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  1. Dvorak, ... conservative or just an idiot? on Dvorak Slams OLPC As 'Naive Fiasco' · · Score: 1

    Dvorak, are you a kinder, gentler, compassionate clueless Christian/Nazi conservative or just an idiot?

    Third World Cultures in poverty (in USA, EU, Russia, China, Arabia, Persia, Africa ...) is a massive global problem . One tool (food, or clean water, or ...) cannot solve a problem for humans in need.

    A gift of food or water always prolongs the tragedy of humanity, alone food does not solve any problem. All humans with adequate basic resources (food, shelter, learning, clean water ...) are capable of subsistence farming/living. The NeoCon developed countries seem to (criminally/evilly) keep Third World Cultures in poverty in the same way that USA public education is almost an evil joke. Quality medical care is a private privilege and meager public ("let them eat cake") default. Corporatist farm subsidies, Oil and Defense Industry welfare, loan-shark/scam Financial institution (tax dollar) bailouts the USA Congress and POTUS (Hands Across America, Live AID, the Concert for Bangladesh, and so on. ) hand out money more to business, family, and friends than education and child care. So (nothing has really changed), maybe OLPC can provide a learning/education tool/option that will have for more value then any "feel good" bullshit.

    Mr. Dvorak, you are (IMO) a GDMF twit with (like Rush Limbaugh) more mouth than brains. OLPC is one of many tools needed in the war on global poverty.

    MIT media lab and Nick Negroponte are more proactive on poverty, then your mouth. I already paid for a few OLPC, because as indicated above politicians and clergy get enough money to live very well, create amusement parks, bridges to nowhere, PTL-universities .... I think a little green (laptop) for kids everywhere (USA, EU, China ...) could provide more success in the global war on poverty then the past 50 years of subsistence rations, emergency relief, and arms dealing to third world cultures in poverty (USA, EU, Russia, China, Arabia, Persia, Africa ...). I have great respect and admiration for MIT media lab, Nick Negroponte, RHS, Zimmerman ... and all the folks globally that provide for L/FOSS and humanity. [I have never attended MIT.]

    I find you lacking ... much. Yes, I could be wrong about the humanitarian value of the OLPC; However, that does not change your reality as an eloquent fool.

  2. Re:If nobody bids... Google .... on Why Google Doesn't Need To Win the Bid To Win In January · · Score: 1

    Exactly, as you said, very well stated and politically correct.

    I was reminded of the same famous quote by the great flaming bush POTUS ... "Huh?"

    The Question was a previous post: "Do you really think the FCC is going to pump that money into tax refunds?"

    Yes, I am always highly confused/surprised ... maybe sad/dismayed when speaking kindly of the great and infamous POTUS.

    !HAVEFUN!

  3. Re:If nobody bids... Google .... on Why Google Doesn't Need To Win the Bid To Win In January · · Score: 0

    Q: Do you really think the FCC is going to pump that money into tax refunds?
    A: Yes (FCC/Congress), the tax refund is very important to maintaining the
      _ USA wealth status quo of Corporate-welfare stud servicing (as the farmer
      _ would say) the public real good.

    What was good for the public in the 1960s ... to 20?? will be the same always.

    Folks need to accept ....

  4. Exactly: How I use a keyboard pattern mnemonic on Microsoft Wants To Give You A Rorschach · · Score: 1

    A dictionary attack is based on knowns (words in a specific language/dictionary).

    A QWERTY-pattern mnemonic does not fit into any dictionary word pattern, whoever would need to use a brute force attack on the complete QWERTY-board, unless they knew your pattern. Also, I use the shift-key either alternately, 1st half or 2nd half, or maybe it is when I hit the 3rd key or maybe number a second time. The pattern, I recall, but the sequence is a little odd ... I suspect, that being able to change and maintain complex passwords not related to personal info for work/banks/hobbies... creates reasonably secure pwd and meets any OS/website requirement for pwd complexity.

    So, yes, I think they are almost as secure as a random pwd, and far better than any pwd in use by boss/management personnel.

