Has everyone who is part of Tara Sue's campaign written, on paper, with envelope, Howard Coble to complain about the idea of MPAA or RIAA being able to hack at will?
Congress tends to blow off email, like it or not, and pay a lot more attention to written letters and more even to handwritten letters outlining the person's stance on whatever issue.
A quote that stuck with me from a Congress person's interview, "People don't contact their congressmen anymore. Hardly anyone writes letters, or even calls. As little as 12 letters has directly influenced the way I handle issues and represent the people... I can only assume if those dozen people care enough to write, there are thousands of people I am representing that care just as much, but never took the time to write."
Write, write, write. Email, and call as well, but write. If the Rep then ignores the letters, then by all means set up an alternative for voting, but while the election is there, write as well.
I thought it was an "I'll never need this or see it again" when I was in HS. Problem is, I became an Instructor Pilot. Algebra was life and used every day.
I read in the Washington Post that the Maryland schools are putting BS into the standardized tests and calling it "algebra" and then they wonder why Johnny cannot do anything in real life.
Perhaps we can get back to basic R, R, and R one day and not be as worried about people getting their feelings hurt when they need help in the subjects.
Hopefully the management will realize that having 10 minimum wage types working on their systems is not the way to go. They will then wrap up that money and hire one person who is worth a darn to do network security.
That is where they need to spend money, not on sub-vice-assistant-coffee-boys in charge of creamer for the network.
I do not care if you have a business, there are too many ways for you to advertise already, you do not have to require the entire world to listen to your sales pitch.
The RBL and similar are volunteer organizations, there is no requirement for them to be used by anyone or any company. This is not even an issue because people are only securing their own networks from overloaded mail traffic. If this gentleman wants to solicit, it would be better to start a page for the company and then go looking for handshakes to put his banner on other pages, if he uses that, then people expect to get ads. Forcing his way into your personal mailbox is not a right in any country that I'm aware of.
If the administrator installed MSSQL and chose integrated security mode, that machine is not vulnerable, however, if the administrator chose mixed mode and did not set a password for the username "sa" then that machine is vulnerable.
I've not seen that particular bit of advise on any of the pages, though.
Didn't MS get a black eye over this before? What has changed to make them think they can get away with it this time?
People write for and against organizations and corporations all the time, let 'the people' speak, MS. Believe it or not, quite a few will speak in your favor.
If you are not getting good press and 'the people' are not happy with your product, that means the marketplace is actually working as it should and people will find someone else with whom to do buisness. Free enterprise means that 'the people' decide whether or not your company survives.
This is not the 'big business' that some folks are talking about when they are looking towards freedom of speech, this is hogwash made by a monopoly looking to embed itself so far up everyone's butt that they can put out the trash they have been putting out and make people pay for the priviledge of owning a piece of the trash.
What's even more pathetic is that a lot of people will still claim that there are not illegal/immoral/fattning business practices going on here.
People who are concerned about the UN taking over their countries or usurping the authority of the country should also be pointing their concern towards the US's mega corporations. As free enterprise as I am, the bigger businesses seem to own major portions of some countries and specifically major portions of their governments.
Maybe it's time to start throttling campaign funding from corporations, as much as that's a 1st amendment issue as well.
and they want to define what Linux is. That's not so hard to understand.
Yes, I'm a Linux user, yes, I have it pre-loaded onto computers I buy for work and will sing it's virtues all day long, but RedHat is still a company and does have to make money. If they've tested the filesystems and one type works better for what Redhat needs in a filesystem, it doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out which filesystem they're going to use.
The good news is that you can have a dozen filesystems on your hard drive and mount each and every one of them and not have to worry about which one is what when it comes time to go to that directory.
Build catacombs beneath your cube. Reinforced concrete makes wonderful supportive walls for all sorts of hidden lairs. The upside is you can also have trapdoors for those visitors you prefer not to have interrupt you during the day.
Could we get languages that actually have some semblance to a name, please?
I must say, though, that D is actually pronouncable instead of "Cee Pound" which sounds like you are putting sand up where the SUN don't shine (errr, maybe that's the reason it's called that?)
Or maybe it's "Look at me I'm language Dee" from Grease...
So, now no one can read about the crack, rather how it was done. No one can learn from the mistakes of others and no one can make a better encryption technique because of the stupid DMCA. Wasn't there something about everyone coming out better when there is discussion and people didn't have to re-make the same mistakes?
So, how long do you think it's going to take for this to make it to some server in Zanzabar where the DMCA doesn't cover?
There were a few "Because Linux does not scale well with multiple servers" posts about why someone would use a mainframe as opposed to a Beowulf.
Well, it looks like there are people working on the task. But that's not the real point, the right tool for the right job is the point. A whole lot of processes that do not require another process to finish before the next one is where Beowulfs shine, if you want throughput or process with dependancies then a mainframe is your best bet.
