Constitution. It clearly gives the power of copyright to Congress, so it does in fact have everything to do with the Constitution. Read Article I Section 8:
Congress shall have the power...
To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;
That's copyright my man! The part that has been bent over and turned into goatse.cx is the "limited time." It used to be only four years now it is untill the end of the world.
Just because they did not buy this track or that track or even the latest 50 cent album doesn't turn them into non-customers. I'm willing to bet that they actually own several legitimate CD's and DVD's which does in fact make them customers.
About the only reason for Apple to buy Motorola's semiconductor unit would be if Apple (Jobs) wanted to get back into the handheld market or CPU market and have more control over chip development. But for the most part this can really be done with their current relationship with IBM.
If Apple (Jobs) is moving to a consumer electronics driven company (iPod, iSight, iMac, etc, etc) as it appears, they may want to be able to design the chips that they use and possibly even direct development into those areas. Again, this can currently be accomplished with IBM.
Additionally they may want to become a chip maker and use their computer line as examples of what can be done with their chips (ala Intel.) But I feel that this is unlikely as Jobs (Apple) sells whole products not parts and pieces, and this would severely affect their relationship with IBM.
Now as for the ownership of the PPC tech, IBM could buy it from Moto thereby removing Moto from the PPC production and development equation. This would probably need the assistance of Apple (Jobs) to agitate Moto enough to sell it if only to stop Jobs from visiting every month.
Man, I wish I hadn't posted. I would have modded you up as "Insightful."
I think you hit it as to why the US as a whole avoids socialist programs, but I also think that most Americans think socialism=communism because of the USSR thing.
The reason so many Americans equate socialism to communism is because of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) which as everyone knows was a communist nation. And since the end of WWII all American children have been told that the USSR was an evil, god hating, commie nation bent on destroying the American Way of Life(TM)
Right now it hurts to say it but, I'm an American. Many people have fought (some died, many didn't) so that I could change the government without needing to start a revolution or civil war. The drawback is that every other idiot and braindead American can also change it.
By the very nature of software any auditing would have to fall under benchmarking or testing of the software for flaws or performance failures. Since many NDA's prevent releasing poor performance results while also preventing the release of source code, the auditors will not agree to the NDA. What is to prevent a proprietary software company from including "features" which allow ease of access to classified government information to any hacker but not to the people who are being governed? Government should be transparent to its citizens not to its companies.
The only safe choice is OSS, preferably from a university that is funded to develop OSS for government use.
The reason is, and this is the real scary part, that each duplicate story contains a secret message for a anti-US geek terrorist cell bent on destroying the Christian capitalist imperialism of the infidel west. To read the messages you compare the two (somtimes three) duplicate stories and ROT13 the output. This is from the two five second rule articles:
The countdown to the next Windows web worm outbreak has begun. SoBig.G ready in 5 days. Praise Allah
'Course, the repeat stories are between repetitive stories of SCO 0wnz-u x.x, MS Evil 1.4beta, RIAA molests little girl, etc, etc.
That would account for the wednesday peek and sunday valley. Or during the week is when there is the most net traffic in general and this helps to cover up their activities. Allows them to become "lost" in the sea of data.
I just read all these replies (about 15 right now) and all of them are nice and respectfull of the fact that this guy is a newbie! I must be on the wrong site.
Not even close to Holodeck technology. The holodeck actually creates objects for its user to interact with using the same energy matter system that the transporter system moves objects from ship to planet and back. The only real difference between the two systems is that the transporter begins with matter then transforms it into energy which is then transmitted to a remote location for reconstruction, while the holodeck begins with energy which is configured in an "image matrix" to create the object within the confines of the holodeck or vacinity of a holodeck generator. Check out StNG episode 29, "Elementary, Dear Data" this covers some of the specs of the holodeck
When ever I commit a crime, I would just search my car and set up a system that turns my car's frame into a big antenna broadcasting static on the same frequency as the GPS system.
And the MS, RIAA, AAPL, Cowboyneal, beowolf, insensitive clod, jokes are beating a live horse? I read the article, and I have tons of these CD laying around. About 95% of my CDs have scratched or some mystery goo on them making them unplayable...so I piss off the RIAA and download replacement tunes.
