Re:Linux on everything, old licenses fees
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Linux for Tots?
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...are you gonna pay for the licenses?
even more, old (which will run on 486) M$ OSes aren't sold anymore, but they'll still get mad at you if you don't pay the licenses fee.
Quite entertaining policy, isn't it? You MUST pay for something you cannot have. Cool:)
..anyone remembers the terraforming process descibed in 'dune'? first some 'veggies', then slowly an entire planet could be turned into a comfortable place for human beings..
...the only thing that pops into my mind is that management wants somebody to blame, and if they promote someone less 'trained' than you, he/she'll have the excuse "i wasn't prepared to face that kind of things.."
just watch out they want somebody to fire at any cost (why did the old #1 went away?) and/or they were just looking for an excuse to fire you.
I wonder if it is possible to get "anti-hacker" insurance on servers in Italy. If companies are not required to harden their servers...
Well, this could be a thought. But I don't know how many companies would sleep soundly if they know that their servers are open, but at least they'll get all the money back if somebody grabs everything.. it's like living in a dangerous neighborhood and having our car insured against steal - and leaving it open with the windows down...sleep well:)
It's just an idea, but I recall reading an article about creating a WAN using low-cost radio transmitters.. Now, there's a radio in almost every house - it means that radio receivers are based on cheap materials, and 'hacked' version of those materials should be easily available/hackable.
I know the frequency makes the difference, but wouldn't be cool to buy a small adapter for our FM radio that can be plugged into a palm, a laptop, or even a pc, to receive broadcast information for those interested in the news of a particular community?
No expensive devices, no expensive hardware, no need to learn a Taxilinga (guess the quote..).
Basic and idiot example: I'm a plumber, or a taxi driver, or a preacher, or a teacher, or whatever you want, belonging to a 'group' of people not yet rich enough to buy a radio station or to create a radio network with appropriate licences. I need to be updated via broadcast in real time about whatever it is. My community broadcast this signal into a 'standard' FM frequency, I can read it on a display - useful if I cannot listen to a radio, i.e. I'm walking or driving a motorcycle. Useful if we (the community) want other people be able to read that if they want, without the need to buy special transmitter. A serial port should be enough, I guess.
Any idea, thought, insult? Would that be possible? Has it already been done?
...they put illegal to enter someone else's computer even if there's no protection mechanism. They said it's like entering someone's house if the door is open - still a violation of privacy.
It has been stated by the Supreme Court, which also stated that it is illegal to 'stay' in a 'place' (doesn't matter if it's a house or a server) against the will of the owner.
How it can be known for sure that an open server is not for everybody, it's sort of a big deal.. but that was just for info, and perhaps offtopic.
In conclusion, no news about scanning a machine in italy - any other Italian reader up there? Is this of any interest to Slashdot? Maybe we could create a discussion about what is legal/illegal in several countries, and -most important- on what bases.
"Beyond that, the graphics capabilities of a PlayStation are staggering -- five times more powerful than that of a typical graphics workstation, and roughly 15 times more powerful than the graphics cards found in most PCs."
Looks like they finally understood how to conquer the world.. by making hi-tech cool-graphics movies and/or games.. Will we have a Quake version with the face of Bush as the Final Enemy?
I noticed that the more someone uses the Internet, the less attention are paid to ads.
I just think that ads are like those commercials on the small tv channels, those who try to sell you any kind of crap and just makes you laugh.. the people who watch them (and buy their product) are not the smartest..
with all the respect, I think the 'average internet user' IS just like the 'average human' - basically stupid. The proof is that the product which becomes a standard is almost never the one who is better - it's the one who is better advertised. VCR docet (=teaches)...
Among all the people that come online, a great part of it is *stupid*. Let them follow their ads, there'll be always a clever way to stop banners. And the money they get from those banners will help 'non-stupid' services to be up.
...make some computer related jokes, see how they react. if they are nervous in front of another geek, they'll be even more nervous by themselves while the whole company's network is going down.. and perhaps not being able to survive it.
Dear 'professor', put it this way: why should I believe that you're a professor and not a spammer?
...it may also be a good topic for sociology.. in the Digital Era, trust went back to the old days. For example, post your intentions on the website of your university, and so on.
And don't use @yahoo.com, it's not so reliable:)
I've read the article and I found it extremely interesting. It's pretty balanced, I share the opinions, and I found myself nodding in agreement several times.
