I can't see what the fuss is about. Really. Get on with your lack of life.
The "fuss" is nothing more than mere, thinly-disguised anti-USism. At some point the complainants want to be able tell their constituents, "We wrested control of the Internet from the clutches of the US and evil Cowboy Bush!!!111" Whatever.
The small guy could start by building something (you know, an invention), which is what patents were supposed to protect. Brainstorming by a bunch of IP lawyers does not constitute "something".
I recommend Spychips to any/.er, especially for quick plane reading. It's easy to go all "black helicopters" about issues like these, but the authors do an outstanding job of explaining the technology and privacy risks; they even respond to industry criticisms (of their so-called paranoia).
I'm infuriated with this idiocy! Must everything be "governed"? The Internet is currently "governed" by a mixture of post-hippies, libertarians, and "cyberanarchists". This is to say that the Internet is not "governed" that much at all. This is what sticks in the craw of the world's more statist regimes: that the primary means of communication is not controlled, regulated, or taxed. The Internet is insufficiently "governed". I like it that way.:D
You seem to misunderstand the concepts of control, government, and power. The U.S., via ICANN, does not attempt to "speak for" the world's people. The stance of the U.S. government, from adminstration to administration, has been that the world's people should speak for themselves (as far as the Internet is concerned). Would you rather have your voice taken away from you and given to an unelected international bureaucracy?
If you look at the tech force in USA, you will that the majority of the really smart people, are non US citizens. tech workers here in USA on L1, H1-B, Green Card etc, just like me. I was "shopped" into USA by my company. The team I work for, is a highly specialized technical team. Of 14 people, 1 - ONE- is a US citizen. Our regular technical people are in general US citizens, with a nice amount of foreign workers. The least skilled are the US citizens, the foreign workers generally are much more technical, with broader knowledge range and better analytical skills. That is one of the reasons why both our department and development mostly consist of non US citizens.
The frugality of your firm has biased your "scientific study." Your "results" are more a function of said bias than the skill level of the (native) US tech force. Most IT work is not brain surgery, and most workers can be replaced/interchanged. The "ideal" worker from the standpoint of the firm is the one who depends on the firm not only for his salary, but for his very presence in the country. This is tantamount to indentured servitude, with better pay.
We in the US will continue to do what we do now, regarding the Internet. The EU, and perhaps some other nations, will set their own thing up, with an associated n-headed dragon to "manage" things. After a few years or so of squabbling, meetings, a few major service interruptions, meetings, and so on, a few of the more practical constituencies will begin to reminisce about the way the US ran things (i.e. with minimal "management"). No one in the United States will having any inkling that any of this happened.
Feel free to return to me the tax money that I send to DC to subsidize your existence (I am, of course, assuming that you live in a state that is a net leecher of federal taxes; I live in New York City). I would rather have my money spent on needy folks in Louisiana and Mississippi than selfish crap like you. If you think my comments are harsh, trade spots with someone in the path of Katrina. Helping these folks out is not only the right move economically (do you want a recession?), but also the right thing to do.
Part of me hopes that aliens show up on the "radar", with an EAT of 1-2 yrs. from now. That would force all of us (earthlings) to really get our shit together and build some cool stuff.
I'll post instead of mod, but I think that/. should nix the HP logo. The entity known as "HP" is currently undeserving of any relation to the Hewlett-Packard legacy of computing, innovation, research, precision devices, calculators!, and, yes, printers. "HP" is really just a printer company now. Change the/. icon to a LaserJet or something, but "Hewlett-Packard" it's not. Okay, I have more b33r to drink...
Take a minute to actually read the Constitution. Read the "without just compensation" phrase as many times as it takes to sink in. "Public use" is one of those things that has more to do with the state and local governments than the feds, given the "local" nature of issues like these.
In Cuba or Zimbabwe the government kicks your ass out. End of story. In the United States, the government compensates you accordingly. Yeah, it hits you in the gut, but unfortunately there are a few words after "Private property shall not be taken for a public use...".
Although I trust it more than Windows, I can't live with its performance and that nagging insecurity feeling won't go away.
You could say the same for Linux, wrt security. The BSDs have a better approach to security than patches (grsecurity) that may or may not be a part of a given distribution's build system.
Worry not. The "Intel inside" graphics are an incentive, not a requirement, of a relationship with Intel. Intel subsidizes your ad budget if you put the decals in the appropriate places. Apple will probably pass on this, at least as far as the case is concerned.
You do understand that "restarting the DBMS" without notifying the right number of higher-ups (in some mid-size firms this may involve the CEO) is a firing offense, right? "Restarting the DBMS" when "the DBMS" is "the set of bank accounts" is not the nonchalant activity you seem to think it is.
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Well, if your flight to Orion originates in the United States, US law applies at the origin of your trip.
