". ..when they had documentation signed by his doctor stating everything he's said . .."
AFAIK, there really isn't any efficient way to authenticate a doctor's note. Maybe we need to develop a system to do so, but I don't think anything even remotely reliable exists now.
If this had happened on a U.S. domestic flight, I wonder if he could have sued under the ADA?
What sets this apart from most arguments for space exploration (at least in the popular media) is that he argues based on a need (energy) rather than talking about exploration and science for its own sake.
Don't use the search button and you're probably ok
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Netscape 6 is Spyware?
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· Score: 2, Interesting
Worth noting from the article: "Navigator users can avoid having Netscape log their searches by directly accessing a third-party search engine by typing its address into the browser rather than using the Search button or Sidebar."
"But if the developer forces all links to open in a new window . .."
In my case, the company that I work for has a policy of making all external links open in a new window as an additional way of clearly distinguishing the link as being something separate from our own site. I can understand your point, but I definitely think there are times when using a "target=_blank" in your anchor tag makes sense.
"Please keep in mind this profit is measured pro forma, a measurement not even recognized by most investors. It's still a milestone for Amazon, though."
The profits being reported are NOT pro forma. See this quote from the CNN.com story:
Amazon didn't even have to resort to controversial pro forma accounting methods. It posted a net profit of $5 million, or 1 cent a share, for the quarter, using standard accounting methods.
The ability to add hard drive space just by buying a new IDE drive, installing it, and running a few Linux-based utilites was definitely a big selling point for me. Buy a 30 hour Tivo, add a 120G drive, and *poof* - 180 hours of recording time for a very reasonable price.
If I understand it correctly, what is holding iPod on Linux back is the lack of HFS+ support.
The article actually makes clear that reading and writing HFS is only part of the problem. The other part is making it work with the music database on the iPod. Otherwise, it's just a (very nice) portable hard drive.
Take a look at the page that describes Mediafour's attempts to support the iPod on Windows.
Sounds like those of us who already own a Tivo would have to buy a "second generation box" to take advantage of this deal with RealNetworks.
For me to shell out more money for a new box, they better be offering some real compelling content. The Tivo already records more stuff than I could possibly find time to watch.
Everything they say in the memo seems reasonable enough, but they could have focussed a bit more on how much support you can get from the user community if you ask nicely. In most cases, I've found that the "community" provides support comparable to, and sometimes superior to, the support that I get for commercial products.
When I first began installing and using open-source software, for the first time, I was shocked by the high quality of the support that I received from both developers and other users.
The first "real work" I ever did using Linux was replacing an old MS Exchange 5.0 server with QMail. (yes, I know about the debates about Qmail's license or lack thereof, but that's not the point here) Not really understanding what I was doing, I posted some (in retrospect) truly silly questions to some of the qmail mailing lists. I remember one particular email that abused me for being ignorant and asking a question in the wrong mailing list (I didn't realize it at the time, but it was more of a general Linux question than a qmail question), and then continued to very clearly and concisely explain my error and point me in the right direction. Compare that to a similar situation with a commercial vendor, where the response would likely have been something along the lines of "the problem you are describing is caused by some other piece of software and we cannot help you."
In truth, I don't find the support process to be that different for Microsoft and Linux. If I have a problem with a Microsoft product, I search the Microsoft knowledge base, do a google search (including Usenet), and maybe post a question to the appropriate newsgroup. If I have a problem with a Linux or open source program, I search the LDP, do a google search (including Usenet) and maybe post a question to the appropriate newsgroup. The process is almost identical, and the results are pretty darn similar. If I want more hands on support, I have to pay a vendor (MS, Redhat, VA, etc.)
Any other field outside of IT, where people rarely work more than 40-50hrs a week . ..
I can think of a lot of jobs outside of IT that require more than 40 hours per week - the IT industry is not unique in this regard. Let's not think that we work harder than everybody else out there - it's just not true. There are very few jobs out there that are worth having that allow you to keep what we use to call "banker's hours." I work long hours now, but I know lots of individuals in other fields who work just as long if not longer hours - restaurant managers, waiters, lawyers, college professors, commissioned salespeople, etc.
