I don't think tech will be the reason he wins if he does win. I think it's funny that hatch has been in office as long as he has. When hatch won the office years ago he ran with this: "What do you call someone who has been in the senate for 24 years? You call them home!".
I'm a registered voter in the senate district in question, I'll be voting for Ashdown. Every politician will do things some like and they will do things others don't. I presently feel that new blood is needed and while hatch has done some good things I don't think his involvement in the continued damaging of fair copyright law is excusable.
Dang, it looks like mozilla is going the way of emacs... "What? You're exiting mozilla? Why? It has everything you'll ever need for your entire computing experience! It debugs itself too!"
So... What happens when you vote and it turns out that the guy you voted for does terrible things. Just going out and voting doesn't stop the "extremist control-freaks", you may just be voting for one. I believe that this year 95% of all presidential votes will go to a candidate in good favor with aforementioned "extremist control-freaks". Recall howard dean. He suffered an assasination of image/character that had very little to do with his politics. The result people who once thought it would be good to vote for him started shopping for other candidates because they just thought he couldn't win. The result? He couldn't win. Many of these voters were under informed so they couldn't stick to a meaningful decision because one wasn't made.
Uninformed votes dillute the effectiveness of informed votes by adding an almost random property to it. These votes can change because someone on CNN says things aren't looking good for candidate X. I've seen it. I've been a candidate. And I've seen that some of it can be helped by different election methods
Did they really invade or were they just running from the germans again? Or were they offering a refund on the Louisiana Purchase? Then again they may have wanted to borrow that Statue they gave us. It's got to be one of those...
Re:Maps using the Tiger2k data files + link
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Open Maps?
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Ok, so here's a screen shot of my maps generated from the Tiger2K RT1 and RT2 files. http://linuxhost.cc/~shaun/tigermap.jpeg It's written in MFC using Visual Studio.net. I'll be happy to release the sources. An installer that should include a map of salt lake county (tiger files are on county boundaries) is available at http://linuxhost.cc/~shaun/tigermap-setup.exe
The PHP/PostgreSQL code that I use to generate the map files is available if you wish to email me and request them.
Maps using the Tiger2k data files
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Open Maps?
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· Score: 1
I have worked with the tiger2k format and have code I'm willing to release. Email shaun@linuxhost.cc if you're interested in sources or have questions about the tiger2k format itself. I also have the full 4+GB tiger2k dataset.
Well, it all has to do with COM. The objects involved in reading mail are already distributed with Outlook Express. Since Full Outlook is using the same GUID in the CoCreateInstance call to instantiate the objects (such as email viewing windows) the libraries installed and registered with Outlook Express must be there for the functionality to work. It's exactly the same as if I decided to use IWebBrowser2 in a program. I would then require the installation of IE 4.0 or higher so that I would know the object is on the system.
I figure with how all this COM stuff works that I could write a full email client to replace outlook just by using all of it's objects (not that it's worth my time...).
COM, it's the briliance of the windows environment and it's also the part I hate programming in the most.
What? Like the grand tetons? They apparently did it for those french guys back in the day. Perhaps you're on to something, but only with french people...
So, if they are doing this, that implies that they know who is where (not that it's that hard with our present phone system) but I just worry what may happen if the department of homeland security were to want to be able to tap into such information at any time. Not only does this sound annoying, but the possible police state implications are a great cause for concern.
Last I checked a patent must also be non-obvious. How many people have thought of this stuff on their own without knowing of a prior patent? I'm working on something right now that may very well be patented. So what does it mean if there is a standing patent for something I came up with on my own? I think it means that it's obvious enough to not be patentable.
---- The central premise of the series is that God is evil, a celestial impostor who pretends to have created the universe and who so intensely hates flesh and blood that he wants people to live a repressed, joyless existence. Unsurprisingly this theme has upset fundamentalist Christians." ---- I find this rather interesting. I am a christian, though I find this to be somewhat accurate of some religions. In my faith we hold that there was a council heald before the world was formed. As a part of this a savior was chosen. First Jehova said "Here am I, send me" and then second Lucifer said "Here am I, send me". Lucifer wanted all glory for saving all man kind and Jehova (christ) wished to give all glory to the father(god). Lucifer's plan was to force all people to do what they needed to do to return to the father, and Jehova's plan was to allow people to choose and return through faith, repentance, and beliefe on the attonement that he would do for them. Lucifer lead away 1/3 of the hosts of heaven at that time and they were all cast out of the presence of the father (the phrase the devil and his angels comes to mind). Ever since then it has been his goal to make the rest of us miserable as he is. He would have been that god in the paragraph above. He is presently a celestial counterfeit and still sets himself up to be the god of this world. The "Fundementalist Christians" that are offended by this just don't understand how things came to their present state and how much of the book is not quite as ficticious as we would hope.
