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  1. Intended on New Version of Mac OS X Leopard Leaked · · Score: 1

    I think it was intended, this time there will be no big koufuffle, like last time. I don't think steve feels so personal about intel line of apple hardware anymore. Its more biz, less glitz. Hallmarks everywhere that Leopard will available to generics.[hence no agreement, not to release] and thats why he'd let it out in the wild see how many early adopters are there. It is free beta testing as well, since OS X isn't so driver populated as its PPC predecessor. Steve is very deliberate, since he didn't blow up already, it means it was planned. Back in the dark alleys of cupertino.[hey they HAVE release black iBook and iPod].
    All I say is woohoo! PC Users may well have a new OS to choose from, complete from office end user.

  2. Re:Are people addicted? on RIAA Wants to Depose Dead Defendant's Children · · Score: 1

    Well, there are alot of independent labels, but they are 'irrelevant' as seen by congress. EMI, Sony etc etc mega labels get some access of RIAA's cash. Independent labels have better contracts [for artists], but have less reach. So you see there is a topology that artist, if smart, has to climb. While they get used to biz side of things. Some artists start out as romatics, however some of the best known artists in the world are ruthless businessmen. There is a network of power relationships, you see.

    Interent is big fucking hammer, is coming down and in process of making it flat. People that are close to the center of power and money flows [in recording industry], are very very concerned, and they should be. Because they can't retain their power(in access to cash flows) against circuimstances [ like cool new labels coming out] , and soon they will be just as good as next guy paying 200$ a month for giga site, with terabytes of bandwidth and his own google powered branding machine. At this time they are thinking very very hard on how to limit powers of everyman, music man.(woman? who cares?)

    I'd think at some point in time they'd be sued back for gazillion dollars, once enough people are sick of their actions.

  3. Sound on websites on Skin Sensing Table Saw · · Score: 1

    Whoever puts up link on slashdot to the sites with sound should perhaps mark them down [with sound], as some of our levels aren't adjusted. Websites with sould should be banned. *gah*.

    Skin sensing saw eh? No more thriller movies with slicing people up?

  4. Re:Trust report? on Mass Microsoft Defections to Apple Possible · · Score: 1

    'public' does not read slashdot with can of coke in hand everymornign afaik. They do sell more then music cds.

  5. Pirated market assault on Apple Sends Hidden Message to Hackers? · · Score: 1

    I think it comes down to pirated market assault and user based testing. Often people who cannot afford and who do not use professionally a product, would not buy it, but if they have been accustomed to say warezed or in some way illegal copy, once they start to use product for making money, they would legitimize their favorite product , rather then cheaper competition. Warez software is free promotion as well, people educate themselves to use your programs and become often expert users. Question of mindshare is about as important as that of market share. And I think Jobs have just realized that, with his iPod success. Now he is moving onwards to OS market. May the fortunes be with him and his steady asshole hand guide apple to give intel market a good os.

  6. They forgot the magical word... on Apple Sends Hidden Message to Hackers? · · Score: 1

    Please?

  7. picture worth a 1000 words on Functional Paper V8 Engine · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Racketeering on End of the Road for U.S. BlackBerry Users ? · · Score: 1

    The small guy also has to be able to afford expensive lawyer fees too. Only those with deep pockets can afford the justice of IP law. Or prejudice of local authority against the company in the other country.

  9. Re:70 years is too much but.... on Hacker Gary McKinnon Interviewed · · Score: 1

    Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should. If you know you're not supposed to sneak around a company or agency's property, then why do you think it's ok to break into their computers? In most parts of the world, just walking into someone's house and looking around without the owner's permission would get you beaten or killed by the owner. It's common courtesy and most of these "hackers" seem to lack any of it.

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    Comparing computers to real world items is pointless. Take to opposite vision, define world from point of computer terms. Its merely a coping mechanism for people on the planet, who still do think that digial watches are a neat idea.

    I think real understanding of impact of computers will come in next 100 or more years. Look back to how long did it take for gutenberg press to become a ubitiquous newspaper,book and magazine. I still maintain the point that only those born with technology present, will be able to grasp it at multitude of angles that will allow them evaluate it free of burden of brick and mortar world.

    Evaluating such quack jobs, in such light is impossible. But then we burned witches and killed scientists. Don't take me to compare him with a scientist. Rather rising of wireheads who will have capacity to wield technology in such ways that other's would not have blade edge of skill.