  5. Note:I use a keyboard patern nemonic on Microsoft Wants To Give You A Rorschach · · Score: 1

    I was told that I am not allowed to teach this method to my colleagues, but I think most know it already.

  6. I use a keyboard patern nemonic on Microsoft Wants To Give You A Rorschach · · Score: 1

    I use a keyboard pattern mnemonic for all my passwords that I change every six months (work-pattern, bank-pattern, overseas accounts pattern ...).

    Any 12 characters (1a...!A...) I never repeat, but I always recall, because of the pattern matching I must always recall the first character to enter, then I follow the appropriate pattern-match.

    When I take vacation and return to the office two weeks later ... I sometimes forget the pwd, but I always guess right by the third time (most on second try).

    Example: c6b8g7j9C^B*J( [works everytime 4me]

    !HAVEFUN!

  7. WTF: I thought, Socio/Cultural Creativity/Activity on Security in Ten Years · · Score: 1

    The communist/corporatist commerce that exist in the USA, EU, China ... is not what the Internet is all about.

    The public/citizens seek "Openness" on the Internet.

    Corporatist [and corrupt governments] seek institutionalized nepotism/hostage-welfare which in Present Proper-Political plebeian [AKA: spin-truth] could be called commerce. Present Proper-Political vernacular use of commerce as an economic concept, will never be Capitalism, Meritocracy, Free/Open Markets ....

    Communism, oligarchy, plutocracy, aristocracy, exploitation, oppression ... are shit by any other name, and even in a no-nose species, will continue to stink. Present Proper-Political colloquial use of Capitalism, Meritocracy, Free/Open Markets ... commerce are faux-labels of vapor-morals/ethics essential to presenting a more plural/palatable and less obvious slavery/exploitation culture.

    Let USAll wave the flag and hold the (whichever) mythological holy-book high for all to see.

  8. Old ..., but evolving .... on Wearing a Computer at Work · · Score: 1

    Telemaintenance (I think) prior to ~1995 was systems-sensors reporting status of equipment at remote locations.
    Telemaintenance (I think) post ~1996 becomes the wearable wireless computer diagnostic tool-set for telemaintence.

    http://www.media.mit.edu/
    http://www.media.mit.edu/wearables/mithril/
    http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/
    http://e-science.caltech.edu/

    I am an old guy ... I remember .... You can Yahoo/Google "Telemaintenance YYYY" to confirm/learn.

    In ~1996 (I think, I remember) the telemaintenance acronym APES [Avatar Populated Experience/Environment Simulations/Synergy] in a CCT [Collaborative Community Technologies] proposal/paper. Considering present social-web environments, games .... Anyway, it is all still very interesting.

    For SoA (State of Art), Yahoo/Google ("wearable computer" MIT CalTech hardware software) or ("ubiquitous computing" MIT CalTech hardware software 2007) to confirm/learn.

    Nope, I never attended MIT, CalTech ..., I ain't got a college degree, I dropped out of high school in 1969, then too the USMC at 17yo, Honorable Discharge at 19yo ... I always think about where education is going for individuals like me (more of US than there was), I mean, look at POTUS Bush ... he is far less educated then most folks I talk to every day, and VPDryDick has more ability to deliver humor/torture/terror than a POTUS-puppet performance. Oh, I do have a GED and over 160SemHrs in many subjects.

    !HAVEFUN!

  9. Here's your sign ... y'all Texas MFSSOBs. on Texas Science Director Forced To Resign Over ID Statements · · Score: 1

    Obviously, the flaming POTUS bush is an indigenous protected ID (Freudian) species in Texas.

