Obviously after developing one of the most profound applications in the computer world (take all the complex problems of high-speed encryption over insecure channels and bundle them into an easy to use program), we have come to a self-evident belief that you support cryptography. But with the US government already in over react mode, and consider weakening crypto after years of progress in the other direction, we find ourselves in a nasty situation. And though the answer is obvious that we need to persuade a vote against anything like this, I am led to believe that you have more experience in such things than the majority of the people on this site. So we ask, exactly what is the best method to ensure that your complaints are both heard and regarded as something other than raving lunacy.
Everybody has every right to post to this site. I just don't believe that Katz has kept his right to post on the front page of it. This article didn't seem to me, at least, like some heart felt sorrow article. Katz has the incredible ability to sound like a mindless being when he writes. I truly doubt that he is such (then again - experimental slaschode?), and I believe that anybody not shocked by the horror of this event is incapable of true emotion and I don't doubt that he was shocked. Obviously from the moderation I've recieved, the parent to this is quite controversial.
So, to give clear understanding of what I intend to say - This bombing was tragic. Katz's article really felt like a bad news report that didn't fit. We all mourn those hurt or inujured and pray for their families. I believe Katz shouldn't have front page rights. Anybody still alive who held a known part in the execution of this horrible act should suffer a dull drill bit. Thank you.
I'll go to the point of responding somewhat to the article in saying that it sounds much like somebody read Debt of Honor and put a spin on it when they did this.
As for the rest, I'd think that now would be a good time to not post articles from JonKatz. Quite frankly his comments are usually rimshot, especially now. And it's not his right to comment that I'm complainin about - everyone has that right here. It's his right to be front page material. Slashdot has its ups, the prior 3 articles fitting there, and it has its downs - and this one is way down there. JonKatz (whether you be a person or an alternate account for some other name on the site), please read your articles before you think to put them on the site, and make sure that they both make sense, and have a point rather than are just there - and in some cases just there and insensitive.
My understanding is that the whole thing focuses on the address of the chip. Hence, if you can get the machine to boot then it will boot from the EPROM. The trick is to get an EPROM programmed to speak to the wireless card...
Sun's StarFire machine (the E10K, the code name sounds cooler) does let you seperate out components. That's one of the major selling points. Press button, wait for clear, remove card. That's the seperation of components - in the same for as these blade thingys. As for software, everything runs in a virtual machine, with one really freakin' simple OS to partition them.
Oh yeah, here it comes. First, see this reply, and then on top of that note the following: the people from Microsoft are likely getting money slipped into their pockets. And yes, it's wrong when somebody does things like this for Linux, and hence it shouldn't be done - but at least ('till this point) when somebody does this for Linux it's not for cash.
And to rebut that last theory - when the hell did anyone ever do a valid grass-roots campaign for Microsoft anyway?
Xircom (?) offers an 802.11 expansion for the Visor handhelds. Let's you hook straight into the network. I'd really like to see BlueTooth as well (being an alternative to the IR port), but it wouldn't fill the same gap. I personally think BlueTooth may be having some problems right now...
DMCA makes it illegal to crack copy protection - not security (note: this is really stupid). Adobe is abusing it. Please stop talking about it. Thank you.
QoS: For when you don't want to kill MP3s, but still want people to be able to read their e-mail. Great for college campuses. After all, media sharing is like a gas - it fills to expand whatever bandwidth you give it.
(Re: Is that true?), aka a sign of doubt. But I wouldn't doubt it too much. People tend to do stupid things like that. And when you start the PC business, give me a call. I want in!
16, and doing that. I know what colocation is, and I know how to run a computer. What makes me qualified is that I know more than that - I know business. I ran a highly profitable one at 12, bottle redemption. Not picking up cans and turning them in, but rather being that company that gets them and deals with bigger companies directly - like Pepsi, Coke, Central, and Federal distributors. I know that a computer, a T1 and just wanting it aren't enought to profit. And I know that I don't know it all.
The sad thing about it is that the chance isn't there for me. I'm 16, and that's enough of a reason to say no for almost anyone. And I take the heat for what others do - very indirectly, but damn, it sure sucks. I can sit down and show you enterprise computing - not firewalls, but cost proposals, user policies, and eek - administrative policies. But I'm 16. I've had phone interviews where I'm the absolute ideal candidate - "and oh yeah, I'm 16" "sorry!".
Fact is that while I will one day be hosting the show, I won't now. Society isn't ready to realize that some people are set and willing to be responsible and thorough enough for stuff like this - at 16 (or 15!). And for that, they won't hire now. C'est la vie.
Not wanting to pay 100+ for an OS I will not use, I asked them not to put one on my computer. They said that's not an option - federal law prohibits it because it's often too hard to do for the average user (Is that true? It's insane!). So I asked about Linux. They told me that would cost almost as much. I politely told them to go to hell. I'll call back later and choke out the money 'cause I really want that big screen. But I'm still pissed...
So yes, I didn't order Linux from Dell. It's a wonder why, too.
Yeah, that or they won't hear about it and will go out and buy huge numbers of M$ licenses (you know that w/ that child protection act and the fact that noting else works for Intel good enough for you that you must now be at least 13 and have one of these licenses to operate a car^H^H^Hcomputer - good marketing campaign?). They have an upper hand here because they have marketing. BsA ('cause BSA means boy scouts) and M$ can get together and plan a FUD campaign. We can't plan shit. See problem? See their idea working? See us doing shit - which we didn't plan? Strike 3, that strat's out.
