Perhaps being net saavy means that you know enough to farm it out and not have to: 1) worry about doing it yourself, and 2) being able to blame it on someone else when it all goes badly (or is revealed as spam).
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If you happen to get to Philly, be sure to see the usual things: Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, and get a good cheesesteak.
But if you want to see something REALLY ONE OF A KIND: get your ass to the The Mütter Museum. It's a trip if you can stomach it. It's not for everyone, but it is certainly unique.
I just recently heard that here at Virginia Tech we are getting a (massive?) grid comprised of some of the first dual-processor G5s rolling off the assembly line at Apple. The number of machines? I believe it was in the 1100 range.
Thus, if you like grid computing and want to do some research as a grad student or whatever, this might be the place for you.
With offshore spammers and the like, who the f#(* is going to be able to enforce that?
If they can/do, I think a law should be passed that bans spam for.gov and.edu domains. It would help keep the spam from clogging up the government machines/networks (it's likely clogged enough already with them folks doing "work"), and would help keep the porn spam from getting to kids. (Plus I work at a univ. and it would help me!)
Isn't there some type of Open Source Solution for this problem? Shouldn't there be one? We need to get a group together and create an Open Source printer. Then we need a similar ink solution helping to drive down the prices.
But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?
We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too. - JFK at Rice Univeristy 9/12/62
... however, if the phone can correct my spelling of Subjects on my/. posts.... I might sacrifice a few of my freedoms so that I may more widely understood.
No thanks. Once this gets rolled out, Ashcroft will want to be able to "monitor" what's going on, so that persons of interest will be more easily monitored.
I can see it now.... I'm a suspected terrorist or otherwise a person of interest... my phone makes a bunch of plans for me (spied on by some law enforcement agency). Unbeknownst to me, while I'm sitting there watching Matrix Revolutions the three feds around me are plotting my capture while another two are at my house going through my shit (since they know I'm not at home). Sold out by my phone and provider. No thanks.
Wake up folks, not all of this is stuff we really need in our lives.
As someone that is about to finish his Ph.D. dissertation, I have to copyright my work as I publish it to my school's on-line dissertation initiative.
Reading the/. blurb (and not the full article), doesn't that mean no one in Sweeden can then download my (freely available), yet copyrighted dissertation without asking my permission first? That's nuts.
First off, it's tied to the web, and unless I specify, anyone can download the PDF we deliver to the ETD project. I don't care who dowloads this crap.
Secondly, I don't want emails asking for my permission to download this, or anything else I work on, yet copyright.
Ugh, this RIAA/DRM/patent nonsense really makes me loathe working with computers now.
As a coder in my mid twenties (10 years ago) I had a feeling something like this would be an issue in my career. I decided to go back to school and get a Ph.D. and go teach. Once I get tenure.... YEAH baby, they're going to need a crowbar to get my ass out the door!
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Here's a much better look at this contraption (http://www.lewismola.com/) including a person in the frame to give it much better scale!
Think about all of the software everywhere that would have to change (even just in the U.S.) to support that. It would likely have a greater impact (in terms of applications effected) than Y2K did.
Of course, changing all of that software would help the economy for programmers and other techincal folks. Hmm, perhaps this isn't so bad after all!
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When we wanted cold beer, we sent the newest staffer out to pick up several COLD 6-packs of "productivity enhancers". Works like a charm and I had less bugs when coding as well!
Nope. Virginia Tech. Perhaps I'll suggest he relocate there.
Actually, I keep thinking of going to the press about this, especially once my PhD signature card has been completed and submitted. I'm sure one of our dopey local news channels would love to expose abuse of state property by one of its employees.
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Someone here (me) scooped this on /. back in July. Welcome to the party.
Perhaps being net saavy means that you know enough to farm it out and not have to:
1) worry about doing it yourself, and
2) being able to blame it on someone else when it all goes badly (or is revealed as spam).
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I rate it thumbs down (for now)...
What the hell does BuyMusic have to do with A DirectX problem? I must be losing it....
