The easy answer is get rid of teachers' unions and make education for-profit.
The best and brightest don't teach for a number of reasons, but I say the primary reason is the shitty base pay (though the healthcare and pension should make up the difference).
Administrations are unable to cull the heard of weak teachers and are unable to reward the strongest because of the ridiculous power of the unions.
But for-profit education leads down the same path as for-profit health care in the US. No one wants that. Well, doctors and teachers do, bit patients and students don't.
Beauracracies have a terrible track record of treating their employees with dignity and respect such that unions become a practica
As is typical, our current reality is the result of a long, human history full of compromises and mistakes.
But don't let me stop the ivory tower, arm-chair analysis we all come to slashdot for.
These kind of systems are really hard for security guys to get changed.
It's like updating switch and routing firmware. Most network engineers who know what they're doing and that have been around for awhile have been burned by "simple" or "easy" patches and config changes going tits up.
When your core network infrastructure goes tits up your phone tends to light up like a christmas tree. (Granted, when your web presence is redirected to porn or a copy that hides an iframe exploiting customers with unpatched browsers, well, you'll maybe get some phone calls.)
This DNS patch is a case-in-point: Microsoft's fix is rather ham-fisted and broke stuff; the BIND-Users list is full of people troubleshooting ISC's patch.
Also, many organizations (like mine) are taking this as an opportunity to reengineer their DNS architecture. This is the perfect time to reevaluate using TSIG and DNSSEC if you don't already.
It has only been just over two weeks since the initial "announcement". The progress so far is really amazing when you consider how big a ship the Internet is.
I just replaced my cherished, precious Palm Tungsten T3 this Spring after I received an iPod Touch for Christmas.
It is absolutely the best PDA ever. I thought that even before I upgraded to the 2.0 firmware. I can now access my work's Exchange server plus all of my personal accounts. The apps are a mixed bag, but OmniFocus is the best Getting Things Done app on any platform, if you're into that.
A device this size is not the proper tool for remote support. For that I strongly recommend a ThinkPad X-series with a Verizon data card in a messenger bag or briefcase. People who use their handheld device (smartphone, PDA, Nokia Internet tablet, whatever) to do support are out of their minds.
Already has. The city of Fargo, ND is capturing methane from its landfill and selling it on the market. Its garbage is sorted and recyclable bits are sold to be recycled.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the thinking behind the 2nd amendment is "in case of tyranny, take up arms, overthrow the government", right?
You are wrong. The thinking is disputed behind the amendment is unknown and disputed.
What you say is one interpretation. Another is that people have the right to arm themselves and band together to protect their communities from being invaded or attacked, possibly from a hostile government.
Don't forget that 10.6 drops support for PowerPC CPUs!
The last Power Mac G5s were released in late 2005 and weren't replaced by the Mac Pro until late 2006.
The last revision to the PowerBook line was also released in late 2005. I'm still very happy running 10.5 on my 12" PowerBook G4/1.33Ghz from early 2004.
The last iBook came out in mid-2005, replaced in mid-2006. The last PowerPC iMac was released in late 2005. We have 10.5 happily running on my wife's 12" iBook G4/1GHz from 2003 as our kitchen TV.
It's pretty shitty that Apple is dropping support for machines less than 4 years old, and older machines that run 10.5 very well. It's especially galling that they are dropping support with a release that sounds like it should really be a free service pack or point release to 10.5 anyway.
A few Apple people on the clang list have filed bug reports saying it doesn't build 'on 10.6' recently, so they're obviously running it internally.
What else would they be running internally after 10.5 was released? As differently as Apple thinks, I'm pretty sure the number 6 still follows 5 in their minds.
That they're running 10.6 internally tells us nothing about when we'll be able to buy and run it out here in the real world.
To everyone saying, well, I'll just encrypt everything: That's great, but this thing falls back on service fingerprints to identify traffic if it can't inspect packet contents. This is a similar concept to nmap's service and OS fingerprinting tech. Idiosyncracies of timings, handshake protocols, header flags, and traffic patterns can give away that a packet contains p2p content.
I liked that Doom 3 was all about shooting things, lots of things, in tight, dark spaces. I also liked its visuals and sound effects better than Half-Life 2.