People stick w/ what they have unless they see something that is more cost and time effective. Windows fit that bill when NT came out (enterprise ready out of the box - BULL!), and now it still fits the bill 'cause it's easier to stick w/ the norm. Linux has the cost down, short and long term if you get admins who know what they're doing, but people need to see that. They don't yet.
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This was one of the first posts for this article. Please get your head out of your ass and explain how the hell it was redundant!
You should be able to play it on any medium. DERR!
Obviously after developing one of the most profound applications in the computer world (take all the complex problems of high-speed encryption over insecure channels and bundle them into an easy to use program), we have come to a self-evident belief that you support cryptography. But with the US government already in over react mode, and consider weakening crypto after years of progress in the other direction, we find ourselves in a nasty situation. And though the answer is obvious that we need to persuade a vote against anything like this, I am led to believe that you have more experience in such things than the majority of the people on this site. So we ask, exactly what is the best method to ensure that your complaints are both heard and regarded as something other than raving lunacy.
"free2air proudly hosts over wireless free2air public networks" Yeah, like that doesn't have mistake written all over it. SLASHDOTTING!
While landed
No, it's not the same thing. And there is hot swap according to my Sun contact. And that's 3 orders of magnitude - or 750k in US dollars!
So, to give clear understanding of what I intend to say - This bombing was tragic. Katz's article really felt like a bad news report that didn't fit. We all mourn those hurt or inujured and pray for their families. I believe Katz shouldn't have front page rights. Anybody still alive who held a known part in the execution of this horrible act should suffer a dull drill bit. Thank you.
As for the rest, I'd think that now would be a good time to not post articles from JonKatz. Quite frankly his comments are usually rimshot, especially now. And it's not his right to comment that I'm complainin about - everyone has that right here. It's his right to be front page material. Slashdot has its ups, the prior 3 articles fitting there, and it has its downs - and this one is way down there. JonKatz (whether you be a person or an alternate account for some other name on the site), please read your articles before you think to put them on the site, and make sure that they both make sense, and have a point rather than are just there - and in some cases just there and insensitive.
And what if CNN was hosted there? Yeah, you see his point now?
My understanding is that the whole thing focuses on the address of the chip. Hence, if you can get the machine to boot then it will boot from the EPROM. The trick is to get an EPROM programmed to speak to the wireless card...
Sun's StarFire machine (the E10K, the code name sounds cooler) does let you seperate out components. That's one of the major selling points. Press button, wait for clear, remove card. That's the seperation of components - in the same for as these blade thingys. As for software, everything runs in a virtual machine, with one really freakin' simple OS to partition them.
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And to rebut that last theory - when the hell did anyone ever do a valid grass-roots campaign for Microsoft anyway?
Xircom (?) offers an 802.11 expansion for the Visor handhelds. Let's you hook straight into the network. I'd really like to see BlueTooth as well (being an alternative to the IR port), but it wouldn't fill the same gap. I personally think BlueTooth may be having some problems right now...
No shit man. 10x10 is the size of some bedrooms dude...
So you're saying we shouldn't use software from the FSF?
DMCA makes it illegal to crack copy protection - not security (note: this is really stupid). Adobe is abusing it. Please stop talking about it. Thank you.
Damn it, my book ran out of batteries! You got any AA batteries?
Which is a program, not an algorithm.
QoS: For when you don't want to kill MP3s, but still want people to be able to read their e-mail. Great for college campuses. After all, media sharing is like a gas - it fills to expand whatever bandwidth you give it.
(Re: Is that true?), aka a sign of doubt. But I wouldn't doubt it too much. People tend to do stupid things like that. And when you start the PC business, give me a call. I want in!
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The sad thing about it is that the chance isn't there for me. I'm 16, and that's enough of a reason to say no for almost anyone. And I take the heat for what others do - very indirectly, but damn, it sure sucks. I can sit down and show you enterprise computing - not firewalls, but cost proposals, user policies, and eek - administrative policies. But I'm 16. I've had phone interviews where I'm the absolute ideal candidate - "and oh yeah, I'm 16" "sorry!".
Fact is that while I will one day be hosting the show, I won't now. Society isn't ready to realize that some people are set and willing to be responsible and thorough enough for stuff like this - at 16 (or 15!). And for that, they won't hire now. C'est la vie.
We call that CRC - Cyclic Redundancy Circle...
So yes, I didn't order Linux from Dell. It's a wonder why, too.
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Yeah, that or they won't hear about it and will go out and buy huge numbers of M$ licenses (you know that w/ that child protection act and the fact that noting else works for Intel good enough for you that you must now be at least 13 and have one of these licenses to operate a car^H^H^Hcomputer - good marketing campaign?). They have an upper hand here because they have marketing. BsA ('cause BSA means boy scouts) and M$ can get together and plan a FUD campaign. We can't plan shit. See problem? See their idea working? See us doing shit - which we didn't plan? Strike 3, that strat's out.
People stick w/ what they have unless they see something that is more cost and time effective. Windows fit that bill when NT came out (enterprise ready out of the box - BULL!), and now it still fits the bill 'cause it's easier to stick w/ the norm. Linux has the cost down, short and long term if you get admins who know what they're doing, but people need to see that. They don't yet.
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