As far as the original question of this story, it really just depends on who you work with and what you are doing in your life. I use to work at a company where we always hung out together after work and on weekends - one of my coworkers was even the best man at my wedding. At my job now, I occasionally do things with a few people, but only 1-2 times a month. I don't think there is anything unique about IT that makes us hang out with our coworkers or not.
Mindterm looks interesting, but the GNU httptunnel application (here is another link) mentioned in another post will do roughly the same thing, and you can easily use ssh over httptunnel to tunnel other protocols.
Better yet, unlike Mindbright's applet, httptunnel is free software (GPL). Mindbright's applet does sound like it has some nice bell's and whistles, though. Probably worth paying for if you were going to roll SSS over HTTP out as a solution to a larger group of users. (using ssh over httptunnel works great, but it can be a little confusing to set up the first time.) Otherwise, try httptunnel instead.
One of the nicer options in Evolution is the ability to share Mbox's with other mail applications such as Mutt (you have to specifically configure it this way -it's not the default). Then you can use "the right tool for the right job." A nice slick gui when you work locally, a clean text based interface for when you SSH in over a slow link.
If you have enough RAM, vmware can do a nifty job of emulating a network. Not much good for low level protocol debugging, but it is a handy tool for experimenting with routing protocols, replication (AD, Lotus, etc), file sharing, etc.
Obviously, not in the same class as what's being talked about here, but something to keep in mind.
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EU May Outlaw Cookies
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· Score: 4, Interesting
The EU appears headed toward a classic error - they haven't defined the problem correctly. Instead of asking "how can we protect the privacy of our citizens" they asked "how can we prevent organizations from using this specific technology to invade our citizens privacy."
Whoever proposed this absolute ban on cookies clearly has never done any kind of web development. Sheesh.
One of the critiques that I've seen of the FBI's Carnivore was that it required an ISP to install a "black box" on their network about which the ISP knew very little.
Would an open source Carnivore be more palatable to the ISP community? The privacy implications remain, of course, but if the U.S. government adopted an open source program would ISPs be more willing to implement it?
How different is fully patched RH 7.1 from RH 7.2?
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Red Hat 7.2 Released
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How different is a fully patched version of RH 7.1 from an upgrade to RH 7.2? For that matter, how different is a fully patched version of RH 6.x from RH 7.2?
I use Ximian RedCarpet to keep my sytem reasonably up to date. Is there any reason to upgrade to 7.2 from 7.1 instead of just updating and/or manually installing new features as needed?
I bet you'd have a problem if you had to pay a $10 dollar "processing" fee to be removed from the list, wouldn't you?
Yes. When I was blacklisted, there were no fees to be removed - you just had to fix the problem and inform the list maintainer. I haven't been in charge of a mail system in quite some time, so I'm not up to date on all the latest details of the controversy. Giving somebody a profit motive for "false positive" listings is disturbing and changes the nature of the list significantly (IMHO).
Fair enough - I suppose our real discussion should be about whether or not "bloody, military vengence" is ever justified or not. The phrase, at least in modern parlance, has a connotation of condemnation [IMO] beyond the meaning of the individual words, but I'll accept your definition for the sake of argument.
In the ideal world, the U.S. military (or some other agency) would have prevented the events of 9/11. Given the fact that those events have occurred, what is the best course of action now?
IMO, all courses of action in this scenario have undesirable consequences. The question is which undesireable consequences are we most willing to live with? By pursuing a military response, the U.S. is going to face:
increased terrorist action in the short term (anthrax, addtional bomb threats, etc)
increased tension with the Arab and Muslim world
unintended but unavoidable civilian casualties
more complicated relations with nations who face insurgents/opposition that those nations label as terrorist (China, Israel, India)
What would the consequences of a non-military response be? Assume, for example, that the U.S. treated this as a criminal matter - posting rewards, pursuing extradition, etc? Hard to say, but I think that such a course would invite further attacks. The terrorists would say, "See, the impotent, decadent Americans are powerless to defend themselves" and accelerate their attacks, relying on safe havens in places like Afghanistan from which to plan and launch these attacks.
