About DVD players: Many/most DVD's I have seen do not allow you to skip over the FBI and Interpol warnings. It's trivial to apply this 'feature' to the advertisements.
When I ran cable in my workplace (three offices), I ran the cable out to the length I wanted, then added about 15 feet. Yeah, maybe some crosstalk (haven't seen any evidence, yet) but nobody will ever have to stretch a cable taut. Oh, also ran four runs for every one run needed. Yeah, a shitload more cable needed, but not much more money. And we've already used about half of the 'extra' drops.
It's at this point I should mention I'm not a techie, I'm a shirt. But one who knows the right questions to ask:)
That said, I would probably put as much stuff as possible on the Debian box. I assume you have total, or near total, control over this box. Set up methods of choice for access, and set up appropriate aliases for outside accounts.
Given the mix, you are going to be limited in protocol. If you can, I'd consider Amanda for backups (put server on box with tape, put clients on other machines).
Not enough info to answer the question. How much data total? How much needs to go out of the house? Do you want common accounts to various machines? What machines do you use most? What kind of data are you storing/want access to? What is your backup medium, what os is it linked to?
Thanks for pointing out another concern: what do you do with it. Hadn't thought of the IP radio. That is actually interesting.
A problem is that I don't see users having control over the network. As others have posted, control will be in the hands of GM, Ford, DMX, etc. It would require some serious hacking to get user controlled apps. And between DMCA and the OBD requirements, I foresee even more legal battles.
The four year time frame is an old saw. It really needs to be put to bed. Drivetrains seem to be developed independent of most autos, and are the parts that take time. Chrysler has managed to drive the actual time to develop the car down to under three years. Toyota has gone from paper to showroom in 22 months. It's highly likely that most manufacturers are not far behind.
The claim is also absurd from a technical standpoint: if you assume that a drive will be available, design around it. Leave a spot big enough for the drive, with standard connectors, mounting, etc...
No, the real problem is nobody wants a fucking computer in the car.
Okay, I'll begin with saying that I should really be raking the excess grass from the yard.
Who the hell wants a browser in their car? What would 'telematics' possibly add to driving? Oh, yeah, that's right, nothing. Getting the shopping list, checking the ball game, etc. can be accomplished via cell phone, terrestrial or satellite radio. Maps can be used with CD or DVD tech.
There's the interface problem. Psychotic interfaces like that on the current 7 series BMW are being blasted in the press.
What are the problems? One more thing to go wrong. And, more insidious:
Take GPS, drive by wire (for those who don't know, connecting driver controls to various computers that actually actuate the throttle, brakes, etc.) and more powerful computers... That's right. I'm going to say it: You speed, your car will pull you over and lock the doors until the local police can get around to giving you a ticket.
Bleh. No thanks. I've got an Olds Diesel wagon in reserve. Computer free, and ready for an EMP.
What you implied, but left unsaid, is that outsourcing leads almost directly to cheaper goods for the consumer. Dana (assuming you mean the drivetrain company) specializes in drivetrains. Why not let them build and design the best drivetrain? Makes sense to me. Why try to build/design a car stereo when there are dozens of manufacturers out there.
The slashdot libertarians should be quite happy about things like this.
The real trick is that (to take the GM example again), does the 'assembling company' (GM) know how to assemble parts from disparate companies, or do they only know how to do the complete package?
BTW, not sure how any of this applies to software. I'm in the medical industry, and you let someone else deal with the government goons.
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... He was too busy cancelling AOL. BTW, just read through the 3+ comments, and NOBODY made a comment about Jon using AOL.
I assume that teaching a few JC classes means you aren't into teaching for life, just for a little extra money. But in any event, why not write your own textbook? Don't know if any publisher would buy it, but you could at least force your own students to get it. Better yet, start a sourceforge project.
No wonder we USians get shit upon so much. It's not our place to be the moral police of the world. It's not our place to dictate to others. We left Europe (most of us) precisely to avoid that kind of shit. Unfortunately, since at least Madison, we've had to deal with bringing our great and wonderfulness to all the world.
I'm no great believer in PC, moral relativism, or all that crap. But I do believe in staying out of other people's damned business so long as it doesn't affect me. If Kuwaitis have a problem with this, let them revolt. I'd consider helping them. But if they aren't willing to sturm and drang on their own, why should I care?
Being able to go to JennaJameson.com is not some great right. Being able to espouse differing political views IS. Try to understand the difference.
