Zee Germans have made it illegal to block ads? Is there polizie stading next to billboards saying, "You must consume zis advert for the weinersnitzel! Look at it!"
(I realise this is referring to blocking Internet ads, but what's the difference?)
This is true with my AGW posts with 100% consistency./. has very much become a victim of groupthink, where anything that questions the Liberal Agenda cannot be tolerated and will be removed via the normal channels.
Climate Change is happening. It has always happened. It's nature. There's nothing we can do about it except adjust to meet the new demands.
Whatever the content of the treaty the fact that TPA is just standard procedure.
You can't hammer out an agreement between multiple different countries only for a national legislature to take issue with a single concession that was won by another country and agreed to by the delegates. The negotiators are there to get the best possible deal for their country. Congress then gets to decide whether or not the deal is good enough, they can't unilaterally renegotiate it.
I think Article II of the US Constitution might disagree (requires super-majority of the Senate). But congress already voted away all their constitutional powers already anyway, so who really cares about the supreme law of the land.
And don't quote me justification using some Iran-Contra Reagan BS. That man was right on a lot of things, but not on everything.
Wait wait wiat... You mean mandatory minimum sentences are antithetical to common law? You mean that reason needs to be considered when delivering judgement? That MAYBE the giant overlord of the federal government doesn't know the right thing always in all cases!?
The "Religion of State" is just as much a religion as those you are maligning. It requires faith, has a common belief structure, and has a god. Bills like this fight against theocracy. You are pushing for it.
In the long run, I think this will be the only way digital currency becomes profitable.
I imagine giant server farms in Alaska, Canada, and Russia, all with liquid-cooled ASIC processors, keeping both the bitcoin network alive AND providing heat to their local communities. Win win.
It seems to me that the whole "Seam on Linux" thing is much ado about nothing. Aren't most Steam games just flash (or HTML5, maybe) applications, which have worked in linux forever? Maybe it's the whole payment system that's so wonderful? I just don't get the hype.
Let me get this straight. In order to exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must:
* gain login access to your system via SSH
* hope you turned on X11 forwarding
* be root or your user
* hope you've disabled access control with `xhost +`
* be able to run a fake screen locker program to get your password to the system he's already completely compromised
Yes, someone could still stop by your desk and put in the fake screen locker while you were getting coffee, but if you got up and didn't lock your machine, that's on you, not X11. I'll file this one under "good enough" security.
> It's appalling how bitcoin evangelists still didn't understand the simple issue that makes Bitcoin impossible to work: Bitcoin has zero accountability.
Much unlike the systems of government-backed currency, where government employees who commit crime, cronyism, and fraud are always held accountable?
Bitcoin is a commodity, not a currency. Like gold, it's only worth what people will pay for it.
I use a little program called Referencer to manage images of bills and checks. I spent a/lot/ of time looking for a simple program where I can organize a stack of images (or PDFs) by applying 1 or more tags to each. THAT'S ALL. Referencer is made for generating bibliographies for TeX documents, but it is STILL the only simple program I know of that can manage a database of files and tags.
If anyone knows of a better one, PLEASE let me know. I have a feeling the app will soon be orphaned.
The phone I carry is running Android Jelly Bean. Retailed for $49.
No kidding. A $100 phone would be an upgrade to me.
Side note: India is NOT POOR. Don't believe what you see in the media. At my last job, my Indian counterparts made enough to support a wife, multiple kids, car & apartment on one developer's income. Can't do that in this country, even with an engineer's salary.
At the moment, just about every major distribution except Slackware and Gentoo not only supports systemd, but ships with it on by default.
So...what "battle" are we talking about? (Or did this post just fall forward five years from the past?)
Ubuntu is the largest distro I know of and it doesn't support it by default.
But you're right, all the arguments I've read against it boil down to Linus hating on one of the developers on the project and/or "It's too complicated and unmanageable!" I've yet to read something I'd consider a valid argument against it. A bunch of neck beards yelling "Get off my lawn!" is not and argument I can get any value out of.
