I always find it disturbing when people try to statistically (or otherwise) state (or try to prove) that 'hackers believe in xxx' or whatever.
Do younger, tech-savvy people tend to stray from standard religion and perhaps look at more obscure things such as zen, etc? Certainly.
Does that mean they believe in magic (magik) or whatever? Sheesh. I'm betting not.
Many people I've spoken with, especially in the tech world, don't believe in *any* religion, otehr than things that help them obtain focus and peace of mind. To them, it is nothing but this.
One major problem with IT workers is that they simply don' tknow what is reasonable and what is not. They do not communicate enough with each other. THIS is what is needed. Not a labor union.
When I'm gray and balding, I would *expect* to be replaced if someone younger, who wants longer hours and will work for less can do my job!
By the time I'm gray and balding (well, I'm balding already..) I plan to be working in a job such that nobody without the experience I have could DO my job. So the only replacement I would fear is from an equal.
Replacement by younger workers is what happens when you become complacent and sit on your ass.
I don't disagree with you; I am opposed to unions, however...
I've found that usenix/sage does not, in any way, tend to 'prefer' it's members. What do I get out of my usenix/sage membership? I get a common point of reference, and I get to know what other admins make, what issues they deal with, and it gives me some more solid ground to stand on when negotiating.
I do *not* expect them to 'go to bat' for me in any way at all (like unions do). I don't expect them to DO things for me, other than to continue to bring together admins from all over. In this way, we all share our experiences and knoweldge, without actually dictating who does what.
I don't disagree with you; I am opposed to unions, however...
I've found that usenix/sage does not, in any way, tend to 'prefer' it's members. What do I get out of my usenix/sage membership? I get a common point of reference, and I get to know what other admins make, what issues they deal with, and it gives me some more solid ground to stand on when negotiating.
I do *not* expect them to 'go to bat' for me in any way at all (like unions do). I don't expect them to DO things for me, other than to continue to bring together admins from all over. In this way, we all share our experiences and knoweldge, without actually dictating who does what.
Time-related as well. They can recycle them over a period of time. Numbers would be valid for say, 24 hours or some such thing, and then recycled (but not active until reassigned.)
You go to the amex secure site, identify yourself, and they give you a one-time-use number for the transaction. YOu use it.. done deal.
Just a thought.. but..
Couldn't Sega be doing this?
1) Offer them all stock options.
2) This means they all have to sign contracts, and be *identified*. (You can't anonymously get options, I don't think).
3) Now, Sega is legally bound to give them these options; however....
4) Now Sega knows who each and every member is, so they can proceed to sue them for copyright infringement *anyway*!
Hypothetically.. the fact that sega would agree to pay them to stop is not the same as saying sega is not going to press charges for their past actions.
? What better legal stance do they need than a bunch of guys with nice web pages *openly* spreading DC iso images around? There is no 'grey area' here as far as copyright goes....
Perhaps the stock options are cheaper than the court battle?
AC did mtv.com before the Internet was even really kicking off commercially. It was something relatively unheard of, similar to if he signed up to some medium-sized BBS and started a chat room called 'mtv'.
Then.. it got bigger, and he quite, and then MTV whined like a stuck pig.
I've seen several radio stations, and a great many nightclubs (and strip clubs..) that are now using exclusively winamp/xing or something.
The DJ spent a few weeks in the off-hours just slamming the entire collection into the cheap-o $2000 computer (cheap for a nightclub) and his jub just got WAYYYY easier.
Heck.. he doesn't even need to be in 'the booth' anymore..
Formats... sure. Good system for running an RF station.
The thing is... many of us don't care if the station *ever* identifies itself. We don't *want* to hear advertising. We don't *CARE*.
I know there are a few (2 at the moment) mp3 streams out there that I would happily *pay* a montly feel (say, $5 or $10) to have the privelege of listening to, uninterrupted, commercial free. As for the DJ.. his job is to put the music together and play it; easy nowadays, as you say. I don't *care* what his opinions on real life issues are; they are worth no more than the next persons. He is not a celebrity. They do NOTHING but play music. Music that I like.
Formats? Bah. I just want to hear music.
As for the need for streams at all... I have an extensive collection of personal music, that I do enjoy listening to. And sometimes, I want to hear new things. So I tune into a station I like, or that I've never heard before, and listen to what they play. If I like the music, I can pull up amp and see what it was called. I can always email them, chat them up, find out what it was, where to get it. Maybe ask them to play some more so I can hear it. I don't need station identifiers; It's right there in winamp. I *know* how I got to that station. I can look it up any time I want to.
I'm listening to it purely by choice; not because it's being 'marketed' to me.
Yeah. But I don't see them as a competitor.
To Linux users wanting Windows compatability, perhaps it's a choice...
but as a business, they are rather different.
VMWare is used in a great many cases for things other than running windows on linux. I would almost say the majority of cases.
Tech support shops, developers, etc.... due to the multiple, concurrent VMs you can run, the way they can be networked, the way the disk imaging works...
