But the fun thing would be that if they hadset up their system to be wireless only and had used VoIP, then they wouldn't be able to call the cops on ya.
You will immediately be disqualified if you are using chemical warfare. You will also be known as the Show Strangler. You may even be termed a menace to the Nation (that's with both shoes off) and be sent as an enemy non-combatant to a tropical island with a lovely group of sunbathers that are (kinkily) into barbed wires.
Have you ever played any computer game for more than 2 hours at a stretch?
Sort of, like, dude, if you're a hacker, you're most likely a geek, and if you're a geek most likely the answer is yes.
It's kind of like asking sex workers to work for the FBI, but only those who have never "smoked the pipe".
You might as well ask for politicians who have never lied. (That's a bunch I'd like to see take the lie detector test upon swearing to uphold the constitution)
They are selling a Hardware System. All I want is the spec to the hardware to be completely open. It's not like I can click the copy button and get a bunch of network cards to spit out of my PC.
I want the specs to the card to be open so it can be used even though the company might be bought/go out of business.
Besides, I like to get paid, so I understand your point exactly.
It may support 100 people viewing web pages, but it wouldn't support people like me (programmer) who does more than hins share of uploading and downloading SQL2000 database backups at 100 megs a pop, runs web services using SOAP and XMLRPC and "shares" with friends.
My cable modem at home (Time warner) is good but I like to come in to work on sundays so I can have the T1 all for myself. You know how long it takes to download the three ISOs for RedHat 7.3 on a T1? 5 hours. I would do it on my cable modem, but that would take more than 24 hours.
And heck, people are going to be getting DVD and HDTV content via broadband. They'd better get T1 level each.
And yes, if I had had the options to have fiber in my condo, I would definitely have ponied up 10 grand more. If I stay 5 years, that's $2,000 a year, or $166 a month. For faster than T1? Heck, count me in.
Remember, there are people that make more money the faster their connection to the net. I would make $500 a month more per month utilizing that connection.
Oh dang, you know, I did, but then her money's her money, and my money is also her money. Doesn't matter how much money is involved, it's just a matter of principle.
The reason why IP v6 is not coming along as well as it needs to is that the DNS system would no longer be needed. And ICANN would just go nuts, and ISPs would actually have to get better hardware because there would be alot more records. It would not be 40-80 million but rather billions. Heck, each browser could have a permanent IP.
Since googles crawls the web constantly and IP addresses are semi permanent, can't google actually replace the DNS system? All they need to mark is the IP address and point to that in the search answer.
Anyone who would give you a massage for money, (ahem) would be a bad candidate for telecommuting.
However, if it's conversation you want (via phone or keyboard) then telecommuting is the only way to go./me wiggles
Commercial pilots will be sooner replaced by good AI than telecommuting. I would rather trust a mainframe in the cockpit with wicked LISP code than Pedro in a simulator groundside. (with tequila and such)
On the other hand, I can see that since the only thing you would really need a pilot for would be taking off an landing, the pilots could just work at the airports and control the planes taking off and landing. Then it's AI pilot all the way.
[Yes, it has dawned on me that this rant is OffTopic]
Blue Friend "Republic credits are no good out here. I need something more real"
Frustrated Jedi Waving hand "Credit will do fine."
Blue Friend "No they won't!"
Frustrated Jedi Waving hand, titching "Credit will do fine."
Blue Friend "What? You think you're some kind of a Jedi, waving your hand around like that? I'm a Tractarian, mind tricks don't work on me, only money" rubbing fingers together
It does not matter how long I am at the office. I can only deliver 6 hours of code. And that's if I am well rested.
If I'm very tired (less than 6 hours of sleep) then the amount of good code goes to zero.
I know that because the next day I spend 6 hours fixing the code I wrote the day before. So in actuality, in 2 8-hour days, I produce only 6 hours of code.
When I come in on a Saturday like today, I'll be here for 7 hours, but plan on coding only 4. Why? Because I know that I won't have to screw with that code ever again, and in two-three years it will be chugging along happily without a single failure.
Oh, and it will be properly indented, properly commented, and have failover redundancy, event logging, and a fully detailed technical paper in html.
And that is what my company is paying me for. Not face-time.
Of course not. But the reality is that we can't check to make sure.
This is very similar to the police not being able to ask someone to check the trunk of their car for illegal stuff unless they have probable cause.
