This was tried with echelon in the past and didn't seem to make a difference. We just don't know what keywords the look for or how they filter the e-mail. We can only guess. My guess is that most of the keywords on peoples' lists are wrong. Unless we get some more information, the only thing we'd overload is our own bandwidth.
How am I supposed to hallucinate with all these swirling colors distracting me?
Telephone calls aren't monitored as much as e-mail because it's just no as practical. E-mail can be filtered and sorted and narrowed down to a few that need investigated. To do that with the human voice would require exponentially greater processing power and therefor money. E-mail is just (relatively) easy to monitor so it IS monitored.
How am I supposed to hallucinate with all these swirling colors distracting me?
I don't think free software authors have a responsibility to the community at all. When they write something and decide to give it away, we should be grateful and WE owe THEM. If they decide they don't want to give it away anymore, that's too bad but it's their code and their choice. They don't have to explain anything.
How am I supposed to hallucinate with all these swirling colors distracting me?
Besides the noise being annoying, it could be harmfull. Suppose the person next to you has a voice pretty similar to yours and you can hear them fairly clearly. You have just finished a huge presentation and saved it to a folder. You highlight the file so that you can move it to a floppy or whatever. Meanwhile, the person next to you was playing around and needs to delete some files. They tell their computer to clear the folder and confirm. Works fine for them, but hey! where'd that presentation go!? Maybe this is a stretch, but it's definately something to think about.
How am I supposed to hallucinate with all these swirling colors distracting me?
I agree completely. There should not be ANY function that can't be completed with only the keyboard. Sometimes I make a config error or just don't feel like using the mouse, and nothing bugs me more than not being able to push a graphical button because I don't have the mouse working and I can't tab to it or use a shortcut. Make sure there are multiple ways to accomplish a task (e.g. keyboard, mouse, telepethy).
On a side note, I've always wished the mouse cursor could be controlled by arrow keys when a mouse isn't detected. I'd love it. Oh well, I'll just have to do it myself someday I guess.
How am I supposed to hallucinate with all these swirling colors distracting me?
I think any simple user interface is inherantly limited in function. Find the most commonly used features and make those the easiest to find. Put them up front so to speak. Keep the other functions set aside but still easily accessible. Maybe even allow the user to select an advanced option. Even with a GUI, an optional CLI or even just a window where you can enter the advanced commands would be great.
Just make sure you don't confuse the less experienced users, but keep other more advanced functions available nearby so that you don't limit those who want those functions
How am I supposed to hallucinate with all these swirling colors distracting me?
Sorry and thanks. I probably should read the FAQ sometime. =) I thought I'd never be the poster that asks the stupid question that's already covered in the FAQ. hehe, oops.
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites? * (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000) */
What is the possibility of/. possible setting aside a server (or just some server space) and automatically mirror pages/files linked to in stories posted and maybe even determining the fastest download site? That's something I think we'd all like to see, BUT I imagine it could get expensive and then there's the whole copywrite thing. Any thoughts?
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites? * (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000) */
It all depends on what kind of dip. Is it sour cream and onion? ranch? fermented? We need DETAILS people! This purchase can single-handedly change the entire course of history, and they don't even tell us if it's Hidden Valley or Shenadoah's Pride!? STOP THE INSANITY! How can anyone even consider making such an important financial decision with so little important information. Enquiring minds have a right to know. Someone could go into this deal expecting high-quality onion-dip and come out with some generic stuff. What happened to the spirit of open source?
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites? * (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000) */
That's another thing: ice. Rain and fog are one thing. They're small and pass by causing only intermitant interruptions. But what about colder regions where ice can form on the lens? Frost or a misplaced icecycle could wreak havoc on the signal I'd imagine. How has this been dealt with?
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites? * (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000) */
Well that's all well and good if that's what makes you happy. I'm not sure where you live, but I'm in America and we speak English here. American English is a combination of many languages along with MANY valid words we just made up ourselves. I personally don't much care about the latin language. If you do, that's fine.
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites? * (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000) */
I actually do that. I use my computer to heat my bedroom. I go in and turn it on a little while before I want to use it if my room is a little cool. The room heats right up. I've often joked about my twenty-five hundred dollar space heater. How many people do this? Do I smell a new poll?
PS. Sorry if this message is duplicated. I'm having trouble submitting. This T3 just doesnt cut it sometimes
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites? * (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000) */
My sentiments exactly. People are so quick to throw blame around. If more parents would take an interest in their children and get involved, there would be a huge difference in this country a few years down the line. That doesn't mean do all their homework for them and tell them it's ok when they get into trouble. Parents need to hold children responsible and make them work for what they get. When children become responsible and hard-working, jobs will be done better, they will be happier, they will learn more in an effort to improve their work, and world peace will come to all. Well, maybe not that last part, but the rest could happen.
