The problem I see, is that a bill in the US would only apply to websites hosted in the US.
It's a lot easier to export your hosting services than labor, and we've all seen how quickly those "Made in Japan" and "Made in Mexico" stickers proliferated.
Including people without the means to stay adequately informed on the politics of the situation, in addition to finding/keeping a steady job to feed too many children.
Even if they had free Internet, they wouldn't have time to both read public opinion and legislative movements.
The closest they could come would be NPR, and then they'd have their resulting opinions fed to them.
(And it still wouldn't free them from needing medicare and medicaid to get by.)
I feel free to take offense to your statement. I have Aspergers.
It makes it difficult for me to pay attention to uninteresting things, it made me less likely likely to have friends, it's given me some OCS-related characteristics, it made it virtually impossible to empathize with people, it's put me in situations which made me suicidal on several occasions.
And it's definately given me an excellent perspective on life, aside from the suicide. I know how the outcast feels. I've learned to recognize body language in people who go to efforts not to have any. It's also had a hand in giving me an IQ of 134.
I've been through hell, and I've survived. I may be on Risperdal and Wellbutrin, but I wouldn't trade my needs for a normal life. Not ever.
Don't you generally want to send more data over less bandwidth?
Failing the "more data" point, I'd like to see a lot less bandwidth used, just to accomodate the artificial "crowding" of the spectrum. At this point, 10Gbps isn't very useful yet.
I mean, look, people! You're talking about 1.7 GHz/bit. To put that in comparison, think of extreme environments. If a deep-space probe developer only had a 17Hz signal, would you want to get only 1 bit per second, instead of the theoretically possible 8 bits per second? (IIRC, the theoretical limit for data transfer on a specific RF wavelength is freq/2. Any more, and you can't tell signal from noise without something as redundant as a UPS address stamp.)
I know this sounds like a "640k is all you'll need"-type-argument, but why not use a smaller bandwidth, and allow for multiple independant channels? If you need additional data transfer, you could use channel bonding.
This'll especially help wireless providers, who have to relay their signal from tower to tower without hitting the tower-after-the-next with a poorer signal. (Signals will travel beyond the horizon, but not very reliably.) Currently, they use polarization of their signal.
And since Joe Admin is stuck with one version of a given library, he may also be stuck with some very serious security holes that come with those libraries.
Example: Let's say malloc() (or free()...not sure which) is discovered to not erase a certain-sized block of memory when one program releases it and another program takes it.
If Microsoft were to dynamicly (or staticly) link specifically to that specific version of glibc, and not release an update, then they'd be technically correct in saying "Most Linux servers offering Microsoft-invented services have dangerous security flaws embedded in them. Why not switch to the source?" in an ad campaign.
Sure, it'd be slander, but who's to defend?
Who can take legal retribution for slander against Linux?
The fact that they've released a product to new, competing platforms is not a good thing.
I see three possible reasons:
First, they could be extremely desperate to keep a presence on a minimum percentage of the market. This is bad, since that makes them a cornered animal.
Second, they may be desparate to keep that product available for competing platforms. Considering the product, and the nature of Passport, I see it as a potential offense against privacy and, down the road, fair use.
Third, they may be trying to force people to switch to Microsoft products, via making a service a de-facto standard, then dropping all support for that service for any platform they don't have financial interest in. Apache FP extensions is a good example.
(Frankly, I see the idea that one entity controls both software and a kernel as a conflict of interest.)
I'm willing to bet that the number of websites that work in Mozilla is directly proportional to the number of non-Microsoft products the user runs.
Since you're running one (or more) non-Microsoft product, you're more likely to be part of a culture that shuns Microsoft. People that run non-MS software are more likely to use websites that cater to tech-oriented crowd. And those websites are less likely to build their pages with proprietary FrontPage/IE extensions.
And just to show I'm not trolling:
I run Debian/testing on a P166 laptop, with X 3.3.6 and GNOME 1.4. When I'm away from that machine, I use SSH to get a terminal on it, and VNC to get a display. I also wrote a page on how to get it to work on that model laptop, and submitted it to Linux-Laptop.net. Think of that combination, and let me tell you I'm dedicated to OSS.
When a customer switches from AOL to us, it's never because of our prices, (which are low, compared to the other services available in the area), but because they got fed up with AOL's customer service.
