To me this really shows the personality behind Google. They are a company of friendly, caring people, which is apparent just by looking at All About Google, or looking at the story of one of their staff taking a bike trip.
Google is a company with culture, a web site with a personality and a huge Linux cluster that they show off to the world. IMHO, Google's corporate personality has helped make it the best. That personality is what keeps the staff working, coming up with new ideas and technologies that push the web forward.
I don't see that on any of these new engines, and I think that that will in some ways dig their graves, just as Altavista's selloff did. Remember when it was altavista.digital.com? Remember feeling that there were people behind that site who cared less about how much money AltaVista was making and more about improving search technology? Then it turned into its own enterprise, no longer Digital's expariment. When it became a garbage portal, it lost that wholesome goodness that it once had. RIP, AltaVista. Congrats Google, live long and prosper.
My main opinion about this article is in my subject.
Other people have brought up my my main objections to filtering: filters suck, blocks sites about VD, impotence, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
I really haven't seen my point directly stated, so here it is...
So what if people see porn. If an adult wants to walk into his local public library and see porn, good for them. SO WHAT??? The public library in my area is set up so the content of the monitors is very private, and seeing
someone else's screen is quite hard. You can only see it if you try.
But what about my youngster? Well, the best method for encouraging/stopping your kid from seeing or liking porn is talking to them. If you say, "Little Timmy, in real life we don't do it like this, or with animals, et cetera...",
you can basically stop the child from reacting to porn in a proactive way. Porn, in many ways, is like a violent video game, if they understand what's involved, they won't be "scared for life."
Well, this may be true, but if those same 1000 monkeys were given infinate time, they could write the entire works of Microsoft. I take that back-- they only need a few hours.:-)
It seems to me (not that this is a bad thing) that when companies like IBM decide to open their software, they wan't a good way to make more money.
Not only is this great PR for IBM, but this also means that IBM has just scored another brownie point with the Free Software community, and will still probably sell more licenced copies of AFS then they did before. In the end, IBM wins a lot every time opens software.
Honestly, I don't disapprove of this, its a good buisness model, and I hope more companies follow suit. Its a win-win situation for all involved parties.
I used NetCraft and did a little research, and I found out a few things. 1. All the servers that are *actually* in the hotmail domain still run BSD. 2. Some of the servers within the passport.com domains are Win2K, some BSD. 3. All of the front-end servers at hotmail.msn.com are using Windows 2000. 4. I have no idea what the back-end servers of hotmail.msn.com, which actually handles the mail, are running.
If OpenWindows succeded, and was open source, then Linux projects like Wine would have an open source code to pick through. Wine could successfully emulate all the APIs, and do a much better job of emulating. I wish them good luck!
From The X-Files Official News Page says: "Robert Patrick joins the cast of The X-Files as a series regular. While not replacing David Duchovny, Robert is committed to appear in all of Season Eight."
" Q. Do you know whether or not it is a Linux BSD program? 10 A. Can you describe Linux BSD? 11 Q. You previously said that CSS-auth was a Linux BSD program. 13 A. I belief I said CSS-auth was a Linux program. Q. Do you know what Linux is? 14 A. I assume so, yes. 15 Q. You assume you know? 16 A. As much as anybody knows what Linux is. 18 Q. Tell me what you understand Linux to be. 20 A. Linux is a variation of the UNIX operating system. 22 Q. Have you ever operated Linux? 23 A. Yes, I have. 24 Q. Do you know what the term "open source" means? ------- [next page] -------- 2 A. Yes, I do.
The "House Small Business Committee"? Doesn't this seem to be misplaced? Shouldn't it be the "House Huge Corperation That Payed for Our campaign so We'll Favor Them Committee"?
I'd be interrested where I could find a script or program to crack codes like this. Maybe I should look in obvious places, though. Like in "Spys Like Us" where they crack a code with a Lucky Charms box:-)! Seriously, is there any type of a Swiss Army Knife crypto breaker (any major platform will work)?
A MP3 player kit can be bought here with details here from the company Wakamat Su. Note: The page is in Japanese, but you can feel your way around and get the gist. Can someone translate?
We also picked up a Mavica for Educational use. It works great. My Mavica has the MPEG video (5, 10, or 15 secornd), 4x (?) floppy access, great quality, and small batteries that last a long time. Teachers with no tech experience are amazed by how easy it is to use. It also, because it doesn't need a TWAIN or comparable interface, and it saves pictures as JPEG and video as MPEG, it is cross-platform compatable (i.e. good for Linux). A Mavica without MPEG video costs about $500, and with MPEG video is $700.