HL2 really annoyed me by having me solve puzzles all the damn time. There was too much space between fire-fights.
Doom 3 had just enough story to move you from point to point and to give you an excuse to blow the shit out of hell-spawn. I love it for that. It remains one of my favorite FPS of all time, above HL2, for really hitting the target of what I love about FPSes.
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Obviously we can't honestly compare downloads to seats in theaters.
But lets just say (using RIAA/MPAA math) those 8 million downloads were 8 million buts at seats for $7-$9 a pop. That'd be $56-$72 million in box office receipts.
That compares very favorably to any number of successful indie releases, let alone bombs. Disney (to single out one studio) since 2000 would, in retrospect, have been happy withthis since their marketing muscle could have easily doubled these speculative receipts.
Why would you want to upgrade the Mac Mini's video card? To play games?
Uh, yes? The integrated graphics on the mini are already dated. I can get a better play experience with a faster GPU.
And sorry, but that YouTube video doesn't play on my iPod Touch.
Apparently PC morons like you can't think outside the box.
Apparently elitist assholes can't think about not having ugly external devices strung all over their home.
It's interesting that you think I'm a PC guy when the only computers in my house are Macs (including iBook G3, iBook G4, PowerBook G4, February 2008 MacBook, original Mini, and other various portables and ancient machines).
About four bucks, and I bought extras that day. (Regular price is fifteen bucks.) If you put the USB info string into Google, you can find OS X drivers for it from the OEM manufacturer's web site. And again you can't think outside the box.
USB network interfaces are a fucking joke. Let me know when I can run any of these off USB.
I feel the need to point out that the executives aren't the ones doing the science. They enable this evilness, but the day-to-day evil is created by all of the companies employees, scientists & researchers, sales and marketing, internal administration, even the janitors are to blame for allowing this evil to exist and continue.
While it's true it's a workaround, the solution is better batteries and better screens. It's easier to fix this in software than hardware. Seems to me Apple is sucking it up and doing the hard but right thing by favoring customers over developers while Microsoft and other platform providers give developers what they want at the expense of customers.
I just finally sold mine on eBay because my iPod Touch (received as a gift this past Christmas) is so much better.
+Calendar is better, +Address Book is better (and better than the pretty lame Address Book on OS X 10.5), +Music, Video, and Picture playback and management is waaay better than the lame Real Player, nonexistent video player, and picture viewer, +Internet and email is so much better you can't even really compare them, +The hardware is smaller, lighter, yet more solid feeling than even my ancient yet legendary Palm V. +Input is fan-fucking-tastic; if I never see a stylus again it will be too soon.
-Third-party applications (Man, I can't wait for HIARCS to make its way to Mobile OS X.)
The only minus is about to change. Mobile OS X is a fantastic platform to use and, if it's anything like OS X, to develop for that will soon have as diverse an application ecosystem as the Palm did in its heyday.
Yeah, no background processes sucks. I'm not going to apologize for Apple. But the amount of bitching about the issue is really getting ridiculous. And if you aren't developing for this platform solely because of this issue I think you are risking missing the boat.
There is a new article regarding Wal-Mart and the major labels in the latest issue of Rolling Stone. It's not the one linked, and doesn't appear to be on their website yet.
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Should say:
"...such that unions become a practical necessity."
Damn iPod Touch 2.0 and damn Steve Jobs.
The easy answer is get rid of teachers' unions and make education for-profit.
The best and brightest don't teach for a number of reasons, but I say the primary reason is the shitty base pay (though the healthcare and pension should make up the difference).
Administrations are unable to cull the heard of weak teachers and are unable to reward the strongest because of the ridiculous power of the unions.
But for-profit education leads down the same path as for-profit health care in the US. No one wants that. Well, doctors and teachers do, bit patients and students don't.
Beauracracies have a terrible track record of treating their employees with dignity and respect such that unions become a practica
As is typical, our current reality is the result of a long, human history full of compromises and mistakes.
But don't let me stop the ivory tower, arm-chair analysis we all come to slashdot for.
These kind of systems are really hard for security guys to get changed.
It's like updating switch and routing firmware. Most network engineers who know what they're doing and that have been around for awhile have been burned by "simple" or "easy" patches and config changes going tits up.