I weep for the innocent casualties of this conflict in both the U.S. and in Afghanistan. But I believe that by acting now, the United States will prevent future attacks, and that in the long run U.S. military actions will save lives. The U.S. should do everything it can to limit civilian casualties, but the U.S. cannot allow terrorists to hide behind civilian populations while they continue to attack equally innocent civilian populations in the United States and the rest of the world.
A few years ago, I came onboard at a small company just in time for their mail server (Exchange 5.0) to get blacklisted (by ORBS, I think). It sucked at the time, but if we hadn't gotten blacklisted the open relay would have remained open for a long time (the problem prompted our move to qmail). Once I closed the open relay and informed ORBS, we were quickly removed from the list.
In theory, I have no problem with the concept of these blacklists. The use of them is voluntary. From what I've heard, there may need to be some serious discussions about how they gather their data and their procedures for getting off their blacklists, but the concept seems to be both effective and practical. Also, mail providers should be up front about their use of these lists so that users can choose to use an "unprotected" mail server if they choose.
Maybe there's a better military definition of bloody vengeance that specifies how many must be killed before it's considered "bloody".
Based on your broad definition of "bloody, military vengence" is there any military action that results in one or more deaths that would fail to qualify?
The popular will after 9/11 was to strike back with bloody, military vengeance against the first acceptable target. In this case, the popular will was not slowed down.
Are you kidding? The popular will after 9/11 in many quarters was to "nuke Afghanistan back into the stone-age and/or make the rubble bounce." Instead of acting immediately, the U.S. President consulted with other government officials, took time to build a coalition, and created a plan of attack that attempts to minimize civilian casualties.
You can argue that you would have preferred different policies, but the U.S. actions in response to 9/11 were not precipitous.
As far as your comment about "bloody, military vengence," you should use words like that more carefully. Carthage experience "bloody, military vengence" at the hands of the Romans. By historical standards, the current campaigns against Afghanisatan do not qualify.
Our entire system of government is designed to slow things down so that rash and unwise decisions don't get made too quickly.
You're right, it is much better if the rash and unwise decisions are made after a few weeks of deliberation
Hmm. Perhaps I should have said "Our entire system of government is designed to slow things down so that rash and unwise decisions are less likely to be enacted."
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If you really have to use KDE and want some serious speed increases, then compile both KDE and Qt from source with the switch --no-g++-exceptions.
What's the downside of using the --no-g++-exceptions switch?
". . .when they had documentation signed by his doctor stating everything he's said . . ."
AFAIK, there really isn't any efficient way to authenticate a doctor's note. Maybe we need to develop a system to do so, but I don't think anything even remotely reliable exists now.
If this had happened on a U.S. domestic flight, I wonder if he could have sued under the ADA?
What sets this apart from most arguments for space exploration (at least in the popular media) is that he argues based on a need (energy) rather than talking about exploration and science for its own sake.
"Navigator users can avoid having Netscape log their searches by directly accessing a third-party search engine by typing its address into the browser rather than using the Search button or Sidebar."
Of course, this doesn't change the privacy issue.
"But if the developer forces all links to open in a new window . . ."
In my case, the company that I work for has a policy of making all external links open in a new window as an additional way of clearly distinguishing the link as being something separate from our own site. I can understand your point, but I definitely think there are times when using a "target=_blank" in your anchor tag makes sense.
The profits being reported are NOT pro forma. See this quote from the CNN.com story:
The ability to add hard drive space just by buying a new IDE drive, installing it, and running a few Linux-based utilites was definitely a big selling point for me. Buy a 30 hour Tivo, add a 120G drive, and *poof* - 180 hours of recording time for a very reasonable price.
