I think it's more about cycles. The pendulum swinging back the other way. I hope (and I'm pretty certain) it will never swing back as far as it did during the boom, but it seems that it would swing back to a point of stasis. After the bubble burst there was this huge vacuum. Now, hopefully, the void will begin to fill again. However, I think we have to just face the fact that things will never be where they were with so many people employed in the tech sector. A lot of jobs are being outsourced overseas, but I also think that a lot of the jobs lost will just never return. Sad but true.
I guess the best we can hope for is that new technologies or "the next big thing", whatever that's going to be, comes along soon and creates even more jobs.
I submitted this last week with a link to the Wired article that can be found here.
I think this is a wonderful concept because of the bad reputation that we Americans (and other countries as well) get because of our governments being essentially our "representatives" to the rest of the world. Also, distance plays a factor as well. I think that if we could have a "face-to-face" with the people from other countries, we could see that we are not all that different from each other. Certainly the language barriers still exist, but that can be overcome as well. I think this has a lot of possibilities.
IMHO, the biggest con for all of them is that none of them (that I'm aware of) consolidates ALL music. Every song ever recorded. This is understandable considering that all music is owned by different companies and understandably, they aren't going to share. BUT, I think it'd be cool if there were a database that would tell me who has what songs/bands/artists/etc... That way I wouldn't have to search all of them individually for a particular song or artist. Or is there such a thing and I've been under a rock?
It actually seems as though the record companies saw it as being 'very difficult', but the consumers saw it as being 'very easy'. Fortunately, so did Apple.
Okay, I'm going to preface my question/comment bytelling you up front a little about myself. I've been using Linux and OpenBSD for quite sometime now. (Red Hat since 1998.) I've also been a Slashdot reader for quite awhile (not to brag, but my user number is 2512.) I've stated the above so you cna hopefuly understand that I'm not a MS plant and truly do believe in Free Software/Open Source Software.
That being said, how is it that Linux can truly be considered FREE software when the GPL places restrictions on its use? Do these restrictions make it "less" free? I've been thinking about this for sometime in the back of my mind. It seems to me that the BSD license is "more" free. It places very few restrictions on the end user. Taking OpenBSD for instance. I could use OpenBSD in a product of mine and keep anything I add to the source code absolutely and completely hidden from that point on and I don't have to share it with anyone or any community. To me, that's really FREE. Free of any entanglements. No strings attached.
Granted, it does not benefit the OpenBSD community, or anyone for that matter, except me. It helps to line my pockets (that is if my product sells.)
So, what my question boils down to is this:
Is Linux _REALLY_ FREE??
Be gentle now. Educate me (and maybe others), don't throw stones.
I'm certainly looking forward to this whole mess being over so Linux can continue on the road to "World Domination" (remember that?:-) But what I'm really looking forward to is the trials afterward when Darl and Co. will go before a grand jury to be indicted on federal charges leveled by the SEC for commision of fraud in an effort to artificially inflate stock prices. But then again, that's just me.
I've done more than a little bit of this in my time. I've learned that as long as it is well organized and understandable, you can never document too much. I prefer a layered approach that coincides with the different layers of the OSI model. I begin with drawings from layer 1 on up, basically from cable, ports, card/slot, box, etc. [Physical Layer] to DLCIs (Frame Relay), VPI/VCI combos (ATM) [Data Link Layer] to IP Addressing and routing information [Network and Transport Layers]. I create numerous drawings in Visio and write documentation in Word (yeah, I know, MS). When appropriate, I import my Visio drawings into the Word document(s). You can even structure you document using the layers of the OSI model as well. Hope this helps a bit.
Here is some more "news" that will never be reported by the "mainstream" press:
#1: 'Loveline' Host: How I Help Stars Beat Drugs #2: J.Lo Furious Over Ben's Gambling #3: Liz's Gay Sex Fight Heats Up #4: David Blaine Pelted with Eggs and Golf Balls During Stunt #5: Macy Gray - I'm Not Afraid of Death #6: Top Musicians: We Won't Perform on 9-11 #7: Hilary at War With Wild Child Chelsea #8: Ben Cancels Bachelor Party When J.Lo Throws a Fit #9: Matt LeBlanc's a Pain in the Butt to 'Friends' #10: Colin Farrell Expecting a Boy #11: Carly Simon to Reveal Inspiration for 'Your so Vain'
I've wondered the same thing but with wireless routers instead. With WEP as insecure as it is, even if I set the router up to be as secure as possible, who's to say someone in my apartment building hasn't cracked my WEP and is using my broadband connection to download mp3's?