When the neck beards speak, it's often prudent to at least listen.
I'm reminded of a myth, of when the Ancients were sitting down to design Unix, someone said "Why would we ever need a special file, that never contains any data, and always throws away everything written to it?" The Ancient replied, "Trust me, you'll need it." And thus,/dev/null was born.
If you cherry-pick data, you can get it to say just about anything. It's similar to how hybrid cards are allowed to use MPG data from when only the electric motor is running, making the clain that they get hundreds of miles per gallon. What did they/do/ with that electricity? Could it be stored and used when the sun went down? How efficient are they over time? I'm sorry, but nuclear power and continued prudent use of fossil fuels are the ONLY solutions for the worlds energy problems. It is physically and mathematically impossible to power the world with straight wind or sun power (which is not to say it couldn't be used as a catalyst in some yet-to-be-discoved process).
Canada was openly ridiculed by the US for not deregulating its financial industry right up until the financial disaster. By an large, Canada escaped disaster that plagued the other G8 countries in the banking meltdown.
So, we have recent proof that strict financial regulation works and yet they want to keep doubling down on deregulation?
The argument of "See! It works in $OTHER_COUNTRY! Why is the US so dumb in not doing it the same way?" is getting really tired. Maybe if the US was full of 300 million Canadians, I might agree with you, but it isn't. Even if I stipulate that Canada "works" (which I certainly do not), what works there doesn't necessarly work here
6 months ago GHash.IO promised they would (1) Take steps to prevent accumulating 51% hashing power, including: not accepting new miners, and (2) They would not attempt an attack, and (3) They would provide cex.io users an option to use another mining pool (They have apparently not implemented (3) yet).
A DDoS against the pool was reported to occur yesterday, which adversely affected mining. At one point... their hashrate was reported to have dropped to 7%. Then BitFury pulled 1 PH/s out of their pool.
Excellent post. BTC haters gonna hate, and I don't understand why.
Funny thing about pooled mining, it's run by the users. User's don't like it? They go away.
I know it's the default in NYC (and NY in general), but I still wish some of these smarter guys would rebel and throw off the chains of the Party of Slavery. It forces me to question everything you do, even if it sounds interesting and benificial.
DRM has been a huge success in accomplishing what it was designed to do: NOT prevent piracy, but rather retard development, stifle innovation and new businesses and business models, and keep control of high-demand consumer products in the hands of a few individuals with infintely deep pockets.
Stocks have no more intrinsic value than our paper currency.
Incorrect. If I buy a share in PepsiCo, I then receive a tiny fraction of the profit of EVERY single Pepsi sold on earth. That's work. That's economic production. The share has "intrinsic value" because it gives me access to their profits. This is also why, at it's core, the stock market is not a casino (although government regulation and crony capitalism make stock purchases much more like a "bet").
I think the whole crypto currency thing will evolve into more of a stock market type of thing, with companies running their own block chains as a way of selling shares.
You can use screen as the backend of byobu too. But, in my experience, byobu doesn't really give you anything, especially if you don't like having status bars at the bottom of my terminal. ALL menus, status bars, menus, etc. go on the top. Always.
The new way of doing things is called a log splitter. You can get one pretty cheap now (especially if you can do with electric), and while it doesn't have that same rustic appeal, it works really damn well. Personally splitting and stacking was my chore as a kid (I'd guess I’ve split at least 60 cord in my lifetime), and I'm not planning to ever split a log by hand again.
I did also, but I never hated it. I always preferred to swing the axe rather than sit hunched over a giant piston. And as a teenager, wielding an axe to chop firewood is a MUCH better stress reliever than lashing out at parents or going to school with a gun. Very therapeutic, in my opinion.
Here's the thing: Everyone has been bullied at some point in their life. Not all children are prone to it, but there is always a bigger kid prone to intimidation tactics when growing up.
