They didn't prevent the abuse of prisoners, and you think they would have been able to communicate or enforce a no-camera policy? Have you read the Taguba Report? The whole 800th Military Police Brigade was poorly run from the commander on down. Hardly anyone knew anything about the Army Regulations, the Geneva Convention, etc. that specifically related to their job as prison staff. For example, the prisoners were not even counted as often as required. In addition, basic Army standards - such as the saluting of officers - were not enforced. The environment was ripe for such abuses to occur. I could go on, but I suggest that you read the report yourself.
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I left out commercial software, but none of it would have made the top ten anyway. Many of the standalone freeware programs don't even need to be installed; I just copy over my standard "Apps" directory.
Of course you have the right to choose what to do with your time. What "these people" are suggesting is that you do without TV for a week and see how much you miss it. Apparently, many people end up deciding it's a better use of time to do something else. It's all up to you, though; and you won't know until you try.
If you already don't watch much TV, then TV Turnoff week won't be of as much value to you, I admit that. But, I'll bet even you have gotten sucked into watching shows that, on closer inspection, you would decide aren't worth the time.
Did you actually read the post? MAC = Mandatory Access Controls.
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Go ahead and skip the "UML Fever" document. The second article linked is shorted and better.
The UML Fever article is Slashdotted now, anyway. But, I've seen it before. It's long, bitter, and comes across as a bunch of complaining with no specific information or proposed remedies - other than the implied, "never use UML."
There's streets like that around where I live, and the other drivers don't seem to notice the timing issue. They zoom ahead of me and end up stopping at the next red light, which ends up turning green a few seconds later. I generally have to drive even slower than the speed limit to avoid stopping at all the lights. This REALLY annoys some people.
You used to be able to go back to shows several months old, at least, by just changing the show number in the URL on the current show's page. But, since they took all the Real content away, you can't go back that far any more. I doubt they'll put the old shows back, because they want to sell Audible.com subscriptions.
The audio quality of Real seems better to me. I listen to Car Talk online frequently, and I noticed that the audio quality was worse when they switched to Windows Media. It's especially noticable at the beginning of the show, when they fade the music down and start to talk over it. The windows media codec chokes on this and makes it sound terrible, but Real handles it just fine. (I use Real Player 8 and Media Player-whatevercomeswithWin2k.)
That's great except for the fact that my domain and the WHOIS information associated with it has nothing to do with "my network." Furthermore, who is going to use my physical address to inform me of problems with my site? I'm sure they'd sooner use email or the phone.
Having to maintain "Sarge with some SID packages" (which I do, btw) is not my idea of the optimal way to have a reasonably up-to-date system. It still requires too much intervention and monitoring from me. Maybe Debian needs a "semi-stable" version that includes point releases (and security updates), but avoids the major upgrades you can get using testing or unstable. That would be most useful for me personally.
I think Corel would actually do well for themselves by opening up the.wpd format. Then they could use the fact that WordPerfect is the most capable.wpd editor to gain sales.
What's so great about the.wpd format?
It's consistent. It doesn't suffer from "random reformatting" as Word.doc does. Back in the day, I transferred WordPerfect documents between Windows and SunOS with no problems.
Much more formatting ability than with RTF.
File size is relatively small. Even PDFs I make from WordPerfect documents aren't that much smaller. (Though I don't use many images in my documents, which probably makes a difference.)
The problem is that it's proprietary. That's why I propose that Corel open the format.
OK, Mister Database Authority. If I worked at your shop, I'd quit on the spot if you jumped on a perfectly reasonable comment like that. This guy is talking about the concepts of a "data base" in the most general sense, and you berate him and dismiss his comments outright? Relaaaaax. He's talking about data bases (def: collection of data), and you're talking about "modern" Database Management Systems.
Nothing Google does is that blatatly malformed, though. The worst they do is to not declare the exact HTML DOCTYPE. Google seems to choose the lowest common denominator of HTML.
I get the sense that you are trying to imply that Google, due to their popularity, can force browser vendors to conform to their sloppy HTML whims. I don't think that's true at all, though. Who would change their browser code for Google? Rather, I think it was Google that was extra careful to make sure their HMTL works fine in most browsers - even ancient ones.