    I think picture is whole lot more complex, and us trivializing it in so few words will do disservice to most people. Its new, its great and no one understands it (well there may well be few).
    2c

  10. I think its ready... on Asa Dotzler on Why Linux Isn't Ready for the Desktop · · Score: 2, Interesting

    but there is real lack of desktop applications. People WILL migrate to another operating system if they have the tools they need for whatever they do. Casual users won't bother, anyone who does use internet fairly often, by this time is sick and tired of viruses, worms and other internet grit, that gets into their lives. Now alot of people have always on connections, this implies greater exposure of your computer , when your system, no only not secured, but also runs OS that is very hard to secure , even for professionals.

    Often the hardcore people who still want to play windows games, would make restore DVD of their bare system and reimage drive once a week, to keep slime off the machine.

  11. Re:Won't take off in the US... on Fuel-cell Vehicles for Americans · · Score: 1

    Cars, cars... Alot of cities in north america use Coal for coal powered plants. What that does to air quality, one has to look at windows of shops or windows of your appartment after two weeks being washed. They are gritty dirty. And everything gets this coating of some sort of grime after a month or two... Cars do impact the air quality but not so much as heavy industries. 5 days coal plants went on strike here, air quality got better 5 times over, not kidding, from 200 to 25 for air quality. higher, worse.
    Even with all the cars.

    I think people should focus on energy generation first, not advance people transportanion vehicles. Though its great to see megacorps making their headway, I think we should focus on renewable sources, clean air souces.

    Some people said that in large cities because of the air quality , people are more at risk from heart attacks and other air related diseases...

    my 2c.

  12. Re:Hark to my voice of warning! on Municipal WiFi Costs Outweigh Benefits · · Score: 1

    Influence vectors go like that:
    - tech employee needs and wants something trivial done because it makes sense.
    - government employee wants to get approval from his boss, who doesn't want to make a mistake because it might cost him his long earned job with retirement nearing.
    - company boss doesn't want anything done by company's employee, until he charges absurd amount of dollars for trivial thing he was talking about.

    etc etc. thats the way I saw that kind of thing work. PPP(s).

  13. what about riaa and mpaa on 50Mbps Cable Launched on Long Island · · Score: 1

    1. install ultraborad band.
    2. sue the house owners for 1/10th price of their properties for movie/music sharing.
    3. ....
    4. profit!

    ps: I wonder when there will be a league of protection of pron industry.
    my 2c.

  14. Re:Only a good thing for Apple (and all vendors) on AMD Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel · · Score: 1

    -- "appropriate... ...except, possibly, strongarm tactics by Intel." --

    Have you seen Steve Jobs going ballistic? ;-)
    2x.

  15. There are better alternatives... on New Keyboard Technology · · Score: 1

    but company is effectively out of business, bought by unnamed company.

    http://www.fingerworks.com/

    Their Touch Stream keyboard rocks, its pressureless, works just like a mouse, costed 300$US. And was completely reconfigurable. Its not clear why such successful company stopped making its wonderful and very popular product, when it was bought out. It even has vim and emacs compatibility modes.

    The keyboard described is auxiliary controller, not a keyboard, mostly made for games, graphic manipulations and such other things.

    2c.

  16. The best things are ... on Cross Skilling Across Multi-OS Platforms? · · Score: 1

    that don't happen. Its best that you are not working or getting inerviews from most companies, as companies that do alot interviewing are to treat you just like girls treat guys in bars. Next next , stop, next , next...etc etc. Working for company is like a relationship, which is why contracting is great sometimes, no commitments, beyond technical and financial scope of things.

    You don't really want to be running around swatting Windows viruses for userbase of say 1500 workstations. Hackproofing and in general being resposnsible for other people. If you can't find work, move to new place, update your social network, consider heading out to conferences.
    I have rule about dating and relationships of other kinds. The best jobs come by recommendation, best dates come by contact through the friend. What I mean you will be negotiating a less promiscuos partner, that would treat you nice(company or girlfriend)..(boyfriend haha) ... anyway.

    Anyway, don't sweat the cross certification. Companies that hire by technical interviews and what have you got on your resume, are most likely miserable to work for since they would try to run you into the ground, until you are layed off or go away yourself.(E.A. style.) Contrieved things are usually terrible in nature.
    Peace out yo.

  17. pills on Keep Fit Program For The Brain · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What is disturbing is that article talks about pills in the first bit. A sales pitch for drug pushing companies? Thanks but I'll stick to my diet and gym/kung-fu routine.

  18. Re:Do what I do... on Keep Fit Program For The Brain · · Score: 1

    If you hit reset on your diet, you may loose weight due to stress when body needs to adapt to a new diet. Any medicinal diet, like atkins, is a medicinal. I would recommend trash all starchy enriched bits out of your diet. Pasta , white bread and the like. Or split it, and have high carbs when you have 30+min walk after the meal.
    Experiment with your own, put together your own diet and don't impose your own on others.
    2c.

