As with many things in life, this is entirely subjective on the part of both you and the people you work for.
While it's true that most places want you to look professional while you are there, they couldn't give a crap what you look like while you are off. Of course, how you look at the office says a lot about your level of professionalism. By dressing in a business manner you're telling the people around you that you are a professional.
By wearing body piercings to work, or failing to cover prominent tatoos in some way, you are taking a risk that whoever you're working for might deem them "innappropriate". This is entirely subjective on their part. Some people might be okay with it, some may not.
While I don't believe that you need to live your entire life by the rules the people you work for set for you, you need to remember that people do indeed judge you by your appearance. If your appearance falls significantly outside of the "norm" then you'd better expect people who may not like that to judge you based on it.
This tecnology would be better done inside of Xen itself. I really don't like the idea of modifying any compiler to make it easier for Xen.
I also believe that you are missing the point that most people need to run operating systems to which that may not want, or indeed, may not have access to the source.
What about for operating systems which I cannot get the code for? Did it ever occur to anyone that I might want to get an emulator/hypervisor to run Windows so that don't have to load it onto on of my machines permanently?
No matter how you slice it Xen's "paravirtualization", if such a term even existed prior to Xen, only does half the job.
If you're talking about the Video drivers, then I'm afraid you're somewhat mistaken. Those drivers are done for efficiency only.
The difference here is the VMWare DOES fully virtualize the processor in the sense that when I call an instruction in supervisor mode, it does the appropriate thing. Xen does not have this capability (currently) so you MUST change the portions of the OS which use supervisor level instructions.
I was unaware of Intel's VT extensions, so I'll have to take a look at this.
No, windows will have to be changed to support Xen, since Xen can't handle privileged instructions. (No joke)
This is a problem, but the Xen folks have managed to successfully sell it to everyone as a feature since a side effect of this lack of virtualization is that the emulation runs somewhat faster, but with questionable compatibility.
I love that the article compares it to the Xen project. There is no comparison I imagine.
Xen is not a true hypervisor, since it doesn't fully virtualize all aspects of the host machine. It is necessary to change the code of the guest operating system so that it can be run on Xen.
Go ahead, mod me down for daring to speak against the favorite project of the day, but we all know it's true.
LCDs are still too expensive for some people's tastes. So long as there are CRTs which have similar capability for hundreds less, people will continue to buy them.
Apparently we've only had 3 Google stories today. Wow. This is a low! We need more, c'mon.
GJC
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I don't think he realizes that his attitude will only embitter his own customers against him. This is a sure fire way to piss off admins who are OSS advocates who may have a say in whether or not BitKeeper is used in their organization.
Since when has attacking the community helped anyone? If anything, everyone who has ever attacked to OSS community has looked like an idiot, and it's no different here.
I have been in this industry for about 12 years and I've yet to see even one BitKeeper installation. I'm not sure what his marketshare is, but I'm sure it's probably pretty abysmal.
What you've described is the legitimate reason and legitimate use of anonymity. I must however, point out that, in order to get to the mall you'll likely have to drive and, as with most states, in order to drive you must have your driver's license on your person.
Additionally, when paying with a credit card or check, while in the mall, some stores want to see said identification. So you are not completely anonymous and you do leave a trail behind you when you go to the mall. You are, in fact, more on the grid AT the mall than any place else for these reasons. You could argue that you can pay with cash and avoid the above, which is true. In which case you COULD maintain absolute anonymity.
My personal problem lies with those who abuse the privilege that anonymity affords them.
Any system is susceptible to abuse, no matter whether it's IRC or email or something else entirely.
The fact is that anonymity encourages some people to be assholes. While some people will simply use it as it's intended, others will use it as a cloak to prevent any kind of tracibility so that they can flood, abuse, and otherwise be assholes without anyone having a hope of finding out who they are.
For myself, I make it a point never to post anonymously, although it's my right to do so. I feel it's important that people know it's *me* expressing the views and that I have the courage to be identified with those views. Posting anonymously is similar to using tor as you can be a dick and not really have to pay the price for it. At least when/if I'm ever a dick people know it's me being one.
I am usually all for anything the EFF does, but...
As an op, I've had to ban parts of tor because a lot of flooding, spamming, etc comes from that domain. Despite the EFF's push to create an "anonymous haven" it's basically turned into a thieves paradise which allows one to carry out attacks without fear of being detected.
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Yes, it is. Fortunately innovation is separate from the fact of whether anyone gives a crap or not.
This is like saying time exists because there is motion, not the other way around.
GJC
Not an announcement from Apple. The author of this article is playing it as if it's a bona-fide fact that this is absolutely going to happen.
It's not a fact, yet. Only a possibility.
GJC
As with many things in life, this is entirely subjective on the part of both you and the people you work for.
While it's true that most places want you to look professional while you are there, they couldn't give a crap what you look like while you are off. Of course, how you look at the office says a lot about your level of professionalism. By dressing in a business manner you're telling the people around you that you are a professional.
By wearing body piercings to work, or failing to cover prominent tatoos in some way, you are taking a risk that whoever you're working for might deem them "innappropriate". This is entirely subjective on their part. Some people might be okay with it, some may not.