    Dogma affected never reason effective, in Texas or anyplace. (%~0)

  10. FUBAR network theory was defense industry, not DoD on How Tech Almost Lost the War · · Score: 1

    The failure of management, the vapor promises from marketing .... DoD has a very good concept/idea [ISE/NetCentric] proposal-model for FCSs "GoToWar" Biz-Processes. Any FUBAR network theory was all defense industry (not DoD) bullshit wanting more money not FCS performance success. Yep, in the news, they got paid for piles of shit-failures and a few successes. DoD will eventually define ISE/NetCentric architecture. Wired is on target ....
    =======
    Foundations are critical for ISE/NetCentric:
    00. Venture Architect responsible for performance and delivering systems/products for ISE/NetCentric architecture, not parochial demands of special interest, security .... IOW: Get the architecture right for ISE/NetCentric, then build weapon/security systems that will deliver cogent function with facile legacy interoperability after the firm architecture is known.
    01. Content Management Systems (CMS), syntax exact, recycling of established and assured content.
    02. Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) providing prompt heuristic-semantics translation of vital tacit and transient experience with, prior distinct, allied explicit knowledge.
    03. Relationship Management Systems (RMS) to stabilize synergy in volatile collaborative communities with a virtually prescient mitigation of (expected ... a/o catastrophic) resource attrition.
    04. Objective Systems definitions with (Technology-Change-Management) highly probable "technology innovation" weapon systems evolutionary guides.

    What is a Venture Architect: A nexus professional with (1) extensive understanding of "Venture Charter" [AKA: mission/project] funding and requirements (in science, research, development, technology, engineering, and/or ...), (2) germane inclusive practical application experience, (3) strong venture/mission community collaboration skills (4) the ability to [a] detect obscured implicit knowledge, [b] design atypical synergistic relationships/processes, and [c] define manageable mission complexity components and delegate to a specific venture collaborative community, and (5) verifiable and vetted gainful consensus decision performance.

    BizMang is always full of BS and no real experience or knowledge to make complex or theoretical systems into applied technologies.
    BizMang should manage business (Venture Architect) processes/money. For best value get a Venture Architect for anything with S&T, R&D, ventures, or production.

    Okay, this crazy-man is gone ....

  11. Re:Actually.... on How Tech Almost Lost the War · · Score: 1

    Clausewitz (time and space):
    "Policy is the guiding intelligence and war only the instrument, not vice versa."

    oh21 (time and space):
    "Political/cultural policy is the guide, the sycophants' implementation of war an instrument, and vice versa (no intelligence involved).

    "The dogma-affected will never reason effective." oh21

    Most politicians and their sycophantic nepotist are dogma-affected idiots.
    Politicians/Corporatist have more in common with Nicholas and Alexandra of
    1917 fame, or Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette of 1793 fame.

    The modern probable reprieve for politicians/corporatist will be the public/citizen
    vote to control their veil evil excesses and stupidity of delusional megalomania.

    Back on topic: The failure of management, the vapor promises from marketing ... the Pentagon has a very good concept/idea [ISE/NetCentric] proposal-model for a "GoToWar" Biz-Processes. Any FUBAR network theory was all defense industry (not DoD) bullshit wanting more money not FCS performance success. Yep, in the news, they got paid for piles of shit-failures and a few successes. DoD will eventually define ISE/NetCentric architecture. Wired is on target ....
    =======
    Foundations are critical for ISE/NetCentric:
    00. Venture Architect responsible for performance and delivering systems/products for ISE/NetCentric architecture, not parochial demands of special interest, security .... IOW: Get the architecture right for ISE/NetCentric, the build weapon/security systems that will deliver cogent function with facile legacy interoperability after the firm architecture is defined.
    01. Content Management Systems (CMS), syntax exact, recycling of established and assured content.
    02. Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) providing prompt heuristic-semantics translation of vital tacit and transient experience with, prior distinct, allied explicit knowledge.
    03. Relationship Management Systems (RMS) to stabilize synergy in volatile collaborative communities with a virtually prescient mitigation of (expected ... a/o catastrophic) resource attrition.
    04. Objective Systems definitions with (Technology-Change-Management) highly probable "technology innovation" weapon systems evolutionary guides.

    What is a Venture Architect: A nexus professional with (1) extensive understanding of "Venture Charter" [AKA: mission/project] funding and requirements (in science, research, development, technology, engineering, and/or ...), (2) germane inclusive practical application experience, (3) strong venture/mission community collaboration skills (4) the ability to [a] detect obscured tacit knowledge, [b] design atypical synergistic relationships/processes, and [c] define manageable mission complexity components and delegate to a specific venture collaborative community, and (5) verifiable and vetted gainful consensus decision performance.

