That's the reason that the only windows I run is via vmware workstation. Issue? Revert to snapshot. I don't bother with / trust the windows uninstaller, especially with some of the garbage I end up using in the windows world (exam study software is horrible)
I signed up for boxxee to check it out, but the only machine I have that would possibly be capable of playing with it on is runing 64 bit ubuntu. Grrrr.
Programs often get borked when they're upgraded on the fly. Firefox certainly does this if you upgrade it while it's running, as do various pieces of server software which HAVE to undergo a restart to update the data and config files.
No they don't. Not on linux systems, which is what we are talking about here. Any running software with open files will continue to use those files, even if they were replaced, until the programs exit.
We used IRC for a corporate 'ask the ceo' thing. The nice thing with IRC is the ability to easily write your own bot code for moderation, information, whatever. The drawback is the lack of formal accounts. That's easily addressed though...
You can do clientless access on a web site using CGI::IRC. Tie this into your own authentiction (ldap with active directory, for example), and you have a solution that already leverages your existing infrastructure. That's exactly what we did above. Lock down the ircd to only allow connections from the CGI::IRC host if you don't want people using their own clients.
Jabber can likely be used the same way, but I don't have any experience around that.
The logical, reason-based conclusion is on the other hand rather obviously consistent: images of (and other information about a) crime is not a crime itself. A picture of an armed robbery is not the robbery itself. A picture of a car theft is not the car theft. A picture of a murder, no matter how torturous and bloody, is not the murder itself. A picture of a child being molested is not the molestation itself. It is rather simple, no?
Except that if you are looking at that kind of thing, you are creating a market for the abuse. I'm not talking about nude pictures of post-pubescent girls, regardless of their age, where they made the decision themselves (camwhores on 4chan, etc). We're talking pedophiles and human traficking, folks. If you get off on pictures from that, you are, indeed, part of the problem and a criminal. If you use an illegal drug, you are guilty of a crime. You didn't make the drug. Well, in this case s/drug/'traficked young people'/.
1) get rid of software and business method patents 2) in order to patent something, you need to have a working model, or show that you have the means to produce said model within a certain timeframe.
I've had plenty of ideas. Some of them I could have patented. Why didn't I? I had no intention of going through the effort of building any type of prototype. If someone else does all of the work without ever seeing your work, then you should have no right to any type of money from that work, squatter.
The common man can understand the entire process around paper ballots. Not so much with code. Sure, let code do the counting, but the vote itself needs to be via a system everyone who votes can reasonably understand. True open source.
Seriously. It's probably easier than installing/tweaking somebody else's. Somebody already knowledgeable (you could hire a consultant) in LAMP could give you exactly the system you want in a few weeks, I bet.
The fact that you've plugged in a cat-5 cable does not make you a computer geek.
Agree.
Using Perl or Javascript does not make you a programmer.
Don't.
At least for perl;-). Although most perl things I do these days is just sysadmin stuff, but I digress. This "you aren't a programmer" snobbery is stupid. I can derive the equations of motion for a fluid over an airplane's wing, and use that same theory to tell you exactly how that airplane will behave, all based on mathematics describing a vortex sheet. Maybe you can too, but if you can't, I think you are the one who is not the geek. See how that snobbery thing works?
Or, let's face it, being female, just be average (in our circle) with the tech. Being a 'geek goddess' would likely only require being an average or lower female geek with good looks.
Dad is on ubuntu as of last weekend, and loving it. Having a stable system that 'just works' is great. Being able to use synaptic to add and remove stuff is also great for him. It was an easy transition, as he was already using Firefox and Open Office. Little things, like safely unmounting USB drives (he uses them a lot) work *BETTER* and with a much more intuitive interface in Gnome than they ever did in windows. Networking, his HP printer/scanner, etc....all just WORKED out of the box. His last remaining issue is to figure out gnucash, or run quicken under wine. That was one area I couldn't offer much help with, since I don't use that particular piece of software, but he's having fun experimenting with gnucash and learning how he can use it.
Not only is linux ready. It is the best choice in most cases (windoze is the platform if you are a gamer, I guess). Did I mention my girlfriend did this transition on her own a couple of months ago as well? Originally because she liked tetravex on my laptop. So she used wubi, and now boots to that more often than windows.
Oh lord no! Have you read the comments around here lately? No offense to people like you and me, but I'd prefer to get my news from people who know what they are talking about.
Like fox news when they reported on the "Internet Hate Machine"? Not that I don't agree, but much of the news these days comes from 'professionals' who spew poorly researched crap as well. The reporters aren't experts on the subject matter, so they NEED to research thing. In the case of fox, however, their 'research' is usually from those just as uninformed as themselves, seeking their moment in the spotlight.
