You know, if IBM would stop laying off 10,000 people at a time, maybe more people wouldn't be turned off of getting into IT. Everytime there are huge layoffs at IBM, or Nortel, or other tech large companies, it always makes the local news here (in Toronto).
There's a firefox extension that does the same thing: Flashblock
(Note that mozilla.org will show you an upgrade page if your user an out of date version of firefox)
It seems like the perfet tool would be some kind of high level scripting language for a game design kit, where the kids could produce a high quality game (or at least program variations of the game). They could get their feet wet, learn to think logically and maybe get hooked and want to lear more. Starting with Basic, Fortran or C is just going to turn off most kids.
Well, it's still the same amount of data going into the Cafe (how much compression can they squeeze on jpeg's?).. But instead of coming from random servers around the world it will come from Google's servers. I don't think the Cafe users will see much benefit.
Compression does exist as the others have mentioned, but still, most of the bulky files are already compesssed (jpeg, avi, etc). Compressing a few KB of HTML text won't make things *that* much faster (except for dialup users, maybe). Plus there is CPU overhead on the server and client.
It's all about protecting American companies. The lobbyists, RIAA, etc, are continuing their mandate... Not that I agree with it, but that's gotta be whats going on.
I thougt I got picked on at school.. At least I didn't have a sheep's body!
Joking aside, can you imagine a sheep with almost human intelligance? Man, that is freaky. Perfect fodder for horror movies, though.
You can do all that using Run As.. If you use Run As to open cmd.exe, everything you launch from that command prompt inherits the priviliges.
But anyway, adding printers and editing the registry on users PC's I do remotely.
Except everyony does their daily work signed on as administrator (by everone I mean the majority of average users).
Maybe a desktop OS for the masses *should* be crippled in some ways, to protect people from themselves. And people who need a full featured OS can use something else (a seperate version of Windows, or whatever).
This law seems to target distributers only.. does that mean downloading is ok? But what if you use Bittorrent where you download and upload segments of the file simultaneously, does that make you a distributer?
That's my thought exactly.. These dupes send a clear message that the Slashdot staff, who are *paid* to work for a for-profit company, spend less time reading the site than the casual readers. I'm not a/. addict by any means, but I do login a few times a day from work to see what's happening. If a casual reader like myself can spot these dupes, why can't the editors? Do they actually read their own site less than I do?
This is why Videotron isn't fighting it (from the article):
It's peculiar, added Mr. Sasseville, that the ISPs are fighting the order so fiercely since many of them own entertainment subsidiaries that produce TV and film content that's increasingly being downloaded on-line for free. Some, such as Bell, are even part of coalitions lobbying for stricter rules against TV show and film piracy on the Net, he said.
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I just made a web page with all my links and have it hidden on my server.. This way I can access it from any PC.
You know, if IBM would stop laying off 10,000 people at a time, maybe more people wouldn't be turned off of getting into IT. Everytime there are huge layoffs at IBM, or Nortel, or other tech large companies, it always makes the local news here (in Toronto).
If you install Cygwin you can do that.
Admin - "Just give me a quick 3 hours to recompile everything, and we'll be back in business!"
Sarcasm aside, why Gentoo?
There's a firefox extension that does the same thing: Flashblock (Note that mozilla.org will show you an upgrade page if your user an out of date version of firefox)
It seems like the perfet tool would be some kind of high level scripting language for a game design kit, where the kids could produce a high quality game (or at least program variations of the game). They could get their feet wet, learn to think logically and maybe get hooked and want to lear more. Starting with Basic, Fortran or C is just going to turn off most kids.
All the free software is written in Visual Basic.
The extra 'O' was just for emphasis.
Plus DNS lookups will be faster, I didn't think of that before.. Slow DNS servers can really slow down the perceived speed of the line.
They already have a striped down cache of the whole internet .. It's not that far a stretch to turn that cache into a caching proxy.
Well, it's still the same amount of data going into the Cafe (how much compression can they squeeze on jpeg's?).. But instead of coming from random servers around the world it will come from Google's servers. I don't think the Cafe users will see much benefit.
Compression does exist as the others have mentioned, but still, most of the bulky files are already compesssed (jpeg, avi, etc). Compressing a few KB of HTML text won't make things *that* much faster (except for dialup users, maybe). Plus there is CPU overhead on the server and client.
No, once they get a job and move out, then you can really appreciate them!
Just don't tell your mom you got Woody.
It's all about protecting American companies. The lobbyists, RIAA, etc, are continuing their mandate... Not that I agree with it, but that's gotta be whats going on.
I thougt I got picked on at school .. At least I didn't have a sheep's body!
Joking aside, can you imagine a sheep with almost human intelligance? Man, that is freaky. Perfect fodder for horror movies, though.
Well, that was a little depressing!
Can defragging really cause the spread of a virus? I always assumed defraggers worked at the sector level.
You can do all that using Run As.. If you use Run As to open cmd.exe, everything you launch from that command prompt inherits the priviliges. But anyway, adding printers and editing the registry on users PC's I do remotely.
Except everyony does their daily work signed on as administrator (by everone I mean the majority of average users). Maybe a desktop OS for the masses *should* be crippled in some ways, to protect people from themselves. And people who need a full featured OS can use something else (a seperate version of Windows, or whatever).
This law seems to target distributers only .. does that mean downloading is ok? But what if you use Bittorrent where you download and upload segments of the file simultaneously, does that make you a distributer?
Also, proprietary raw format doesn't make sense ... which is it? Talk about an oxymoron.
Is there an offshore US embassy near by or something? :-)
That's my thought exactly .. These dupes send a clear message that the Slashdot staff, who are *paid* to work for a for-profit company, spend less time reading the site than the casual readers. I'm not a /. addict by any means, but I do login a few times a day from work to see what's happening. If a casual reader like myself can spot these dupes, why can't the editors? Do they actually read their own site less than I do?
It's peculiar, added Mr. Sasseville, that the ISPs are fighting the order so fiercely since many of them own entertainment subsidiaries that produce TV and film content that's increasingly being downloaded on-line for free. Some, such as Bell, are even part of coalitions lobbying for stricter rules against TV show and film piracy on the Net, he said.