Usually, they'd been with them for years, but when they started having problems, they'd discover AOL's customer service doesn't do much more than give away additional months of service as retainers.
We've never, ever had someone switch to us from AOL because they wanted more powerful access.
My high-school AP Physics book had an article in it written by the author. There were a couple of demos he did frequently.
First was dipping his hand (wet!!!) into molten lead. He stopped that one when the lead got caught under his fingernails.
Second was putting liquid N2 in his mouth. He could blow clouds of fog for five or six feet. He stopped that one when the N2 contacted (and contracted) his front teeth. (His dentist convinced him to drop that one.)
Third was firewalking. He reasoned that his sweat would protect him from the coals...It worked until he was too comfortable with the idea to produce enough sweat.
He did find a demo that worked. One easy way to demonstrate the Liedenfrost effect was to heat up a frying pan to well, well beyond water's boiling temperature. If it's hot enough, individual drops of water will float on a tiny bed of steam, and dance around the pan for several minutes.
(I'd be careful about that one at home...Fires have been started from the pan's heat radiation. Don't leave it unattended. Keep a fire extinguisher handy.)
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The problem I see, is that a bill in the US would only apply to websites hosted in the US.
It's a lot easier to export your hosting services than labor, and we've all seen how quickly those "Made in Japan" and "Made in Mexico" stickers proliferated.
Including people without the means to stay adequately informed on the politics of the situation, in addition to finding/keeping a steady job to feed too many children.
Even if they had free Internet, they wouldn't have time to both read public opinion and legislative movements.
The closest they could come would be NPR, and then they'd have their resulting opinions fed to them.
(And it still wouldn't free them from needing medicare and medicaid to get by.)
eWeek
Computer Graphics World
Business Week
Globetechnology.com
ZDNet
The wonders of news.google.com.
Would a wood floor complain of being walked on? It wouldn't know any better, and neither do I. I'm happy where I am.
Your last argument depends on the grass being greener on the other side. Well, I'm as blind as a bat in a snowstorm.
While ALSA works perfectly on my system, I doubt it'll be included until the ALSA team decides it's done. (Ala 1.0.0)
I feel free to take offense to your statement. I have Aspergers.
It makes it difficult for me to pay attention to uninteresting things, it made me less likely likely to have friends, it's given me some OCS-related characteristics, it made it virtually impossible to empathize with people, it's put me in situations which made me suicidal on several occasions.
And it's definately given me an excellent perspective on life, aside from the suicide. I know how the outcast feels. I've learned to recognize body language in people who go to efforts not to have any.
It's also had a hand in giving me an IQ of 134.
I've been through hell, and I've survived. I may be on Risperdal and Wellbutrin, but I wouldn't trade my needs for a normal life. Not ever.
Don't you generally want to send more data over less bandwidth?
Failing the "more data" point, I'd like to see a lot less bandwidth used, just to accomodate the artificial "crowding" of the spectrum. At this point, 10Gbps isn't very useful yet.
I mean, look, people! You're talking about 1.7 GHz/bit. To put that in comparison, think of extreme environments. If a deep-space probe developer only had a 17Hz signal, would you want to get only 1 bit per second, instead of the theoretically possible 8 bits per second? (IIRC, the theoretical limit for data transfer on a specific RF wavelength is freq/2. Any more, and you can't tell signal from noise without something as redundant as a UPS address stamp.)
I know this sounds like a "640k is all you'll need"-type-argument, but why not use a smaller bandwidth, and allow for multiple independant channels? If you need additional data transfer, you could use channel bonding.
This'll especially help wireless providers, who have to relay their signal from tower to tower without hitting the tower-after-the-next with a poorer signal. (Signals will travel beyond the horizon, but not very reliably.) Currently, they use polarization of their signal.
Yeah? Well, my father stuffs all the junkmail for a week into one or two business-reply-mail envelopes, and sends those back.
Well, he used to. Now that we've moved, (actually creating an address in the process), we don't get much junk mail.
Keep in mind that as soon as AOL charges the CC, your credit rating takes a hit.
Pam really is rather nice for allowing the administer to setup the authentication she wants.
Aren't most women pleased when you set up the authentication system they want? And for what part of the body?
Could someone who's actually met one please respond?
And since Joe Admin is stuck with one version of a given library, he may also be stuck with some very serious security holes that come with those libraries.
Example: Let's say malloc() (or free()...not sure which) is discovered to not erase a certain-sized block of memory when one program releases it and another program takes it.