Slashdot Mirror
Um...
A quick google of "linux howto" would take you to this:
http://tldp.org/
Not quite sure what is so difficult about those. Many of the things I now do as part of a career I learned from that site.
That's the reason that the only windows I run is via vmware workstation. Issue? Revert to snapshot. I don't bother with / trust the windows uninstaller, especially with some of the garbage I end up using in the windows world (exam study software is horrible)
Well, there is the warm water dumped into the nearby river, but otherwise I totally agree.
I have a better idea. Stop building golf courses and McMansions.
I signed up for boxxee to check it out, but the only machine I have that would possibly be capable of playing with it on is runing 64 bit ubuntu. Grrrr.
Maybe I'll give the xbmc livecd a try instead.
No they don't. Not on linux systems, which is what we are talking about here. Any running software with open files will continue to use those files, even if they were replaced, until the programs exit.
Wouldn't know. I still used embedded perl. You crazy kids and your web backend language of the week.
But at least perl uses a different operator to distinguish between string concatenation and, say, numeric addition. Unlike, hrm, javascript.
Yeah, _$ would likely cause problems.
We used IRC for a corporate 'ask the ceo' thing. The nice thing with IRC is the ability to easily write your own bot code for moderation, information, whatever. The drawback is the lack of formal accounts. That's easily addressed though...
You can do clientless access on a web site using CGI::IRC. Tie this into your own authentiction (ldap with active directory, for example), and you have a solution that already leverages your existing infrastructure. That's exactly what we did above. Lock down the ircd to only allow connections from the CGI::IRC host if you don't want people using their own clients.
Jabber can likely be used the same way, but I don't have any experience around that.
Except that if you are looking at that kind of thing, you are creating a market for the abuse. I'm not talking about nude pictures of post-pubescent girls, regardless of their age, where they made the decision themselves (camwhores on 4chan, etc). We're talking pedophiles and human traficking, folks. If you get off on pictures from that, you are, indeed, part of the problem and a criminal. If you use an illegal drug, you are guilty of a crime. You didn't make the drug. Well, in this case s/drug/'traficked young people'/.
Play Ball!
I was expecting them to build the pyramids. That would have been a neat way to connect things.
...not the way you use it.
In other words, software and business method patents shouldn't #!$#@! exist in the first place.
IBM had some decent ones awhile back. They should do some new ones. I've always liked IBM's advertisements.
which is why IMHO:
1) get rid of software and business method patents
2) in order to patent something, you need to have a working model, or show that you have the means to produce said model within a certain timeframe.
I've had plenty of ideas. Some of them I could have patented. Why didn't I? I had no intention of going through the effort of building any type of prototype. If someone else does all of the work without ever seeing your work, then you should have no right to any type of money from that work, squatter.
Nay.
The common man can understand the entire process around paper ballots. Not so much with code. Sure, let code do the counting, but the vote itself needs to be via a system everyone who votes can reasonably understand. True open source.
Seriously. It's probably easier than installing/tweaking somebody else's. Somebody already knowledgeable (you could hire a consultant) in LAMP could give you exactly the system you want in a few weeks, I bet.
Or, let's face it, being female, just be average (in our circle) with the tech. Being a 'geek goddess' would likely only require being an average or lower female geek with good looks.
Yeah, even signing up to take the CISSP exam, of all things, requires you upload your resume in .doc format. Nice, eh?
I think you mean: Digg/Slashdot => usenet > 'blogs'
Dad is on ubuntu as of last weekend, and loving it. Having a stable system that 'just works' is great. Being able to use synaptic to add and remove stuff is also great for him. It was an easy transition, as he was already using Firefox and Open Office. Little things, like safely unmounting USB drives (he uses them a lot) work *BETTER* and with a much more intuitive interface in Gnome than they ever did in windows. Networking, his HP printer/scanner, etc....all just WORKED out of the box. His last remaining issue is to figure out gnucash, or run quicken under wine. That was one area I couldn't offer much help with, since I don't use that particular piece of software, but he's having fun experimenting with gnucash and learning how he can use it.
Not only is linux ready. It is the best choice in most cases (windoze is the platform if you are a gamer, I guess). Did I mention my girlfriend did this transition on her own a couple of months ago as well? Originally because she liked tetravex on my laptop. So she used wubi, and now boots to that more often than windows.
Like fox news when they reported on the "Internet Hate Machine"? Not that I don't agree, but much of the news these days comes from 'professionals' who spew poorly researched crap as well. The reporters aren't experts on the subject matter, so they NEED to research thing. In the case of fox, however, their 'research' is usually from those just as uninformed as themselves, seeking their moment in the spotlight.
Your anonymous prank calls won't be so anonymous anymore...