Unfortunately, if the company owns the network, they pretty much have full say on what is "legitimate usage" or not, so crafting a privacy policy without giving heavy weight to the company is almost illogical. (E.g. I don't allow my little brothers and sisters full access to my machine because I own it. If they were to come in and say "we should have complete privacy on your machine" I would probably laugh at them).
I would recommend setting boundaries of when the company can look at the private emails of their users, what sites they visit, etc., instead of just setting what. All too often a business or school will be croning files randomly and pick up on a disturbing usage they wouldn't pick up on normally.
They should have set rules as to when these searches should be permissable, given just cause (like a search warrant). Despite the fact that they own the network, employees shouldn't feel comfortable with a privacy policy that allows usage searches 24/7.
But they clearly state in their products that you can't copy them. Why buy the products then, and complain that you can't copy it? (it's the classic "convenience" issue) If you don't like the licenses, don't purchase the products.
When you pay for cable, you are paying in part for the cable itself, and in part for the fees of producing the show (actors, crew, producers, etc.) You are NOT paying to own a small piece of the show, no matter how you argue it. I don't understand why people still think this.
Who cares about Clinton! I finished setting up my own wireless networking in my house 5 minutes ago! Now I can place a computer in any room and have a cable net connection without laying down CAT-5 cable! Woohoo!
Blow me away with Offtopic mod points, I don't care! I'm so happy I pulled this shit off (with a router and everything-- schweet!)
You pay to buy a license to the movies. You don't own them. You shouldn't need to make copies of them (and you certainly don't need to transfer these copies to others).
And as for TV shows, you're getting them for free. What makes you think you should be able to copy them?
The US is in the same state it has been since 1776, just with varying changes in what "freedom" is. People worry about corporations now. Minorities worried about slavery then. The Constitution has never been the haven for democracy and freedom some recent nerds/political progandists have made it out to be.
Personally, I think a lot of "hackers" are just plain paranoid. "CueCat won't let us take apart their free scanner!" Give me a break, people. Do you really think that they're going to come to your house with a SWAT team, knock down the door and demand the stupid piece of plastic?
Isn't this more of a server concern? I mean, even if my system was "compromised" (the official-sounding wording in the FAQ) why would I truly care? There is nothing on my system that denotes anything that would need to be truly secure (just some personal writing), and if things were deleted I keep regular backups. Privacy is not a concern (I keep no credit card or checkbook numbers on my box).
There are no processes running as servers because it's a default Win2K Professional box. There is noone scanning my ports because I have set up a cheap version of ZoneAlarm (for my own benefit, to make sure my brothers and sisters aren't browsing to weird websites when I'm home for college).
All-in-all, would I even need security if there wasn't the internet? If the machine was just sitting in my room and the only thing that could "attack it" is a 12-year old brother with a misladen hockey stick? Probably not. Sometimes I think this whole bent-up security "focus" of computer hackers comes from their own inherent distrust and annoyance psychologically with the rest of the world.
Unless this is copied from somewhere, this is worth pitching over to Wired. They pay good money (they gave me $500 for an editorial piece like this).
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How come people are so interested in going into space? It's mindblowing cold, HUGE as in defining the word, and generally really hostile towards us humans!
I think the prevailing theory is if that we destroy the earth by some conventional (or non-conventional) means, we'll have a place to go.
Glad to see King's Quest, as it was the first real computer game I played on a friend's Tandy.
But where's Leisure Suit Larry?:) I mean, come on, I started off with the "classic" adventure games, but Larry got me "gripped", so to speak, on the whole computer gaming scene.
- Browse to page.
- Click Edit, Find.
- Type "Linux".
- Find one reference in entire article. All four OS's clumped together in parentheticals. No date given.
- Assumption made: game will be released on other OS's than Windows "when they damn well feel like it".
- Compare notes: Unreal Tournament, Quake III Arena, etc. all said they would release Linux versions. Linux versions lacked quality and technical support of Windows brethren.
- Final result: put off gaming on Linux for another year.
I don't really think geeks have taken the position of doctors, but I think we have moved up a bit. I'm not taunted anymore, I'm just understood. People understand I'm not like them, and they don't care.