The thing is, Google's pages probably render correctly with more browsers than any other site. It makes me wonder if wrestling XHTML and broken CSS implimentations is even worth the trouble.
I know next to nothing about this, but isn't this how Kerberos works? The authentication server checks your password and issues you a signed "ticket", which you present to the other server to identify yourself. I know MS used Kerberos for Active Directory; maybe they used it for passport as well.
Disclaimer: I'm just an alumnus. I don't speak for the University of Michigan.
The UofM has intelligent people in charge. They haven't blocked file sharing yet (as far as I know) because they believe in running an open, noncrippled network. I don't think they will block anything anytime soon either.
The UofM also believes in the personal responsibility and integrity of its students and staff. For several years now they've required students to agree not to share copyrighted material without permission. (I think it was a click-through deal, I don't quite remember.) So, they won't condone blatent copyright violations.
You imply that security through obscurity is always bad. I don't think that's true. For example, would you post your Slashdot password in a reply to this comment? I don't think so. You are relying on the security/obscurity of keeping it to yourself.
So, to restate the original question, why give the spammers free ideas in an open forum? (I'm sure some read Slashdot.) Would having these discussions in a closed forum of spam fighters be too obscure for you?
Also, I am not advocating stifling anyone's free speech. Talk about it if you really want to. But I second the original poster's suggestion.
I just can't imagine Bill Gates having a credit card. It seems so... ordinary. I always imagined that billionaires had payment methods beyond mere credit cards - like an assistant with a suitcase full of diamonds or something.
Generally, starting salary is lower when working for Uncle Sam, but it goes up quickly.
Here's my experience, which I think is typical. As freshly-minted bachellaureate in Computer Engineering in 2002, I went to work for the Army - as a civilian - at level GS-07 with a salary of $38,866 per year. This is low, but a series of automatic promotions will have me at GS-12 making $62,421 by the end of this year - 2.5 years after graduation. Plus, we generally get a pay raise every year, voted on by Congress. This year we got 4.1 percent (same as active duty military).
It seems to me, though, that there is more opportunity for technical work with government contractors, rather than with the government itself. The government contracts out its technical work. (I'm not sure if this is a symptom or a cause of the perceived crumminess of government jobs.)
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They didn't prevent the abuse of prisoners, and you think they would have been able to communicate or enforce a no-camera policy? Have you read the Taguba Report? The whole 800th Military Police Brigade was poorly run from the commander on down. Hardly anyone knew anything about the Army Regulations, the Geneva Convention, etc. that specifically related to their job as prison staff. For example, the prisoners were not even counted as often as required. In addition, basic Army standards - such as the saluting of officers - were not enforced. The environment was ripe for such abuses to occur. I could go on, but I suggest that you read the report yourself.
I left out commercial software, but none of it would have made the top ten anyway. Many of the standalone freeware programs don't even need to be installed; I just copy over my standard "Apps" directory.
Ummmmm, you don't know what an IP address is? You act as if the Arizona Daily Star used the term incorrectly, but they didn't.
For me it was April 1. What a waste of time Slashdot was on that day.
If you already don't watch much TV, then TV Turnoff week won't be of as much value to you, I admit that. But, I'll bet even you have gotten sucked into watching shows that, on closer inspection, you would decide aren't worth the time.
It's not the transmission time that matters. It's the fact that the tower needs to be there and needs to be operational.
Did you actually read the post? MAC = Mandatory Access Controls.
The UML Fever article is Slashdotted now, anyway. But, I've seen it before. It's long, bitter, and comes across as a bunch of complaining with no specific information or proposed remedies - other than the implied, "never use UML."
There's streets like that around where I live, and the other drivers don't seem to notice the timing issue. They zoom ahead of me and end up stopping at the next red light, which ends up turning green a few seconds later. I generally have to drive even slower than the speed limit to avoid stopping at all the lights. This REALLY annoys some people.
Interestingly (to me, at least) cattle are now apparently spooked if a steam locomotive goes by. They just aren't used to them anymore.
Emergency service radios use frequencies very close to some mobile phone frequencies. I saw an article recently that said that mobile phone services have even been known to interfere with emergency services.