My company is evaluating the Neoteris as well as a few other SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) VPN products. They essentially allow SSL sessions to be established over port 443 which allows for encryption of the data. From what I understand, to be able to take advantage of this VPN, applications have to be created/altered to run over SSL, so no they cannot "do it all". However, they do provide an excellent alternative for remote access. They are clientless in that the session is established using a standard web browser and the users already existing username/password login. There is no IPSec client to install and configure which removes (to a large extent) a lot of user issues.
The SSL VPN is being seen as an alternative to the more traditional IPSec VPN for remote access. IPSec VPNs are still seen as the de facto standard for encrypted, secure site-to-site communications.
How about getting some older (donated) PCs and building a Beowulf Cluster? This incorporates hardware, software, networking, and possibly some cool programming projects.
Is anyone using FreeVO or MythTV with DirectTV? If so, have you somehow set things up so that your PC can change the channels on the set top box (RCA brand in my case)? I've heard of some possible hacks using and IR device connected to a PC and using it to change the channels on the DirectTV set top box. Thoughts?
I saw something about this the other day. I think the workers there refer to it as the "The Big Stink" or something like that. Supposedly it periodically puts off a horrendous odor. Probably a SBD (Silent But Deadly).
"Given the choice between living in a country where I have a chance of being shot, bombed, gassed, anthraxed or otherwise killed by terrorists, or a country where some government agency records my every word and deed and carries people it considers "dangerous" off in the middle of the night to secret trials and secret prisons, I'll take the terrorism. Accepting a little personal risk is the least I can do to respect the memories of people who died to establish a nation of relative freedom."
Oh, I would take that as well. BUT, I propose that if people were constantly being "...shot, bombed, gassed, anthraxed or otherwise killed by terrorists" here in America, then I would certainly take a chance on "some government agency records my every word and deed and carries people it considers "dangerous" off in the middle of the night to secret trials and secret prisons..."
Granted both are possible, but one seems just as likely to happen as the other. It seems you automatically assume the worst of the government. Granted, they don't have the greatest track record for honesty, but I'd certainly take tighter restrictions than live in constant fear of terrorist attack like the Israelis as well as other societies where terroristics acts are commonplace. Or worse, have terroristic acts become so common place that we as a society begin to accept it as a part of our daily lives. That really scares me.
Well god damn. Seems like we have a lot of experts here. Experts on things like civil liberties, civil policy, privacy rights, terrorism, policing a society, etc. I think all of you complainers should just quit your jobs and seek public office. Like assholes you all seem to have opinions about what SHOULDN'T be done but few solutions concerning what should be done. How typical. I suppose we should just go back to the way things were before September 11th. Weak airport security. No databases containing information about our credit, spending habits, etc. (if you believe these are new, you're an idiot.) I'd like to see some of your suggestions for protecting the 291,028,179 citizens of the United States. No, really, enlighten me.
After reading many of the posts on this page, I wrote something similar to the above, but then thought "Aww forget it, just wasting my breath." (Some of you will no doubt agree.) So I deleted what I had written. But after reading some more of the comments posted here, I just couldn't help myself. I had to get this off my chest.
How many of you voted in the last election? How many of you plan on going into politics to try to make a difference? How many of you just sit behind your computers on your asses all day long and don't do shit but complain on Slashdot? Certainly, I'm sitting on mine right now, but you don't see me complaining about shit I have NO idea whatsoever about.
So, once again, I challenge you. Instead of saying shit like, "The government is fucked." "Politicians are idiots." and comparing the government of the greatest nation on the planet to the fucking Nazis for fucks' sake. Just pose a few solutions to terrorism. I would ABSOLUTELY LOVE to hear the shit you idiots would come up with. Hell, I need a good laugh!!
Oh, but it's probably far easier to mod me down than to actually think constructively instead of so damn critically.
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I think it's more about cycles. The pendulum swinging back the other way. I hope (and I'm pretty certain) it will never swing back as far as it did during the boom, but it seems that it would swing back to a point of stasis. After the bubble burst there was this huge vacuum. Now, hopefully, the void will begin to fill again. However, I think we have to just face the fact that things will never be where they were with so many people employed in the tech sector. A lot of jobs are being outsourced overseas, but I also think that a lot of the jobs lost will just never return. Sad but true.
I guess the best we can hope for is that new technologies or "the next big thing", whatever that's going to be, comes along soon and creates even more jobs.