The article actually makes clear that reading and writing HFS is only part of the problem. The other part is making it work with the music database on the iPod. Otherwise, it's just a (very nice) portable hard drive.
Take a look at the page that describes Mediafour's attempts to support the iPod on Windows.
Sounds like those of us who already own a Tivo would have to buy a "second generation box" to take advantage of this deal with RealNetworks.
For me to shell out more money for a new box, they better be offering some real compelling content. The Tivo already records more stuff than I could possibly find time to watch.
Everything they say in the memo seems reasonable enough, but they could have focussed a bit more on how much support you can get from the user community if you ask nicely. In most cases, I've found that the "community" provides support comparable to, and sometimes superior to, the support that I get for commercial products.
When I first began installing and using open-source software, for the first time, I was shocked by the high quality of the support that I received from both developers and other users.
The first "real work" I ever did using Linux was replacing an old MS Exchange 5.0 server with QMail. (yes, I know about the debates about Qmail's license or lack thereof, but that's not the point here) Not really understanding what I was doing, I posted some (in retrospect) truly silly questions to some of the qmail mailing lists. I remember one particular email that abused me for being ignorant and asking a question in the wrong mailing list (I didn't realize it at the time, but it was more of a general Linux question than a qmail question), and then continued to very clearly and concisely explain my error and point me in the right direction. Compare that to a similar situation with a commercial vendor, where the response would likely have been something along the lines of "the problem you are describing is caused by some other piece of software and we cannot help you."
In truth, I don't find the support process to be that different for Microsoft and Linux. If I have a problem with a Microsoft product, I search the Microsoft knowledge base, do a google search (including Usenet), and maybe post a question to the appropriate newsgroup. If I have a problem with a Linux or open source program, I search the LDP, do a google search (including Usenet) and maybe post a question to the appropriate newsgroup. The process is almost identical, and the results are pretty darn similar. If I want more hands on support, I have to pay a vendor (MS, Redhat, VA, etc.)
Any other field outside of IT, where people rarely work more than 40-50hrs a week . . .
I can think of a lot of jobs outside of IT that require more than 40 hours per week - the IT industry is not unique in this regard. Let's not think that we work harder than everybody else out there - it's just not true. There are very few jobs out there that are worth having that allow you to keep what we use to call "banker's hours." I work long hours now, but I know lots of individuals in other fields who work just as long if not longer hours - restaurant managers, waiters, lawyers, college professors, commissioned salespeople, etc.
As far as the original question of this story, it really just depends on who you work with and what you are doing in your life. I use to work at a company where we always hung out together after work and on weekends - one of my coworkers was even the best man at my wedding. At my job now, I occasionally do things with a few people, but only 1-2 times a month. I don't think there is anything unique about IT that makes us hang out with our coworkers or not.
Mindterm looks interesting, but the GNU httptunnel application (here is another link) mentioned in another post will do roughly the same thing, and you can easily use ssh over httptunnel to tunnel other protocols.
Better yet, unlike Mindbright's applet, httptunnel is free software (GPL). Mindbright's applet does sound like it has some nice bell's and whistles, though. Probably worth paying for if you were going to roll SSS over HTTP out as a solution to a larger group of users. (using ssh over httptunnel works great, but it can be a little confusing to set up the first time.) Otherwise, try httptunnel instead.
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>>What is the killer application for these technologies?
Think clusters. See this link for an example: http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/1029fujlin.html
One of the nicer options in Evolution is the ability to share Mbox's with other mail applications such as Mutt (you have to specifically configure it this way -it's not the default). Then you can use "the right tool for the right job." A nice slick gui when you work locally, a clean text based interface for when you SSH in over a slow link.
>>Maybe I've missed the boat, here.
You have. The issues in the AMD/Cyrix/Intel x86 cases were very different because they involved contractual issues, not reverse engineering.
