As I read these replies where the majority are negative on MySpace, it reminds me when AOL first had access to usenet, but not as bad. Back then, everyone was worried about the influx of nubes. And rightfuly so. But with MySpace, they have their own place, they are not making the haters go there, they are doing what the internet promised. I think it is a good thing. Kids today are treating the internet like a tool and not some secret society. If you all don't like it, do what we have been saying for other forms of media you don't care for, turn the damn channel!
I work for a rather large company where different types of traffic on the net are VLAN isolated. We have all the ports enabled. We also have a very mobile work force. People come and go all the time from site to site. We even have stations that are public offices where people from different sites can come in and use. They are always hot. We have had virus episodes, and we probably will again. But we also have very strict rules on laptops. We have very strict rules regarding software on all machines. We expect our users to be professional about their PCs. A per port security models would be cool, but if it took longer than a few hours to get these folks working, then that would be unacceptable cause sometimes these people only have a day or so to get something done.
I understand that this might not be a very common environment, but it is ours.
I have to admit, I don't see the need for these recent wizbang horseless carriages. Sure, they might be ingenious, but on a practical level, they don't do anything more than a fine team of horses. yada yada
But seriously, your attitude is one that would stop all progress. This new method does the job more efficiently.
From TFA, The lightweight nature of this solution -- requiring significantly smaller number of detectors when compared to SpamAssassin -- will doubtlessly prove attractive to those looking to implement a server-based solution where processing overhead may well be an issue. A server-based solution would be a one-size-fits-all mold since the filter is not personalized and does not learn for each particular user, but the reduced processing and storage time makes such a solution attractive.
It did at first, but his elementary school was a peforming arts magnet which got him into the drama crowd. So once he got to Middle School, he started hanging out with all the other drama geeks, which also tend to be precocious. I will catch him butting heads with other kids once in a while, but over all, due to his drama friends and loads of cousins he hangs with, he has managed to outgrow it.
Of course it could be that now he is a teen, he might just be like the rest of them that think us grown-ups are all kooks...:)
"Having responsibility and being able to feel empathy are two orthogonal things"
Bullshit. If you have never had the responsibility of building and maintaining a heavily-used server (or doing something similar), you won't realize how hurtful it is to mess it up like this.
No.. I call BS on that. Emapthy is not something learned via building servers, it is something learned by building relationships. If you actually care about other people, then you will have the ability to extrapolate that caring to others. Not everyones learns this, however.
If this weevlos character is on the level, then he is just like anyother bully. The only solution is either maturity, or a good old fashioned ass whooping.
They've definitely been allowed to be kids, but they have also been given a lot of respect as humans. This is definitely something I hope to emulate when I become a father (in about 8 weeks... *gulp*).
My wife and I raised our son this same way. We noticed that he prefered to talk with adults rather then children at his age. And, not having the social skills that adults learn through years of social interaction, he would often either embaress adults by catching their mistakes, or faulty logic. We had teachers telling us that he would constantly correct them when they were wrong and his baseball coach used to call him the union rep!
Ah yes... Aside from all that, interacting with your child on a deep and REAL level is wonderful. All children should be raised as such. And I really feel that it will help with learning in that the child is presented with more complex conversations and thus forcing the brain to learn..
But, tautologically, these are not free, so XGL is completely useless to the free software community.
It lets me make use of better graphics on my linux box. Thus, it is useful to me. Now I may not be the free software community, but I like to consider myself a friendly neighbor. I use what works.
Sure, making negative comments about people who actually do something you modded up
What negative comments? I tend to agree with their views. And I, being a geek, liked the hazmat idea. But I also know that the things I like tend do not mesh well with the rest of the world. My concern is that wearing hazmat suits is preaching to the choir and not the rest of the world.
but the question remains, will these kind of post help to achieve anything?
Hopefully people will think about who their audience is and tailor the presentation to them and not themselves.
Do these type of protests help or hinder? Sure, wearing a hazmat suit will get you noticed, but will they remember you because of your voice, or your suit? Will they agree with you, or think you are a kook?
hmm, so some Bush loving mod gave me a flamebait. Sheesh If you cannot stand reading bad things about Bush, the easiest way it to pluck thine own eye out.
I have to add my two cents here. I was asked to take one of these by some employment agency that my old company contracted to handled the people laid off due the dot bomb. As I went through it not only did it keep asking very similar question, but just reworded, it also was asked very personal questions as well. I felt like I was on the couch in a shrink's office. So I just started BSing the thing and it came back with a result that was almost the opposite of what I think I am. Either way, I would feel awkward enough to answer those questions in person to a shrink, there was no way I was going to do it to a computer. Next thing you know, the whole internet is busting your balls over the stupid crap you had to answer for some personality test...
sheesssh....
That said, if you really want the job, I would tell them that you would rather do the test in person. There is no way I would do it to a machine.
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As I read these replies where the majority are negative on MySpace, it reminds me when AOL first had access to usenet, but not as bad. Back then, everyone was worried about the influx of nubes. And rightfuly so. But with MySpace, they have their own place, they are not making the haters go there, they are doing what the internet promised. I think it is a good thing. Kids today are treating the internet like a tool and not some secret society. If you all don't like it, do what we have been saying for other forms of media you don't care for, turn the damn channel!
I work for a rather large company where different types of traffic on the net are VLAN isolated. We have all the ports enabled. We also have a very mobile work force. People come and go all the time from site to site. We even have stations that are public offices where people from different sites can come in and use. They are always hot. We have had virus episodes, and we probably will again. But we also have very strict rules on laptops. We have very strict rules regarding software on all machines. We expect our users to be professional about their PCs. A per port security models would be cool, but if it took longer than a few hours to get these folks working, then that would be unacceptable cause sometimes these people only have a day or so to get something done.