For clarification on the things about what happend before the world was formed the pearl of great price can be consulted. It is a part of the LDS standard works. If you wish to read it find a mormon and they can help.
PS. some of the things stated above can easily be taken out of their present context and severly altered in their meanings. That cheapens us all, though it happens almost every time there is any sort of a religous discussion.
Who else tried this?
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· Score: 5, Interesting
I really remember seeing a documentary on how the
russians tried using water logic for computations and
got pretty good with it back in the 40's. Then again
they did alot of
cool stuff over in that part of the world. They actually
managed to stick with 50's technology for 40 years.
yay communism! I knew someone who had no more
after the berlin wall came down just because his job was
dependent upon the crappy stuff they made breaking
down. Reliable products from the west caused alot of
people to loose their jobs.
I know it's an off topic rant, wanna give me
some points for being interesting anyway?
I started using debian a little over 3 years ago. Funny thing is that I also started using linux a little over 3 years ago. I tried Debian, RedHat, and Caldera. What did I find? Debian didn't get me bogged down into a complex system of automatic configuration. When I first setup my network connection I wrote my own shell script. I didn't know any better, but Debian didn't barf all over me for it. Since then I tried Caldera for a month, but found I just couldn't go on without debian. Let us consider apt-get and what that does for me.
About the installer. Yes, you do have to know a thing or two. I had someone walk me thorugh the installer once and then all I knew was how to run dselect and move about the filesystem. I must have installed it 5 times too. What did that do to me? It made me learn how to use Linux. Remember what I said about not sticking with caldera? It was because I couldn't just change my configuration without going to a centralized utility. I actually damaged my caldera installation when I went around removing entries in my rc?.d directories. That's how you change your startup in debian and any other UNIX for that matter. That's when I knew it was time to go back. Besides, if you want an easy debian install use Lindows. I may even buy Lindows next time I want to run a user machine (if I don't buy a mac) Anyway, enough ranting. Use distro's that are good for what you want/need. I'm a control freakand as such I like the fine grained control and customization of Debian. If you just want it to come up and run get redhat or one of the others.
I have been finding more and more that Mac OS X is becoming a more competitive solution for doing just about anything a normal person would want to do. Are there any DRM features planned for Apple platforms? Is it there already and I just havn't heard about it? If they make things too hard for people many users will buy a mac and go back to enjoying their computing experience. There will still be those who are afraid to change because they just havn't used a mac that much (my brother is in that group). I hoever have no fear for switching operating systems again. I've done Windows, then Linux and so if ease of use is a concern I'm sure using OSX will be easy enough. If I get confused I can just open up a bash and I'll be feeling right at home. Anyway, this turned into a bit of a rant, but I hope my point was clear. Make things too hard for people and they will walk away. Of course you can always bulley them into thinking they'll miss something if they leave, but last I checked that only happens in abusive relationships...
I recall reading a short story by Isaac Asimov where there was a guy who was discovering there was this thing that ancient people did called math and that people didn't need calculators to do it. Apparently computers go so smart they started designing themselves. I forget where I read it though... I think it was in one of the old Asimov collections my dad had sitting around.
Well, so I'm wrong. Please don't attribute the FUD to me as I am just going off of what I understood from before. I do recall that my apache logs were filled with worm requests for 2 weeks before my traffic started dropping. Besides, this is just one more case as to why I'm ditching the computer industry as of last month. I've got to be financially independant and working for a company that's paying me as little as they can that may go under next month anyway isn't for me. Besides, I have more to worry about than having my apache hacked. People are trying to take my guns away. People are trying to take my right of religion away. Last of all, people are trying to hinder my right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. One of the biggest reasons I support free software is because it doesn't seem to accelerate the present social decline as much as other development models. Greed, not capitalism is what is causing us to have so much trouble. Both in poorly written software and in our corrupted political systems.
If it helps, I was out of the country and not touching my machine for 6 months. My dad was the maintainer, but he didn't watch the security announce list.
I was patched in the minute after hearing about the security flaw. I used APT on my debian system to get the new version as it was already completed and distributable. I seem to remember code red running around for a good 2 weeks after I heard about it before anything was able to be done about it. Yup, that sure is a good comparison to make. So where can I get my pie?
I still can't believe how out of date my SSL was. Good grief, sit around for a little while and think your doing good and suddenly a security announcement sneaks by (yes, I subscribe) and you're left wondering why you heard about it first on slashdot...