You used to be able to go back to shows several months old, at least, by just changing the show number in the URL on the current show's page. But, since they took all the Real content away, you can't go back that far any more. I doubt they'll put the old shows back, because they want to sell Audible.com subscriptions.
The audio quality of Real seems better to me. I listen to Car Talk online frequently, and I noticed that the audio quality was worse when they switched to Windows Media. It's especially noticable at the beginning of the show, when they fade the music down and start to talk over it. The windows media codec chokes on this and makes it sound terrible, but Real handles it just fine. (I use Real Player 8 and Media Player-whatevercomeswithWin2k.)
That's great except for the fact that my domain and the WHOIS information associated with it has nothing to do with "my network." Furthermore, who is going to use my physical address to inform me of problems with my site? I'm sure they'd sooner use email or the phone.
Having to maintain "Sarge with some SID packages" (which I do, btw) is not my idea of the optimal way to have a reasonably up-to-date system. It still requires too much intervention and monitoring from me. Maybe Debian needs a "semi-stable" version that includes point releases (and security updates), but avoids the major upgrades you can get using testing or unstable. That would be most useful for me personally.
What's so great about the .wpd format?
- It's consistent. It doesn't suffer from "random reformatting" as Word
.doc does. Back in the day, I transferred WordPerfect documents between Windows and SunOS with no problems.
- Much more formatting ability than with RTF.
- File size is relatively small. Even PDFs I make from WordPerfect documents aren't that much smaller. (Though I don't use many images in my documents, which probably makes a difference.)
The problem is that it's proprietary. That's why I propose that Corel open the format.OK, Mister Database Authority. If I worked at your shop, I'd quit on the spot if you jumped on a perfectly reasonable comment like that. This guy is talking about the concepts of a "data base" in the most general sense, and you berate him and dismiss his comments outright? Relaaaaax. He's talking about data bases (def: collection of data), and you're talking about "modern" Database Management Systems.
I get the sense that you are trying to imply that Google, due to their popularity, can force browser vendors to conform to their sloppy HTML whims. I don't think that's true at all, though. Who would change their browser code for Google? Rather, I think it was Google that was extra careful to make sure their HMTL works fine in most browsers - even ancient ones.
The thing is, Google's pages probably render correctly with more browsers than any other site. It makes me wonder if wrestling XHTML and broken CSS implimentations is even worth the trouble.
I don't know what the shining at Chernobyl was, but maybe it was something like the Cerenkov Radiation "blue glow".
I know next to nothing about this, but isn't this how Kerberos works? The authentication server checks your password and issues you a signed "ticket", which you present to the other server to identify yourself. I know MS used Kerberos for Active Directory; maybe they used it for passport as well.
The UofM has intelligent people in charge. They haven't blocked file sharing yet (as far as I know) because they believe in running an open, noncrippled network. I don't think they will block anything anytime soon either.
The UofM also believes in the personal responsibility and integrity of its students and staff. For several years now they've required students to agree not to share copyrighted material without permission. (I think it was a click-through deal, I don't quite remember.) So, they won't condone blatent copyright violations.
So, to restate the original question, why give the spammers free ideas in an open forum? (I'm sure some read Slashdot.) Would having these discussions in a closed forum of spam fighters be too obscure for you?
Also, I am not advocating stifling anyone's free speech. Talk about it if you really want to. But I second the original poster's suggestion.
I just can't imagine Bill Gates having a credit card. It seems so... ordinary. I always imagined that billionaires had payment methods beyond mere credit cards - like an assistant with a suitcase full of diamonds or something.
Generally, starting salary is lower when working for Uncle Sam, but it goes up quickly.
Here's my experience, which I think is typical. As freshly-minted bachellaureate in Computer Engineering in 2002, I went to work for the Army - as a civilian - at level GS-07 with a salary of $38,866 per year. This is low, but a series of automatic promotions will have me at GS-12 making $62,421 by the end of this year - 2.5 years after graduation. Plus, we generally get a pay raise every year, voted on by Congress. This year we got 4.1 percent (same as active duty military).
It seems to me, though, that there is more opportunity for technical work with government contractors, rather than with the government itself. The government contracts out its technical work. (I'm not sure if this is a symptom or a cause of the perceived crumminess of government jobs.)