When your core network infrastructure goes tits up your phone tends to light up like a christmas tree. (Granted, when your web presence is redirected to porn or a copy that hides an iframe exploiting customers with unpatched browsers, well, you'll maybe get some phone calls.)
This DNS patch is a case-in-point: Microsoft's fix is rather ham-fisted and broke stuff; the BIND-Users list is full of people troubleshooting ISC's patch.
Also, many organizations (like mine) are taking this as an opportunity to reengineer their DNS architecture. This is the perfect time to reevaluate using TSIG and DNSSEC if you don't already.
It has only been just over two weeks since the initial "announcement". The progress so far is really amazing when you consider how big a ship the Internet is.
I just replaced my cherished, precious Palm Tungsten T3 this Spring after I received an iPod Touch for Christmas.
It is absolutely the best PDA ever. I thought that even before I upgraded to the 2.0 firmware. I can now access my work's Exchange server plus all of my personal accounts. The apps are a mixed bag, but OmniFocus is the best Getting Things Done app on any platform, if you're into that.
A device this size is not the proper tool for remote support. For that I strongly recommend a ThinkPad X-series with a Verizon data card in a messenger bag or briefcase. People who use their handheld device (smartphone, PDA, Nokia Internet tablet, whatever) to do support are out of their minds.
It was all glitz, with a few "homages" to sci-fi and web fans.
Pretty to look at, but the themes were cliche, the science unbelievable, and the real-life shots were weird and really off-putting.
Anyone putting this in the same group as _Incredibles_ or the _Toy Story_ films is out of it.
Already has. The city of Fargo, ND is capturing methane from its landfill and selling it on the market. Its garbage is sorted and recyclable bits are sold to be recycled.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the thinking behind the 2nd amendment is "in case of tyranny, take up arms, overthrow the government", right?
You are wrong. The thinking is disputed behind the amendment is unknown and disputed.
What you say is one interpretation. Another is that people have the right to arm themselves and band together to protect their communities from being invaded or attacked, possibly from a hostile government.
Don't forget that 10.6 drops support for PowerPC CPUs!
The last Power Mac G5s were released in late 2005 and weren't replaced by the Mac Pro until late 2006.
The last revision to the PowerBook line was also released in late 2005. I'm still very happy running 10.5 on my 12" PowerBook G4/1.33Ghz from early 2004.
The last iBook came out in mid-2005, replaced in mid-2006. The last PowerPC iMac was released in late 2005. We have 10.5 happily running on my wife's 12" iBook G4/1GHz from 2003 as our kitchen TV.
It's pretty shitty that Apple is dropping support for machines less than 4 years old, and older machines that run 10.5 very well. It's especially galling that they are dropping support with a release that sounds like it should really be a free service pack or point release to 10.5 anyway.
How embarassing is it that Slashdot can't deal with Unicode?
I mean, seriously: it's 2008. There is no excuse for apostrophes and m-dashes rendering as anything except apostrophes and m-dashes.
A few Apple people on the clang list have filed bug reports saying it doesn't build 'on 10.6' recently, so they're obviously running it internally.
What else would they be running internally after 10.5 was released? As differently as Apple thinks, I'm pretty sure the number 6 still follows 5 in their minds.
That they're running 10.6 internally tells us nothing about when we'll be able to buy and run it out here in the real world.
That's true, but no P2P network is using IPSec, nor is it likely any will since it's a serious PITA to set up and maintain.
To everyone saying, well, I'll just encrypt everything: That's great, but this thing falls back on service fingerprints to identify traffic if it can't inspect packet contents. This is a similar concept to nmap's service and OS fingerprinting tech. Idiosyncracies of timings, handshake protocols, header flags, and traffic patterns can give away that a packet contains p2p content.
Repeat after me: encryption isn't a panacea.
That is exactly right.
And that is the reason I only buy clothing that has been manufactured in impoverished countries in Latin America or Southeast Asia.
I liked that Doom 3 was all about shooting things, lots of things, in tight, dark spaces. I also liked its visuals and sound effects better than Half-Life 2.
HL2 really annoyed me by having me solve puzzles all the damn time. There was too much space between fire-fights.