Wish I had mod points. Wife is deaf blind (yes, for the third time in this story) and while she never got a load of shit from the deaf community, it's only because she flat out didn't give a fuck. She wanted implants.
We talked about it: not only would the blind 'community' embrace this, they are likely to demand the federal government pay to install them on anybody who would benefit.
Exactly. My wife has RP, and would take a set of these in a heartbeat. Similarly, she has a cochlear implant. These types of questions were the LAST thing on her mind.
I think that the CALs are required for Macs. At least if they are accessing Windows file shares, Inter/intra-net servers, etc. Also, from tallying at my own site, the price of CAL's are large, and not to be dismissed lightly.
OTOH, I'm not sure that these 'benefit' Mac users, if you know what I mean.
Go back and reread my comment and the original comment. The original poster said that persons under the age of 18 have the same status as slaves used to. They do not.
Further, depending upon the state in which you live, you are considerably more restrained wrt your actions to your child than you seem to realize. 'Abuse' is a rather broad word, and judges and juries have strange ways of interpreting it.
'their', not 'there'
Let's look at some other comments:
First, you've said you can do anything legal you want. How does this law give you new powers? Or this one. What size 'random' sampling? I bet with any sampling of at least 20 people, I find at least one who doesn't like the idea. But you know what? Neither of our bets mean a hill of beans without real numbers or surveys. The problems in this comment have already been well commented on, despite lame replies.
I hope you are doing a better job raising your child than you are defending a position here on/. Clearly, calling someone a 'dumbass' does wonders for your rhetoric. Ironically, you claimed here that rational discussion on this forum is impossible. Having reread my reply, it looks like I was civil, if a bit terse. OTOH, your 'dumbass' comment does show who to blame for lack of civility on/.
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The car is a physical product that you purchased. The OS is a 'license to use'.
About DVD players: Many/most DVD's I have seen do not allow you to skip over the FBI and Interpol warnings. It's trivial to apply this 'feature' to the advertisements.
When I ran cable in my workplace (three offices), I ran the cable out to the length I wanted, then added about 15 feet. Yeah, maybe some crosstalk (haven't seen any evidence, yet) but nobody will ever have to stretch a cable taut. Oh, also ran four runs for every one run needed. Yeah, a shitload more cable needed, but not much more money. And we've already used about half of the 'extra' drops.
The whole thing looks a little hinky.
You may want to invest in a bit of conduit. The insulation on that CAT 5 ain't gonna last forever. Also squirrels, mice, etc.
It's at this point I should mention I'm not a techie, I'm a shirt. But one who knows the right questions to ask:)
That said, I would probably put as much stuff as possible on the Debian box. I assume you have total, or near total, control over this box. Set up methods of choice for access, and set up appropriate aliases for outside accounts.
Given the mix, you are going to be limited in protocol. If you can, I'd consider Amanda for backups (put server on box with tape, put clients on other machines).
Good luck getting useful answers.
Not enough info to answer the question. How much data total? How much needs to go out of the house? Do you want common accounts to various machines? What machines do you use most? What kind of data are you storing/want access to? What is your backup medium, what os is it linked to?
Thanks for pointing out another concern: what do you do with it. Hadn't thought of the IP radio. That is actually interesting.
A problem is that I don't see users having control over the network. As others have posted, control will be in the hands of GM, Ford, DMX, etc. It would require some serious hacking to get user controlled apps. And between DMCA and the OBD requirements, I foresee even more legal battles.
The four year time frame is an old saw. It really needs to be put to bed. Drivetrains seem to be developed independent of most autos, and are the parts that take time. Chrysler has managed to drive the actual time to develop the car down to under three years. Toyota has gone from paper to showroom in 22 months. It's highly likely that most manufacturers are not far behind.
The claim is also absurd from a technical standpoint: if you assume that a drive will be available, design around it. Leave a spot big enough for the drive, with standard connectors, mounting, etc...
No, the real problem is nobody wants a fucking computer in the car.
Okay, I'll begin with saying that I should really be raking the excess grass from the yard.
Who the hell wants a browser in their car? What would 'telematics' possibly add to driving? Oh, yeah, that's right, nothing. Getting the shopping list, checking the ball game, etc. can be accomplished via cell phone, terrestrial or satellite radio. Maps can be used with CD or DVD tech.
There's the interface problem. Psychotic interfaces like that on the current 7 series BMW are being blasted in the press.