I understand that this might not be a very common environment, but it is ours.
I have to admit, I don't see the need for these recent wizbang horseless carriages. Sure, they might be ingenious, but on a practical level, they don't do anything more than a fine team of horses. yada yada
But seriously, your attitude is one that would stop all progress. This new method does the job more efficiently.
From TFA, The lightweight nature of this solution -- requiring significantly smaller number of detectors when compared to SpamAssassin -- will doubtlessly prove attractive to those looking to implement a server-based solution where processing overhead may well be an issue. A server-based solution would be a one-size-fits-all mold since the filter is not personalized and does not learn for each particular user, but the reduced processing and storage time makes such a solution attractive.
That sounds like a good reason for this research.
It did at first, but his elementary school was a peforming arts magnet which got him into the drama crowd. So once he got to Middle School, he started hanging out with all the other drama geeks, which also tend to be precocious. I will catch him butting heads with other kids once in a while, but over all, due to his drama friends and loads of cousins he hangs with, he has managed to outgrow it.
Of course it could be that now he is a teen, he might just be like the rest of them that think us grown-ups are all kooks...
"Having responsibility and being able to feel empathy are two orthogonal things"
Bullshit. If you have never had the responsibility of building and maintaining a heavily-used server (or doing something similar), you won't realize how hurtful it is to mess it up like this.
No.. I call BS on that. Emapthy is not something learned via building servers, it is something learned by building relationships. If you actually care about other people, then you will have the ability to extrapolate that caring to others. Not everyones learns this, however.
If this weevlos character is on the level, then he is just like anyother bully. The only solution is either maturity, or a good old fashioned ass whooping.
Of course, YMMV.
They've definitely been allowed to be kids, but they have also been given a lot of respect as humans. This is definitely something I hope to emulate when I become a father (in about 8 weeks... *gulp*).
My wife and I raised our son this same way. We noticed that he prefered to talk with adults rather then children at his age. And, not having the social skills that adults learn through years of social interaction, he would often either embaress adults by catching their mistakes, or faulty logic. We had teachers telling us that he would constantly correct them when they were wrong and his baseball coach used to call him the union rep!
Ah yes... Aside from all that, interacting with your child on a deep and REAL level is wonderful. All children should be raised as such. And I really feel that it will help with learning in that the child is presented with more complex conversations and thus forcing the brain to learn..
Congrats...
At some point, we will have to leave the solar system if we want to survive.
Why? Maybe it will just be our time. The universe cares not if we survive. It will kepp on trucking.
arrrggg
-1 WRONG!
You heathen, hast thou not heard of gvim?
Well instead of the gun rack, you can get the Rebel flag option.
Note, this is a Southern 'merican thang.
Why would anyone help someone who calls people he doesn't even know an asscracker.
While these come with the gun racks standard?
Ah yes young grasshopper, sometimes it is required to edit the sendmail.cd file to achieve enlightenment... And to show how powerful your kung foo is.
But, tautologically, these are not free, so XGL is completely useless to the free software community.
It lets me make use of better graphics on my linux box. Thus, it is useful to me. Now I may not be the free software community, but I like to consider myself a friendly neighbor. I use what works.
Sure, making negative comments about people who actually do something you modded up
What negative comments? I tend to agree with their views. And I, being a geek, liked the hazmat idea. But I also know that the things I like tend do not mesh well with the rest of the world. My concern is that wearing hazmat suits is preaching to the choir and not the rest of the world.
but the question remains, will these kind of post help to achieve anything?
Hopefully people will think about who their audience is and tailor the presentation to them and not themselves.
Do these type of protests help or hinder? Sure, wearing a hazmat suit will get you noticed, but will they remember you because of your voice, or your suit? Will they agree with you, or think you are a kook?
If that were so, why did this "fake" company have to close its doors? And why did the CIA ask for this investigation if that was all Plame was doing?
hmm, so some Bush loving mod gave me a flamebait. Sheesh If you cannot stand reading bad things about Bush, the easiest way it to pluck thine own eye out.
You mean how Bush outed Plame and thus caused the undercover company that watched Iran's nukes to fold? That kind of leak?
Captialism is bad for society unless society is a subset of shareholders.
Capitalism is just a tool or method. It is neither evil or good. Much likfe a knife that can both kill you, and butter your bread.
- Know what your kids up to. Ask questions.
- Monitor what they do, and make them aware of it.
I'm sorry but these two sentences tell me you don't actually have teenage kids, or you're a very gullible parent
If you think all teenagers are untrustworthy, then you might want to review your own parenting skills.
And here is the Shuttle page for STS-31 which launched the Hubble.
"Democracy is two wolves and one sheep voting what they are having for dinner."
A Republic is the same situation but now the sheep is armed.
That would be cool, but would it be that hard to browser agnostic? Besides, I thought MS dropped IE for OS X.
I have to add my two cents here. I was asked to take one of these by some employment agency that my old company contracted to handled the people laid off due the dot bomb. As I went through it not only did it keep asking very similar question, but just reworded, it also was asked very personal questions as well. I felt like I was on the couch in a shrink's office. So I just started BSing the thing and it came back with a result that was almost the opposite of what I think I am. Either way, I would feel awkward enough to answer those questions in person to a shrink, there was no way I was going to do it to a computer. Next thing you know, the whole internet is busting your balls over the stupid crap you had to answer for some personality test...
sheesssh....
That said, if you really want the job, I would tell them that you would rather do the test in person. There is no way I would do it to a machine.