I just "upgraded" to the "faster" 3mbps DSL in Brooklyn. Tonight, I'm going to cry myself to sleep... :(
And you have failed to tell us that you got your ideas from the Drudge Report!
The "fuss" is nothing more than mere, thinly-disguised anti-USism. At some point the complainants want to be able tell their constituents, "We wrested control of the Internet from the clutches of the US and evil Cowboy Bush!!!111" Whatever.
The small guy could start by building something (you know, an invention), which is what patents were supposed to protect. Brainstorming by a bunch of IP lawyers does not constitute "something".
I recommend Spychips to any /.er, especially for quick plane reading. It's easy to go all "black helicopters" about issues like these, but the authors do an outstanding job of explaining the technology and privacy risks; they even respond to industry criticisms (of their so-called paranoia).
No, we just won't care. That probably aggravates people more than the thought of invasion.
I'm infuriated with this idiocy! Must everything be "governed"? The Internet is currently "governed" by a mixture of post-hippies, libertarians, and "cyberanarchists". This is to say that the Internet is not "governed" that much at all. This is what sticks in the craw of the world's more statist regimes: that the primary means of communication is not controlled, regulated, or taxed. The Internet is insufficiently "governed". I like it that way. :D
You seem to misunderstand the concepts of control, government, and power. The U.S., via ICANN, does not attempt to "speak for" the world's people. The stance of the U.S. government, from adminstration to administration, has been that the world's people should speak for themselves (as far as the Internet is concerned). Would you rather have your voice taken away from you and given to an unelected international bureaucracy?
The frugality of your firm has biased your "scientific study." Your "results" are more a function of said bias than the skill level of the (native) US tech force. Most IT work is not brain surgery, and most workers can be replaced/interchanged. The "ideal" worker from the standpoint of the firm is the one who depends on the firm not only for his salary, but for his very presence in the country. This is tantamount to indentured servitude, with better pay.
Here's what will happen:
We in the US will continue to do what we do now, regarding the Internet. The EU, and perhaps some other nations, will set their own thing up, with an associated n-headed dragon to "manage" things. After a few years or so of squabbling, meetings, a few major service interruptions, meetings, and so on, a few of the more practical constituencies will begin to reminisce about the way the US ran things (i.e. with minimal "management"). No one in the United States will having any inkling that any of this happened.
- The End
Feel free to return to me the tax money that I send to DC to subsidize your existence (I am, of course, assuming that you live in a state that is a net leecher of federal taxes; I live in New York City). I would rather have my money spent on needy folks in Louisiana and Mississippi than selfish crap like you. If you think my comments are harsh, trade spots with someone in the path of Katrina. Helping these folks out is not only the right move economically (do you want a recession?), but also the right thing to do.
Part of me hopes that aliens show up on the "radar", with an EAT of 1-2 yrs. from now. That would force all of us (earthlings) to really get our shit together and build some cool stuff.
I'll post instead of mod, but I think that /. should nix the HP logo. The entity known as "HP" is currently undeserving of any relation to the Hewlett-Packard legacy of computing, innovation, research, precision devices, calculators!, and, yes, printers. "HP" is really just a printer company now. Change the /. icon to a LaserJet or something, but "Hewlett-Packard" it's not. Okay, I have more b33r to drink...
Snort and pf work well together. If you're interested in Free/OpenBSD security, check out Mastering FreeBSD and OpenBSD Security. Highly recommended.
running OpenBSD and pf. Include another cheap box and CARP if you need redundancy/failover.
Problem solved! We have a farm of test-ready zombies^H^H^H^H^H^H^Henemy combatants in Cuba!
Take a minute to actually read the Constitution. Read the "without just compensation" phrase as many times as it takes to sink in. "Public use" is one of those things that has more to do with the state and local governments than the feds, given the "local" nature of issues like these.
In Cuba or Zimbabwe the government kicks your ass out. End of story. In the United States, the government compensates you accordingly. Yeah, it hits you in the gut, but unfortunately there are a few words after "Private property shall not be taken for a public use...".
"When you grow up, your heart dies."
Worry not. The "Intel inside" graphics are an incentive, not a requirement, of a relationship with Intel. Intel subsidizes your ad budget if you put the decals in the appropriate places. Apple will probably pass on this, at least as far as the case is concerned.
You do understand that "restarting the DBMS" without notifying the right number of higher-ups (in some mid-size firms this may involve the CEO) is a firing offense, right? "Restarting the DBMS" when "the DBMS" is "the set of bank accounts" is not the nonchalant activity you seem to think it is.
from tfa:
:)
"Are Indian's the smartest software programmers? It sure seems so!"
Work on the punctuation and get back to us...
The deficiencies were those of the language, not the THINK environment (I was a big fan of THINK C btw).