If MS wants to screw up their own services on their own ports, have at it: they can be blocked. But when they screw up services that are set up to run on 80 and 443 so that they can circumvent firewalls, that it going too far! How the Hell are we supposed to block that?
There is another possibility, which is used by my university. They just add a tag in the header saying that the IP is on the list. They also add a Spam Assassin score in another tag. I use these to route potential spam to a special mailbox, which I look at about once a week. It only takes a couple of minutes to clear it.
Actually, I look at Nielson's site quite often. Whenever I've been asked to do web stuff, I tell the people for whom I'm doing it that I pay a lot of attention to what he says, and give them a link to it.
I also teach philosophy. If my students can do web pages, fair enough. My job, however, is to get them to be able to understand and analyse arguments.
If they want to use laptops in tutorials, fine. If they want to use pen and paper, fine. If they have fabulous memories, and just want to think about things, fine.
I noticed no such thing when installing RP8 for linux. I may have missed it. But is this a windows only thing? Perhaps because windows users will put up with anything?
Socrates wasn't banned for his views. He was condemned to death, and he was supposed to carry out the sentence himself. His friends arranged for him to escape, but he refused, saying that he had an obligation to obey the command.
One of my first jobs while a grad. student was teaching at a Catholic college. I taught Philosophy of Language, but also Ethics. I was a bit worried
about things with regard to the latter, being a semi-heathen. So, during the interview, I asked whether there was any requirement to toe the party line. I was given an emphatic "no". Indeed, I had
no problems at all.
If it were clean water, or clean air, or something else necessary for decent living, I would be upset. Given that it is awful music and awful films, I'm not.
I've given up on mass media. I buy some CDs, but only old ones (e.g., Crosby Stills, Nash and Young). I gave up on video when I moved from the US to the UK.(I found out that I couldn't watch a video my brother in the US sent to me on VCRs here.) I won't do DVD as I don't like the arrangements. However, I do buy books. About 800 USD a year worth. We have a TV, but it is used only about 3 hours a week.
I'm rather bored by these claims that one has to write for IE. Admittedly, my site is small, and academically orientated, but the following are the stats for August. (1 was a local bot.)
2 2991 21.22% Netscape
3 1628 11.55% Microsoft Internet Explorer
I made a decision, some time ago, to only support standards on my website. I thought that MS was offering a standard when it offered these fonts, so they are in my style sheet. Given this development, I think that I'll change it. My website may look less good with IE, or whatever, but it is a service, rather than something upon which I depend. If I ever go commerical, perhaps I'll change my mind.
Although I've access to a number of fonts, and have actually paid a license for some monotype fonts (which are very nicely done), when it comes to producing papers, etc., with TeX/LaTeX, I still use computer modern (CM). Indeed, even with my PS printer, I use CM, although it has a number of very nice fonts as standard.
Wouldn't it be nice if CM became a standard web font? Nice maths fonts, and everything.
Recently, for the first time in 10 years, I bought some software. (I've never used any software for which I didn't have a license.) It was r2net. It does rtf to html/docbook translations. It was simply the best thing that I could find. And, their support was great. E.g., I wanted to change platforms (FreeBSD -> linux), and there was no problem. The author of the program responded to my email within hours. I didn't mind paying them money for what they do.
However, I would have not liked it if they were the only possible source for this.
This would be great for bicycle frames, especially if it can be more easily handled than titanium.
My hope is that it means that I can go really fast without losing weight. Because, as we all know, getting a really light bicycle means that one can be as fat as one likes and go fast.
Did they get any orders for these? I think that we should be told.
Best wishes,
Bob
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My site is not commercial. It is in an academic environment. I get a 3/2 relationship for MIE/NS.
Lynx still shows up, and opera is making more of a splash. Surprisingly, or not, various worms are the biggest users of my site.
I still buy a CD occasionally, mostly classical music. But I won't buy any that I can't play on my computer CD, although I never do use the CDRW for that.
I decided not get get a VCR because of the zoning thing.
Also, I've decided not to get a DVD player because of all of the constraits on the use of DVDs. Why can't I play them on my computer if I want?
I've *never* used any software or CD when I wasn't legally permitted to use it. (E.g., bought, GPL,....)
But the mainstream entertainment world has more or less lost me as a client.
Lessig's arguments are deeply flawed. Indeed, they are so bad that they've motivated me to write a long response. But, here are just two example mistakes.