    BizMang is always full of BS and no real experience or knowledge to make complex or theoretical systems into applied technologies.
    BizMang should manage business (Venture Architect) processes/money. For best value get a Venture Architect for anything with S&T, R&D, ventures, or production.

  12. # 10 was dead-on-target, as were the others. on The Biggest Roadblocks To Information Technology Development · · Score: 1

    10. The current lack of global wars and/or disasters ....

    We don't need wars killing millions of kith_&_kin, destroying nations, religions ....
    We don't need dogma wars imposing and sustaining
    vapor-power (political, official, family ... nepotism titles),
    organized-crime (drugs, prostitution, gambling ...),
    corporate-welfare (RIAA, IPR, Farm, Drugs ...),
    religious-myth (My-god, Sex-sin, Different-evil ...).

    The dogma affected will never reason effective, and should have no more
    responsibility than a drunk alcoholic, cocaine addict, and/or the mentally
    and emotionally disturbed person suffering hallucinations.

  13. War, end it or be in it, is the Q&A .... on Technology Leveling The Playing Field In Modern War · · Score: 1

    The 'empowerment of like minded individuals joined together to conduct war' through technology is a fact.

    "No one nation, individual, ideology ... can win in technology warfare" without the full support of like minded and skilled individuals globally to conduct the technology cyber-war. In such a war, I suspect, Human Ideals will kick the ass of feeble fractious feudal greed/myth.

    US, EU, China, Russia plutocrats ... and Christianity, Islam ... delusionist could not win. If pushed to war by US, EU, China ... Maybe M$, Halliburton-Blackwater, Walmart ... and ... could win, but far more likely is that humanity science and technology warriors/SF would eventually force the unconditional capitulation of all corporations, religions, governments, plutocrats ... to avoid our species extinction.

    I think the point is maybe ..., warfare ain't what it was during the present and recent feudal times. Advanced armor, weapons, countermeasures ... are far more expensive and capable, but the on-delivery-target-kill capability is far more impersonal and less precise (a house/car is never the "target"). Inability to confirm "target availability and kill" is a big failure for the highly structured military and surgical strikes. Advanced armor, weapons, countermeasures ... can be effect-marginalized, obtained and used, or neutralized at tactical levels by SciEng-technology specialized enemy forces.

    The asymmetric para-military is still focused on personally seek-&-kill the target (not strength in SciEng-technology). These targets are not (strong in SciEng-technology) shrouded in political-agenda, value, intrigue, doubts, questions ....

    War is about the practical and achievable. Conflicts (political, religious, dogma ...) are about some nebulous pragmatic dogma/mythology.
    Focus on one (War or Conflict), you will lose both. Focus on both, then maybe you will win, but always at a terrible cost to all.

    Presently, the USA is involved in a conflict with megalomaniacs who have an asymmetric para-military, and use religious radical ideology (not patriotism) for global recruiting and technology GIG organization. The megalomaniacs are fighting a war with practical and achievable goals. The USA is (as in Vietnam) concerned with the "Domino Theory" of world domination, by other then Christian Crusaders. Religions can cause conflicts, but religions/politics only win conflicts with sever attrition and genocide. Victory in War always depends on the practical and achievable. Patriotism, political, religious, dogma, ideology, mythology, god, money ... are great for recruiting, and can (for all involved) be equally valuable for losers and winners.

    Iraq is an ideology conflict (like Vietnam and Crusades), started by BinLadin-&-Bush. The Iraq conflict is not a war with practical and achievable objectives of (1) unconditional surrender (of nations, individuals, ideologies and ...), (2) personally seek-&-destroy (the nations, individuals, ideologies and ...), (3) end it (forever with no restitution/revenge for anyone).

    US, EU, China, Russia, France ... and other faux-democratic, pseudo-representative, and propaganda-populist governments proved to be consistent competent failures for the last few centuries. Christianity, Islam ... other idol-dogmas (economic, political, cultural ...), after a few draconian millennium, are becoming recognized as evil-agents/agencies that blame others, take wealth and lives, then provide nothing of value to humanity.