Also, parents have given the job of raising their kids to the educational system which does a horrible job (IMHO). I'm not talking about the teachers necessarily, but those at the top who are in control playing politics instead of doing what's best for the children. For example, phonics. X number of years ago, the government tried a new method of teaching children to read. Nothing wrong with that. But it failed. It failed misserably. Still not time to call in the lynch yet. We all make mistakes and should learn from them. Did the gov.? No. They refused to swallow their pride and admit that phonics worked better and that they were wrong. (are phonics still not being taught? not sure) As a result, we have graduates that can't read their diploma. It's shamefull. Ok, NOW we can call in the lynch mob. This is just one example that I'm aware of and I'm sure there're many others. However, the parents should still hold the responsibility for this. Parents let the government raise their kids and we can see the results. Get involved parents.
Disclaimer: I speak very generally here. There are many good parents out there and good teachers also, and some very bright young men and women come out of the public school system. I have great parents and had some great teachers.
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites? * (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000) */
What's with this 66 million years crap? Everywhere I turn, this evolution trash is being shoved down my throat when so little (closer to no) evidence supports it and so much evidence does just the opposite. The earth is more likely only several thousand years old. I know this is all off-topic but it just makes me sick sometimes. Moderate accordingly. I won't offer anything to support my claims right now because frankly I don't feel like it. It's 12:45AM and I have to be at work at 8:00.
I personally wouldn't recomend this. Replying to spam most often does nothing more than verify that your e-mail address is active and you end up getting even more spam. Not responding to spam can give the impression of an inactive address which may be dropped from the list. If you're going to e-mail them, use an anonymous e-mailer or forge the e-mail.
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites? * (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000) */
That's my understanding too. Just make SURE you record the date and time they call and also the telemarketer's name and supervisor's name. I've read about people making several thousand dollars just by requesting to be removed from their lists and keeping good records. Many companies called back after being asked not to and forked over $500 rather than have a lawsuit slapped on them.
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites? * (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000) */
Reading up on it would do nothing for my theory because it concerns what goes on behind closed doors in Redmond. What really happened will probably never be printed in any news source. What really happens in Redmond stays in Redmond. What WILL be printed is what MS tells us. Whether or not what the tell us is true is only speculation unless you work there.
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites? * (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000) */
My theory is that one of the lower managers recognized the backdoor/bug and did the right thing by reporting it so it can be dealt with. Then upper management decided they didn't like the bad publicity and decided to cover it all up. All of a sudden it wasn't REALLY a back door, just a little problem for a few people. uh huh. I'm convinced. Then again, it's just a theory and I can't back it up.
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites? * (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000) */
You just put in a good bit of bloat yourself. Pull the stick out of your butt and lighten up a little. Where's your sense of humor? This is a forum with threads so that we can go off on our rabbit trails without disturbing other threads. If you see something you don't like, quietly skip over it.
If I were to link to a page on someone else's site, true, I would have no control over what they post at the URL. I may have had no idea that they had illegal content on their site and did not intend to link to said illegal content. Assuming I remove my link after I become aware of the illegal content, I'm sure I wouldn't have any trouble legally.
However, if I knew that the page had illegal content and linked to it for the sole purpose of directing my viewers to that illegal content, I'm sure that would be a very different situation. Linking to that illegal material for that reason is more like handing someone a gun and then intentionally convincing them to go down to the nearest school and unload a few clips and then saying you had no control over what they would do with the gun..
Don't get me wrong. I fully support 2600 and all other DeCSS mirrors, but that argument just doesn't cut it.
No new information in this post really. I just had to mention that when I first read the headline while scanning the front page, I was sure the headline read "The Science Of Planet Destruction." Now I thought that would be pretty cool. What a great stress reliever! But, I was disappointed that upon closer inspection it actually said "Planet Detection." Maybe detonating those planets would make them easier to detect. =) What do you think?
Will this encourage more/better software for the mac? Will it perhaps spawn alternative MacOSs? My experience with macs is very limited. If i'm way off base, ignore me for now
Slashdot Mirror
This was tried with echelon in the past and didn't seem to make a difference. We just don't know what keywords the look for or how they filter the e-mail. We can only guess. My guess is that most of the keywords on peoples' lists are wrong. Unless we get some more information, the only thing we'd overload is our own bandwidth.
How am I supposed to hallucinate with all these swirling colors distracting me?
