My way would be to force all the developers at MS to use custom built (Frankenstein) vanilla PC's with odd, noname component manufacturers, 512MB of ram, a P4 1.2 Ghz system, 4 year old graphics card and a FULL install of Vista.
If that does not force some pairing down of their software to run less bloated and buggy nothing will.
All of the arguments boil down to a couple of points.
If there continue to be no successful terrorist attacks in the USA that are known by the general public, the arguments and uproar about security measures that limit freedom and anonymity will continue to grow.
If on the other hand we DO have a successful terrorist attack in the USA (something as simple but as effective as Lee Malvo sniping people in D.C. or IAD's on I95) then expect people to gladly give their freedoms in for security.
Hope and pray the latter does not happen. I have every confidence that people will choose security over liberty (in general).
The best book I ever read about the CIA is called "The Main enemy" which outlines the final years of spying between the Soviet Union and the CIA. One thing people don't know is that the CIA declassifies a LOT of stuff but does not tell you WHAT is was declassified. Thus you can't request for that which you don't know about.
This book was written by a reporter and a former CIA employee who knew WHAT to request. Of course it was vetted but the things in it are VERY fascinating. From how much the Russians were running circles around our human intelligence operatives to double and triple agents, to what the Russians called the "Miracle Device", which was a device they found on a train car of the Siberian express designed to go back and forth across the country looking for nuclear weapons based on radiation signatures.
I would imagine that if this thing becomes common we might see distributed peer to peer web infrastructure get more popular. Freenet is the best example, although freenet is notoriously slow.
Look, I'm no DELL fanboy but it's obvious that in an organization as large as Dell it's going to take time for the whole company to be on the same track. There could be any of a number of LEGITIMATE reasons for what you encountered. I'm just going to guess, but one reason COULD BE that they are not yet ready to support biz fully and that they are starting off with personal use first and will soon add biz support as soon as the contracts are signed, people are trained, testing and evaluation, etc.
Just because Dell says we will support LINUX today does not mean tomorrow morning everything will be good to go. BTW...the prior sentence uses exaggerations to make a point. If you don't get it you don't get it.
Europe is NOT the model of utopia I want to emulate.
Low Birth rates (for non-immigrants) High Taxes EU Bureaucracy that makes ours look streamlined
The U.S. is no bed of roses, but making the argument that Europe has done a better job due to it's parliamentary style of government. does not wash either.
If they did the crime and it can be proved then people should go to jail.
But before you start throwing parties about the downfall of the Republican party you should ask yourself if having the democrats in power will be any different.
We've seen what happens when one party becomes dominant. Are we sure we want to swing all the way in the opposite direction?
Personally it's not one party or the other, it's the state of politicians in general. Just tossing out the current administration does not solve the problem.
That was not my what I said, and I didn't imply that either. I happen to believe in climate change, but I read all the science and the "scientific majority" definitely does not concur with what the self-serving groups that are using it as a vehicle for their political aims.
"Belief is the psychological state in which an individual is convinced of the truth of a proposition."
I happen to agree with the above definition from wikipedia. I would add that self-evident truths are the basis for every belief I've ever run across (including my own).
Usually I'd go on, but Trolls often use Ad Hominem attacks as you just did.
"An ad hominem argument, also known as argumentum ad hominem (Latin: "argument to the person", "argument against the man") consists of replying to an argument or factual claim by attacking or appealing to the person making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim. It is most commonly used to refer specifically to the ad hominem abusive, or argumentum ad personam, which consists of criticizing or personally attacking an argument's proponent in an attempt to discredit that argument."
Don't expect me to respond again. It's not worth my time.
I honestly believe in Open source and the free software movement.
But I have to wonder if as long as we have countries that are separate, sovereign entities if open source allows an enemy nation to create weapons by exploiting from flaws in code on a scale much more dangerous than a single evil hacker or group of organized criminals.
You can be sure of one thing. The Chinese military (or other Military in other countries) will probably not release back into the general community flaws or fixes for vulnerabilities and exploits they find.
"The beauty is that (as I'm sure you already realize), you don't have to agree with their politics. A lot of the things that we can do to help the environment will also help our pocketbooks. Of course, it does require looking out a few years sometimes to see the dividends - something that many people aren't willing to do."
Unfortunately that is not always true. In the case of some environmental groups and animal rights activists for instance there is a tendency to implement solutions that are strikingly anti-libertarian in nature, and I might add totally unrealistic about their chances of effectiveness. Using the fringe political spectrum's philosophical and political methods (on the right and left) for implementation of the groups primary mission constrains the range of solutions the group is willing to consider. Less willingness to listen and try new ideas usually results in less effectiveness.
The issue is that there are politicians, special interest groups, and countries that are "riding" the global climate change issue (Al Gore, Greenpeace, Countries, etc) using it to enhance their position and power and prestige. Because these groups believe that the ends justifies the means they use cherry picked data, edited graphical charts and sound bites.