Stories invloving MS on Slashdot so far today:
Google Considering Merger With Microsoft
Microsoft's new CLI
Gates: 'You don't need perfect code' for Security
Microsoft Adding Blogs to Longhorn?
I suppose next we'll have another Halloween Document and the day will be complete
Happy Halloween!!
I submitted this last week with a link to the Wired article that can be found here.
I think this is a wonderful concept because of the bad reputation that we Americans (and other countries as well) get because of our governments being essentially our "representatives" to the rest of the world. Also, distance plays a factor as well. I think that if we could have a "face-to-face" with the people from other countries, we could see that we are not all that different from each other. Certainly the language barriers still exist, but that can be overcome as well. I think this has a lot of possibilities.
See, space exploration is still teaching us new things. What a breakthrough!
IMHO, the biggest con for all of them is that none of them (that I'm aware of) consolidates ALL music. Every song ever recorded. This is understandable considering that all music is owned by different companies and understandably, they aren't going to share. BUT, I think it'd be cool if there were a database that would tell me who has what songs/bands/artists/etc... That way I wouldn't have to search all of them individually for a particular song or artist. Or is there such a thing and I've been under a rock?
It actually seems as though the record companies saw it as being 'very difficult', but the consumers saw it as being 'very easy'. Fortunately, so did Apple.
Okay, I'm going to preface my question/comment bytelling you up front a little about myself. I've been using Linux and OpenBSD for quite sometime now. (Red Hat since 1998.) I've also been a Slashdot reader for quite awhile (not to brag, but my user number is 2512.) I've stated the above so you cna hopefuly understand that I'm not a MS plant and truly do believe in Free Software/Open Source Software.
That being said, how is it that Linux can truly be considered FREE software when the GPL places restrictions on its use? Do these restrictions make it "less" free? I've been thinking about this for sometime in the back of my mind. It seems to me that the BSD license is "more" free. It places very few restrictions on the end user. Taking OpenBSD for instance. I could use OpenBSD in a product of mine and keep anything I add to the source code absolutely and completely hidden from that point on and I don't have to share it with anyone or any community. To me, that's really FREE. Free of any entanglements. No strings attached.
Granted, it does not benefit the OpenBSD community, or anyone for that matter, except me. It helps to line my pockets (that is if my product sells.)
So, what my question boils down to is this:
Is Linux _REALLY_ FREE??
Be gentle now. Educate me (and maybe others), don't throw stones.
I'm certainly looking forward to this whole mess being over so Linux can continue on the road to "World Domination" (remember that? :-) But what I'm really looking forward to is the trials afterward when Darl and Co. will go before a grand jury to be indicted on federal charges leveled by the SEC for commision of fraud in an effort to artificially inflate stock prices. But then again, that's just me.
...or is it?
I've done more than a little bit of this in my time. I've learned that as long as it is well organized and understandable, you can never document too much. I prefer a layered approach that coincides with the different layers of the OSI model. I begin with drawings from layer 1 on up, basically from cable, ports, card/slot, box, etc. [Physical Layer] to DLCIs (Frame Relay), VPI/VCI combos (ATM) [Data Link Layer] to IP Addressing and routing information [Network and Transport Layers]. I create numerous drawings in Visio and write documentation in Word (yeah, I know, MS). When appropriate, I import my Visio drawings into the Word document(s). You can even structure you document using the layers of the OSI model as well. Hope this helps a bit.
Here is some more "news" that will never be reported by the "mainstream" press:
#1: 'Loveline' Host: How I Help Stars Beat Drugs
#2: J.Lo Furious Over Ben's Gambling
#3: Liz's Gay Sex Fight Heats Up
#4: David Blaine Pelted with Eggs and Golf Balls During Stunt
#5: Macy Gray - I'm Not Afraid of Death
#6: Top Musicians: We Won't Perform on 9-11
#7: Hilary at War With Wild Child Chelsea
#8: Ben Cancels Bachelor Party When J.Lo Throws a Fit
#9: Matt LeBlanc's a Pain in the Butt to 'Friends'
#10: Colin Farrell Expecting a Boy
#11: Carly Simon to Reveal Inspiration for 'Your so Vain'
Oh, BTW, my source for this "news".
I've wondered the same thing but with wireless routers instead. With WEP as insecure as it is, even if I set the router up to be as secure as possible, who's to say someone in my apartment building hasn't cracked my WEP and is using my broadband connection to download mp3's?