I read about the SSL bug the other day and fixed it on the spot. (Good 'ol apt-get). Are there other ones that we should know about? Is there a way to check and see if a machine is still being impacted? I'd hate to be running anything mallicious, that's why I have a linux box. I can fix things quickly, most of the time...
Despite the many technical questions this has already raised (movies on ancient computers). I see that this is a fine example for how a government can not retain control of a people if it is not representing their interests. It is especially helpful to remember this anytime I see the US Gov leaders doing things I didn't want them to do when I voted. People will be free, and they can have what they want once they work out what that is and seek it as a group.
I must say that I too was one of those 15 year old guys who just wanted to work with computers. I didn't consider myself a programmer at 15, I was not a net or sys admin at 15.
When I was 15 I was getting to the point where my MS Flight Simulator (the one game I played) wasn't interesting unless I was testing a new modification. I searched the web for mods and mod creation tools. I was just out to enjoy myself and make "cool stuff".
Nearing the end of my games phase I went on to take an A+ Certifacation class that was offered free through my High School. At that time I wondered if I should go into programming. Either way that class is where I was first introduced to Linux by another student. It sounded like one of the coolest things I would ever want to try. Over the next few months I found a 486MB and some ram. Then for my 16th birthday my parents gave me a case,CDROM, and a keyboard. My Motherboard had a real home and I could start using Linux.
Over the next month I tried debian, RH, and Caldera finally settling on Debian. I started my days as a geek. I spent the next year and a half setting up daemons and anything else I could find a manpage about. Hardware upgrades came by pure luck, My 245MB disc was replaced by a 2GB and so on. I also got a full collection of intel datasheets, the stack is still about 2 1/2 feet tall. I learned a bit of C, and every so often would go back and learn a little more. I learned networking. By the time I was 18 I had taken my interest and turned it into a decent knowledge base to start from and I was still searching for anything new.
I am now 19, I am a programmer working on embedded linux devices. My study of the linux kernel has paid off. My study of hardware has helped me, though much of it is still just bits of obscure knowledge and hence quite trivial at the moment.
Being 15 is the time to be a "lamer" or whatever you want to call it. It is also the time to get genuinely interested. Skill comes with time, and the beginning of my road was when I was 15, it did wonders for me. I can't compare with those who have been working in the industry longer than I have, but I learned the basics in what 15 year olds have that adults usually don't, spare time.
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I don't think tech will be the reason he wins if he does win. I think it's funny that hatch has been in office as long as he has. When hatch won the office years ago he ran with this: "What do you call someone who has been in the senate for 24 years? You call them home!".
I'm a registered voter in the senate district in question, I'll be voting for Ashdown. Every politician will do things some like and they will do things others don't. I presently feel that new blood is needed and while hatch has done some good things I don't think his involvement in the continued damaging of fair copyright law is excusable.
Will this make it so those nigerians won't be able to share their many millions of dollars they just inherited by coup with us common folk in america?
Dang, it looks like mozilla is going the way of emacs... "What? You're exiting mozilla? Why? It has everything you'll ever need for your entire computing experience! It debugs itself too!"
I'd say that "Ass Gas" has more of a ring to it.
So... What happens when you vote and it turns out that the guy you voted for does terrible things. Just going out and voting doesn't stop the "extremist control-freaks", you may just be voting for one. I believe that this year 95% of all presidential votes will go to a candidate in good favor with aforementioned "extremist control-freaks". Recall howard dean. He suffered an assasination of image/character that had very little to do with his politics. The result people who once thought it would be good to vote for him started shopping for other candidates because they just thought he couldn't win. The result? He couldn't win. Many of these voters were under informed so they couldn't stick to a meaningful decision because one wasn't made.
Uninformed votes dillute the effectiveness of informed votes by adding an almost random property to it. These votes can change because someone on CNN says things aren't looking good for candidate X.
I've seen it.
I've been a candidate.
And I've seen that some of it can be helped by different election methods
Did they really invade or were they just running from the germans again? Or were they offering a refund on the Louisiana Purchase? Then again they may have wanted to borrow that Statue they gave us. It's got to be one of those...
Ok, so here's a screen shot of my maps generated from the Tiger2K RT1 and RT2 files. http://linuxhost.cc/~shaun/tigermap.jpeg .net. I'll be happy to release the sources. An installer that should include a map of salt lake county (tiger files are on county boundaries) is available at http://linuxhost.cc/~shaun/tigermap-setup.exe
The PHP/PostgreSQL code that I use to generate the map files is available if you wish to email me and request them.
It's written in MFC using Visual Studio
I have worked with the tiger2k format and have code I'm willing to release.