That is NOT to say that the underlying stuff about climate change is not there, it's just that the "hype" has gotten SO big that it's actually hurting the movement.
Climate change, Environmentalism, Animal Rights and other movements which at one point in the past had broader participation across a wider political spectrum have become essentially vehicles for people with far left leanings.
I agree with supporting those ideas above including the issue of addressing IF POSSIBLE climate change. I often DO NOT agree with the politics of those groups above.
It's not surprising that there are those in the former communist countries who now lean in a much more libertarian "let me make my own individual choice" as the author of the article seems to be. They saw what a far left dictatorial regime was like (and often if they were old enough saw the far right when the NAZI's were in control).
At first I was pretty angry at LINUX vendors doing this. But then I thought "who cares" it's their money. If they want to put it in a pile and light it on fire that's their deal.
Personally. I'll refuse to support any vendor that does "deals with Satan".
So we have Schwartz, Linux and Theo on record. Now all I need for my collection is something from RMS, Bruce Perens, a couple of the FreeBSD Founders and NetBSD founders to REALLY get things going:)
Separate from this issue is the precedant of states refusing to follow the orders of the Federal Government. What will be REALLY interesting is if these states succeed and then try the same strategy with other federal statutes the states don't like.
These are EXACTLY the types of articles that need to be written and submitted to major IT magazines. Non-biased success stories that don't hide the difficulties or how they were surmounted.
Less "RA RA Yea LINUX" and more "down to biz" stories with real meat are what we need.
Bittorrent currently only encrypts the headers of it's packets. I predict that developers who make those applications affected will do everything they can to make their packets look like https or VPN by using SSL or similar technology.
It's an interesting article, but it mainly talks only about mammals and occasionally vegetation. The effect of radiation on high reproduction insects would be far more interesting.
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My way would be to force all the developers at MS to use custom built (Frankenstein) vanilla PC's with odd, noname component manufacturers, 512MB of ram, a P4 1.2 Ghz system, 4 year old graphics card and a FULL install of Vista.
If that does not force some pairing down of their software to run less bloated and buggy nothing will.
All of the arguments boil down to a couple of points.
If there continue to be no successful terrorist attacks in the USA that are known by the general public, the arguments and uproar about security measures that limit freedom and anonymity will continue to grow.
If on the other hand we DO have a successful terrorist attack in the USA (something as simple but as effective as Lee Malvo sniping people in D.C. or IAD's on I95) then expect people to gladly give their freedoms in for security.
Hope and pray the latter does not happen. I have every confidence that people will choose security over liberty (in general).
The best book I ever read about the CIA is called "The Main enemy" which outlines the final years of spying between the Soviet Union and the CIA. One thing people don't know is that the CIA declassifies a LOT of stuff but does not tell you WHAT is was declassified. Thus you can't request for that which you don't know about.
w down/dp/0345472500
This book was written by a reporter and a former CIA employee who knew WHAT to request. Of course it was vetted but the things in it are VERY fascinating. From how much the Russians were running circles around our human intelligence operatives to double and triple agents, to what the Russians called the "Miracle Device", which was a device they found on a train car of the Siberian express designed to go back and forth across the country looking for nuclear weapons based on radiation signatures.
http://www.amazon.com/Main-Enemy-Inside-Story-Sho
It's one of those rare finds that usually don't make the best sellers and is quite a gem.
I would imagine that if this thing becomes common we might see distributed peer to peer web infrastructure get more popular. Freenet is the best example, although freenet is notoriously slow.
Look, I'm no DELL fanboy but it's obvious that in an organization as large as Dell it's going to take time for the whole company to be on the same track. There could be any of a number of LEGITIMATE reasons for what you encountered. I'm just going to guess, but one reason COULD BE that they are not yet ready to support biz fully and that they are starting off with personal use first and will soon add biz support as soon as the contracts are signed, people are trained, testing and evaluation, etc.
Just because Dell says we will support LINUX today does not mean tomorrow morning everything will be good to go. BTW...the prior sentence uses exaggerations to make a point. If you don't get it you don't get it.
I say that ALL Politicians must take a vow of poverty while in office. No perks, nothing. When they get out of office, no lobbying for cash.
Of course that will not stop psychopaths who want power for power sake and fame, but it would at least take the $$$$ out of the equation.
Europe is NOT the model of utopia I want to emulate.
Low Birth rates (for non-immigrants)
High Taxes
EU Bureaucracy that makes ours look streamlined
The U.S. is no bed of roses, but making the argument that Europe has done a better job due to it's parliamentary style of government. does not wash either.
If they did the crime and it can be proved then people should go to jail.
But before you start throwing parties about the downfall of the Republican party you should ask yourself if having the democrats in power will be any different.
We've seen what happens when one party becomes dominant. Are we sure we want to swing all the way in the opposite direction?
Personally it's not one party or the other, it's the state of politicians in general. Just tossing out the current administration does not solve the problem.