So sorry for thinking that, perhaps, there is more to the world than linux..
Simple. They did not have permission to copy and distribute the music in the first place.
It doesn't matter that the end users already had the music, mp3.com still did not have, under the law, the right to make copies of the music and distribute it to people, *regardless of the terms they invented*
Because.
mp3.com, internally, bought and copied tons of music to theri servers, to be served over beam-it.
Yes, it makes sense technically that only you can listen to music you own.. however....
The fact that you have the right to copy and listen to your own album does not mean that mp3.com has the right to profit off copying others work.
It's twisted.. but it's fairly straightforward as well.
They DID copy the artists music, and they DID distribute it, albeit selectively, to other people, and they did NOT have the express permission from the copyright holders.
Hmm. Perhaps in your country...
in mine (canada) the price on the shelf is what they charge you at the register. If the computer says otherwise, you still get it for the price on the shelf.
It's neat to see it... even if it's closed source... in fact, I couldn't care less if it was or not.. however...
1) Won't work on SMP systems.
2) No protocols besides TCP/IP (can deal with this.. but...)
3) Lots of 'features' are listed for the v2.0, which is not yet available.
When it comes of age, and sound works, networking has raw access to ethernet for other protocols, and I can use it on my smp system (yes, I know that 9x won't do smp, that's fine).... then I'm game.
More likely it's due to the restrictive rules imposed on whichever university audits it.
By 'rubber stamp' they mean that the auditing guidelines are such that the university cannot actually publish negative results, and basically is just supposed to 'rubber stamp' it without really testing.
If the US segregated itself completely from the internet, those intra-continental connections would re-route elsewhere.
If DC handles hafl the traffic, could that be because half that traffic is generated in the US? Most likely.
IF you took the sum-total of all international traffic not destined or originating within the US, you would find that much of it does not go through the us; if it does, it's simply because it's economical to do so.
Were the US to cut the world off, links would spring up *FAST*.
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I always find it disturbing when people try to statistically (or otherwise) state (or try to prove) that 'hackers believe in xxx' or whatever.
Do younger, tech-savvy people tend to stray from standard religion and perhaps look at more obscure things such as zen, etc? Certainly.
Does that mean they believe in magic (magik) or whatever? Sheesh. I'm betting not.
Many people I've spoken with, especially in the tech world, don't believe in *any* religion, otehr than things that help them obtain focus and peace of mind. To them, it is nothing but this.
One major problem with IT workers is that they simply don' tknow what is reasonable and what is not. They do not communicate enough with each other. THIS is what is needed. Not a labor union.
When I'm gray and balding, I would *expect* to be replaced if someone younger, who wants longer hours and will work for less can do my job!
By the time I'm gray and balding (well, I'm balding already..) I plan to be working in a job such that nobody without the experience I have could DO my job. So the only replacement I would fear is from an equal.
Replacement by younger workers is what happens when you become complacent and sit on your ass.
I don't disagree with you; I am opposed to unions, however...
I've found that usenix/sage does not, in any way, tend to 'prefer' it's members. What do I get out of my usenix/sage membership? I get a common point of reference, and I get to know what other admins make, what issues they deal with, and it gives me some more solid ground to stand on when negotiating.
I do *not* expect them to 'go to bat' for me in any way at all (like unions do). I don't expect them to DO things for me, other than to continue to bring together admins from all over. In this way, we all share our experiences and knoweldge, without actually dictating who does what.
I don't disagree with you; I am opposed to unions, however...
I've found that usenix/sage does not, in any way, tend to 'prefer' it's members. What do I get out of my usenix/sage membership? I get a common point of reference, and I get to know what other admins make, what issues they deal with, and it gives me some more solid ground to stand on when negotiating.
I do *not* expect them to 'go to bat' for me in any way at all (like unions do). I don't expect them to DO things for me, other than to continue to bring together admins from all over. In this way, we all share our experiences and knoweldge, without actually dictating who does what.
Time-related as well. They can recycle them over a period of time. Numbers would be valid for say, 24 hours or some such thing, and then recycled (but not active until reassigned.)
You go to the amex secure site, identify yourself, and they give you a one-time-use number for the transaction. YOu use it.. done deal.
A week later, they can use the same number again.
Just a thought.. but..
Couldn't Sega be doing this?
1) Offer them all stock options.
2) This means they all have to sign contracts, and be *identified*. (You can't anonymously get options, I don't think).
3) Now, Sega is legally bound to give them these options; however....
4) Now Sega knows who each and every member is, so they can proceed to sue them for copyright infringement *anyway*!
Hypothetically.. the fact that sega would agree to pay them to stop is not the same as saying sega is not going to press charges for their past actions.
? What better legal stance do they need than a bunch of guys with nice web pages *openly* spreading DC iso images around? There is no 'grey area' here as far as copyright goes....
Perhaps the stock options are cheaper than the court battle?