NarratorDan
PS. I'm a slashdotter, why else would I be posting at 3:30 am? I suck.
I don't know about you but I give a +1 bonus to "Funny" and "Interesting"; +6 to "Informative"; -1 to "Off Topic" and "Redundant"; -2 to "Flamebait"; and -6 to "Troll"
So from where I'm sitting I see (Score: 5, SCO Joke)
The problem with using the MAC address is that it can be changed or covered up, and since this is MIT how many folks do you think now how to change it?
And according to the article, he was out of town (way out, like Romania) and therefor could not be the person who set up the computer. Since he can prove that he was out of the US I don't think that he will have to make any deals to save his ass.
Slashdot Mirror
Which tactic is working? Suing the crap out of d/l'rs or the rise in legitimate sources of online music?
Or it could be the other reason, I've got all the songs I want.
NarratorDan
Very insightful.
MacOS X is close to what the main question was but the GUI is closed source. (Mac Zealot here, buy the powerbook)
I've looked at many linux and *bsd distros, and while many of them had nice GUIs most of them had problems centered right around the geek factor. The target was the geek, not the MS drone or the fresh out of the box computer newbie.
Apple somewhat addressed this with OS X but it only runs on Mac hardware so the Windows lemmings can't jump ship unless they buy a new ship to jump on to. Which is very silly, come-on, who really wants to buy a whole new computer just to see what it's really like doing some real work?
Want to make a good User*nix? (or *bsd for that matter.) Target the USER, not the geek, nor POWERuser. But don't make the MS BOB error. Make a GUI that's as clean, powerful and most importantly as newbie friendly as the Aqua GUI and but also open enough for the geek or poweruser to bend to their whim and you'll see the tide turn.
Deranged Mac Zealot.
NarratorDan
They could, but cash changes hands so quickly it would be a lesson in futility. The better idea would be to ban cash (cash is too easy for terrorists to counterfit) and go solely with credit/debit cards which do have RFID tags as part of the smart chip.
NarratorDan
Simple way of taking care of the RFID tags in this tin hat situation;
Pay cash, (until the gov stops printing it, they must accept it) give them a fake name and phone number (the phone book is full of them), buy or make a RFID reader and locate the tag in the tire and cut that section of the tire out and put it in a microwave for about 30 seconds. DING! The RFID tag is fried, now replace the cutout in the tire and freely run down kids in school crosswalks with the red lights.
Hmm, just read the rest of your post. You're screwed.
NarratorDan
They can upgrade the connection to your home, providing you with a great place to start!
NarratorDan
That's copyright my man! The part that has been bent over and turned into goatse.cx is the "limited time." It used to be only four years now it is untill the end of the world.
NarratorDan
Just because they did not buy this track or that track or even the latest 50 cent album doesn't turn them into non-customers. I'm willing to bet that they actually own several legitimate CD's and DVD's which does in fact make them customers.
NarratorDan
About the only reason for Apple to buy Motorola's semiconductor unit would be if Apple (Jobs) wanted to get back into the handheld market or CPU market and have more control over chip development. But for the most part this can really be done with their current relationship with IBM.
If Apple (Jobs) is moving to a consumer electronics driven company (iPod, iSight, iMac, etc, etc) as it appears, they may want to be able to design the chips that they use and possibly even direct development into those areas. Again, this can currently be accomplished with IBM.
Additionally they may want to become a chip maker and use their computer line as examples of what can be done with their chips (ala Intel.) But I feel that this is unlikely as Jobs (Apple) sells whole products not parts and pieces, and this would severely affect their relationship with IBM.
Now as for the ownership of the PPC tech, IBM could buy it from Moto thereby removing Moto from the PPC production and development equation. This would probably need the assistance of Apple (Jobs) to agitate Moto enough to sell it if only to stop Jobs from visiting every month.
NarratorDan
Man, I wish I hadn't posted. I would have modded you up as "Insightful."