Graduating from high school a few years ago, and soon to be graduating college, I can definitely attest that being a "geek" has moved up a few notches. It isn't football or even "drama club" coolness, but we're indentified as having our own strengths and certain kind of charisma, instead of being perceived as the antisocial slacker of yesteryear.
Out of curiousity, does anybody else notice the underlying psychology of this, and many other news posts on Slashdot? I'll put it simply: the tech community looks like it's always is looking for someone to blame.
No the PIV is not a great chip. Hell, it's not even a good chip. But once AMD got onto the scene, it looked like we were itching and scratching to find a way to go against the "bigger company" (Intel, Microsoft, and now RedHat notwithstanding). In 6 months, we'll have a whole new "adversary" to rile up the tech community.
Enough is enough. Yes, the PIV has flaws. Every chip has flaws. You pay extra to get just a smidgen more performance, but that's why AMD is referred to as the "price/performance leader".
However, if we don't root for Intel, and AMD suddenly takes over, who won't put their money down that we will go against AMD? I say support both (I use the same mentality in buying a Sega Dreamcast/PS2; boxed distros of Linux and Windows 2000). Without competition on both sides, even "the Man's", there will be no forward progress.
What if you want to make several "Images" of a drive to ease installation of W2K Pro, but can't count on all the PC's to be IDENTICAL?
How is this any easier in Linux? We made a common boot image for Linux to install on some of the school's lab PCs, not realizing that several had NVidia TNT2 cards and some had TNT cards. The whole thing came crashing down... way before we even got to X.
In fact, I can't think of a single OS which would catch something as drastic as a motherboard change without at least a partial reinstall (like Win2K allows you to do. Don't know if you have that option in Linux).
Funny, I've seen two Sonic games in the past year for Dreamcast (Sonic Adventure and Sonic Shuffle), rehashes of Sonic 1 and 2 for NeoGeo Pocket, and Sonic Adventure 2 coming in a few months. It doesn't sound like the franchise is "dying out" to me, especially considering Sonic Adventure is the number one selling game for the Dreamcast at this point.
Miyamoto is in the "Special Thanks" section for Seaman. Apparently he and the Sega designer talked over the game before it was put into production, giving ideas.
...whether or not Linux documentation is this way specifically to have newbies avoid the OS. Much like when AOL users first started venturing onto the internet.
That's the impression I got when I first switched to Linux 3 years ago (and again last year). That I was formerly a Windows user and, therefore, an idiot. (Trying to read a man page, after being used to the GUI in Windows help, was an exercise in frustration). Perhaps it's a backlash being performed subliminally by the Linux documenters?
Somehow managed to get a hold of a PS2 today and you know what... the internet capability of the Dreamcast may win it more supporters after all. The graphics on the PS2 (it's selling point), are great but nothing I haven't seen on the Dreamcast already. The DVD is the main reason to own the system (both for movies and the extra room for games).
How about a world where PS2 and Dreamcast live in perfect harmony?
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I would recommend setting boundaries of when the company can look at the private emails of their users, what sites they visit, etc., instead of just setting what. All too often a business or school will be croning files randomly and pick up on a disturbing usage they wouldn't pick up on normally.
They should have set rules as to when these searches should be permissable, given just cause (like a search warrant). Despite the fact that they own the network, employees shouldn't feel comfortable with a privacy policy that allows usage searches 24/7.
When you pay for cable, you are paying in part for the cable itself, and in part for the fees of producing the show (actors, crew, producers, etc.) You are NOT paying to own a small piece of the show, no matter how you argue it. I don't understand why people still think this.
Blow me away with Offtopic mod points, I don't care! I'm so happy I pulled this shit off (with a router and everything-- schweet!)
And as for TV shows, you're getting them for free. What makes you think you should be able to copy them?
Personally, I think a lot of "hackers" are just plain paranoid. "CueCat won't let us take apart their free scanner!" Give me a break, people. Do you really think that they're going to come to your house with a SWAT team, knock down the door and demand the stupid piece of plastic?
Ok, Deja Vu.