    The few exceptional leaders in history are not the rule, and their great-image is always exploited by those that seek to rule humanity.

    I see little difference in character or value to humanity among historical creeps

  14. Re:THIS IS CHINA! ...? on China In the Habit of Copying and Redirecting US Sites? · · Score: 1

    I understand Japan ain't a centrally managed economy.

    The Soviets in the '60s we treated like the enemy, which they were at the time.

    The Nazis in the 40's only the Northeast USA Christians spoke of retro-emigration.

    In all those situations ... and others, we did not treat anyone like our wonderful
    perfect trading-partner friend China, Saudi, Mexico ....

    Compared with reality Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Vietnam ... you can leave your country or you can make it better.

    PLEASE, consider the dark-humor harbinger of truth/spin.

  15. Re:THIS IS CHINA! Whoops? on China In the Habit of Copying and Redirecting US Sites? · · Score: 1

    You're absolutely right "you Capitalist running dogs!"

    Thanks for seeing the humor of the condition.

  16. THIS IS CHINA! on China In the Habit of Copying and Redirecting US Sites? · · Score: 0, Troll

    When in China, China will do as you do; So, tough-shit fools, if local law is not fully understood ....

    China is a sovereign state, ruled by a communist-oligarchy, and does not require permission from corporatist or deist (as in the US/EU...) to do what China (at least the communist-oligarchy) deems best for China (at least the communist-oligarchy).

    Also, for those that do not understand China ... start with the "Art of War, Sun Tzu" (http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.1b.txt), remember words are literal and speculative (what if~s) in all cultures, and only fools/idiots hear their own limited meaning.

    China is winning and US, EU ... are losing, but it does not mean WW0011, nukes, chem or bio.

    For China, Saudi, faux-prophet fanatics ... asymmetric warfare is being used like the old 20th century cold-war proxy-skirmish/conflicts.

    Anyway, I guess, anyone-anywhere with a Flaming Bush as leader ...well... a whoops (WW3~nuke, ~chem, ~bio ~...) could might/maybe happen. However, we should never blame the irresponsible drunk-driver for murder-1/2 ... someone sold the car, served the drink, issued the license, did not take the keys, let the repeat offender off with a stern scolding, recommended rehab until it works, then the a USA supreme court elected the S&M sycophant drunk POTUS.

    Funny is as funny does ... got any kids ... tough-shit ... their future does not look very promising unless they emigrate to China, Canada, Norway ....

    !HAVEFUN!

  17. Re:Frankly... I guess ... on How Much is Your Right to Vote Worth? · · Score: 1

    it is all about Corporatist inflation.

  18. Re:Frankly... You're Hired! on How Much is Your Right to Vote Worth? · · Score: 1

    Replied; Rueddy and Hillarity for POTUS!

  19. Re:Frankly... I agree on How Much is Your Right to Vote Worth? · · Score: 1

    with very great painful regret for USAll.

  20. It is correct .... on Police swoop on 'Hacker of the Year' · · Score: 1

    It is politically correct to not cause a problem, ignorance is bliss.

    It is criminal/troublesome to report problems, but ignorance is bliss and politically correct.

    No faults/problems found/reported in a politically correct blissful world means there is not a problem.

    A world without problems is proof of safety/security and politically marketable to public bliss.

    When a bridge collapses, a city gets drowned, large buildings collapse ... is it due to bliss or problems?

    Send all problem reporters to jail, then we know that bliss is the cause of all catastrophes, because there ain't no GDMF problems.

    Surprise catastrophes (due to bliss) are forgivable, spin-truth political capital for USAll.

  21. Reply:Prosecute them when the cows ... or .... on Wikileaks Releases Sensitive Guantanamo Manual · · Score: 1

    Not until POTUS Chaney/Bush is prosecuted for endangering National
    Security, WC/CAH, WhiteManDisease fraud, a/o failing to protect
    "The USA Constitution".