Telephone calls aren't monitored as much as e-mail because it's just no as practical. E-mail can be filtered and sorted and narrowed down to a few that need investigated. To do that with the human voice would require exponentially greater processing power and therefor money. E-mail is just (relatively) easy to monitor so it IS monitored.
How am I supposed to hallucinate with all these swirling colors distracting me?
I don't think free software authors have a responsibility to the community at all. When they write something and decide to give it away, we should be grateful and WE owe THEM. If they decide they don't want to give it away anymore, that's too bad but it's their code and their choice. They don't have to explain anything.
How am I supposed to hallucinate with all these swirling colors distracting me?
Ok, I decided to read the article and see they're using fiber so emi isn't a problem. But still, how sensitive is this?
How am I supposed to hallucinate with all these swirling colors distracting me?
What about interferance such as static, EMP, solar storms, etc?
Can the location of the bug be detected also?
How am I supposed to hallucinate with all these swirling colors distracting me?
Besides the noise being annoying, it could be harmfull. Suppose the person next to you has a voice pretty similar to yours and you can hear them fairly clearly. You have just finished a huge presentation and saved it to a folder. You highlight the file so that you can move it to a floppy or whatever. Meanwhile, the person next to you was playing around and needs to delete some files. They tell their computer to clear the folder and confirm. Works fine for them, but hey! where'd that presentation go!? Maybe this is a stretch, but it's definately something to think about.
How am I supposed to hallucinate with all these swirling colors distracting me?
I agree completely. There should not be ANY function that can't be completed with only the keyboard. Sometimes I make a config error or just don't feel like using the mouse, and nothing bugs me more than not being able to push a graphical button because I don't have the mouse working and I can't tab to it or use a shortcut. Make sure there are multiple ways to accomplish a task (e.g. keyboard, mouse, telepethy).
On a side note, I've always wished the mouse cursor could be controlled by arrow keys when a mouse isn't detected. I'd love it. Oh well, I'll just have to do it myself someday I guess.
How am I supposed to hallucinate with all these swirling colors distracting me?
I think any simple user interface is inherantly limited in function. Find the most commonly used features and make those the easiest to find. Put them up front so to speak. Keep the other functions set aside but still easily accessible. Maybe even allow the user to select an advanced option. Even with a GUI, an optional CLI or even just a window where you can enter the advanced commands would be great.
Just make sure you don't confuse the less experienced users, but keep other more advanced functions available nearby so that you don't limit those who want those functions
How am I supposed to hallucinate with all these swirling colors distracting me?
Sorry and thanks. I probably should read the FAQ sometime. =) I thought I'd never be the poster that asks the stupid question that's already covered in the FAQ. hehe, oops.
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites?
* (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000)
*/
What is the possibility of /. possible setting aside a server (or just some server space) and automatically mirror pages/files linked to in stories posted and maybe even determining the fastest download site? That's something I think we'd all like to see, BUT I imagine it could get expensive and then there's the whole copywrite thing. Any thoughts?
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites?
* (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000)
*/
I'll see your bid and raise you a small arsenal of koosh guns from ThinkGeek and one stuffed tux.
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites?
* (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000)
*/
It all depends on what kind of dip. Is it sour cream and onion? ranch? fermented? We need DETAILS people! This purchase can single-handedly change the entire course of history, and they don't even tell us if it's Hidden Valley or Shenadoah's Pride!? STOP THE INSANITY! How can anyone even consider making such an important financial decision with so little important information. Enquiring minds have a right to know. Someone could go into this deal expecting high-quality onion-dip and come out with some generic stuff. What happened to the spirit of open source?
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites?
* (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000)
*/
That's another thing: ice. Rain and fog are one thing. They're small and pass by causing only intermitant interruptions. But what about colder regions where ice can form on the lens? Frost or a misplaced icecycle could wreak havoc on the signal I'd imagine. How has this been dealt with?
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites?
* (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000)
*/
Well that's all well and good if that's what makes you happy. I'm not sure where you live, but I'm in America and we speak English here. American English is a combination of many languages along with MANY valid words we just made up ourselves. I personally don't much care about the latin language. If you do, that's fine.
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites?
* (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000)
*/
I actually do that. I use my computer to heat my bedroom. I go in and turn it on a little while before I want to use it if my room is a little cool. The room heats right up. I've often joked about my twenty-five hundred dollar space heater. How many people do this? Do I smell a new poll?
PS. Sorry if this message is duplicated. I'm having trouble submitting. This T3 just doesnt cut it sometimes
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites?