Email shaun@linuxhost.cc if you're interested in sources or have questions about the tiger2k format itself.
I also have the full 4+GB tiger2k dataset.
Well, it all has to do with COM. The objects involved in reading mail are already distributed with Outlook Express. Since Full Outlook is using the same GUID in the CoCreateInstance call to instantiate the objects (such as email viewing windows) the libraries installed and registered with Outlook Express must be there for the functionality to work. It's exactly the same as if I decided to use IWebBrowser2 in a program. I would then require the installation of IE 4.0 or higher so that I would know the object is on the system.
I figure with how all this COM stuff works that I could write a full email client to replace outlook just by using all of it's objects (not that it's worth my time...).
COM, it's the briliance of the windows environment and it's also the part I hate programming in the most.
What? Like the grand tetons? They apparently did it for those french guys back in the day. Perhaps you're on to something, but only with french people...
So, if they are doing this, that implies that they know who is where (not that it's that hard with our present phone system) but I just worry what may happen if the department of homeland security were to want to be able to tap into such information at any time. Not only does this sound annoying, but the possible police state implications are a great cause for concern.
Last I checked a patent must also be non-obvious. How many people have thought of this stuff on their own without knowing of a prior patent? I'm working on something right now that may very well be patented. So what does it mean if there is a standing patent for something I came up with on my own? I think it means that it's obvious enough to not be patentable.
----
The central premise of the series is that God is evil, a celestial impostor who pretends to have created the universe and who so intensely hates flesh and blood that he wants people to live a repressed, joyless existence. Unsurprisingly this theme has upset fundamentalist Christians."
----
I find this rather interesting. I am a christian, though I find this to be somewhat accurate of some religions. In my faith we hold that there was a council heald before the world was formed. As a part of this a savior was chosen. First Jehova said "Here am I, send me" and then second Lucifer said "Here am I, send me". Lucifer wanted all glory for saving all man kind and Jehova (christ) wished to give all glory to the father(god). Lucifer's plan was to force all people to do what they needed to do to return to the father, and Jehova's plan was to allow people to choose and return through faith, repentance, and beliefe on the attonement that he would do for them. Lucifer lead away 1/3 of the hosts of heaven at that time and they were all cast out of the presence of the father (the phrase the devil and his angels comes to mind). Ever since then it has been his goal to make the rest of us miserable as he is. He would have been that god in the paragraph above. He is presently a celestial counterfeit and still sets himself up to be the god of this world. The "Fundementalist Christians" that are offended by this just don't understand how things came to their present state and how much of the book is not quite as ficticious as we would hope.
For clarification on the things about what happend before the world was formed the pearl of great price can be consulted. It is a part of the LDS standard works. If you wish to read it find a mormon and they can help.
PS. some of the things stated above can easily be taken out of their present context and severly altered in their meanings. That cheapens us all, though it happens almost every time there is any sort of a religous discussion.
I really remember seeing a documentary on how the russians tried using water logic for computations and got pretty good with it back in the 40's. Then again they did alot of cool stuff over in that part of the world. They actually managed to stick with 50's technology for 40 years. yay communism! I knew someone who had no more after the berlin wall came down just because his job was dependent upon the crappy stuff they made breaking down. Reliable products from the west caused alot of people to loose their jobs.
I know it's an off topic rant, wanna give me some points for being interesting anyway?
I started using debian a little over 3 years ago. Funny thing is that I also started using linux a little over 3 years ago. I tried Debian, RedHat, and Caldera. What did I find? Debian didn't get me bogged down into a complex system of automatic configuration. When I first setup my network connection I wrote my own shell script. I didn't know any better, but Debian didn't barf all over me for it. Since then I tried Caldera for a month, but found I just couldn't go on without debian. Let us consider apt-get and what that does for me.
About the installer. Yes, you do have to know a thing or two. I had someone walk me thorugh the installer once and then all I knew was how to run dselect and move about the filesystem. I must have installed it 5 times too. What did that do to me? It made me learn how to use Linux. Remember what I said about not sticking with caldera? It was because I couldn't just change my configuration without going to a centralized utility. I actually damaged my caldera installation when I went around removing entries in my rc?.d directories. That's how you change your startup in debian and any other UNIX for that matter. That's when I knew it was time to go back. Besides, if you want an easy debian install use Lindows. I may even buy Lindows next time I want to run a user machine (if I don't buy a mac) Anyway, enough ranting. Use distro's that are good for what you want/need. I'm a control freakand as such I like the fine grained control and customization of Debian. If you just want it to come up and run get redhat or one of the others.