Maybe I'm the one who needs the coffee. :)
Uh, Hemos, you need coffee. Like now.
There are no processes running as servers because it's a default Win2K Professional box. There is noone scanning my ports because I have set up a cheap version of ZoneAlarm (for my own benefit, to make sure my brothers and sisters aren't browsing to weird websites when I'm home for college).
All-in-all, would I even need security if there wasn't the internet? If the machine was just sitting in my room and the only thing that could "attack it" is a 12-year old brother with a misladen hockey stick? Probably not. Sometimes I think this whole bent-up security "focus" of computer hackers comes from their own inherent distrust and annoyance psychologically with the rest of the world.
They also said Bush was president a month early...
I'm putting my money on the site with "space" and "science" in its domain name.
Unless this is copied from somewhere, this is worth pitching over to Wired. They pay good money (they gave me $500 for an editorial piece like this).
I think the prevailing theory is if that we destroy the earth by some conventional (or non-conventional) means, we'll have a place to go.
How about actual peace and love for a change?
But where's Leisure Suit Larry? :) I mean, come on, I started off with the "classic" adventure games, but Larry got me "gripped", so to speak, on the whole computer gaming scene.
- Click Edit, Find.
- Type "Linux".
- Find one reference in entire article. All four OS's clumped together in parentheticals. No date given.
- Assumption made: game will be released on other OS's than Windows "when they damn well feel like it".
- Compare notes: Unreal Tournament, Quake III Arena, etc. all said they would release Linux versions. Linux versions lacked quality and technical support of Windows brethren.
- Final result: put off gaming on Linux for another year.
Graduating from high school a few years ago, and soon to be graduating college, I can definitely attest that being a "geek" has moved up a few notches. It isn't football or even "drama club" coolness, but we're indentified as having our own strengths and certain kind of charisma, instead of being perceived as the antisocial slacker of yesteryear.
No the PIV is not a great chip. Hell, it's not even a good chip. But once AMD got onto the scene, it looked like we were itching and scratching to find a way to go against the "bigger company" (Intel, Microsoft, and now RedHat notwithstanding). In 6 months, we'll have a whole new "adversary" to rile up the tech community.
Enough is enough. Yes, the PIV has flaws. Every chip has flaws. You pay extra to get just a smidgen more performance, but that's why AMD is referred to as the "price/performance leader".
However, if we don't root for Intel, and AMD suddenly takes over, who won't put their money down that we will go against AMD? I say support both (I use the same mentality in buying a Sega Dreamcast/PS2; boxed distros of Linux and Windows 2000). Without competition on both sides, even "the Man's", there will be no forward progress.
How is this any easier in Linux? We made a common boot image for Linux to install on some of the school's lab PCs, not realizing that several had NVidia TNT2 cards and some had TNT cards. The whole thing came crashing down... way before we even got to X.
In fact, I can't think of a single OS which would catch something as drastic as a motherboard change without at least a partial reinstall (like Win2K allows you to do. Don't know if you have that option in Linux).
Been in college two years, can't spell the word "sophomore"? Do we really want this kid to enter the workforce? :)
(It's a joke.)
One "raucous" game vs. more than a dozen on Sega's system. Hmm...
Funny, I've seen two Sonic games in the past year for Dreamcast (Sonic Adventure and Sonic Shuffle), rehashes of Sonic 1 and 2 for NeoGeo Pocket, and Sonic Adventure 2 coming in a few months. It doesn't sound like the franchise is "dying out" to me, especially considering Sonic Adventure is the number one selling game for the Dreamcast at this point.
Miyamoto is in the "Special Thanks" section for Seaman. Apparently he and the Sega designer talked over the game before it was put into production, giving ideas.
I actually am a big Win2000 fan (see my previous posts), but I don't like MS as a company.
That's the impression I got when I first switched to Linux 3 years ago (and again last year). That I was formerly a Windows user and, therefore, an idiot. (Trying to read a man page, after being used to the GUI in Windows help, was an exercise in frustration). Perhaps it's a backlash being performed subliminally by the Linux documenters?
How about a world where PS2 and Dreamcast live in perfect harmony?