  19. Re:Ways to live to 120 on Keep Fit Program For The Brain · · Score: 1

    I ditched oatmeal since carbs is bad bad idea for the morning, opt for proteins and fats, more on proteins. But very little carb and non-starchy kind.
    I take vitamins and green microelements, and I am set for the day. Oh for food I eat either, organic drink, kefir, basically slightly fermented milk, remiscent of liquid yoghurt with a bite, or 2 eggs and 3 peices of bacon, 1/2 slice of black bread, lowest carb content. Pickle, to get acid working.. and tea with half slice lemon. I have much enegery, compared to being depressed months ago on high starch carb diet. I can eat carbs for lunch like mashed potatos... with some meat, but nothing deepfried or grilled please. When I go out I avoid fries, white burger buns and pasta like fire. That will definetly put me to sleep.

    Each persons body is different, each has to experiment and see what fits best. I don't mind fizzy drinks after I got my complex amino-acids from eggs... What you are used to eating, if thats rice, then eat your childhood food at lunch. At breakfast avoid carbs at all costs. Keep little bit of carbs with minimal starch content. I'd go to that russian store, and get me some of that black bread...
    2.c

  20. Re:Uh oh... on Mad as Hell, Switching to Mac · · Score: 1

    Have you ever tried using windows when one of the hardware pertaining DLL's like for HP printers is constantly segfaulting? Or how often does your driver does not support Service Pack X? Granted there are tree revisions, but revisions don't change critical interfaces in such way other drivers don't work. Or not install.

  21. Another way to look at things on Software Piracy Will Get Worse · · Score: 1

    Why do we HAVE to look at the world the way media and other people want us to look at it. I would rather see it as:

    1. People in some countries might just be able to afford to have a computer and not the software. I would see priorities in such country much different from ours, yet we have to impose our way of priorities, as we deplete their natural resources by ways of government that we(our CIA) has installed, or manipulated into being.

    2. Actual software piracy is low. People who use software for their professional work, do usually pay for software. People who play with software for less then a day and distribute it to their friends, don't usually buy such software. Leisure software is being bought, more often then not. People can still afford 50$ for a game that will be entertainment for couple hundred hours compared to 2 hour movie that costs 20-30$.
    Another thing is: statistics can be made up to prove anything. One is data, second is analysis and third is Interpretation, each stage introducing irregularities(or manufactured vision, lies) into final outlook, data provides...

    As market for computing grows, possible amount of unauthorized software installations grows.

    But its all really just greedy BSA making hysteria, like hollywood top management. Fix those corporations good, like McCarthy did in Hollywood in 50s.

  22. Re:Not gonna happen on 25 Years After DOS - Lessons for Linux? · · Score: 1

    Only some projects copy from windows, namely from KDE brand. Other projects take hints from Mac OSX, like Enghtenment. GNome sort of wants to stay its way, using test design paradigms and be as simple as possible. There are other venues that Miscrosoft is not even capable to bridge, like microcontroller market. Well yeah you can say that windows ce is like that, but sorry. Some things have no need for UI. Overall copying approach is good for business type propogation of the markets. Often innovation even of nice kind don't bode well with secretaries that use computer as glorifed typewriter/filing cabinet, most often without proper search capacity. Those people hate change, thus they place constraints where and how much of development is directed. What people want. Do scientists do what people want? I don't want to
    be made to use interfaces that people who have low or absent logical thinking capacity, prefer.
    2c

  23. Use the source, luke. on Cisco Confirms Arrest In Theft Of Its Code · · Score: 1, Funny

    They should have used open source, you don't get arrested for stealing open source code, right?

  24. Re:I fought a DDoS and won on Taking on an Online Extortionist · · Score: 1

    >Most of the filtering was done by globalservers.They have a bunch of very serious routers specifically designed to block DDoS attacks and they have more bandwidth than God.

    You should stop using that most commonly use password you know.

  25. No to knock someones credibility,,, on Kernel Changes Draw Concern · · Score: 1

    but CEOs were caught doing fraud, conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Are they trying to obstruct the growth of open source? CA is aggregate company that doesn't really participate in general software innovation field. They buy it, or merge it in. And we know what mergers bring: synergy. Another for kill the bought company dead reusing its userbase and still useful product, or choke up and die.

    relevant:
    http://www.redherring.com/Article.asp x?a=11693&hed =Computer+Associates+Shakeup&sector=Profiles&subse ctor=Companies