A company called Draco Systems makes a VCR sized units called "Casablanca, Kron, and Avio" ( Their Web Site) Prices go from really cheap to fairly expensive. It has an internal HDD, and has RCA and FireWire as well as DV inputs and outputs. You can buy a PC connection (you have to use Windows, I think), plus you can buy bonus effects on disk, and can use your own SCSI HDD if you wish. I've seen some stuff done on it, and it looks pretty good. Their web site can add more details. Has anyone used these systems?
This is what I've heard. 1. Microsoft is basicly screwed if Judge Jackson gave a ruling. 2. Enter 569 years of appeals. 3. Microsoft press confrence at 6:00 eastern. 4. Jackson said words like "Shackeling technological inovation", which, according to CNN, is "...very bad for Microsoft" 5. Microsoft's stock will fall. 6. The bad side comes with people who have pensions and retirement plans linked to MSFT.
A while ago, I belive in an article about UTICA, there was an comment about what made politicians the most interrested in lobbyists, protests were near the bottom. If there was a protest, news coverage, letter writing, visits to congress-people, pressure from State congress-people (who are easier to get time with), and bad press for the RIAA and the MPAA, and all the "AA"s out there, this might be a sucessful campain. Best of Luck!
Send them a letter back explaining that the domain name is no longer their property, and If they wish to contact you in the future please forward their comments to a lawyer, etc. It usally shuts them up.
I did, but I meant valuable, as in worth. Microsoft sits right behind Cisco in value. Thanks for pointing out the error, though! Speling never was my best subjekt.
If the judge decides Microsoft needs to be broken up, fined, etc. what will happen to Microsoft? I'm not a big Microsoft fan, but I think breaking up Microsoft would be bad for computing as a whole. Then again I'm not crazy about Microsoft getting a slap on the wrist with a padded stick. Remember, this is the second most valuble company in America. Where is the happy medium?
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To me this really shows the personality behind Google. They are a company of friendly, caring people, which is apparent just by looking at All About Google, or looking at the story of one of their staff taking a bike trip.
Google is a company with culture, a web site with a personality and a huge Linux cluster that they show off to the world. IMHO, Google's corporate personality has helped make it the best. That personality is what keeps the staff working, coming up with new ideas and technologies that push the web forward.
I don't see that on any of these new engines, and I think that that will in some ways dig their graves, just as Altavista's selloff did. Remember when it was altavista.digital.com? Remember feeling that there were people behind that site who cared less about how much money AltaVista was making and more about improving search technology? Then it turned into its own enterprise, no longer Digital's expariment. When it became a garbage portal, it lost that wholesome goodness that it once had. RIP, AltaVista. Congrats Google, live long and prosper.
Other people have brought up my my main objections to filtering: filters suck, blocks sites about VD, impotence, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
I really haven't seen my point directly stated, so here it is...
So what if people see porn. If an adult wants to walk into his local public library and see porn, good for them. SO WHAT??? The public library in my area is set up so the content of the monitors is very private, and seeing someone else's screen is quite hard. You can only see it if you try.
But what about my youngster? Well, the best method for encouraging/stopping your kid from seeing or liking porn is talking to them. If you say, "Little Timmy, in real life we don't do it like this, or with animals, et cetera...", you can basically stop the child from reacting to porn in a proactive way. Porn, in many ways, is like a violent video game, if they understand what's involved, they won't be "scared for life."
Just my .02.
Its just not in English. http://www.intervideo.com.tw/.
Well, this may be true, but if those same 1000 monkeys were given infinate time, they could write the entire works of Microsoft. I take that back-- they only need a few hours. :-)
It seems to me (not that this is a bad thing) that when companies like IBM decide to open their software, they wan't a good way to make more money.
Not only is this great PR for IBM, but this also means that IBM has just scored another brownie point with the Free Software community, and will still probably sell more licenced copies of AFS then they did before. In the end, IBM wins a lot every time opens software.
Honestly, I don't disapprove of this, its a good buisness model, and I hope more companies follow suit. Its a win-win situation for all involved parties.
I used NetCraft and did a little research, and I found out a few things.
