Finally? I'm trying very hard to imagine CS minus a keyboard. How about 'Firstly'? I suck even with a keyboard. I don't think I could manage any FPS without the keyboard/mouse combo. Besides, I like to talk and type!
Wearing combat boots and a T-shirt emblazoned with a large skull and crossbones, Nix looks more like a biker than your stereotypical computer geek.
That sounds like the stereotypical computer geek to me. I think he's getting his geek-types mixed up. Or maybe non of the geeks I know are stereotypical?
Actually, if you keep reading, it's clear that Microsoft is beginning to see the benefits of more open practices.
Microsoft is considering extending its shared-source initiative, currently limited to large users such as governments and universities, to MVPs. This would give them smart-card access to much of the Windows source code, he said. There will be a decision on this in the next couple of months, said Lori Moore, vice president of product support services at Microsoft. "There are many options on the table," she said. "There are many ways to be more open, and we are reviewing ideas."
These guys don't have any real proof nor even claim a likelihood that there were rings. They just say it could have happened. It's one of many possible explainations for what might have caused some of Earth's atmospheric changes.
Now that I've thought about it, I guess I have read horribly written books all the way to the end while thinking this has to get better at some point or he'll/she'll salvage the plot in the end. I guess we're the suckers then.
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I gotta wonder about the guys who pick up a book as crappy as this one seems to be and then keep reading and digesting it enough to be able to review it. I just don't have time to keep reading crap...much less review it.:)
I know it's possible to steal (or borrow:) bandwidth from a wireless network, but is it possible to hack an otherwise closed network if the network is wireless? For instance, the CIA's network has no outside lines, making it unhackable unless you get in on an authorized terminal. Does that change if you used a wireless network? Could you hack the signal for information, not just bandwidth?
The article doesn' say HP's getting rid of all the Linux guys. It just says they fired him. Also, he doesn't claim that HP has lost interest in Linux, he says he was warned numerous times about Microsoft-baiting.
What makes me nervous is that Microsoft might have threatened HP in some way as a partner. They obviously wouldn't want a partner promoting their product with internal factions insulting it. For that matter, HP 's argument might be that it's hard to sale your product, loaded with Windows, when you have vocal employees talking about security and usabiltiy problems.
Bear with me here. I'm a little slow. Are you saying you could use this thing to turn a small room into a virtual environment (like the holodeck) for gaming? A room like my living room? For 10K? Cool.
Often these transmission electron microscope images have a "bubble-raft" appearance, in which ordered arrays of little round blobs encounter other arrays oriented differently. Each blob represents a column of atoms; seen from a different angle, the spacing and orientation of the columns gives a different picture, although at some angles the atoms are too close together to resolve. (Emphasis mine)
Is that the super-technical scientific use of the word blob, or do they just mean, you know, blob?
The jackasses who modded me down for Offtopic obviously only followed one link in the post, not both. I hate to say it because I hate the whiners, but I'm getting SICK of the IDIOTS awarded MODERATION POINTS!!!
Please note that I did not abuse my +1 bonus for this comment. Thank you.
It's a metaphor. Roads take you places, lead you to new 'lands'. In the case of the Internet the roads (pipes, if you prefer) are taking you to other places. Those places just happend to be harddrives. Or 'cyber' versus 'real' space. Al Gore may not be my favorite person, but he recognizes a good analogy when he sees one.
I think you make several excellent points, but I do feel like the goverment's (we the people's) job is to provide the best basic infrastructure for allowing commerce to flourish. It's the concept behind road building. If the Internet isn't a road, what is it?
Getting the latest stale internet joke 20% faster is not a basic necessity of life, like water or heat.
Not yet anyway, but I can imagine a world in the not-so-distant future that puts people without fast Internet access at a severe disadvantage.
As for your comments on the need for broadband. Most people don't need it most of the time, but do need it occasionally. Some of us need a lot of broadband a lot. It's not to difficult to imagine a system that allows access as needed, while discouraging 'frivilous' use (like emailing 10 MP3's to your buddy every hour). For instance, it sure would be nice to have immediate page loads on a first aid site.
Now would somebody please tell me what jackass modded me down for Offtopic?
I know this is not a radical idea, but I'm going to say it again. I think broadband Internet access should become part of a city's infrastructure, like roads and garbage service. I'd even pay for it like a utility (like water treatment or gas). God knows it'd get rid of silly little disputes over 'stealing' or redistributing bandwidth and cable companies penalizing users for doing what they signed on to do...use lots of bandwidth.
This is an interesting ethical question. Clarke said the hackers should be responsible about reporting the programming mistakes. A hacker should contact the software maker first, he said, then go to the government if the software maker doesn't respond soon. The philosophy is good in theory, but often large companies ignore problems to avoid the press and/or expense of fixing the security hole.
I wonder how long the "hacker" should give the company. And is the government really the next best step? I work for the government and I seriously doubt that will get the ball rolling.
The obvious problem with full disclosure, of course, is making malicious hackers and even terrorists aware of the problem. Solutions anyone?
In choosing to come back south, cost of living was a large factor, as was a "good place" to raise our family.