But it's still nice to have an alternative for those of us who cannot afford a mainframe.
It seems the ones who have been faithful to their commitment to Linux are SGI and IBM. The others have tried it and then decided it was not worth the effort to reach such a small segment of the population.
I'm glad there are still big players in the Linux field, though, it helps forward the cause and the OS and lets people know there IS an alternative. By all means, SUN and other, keep your propriatary stuff available and have that as the default, but allow people the option to choose another OS if they so desire.
It would be nice to have a full 64 bit computer that doesn't have any of the 8 bit/16 bit left in it so we can get away from the limiting backwards compatability.
Doing this bit and piece at a time is just dragging out the process and going to get people more confused than if they just switched to a non-self-bottlenecking set of standards.
You rented the use of the book for a cumlative total of 10 hours of reading time.
If you want to BUY a book, do so. If you want to borrow a book, go to the library or get a buddy's book.
If you agree to the terms laid out in the agreement, is that really a problem? Now, if there were no other options around, or the book renters decided to destroy all other ways of reading, that would be a baaaaaaadddd thing, but since other ways already exist and people are already used to owning books (or borrowing) this will be a big hoohaa about nothing.
Ignore it and it'll go away.
DanH
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Just give me the libraries for KDE so I can continue to run the programs in their new and improved form on my AfterStep desktop.
Yes, even with 1.x Ghz CPU and 1 Gig RAM, KDE is still a pain and I don't particularly like the way it's set up. If I wanted to run Windows, I would. I LIKE my 18 desktops and low overhead of Afterstep and the automount thing is a pain in the neck when you're running VMWare. I'm sure you can turn it off, but is that not what Linux is good for, the choices?
But, the libraries are great, then you can run the programs without the KDE overhead.
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If SPARCs were cheaper, I'm sure more people would use them. ...
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It all depends on where you shop.
DanH
Has everyone who is part of Tara Sue's campaign written, on paper, with envelope, Howard Coble to complain about the idea of MPAA or RIAA being able to hack at will?
Congress tends to blow off email, like it or not, and pay a lot more attention to written letters and more even to handwritten letters outlining the person's stance on whatever issue.
A quote that stuck with me from a Congress person's interview, "People don't contact their congressmen anymore. Hardly anyone writes letters, or even calls. As little as 12 letters has directly influenced the way I handle issues and represent the people... I can only assume if those dozen people care enough to write, there are thousands of people I am representing that care just as much, but never took the time to write."
Write, write, write. Email, and call as well, but write. If the Rep then ignores the letters, then by all means set up an alternative for voting, but while the election is there, write as well.
DanH
I thought it was an "I'll never need this or see it again" when I was in HS. Problem is, I became an Instructor Pilot. Algebra was life and used every day.
I read in the Washington Post that the Maryland schools are putting BS into the standardized tests and calling it "algebra" and then they wonder why Johnny cannot do anything in real life.
Perhaps we can get back to basic R, R, and R one day and not be as worried about people getting their feelings hurt when they need help in the subjects.
DanH
Hopefully the management will realize that having 10 minimum wage types working on their systems is not the way to go. They will then wrap up that money and hire one person who is worth a darn to do network security.
That is where they need to spend money, not on sub-vice-assistant-coffee-boys in charge of creamer for the network.
DanH
I do not care if you have a business, there are too many ways for you to advertise already, you do not have to require the entire world to listen to your sales pitch.
The RBL and similar are volunteer organizations, there is no requirement for them to be used by anyone or any company. This is not even an issue because people are only securing their own networks from overloaded mail traffic. If this gentleman wants to solicit, it would be better to start a page for the company and then go looking for handshakes to put his banner on other pages, if he uses that, then people expect to get ads. Forcing his way into your personal mailbox is not a right in any country that I'm aware of.
DanH
If the administrator installed MSSQL and chose integrated security mode, that machine is not vulnerable, however, if the administrator chose mixed mode and did not set a password for the username "sa" then that machine is vulnerable.
I've not seen that particular bit of advise on any of the pages, though.
DanH
and fill hollowpoints with bacon. Time to not allow others to follow to Allah.
DanH
Code is planned out
coders hack away at it for months
-miracle happens here-
code works.
Ummm, could we talk about step three again? In a little more detail?
DanH
That is one of the things I really agreed with as a business model that gives back.
Make the most current version closed source and binary only, then each time a new version is out, put the last one into an open source license.
Everybody wins. Sorta like how patents were SUPPOSED to work.
DanH
Didn't MS get a black eye over this before? What has changed to make them think they can get away with it this time?
People write for and against organizations and corporations all the time, let 'the people' speak, MS. Believe it or not, quite a few will speak in your favor.
If you are not getting good press and 'the people' are not happy with your product, that means the marketplace is actually working as it should and people will find someone else with whom to do buisness. Free enterprise means that 'the people' decide whether or not your company survives.