Kids live by the law of the playground jungle when adult supervision and rules are absent from the equation. It is ingrained into us as some form of social stepping stone, the animal in each of us at work, attempting dominance and security for an insecure bully.
There is a time honored civil process in which we attempt to retrain our young into civilized little pricks. Picking on the weak is wrong, and you don't get to take advantage of a fellow human because you're physically or mentally able to do so.
Everyone is small and helpless early, and many are old and helpless late in life. These rules benefit us all, and what happened here sends precisely the wrong message.
Neil: Nah. You can't stop bullying, it's part of human nature. If you were bigger and more stupid, you'd probably be a bully too. It's called, survival of the thickest.
Not sure why they'd be trying so hard to save themselves from buying new PCs.. Probably the XP machines run like ass as it is. Linux as a general use machine for people that are so bad at computers they still use XP.... just no.. hell no. tell the boss to stop being so cheap and upgrade to this decade
I think this is correct.
Even though I'm at work, running Ubuntu 12.04 with LXDE, and I have full ability to do everything I need to do, I wouldn't want to be/forced/ to use any OS or tool that wasn't the best for my work. I'm a software engineer, working on linux embedded systems, so having a linux desktop is the best for me. Our IT also allows linux to be run on the desktop, but doesn't support a lot of the details. THAT's the best way to go. Provide your users with a wide range of tools. For those that don't care, give them windows. Forcing them to use Linux won't win anyone over.
That said, I'd set up LXDE + Ubuntu 12.04 (or later), and give that to people to try. Just don't force them to use it.
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Zee Germans have made it illegal to block ads? Is there polizie stading next to billboards saying, "You must consume zis advert for the weinersnitzel! Look at it!"
(I realise this is referring to blocking Internet ads, but what's the difference?)
This is true with my AGW posts with 100% consistency. /. has very much become a victim of groupthink, where anything that questions the Liberal Agenda cannot be tolerated and will be removed via the normal channels.
Climate Change is happening. It has always happened. It's nature. There's nothing we can do about it except adjust to meet the new demands.
Thank you.
And props to /. for actually modding this informative, since it is.
Whatever the content of the treaty the fact that TPA is just standard procedure.
You can't hammer out an agreement between multiple different countries only for a national legislature to take issue with a single concession that was won by another country and agreed to by the delegates. The negotiators are there to get the best possible deal for their country. Congress then gets to decide whether or not the deal is good enough, they can't unilaterally renegotiate it.
I think Article II of the US Constitution might disagree (requires super-majority of the Senate). But congress already voted away all their constitutional powers already anyway, so who really cares about the supreme law of the land.
And don't quote me justification using some Iran-Contra Reagan BS. That man was right on a lot of things, but not on everything.
Wait wait wiat... You mean mandatory minimum sentences are antithetical to common law? You mean that reason needs to be considered when delivering judgement? That MAYBE the giant overlord of the federal government doesn't know the right thing always in all cases!?
Wow. Imagine that.
#StandWithRand
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-David Dombrowsky
you're replying to an anon. Either it was a troll, or it was you replying to yourself. OP is BS.
The "Religion of State" is just as much a religion as those you are maligning. It requires faith, has a common belief structure, and has a god. Bills like this fight against theocracy. You are pushing for it.
In the long run, I think this will be the only way digital currency becomes profitable.
I imagine giant server farms in Alaska, Canada, and Russia, all with liquid-cooled ASIC processors, keeping both the bitcoin network alive AND providing heat to their local communities. Win win.
It seems to me that the whole "Seam on Linux" thing is much ado about nothing. Aren't most Steam games just flash (or HTML5, maybe) applications, which have worked in linux forever? Maybe it's the whole payment system that's so wonderful? I just don't get the hype.
+1 Insightful!
