In a typical business model, shouldn't the boss not only know his employee's jobs, but be able to do them in most cases!?
Absolutely not, in most cases. What a boss/manager should know how to do is his job; managing. Working with people, working with numbers, strategic planning, preventing shit from landing on the guys doing the job, channeling the ass-kicking upwards towards the people who need it from the people who know. Why hire an expert if the boss already knows? If the only reason they're boss is because they've been here longest, then they have probably [1] been promoted beyond their level of competence.
~cHris
[1] Probably. In some cases people who do actual work make great managers. In many cases they do not. Different aptitudes and temperaments.
Freshmeat activity level is not necessarily a good indicator for CIPE, which comes bundled with some linux distro. I know quite a few people who were aware of CIPE weaknesses and still used CIPE for exactly that reason - it came bundled.
Which says a great deal about the efficacy of simplicity in software acquisition. If we still needed it pointed out since the mid-nineties. It is nice to see, however, that some of the 'commercial' entities in the Open Source world are learning from their much more experienced brethren; and it's also nice to see that reality bites, and OS users are just as inclined to be under-informed and inadequately energetic as their Windows-using counterparts.
Ever wondered why they stack the aisles leading to a checkout with candy? It's an accepted marketing concept called 'Nag Power': put the candy by the checkout, and the kids will nag mom into buying it while waiting in line, where she can't escape. It's sufficiently powerful that one of the Scand nations banned it recently.
Be aware, btw, that the licensing of radio reception was discontinued some decades ago.
Assuming that you're talking here about the TV Licence concept in the UK; the one which supports the BBC? If you are, then I would argue with your tone: the TV licence, and particularly the BBC that it supports (even when I disagree with them) are a fantastic resource, both in entertainment, arts and in journalism.
I'm perfectly aware of the size of a city block. I was pointing out national arrogance on the part of the poster, not international ignorance on my own part.
And the point about fibre/RF converter is well made: of course what I *meant* is fibre to the curb, not fibre to the door.
a single fiber serving 4 square blocks is plenty, then split off to a technology that is easier to terminate and cheaper to work with.
What's a city block? I live in England.
Your answer is staggeringly Americo- and big-city-centric. Fibre to the door has been implemented in large parts of (say) Scandanavia, where it works out very well. Also, think about cable television. Certainly over here, that already *is* delivered on fibre to the door.
lot of things about the technology formerly known as Palladium scare me, but if it could be implemented in an open architecture where the machine owner has the keys, I think good things could happen.
Unfortunately, this principle, much as I agree with it, runs diametrically counter to the actual, rather than the apparent, motivating principle behind TCPA. The apparent principle is protection, the actual principle is control, and not by the user.
Ok, I may be being dense, and I expect some flameage if I am. 9/11 had lots to do with unsecure aircraft. It had lots to do with media sensationalism. It even had lots to do with structural design! But please explain wtf it had to do with unsecure networks?
It didn't have anything *directly* to do with insecure networks, that I've ever heard about. However, the date 9/11 had a great deal of indirect effect on security consultants. Security/anti-terrorism/stopping people from kicking your ass has become *the* most discussed concept in the western world since that date. The Office of Homeland Security. Iraq represented a threat to US Security. Hackers present a Security threat. Apologies for sounding like Illiad but that's what has actually happened in the public eye over the last two years. The profile of security as a profession has gone through the roof.
An example from personal experience. I discovered the author David Weber by browsing Jim Baen's free library, and reading four of David's books. By the time I had finished the second, I was convinced, but couldn't afford new books just then.
My finances resolved, and shortly after that 9 Weber novels showed up at my door.
They consider themselves above the law, even so going so far as to believe they can make the law.
Accurately. One of the downsides of 'democratic politics' is that politicians require funds to work, and can therefore be bought. The RIAA, MPAA, Microsoft, Oil interests, etc, do make law.
Actually, no, that is not the basic definition of the fascist system, it is a piece of post-WWII propaganda. The basic definition of a fascist system is "A system of electoral government founded on right-wing, paternalistic principles and maximising attention on primary and secondary industry, with high levels of govermental social involvement". The whole totalitarian, oppressive schtick is a regime-by-regime thing, not something associated with fascism as a concept.
Read history. Stop listening to American governments, and maybe you won't look like such an idiot.
The point of my post is that MI6 does not exist, and if it did exist it would be MI9 anyway...;)
The SIS is thought to exist. MI6 is not an officially acknowledge acronym for that theoretical service, in the way that Military Intelligence 5 *is* an officially acknowledged identifier for the UK's counter-intelligence bureau.
~cHris
Because quite a lot of sensible people have their browsers' set up to deliver a false UserAgent field. They do this because otherwise, they are locked out of websites which they are perfectly capable of viewing.
You see, if you are a network provider, you have two goals with peering: dump enough traffic onto your peer points so that you are exchanging about equal amounts with your peer AND get traffic that isn't bound for your network OFF your network as quickly as possible.
