I highly recommend checking out "Censoring the Web" (Kathryn Kolbert with Zak Mettger). It consists of a debate between Nadine Strossen (ACLU) and Bruce Taylor (National Law Center for Children and Families) along with relevant legal documents and annotation.
>(Maybe If Apple released TiBook's with 3 mouse buttons I'd at least have an option;) Yes, because when I buy an IBM/HP/Gateway/Dell/etc/etc/etc/etc I never replace the mouse that came with it because it's such a perfect mouse in every way.
If that were the case, there wouldn't be such a huge market for different mice. Yes Mac ships with a crappy mouse. So do all other computers. Get over it, get off your lazy ass and buy a $10 fucking mouse.
"I can't consider buying a Mac because it doesn't have a good mouse" "goatse.cx" "I'd love to see a beowulf cluster of" "Cowboy Neal option". PLEASE RETIRE THESE MEANINGLESS ANACHRONISMS!
I recall this phenomenon from my tape trading days, where people would trade any artist/any recording quality just to make their trade list look more impressive.
My thought was always: I need to store/move/keep organized all that crap. I'm only asking for things I WANT.
KRUD (http://www.tummy.com/krud) is another great secure option. A hardened Red Hat, comes out every month with all security updates/patches/etc. It's put together by Kevin Fenzi (author of the Security HOW-TO).
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And also because mainstream media (which is completely owned and operated by large corporations run by very rich conservatives) typically has an anti-left agenda.
Actually, that's not entirely accurate. 30,000 comments were submitted, and reportedly went 2:1 against Microsoft. They've only published
substantive
comments (non-form letters, legal filings, etc). The rest (with the probable exception of the porn) will be published on CD or available for download.
This is what the term Hacker was invented for
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Here's a fine example of someone going out and doing something positive and high profile that takes back the term Hacker and makes it praise instead of critique.
SGI has always had incredible design sensibility. I like the logic of "If you pay a crapload of money for a workstation, it should look really cool". Outside of Apple, SGI is the only company that has a computer that people LOOK at and think "I want THAT on my desk".
Ok, I think we can all agree that M$ has been making life hard on Linux advocates. First off they come out with Windows 2000 which doesn't crash and then they follow it up with Windows XP which also doesn't crash.
Huh, I must not be running Windows 2000 because my machine still crashes an average of once/week. My co worker has a brand new Dell with XP and it's definitely far more stable than 98, but it has still crashed at least twice that I know of in the past month.
What if I only have one computer online at a time? I go to work every day, but my wife works from home. Sometimes she's online on her Mac, other times on her PC. When I come home, she's watching TV while I'm on my linux box. How is that a problem?
Depends on the document. Depends on the business. There is no one size fits all answer to this one. I know that in financial services, there are SEC mandated time frames for document retention as well as strict rules on how to dispose of documents as well.
As much as Weinberger's thesis fits my wife and me, Katz is right that the vast majority of people just don't see the web as part of their daily lives. My family lives in Silicon Valley, but only my brother works in high tech. The rest of them are lawyers, teachers, mechanics, lighting designers, HR, etc, all in non-tech companies. Some of them check their email as often as once a week! I know a lot of people here in STL that just never use the net.
Those of us who are wired 24/7 (or pretty close) don't realize that we are the exception not the rule. That being said, I think that Weinberger makes for an interesting read even though I don't always agree with him (just like Katz).
I didn't realize they still offered a search. I thought they were just chat/auction/shopping/clubs/groups/money/travel/ne ws/sports/weather/calendar/briefcase/messaging/mai l/games. Oh look, there is a search there somewhere!
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I agree that blogging makes this possible, but I know a lot of bloggers who do talk with each other a lot (and have developed strong friendships through blogging). I'm just dipping my feet into the blogging world, though I've been following it avidly for about 2 years now and from what I've seen, the shouters tend to not be linked or referred to much, while the communicators are. Then again, I could be wrong.
Most of the former dotcom techies I know that are employed are gov't contractors. Maybe upper management/sales/marketing dweebs don't fit into gov't contracting, but tech types adapt and survive rather well from what I've seen.
Sure, things like reasonable development cycles, following set procedures, working normal hours, and documentation seem odd at first, but once you learn to accept those oddities it's a fairly easy transition.
Don't buy CDs from Universal. Write to the artists and their agents telling them that you will not buy their music any more because you can't listen to it on your only CD player (which happens to be in a non-Windows computer) so you're very sorry as you really enjoyed their music and supporting them. Advise them that if the artist offered their music for download on their website and accepted payment via something like paypal, you'd be happy to give them your money.
The artists (and more importantly, their agents) need to understand that the labels are hurting them financially (not that this is news to them, that's how the biz works anyway) in new and interesting ways.
It's entirely possible to do your own thing in music and make a solid living at it. Sure, you may not be the next Britney Spheres, but why would you want to? Look at Frank Zappa, Ani DiFranco, and Prince. They are (or were in FZs case) doing it for themselves. Zappa was doing it for himself since the early 70's!
Katz is right, Apple is a complete failure! If they had the right idea, they'd be profitable! Oh, wait, you mean they are profitable? And in fact just posted profits for a year in which the tech sector was in a serious slump? And the value of their stock has increased tremendously over the last five years. Yup, Apple is a complete failure, Katz is right on the money. I'm definitely turning to him for investment advice!
I particularly like the tone of the article. "Give up, don't fuss, it's just too hard. Life will be much easier if you just conform." The Disneyfication of the Corporate States of America continues....