I can see it now, I enter in my DNA and they come back showing that my Wife is my 3rd or 4th cousin...
NIGHTMARE!
"impossible" is not a very useful word when trying to do something somebody else has not done before.
But it's not an iphone so people will not buy it.
enough said....
Did you read my first post in the thread?
That was not my what I said, and I didn't imply that either. I happen to believe in climate change, but I read all the science and the "scientific majority" definitely does not concur with what the self-serving groups that are using it as a vehicle for their political aims.
"Belief is the psychological state in which an individual is convinced of the truth of a proposition."
I happen to agree with the above definition from wikipedia. I would add that self-evident truths are the basis for every belief I've ever run across (including my own).
Usually I'd go on, but Trolls often use Ad Hominem attacks as you just did.
"An ad hominem argument, also known as argumentum ad hominem (Latin: "argument to the person", "argument against the man") consists of replying to an argument or factual claim by attacking or appealing to the person making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim. It is most commonly used to refer specifically to the ad hominem abusive, or argumentum ad personam, which consists of criticizing or personally attacking an argument's proponent in an attempt to discredit that argument."
Don't expect me to respond again. It's not worth my time.
I honestly believe in Open source and the free software movement.
But I have to wonder if as long as we have countries that are separate, sovereign entities if open source allows an enemy nation to create weapons by exploiting from flaws in code on a scale much more dangerous than a single evil hacker or group of organized criminals.
You can be sure of one thing. The Chinese military (or other Military in other countries) will probably not release back into the general community flaws or fixes for vulnerabilities and exploits they find.
"The beauty is that (as I'm sure you already realize), you don't have to agree with their politics. A lot of the things that we can do to help the environment will also help our pocketbooks. Of course, it does require looking out a few years sometimes to see the dividends - something that many people aren't willing to do."
Unfortunately that is not always true. In the case of some environmental groups and animal rights activists for instance there is a tendency to implement solutions that are strikingly anti-libertarian in nature, and I might add totally unrealistic about their chances of effectiveness. Using the fringe political spectrum's philosophical and political methods (on the right and left) for implementation of the groups primary mission constrains the range of solutions the group is willing to consider. Less willingness to listen and try new ideas usually results in less effectiveness.
The issue is that there are politicians, special interest groups, and countries that are "riding" the global climate change issue (Al Gore, Greenpeace, Countries, etc) using it to enhance their position and power and prestige. Because these groups believe that the ends justifies the means they use cherry picked data, edited graphical charts and sound bites.
That is NOT to say that the underlying stuff about climate change is not there, it's just that the "hype" has gotten SO big that it's actually hurting the movement.
Climate change, Environmentalism, Animal Rights and other movements which at one point in the past had broader participation across a wider political spectrum have become essentially vehicles for people with far left leanings.
I agree with supporting those ideas above including the issue of addressing IF POSSIBLE climate change. I often DO NOT agree with the politics of those groups above.
It's not surprising that there are those in the former communist countries who now lean in a much more libertarian "let me make my own individual choice" as the author of the article seems to be. They saw what a far left dictatorial regime was like (and often if they were old enough saw the far right when the NAZI's were in control).
At first I was pretty angry at LINUX vendors doing this. But then I thought "who cares" it's their money. If they want to put it in a pile and light it on fire that's their deal.
Personally. I'll refuse to support any vendor that does "deals with Satan".
Linspire and Novelle can kiss my ass.
So we have Schwartz, Linux and Theo on record. Now all I need for my collection is something from RMS, Bruce Perens, a couple of the FreeBSD Founders and NetBSD founders to REALLY get things going :)
Its good until the Federal Gov withholds federal funds OR marches troops down the state capital to arrest the governor and state representatives.
There is a reason why the U.S. Flag is higher on the flagpole than the state flag.
The U.S. constitution trumps state constitutions. Unless the state decides it no longer wants to be part of the Union.
Separate from this issue is the precedant of states refusing to follow the orders of the Federal Government. What will be REALLY interesting is if these states succeed and then try the same strategy with other federal statutes the states don't like.
These are EXACTLY the types of articles that need to be written and submitted to major IT magazines. Non-biased success stories that don't hide the difficulties or how they were surmounted.
Less "RA RA Yea LINUX" and more "down to biz" stories with real meat are what we need.
Umm...web pages are not the only thing that uses SSL.
VPN connections are used by a LOT of business users that work from home. Start throttling them and listen to people start to yell.
Bittorrent currently only encrypts the headers of it's packets. I predict that developers who make those applications affected will do everything they can to make their packets look like https or VPN by using SSL or similar technology.
This story is one big Troll post. And I got caught with the rest of the suckers responding to it.
It's an interesting article, but it mainly talks only about mammals and occasionally vegetation. The effect of radiation on high reproduction insects would be far more interesting.
Judges give latitude to defendants without law degrees in small claims court. I wouldn't be surprised if he won.