If Microsoft were to dynamicly (or staticly) link specifically to that specific version of glibc, and not release an update, then they'd be technically correct in saying "Most Linux servers offering Microsoft-invented services have dangerous security flaws embedded in them. Why not switch to the source?" in an ad campaign.
Sure, it'd be slander, but who's to defend?
Who can take legal retribution for slander against Linux?
/etc/users has basic info (like account name, real name, and room number)...
Having the account name alone gives you target email addresses on many(most?) systems.
The fact that they've released a product to new, competing platforms is not a good thing.
I see three possible reasons:
First, they could be extremely desperate to keep a presence on a minimum percentage of the market. This is bad, since that makes them a cornered animal.
Second, they may be desparate to keep that product available for competing platforms. Considering the product, and the nature of Passport, I see it as a potential offense against privacy and, down the road, fair use.
Third, they may be trying to force people to switch to Microsoft products, via making a service a de-facto standard, then dropping all support for that service for any platform they don't have financial interest in. Apache FP extensions is a good example.
(Frankly, I see the idea that one entity controls both software and a kernel as a conflict of interest.)
Solar energy doesn't have to provide ALL your power...
Yes, I just posted my FTP password.
/. comment, I deleted the account. I also changed my /. password, which was the same.
:)
Since I couldn't delete the
Right now, I'm kinda feeling giddy for having avoided massive problems. (You know, that feeling after a close brush with death..
What sites are you visiting?
I'm willing to bet that the number of websites that work in Mozilla is directly proportional to the number of non-Microsoft products the user runs.
Since you're running one (or more) non-Microsoft product, you're more likely to be part of a culture that shuns Microsoft. People that run non-MS software are more likely to use websites that cater to tech-oriented crowd. And those websites are less likely to build their pages with proprietary FrontPage/IE extensions.
And just to show I'm not trolling:
I run Debian/testing on a P166 laptop, with X 3.3.6 and GNOME 1.4. When I'm away from that machine, I use SSH to get a terminal on it, and VNC to get a display. I also wrote a page on how to get it to work on that model laptop, and submitted it to Linux-Laptop.net. Think of that combination, and let me tell you I'm dedicated to OSS.
If they stopped sending out AOL CDs (market saturation is pretty high now, not like back in 1997), they'd save a bundle.
Just a couple of cents-less sense.
Indeed.
:-)
When a customer switches from AOL to us, it's never because of our prices, (which are low, compared to the other services available in the area), but because they got fed up with AOL's customer service.
Usually, they'd been with them for years, but when they started having problems, they'd discover AOL's customer service doesn't do much more than give away additional months of service as retainers.
We've never, ever had someone switch to us from AOL because they wanted more powerful access.
We affectionately call them "AOL refugees."
Interesting...I presume my hand needs to be wet before I touch the pan?
At the time, those same 35-45-year-old people didn't know much about computers, and probably didn't know there could be graphical games on them.
...are a good thing, though. :)
Censoring PCs...And I thought I hated all forms of censorship.
Of course, I only played it because the game play was good.
Right...and I only read Playboy for the articles.
Wait...I'm 19, and I've never seen a Playboy. What's wrong with me?!
(scrambles out the door)
My high-school AP Physics book had an article in it written by the author. There were a couple of demos he did frequently.
First was dipping his hand (wet!!!) into molten lead. He stopped that one when the lead got caught under his fingernails.
Second was putting liquid N2 in his mouth. He could blow clouds of fog for five or six feet. He stopped that one when the N2 contacted (and contracted) his front teeth. (His dentist convinced him to drop that one.)
Third was firewalking. He reasoned that his sweat would protect him from the coals...It worked until he was too comfortable with the idea to produce enough sweat.
He did find a demo that worked. One easy way to demonstrate the Liedenfrost effect was to heat up a frying pan to well, well beyond water's boiling temperature. If it's hot enough, individual drops of water will float on a tiny bed of steam, and dance around the pan for several minutes.
(I'd be careful about that one at home...Fires have been started from the pan's heat radiation. Don't leave it unattended. Keep a fire extinguisher handy.)
Not sure, but I think I had the same reaction when I dropped a couple of Mike 'n Ike's into a can of Coke.
:/
Only happened once, though.
If it's vulnerable, doesn't that usually mean that it's not set up well?