When talking about intellectual property he quotes a dissenting opinion of Judge Alex Kozinski. The idea is that we allow private land, but think that it is good if separated by "public streets, roads and highways". Of course we do. But Lessig thinks that this is an argument for intellectual property being put in the public domain by law. In the case of streets, etc., if it is thought that it is in the public interest to take someone's land for public purposes, the land is *bought*. It is called "eminent domain". Fair market value is paid.
So, if he thinks that Mickey should be in the public domain, for reasons of public interest, then pay fair market value for him.
We already do something like this. Go to a public art gallery and look at a painting. Either it was a gift, or it was bought.
A second mistake. He says that when we listen to the radio, we hear tunes for free. Actually, we pay for hearing those tunes when buying things advertised on the radio (if a commercial station) or by paying taxes (if non commercial).
It used to be the case that one had a guest account, which people could use for whatever. However, this depended on a level of trust which no longer exists. This might be a good idea, but it runs ahead of the real security concerns that people have.
"Trustworthy" computing has to be sorted before, I, for one, would allow others access to my box.
I experiment here. Why should you decide at all? Give them a TWiki web (wiki web), and see what they do with it. The idea, I take it, is to give them room to take chances, to explore and to make mistakes.
After trying slash, zope+slashdot, and a more barebones setup, I've gone with with the twiki implementation of a wiki web. I'm quite happy with that, although, a more heavily used site might well need a DB backend.
An aside. I think that telling users that they can actually *edit* pages scares them a bit.
One hates to see the end of morse code. When Satcomms, SSB, etc., didn't work, MW would get through, even if the only communication was via a radio station thousands of miles away.
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Ah. I haven't paid attention to what SOAP is supposed to do. So, ./ is educational after all, contrary to popular opinion.
Best wishes,
Bob
If MS wants to screw up their own services on their own ports, have at it: they can be blocked. But when they screw up services that are set up to run on 80 and 443 so that they can circumvent firewalls, that it going too far! How the Hell are we supposed to block that?
Best wishes,
Bob
There is another possibility, which is used by my university. They just add a tag in the header saying that the IP is on the list. They also add a Spam Assassin score in another tag. I use these to route potential spam to a special mailbox, which I look at about once a week. It only takes a couple of minutes to clear it.
Best wishes,
Bob
Actually, I look at Nielson's site quite often. Whenever I've been asked to do web stuff, I tell the people for whom I'm doing it that I pay a lot of attention to what he says, and give them a link to it.
Best wishes,
Bob
I also teach philosophy. If my students can do web pages, fair enough. My job, however, is to get them to be able to understand and analyse arguments.
If they want to use laptops in tutorials, fine. If they want to use pen and paper, fine. If they have fabulous memories, and just want to think about things, fine.
Best wishes,
Bob
It also makes sense to target universities and colleges because they usually have fat pipes.
Best wishes,
Bob
I noticed no such thing when installing RP8 for linux. I may have missed it. But is this a windows only thing? Perhaps because windows users will put up with anything?
Best wishes,
Bob
I had a similar experience. On a newgroup, I asked a question about bibtex, and got an answer from Oren Patashnik. I was seriously impressed.
Best wishes,
Bob
You might also mention the US Coast Guard, which will be part of the agency.
(I've got an interest. I was in the USCG from '74-'78.)
I think that we were part of "protecting" US citizens. And not always by doing search and rescue. We did some USSR sub chasing.
Best wishes,
Bob
Socrates wasn't banned for his views. He was condemned to death, and he was supposed to carry out the sentence himself. His friends arranged for him to escape, but he refused, saying that he had an obligation to obey the command.
Best wishes,
Bob
One of my first jobs while a grad. student was teaching at a Catholic college. I taught Philosophy of Language, but also Ethics. I was a bit worried about things with regard to the latter, being a semi-heathen. So, during the interview, I asked whether there was any requirement to toe the party line. I was given an emphatic "no". Indeed, I had no problems at all.
Best wishes, Bob
If it were clean water, or clean air, or something else necessary for decent living, I would be upset. Given that it is awful music and awful films, I'm not.
I've given up on mass media. I buy some CDs, but only old ones (e.g., Crosby Stills, Nash and Young). I gave up on video when I moved from the US to the UK.(I found out that I couldn't watch a video my brother in the US sent to me on VCRs here.) I won't do DVD as I don't like the arrangements. However, I do buy books. About 800 USD a year worth. We have a TV, but it is used only about 3 hours a week.