Hi,
This depends entirely on your policy decisions. For example, the traffic engineering that I do at my place of work is based around a cold-potato routing policy rather than hot; that is, we will carry our traffic to the point closest to it's destination, thus keeping it in our network for as long as possible rather than vice versa.
There are arguments both sides of each issue, and it really depends on one's own topology and decision-making criterion.
Copyrights are ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You only have rights to it, as granted by the owner of the material, and this is how it should be.
For the duration of the copyright, anyway; even in the US, copyrights are not yet eternal. So in this example, why should this system not be allowed to exist? After all, it can be used to watch films which are *out of copyright*...
Yes, I'm being slightly facetious, but your point is somewhat spurious.
Lots of reason to hope, of course. Good government in Ghana.
Woot! Someone other than me knows about Ghana!
I grew up through the Jerry Rawlings years, which left me with a great respect for that man and for the men he surrounded himself with. The path he set the country on has been positive and sustainable.
I also know a bit about Ghana's telecommunications and IT development policies, and they're very impressive. I remember an internet cafe opening up in the town 7 miles from where my family live. 7 miles down the road, there is no power, running water or plumbing, but my Mom can email me from WaleWale. Before you think this is disproportionate; all things come with time. My family live in a very small subsitance agriculture village which wouldn't know what to do with power or running water anyway.
GeekAid were invited to go out to Ghana, and their member's scribblings are on the net somewhere. Have a google and take some time to read 'em.
I know a number of journalists (as in, real ones, working for national or international newspapers) who use folding keyboards, palms and mobiles to submit print articles to their editors when they are on location. These are people who will be writing up to 10,000 words a day on the palm. That's a reasonable amount of typing.
Cash cost. Mac's a perceived to cost more for their worth than PCs; largely because until recently they *did*, but of late they've dealt with that. Perception has yet to catch up.
~cHris
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All four of these problems have been radically ameliorated in the last ten years. I grew up in a hostile environment, where there were a *lot* of diesel cars. The ones I grew up with vibrated, overheated, and had absolutely terrible acceleration and general performance. Mind you, they were exceptional load-carriers.
Modern diesel cars I have driven have performance, acceleration and quietness which are equivalent to the petrol cars of the same class. Examples being Ford Escort diesels and VW Golf (European model) diesels, equivalent to the same car in an unleaded petrol model.
Difference between "Invalid: MS will lose if they take you to court for breaking it" and "Illegal: the EU will pull your product from the shelves unless you alter this". Which is what I believe was discussed.
Slashdot Mirror
How many people on slashdot even remotely claim to have a balanced view of any issue?
The editors know their user base.
~cHrisAbsolutely not, in most cases. What a boss/manager should know how to do is his job; managing. Working with people, working with numbers, strategic planning, preventing shit from landing on the guys doing the job, channeling the ass-kicking upwards towards the people who need it from the people who know. Why hire an expert if the boss already knows? If the only reason they're boss is because they've been here longest, then they have probably [1] been promoted beyond their level of competence.
~cHris[1] Probably. In some cases people who do actual work make great managers. In many cases they do not. Different aptitudes and temperaments.
Which says a great deal about the efficacy of simplicity in software acquisition. If we still needed it pointed out since the mid-nineties. It is nice to see, however, that some of the 'commercial' entities in the Open Source world are learning from their much more experienced brethren; and it's also nice to see that reality bites, and OS users are just as inclined to be under-informed and inadequately energetic as their Windows-using counterparts.
~cHrisEver wondered why they stack the aisles leading to a checkout with candy? It's an accepted marketing concept called 'Nag Power': put the candy by the checkout, and the kids will nag mom into buying it while waiting in line, where she can't escape. It's sufficiently powerful that one of the Scand nations banned it recently.
~cHrisSimilar to the UK's radio/tv tax
Be aware, btw, that the licensing of radio reception was discontinued some decades ago.
Assuming that you're talking here about the TV Licence concept in the UK; the one which supports the BBC? If you are, then I would argue with your tone: the TV licence, and particularly the BBC that it supports (even when I disagree with them) are a fantastic resource, both in entertainment, arts and in journalism.
~cHrisI'm perfectly aware of the size of a city block. I was pointing out national arrogance on the part of the poster, not international ignorance on my own part.
And the point about fibre/RF converter is well made: of course what I *meant* is fibre to the curb, not fibre to the door.
~cHris
What's a city block? I live in England.
Your answer is staggeringly Americo- and big-city-centric. Fibre to the door has been implemented in large parts of (say) Scandanavia, where it works out very well. Also, think about cable television. Certainly over here, that already *is* delivered on fibre to the door.
~cHrisUnfortunately, this principle, much as I agree with it, runs diametrically counter to the actual, rather than the apparent, motivating principle behind TCPA. The apparent principle is protection, the actual principle is control, and not by the user.