In some cases, in software, there is probable cause (similar behavior, etc), yet there is no way to make sure because there is no way to look at the binary and there is no way to look at the source code.
It is human nature to hide stuff where you know nobody can look. If police was banned to look into car trunks, under any circumstances, there would be dead body, weaponry, cocaine, and anything else you can think of.
Of course, there would be no proof. There can never be any proof, when there is no accountability.
This is why people assume that Saddam does develop nukes BECAUSE he doesn't let the "Cops" look in his "trunk".
Let the software manufacturers open their source code to law enforcement. Then we'll have proof either way. Until then, there is no proof either way.
So, since there is no proof that they haven't, you cannot say that I have lied, and you therefore must accept my opinion as a valid opinion.
On the other hand, you will find that quite a few proprietary software solutions have implemented algorithms developed by the open-source community. The reason it's not commonly known is that the program is proprietary, and people can't look in to see where it came from.
And how the fuck can the evil patentor not be stymied by the most excellent patent office technically-aware clerk who says: "this is so obvious to any programmer" unless either said clerk was the one who worked on the one-click or aforementioned evil patentor stuffed the patent application envelope with a money order for $1,000 drawn to CASH?
Fighting is not about territory (hence no lines) but about killing the right people (hence the refining of roles in conflict), and about performing a war on a scale so global that technically all countries are involved yet being so surgical that technically only very few people can be seen as responsible (and they are usually on TV at 5:30 just behing Ari).
Surprisinggly successful, I might add.
BTW, how many US casualties so far in the war in Afghanistan?
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But the fun thing would be that if they hadset up their system to be wireless only and had used VoIP, then they wouldn't be able to call the cops on ya.
Show=Shoe (damn the keys are so close together on that keyboard)
You will immediately be disqualified if you are using chemical warfare. You will also be known as the Show Strangler. You may even be termed a menace to the Nation (that's with both shoes off) and be sent as an enemy non-combatant to a tropical island with a lovely group of sunbathers that are (kinkily) into barbed wires.
You've got to play CT more often. It even has a nice silencer...
Geek and weapons instructor
Instructor:
"When you've emptied the clip, put the m-16 back down on the table"
Geek:
"Can I have more ammo?"
Instructor:
"AGAIN?"
granted, but I think his point is more like this:
Have you ever played any computer game for more than 2 hours at a stretch?
Sort of, like, dude, if you're a hacker, you're most likely a geek, and if you're a geek most likely the answer is yes.
It's kind of like asking sex workers to work for the FBI, but only those who have never "smoked the pipe".
You might as well ask for politicians who have never lied. (That's a bunch I'd like to see take the lie detector test upon swearing to uphold the constitution)
Well Fuck, did I say free?
Damn, there is a difference, you know?
They are selling a Hardware System. All I want is the spec to the hardware to be completely open. It's not like I can click the copy button and get a bunch of network cards to spit out of my PC.
I want the specs to the card to be open so it can be used even though the company might be bought/go out of business.
Besides, I like to get paid, so I understand your point exactly.
Will they open the specs?
Didn't think so. They are looking to boost stock value in an effort to capitalize on an eventual takeover.
If they did this for the good of mankind, they would have made the code open source.
What we need is a software-reconfigurable wireless lan card that could be programmed to communicate as needed...
It may support 100 people viewing web pages, but it wouldn't support people like me (programmer) who does more than hins share of uploading and downloading SQL2000 database backups at 100 megs a pop, runs web services using SOAP and XMLRPC and "shares" with friends.
My cable modem at home (Time warner) is good but I like to come in to work on sundays so I can have the T1 all for myself. You know how long it takes to download the three ISOs for RedHat 7.3 on a T1? 5 hours. I would do it on my cable modem, but that would take more than 24 hours.
And heck, people are going to be getting DVD and HDTV content via broadband. They'd better get T1 level each.
And yes, if I had had the options to have fiber in my condo, I would definitely have ponied up 10 grand more. If I stay 5 years, that's $2,000 a year, or $166 a month. For faster than T1? Heck, count me in.
Remember, there are people that make more money the faster their connection to the net. I would make $500 a month more per month utilizing that connection.
Thank you, kind soul.
Someone has a sense of humor I see :)
Oh dang, you know, I did, but then her money's her money, and my money is also her money. Doesn't matter how much money is involved, it's just a matter of principle.