Doom 3 had just enough story to move you from point to point and to give you an excuse to blow the shit out of hell-spawn. I love it for that. It remains one of my favorite FPS of all time, above HL2, for really hitting the target of what I love about FPSes.
Obviously we can't honestly compare downloads to seats in theaters.
But lets just say (using RIAA/MPAA math) those 8 million downloads were 8 million buts at seats for $7-$9 a pop. That'd be $56-$72 million in box office receipts.
That compares very favorably to any number of successful indie releases, let alone bombs. Disney (to single out one studio) since 2000 would, in retrospect, have been happy with this since their marketing muscle could have easily doubled these speculative receipts.
Why would you want to upgrade the Mac Mini's video card? To play games?
Uh, yes? The integrated graphics on the mini are already dated. I can get a better play experience with a faster GPU.
And sorry, but that YouTube video doesn't play on my iPod Touch.
Apparently PC morons like you can't think outside the box.
Apparently elitist assholes can't think about not having ugly external devices strung all over their home.
It's interesting that you think I'm a PC guy when the only computers in my house are Macs (including iBook G3, iBook G4, PowerBook G4, February 2008 MacBook, original Mini, and other various portables and ancient machines).
About four bucks, and I bought extras that day. (Regular price is fifteen bucks.) If you put the USB info string into Google, you can find OS X drivers for it from the OEM manufacturer's web site. And again you can't think outside the box.
USB network interfaces are a fucking joke. Let me know when I can run any of these off USB.
Yeah, but what does it cost to upgrade the Mini's video card?
...
Oh yeah, you can't.
How much to get a better or different optical drive on the Mini?
Oh yeah, you can't.
How much to add network interfaces to the Mini?
Oh yeah,
Well, maybe you get the point. The Psystar system isn't about the Mini's price, it's about the Mac Pro's price.
No.
I feel the need to point out that the executives aren't the ones doing the science. They enable this evilness, but the day-to-day evil is created by all of the companies employees, scientists & researchers, sales and marketing, internal administration, even the janitors are to blame for allowing this evil to exist and continue.
This got cut from the submission:
"And when I say it's like Torvalds speaking at a Windows launch what I mean is its not like that at all."
While it's true it's a workaround, the solution is better batteries and better screens. It's easier to fix this in software than hardware. Seems to me Apple is sucking it up and doing the hard but right thing by favoring customers over developers while Microsoft and other platform providers give developers what they want at the expense of customers.
Compared to the Palm Tungsten T3, maybe?
I just finally sold mine on eBay because my iPod Touch (received as a gift this past Christmas) is so much better.
+Calendar is better,
+Address Book is better (and better than the pretty lame Address Book on OS X 10.5),
+Music, Video, and Picture playback and management is waaay better than the lame Real Player, nonexistent video player, and picture viewer,
+Internet and email is so much better you can't even really compare them,
+The hardware is smaller, lighter, yet more solid feeling than even my ancient yet legendary Palm V.
+Input is fan-fucking-tastic; if I never see a stylus again it will be too soon.
-Third-party applications (Man, I can't wait for HIARCS to make its way to Mobile OS X.)
The only minus is about to change. Mobile OS X is a fantastic platform to use and, if it's anything like OS X, to develop for that will soon have as diverse an application ecosystem as the Palm did in its heyday.
Yeah, no background processes sucks. I'm not going to apologize for Apple. But the amount of bitching about the issue is really getting ridiculous. And if you aren't developing for this platform solely because of this issue I think you are risking missing the boat.
I can't imagine anyone on Slashdot giving Microsoft a pass if Windows Mobile worked the same way.
I've been damning Windows Mobile for years because of its shitty memory management and difficulty managing open applications.
If the Mobile OS X platform (right now iPhone and iPod Touch) actually solves this problem I'm all for it.
Just bought a Wahl hair clipper. Made in the USA, baby! Woo!
Just filled up my car with fuel. Straight from my own state (ND), baby! Woo!
Just bought a MacBook for my wife. Straight from Shanghai, baby! Woo! Oh, wait.
There is a new article regarding Wal-Mart and the major labels in the latest issue of Rolling Stone. It's not the one linked, and doesn't appear to be on their website yet.