Um, NYT doesn't charge. The fact that Salon does isn't really relevant in this context. I have never seen someone post the content of a Salon article here.
Also note that/. explicitely declaims responsibility for what individuals post.
How the hell does this getting modded +5 informative when it's 100% wrong? As several other people have pointed out, Active Directory (which MSFT is putting a LOT into) is LDAP. 'nuff said.
FWIW, we're running LDAP for user authentication/management for a fairly large gov't project, running on RH 6.2 on IBM hardware, websphere 3.5.
I don't think I could get away with taking a four month leave of absence to stand in line for ANY movie. Then again, I actually have to work for a living, so who am I to judge.
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.justicetalking.com usually has some decent content...
I'm on PPPOE w/SWB. I set up the Linksys to use PPPOE, did nothing on the linux boxen, and it works just fine.
Yes, because when I buy an IBM/HP/Gateway/Dell/etc/etc/etc/etc I never replace the mouse that came with it because it's such a perfect mouse in every way.
If that were the case, there wouldn't be such a huge market for different mice. Yes Mac ships with a crappy mouse. So do all other computers. Get over it, get off your lazy ass and buy a $10 fucking mouse.
"I can't consider buying a Mac because it doesn't have a good mouse" "goatse.cx" "I'd love to see a beowulf cluster of" "Cowboy Neal option". PLEASE RETIRE THESE MEANINGLESS ANACHRONISMS!
(rant mode off)
Man, how far could they travel in 100 years of walking?
My thought was always: I need to store/move/keep organized all that crap. I'm only asking for things I WANT.
KRUD (http://www.tummy.com/krud) is another great secure option. A hardened Red Hat, comes out every month with all security updates/patches/etc. It's put together by Kevin Fenzi (author of the Security HOW-TO).
And also because mainstream media (which is completely owned and operated by large corporations run by very rich conservatives) typically has an anti-left agenda.
- substantive
comments (non-form letters, legal filings, etc). The rest (with the probable exception of the porn) will be published on CD or available for download.Mo' power, Cringe.
Listen to the developers.
Oh, and while you're at it. Listen to the developers.
SGI has always had incredible design sensibility. I like the logic of "If you pay a crapload of money for a workstation, it should look really cool". Outside of Apple, SGI is the only company that has a computer that people LOOK at and think "I want THAT on my desk".
And of course the speed and power don't hurt...
Huh, I must not be running Windows 2000 because my machine still crashes an average of once/week. My co worker has a brand new Dell with XP and it's definitely far more stable than 98, but it has still crashed at least twice that I know of in the past month.
What if I only have one computer online at a time? I go to work every day, but my wife works from home. Sometimes she's online on her Mac, other times on her PC. When I come home, she's watching TV while I'm on my linux box. How is that a problem?
One of the best tracks on AOTY ;)
Depends on the document. Depends on the business. There is no one size fits all answer to this one. I know that in financial services, there are SEC mandated time frames for document retention as well as strict rules on how to dispose of documents as well.
Those of us who are wired 24/7 (or pretty close) don't realize that we are the exception not the rule. That being said, I think that Weinberger makes for an interesting read even though I don't always agree with him (just like Katz).
I didn't realize they still offered a search. I thought they were just chat/auction/shopping/clubs/groups/money/travel/ne ws/sports/weather/calendar/briefcase/messaging/mai l/games. Oh look, there is a search there somewhere!
I agree that blogging makes this possible, but I know a lot of bloggers who do talk with each other a lot (and have developed strong friendships through blogging). I'm just dipping my feet into the blogging world, though I've been following it avidly for about 2 years now and from what I've seen, the shouters tend to not be linked or referred to much, while the communicators are. Then again, I could be wrong.
Most of the former dotcom techies I know that are employed are gov't contractors. Maybe upper management/sales/marketing dweebs don't fit into gov't contracting, but tech types adapt and survive rather well from what I've seen.
Sure, things like reasonable development cycles, following set procedures, working normal hours, and documentation seem odd at first, but once you learn to accept those oddities it's a fairly easy transition.
The artists (and more importantly, their agents) need to understand that the labels are hurting them financially (not that this is news to them, that's how the biz works anyway) in new and interesting ways.
It's entirely possible to do your own thing in music and make a solid living at it. Sure, you may not be the next Britney Spheres, but why would you want to? Look at Frank Zappa, Ani DiFranco, and Prince. They are (or were in FZs case) doing it for themselves. Zappa was doing it for himself since the early 70's!
Katz is right, Apple is a complete failure! If they had the right idea, they'd be profitable! Oh, wait, you mean they are profitable? And in fact just posted profits for a year in which the tech sector was in a serious slump? And the value of their stock has increased tremendously over the last five years. Yup, Apple is a complete failure, Katz is right on the money. I'm definitely turning to him for investment advice!
I particularly like the tone of the article. "Give up, don't fuss, it's just too hard. Life will be much easier if you just conform." The Disneyfication of the Corporate States of America continues....
Um, NYT doesn't charge. The fact that Salon does isn't really relevant in this context. I have never seen someone post the content of a Salon article here.
/. explicitely declaims responsibility for what individuals post.
Also note that
How the hell does this getting modded +5 informative when it's 100% wrong? As several other people have pointed out, Active Directory (which MSFT is putting a LOT into) is LDAP. 'nuff said.
FWIW, we're running LDAP for user authentication/management for a fairly large gov't project, running on RH 6.2 on IBM hardware, websphere 3.5.
I don't think I could get away with taking a four month leave of absence to stand in line for ANY movie. Then again, I actually have to work for a living, so who am I to judge.