This could come about if Parallels or another virtual server package sets up to run OS X in a VM on Linux. A lot of Dell, etc. hardware could then be used to run OS X through a VM.
I second that comment. How secure is data on the Google servers? Stories about gmail harvested for whatever don't make it sound good. But an appliance would be a great idea.
Plus they electronically capture the usage data for many more transactions. Transactions that may have been anonymous cash transactions that don't allow the company or data storage firm or government agency from tracking the individuals action in time and space.
My first thought also, from within, is that this was somehow tied to an information gathering linked either to the Lieberman loss in the CT primary or the thwarting of the airline bombing in England. Very sad...
So Google can really become a one-stop shopping location for the NSA? Simplifying life for them and maybe in the end bringing down our taxes. Oops, forgot Google doesn't provide phone service yet....... or
This practice is what we tried to prevent by not allowing the TIA project Poindexter proposed. How many people have 'affinity' cards for shopping? The prevalence of those has slowly eroded peoples expectations for privacy. Now the government can use taxpayer money to contract out the correlation of that information with whatever it already has obtained (illegally?). Will this include license plate scans at bridges, toll booths, and random highway camera systems? We should be fighting for data retention laws that prohibit the databasing of private consumer information beyond the purpose it was initially collected for.
What this should foster is cable breaking out of the mold of bundling channels together into 'must buy' packages. If you could pick up a single show as an itunes subscription, like a radio show podcast, then pressure might come to bear on the cable companies to allow ala carte subscriptions. When that happens the market will show what the value (and cost) is of the ESPN channel compared to a 60's rerun channel. No more $50/month cable TV bills if you only want the local PBS channel, Discovery, SciFi, and IMC.
If privacy doesn't matter anymore, why not build ez-tags into all license plates so all cars will have them? States are sharing drivers license databases (not really a national id card) so why not have the license plates become smartcards and allow those 'smart plates' to accept subscriptions to regional transportation authorities? That is if there is no need for privacy.
You opened up an interesting question that I have been pondering for some time. Why is there not an effort to provide an open source enterprise groupware server? I think this should be asked to the larger slashdot community as a new thread.
I believe, and someone correct me if so, that the boats chosen for the AC are decided by the defending nation. The use of 12 meter boats and the rules determining what a 12 meter boat is can be negotiated. This race could be held using no technology at all are require the use of wooden Beetle Cats, or outriggers for that matter. But I think the technology is more what this race has now become. Sorry to say it might not ever show up in my backyard again.
I agree and see this polical bent causing a problem for the acceptance of solutions other than MS office. It is easy to use the rtf format to transfer files from and to Word and this format is acceptable by Abiword, StarOffice and maybe Kword (don't know). Don't make the request sound like using linux is a limitation but also don't make is sound like MS office is some 'dark lord'.
This is a very important point. I would like to know if there are any instances of competition among cable providers outside of major metropolitan areas. In our state (401) there does not appear to be any competition, even between xDSL and cable once you leave the only city. Is this true in most other locations?
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This could come about if Parallels or another virtual server package sets up to run OS X in a VM on Linux. A lot of Dell, etc. hardware could then be used to run OS X through a VM.
I second that comment. How secure is data on the Google servers? Stories about gmail harvested for whatever don't make it sound good. But an appliance would be a great idea.
Plus they electronically capture the usage data for many more transactions. Transactions that may have been anonymous cash transactions that don't allow the company or data storage firm or government agency from tracking the individuals action in time and space.
My first thought also, from within, is that this was somehow tied to an information gathering linked either to the Lieberman loss in the CT primary or the thwarting of the airline bombing in England. Very sad...
Is this trojan a problem for the OOo program Impress?
So Google can really become a one-stop shopping location for the NSA? Simplifying life for them and maybe in the end bringing down our taxes. Oops, forgot Google doesn't provide phone service yet....... or
This practice is what we tried to prevent by not allowing the TIA project Poindexter proposed. How many people have 'affinity' cards for shopping? The prevalence of those has slowly eroded peoples expectations for privacy. Now the government can use taxpayer money to contract out the correlation of that information with whatever it already has obtained (illegally?). Will this include license plate scans at bridges, toll booths, and random highway camera systems? We should be fighting for data retention laws that prohibit the databasing of private consumer information beyond the purpose it was initially collected for.
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What this should foster is cable breaking out of the mold of bundling channels together into 'must buy' packages. If you could pick up a single show as an itunes subscription, like a radio show podcast, then pressure might come to bear on the cable companies to allow ala carte subscriptions. When that happens the market will show what the value (and cost) is of the ESPN channel compared to a 60's rerun channel. No more $50/month cable TV bills if you only want the local PBS channel, Discovery, SciFi, and IMC.
If privacy doesn't matter anymore, why not build ez-tags into all license plates so all cars will have them? States are sharing drivers license databases (not really a national id card) so why not have the license plates become smartcards and allow those 'smart plates' to accept subscriptions to regional transportation authorities? That is if there is no need for privacy.
You opened up an interesting question that I have been pondering for some time. Why is there not an effort to provide an open source enterprise groupware server? I think this should be asked to the larger slashdot community as a new thread.
I believe, and someone correct me if so, that the boats chosen for the AC are decided by the defending nation. The use of 12 meter boats and the rules determining what a 12 meter boat is can be negotiated. This race could be held using no technology at all are require the use of wooden Beetle Cats, or outriggers for that matter. But I think the technology is more what this race has now become. Sorry to say it might not ever show up in my backyard again.
I agree and see this polical bent causing a problem for the acceptance of solutions other than MS office. It is easy to use the rtf format to transfer files from and to Word and this format is acceptable by Abiword, StarOffice and maybe Kword (don't know). Don't make the request sound like using linux is a limitation but also don't make is sound like MS office is some 'dark lord'.
This is a very important point. I would like to know if there are any instances of competition among cable providers outside of major metropolitan areas. In our state (401) there does not appear to be any competition, even between xDSL and cable once you leave the only city. Is this true in most other locations?