I'm over 12 and under 40. I try to text when possible because I think it's more polite. You can read my message, and respond to it, at your convenience.
Calling is asking someone to stop whatever else they are doing and devote all their attention to you. Which is nice, but rarely actually necessary and sometimes downright intrusive. Like sending a smell would be.
Obviously it depends on your peers, many are probably more comfortable talking than texting, I guess.
... I know there must be some people who enjoy speaking to ISP customer service reps, but most of the Sixpacks I know would rather get their computer cleaned, or just not use it at all.
There is an argument to be made that Global Capitalism and Administration runs on Windows, and that therefore using Windows is the best way to close the digital divide because and, at the same time, prepare kids for their future jobs.
I, for one, find this argument hopelessly short-sighted and depressing.
Windows was created as a desktop computing platform for first-generation computer users in office environments, not digital-age kids using solar-powered multimedia-capable laptops in a wide-area mesh network.
I don't think Sugar is SO hot, but at least it was designed for the purpose to which it is being applied by OLPC. The kids can learn to use Windows in a day or two when, and if, they ever go to work in an office.
Don't kid yourself, of course the kids can trash Linux. A properly motivated and/or bored teenager can do anything.
But consider that in the process they will have to learn something about programming and using Free software, which may actually help them move beyond vandalism.
Isn't there a Skype plugin that does this or something?
Encoding data in the background noise dumb, because you can't assume that ambiance will be transmitted to the receiver. The telco is likely to drop packets when audio drops below a certain threshold, and use the bandwidth for moving other data on their network.
Smarter spies will hide data by modulating foreground sounds, which are much more likely to get transmitted, and much harder to f**k with without being noticed.
> What sort of magic bullet are we expecting to find on these hard drives?
The evidence required to nail specific people to specific illegal activities.
Remember, most of these crooks are lawyers at the top of their game. Without direct, damning evidence any attempt to put them behind bars will be a waste of our money.
Worse than that, what happens if they're underage and making out to an R-rated movie? I think Comcast would be liable at that point, since they KNOW they shouldn't be showing that movie to those innocent children.
That's funny, I live in New York and there was only one machine at my polling place. I guess in the City they just assume everyone is going to vote for a Democrat.
Seriously, the Republican candidates were there, I could have voted for McCain... so how is that closed?
The Center for Subjective Microelectronics announced an robotic dolphin that is "pretty small, considering."
Seriously, can these COM-BAT guys get a less academic-sounding name for their center? What are those words even supposed to mean, outside of the dumb military acronym?
Anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall -- all of these protections should be built in to the operating system.
We shouldn't have to add third-party tools to make an OS secure. It should be secure (or at least, secure-able) out of the box.
Charging more for a suite of software that all does the same thing sounds like a last-gasp attempt to deliver some profits before architectural changes force these companies out of business.
I remember seeing this on Earthlink DSL years ago. I always thought it was some bug in their sketchy connection software, but if that's still the observed behavior then I guess it's just a bandwidth sharing policy.
Sure is fun to click-click-click, wait a few seconds.... ah, there they go!
Hacking the kernel isn't as dicey as it sounds, because creating a custom kernel has been the default "power sysadmin" mode since day one. As a result, there are tools and practices that make it safe, even expected, for production systems. These tools are the same as those used by the big distros to create their default kernels.
You don't just install a custom kernel on a production system out of the blue. You install a kernel with a proven history that you have made a single iterative change to, tested on a dev server, and that you can easily back out of on the next reboot if necessary.
It's not a vulnerability, it's a feature of the browser.
View source. As in, view the source code of this open source project. There's nothing in that directory that isn't in the files you download from Mozilla.
Most of us use Google's services for free... it is advertising that actually pays the salaries at the Googleplex.
The moment a company--any company--begins selling advertising, their users/visitors/viewers cease to be the main focus of their business. The more a company needs to please the ad buyers, the less freedom a company has to please users.
Just remember to mount these drives noatime to avoid a write every time you read a file.
For that matter, noatime is a sensible default for any desktop OS. When was the last time you actually searched for files you hadn't accessed in six months?
The big deal here is that Google considers anyone in your GMail _contacts_ list to be a _friend_.
This includes former work associates, clients, people asking for software support, people you replied to via mailing lists, and anyone else who you happened to a) send an email to and b) uses GMail themselves.
This is a gross violation of privacy, folks, even within the privacy-compromised Googleplex. Stop blaming the victims. I signed up for Reader last week and it felt creepy to see shared posts from people I used to work with.
Obviously they need a "Trivipedia" that can collect all the crap with two-way linkage to mainstream Wikipedia articles.
Everybody wins: the mainstream search index remains relatively clean, and tomorrows consumers of rich information have a place to find out every last little thing about truly obscure topics.
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I'm over 12 and under 40. I try to text when possible because I think it's more polite. You can read my message, and respond to it, at your convenience.
Calling is asking someone to stop whatever else they are doing and devote all their attention to you. Which is nice, but rarely actually necessary and sometimes downright intrusive. Like sending a smell would be.
Obviously it depends on your peers, many are probably more comfortable talking than texting, I guess.
... I know there must be some people who enjoy speaking to ISP customer service reps, but most of the Sixpacks I know would rather get their computer cleaned, or just not use it at all.