    Fear of criminal prosecution does not justify the use
    of any security classification. Hiding behind faux-secrecy
    for personnel protection is a version of Ollie (the worm) North.

    I wish Gordon (got me) Liddy was POTUS. I would not like his
    politics, but he would make all the present and Wannabe POTUSs
    look like who they are pseudo-patriot wimps.

  22. Re:Why not have voting machines that print ballots on All Fifty States May Face Voting Machine Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    Good way to go. Double blind, one official public vote tally, one independent (who, non-profit "Open Community/Government" foundation) public vote tally, you pass your vote through both systems (where/how?), both systems generate an ecopy (for prelim-results) and hardcopy for (hand count) official public record, all ecopy and hand-count should match, and you keep (for your comfort/faith) the original vote receipt.

    Oh, it could never happen ..., because we do not have a democracy. We have an oligarchy/plutocracy like Russia and China.

    HOWEVER, if it does happen, I will start voting again. For the past few decades ... other than propaganda for USA freedom mythology it has been a waste of time. Maybe ... it is why many in the USA do not vote ....

  23. A made in America Solution ... on MIT Offers City Car for the Masses · · Score: 1

    I know NYC is looking for a Manhattan solution and the MIT project should be strongly considered.

    Just imaging the taxi drivers fire bombing the little cars at night while parked and empty.

    NYC taxi passenger pay the driver an extra large tip for accidentally (like a tank) running over the little MIT battery car.

    Oh, the passenger might be an oil company CEO, or a rich-bit (P.Hilton) riding around for entertainment late Friday night.

    THANKS MIT, I think the local news will be getting far more entertaining in America. The police chase eye in the sky will be over, next up Broadway BatCar attacks caught on cell-phones.

  24. This ain't the land of your forefathers .... on Does Hacking Grades Warrant 20 Years in Jail? · · Score: 1

    Corporate politics says; "If it looks good, fuck'em", and we should all know by now that US politicians get high on any idea about servicing the citizens of the USA. Also, this will tell all those good (ain't gonna get caught noway) crackers laundering and making money for terrorist, vacations, and/or retirement, or whom belong to a foreign military or government that if they were US Citizens ....

    Well if they ain't gonna get caught, so what's that fycking-point? Like the socioeconomic drug-wars, national religion-schism, public funded corporate welfare, patriotic-fundamentalism, elective-nepotism ... it is all about US-Plutocrats betrayal and treason of US-Citizens. US-Plutocrats wave the flag, fan the bible, blame US Citizens, and falsely swear to protect and defend The USA Constitution.

    Anyway, If they ain't smart enough to not get caught or join a foreign military or government, then why should we take corporate-welfare tax-dollars and spend on criminals in jail. I say, let's just lynch'em if the get more than a five year sentence. I recommend that a constitutional amendment be past to allow substitution of hangings when the sentence is five or more years. We can call it The USA Constitution "Darwin Award" Amendment.

    THINK about it before you bust a gut/vain or troll DnMod/flame me. (%~$)

  25. I don't ...? on China's President Hu Talks IT Warfare · · Score: 1

    I have never been overly public, never blogged or distributed a newsletter, but I like commenting on almost any topic, and providing answers to questions asked me. Due to some mental anomalies ... I lack focus/interest to achieve almost anything. I am 55yo+, a high school dropout, no college graduation/degree with 160SemHrs+, curiosity and questions are my greatest perpetual distractions and entertainment. I am honored to have been a US Marine at 17yo, 1969-71, but never in Vietnam.

    Anyway, all comments I make are open comment for anyone to use or expound on. I only expect that any quotes attributed to me be verbatim, and any interpretations always be attributed to the interpreters' understanding or dogma. IOW: make them your own ... I will only lay claim to a few things (1) the quote; "Reality is self-induced hallucination." [my attempt at objectivity], (2) The flag/emblem of "Knights of the WoeFolk Continent, Order of Quixote." [my delusion, http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j186/oh21/_Order_of_Quixote_2.png%5D, (3) maybe, not likely, a few more things before ....

    I don't do/complete much ....