Best Wishes,
Bob
I'm rather bored by these claims that one has to write for IE. Admittedly, my site is small, and academically orientated, but the following are the stats for August. (1 was a local bot.)
2 2991 21.22% Netscape
Best wishes,3 1628 11.55% Microsoft Internet Explorer
Bob
Hello,
I made a decision, some time ago, to only support standards on my website. I thought that MS was offering a standard when it offered these fonts, so they are in my style sheet. Given this development, I think that I'll change it. My website may look less good with IE, or whatever, but it is a service, rather than something upon which I depend. If I ever go commerical, perhaps I'll change my mind.
Best wishes,
Bob
Although I've access to a number of fonts, and have actually paid a license for some monotype fonts (which are very nicely done), when it comes to producing papers, etc., with TeX/LaTeX, I still use computer modern (CM). Indeed, even with my PS printer, I use CM, although it has a number of very nice fonts as standard.
Wouldn't it be nice if CM became a standard web font? Nice maths fonts, and everything.
Best wishes,
Bob
Recently, for the first time in 10 years, I bought some software. (I've never used any software for which I didn't have a license.) It was r2net. It does rtf to html/docbook translations. It was simply the best thing that I could find. And, their support was great. E.g., I wanted to change platforms (FreeBSD -> linux), and there was no problem. The author of the program responded to my email within hours. I didn't mind paying them money for what they do.
However, I would have not liked it if they were the only possible source for this.
Best wishes, BobThis would be great for bicycle frames, especially if it can be more easily handled than titanium.
My hope is that it means that I can go really fast without losing weight. Because, as we all know, getting a really light bicycle means that one can be as fat as one likes and go fast.
Best wishes, BobDid they get any orders for these? I think that we should be told.
Best wishes,
Bob
My site is not commercial. It is in an academic environment. I get a 3/2 relationship for MIE/NS. Lynx still shows up, and opera is making more of a splash. Surprisingly, or not, various worms are the biggest users of my site.
I still buy a CD occasionally, mostly classical music. But I won't buy any that I can't play on my computer CD, although I never do use the CDRW for that.
....)
I decided not get get a VCR because of the zoning thing.
Also, I've decided not to get a DVD player because of all of the constraits on the use of DVDs. Why can't I play them on my computer if I want?
I've *never* used any software or CD when I wasn't legally permitted to use it. (E.g., bought, GPL,
But the mainstream entertainment world has more or less lost me as a client.
My local book store hasn't, however.
Best wishes,
Bob
Lessig's arguments are deeply flawed. Indeed, they are so bad that they've motivated me to write a long response. But, here are just two example mistakes.
When talking about intellectual property he quotes a dissenting opinion of Judge Alex Kozinski. The idea is that we allow private land, but think that it is good if separated by "public streets, roads and highways". Of course we do. But Lessig thinks that this is an argument for intellectual property being put in the public domain by law. In the case of streets, etc., if it is thought that it is in the public interest to take someone's land for public purposes, the land is *bought*. It is called "eminent domain". Fair market value is paid.
So, if he thinks that Mickey should be in the public domain, for reasons of public interest, then pay fair market value for him.
We already do something like this. Go to a public art gallery and look at a painting. Either it was a gift, or it was bought.
A second mistake. He says that when we listen to the radio, we hear tunes for free. Actually, we pay for hearing those tunes when buying things advertised on the radio (if a commercial station) or by paying taxes (if non commercial).
Blah!
Best wishes,
Bob
It used to be the case that one had a guest account, which people could use for whatever. However, this depended on a level of trust which no longer exists. This might be a good idea, but it runs ahead of the real security concerns that people have.
"Trustworthy" computing has to be sorted before, I, for one, would allow others access to my box.
Why, O' why, is security always a second ran?
Best wishes,
Bob
I experiment here. Why should you decide at all? Give them a TWiki web (wiki web), and see what they do with it. The idea, I take it, is to give them room to take chances, to explore and to make mistakes.
After trying slash, zope+slashdot, and a more barebones setup, I've gone with with the twiki implementation of a wiki web. I'm quite happy with that, although, a more heavily used site might well need a DB backend.
An aside. I think that telling users that they can actually *edit* pages scares them a bit.
Best wishes,
Bob
One hates to see the end of morse code. When Satcomms, SSB, etc., didn't work, MW would get through, even if the only communication was via a radio station thousands of miles away.
....
(This was USCG in the '70s.)
Have you heard the story about
Best wishes,
Bob