This is not the 'big business' that some folks are talking about when they are looking towards freedom of speech, this is hogwash made by a monopoly looking to embed itself so far up everyone's butt that they can put out the trash they have been putting out and make people pay for the priviledge of owning a piece of the trash.
What's even more pathetic is that a lot of people will still claim that there are not illegal/immoral/fattning business practices going on here.
DanH
People who are concerned about the UN taking over their countries or usurping the authority of the country should also be pointing their concern towards the US's mega corporations. As free enterprise as I am, the bigger businesses seem to own major portions of some countries and specifically major portions of their governments.
Maybe it's time to start throttling campaign funding from corporations, as much as that's a 1st amendment issue as well.
There has to be a middle ground here.
DanH
and they want to define what Linux is. That's not so hard to understand.
Yes, I'm a Linux user, yes, I have it pre-loaded onto computers I buy for work and will sing it's virtues all day long, but RedHat is still a company and does have to make money. If they've tested the filesystems and one type works better for what Redhat needs in a filesystem, it doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out which filesystem they're going to use.
The good news is that you can have a dozen filesystems on your hard drive and mount each and every one of them and not have to worry about which one is what when it comes time to go to that directory.
DanH
So, does it sing "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" as it's booting?
Again, more coffee needed.
DanH
Build catacombs beneath your cube. Reinforced concrete makes wonderful supportive walls for all sorts of hidden lairs. The upside is you can also have trapdoors for those visitors you prefer not to have interrupt you during the day.
DanH
Then C#, now "D"?
Could we get languages that actually have some semblance to a name, please?
I must say, though, that D is actually pronouncable instead of "Cee Pound" which sounds like you are putting sand up where the SUN don't shine (errr, maybe that's the reason it's called that?)
Or maybe it's "Look at me I'm language Dee" from Grease...
Okay, coffee time.
DanH
So, now no one can read about the crack, rather how it was done. No one can learn from the mistakes of others and no one can make a better encryption technique because of the stupid DMCA. Wasn't there something about everyone coming out better when there is discussion and people didn't have to re-make the same mistakes?
So, how long do you think it's going to take for this to make it to some server in Zanzabar where the DMCA doesn't cover?
DanH
Note to self, don't post before coffee.
Dan
There were a few "Because Linux does not scale well with multiple servers" posts about why someone would use a mainframe as opposed to a Beowulf.
Well, it looks like there are people working on the task. But that's not the real point, the right tool for the right job is the point. A whole lot of processes that do not require another process to finish before the next one is where Beowulfs shine, if you want throughput or process with dependancies then a mainframe is your best bet.
But it's still nice to have an alternative for those of us who cannot afford a mainframe.
DanH
With a stalled cold front over us, the chances of being hit by one of those things is better than seeing it.
Or is that the definition of being star struck?
DanH
It seems the ones who have been faithful to their commitment to Linux are SGI and IBM. The others have tried it and then decided it was not worth the effort to reach such a small segment of the population.
I'm glad there are still big players in the Linux field, though, it helps forward the cause and the OS and lets people know there IS an alternative. By all means, SUN and other, keep your propriatary stuff available and have that as the default, but allow people the option to choose another OS if they so desire.
DanH
When they tried to run Hotmail with NT, it crashed. When they tried to switch to 2000, it gets Code Red'd.
Why don't they just keep with what works, FreeBSD.
DanH
Ummm, I'm writing this on an Ultra 60. I do believe I'm aware of 'other than PC' machines.
I was commenting on Intel/PCs getting with the system and coming up to the standards above what is.
DanH
It would be nice to have a full 64 bit computer that doesn't have any of the 8 bit/16 bit left in it so we can get away from the limiting backwards compatability.
Doing this bit and piece at a time is just dragging out the process and going to get people more confused than if they just switched to a non-self-bottlenecking set of standards.
Or am I just dreaming?
DanH
You rented the use of the book for a cumlative total of 10 hours of reading time.
If you want to BUY a book, do so. If you want to borrow a book, go to the library or get a buddy's book.
If you agree to the terms laid out in the agreement, is that really a problem? Now, if there were no other options around, or the book renters decided to destroy all other ways of reading, that would be a baaaaaaadddd thing, but since other ways already exist and people are already used to owning books (or borrowing) this will be a big hoohaa about nothing.
Ignore it and it'll go away.
DanH
Just give me the libraries for KDE so I can continue to run the programs in their new and improved form on my AfterStep desktop.
Yes, even with 1.x Ghz CPU and 1 Gig RAM, KDE is still a pain and I don't particularly like the way it's set up. If I wanted to run Windows, I would. I LIKE my 18 desktops and low overhead of Afterstep and the automount thing is a pain in the neck when you're running VMWare. I'm sure you can turn it off, but is that not what Linux is good for, the choices?
But, the libraries are great, then you can run the programs without the KDE overhead.
DanH