* (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000)
*/
My sentiments exactly. People are so quick to throw blame around. If more parents would take an interest in their children and get involved, there would be a huge difference in this country a few years down the line. That doesn't mean do all their homework for them and tell them it's ok when they get into trouble. Parents need to hold children responsible and make them work for what they get. When children become responsible and hard-working, jobs will be done better, they will be happier, they will learn more in an effort to improve their work, and world peace will come to all. Well, maybe not that last part, but the rest could happen.
Also, parents have given the job of raising their kids to the educational system which does a horrible job (IMHO). I'm not talking about the teachers necessarily, but those at the top who are in control playing politics instead of doing what's best for the children. For example, phonics. X number of years ago, the government tried a new method of teaching children to read. Nothing wrong with that. But it failed. It failed misserably. Still not time to call in the lynch yet. We all make mistakes and should learn from them. Did the gov.? No. They refused to swallow their pride and admit that phonics worked better and that they were wrong. (are phonics still not being taught? not sure) As a result, we have graduates that can't read their diploma. It's shamefull. Ok, NOW we can call in the lynch mob. This is just one example that I'm aware of and I'm sure there're many others. However, the parents should still hold the responsibility for this. Parents let the government raise their kids and we can see the results. Get involved parents.
Disclaimer: I speak very generally here. There are many good parents out there and good teachers also, and some very bright young men and women come out of the public school system. I have great parents and had some great teachers.
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites?
* (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000)
*/
What's with this 66 million years crap? Everywhere I turn, this evolution trash is being shoved down my throat when so little (closer to no) evidence supports it and so much evidence does just the opposite. The earth is more likely only several thousand years old. I know this is all off-topic but it just makes me sick sometimes. Moderate accordingly. I won't offer anything to support my claims right now because frankly I don't feel like it. It's 12:45AM and I have to be at work at 8:00.
"....or reply to unwanted emails"
I personally wouldn't recomend this. Replying to spam most often does nothing more than verify that your e-mail address is active and you end up getting even more spam. Not responding to spam can give the impression of an inactive address which may be dropped from the list. If you're going to e-mail them, use an anonymous e-mailer or forge the e-mail.
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites?
* (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000)
*/
That's my understanding too. Just make SURE you record the date and time they call and also the telemarketer's name and supervisor's name. I've read about people making several thousand dollars just by requesting to be removed from their lists and keeping good records. Many companies called back after being asked not to and forked over $500 rather than have a lawsuit slapped on them.
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites?
* (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000)
*/
Reading up on it would do nothing for my theory because it concerns what goes on behind closed doors in Redmond. What really happened will probably never be printed in any news source. What really happens in Redmond stays in Redmond. What WILL be printed is what MS tells us. Whether or not what the tell us is true is only speculation unless you work there.
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites?
* (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000)
*/
My theory is that one of the lower managers recognized the backdoor/bug and did the right thing by reporting it so it can be dealt with. Then upper management decided they didn't like the bad publicity and decided to cover it all up. All of a sudden it wasn't REALLY a back door, just a little problem for a few people. uh huh. I'm convinced. Then again, it's just a theory and I can't back it up.
/*--Why can't I find the QNX OS on any warez sites?
* (above comment useless as of 4-26-2000)
*/
You just put in a good bit of bloat yourself. Pull the stick out of your butt and lighten up a little. Where's your sense of humor? This is a forum with threads so that we can go off on our rabbit trails without disturbing other threads. If you see something you don't like, quietly skip over it.
If I were to link to a page on someone else's site, true, I would have no control over what they post at the URL. I may have had no idea that they had illegal content on their site and did not intend to link to said illegal content. Assuming I remove my link after I become aware of the illegal content, I'm sure I wouldn't have any trouble legally.
.
However, if I knew that the page had illegal content and linked to it for the sole purpose of directing my viewers to that illegal content, I'm sure that would be a very different situation. Linking to that illegal material for that reason is more like handing someone a gun and then intentionally convincing them to go down to the nearest school and unload a few clips and then saying you had no control over what they would do with the gun.
Don't get me wrong. I fully support 2600 and all other DeCSS mirrors, but that argument just doesn't cut it.
No new information in this post really. I just had to mention that when I first read the headline while scanning the front page, I was sure the headline read "The Science Of Planet Destruction." Now I thought that would be pretty cool. What a great stress reliever! But, I was disappointed that upon closer inspection it actually said "Planet Detection." Maybe detonating those planets would make them easier to detect. =) What do you think?
Will this encourage more/better software for the mac? Will it perhaps spawn alternative MacOSs? My experience with macs is very limited. If i'm way off base, ignore me for now