I only have one doubt: even if the Net will turn into a huge hoping-for-money machine, where VC will throw megabucks into it, what's wrong in that? they'll finance bandthwidth and free connession, but they cannot stop the "geek underground", the flow of information that runs under the fancy web graphics, under the high-speed tv streaming, and that uses just a low amount of resources.
on the long run VC will come and go, but people will start using the best technology for the lowest cost. NASDAQ means money. OpenSource isn't done for money but to/improve/ our living. They won't match, ever.
information never had enemies
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..because nobody ever stopped the free flow of information at all. Of course many attempts have been done when the media could have been controlled easily (few people able to read, less books or even no books at all...), informations were changed intentionally, but they kept flowing. Now it's even harder to stop this flow, but it is not the point: the flow is going to reach a certaim level anwyay, even if it was little.
Let's take slashdot: a lot of articles are posted, I am now afraid of having lost something because I'm hungry of information. But then? What happens when I read an article about quantum computing? Am I going to teach it to someone?
It's just for me, for my own sake. How did I live when I wasn't reading./? With no particular issue. More information didn't make much difference, I found my way trough life even without knowing the habits of New Zealand's ants.
Browsing the Net today it's like being into a huge library and being able to access any kind of information, as long as this information is requested by many people (sortof on the lower shells). When you want to access something less common you have to go and dig or climb to find what you need (if you don't get tired before).
Have you ever tried to spend a whole day in a library just picking up books, reading few lines, and then putting them down? What have you gained at the end of the day? In most cases nothing at all, just a lot of ideas.
Sometimes few information you can remember, other times (if you're lucky) you'll have found something that really grasps you and something to do for the rest of your life.
My point here is: having a lot of information going around it's not a bad thing: statistically it's better for everybody, because virtually anybody can access data which had been impossible to reach just few years ago.
Statistically more and more people can find what they need, for their lives or whatever.
The b-side? We all know that not every piece information is good, nor it is accepted by everybody. Tell me if I'm wrong, but the more you surf the Net, the less you care about 'shocking' sites or information. You just avoid it with your mind. If something shocks you, you'd probably have been shocked by it anyway, no matter when or how.
Tons of information or just few ounces don't make the difference: it's never enough when you don't find what you want, it's too much when you don't *know* what you need.
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...are you gonna pay for the licenses?
:)
even more, old (which will run on 486) M$ OSes aren't sold anymore, but they'll still get mad at you if you don't pay the licenses fee.
Quite entertaining policy, isn't it? You MUST pay for something you cannot have. Cool
..anyone remembers the terraforming process descibed in 'dune'? first some 'veggies', then slowly an entire planet could be turned into a comfortable place for human beings..
:)
..IF there was oxygen on Mars
...the only thing that pops into my mind is that management wants somebody to blame, and if they promote someone less 'trained' than you, he/she'll have the excuse "i wasn't prepared to face that kind of things.." just watch out they want somebody to fire at any cost (why did the old #1 went away?) and/or they were just looking for an excuse to fire you.
I wonder if it is possible to get "anti-hacker" insurance on servers in Italy. If companies are not required to harden their servers...
..sleep well :)
Well, this could be a thought. But I don't know how many companies would sleep soundly if they know that their servers are open, but at least they'll get all the money back if somebody grabs everything.. it's like living in a dangerous neighborhood and having our car insured against steal - and leaving it open with the windows down.
It's just an idea, but I recall reading an article about creating a WAN using low-cost radio transmitters.. Now, there's a radio in almost every house - it means that radio receivers are based on cheap materials, and 'hacked' version of those materials should be easily available/hackable.
I know the frequency makes the difference, but wouldn't be cool to buy a small adapter for our FM radio that can be plugged into a palm, a laptop, or even a pc, to receive broadcast information for those interested in the news of a particular community?
No expensive devices, no expensive hardware, no need to learn a Taxilinga (guess the quote..).
Basic and idiot example: I'm a plumber, or a taxi driver, or a preacher, or a teacher, or whatever you want, belonging to a 'group' of people not yet rich enough to buy a radio station or to create a radio network with appropriate licences. I need to be updated via broadcast in real time about whatever it is. My community broadcast this signal into a 'standard' FM frequency, I can read it on a display - useful if I cannot listen to a radio, i.e. I'm walking or driving a motorcycle. Useful if we (the community) want other people be able to read that if they want, without the need to buy special transmitter. A serial port should be enough, I guess.
Any idea, thought, insult? Would that be possible? Has it already been done?
Ok, I'm done mumbling for today.
well, the graphic idea was just quoted from the 'source'.. from there to reality, there's an ocean in between (literally) :)
...they put illegal to enter someone else's computer even if there's no protection mechanism. They said it's like entering someone's house if the door is open - still a violation of privacy.
It has been stated by the Supreme Court, which also stated that it is illegal to 'stay' in a 'place' (doesn't matter if it's a house or a server) against the will of the owner.