~cHrisIt didn't have anything *directly* to do with insecure networks, that I've ever heard about. However, the date 9/11 had a great deal of indirect effect on security consultants. Security/anti-terrorism/stopping people from kicking your ass has become *the* most discussed concept in the western world since that date. The Office of Homeland Security. Iraq represented a threat to US Security. Hackers present a Security threat. Apologies for sounding like Illiad but that's what has actually happened in the public eye over the last two years. The profile of security as a profession has gone through the roof.
I imagine that is why they asked the question.
~cHrisAn example from personal experience. I discovered the author David Weber by browsing Jim Baen's free library, and reading four of David's books. By the time I had finished the second, I was convinced, but couldn't afford new books just then.
My finances resolved, and shortly after that 9 Weber novels showed up at my door.
Ebooks work.
~cHris
Accurately. One of the downsides of 'democratic politics' is that politicians require funds to work, and can therefore be bought. The RIAA, MPAA, Microsoft, Oil interests, etc, do make law.
~cHrisHow exactly did you manage to determine that 'rifle' and 'assault rifle' are not subsets of 'gun'?
~cHris
Interesting. I've found MS Word for Mac *significantly* better than MS Word for Windows. *Much* better.
~cHris
Actually, no, that is not the basic definition of the fascist system, it is a piece of post-WWII propaganda. The basic definition of a fascist system is "A system of electoral government founded on right-wing, paternalistic principles and maximising attention on primary and secondary industry, with high levels of govermental social involvement". The whole totalitarian, oppressive schtick is a regime-by-regime thing, not something associated with fascism as a concept.
Read history. Stop listening to American governments, and maybe you won't look like such an idiot.
~cHris
The point of my post is that MI6 does not exist, and if it did exist it would be MI9 anyway ... ;)
The SIS is thought to exist. MI6 is not an officially acknowledge acronym for that theoretical service, in the way that Military Intelligence 5 *is* an officially acknowledged identifier for the UK's counter-intelligence bureau.
~cHris
M16 is an American gun, not a British Intelligence Bureau.
~cHris
Because quite a lot of sensible people have their browsers' set up to deliver a false UserAgent field. They do this because otherwise, they are locked out of websites which they are perfectly capable of viewing.
~cHrisIt has never been treasonous to successfully overthrow a government. It has always been treasonous to attempt to do so. The trick is not to lose.
~cHrisHi,
This depends entirely on your policy decisions. For example, the traffic engineering that I do at my place of work is based around a cold-potato routing policy rather than hot; that is, we will carry our traffic to the point closest to it's destination, thus keeping it in our network for as long as possible rather than vice versa.
There are arguments both sides of each issue, and it really depends on one's own topology and decision-making criterion.
~cHrisFor the duration of the copyright, anyway; even in the US, copyrights are not yet eternal. So in this example, why should this system not be allowed to exist? After all, it can be used to watch films which are *out of copyright* ...
Yes, I'm being slightly facetious, but your point is somewhat spurious.
~cHrisWoot! Someone other than me knows about Ghana!
I grew up through the Jerry Rawlings years, which left me with a great respect for that man and for the men he surrounded himself with. The path he set the country on has been positive and sustainable.
I also know a bit about Ghana's telecommunications and IT development policies, and they're very impressive. I remember an internet cafe opening up in the town 7 miles from where my family live. 7 miles down the road, there is no power, running water or plumbing, but my Mom can email me from WaleWale. Before you think this is disproportionate; all things come with time. My family live in a very small subsitance agriculture village which wouldn't know what to do with power or running water anyway.
GeekAid were invited to go out to Ghana, and their member's scribblings are on the net somewhere. Have a google and take some time to read 'em.
~cHrisNice to see another soton student ;)
I know a number of journalists (as in, real ones, working for national or international newspapers) who use folding keyboards, palms and mobiles to submit print articles to their editors when they are on location. These are people who will be writing up to 10,000 words a day on the palm. That's a reasonable amount of typing.
~cHris
Cash cost. Mac's a perceived to cost more for their worth than PCs; largely because until recently they *did*, but of late they've dealt with that. Perception has yet to catch up.
~cHris
All four of these problems have been radically ameliorated in the last ten years. I grew up in a hostile environment, where there were a *lot* of diesel cars. The ones I grew up with vibrated, overheated, and had absolutely terrible acceleration and general performance. Mind you, they were exceptional load-carriers.
Modern diesel cars I have driven have performance, acceleration and quietness which are equivalent to the petrol cars of the same class. Examples being Ford Escort diesels and VW Golf (European model) diesels, equivalent to the same car in an unleaded petrol model.
~cHris
Difference between "Invalid: MS will lose if they take you to court for breaking it" and "Illegal: the EU will pull your product from the shelves unless you alter this". Which is what I believe was discussed.
~cHris