Google is pretty much the only "good" search engine now, by the way. And if they're making money and able to provide an excellent serivce, more power to them. *shrug*
If they don't play into the hands of the Chinese government, they risk having all of google.com blocked. If they do, they are seen as "censors" and "pawns" of the same government. Unfortunately money and page views seem to trump over principles when given a choice. Remember, there's always the proxy server approach for whoever wants to see the "uncensored" news.
I'm sick of getting mail from "registrars" charging $40 and up for two year renewals and so forth. People wouldn't have to falsify records if ICANN did not require registrars to sell their records to whoever wants them. On that note, I'll probably move all my domains to Gandi as they begin to expire because of this (they allow me to exclude my records from the stuff they sell).
Also, will this penalize people who use their real names but false addresses? From the sound of it, it looks like it would.
The solution is more ISP support. This is where you vote with your wallet. If your ISP doesn't support IPv6, find another. Same goes if you're hosting a Web site. They will eventually catch on and begin offering IPv6 more widely.
Yeah. There are something like 4800 colleges in the database altogether, but only two colleges with actual experiences so far. I hope to get a lot more though!
There are no authorative sources, really. You should be consulting multiple sources, and if differences can't be reconciled, consider not using the sources that have problems. Trusting a source just because it's from a large company isn't a good idea.
Considering that the public education system in other Western countries is much better than the United States', I have to wonder if removing it entirely is the right approach. Making it non-compulsatory would remove the people who don't want to be there, yes. It'd also make it easier to permanantly kick people out who are disruptive. Yet it won't necessarily do much to change the fact that we've already gone through at least several generations of public education, with most of our current teachers having been in it themselves. We wouldn't really see much of an improvement for at least a generation or two, if that, IMHO.
They really have done some great things for the open-source community. Howerver, by being affilated with the open-source community, they ultimately get more buyers of their products. This helps erase the market share of its competitors. Just something to think about.
Routers such as above are designed for home use, not for anything that's user-intensive. If you're planning on beating the crap out of it, you should probably purchase a product designed for that purpose (or keep your Linux box). The general rule applies when considering buying an electronic item: read reviews and ask around.
It doesn't make much of a difference in any case. It's looking like Bush will win Florida with or without Nader on the ballot. The only difference is possibly by how much. Still, we have a month and a half until the election, so anything goes.
I would email them personally and explain why exactly they're being banned. Once this is done I'd remove their account from the database. If they register another, that's when I begin to ban by network. At least that's what I'd do for Know Your College. Luckily, we have not had any problems requiring a ban yet considering the community is small.
Have you considered using Kayako? It's not free, but it contains a knowledge base, and has a clean layout too. We currently use this where I work and we've never had problems.
For those who want to get into science but don't have the credentials, this is a perfect way to get your feet wet, so to speak. A lot of those projects actually sound quite interesting. And best of all, countries other than the US are well-represented.:)
Slackware was my first and still favorite Linux distro (back from the a.out days). At one point I uninstalled both Redhat and Debian in favor of Slackware. Eduardo should be commended on making Slackware more accessable to those who want to try Linux.
Are there any LCD panels out there that are translucent? That would be the next logical step. Imagine being able to change the brightness of a window by sending certain signals to the LCD. Plus this would produce the natural light everyone needs.
Hopefully AOL shouldn't have any problems
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Even though it's open source, AOL might try to invoke the DMCA on this. In any case, this is very good news for anyone wanting to get Linux onto more desktops. I wish Linspire the best of luck with their dialer, and hopefully they can build a complete AOL client based on this.
Universities usually have an office for dealing with disabilities like what you mention. They can help with special arrangements if needed. I know this isn't what you wanted, but if note-taking is slow and painful, imagine what taking an exam would be like.:/
As for hardware, I would recommend a laptop. They'd be of much greater use than a PDA would (from experience).
SMS messages usually cost money in the US. It'd cost the same as direct mail to send spam out to people, so it's just not economically viable. On the other hand, spam is basically free (besides the Internet connection) and is a quick and unfortunately easy way to promote oneself. I really wouldn't worry too much.
Hmm, if it really does fix the majority of the security problems in Windows, will this remove most of the motivation towards installing Linux or another OS? This seems like a possiblity.
At the same time, can that many people in India afford equipment that would let them crack the system? Considering how much one makes there on average, I would probably say no.