I have been finding more and more that Mac OS X is becoming a more competitive solution for doing just about anything a normal person would want to do. Are there any DRM features planned for Apple platforms? Is it there already and I just havn't heard about it? If they make things too hard for people many users will buy a mac and go back to enjoying their computing experience. There will still be those who are afraid to change because they just havn't used a mac that much (my brother is in that group). I hoever have no fear for switching operating systems again. I've done Windows, then Linux and so if ease of use is a concern I'm sure using OSX will be easy enough. If I get confused I can just open up a bash and I'll be feeling right at home. Anyway, this turned into a bit of a rant, but I hope my point was clear. Make things too hard for people and they will walk away. Of course you can always bulley them into thinking they'll miss something if they leave, but last I checked that only happens in abusive relationships...
I recall reading a short story by Isaac Asimov where there was a guy who was discovering there was this thing that ancient people did called math and that people didn't need calculators to do it. Apparently computers go so smart they started designing themselves. I forget where I read it though... I think it was in one of the old Asimov collections my dad had sitting around.
Well, so I'm wrong. Please don't attribute the FUD to me as I am just going off of what I understood from before. I do recall that my apache logs were filled with worm requests for 2 weeks before my traffic started dropping. Besides, this is just one more case as to why I'm ditching the computer industry as of last month. I've got to be financially independant and working for a company that's paying me as little as they can that may go under next month anyway isn't for me. Besides, I have more to worry about than having my apache hacked. People are trying to take my guns away. People are trying to take my right of religion away. Last of all, people are trying to hinder my right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. One of the biggest reasons I support free software is because it doesn't seem to accelerate the present social decline as much as other development models. Greed, not capitalism is what is causing us to have so much trouble. Both in poorly written software and in our corrupted political systems.
If it helps, I was out of the country and not touching my machine for 6 months. My dad was the maintainer, but he didn't watch the security announce list.
I was patched in the minute after hearing about the security flaw. I used APT on my debian system to get the new version as it was already completed and distributable. I seem to remember code red running around for a good 2 weeks after I heard about it before anything was able to be done about it. Yup, that sure is a good comparison to make. So where can I get my pie?
I still can't believe how out of date my SSL was. Good grief, sit around for a little while and think your doing good and suddenly a security announcement sneaks by (yes, I subscribe) and you're left wondering why you heard about it first on slashdot...
I read about the SSL bug the other day and fixed it on the spot. (Good 'ol apt-get). Are there other ones that we should know about? Is there a way to check and see if a machine is still being impacted? I'd hate to be running anything mallicious, that's why I have a linux box. I can fix things quickly, most of the time...
Go to my box at linuxhost.ccand you can download the quake2.zip file containing the source.
I got it before the slashdot story hit...
Despite the many technical questions this has already raised (movies on ancient computers). I see that this is a fine example for how a government can not retain control of a people if it is not representing their interests. It is especially helpful to remember this anytime I see the US Gov leaders doing things I didn't want them to do when I voted. People will be free, and they can have what they want once they work out what that is and seek it as a group.
When I was 15 I was getting to the point where my MS Flight Simulator (the one game I played) wasn't interesting unless I was testing a new modification. I searched the web for mods and mod creation tools. I was just out to enjoy myself and make "cool stuff".
Nearing the end of my games phase I went on to take an A+ Certifacation class that was offered free through my High School. At that time I wondered if I should go into programming. Either way that class is where I was first introduced to Linux by another student. It sounded like one of the coolest things I would ever want to try. Over the next few months I found a 486MB and some ram. Then for my 16th birthday my parents gave me a case,CDROM, and a keyboard. My Motherboard had a real home and I could start using Linux.
Over the next month I tried debian, RH, and Caldera finally settling on Debian. I started my days as a geek. I spent the next year and a half setting up daemons and anything else I could find a manpage about. Hardware upgrades came by pure luck, My 245MB disc was replaced by a 2GB and so on. I also got a full collection of intel datasheets, the stack is still about 2 1/2 feet tall. I learned a bit of C, and every so often would go back and learn a little more. I learned networking. By the time I was 18 I had taken my interest and turned it into a decent knowledge base to start from and I was still searching for anything new.
I am now 19, I am a programmer working on embedded linux devices. My study of the linux kernel has paid off. My study of hardware has helped me, though much of it is still just bits of obscure knowledge and hence quite trivial at the moment.
Being 15 is the time to be a "lamer" or whatever you want to call it. It is also the time to get genuinely interested. Skill comes with time, and the beginning of my road was when I was 15, it did wonders for me. I can't compare with those who have been working in the industry longer than I have, but I learned the basics in what 15 year olds have that adults usually don't, spare time.
Shaun Kruger