Does da Vinci get paid every time someone looks at the Mona Lisa? Why should Jagger get paid every time I want to hear "Jumpin Jack Flash?"
Let me get this straight. In order to exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must:
* gain login access to your system via SSH
* hope you turned on X11 forwarding
* be root or your user
* hope you've disabled access control with `xhost +`
* be able to run a fake screen locker program to get your password to the system he's already completely compromised
Yes, someone could still stop by your desk and put in the fake screen locker while you were getting coffee, but if you got up and didn't lock your machine, that's on you, not X11.
I'll file this one under "good enough" security.
> It's appalling how bitcoin evangelists still didn't understand the simple issue that makes Bitcoin impossible to work: Bitcoin has zero accountability.
Much unlike the systems of government-backed currency, where government employees who commit crime, cronyism, and fraud are always held accountable?
Bitcoin is a commodity, not a currency. Like gold, it's only worth what people will pay for it.
I use a little program called Referencer to manage images of bills and checks. I spent a /lot/ of time looking for a simple program where I can organize a stack of images (or PDFs) by applying 1 or more tags to each. THAT'S ALL. Referencer is made for generating bibliographies for TeX documents, but it is STILL the only simple program I know of that can manage a database of files and tags.
If anyone knows of a better one, PLEASE let me know. I have a feeling the app will soon be orphaned.
The phone I carry is running Android Jelly Bean. Retailed for $49.
No kidding. A $100 phone would be an upgrade to me.
Side note: India is NOT POOR. Don't believe what you see in the media. At my last job, my Indian counterparts made enough to support a wife, multiple kids, car & apartment on one developer's income. Can't do that in this country, even with an engineer's salary.
At the moment, just about every major distribution except Slackware and Gentoo not only supports systemd, but ships with it on by default.
So...what "battle" are we talking about? (Or did this post just fall forward five years from the past?)
Ubuntu is the largest distro I know of and it doesn't support it by default.
But you're right, all the arguments I've read against it boil down to Linus hating on one of the developers on the project and/or "It's too complicated and unmanageable!" I've yet to read something I'd consider a valid argument against it. A bunch of neck beards yelling "Get off my lawn!" is not and argument I can get any value out of.
When the neck beards speak, it's often prudent to at least listen.
I'm reminded of a myth, of when the Ancients were sitting down to design Unix, someone said "Why would we ever need a special file, that never contains any data, and always throws away everything written to it?" The Ancient replied, "Trust me, you'll need it." And thus, /dev/null was born.
If you cherry-pick data, you can get it to say just about anything. It's similar to how hybrid cards are allowed to use MPG data from when only the electric motor is running, making the clain that they get hundreds of miles per gallon. What did they /do/ with that electricity? Could it be stored and used when the sun went down? How efficient are they over time? I'm sorry, but nuclear power and continued prudent use of fossil fuels are the ONLY solutions for the worlds energy problems. It is physically and mathematically impossible to power the world with straight wind or sun power (which is not to say it couldn't be used as a catalyst in some yet-to-be-discoved process).
Sorry to rain on your solor parade.
Canada was openly ridiculed by the US for not deregulating its financial industry right up until the financial disaster. By an large, Canada escaped disaster that plagued the other G8 countries in the banking meltdown.
So, we have recent proof that strict financial regulation works and yet they want to keep doubling down on deregulation?
The argument of "See! It works in $OTHER_COUNTRY! Why is the US so dumb in not doing it the same way?" is getting really tired. Maybe if the US was full of 300 million Canadians, I might agree with you, but it isn't. Even if I stipulate that Canada "works" (which I certainly do not), what works there doesn't necessarly work here
Also, the Canadian housing bubble never really popped. Rest assured that it will. http://www.thefinancialblogger...
Not yet anyways.
6 months ago GHash.IO promised they would
(1) Take steps to prevent accumulating 51% hashing power, including: not accepting new miners, and
(2) They would not attempt an attack, and (3) They would provide cex.io users an option to use another mining pool
(They have apparently not implemented (3) yet).