I think you hit it as to why the US as a whole avoids socialist programs, but I also think that most Americans think socialism=communism because of the USSR thing.
NarratorDan
The reason so many Americans equate socialism to communism is because of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) which as everyone knows was a communist nation. And since the end of WWII all American children have been told that the USSR was an evil, god hating, commie nation bent on destroying the American Way of Life(TM)
Right now it hurts to say it but, I'm an American. Many people have fought (some died, many didn't) so that I could change the government without needing to start a revolution or civil war. The drawback is that every other idiot and braindead American can also change it.
NarratorDan
By the very nature of software any auditing would have to fall under benchmarking or testing of the software for flaws or performance failures. Since many NDA's prevent releasing poor performance results while also preventing the release of source code, the auditors will not agree to the NDA.
What is to prevent a proprietary software company from including "features" which allow ease of access to classified government information to any hacker but not to the people who are being governed? Government should be transparent to its citizens not to its companies.
The only safe choice is OSS, preferably from a university that is funded to develop OSS for government use.
NarratorDan
...where did they get the cloning machines to clone the astronauts??
NarratorDan
OSS should compete with features and security not number of exploits and patches.
On second thought, maybe more patches will make IT managers think that OSS=MS in quality and will begin to use OSS more because it is as good as MS.
NarratorDan
To read the messages you compare the two (somtimes three) duplicate stories and ROT13 the output. This is from the two five second rule articles:'Course, the repeat stories are between repetitive stories of SCO 0wnz-u x.x, MS Evil 1.4beta, RIAA molests little girl, etc, etc.
That would account for the wednesday peek and sunday valley. Or during the week is when there is the most net traffic in general and this helps to cover up their activities. Allows them to become "lost" in the sea of data.
NarratorDan
I just read all these replies (about 15 right now) and all of them are nice and respectfull of the fact that this guy is a newbie!
I must be on the wrong site.
NarratorDan
Not even close to Holodeck technology. The holodeck actually creates objects for its user to interact with using the same energy matter system that the transporter system moves objects from ship to planet and back. The only real difference between the two systems is that the transporter begins with matter then transforms it into energy which is then transmitted to a remote location for reconstruction, while the holodeck begins with energy which is configured in an "image matrix" to create the object within the confines of the holodeck or vacinity of a holodeck generator. Check out StNG episode 29, "Elementary, Dear Data" this covers some of the specs of the holodeck
NarratorDan
Oh, the $7 billion is what it will actually cost. The rest of the $200 billion goes into the marketing and lawyers.
NarratorDan
When ever I commit a crime, I would just search my car and set up a system that turns my car's frame into a big antenna broadcasting static on the same frequency as the GPS system.
NarratorDan
It's all beating a dead horse
I agree, but if it weren't for Slashdot these (fr/g)eeks would be out doing things! One of them might actually change the world!
PS. You're a rebel.
Are you hitting on me?!? I'm not that kind of Narrator!
And the MS, RIAA, AAPL, Cowboyneal, beowolf, insensitive clod, jokes are beating a live horse? I read the article, and I have tons of these CD laying around. About 95% of my CDs have scratched or some mystery goo on them making them unplayable...so I piss off the RIAA and download replacement tunes.
NarratorDan
PS. I'm a slashdotter, why else would I be posting at 3:30 am? I suck.
I don't know about you but I give a +1 bonus to "Funny" and "Interesting"; +6 to "Informative"; -1 to "Off Topic" and "Redundant"; -2 to "Flamebait"; and -6 to "Troll"
So from where I'm sitting I see (Score: 5, SCO Joke)
NarratorDan
or the next thing you know SCO will own beer too.
SCO Sues Miller For Copyright Violations
SCO: See! The beer and fungus are derived from Linux which is derived from Unix which is owned by us, so pay up!
NarratorDan
The problem with using the MAC address is that it can be changed or covered up, and since this is MIT how many folks do you think now how to change it?
And according to the article, he was out of town (way out, like Romania) and therefor could not be the person who set up the computer. Since he can prove that he was out of the US I don't think that he will have to make any deals to save his ass.
NarratorDan
You're using Safari, right?