There is an argument to be made that Global Capitalism and Administration runs on Windows, and that therefore using Windows is the best way to close the digital divide because and, at the same time, prepare kids for their future jobs.
I, for one, find this argument hopelessly short-sighted and depressing.
Windows was created as a desktop computing platform for first-generation computer users in office environments, not digital-age kids using solar-powered multimedia-capable laptops in a wide-area mesh network.
I don't think Sugar is SO hot, but at least it was designed for the purpose to which it is being applied by OLPC. The kids can learn to use Windows in a day or two when, and if, they ever go to work in an office.
Don't kid yourself, of course the kids can trash Linux. A properly motivated and/or bored teenager can do anything.
But consider that in the process they will have to learn something about programming and using Free software, which may actually help them move beyond vandalism.
My thoughts exactly. If MS goes out of business, how is Gartner going to meet its payroll?
I think they're just trying to get MS "scared straight".
HAH! Brilliant.
Isn't there a Skype plugin that does this or something?
Encoding data in the background noise dumb, because you can't assume that ambiance will be transmitted to the receiver. The telco is likely to drop packets when audio drops below a certain threshold, and use the bandwidth for moving other data on their network.
Smarter spies will hide data by modulating foreground sounds, which are much more likely to get transmitted, and much harder to f**k with without being noticed.
Nice post, yo.
I think they mean 6 bits per color channel per pixel. That's just weird.
Almost like going back to web-safe colors again.
> What sort of magic bullet are we expecting to find on these hard drives?
The evidence required to nail specific people to specific illegal activities.
Remember, most of these crooks are lawyers at the top of their game. Without direct, damning evidence any attempt to put them behind bars will be a waste of our money.
Worse than that, what happens if they're underage and making out to an R-rated movie? I think Comcast would be liable at that point, since they KNOW they shouldn't be showing that movie to those innocent children.
FREE CABLE* if you watch more than 30 hours of the History Channel each month.
*Use of set-top attention monitor required.
If allowing the camera into your home could save you $90 per month, you might consider it. Especially if you "have nothing to hide".
That's funny, I live in New York and there was only one machine at my polling place. I guess in the City they just assume everyone is going to vote for a Democrat.
Seriously, the Republican candidates were there, I could have voted for McCain... so how is that closed?
The Center for Subjective Microelectronics announced an robotic dolphin that is "pretty small, considering."
Seriously, can these COM-BAT guys get a less academic-sounding name for their center? What are those words even supposed to mean, outside of the dumb military acronym?
If I can run ssh and get root on my phone, then by golly I'd say it's a general purpose computer.
The iPhone, like most other smartphones, is a wireless computer that happens to include a phone.
Anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall -- all of these protections should be built in to the operating system.
We shouldn't have to add third-party tools to make an OS secure. It should be secure (or at least, secure-able) out of the box.
Charging more for a suite of software that all does the same thing sounds like a last-gasp attempt to deliver some profits before architectural changes force these companies out of business.
I remember seeing this on Earthlink DSL years ago. I always thought it was some bug in their sketchy connection software, but if that's still the observed behavior then I guess it's just a bandwidth sharing policy.
Sure is fun to click-click-click, wait a few seconds.... ah, there they go!
Hacking the kernel isn't as dicey as it sounds, because creating a custom kernel has been the default "power sysadmin" mode since day one. As a result, there are tools and practices that make it safe, even expected, for production systems. These tools are the same as those used by the big distros to create their default kernels.
You don't just install a custom kernel on a production system out of the blue. You install a kernel with a proven history that you have made a single iterative change to, tested on a dev server, and that you can easily back out of on the next reboot if necessary.
It's not a vulnerability, it's a feature of the browser.
View source. As in, view the source code of this open source project. There's nothing in that directory that isn't in the files you download from Mozilla.
Stop and think: who are Google's customers?
Most of us use Google's services for free... it is advertising that actually pays the salaries at the Googleplex.
The moment a company--any company--begins selling advertising, their users/visitors/viewers cease to be the main focus of their business. The more a company needs to please the ad buyers, the less freedom a company has to please users.
Just remember to mount these drives noatime to avoid a write every time you read a file.
For that matter, noatime is a sensible default for any desktop OS. When was the last time you actually searched for files you hadn't accessed in six months?
The big deal here is that Google considers anyone in your GMail _contacts_ list to be a _friend_.
This includes former work associates, clients, people asking for software support, people you replied to via mailing lists, and anyone else who you happened to a) send an email to and b) uses GMail themselves.
This is a gross violation of privacy, folks, even within the privacy-compromised Googleplex. Stop blaming the victims. I signed up for Reader last week and it felt creepy to see shared posts from people I used to work with.
FreeBSD is sometimes a tough sell to religious groups because of the devil mascot.
"You want to put... a demon? On our server?"
"Daemon, it's a daemon."
"..."
This might explain why there is a "Deauthorize Media" option in the Features menu of Leopard's DVD Player.
Obviously they need a "Trivipedia" that can collect all the crap with two-way linkage to mainstream Wikipedia articles.
Everybody wins: the mainstream search index remains relatively clean, and tomorrows consumers of rich information have a place to find out every last little thing about truly obscure topics.
I mean, duh.