My company is evaluating the Neoteris as well as a few other SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) VPN products. They essentially allow SSL sessions to be established over port 443 which allows for encryption of the data. From what I understand, to be able to take advantage of this VPN, applications have to be created/altered to run over SSL, so no they cannot "do it all". However, they do provide an excellent alternative for remote access. They are clientless in that the session is established using a standard web browser and the users already existing username/password login. There is no IPSec client to install and configure which removes (to a large extent) a lot of user issues.
The SSL VPN is being seen as an alternative to the more traditional IPSec VPN for remote access. IPSec VPNs are still seen as the de facto standard for encrypted, secure site-to-site communications.
There is no free lance.
Check out Arstechnica.com.
They have a nice page devoted to cases and cooling.
How about getting some older (donated) PCs and building a Beowulf Cluster? This incorporates hardware, software, networking, and possibly some cool programming projects.
Check out EnGarde Linux.
Also, LinuxSecurity.com is a very helpful and informative site.
Is anyone using FreeVO or MythTV with DirectTV? If so, have you somehow set things up so that your PC can change the channels on the set top box (RCA brand in my case)? I've heard of some possible hacks using and IR device connected to a PC and using it to change the channels on the DirectTV set top box. Thoughts?
I saw something about this the other day. I think the workers there refer to it as the "The Big Stink" or something like that. Supposedly it periodically puts off a horrendous odor. Probably a SBD (Silent But Deadly).
"Given the choice between living in a country where I have a chance of being shot, bombed, gassed, anthraxed or otherwise killed by terrorists, or a country where some government agency records my every word and deed and carries people it considers "dangerous" off in the middle of the night to secret trials and secret prisons, I'll take the terrorism. Accepting a little personal risk is the least I can do to respect the memories of people who died to establish a nation of relative freedom."
Oh, I would take that as well. BUT, I propose that if people were constantly being "...shot, bombed, gassed, anthraxed or otherwise killed by terrorists" here in America, then I would certainly take a chance on "some government agency records my every word and deed and carries people it considers "dangerous" off in the middle of the night to secret trials and secret prisons..."
Granted both are possible, but one seems just as likely to happen as the other. It seems you automatically assume the worst of the government. Granted, they don't have the greatest track record for honesty, but I'd certainly take tighter restrictions than live in constant fear of terrorist attack like the Israelis as well as other societies where terroristics acts are commonplace. Or worse, have terroristic acts become so common place that we as a society begin to accept it as a part of our daily lives. That really scares me.
Well god damn. Seems like we have a lot of experts here. Experts on things like civil liberties, civil policy, privacy rights, terrorism, policing a society, etc. I think all of you complainers should just quit your jobs and seek public office. Like assholes you all seem to have opinions about what SHOULDN'T be done but few solutions concerning what should be done. How typical. I suppose we should just go back to the way things were before September 11th. Weak airport security. No databases containing information about our credit, spending habits, etc. (if you believe these are new, you're an idiot.) I'd like to see some of your suggestions for protecting the 291,028,179 citizens of the United States. No, really , enlighten me.
After reading many of the posts on this page, I wrote something similar to the above, but then thought "Aww forget it, just wasting my breath." (Some of you will no doubt agree.) So I deleted what I had written. But after reading some more of the comments posted here, I just couldn't help myself. I had to get this off my chest.
How many of you voted in the last election? How many of you plan on going into politics to try to make a difference? How many of you just sit behind your computers on your asses all day long and don't do shit but complain on Slashdot? Certainly, I'm sitting on mine right now, but you don't see me complaining about shit I have NO idea whatsoever about.
So, once again, I challenge you. Instead of saying shit like, "The government is fucked." "Politicians are idiots." and comparing the government of the greatest nation on the planet to the fucking Nazis for fucks' sake. Just pose a few solutions to terrorism. I would ABSOLUTELY LOVE to hear the shit you idiots would come up with. Hell, I need a good laugh!!
Oh, but it's probably far easier to mod me down than to actually think constructively instead of so damn critically.
Yeah, I thought the 6 channel surround sound was bit much.
I would just like it if the dispenser would report to maintenance when it's empty so when I walk in to take a crap, all of the stalls aren't empty!
Buy this music, get a FREE car.
Now THIS would be a value add that people could sink there teeth into. Why download an album for free when you could BUY it and get a FREE car!?!
"...reducing possibility to easily buy Google and plug it into MSN."
Yeah, I'd just love to see MS buy Google and try to migrate all of their Linux-based crawling clusters over to Windows 2000-03 Server.