But if you want to see something REALLY ONE OF A KIND: get your ass to the The Mütter Museum. It's a trip if you can stomach it. It's not for everyone, but it is certainly unique.
Dude, you're only at version 0.3. Don't you agree that it's a little early to be talking about adoption by the distributions?
I just recently heard that here at Virginia Tech we are getting a (massive?) grid comprised of some of the first dual-processor G5s rolling off the assembly line at Apple. The number of machines? I believe it was in the 1100 range.
Thus, if you like grid computing and want to do some research as a grad student or whatever, this might be the place for you.
With offshore spammers and the like, who the f#(* is going to be able to enforce that?
.gov and .edu domains. It would help keep the spam from clogging up the government machines/networks (it's likely clogged enough already with them folks doing "work"), and would help keep the porn spam from getting to kids. (Plus I work at a univ. and it would help me!)
If they can/do, I think a law should be passed that bans spam for
Yeah but what about thumbnails of thumbnails? Is that ok to do as well? I gots to know!
You mean like checking /. every 5.67 minutes to see if there's some new story posted?
I mean, c'mon.... I need my fix this weekend, and the new stories have been slow. I'll just keep cliking the refresh button.
Isn't there some type of Open Source Solution for this problem? Shouldn't there be one? We need to get a group together and create an Open Source printer. Then we need a similar ink solution helping to drive down the prices.
....maybe we just like it like this? Geeesh. Some people!
Maybe we've perfected it and have moved on to other important things like perfecting spam, and NP complete.
Did they bother to patent it? 'Casue if not, someone else may be trying to...
... however, if the phone can correct my spelling of Subjects on my /. posts.... I might sacrifice a few of my freedoms so that I may more widely understood.
No thanks. Once this gets rolled out, Ashcroft will want to be able to "monitor" what's going on, so that persons of interest will be more easily monitored.
I can see it now.... I'm a suspected terrorist or otherwise a person of interest... my phone makes a bunch of plans for me (spied on by some law enforcement agency). Unbeknownst to me, while I'm sitting there watching Matrix Revolutions the three feds around me are plotting my capture while another two are at my house going through my shit (since they know I'm not at home). Sold out by my phone and provider. No thanks.
Wake up folks, not all of this is stuff we really need in our lives.
Reading the /. blurb (and not the full article), doesn't that mean no one in Sweeden can then download my (freely available), yet copyrighted dissertation without asking my permission first? That's nuts.
First off, it's tied to the web, and unless I specify, anyone can download the PDF we deliver to the ETD project. I don't care who dowloads this crap.
Secondly, I don't want emails asking for my permission to download this, or anything else I work on, yet copyright.
Ugh, this RIAA/DRM/patent nonsense really makes me loathe working with computers now.
....to the 20th century. Good to see a new member of the club.
I once knew a girl from Nantucket...
Oh wait, that's related to another story....
As a coder in my mid twenties (10 years ago) I had a feeling something like this would be an issue in my career. I decided to go back to school and get a Ph.D. and go teach. Once I get tenure.... YEAH baby, they're going to need a crowbar to get my ass out the door!
Here's a much better look at this contraption (http://www.lewismola.com/) including a person in the frame to give it much better scale!
Think about all of the software everywhere that would have to change (even just in the U.S.) to support that. It would likely have a greater impact (in terms of applications effected) than Y2K did.
Of course, changing all of that software would help the economy for programmers and other techincal folks. Hmm, perhaps this isn't so bad after all!
When we wanted cold beer, we sent the newest staffer out to pick up several COLD 6-packs of "productivity enhancers". Works like a charm and I had less bugs when coding as well!
Apparently there's a state law covering this area, not to mention the health laws that likely cover it.
I'm not going to mention his name.
Nope. Virginia Tech. Perhaps I'll suggest he relocate there.
Actually, I keep thinking of going to the press about this, especially once my PhD signature card has been completed and submitted. I'm sure one of our dopey local news channels would love to expose abuse of state property by one of its employees.