1. All the servers that are *actually* in the hotmail domain still run BSD.
2. Some of the servers within the passport.com domains are Win2K, some BSD.
3. All of the front-end servers at hotmail.msn.com are using Windows 2000.
4. I have no idea what the back-end servers of hotmail.msn.com, which actually handles the mail, are running.
If OpenWindows succeded, and was open source, then Linux projects like Wine would have an open source code to pick through. Wine could successfully emulate all the APIs, and do a much better job of emulating. I wish them good luck!
From The X-Files Official News Page says: "Robert Patrick joins the cast of The X-Files as a series regular. While not replacing David Duchovny, Robert is committed to appear in all of Season Eight."
" Q. Do you know whether or not it is a Linux BSD program?
10 A. Can you describe Linux BSD? 11 Q. You previously said that CSS-auth was a Linux BSD program.
13 A. I belief I said CSS-auth was a Linux program.
Q. Do you know what Linux is?
14 A. I assume so, yes.
15 Q. You assume you know?
16 A. As much as anybody knows what Linux is.
18 Q. Tell me what you understand Linux to be.
20 A. Linux is a variation of the UNIX operating system.
22 Q. Have you ever operated Linux?
23 A. Yes, I have.
24 Q. Do you know what the term "open source" means?
------- [next page] --------
2 A. Yes, I do.
The "House Small Business Committee"? Doesn't this seem to be misplaced? Shouldn't it be the "House Huge Corperation That Payed for Our campaign so We'll Favor Them Committee"?
If there is .god for monotheistic folks, where is .nogod for the atheists?
I'd be interrested where I could find a script or program to crack codes like this. Maybe I should look in obvious places, though. Like in "Spys Like Us" where they crack a code with a Lucky Charms box :-)! Seriously, is there any type of a Swiss Army Knife crypto breaker (any major platform will work)?
A MP3 player kit can be bought here with details here from the company Wakamat Su. Note: The page is in Japanese, but you can feel your way around and get the gist. Can someone translate?
We also picked up a Mavica for Educational use. It works great. My Mavica has the MPEG video (5, 10, or 15 secornd), 4x (?) floppy access, great quality, and small batteries that last a long time. Teachers with no tech experience are amazed by how easy it is to use. It also, because it doesn't need a TWAIN or comparable interface, and it saves pictures as JPEG and video as MPEG, it is cross-platform compatable (i.e. good for Linux). A Mavica without MPEG video costs about $500, and with MPEG video is $700.
A company called Draco Systems makes a VCR sized units called "Casablanca, Kron, and Avio" ( Their Web Site) Prices go from really cheap to fairly expensive. It has an internal HDD, and has RCA and FireWire as well as DV inputs and outputs. You can buy a PC connection (you have to use Windows, I think), plus you can buy bonus effects on disk, and can use your own SCSI HDD if you wish. I've seen some stuff done on it, and it looks pretty good. Their web site can add more details. Has anyone used these systems?
This is what I've heard.
1. Microsoft is basicly screwed if Judge Jackson gave a ruling.
2. Enter 569 years of appeals.
3. Microsoft press confrence at 6:00 eastern.
4. Jackson said words like "Shackeling technological inovation", which, according to CNN, is "...very bad for Microsoft"
5. Microsoft's stock will fall.
6. The bad side comes with people who have pensions and retirement plans linked to MSFT.
I hope this helps.
A while ago, I belive in an article about UTICA, there was an comment about what made politicians the most interrested in lobbyists, protests were near the bottom. If there was a protest, news coverage, letter writing, visits to congress-people, pressure from State congress-people (who are easier to get time with), and bad press for the RIAA and the MPAA, and all the "AA"s out there, this might be a sucessful campain.
Best of Luck!
Send them a letter back explaining that the domain name is no longer their property, and If they wish to contact you in the future please forward their comments to a lawyer, etc.
It usally shuts them up.
I did, but I meant valuable, as in worth. Microsoft sits right behind Cisco in value. Thanks for pointing out the error, though!
Speling never was my best subjekt.
If the judge decides Microsoft needs to be broken up, fined, etc. what will happen to Microsoft?
I'm not a big Microsoft fan, but I think breaking up Microsoft would be bad for computing as a whole.
Then again I'm not crazy about Microsoft getting a slap on the wrist with a padded stick. Remember, this is the second most valuble company in America.
Where is the happy medium?
...they want us to hack the CFO's computer and increase our shares, too.
...under the name of VHS v. Beta fiasco. Oh well...