Easy:
IP v6
The reason why IP v6 is not coming along as well as it needs to is that the DNS system would no longer be needed. And ICANN would just go nuts, and ISPs would actually have to get better hardware because there would be alot more records. It would not be 40-80 million but rather billions. Heck, each browser could have a permanent IP.
Since googles crawls the web constantly and IP addresses are semi permanent, can't google actually replace the DNS system? All they need to mark is the IP address and point to that in the search answer.
You mean like go out, meet girl, marry girl, then watch money vanish?
:)
(by the way, I'm taking the wife to San Luis Obispo for Labor Day. It'll be fuin
Anyone who would give you a massage for money, (ahem) would be a bad candidate for telecommuting.
/me wiggles
However, if it's conversation you want (via phone or keyboard) then telecommuting is the only way to go.
Commercial pilots will be sooner replaced by good AI than telecommuting. I would rather trust a mainframe in the cockpit with wicked LISP code than Pedro in a simulator groundside. (with tequila and such)
On the other hand, I can see that since the only thing you would really need a pilot for would be taking off an landing, the pilots could just work at the airports and control the planes taking off and landing. Then it's AI pilot all the way.
[Yes, it has dawned on me that this rant is OffTopic]
Blue Friend
"Republic credits are no good out here. I need something more real"
Frustrated Jedi
Waving hand
"Credit will do fine."
Blue Friend
"No they won't!"
Frustrated Jedi
Waving hand, titching
"Credit will do fine."
Blue Friend
"What? You think you're some kind of a Jedi, waving your hand around like that? I'm a Tractarian, mind tricks don't work on me, only money" rubbing fingers together
Blue Friend
"Republic credits are no good out here. I need something more real"
Frustrated Jedi
waving hand
Absolutely.
It does not matter how long I am at the office. I can only deliver 6 hours of code. And that's if I am well rested.
If I'm very tired (less than 6 hours of sleep) then the amount of good code goes to zero.
I know that because the next day I spend 6 hours fixing the code I wrote the day before. So in actuality, in 2 8-hour days, I produce only 6 hours of code.
When I come in on a Saturday like today, I'll be here for 7 hours, but plan on coding only 4. Why? Because I know that I won't have to screw with that code ever again, and in two-three years it will be chugging along happily without a single failure.
Oh, and it will be properly indented, properly commented, and have failover redundancy, event logging, and a fully detailed technical paper in html.
And that is what my company is paying me for. Not face-time.
Exactly. Looking for patterns.
Of course not. But the reality is that we can't check to make sure.
This is very similar to the police not being able to ask someone to check the trunk of their car for illegal stuff unless they have probable cause.
In some cases, in software, there is probable cause (similar behavior, etc), yet there is no way to make sure because there is no way to look at the binary and there is no way to look at the source code.
It is human nature to hide stuff where you know nobody can look. If police was banned to look into car trunks, under any circumstances, there would be dead body, weaponry, cocaine, and anything else you can think of.
Of course, there would be no proof. There can never be any proof, when there is no accountability.
This is why people assume that Saddam does develop nukes BECAUSE he doesn't let the "Cops" look in his "trunk".
Let the software manufacturers open their source code to law enforcement. Then we'll have proof either way. Until then, there is no proof either way.
So, since there is no proof that they haven't, you cannot say that I have lied, and you therefore must accept my opinion as a valid opinion.
You do understand the concept of opinion, right?
On the other hand, you will find that quite a few proprietary software solutions have implemented algorithms developed by the open-source community. The reason it's not commonly known is that the program is proprietary, and people can't look in to see where it came from.
Amazing uh?
Of course. I just took it to the next level.
And how the fuck can the evil patentor not be stymied by the most excellent patent office technically-aware clerk who says: "this is so obvious to any programmer" unless either said clerk was the one who worked on the one-click or aforementioned evil patentor stuffed the patent application envelope with a money order for $1,000 drawn to CASH?
Welcome to America's new thinking about war:
Fighting is not about territory (hence no lines) but about killing the right people (hence the refining of roles in conflict), and about performing a war on a scale so global that technically all countries are involved yet being so surgical that technically only very few people can be seen as responsible (and they are usually on TV at 5:30 just behing Ari).
Surprisinggly successful, I might add.
BTW, how many US casualties so far in the war in Afghanistan?