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Google is pretty much the only "good" search engine now, by the way. And if they're making money and able to provide an excellent serivce, more power to them. *shrug*
If they don't play into the hands of the Chinese government, they risk having all of google.com blocked. If they do, they are seen as "censors" and "pawns" of the same government. Unfortunately money and page views seem to trump over principles when given a choice. Remember, there's always the proxy server approach for whoever wants to see the "uncensored" news.
I'm sick of getting mail from "registrars" charging $40 and up for two year renewals and so forth. People wouldn't have to falsify records if ICANN did not require registrars to sell their records to whoever wants them. On that note, I'll probably move all my domains to Gandi as they begin to expire because of this (they allow me to exclude my records from the stuff they sell).
Also, will this penalize people who use their real names but false addresses? From the sound of it, it looks like it would.
The solution is more ISP support. This is where you vote with your wallet. If your ISP doesn't support IPv6, find another. Same goes if you're hosting a Web site. They will eventually catch on and begin offering IPv6 more widely.
...why did they switch to Windows in the first place?
Yeah. There are something like 4800 colleges in the database altogether, but only two colleges with actual experiences so far. I hope to get a lot more though!
There are no authorative sources, really. You should be consulting multiple sources, and if differences can't be reconciled, consider not using the sources that have problems. Trusting a source just because it's from a large company isn't a good idea.
What about a solution such as this? This will let you get rid of the cable box entirely. :)
Considering that the public education system in other Western countries is much better than the United States', I have to wonder if removing it entirely is the right approach. Making it non-compulsatory would remove the people who don't want to be there, yes. It'd also make it easier to permanantly kick people out who are disruptive. Yet it won't necessarily do much to change the fact that we've already gone through at least several generations of public education, with most of our current teachers having been in it themselves. We wouldn't really see much of an improvement for at least a generation or two, if that, IMHO.
Not bad. Not bad at all. Hopefully this will indeed spur development and add some competition to the otherwise small compiler market. :)
They really have done some great things for the open-source community. Howerver, by being affilated with the open-source community, they ultimately get more buyers of their products. This helps erase the market share of its competitors. Just something to think about.
Routers such as above are designed for home use, not for anything that's user-intensive. If you're planning on beating the crap out of it, you should probably purchase a product designed for that purpose (or keep your Linux box). The general rule applies when considering buying an electronic item: read reviews and ask around.
It doesn't make much of a difference in any case. It's looking like Bush will win Florida with or without Nader on the ballot. The only difference is possibly by how much. Still, we have a month and a half until the election, so anything goes.
Cool! Thanks for letting me know. I just fixed it right now. :)
I would email them personally and explain why exactly they're being banned. Once this is done I'd remove their account from the database. If they register another, that's when I begin to ban by network. At least that's what I'd do for Know Your College. Luckily, we have not had any problems requiring a ban yet considering the community is small.
Have you considered using Kayako? It's not free, but it contains a knowledge base, and has a clean layout too. We currently use this where I work and we've never had problems.
For those who want to get into science but don't have the credentials, this is a perfect way to get your feet wet, so to speak. A lot of those projects actually sound quite interesting. And best of all, countries other than the US are well-represented. :)
Slackware was my first and still favorite Linux distro (back from the a.out days). At one point I uninstalled both Redhat and Debian in favor of Slackware. Eduardo should be commended on making Slackware more accessable to those who want to try Linux.
Are there any LCD panels out there that are translucent? That would be the next logical step. Imagine being able to change the brightness of a window by sending certain signals to the LCD. Plus this would produce the natural light everyone needs.
Even though it's open source, AOL might try to invoke the DMCA on this. In any case, this is very good news for anyone wanting to get Linux onto more desktops. I wish Linspire the best of luck with their dialer, and hopefully they can build a complete AOL client based on this.
Universities usually have an office for dealing with disabilities like what you mention. They can help with special arrangements if needed. I know this isn't what you wanted, but if note-taking is slow and painful, imagine what taking an exam would be like. :/
As for hardware, I would recommend a laptop. They'd be of much greater use than a PDA would (from experience).
SMS messages usually cost money in the US. It'd cost the same as direct mail to send spam out to people, so it's just not economically viable. On the other hand, spam is basically free (besides the Internet connection) and is a quick and unfortunately easy way to promote oneself. I really wouldn't worry too much.
Hmm, if it really does fix the majority of the security problems in Windows, will this remove most of the motivation towards installing Linux or another OS? This seems like a possiblity.
I dunno. If the material came from a cow with BSE, the chips might start randomly losing data. ;)
At the same time, can that many people in India afford equipment that would let them crack the system? Considering how much one makes there on average, I would probably say no.