AC did mtv.com before the Internet was even really kicking off commercially. It was something relatively unheard of, similar to if he signed up to some medium-sized BBS and started a chat room called 'mtv'.
Then.. it got bigger, and he quite, and then MTV whined like a stuck pig.
I've seen several radio stations, and a great many nightclubs (and strip clubs..) that are now using exclusively winamp/xing or something.
The DJ spent a few weeks in the off-hours just slamming the entire collection into the cheap-o $2000 computer (cheap for a nightclub) and his jub just got WAYYYY easier.
Heck.. he doesn't even need to be in 'the booth' anymore..
napster has this 'image' because that's what the music industry gave it.
As for napster itself.. let it die. Something much better will pop up in it's place. Easy as pie.
Formats... sure. Good system for running an RF station.
The thing is... many of us don't care if the station *ever* identifies itself. We don't *want* to hear advertising. We don't *CARE*.
I know there are a few (2 at the moment) mp3 streams out there that I would happily *pay* a montly feel (say, $5 or $10) to have the privelege of listening to, uninterrupted, commercial free. As for the DJ.. his job is to put the music together and play it; easy nowadays, as you say. I don't *care* what his opinions on real life issues are; they are worth no more than the next persons. He is not a celebrity. They do NOTHING but play music. Music that I like.
Formats? Bah. I just want to hear music.
As for the need for streams at all... I have an extensive collection of personal music, that I do enjoy listening to. And sometimes, I want to hear new things. So I tune into a station I like, or that I've never heard before, and listen to what they play. If I like the music, I can pull up amp and see what it was called. I can always email them, chat them up, find out what it was, where to get it. Maybe ask them to play some more so I can hear it. I don't need station identifiers; It's right there in winamp. I *know* how I got to that station. I can look it up any time I want to.
I'm listening to it purely by choice; not because it's being 'marketed' to me.
Yeah. But I don't see them as a competitor.
To Linux users wanting Windows compatability, perhaps it's a choice...
but as a business, they are rather different.
VMWare is used in a great many cases for things other than running windows on linux. I would almost say the majority of cases.
Tech support shops, developers, etc.... due to the multiple, concurrent VMs you can run, the way they can be networked, the way the disk imaging works...
So sorry for thinking that, perhaps, there is more to the world than linux..
Wow. Thanks for wasting all that oxygen.
Yeah.
Simple. They did not have permission to copy and distribute the music in the first place.
It doesn't matter that the end users already had the music, mp3.com still did not have, under the law, the right to make copies of the music and distribute it to people, *regardless of the terms they invented*
Because.
mp3.com, internally, bought and copied tons of music to theri servers, to be served over beam-it.
Yes, it makes sense technically that only you can listen to music you own.. however....
The fact that you have the right to copy and listen to your own album does not mean that mp3.com has the right to profit off copying others work.
It's twisted.. but it's fairly straightforward as well.
They DID copy the artists music, and they DID distribute it, albeit selectively, to other people, and they did NOT have the express permission from the copyright holders.
Actually, if you are in Canada, just order your media from the US. No levy will be charged.
The levy must be paid by the importer, but ONLY IF IT'S being imported for resale. If you are importing for your own use, there is no charge.
Hmm. Perhaps in your country...
in mine (canada) the price on the shelf is what they charge you at the register. If the computer says otherwise, you still get it for the price on the shelf.
Like everyone said.. It's not slashcode.. it's Zope/Squishdot
It's neat to see it... even if it's closed source... in fact, I couldn't care less if it was or not.. however...
1) Won't work on SMP systems.
2) No protocols besides TCP/IP (can deal with this.. but...)
3) Lots of 'features' are listed for the v2.0, which is not yet available.
When it comes of age, and sound works, networking has raw access to ethernet for other protocols, and I can use it on my smp system (yes, I know that 9x won't do smp, that's fine).... then I'm game.
Because we
1) Like to use linux as a platform but
2) Are developing softwar for Windows because that's what we get paid to do?
and
3) because certain groupware packages are needed in some corporate environments that only work on windows? (outlook)
To be completely correct, VMWare doesn't 'emulate' the x86, it virtualizes it.
Specifically, it virtualizes whatever processor you have (it's not limited to i386)
is this a VMWare competitor? Just because Linux users use VMWare to run windows?
Does Win4Lin let you install other OS's on it? run multiple concurrent VMs?
More likely it's due to the restrictive rules imposed on whichever university audits it.
By 'rubber stamp' they mean that the auditing guidelines are such that the university cannot actually publish negative results, and basically is just supposed to 'rubber stamp' it without really testing.
But what everyone is overlooking is this:
If the US segregated itself completely from the internet, those intra-continental connections would re-route elsewhere.
If DC handles hafl the traffic, could that be because half that traffic is generated in the US? Most likely.
IF you took the sum-total of all international traffic not destined or originating within the US, you would find that much of it does not go through the us; if it does, it's simply because it's economical to do so.
Were the US to cut the world off, links would spring up *FAST*.