A DDoS against the pool was reported to occur yesterday, which adversely affected mining.
At one point... their hashrate was reported to have dropped to 7%.
Then BitFury pulled 1 PH/s out of their pool.
Excellent post. BTC haters gonna hate, and I don't understand why.
Funny thing about pooled mining, it's run by the users. User's don't like it? They go away.
I know it's the default in NYC (and NY in general), but I still wish some of these smarter guys would rebel and throw off the chains of the Party of Slavery. It forces me to question everything you do, even if it sounds interesting and benificial.
Excellent post. Right on.
DRM has been a huge success in accomplishing what it was designed to do: NOT prevent piracy, but rather retard development, stifle innovation and new businesses and business models, and keep control of high-demand consumer products in the hands of a few individuals with infintely deep pockets.
Stocks have no more intrinsic value than our paper currency.
Incorrect. If I buy a share in PepsiCo, I then receive a tiny fraction of the profit of EVERY single Pepsi sold on earth. That's work. That's economic production. The share has "intrinsic value" because it gives me access to their profits. This is also why, at it's core, the stock market is not a casino (although government regulation and crony capitalism make stock purchases much more like a "bet").
I think the whole crypto currency thing will evolve into more of a stock market type of thing, with companies running their own block chains as a way of selling shares.
try byobu, you will thank me
You can use screen as the backend of byobu too. But, in my experience, byobu doesn't really give you anything, especially if you don't like having status bars at the bottom of my terminal. ALL menus, status bars, menus, etc. go on the top. Always.
The new way of doing things is called a log splitter. You can get one pretty cheap now (especially if you can do with electric), and while it doesn't have that same rustic appeal, it works really damn well. Personally splitting and stacking was my chore as a kid (I'd guess I’ve split at least 60 cord in my lifetime), and I'm not planning to ever split a log by hand again.
I did also, but I never hated it. I always preferred to swing the axe rather than sit hunched over a giant piston. And as a teenager, wielding an axe to chop firewood is a MUCH better stress reliever than lashing out at parents or going to school with a gun. Very therapeutic, in my opinion.
Here's the thing: Everyone has been bullied at some point in their life. Not all children are prone to it, but there is always a bigger kid prone to intimidation tactics when growing up.
Kids live by the law of the playground jungle when adult supervision and rules are absent from the equation. It is ingrained into us as some form of social stepping stone, the animal in each of us at work, attempting dominance and security for an insecure bully.
There is a time honored civil process in which we attempt to retrain our young into civilized little pricks. Picking on the weak is wrong, and you don't get to take advantage of a fellow human because you're physically or mentally able to do so.
Everyone is small and helpless early, and many are old and helpless late in life. These rules benefit us all, and what happened here sends precisely the wrong message.
To quote the movie Paranorman :
Neil: Nah. You can't stop bullying, it's part of human nature. If you were bigger and more stupid, you'd probably be a bully too. It's called, survival of the thickest.
Profound.
Not sure why they'd be trying so hard to save themselves from buying new PCs.. Probably the XP machines run like ass as it is.
Linux as a general use machine for people that are so bad at computers they still use XP.... just no.. hell no. tell the boss to stop being so cheap and upgrade to this decade
I think this is correct.
Even though I'm at work, running Ubuntu 12.04 with LXDE, and I have full ability to do everything I need to do, I wouldn't want to be /forced/ to use any OS or tool that wasn't the best for my work. I'm a software engineer, working on linux embedded systems, so having a linux desktop is the best for me. Our IT also allows linux to be run on the desktop, but doesn't support a lot of the details. THAT's the best way to go. Provide your users with a wide range of tools. For those that don't care, give them windows. Forcing them to use Linux won't win anyone over.
That said, I'd set up LXDE + Ubuntu 12.04 (or later), and give that to people to try. Just don't force them to use it.