We're questioning our reasoning now, too. Lower wages, a smaller job market, and the need to pay for private education offset the financial reasons.
An abundance of small-mindedness (I'm trying to be polite here) is calling into question how "good" this place really is. We choose Knoxville specifically because of proximity to family and familiarity with the area.
I wonder if this announcement will offset the news that they've become one of the latest corporations to come under review for shady accounting practices.
Actually, I moved to Knoxville, TN from Los Angeles. We don't have clean air (10th worst in the nation, worse than NYC), light traffic, or jobs. And the labor pool is small (pop. 250,000). We also have terrible public education. Also, if you decide to leave the company you're working for, forget finding much else in the tech field.
Another interesting question might be will actors of old get new roles. Think of a sequel to Gone With the Wind, for instance, using the 'original' actors.
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Finally? I'm trying very hard to imagine CS minus a keyboard. How about 'Firstly'? I suck even with a keyboard. I don't think I could manage any FPS without the keyboard/mouse combo. Besides, I like to talk and type!
That sounds like the stereotypical computer geek to me. I think he's getting his geek-types mixed up. Or maybe non of the geeks I know are stereotypical?
Microsoft is considering extending its shared-source initiative, currently limited to large users such as governments and universities, to MVPs. This would give them smart-card access to much of the Windows source code, he said. There will be a decision on this in the next couple of months, said Lori Moore, vice president of product support services at Microsoft. "There are many options on the table," she said. "There are many ways to be more open, and we are reviewing ideas."
Yeah...Now if we could only keep them from being destoyed when they collide with stray matter, then we could store them!!!
I guess that's one way to get published.
Now that I've thought about it, I guess I have read horribly written books all the way to the end while thinking this has to get better at some point or he'll/she'll salvage the plot in the end. I guess we're the suckers then.
Did I spell masochistic right?
I know it's possible to steal (or borrow :) bandwidth from a wireless network, but is it possible to hack an otherwise closed network if the network is wireless? For instance, the CIA's network has no outside lines, making it unhackable unless you get in on an authorized terminal. Does that change if you used a wireless network? Could you hack the signal for information, not just bandwidth?
What makes me nervous is that Microsoft might have threatened HP in some way as a partner. They obviously wouldn't want a partner promoting their product with internal factions insulting it. For that matter, HP 's argument might be that it's hard to sale your product, loaded with Windows, when you have vocal employees talking about security and usabiltiy problems.
Bear with me here. I'm a little slow. Are you saying you could use this thing to turn a small room into a virtual environment (like the holodeck) for gaming? A room like my living room? For 10K? Cool.
Is that the super-technical scientific use of the word blob, or do they just mean, you know, blob?
Please note that I did not abuse my +1 bonus for this comment. Thank you.
It's a metaphor. Roads take you places, lead you to new 'lands'. In the case of the Internet the roads (pipes, if you prefer) are taking you to other places. Those places just happend to be harddrives. Or 'cyber' versus 'real' space. Al Gore may not be my favorite person, but he recognizes a good analogy when he sees one.
I think you make several excellent points, but I do feel like the goverment's (we the people's) job is to provide the best basic infrastructure for allowing commerce to flourish. It's the concept behind road building. If the Internet isn't a road, what is it?
Not yet anyway, but I can imagine a world in the not-so-distant future that puts people without fast Internet access at a severe disadvantage.
As for your comments on the need for broadband. Most people don't need it most of the time, but do need it occasionally. Some of us need a lot of broadband a lot. It's not to difficult to imagine a system that allows access as needed, while discouraging 'frivilous' use (like emailing 10 MP3's to your buddy every hour). For instance, it sure would be nice to have immediate page loads on a first aid site.
Now would somebody please tell me what jackass modded me down for Offtopic?
I know this is not a radical idea, but I'm going to say it again. I think broadband Internet access should become part of a city's infrastructure, like roads and garbage service. I'd even pay for it like a utility (like water treatment or gas). God knows it'd get rid of silly little disputes over 'stealing' or redistributing bandwidth and cable companies penalizing users for doing what they signed on to do...use lots of bandwidth.
I think you guys are missing an important point. I can use a keyboard, so I will. But if I lost the abiltiy to use my hands...
I wonder how long the "hacker" should give the company. And is the government really the next best step? I work for the government and I seriously doubt that will get the ball rolling.
The obvious problem with full disclosure, of course, is making malicious hackers and even terrorists aware of the problem. Solutions anyone?
Heh.
I hope to be living in the future in the next nanosecond, or at least by the time I post this.
Do you think the RIAA would consider being slashdotted a DoS attack?
We're questioning our reasoning now, too. Lower wages, a smaller job market, and the need to pay for private education offset the financial reasons.
An abundance of small-mindedness (I'm trying to be polite here) is calling into question how "good" this place really is. We choose Knoxville specifically because of proximity to family and familiarity with the area.
I wonder if this announcement will offset the news that they've become one of the latest corporations to come under review for shady accounting practices.
We do have broadband, though. And UT football.
Another interesting question might be will actors of old get new roles. Think of a sequel to Gone With the Wind, for instance, using the 'original' actors.
Do you mean publishing?