If you have enough RAM, vmware can do a nifty job of emulating a network. Not much good for low level protocol debugging, but it is a handy tool for experimenting with routing protocols, replication (AD, Lotus, etc), file sharing, etc.
Obviously, not in the same class as what's being talked about here, but something to keep in mind.
The EU appears headed toward a classic error - they haven't defined the problem correctly. Instead of asking "how can we protect the privacy of our citizens" they asked "how can we prevent organizations from using this specific technology to invade our citizens privacy."
Whoever proposed this absolute ban on cookies clearly has never done any kind of web development. Sheesh.
One of the critiques that I've seen of the FBI's Carnivore was that it required an ISP to install a "black box" on their network about which the ISP knew very little.
Would an open source Carnivore be more palatable to the ISP community? The privacy implications remain, of course, but if the U.S. government adopted an open source program would ISPs be more willing to implement it?
How different is a fully patched version of RH 7.1 from an upgrade to RH 7.2? For that matter, how different is a fully patched version of RH 6.x from RH 7.2?
I use Ximian RedCarpet to keep my sytem reasonably up to date. Is there any reason to upgrade to 7.2 from 7.1 instead of just updating and/or manually installing new features as needed?
I bet you'd have a problem if you had to pay a $10 dollar "processing" fee to be removed from the list, wouldn't you?
Yes. When I was blacklisted, there were no fees to be removed - you just had to fix the problem and inform the list maintainer. I haven't been in charge of a mail system in quite some time, so I'm not up to date on all the latest details of the controversy. Giving somebody a profit motive for "false positive" listings is disturbing and changes the nature of the list significantly (IMHO).
In the ideal world, the U.S. military (or some other agency) would have prevented the events of 9/11. Given the fact that those events have occurred, what is the best course of action now?
IMO, all courses of action in this scenario have undesirable consequences. The question is which undesireable consequences are we most willing to live with? By pursuing a military response, the U.S. is going to face:
What would the consequences of a non-military response be? Assume, for example, that the U.S. treated this as a criminal matter - posting rewards, pursuing extradition, etc? Hard to say, but I think that such a course would invite further attacks. The terrorists would say, "See, the impotent, decadent Americans are powerless to defend themselves" and accelerate their attacks, relying on safe havens in places like Afghanistan from which to plan and launch these attacks.
I weep for the innocent casualties of this conflict in both the U.S. and in Afghanistan. But I believe that by acting now, the United States will prevent future attacks, and that in the long run U.S. military actions will save lives. The U.S. should do everything it can to limit civilian casualties, but the U.S. cannot allow terrorists to hide behind civilian populations while they continue to attack equally innocent civilian populations in the United States and the rest of the world.
A few years ago, I came onboard at a small company just in time for their mail server (Exchange 5.0) to get blacklisted (by ORBS, I think). It sucked at the time, but if we hadn't gotten blacklisted the open relay would have remained open for a long time (the problem prompted our move to qmail). Once I closed the open relay and informed ORBS, we were quickly removed from the list.
In theory, I have no problem with the concept of these blacklists. The use of them is voluntary. From what I've heard, there may need to be some serious discussions about how they gather their data and their procedures for getting off their blacklists, but the concept seems to be both effective and practical. Also, mail providers should be up front about their use of these lists so that users can choose to use an "unprotected" mail server if they choose.
Based on your broad definition of "bloody, military vengence" is there any military action that results in one or more deaths that would fail to qualify?
Are you kidding? The popular will after 9/11 in many quarters was to "nuke Afghanistan back into the stone-age and/or make the rubble bounce." Instead of acting immediately, the U.S. President consulted with other government officials, took time to build a coalition, and created a plan of attack that attempts to minimize civilian casualties.
You can argue that you would have preferred different policies, but the U.S. actions in response to 9/11 were not precipitous.
As far as your comment about "bloody, military vengence," you should use words like that more carefully. Carthage experience "bloody, military vengence" at the hands of the Romans. By historical standards, the current campaigns against Afghanisatan do not qualify.