What are the problems? One more thing to go wrong. And, more insidious:
Take GPS, drive by wire (for those who don't know, connecting driver controls to various computers that actually actuate the throttle, brakes, etc.) and more powerful computers... That's right. I'm going to say it: You speed, your car will pull you over and lock the doors until the local police can get around to giving you a ticket.
Bleh. No thanks. I've got an Olds Diesel wagon in reserve. Computer free, and ready for an EMP.
What you implied, but left unsaid, is that outsourcing leads almost directly to cheaper goods for the consumer. Dana (assuming you mean the drivetrain company) specializes in drivetrains. Why not let them build and design the best drivetrain? Makes sense to me. Why try to build/design a car stereo when there are dozens of manufacturers out there.
The slashdot libertarians should be quite happy about things like this.
The real trick is that (to take the GM example again), does the 'assembling company' (GM) know how to assemble parts from disparate companies, or do they only know how to do the complete package?
BTW, not sure how any of this applies to software. I'm in the medical industry, and you let someone else deal with the government goons.
... He was too busy cancelling AOL. BTW, just read through the 3+ comments, and NOBODY made a comment about Jon using AOL.
/. getting weak.
Geez, talk about
Don't you read anything? Everyone knows that if they support Mozilla, they will have to open source Excel. It's those damned viral licenses.
I assume that teaching a few JC classes means you aren't into teaching for life, just for a little extra money. But in any event, why not write your own textbook? Don't know if any publisher would buy it, but you could at least force your own students to get it. Better yet, start a sourceforge project.
No wonder we USians get shit upon so much. It's not our place to be the moral police of the world. It's not our place to dictate to others. We left Europe (most of us) precisely to avoid that kind of shit. Unfortunately, since at least Madison, we've had to deal with bringing our great and wonderfulness to all the world.
I'm no great believer in PC, moral relativism, or all that crap. But I do believe in staying out of other people's damned business so long as it doesn't affect me. If Kuwaitis have a problem with this, let them revolt. I'd consider helping them. But if they aren't willing to sturm and drang on their own, why should I care?
Being able to go to JennaJameson.com is not some great right. Being able to espouse differing political views IS. Try to understand the difference.
I can also see where what I said was a bit flippant, and not 100% accurate.
No harm, no foul.
Debian is not GNU, but all of the pages seem to say 'GNU/Linux' in the header. That's what I was basing my post on, not initial funding.
But, I suppose, the thing is, who cares? Debian 'vanilla' is available for purists.
It already exists.
Wish I had mod points. Wife is deaf blind (yes, for the third time in this story) and while she never got a load of shit from the deaf community, it's only because she flat out didn't give a fuck. She wanted implants.
We talked about it: not only would the blind 'community' embrace this, they are likely to demand the federal government pay to install them on anybody who would benefit.
Exactly. My wife has RP, and would take a set of these in a heartbeat. Similarly, she has a cochlear implant. These types of questions were the LAST thing on her mind.
Seeing as how cochlear implants still suck compared to natural hearing, it'll be a while.
(Although, FWIW, as soon as these things are approved for use, my wife will be getting them.)
Sometimes, you can't help but feed the trolls:)
Hey, you don't have to tell me. I've got a really cool samba file server at work. It's my bad motherfucker. :)
I know that the MS software does run on standard protocols and ports. But they expect CALs.
I think that the CALs are required for Macs. At least if they are accessing Windows file shares, Inter/intra-net servers, etc. Also, from tallying at my own site, the price of CAL's are large, and not to be dismissed lightly.
OTOH, I'm not sure that these 'benefit' Mac users, if you know what I mean.
Go back and reread my comment and the original comment. The original poster said that persons under the age of 18 have the same status as slaves used to. They do not.
/. Clearly, calling someone a 'dumbass' does wonders for your rhetoric. Ironically, you claimed here that rational discussion on this forum is impossible. Having reread my reply, it looks like I was civil, if a bit terse. OTOH, your 'dumbass' comment does show who to blame for lack of civility on /.
Further, depending upon the state in which you live, you are considerably more restrained wrt your actions to your child than you seem to realize. 'Abuse' is a rather broad word, and judges and juries have strange ways of interpreting it.
'their', not 'there'
Let's look at some other comments:
First, you've said you can do anything legal you want. How does this law give you new powers? Or this one. What size 'random' sampling? I bet with any sampling of at least 20 people, I find at least one who doesn't like the idea. But you know what? Neither of our bets mean a hill of beans without real numbers or surveys. The problems in this comment have already been well commented on, despite lame replies.
I hope you are doing a better job raising your child than you are defending a position here on