While I don't believe that you need to live your entire life by the rules the people you work for set for you, you need to remember that people do indeed judge you by your appearance. If your appearance falls significantly outside of the "norm" then you'd better expect people who may not like that to judge you based on it.
Later, GJC
It's hubris like this that caused the fall of Standard Oil. :) MS is starting to loose mindshare since people are getting tired of an insecure OS.
Most people don't really care what OS a computer runs, only that it will run what they want it to.
GJC
This tecnology would be better done inside of Xen itself. I really don't like the idea of modifying any compiler to make it easier for Xen.
I also believe that you are missing the point that most people need to run operating systems to which that may not want, or indeed, may not have access to the source.
GJC
I see. So as soon as all of the OSs out there incorporate code so that Xen can work, I'll be able to run that OS on my machine under Xen.
What about Windows? Indeed, what about OSs from companies which don't know, nor care about Xen?
GJC
What about for operating systems which I cannot get the code for? Did it ever occur to anyone that I might want to get an emulator/hypervisor to run Windows so that don't have to load it onto on of my machines permanently?
No matter how you slice it Xen's "paravirtualization", if such a term even existed prior to Xen, only does half the job.
GJC
Yes, I am aware that x86 processors have this limitation. Xen "evades" (more like "cops out") of this and claims it's to "improve performance".
I don't use Xen because the burden is then on me to find a version of the OS specifically created for Xen. This sucks.
GJC
If you're talking about the Video drivers, then I'm afraid you're somewhat mistaken. Those drivers are done for efficiency only.
The difference here is the VMWare DOES fully virtualize the processor in the sense that when I call an instruction in supervisor mode, it does the appropriate thing. Xen does not have this capability (currently) so you MUST change the portions of the OS which use supervisor level instructions.
I was unaware of Intel's VT extensions, so I'll have to take a look at this.
Later, GJC
No, windows will have to be changed to support Xen, since Xen can't handle privileged instructions. (No joke)
This is a problem, but the Xen folks have managed to successfully sell it to everyone as a feature since a side effect of this lack of virtualization is that the emulation runs somewhat faster, but with questionable compatibility.
GJC
I love that the article compares it to the Xen project. There is no comparison I imagine.
Xen is not a true hypervisor, since it doesn't fully virtualize all aspects of the host machine. It is necessary to change the code of the guest operating system so that it can be run on Xen.
Go ahead, mod me down for daring to speak against the favorite project of the day, but we all know it's true.
GJC
If this were true, why would we need "Rosetta"? Something tells me we're talking x86 here.
GJC
LCDs are still too expensive for some people's tastes. So long as there are CRTs which have similar capability for hundreds less, people will continue to buy them.
GJC
Apparently we've only had 3 Google stories today. Wow. This is a low! We need more, c'mon.
GJC
I don't think he realizes that his attitude will only embitter his own customers against him. This is a sure fire way to piss off admins who are OSS advocates who may have a say in whether or not BitKeeper is used in their organization.
Since when has attacking the community helped anyone? If anything, everyone who has ever attacked to OSS community has looked like an idiot, and it's no different here.
I have been in this industry for about 12 years and I've yet to see even one BitKeeper installation. I'm not sure what his marketshare is, but I'm sure it's probably pretty abysmal.
So, goodbye, Larry. Thanks, but no thanks.
GJC
However, I'm oddly at a loss for words given all of these wonderfully insightful postings. ;)
GJC
What you've described is the legitimate reason and legitimate use of anonymity. I must however, point out that, in order to get to the mall you'll likely have to drive and, as with most states, in order to drive you must have your driver's license on your person.
Additionally, when paying with a credit card or check, while in the mall, some stores want to see said identification. So you are not completely anonymous and you do leave a trail behind you when you go to the mall. You are, in fact, more on the grid AT the mall than any place else for these reasons. You could argue that you can pay with cash and avoid the above, which is true. In which case you COULD maintain absolute anonymity.
My personal problem lies with those who abuse the privilege that anonymity affords them.
Thanks, GJC
Having just bought a Dual G5, this is suprising news. :)
GJC
Any system is susceptible to abuse, no matter whether it's IRC or email or something else entirely.
The fact is that anonymity encourages some people to be assholes. While some people will simply use it as it's intended, others will use it as a cloak to prevent any kind of tracibility so that they can flood, abuse, and otherwise be assholes without anyone having a hope of finding out who they are.
For myself, I make it a point never to post anonymously, although it's my right to do so. I feel it's important that people know it's *me* expressing the views and that I have the courage to be identified with those views. Posting anonymously is similar to using tor as you can be a dick and not really have to pay the price for it. At least when/if I'm ever a dick people know it's me being one.
Later, GJC
I am usually all for anything the EFF does, but...
As an op, I've had to ban parts of tor because a lot of flooding, spamming, etc comes from that domain. Despite the EFF's push to create an "anonymous haven" it's basically turned into a thieves paradise which allows one to carry out attacks without fear of being detected.
Later, GJC
Indeed, that would be a bad thing.
I never will.
In a society run by lawyers, no one seems to get along.
GJC
Because everytime I start that movie I don't want 10 minutes of crap forced on me that I can't skip.
GJC
Actually I know that it doesn't affect the document. I was playing devils advocate here.
GJC
If the incident happened two years ago and she's 19 now, how could she have been 15 like the title of the article suggests?? :)
GJC