How it can be known for sure that an open server is not for everybody, it's sort of a big deal.. but that was just for info, and perhaps offtopic.
In conclusion, no news about scanning a machine in italy - any other Italian reader up there? Is this of any interest to Slashdot? Maybe we could create a discussion about what is legal/illegal in several countries, and -most important- on what bases.
What about a beowulf cluster of communist PS2 consoles?
...let's make it under linux: a million communist cannot be wrong! (quoted by a friend)
"Beyond that, the graphics capabilities of a PlayStation are staggering -- five times more powerful than that of a typical graphics workstation, and roughly 15 times more powerful than the graphics cards found in most PCs."
Looks like they finally understood how to conquer the world.. by making hi-tech cool-graphics movies and/or games.. Will we have a Quake version with the face of Bush as the Final Enemy?
I noticed that the more someone uses the Internet, the less attention are paid to ads.
:)
I just think that ads are like those commercials on the small tv channels, those who try to sell you any kind of crap and just makes you laugh.. the people who watch them (and buy their product) are not the smartest..
with all the respect, I think the 'average internet user' IS just like the 'average human' - basically stupid. The proof is that the product which becomes a standard is almost never the one who is better - it's the one who is better advertised. VCR docet (=teaches)...
Among all the people that come online, a great part of it is *stupid*. Let them follow their ads, there'll be always a clever way to stop banners. And the money they get from those banners will help 'non-stupid' services to be up.
now flame me
...make some computer related jokes, see how they react. if they are nervous in front of another geek, they'll be even more nervous by themselves while the whole company's network is going down.. and perhaps not being able to survive it.
wow, I'm optimistic today.
Ok, those devices are out there since years. Ok, it's not something actually new.
..So what?
If it works and is cheap enough to be put everywhere, wouldn't that be nice? Technology may sometimes be useful, what's wrong in that?
I'm just hoping it won't be vaporware, again.
anybody has any idea if the cost of producing such a chip would be to high compared to 'regular' ram?
Dear 'professor', put it this way: why should I believe that you're a professor and not a spammer? :)
...it may also be a good topic for sociology.. in the Digital Era, trust went back to the old days. For example, post your intentions on the website of your university, and so on.
And don't use @yahoo.com, it's not so reliable
have fun
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I've read the article and I found it extremely interesting. It's pretty balanced, I share the opinions, and I found myself nodding in agreement several times. /improve/ our living. They won't match, ever.
I only have one doubt: even if the Net will turn into a huge hoping-for-money machine, where VC will throw megabucks into it, what's wrong in that? they'll finance bandthwidth and free connession, but they cannot stop the "geek underground", the flow of information that runs under the fancy web graphics, under the high-speed tv streaming, and that uses just a low amount of resources.
on the long run VC will come and go, but people will start using the best technology for the lowest cost. NASDAQ means money. OpenSource isn't done for money but to
..because nobody ever stopped the free flow of information at all. Of course many attempts have been done when the media could have been controlled easily (few people able to read, less books or even no books at all...), informations were changed intentionally, but they kept flowing. Now it's even harder to stop this flow, but it is not the point: the flow is going to reach a certaim level anwyay, even if it was little.
./? With no particular issue. More information didn't make much difference, I found my way trough life even without knowing the habits of New Zealand's ants.
Let's take slashdot: a lot of articles are posted, I am now afraid of having lost something because I'm hungry of information. But then? What happens when I read an article about quantum computing? Am I going to teach it to someone?
It's just for me, for my own sake. How did I live when I wasn't reading
Browsing the Net today it's like being into a huge library and being able to access any kind of information, as long as this information is requested by many people (sortof on the lower shells). When you want to access something less common you have to go and dig or climb to find what you need (if you don't get tired before).
Have you ever tried to spend a whole day in a library just picking up books, reading few lines, and then putting them down? What have you gained at the end of the day? In most cases nothing at all, just a lot of ideas.
Sometimes few information you can remember, other times (if you're lucky) you'll have found something that really grasps you and something to do for the rest of your life.
My point here is: having a lot of information going around it's not a bad thing: statistically it's better for everybody, because virtually anybody can access data which had been impossible to reach just few years ago.
Statistically more and more people can find what they need, for their lives or whatever.
The b-side? We all know that not every piece information is good, nor it is accepted by everybody. Tell me if I'm wrong, but the more you surf the Net, the less you care about 'shocking' sites or information. You just avoid it with your mind. If something shocks you, you'd probably have been shocked by it anyway, no matter when or how.
Tons of information or just few ounces don't make the difference: it's never enough when you don't find what you want, it's too much when you don't *know* what you need.