TFA doesn't mention that Gatehouse licenses content on their sites as CC by-attribution non-commercial license. The dispute here is specifically about the commercial use of content. It's a little different from the AP situation, where it appeared that the AP was going after everyone who linked to one of their articles. (Though, in practice, only commercial entities are worth the cost of a lawsuit.)
Whether you agree with the Gatehouse position on the Globe's links, they're certainly not clueless. They have a strategy that allows pretty much unlimited non-commercial use of their content, while reserving rights to commercial use.
You need to tell us more about your requirements. That said, if you want a basic firewall, consider Cyberguard's SG family of firewalls, which are essentially little Linux appliances with an easy-to-use web interface. They're far less expensive than $13K.
I wanted to be able to go online anytime 24/7 from anywhere using a small device. In the US, the CDMA providers (Verizon, Sprint) won't sell you a device that can do 802.11[b|g] like the Nokia 9500. I go places where there's no GSM, and I wanted to use wifi where it is available, so no cell provider had a solution for me.
I already have a Verizon CDMA phone that does 1x data (LG 4500) over USB to my Linux laptop - I just wanted something smaller. So I got a Sharp Zaurus 3000. This is a Linux PDA sold only in Japan. It is a flip-open device with a 4G HDD. After much jacking around, this device does what I want. It supports CF expansion cards so I can do wifi and wired ethernet. It has a USB port so I can connect to the Verizon 1x data network. I just took a 4 day vacation and carried only this device, a wifi card, and my cell phone. I ran SSH, used a web browser, read email, etc.
Obviously, buying a $625 device from Japan isn't for everyone, but it worked for me, for now.
I'm upgrading all of my boxes from woody to sarge. So far so good. You need to follow the instructions here Some perspective: It is a giant leap from woody to sarge. Each server I'm upgrading has a purpose, and the application software to support that purpose has taken a big version jump. Of course, you're going to have issues doing that.
Read this for what it is: the wishful thinking of a soon-to-be unemployed industry pundit. He wishes that CA and IBM would take over the open source database market, because they have the marketing dollars to feed companies like his (the Bloor Group - an IT consulting firm).
Unfortunately for him, the new open source companies don't need to be behemoths, because they don't require the huge sales and marketing overhead of traditional companies. MySQL and PostgreSQL don't need to pay consultants and marketeers to shill their products for two reasons: they already have killer word-of-mouth, and anyone can try their product for free and verify any performance claims firsthand.
By taking multi-million dollar licensing deals away from the database market, open source databases will take the food from the mouths of parasites like this guy. Just ignore his last gasps.
My brother is a lawyer in a small firm (2 lawyers, 4 employees) that started two years ago. After much discussion, they went with Macs and have been happy ever since. No viruses, easy to use, easy networking, etc.
On innovation: Google's use of "ajax" (if we must use that name) is novel (and hence an innovation) because it strings together a number of existing technologies to greatly increase the usability of their offering. Yes, the technologies underlying "ajax" have been around for a while, but they certainly haven't been applied anywhere near as effectively as Google has applied them in their new applications.
On graceful degradation, two points:
First, "Ajax" would be impossible to pull off in Netscape 4.x or a text browser. Netscape is too broken, and Ajax is a GUI technology. So asking for graceful degradation in this context is asking too much. By supporting both IE, Mozilla and Safari, Google is clearly showing that they're making a good-faith effort to support a variety of modern, graphical browsers. It is reasonable to assume they'll support more as time goes forward.
Second, Google is only applying "ajax" to those products which are not unique to them. You can go to Yahoo for mail, Mapquest for maps, etc., if you don't like Google's lack of graceful degradation. Google's search still renders well in almost any browser. It is only the new stuff that breaks the old browsers.
Now, if, e.g., Amazon switched over to "ajax" and did not provide a path for old browsers, your gripe would be legitimate, because you'd no longer be able to access their core offering.
The cynic in me says that this guy took a good look at Google's innovation and gave it a name:
At Adaptive Path, we've been doing our own work with Ajax over the last several months, and we're realizing we've only scratched the surface of the rich interaction and responsiveness that Ajax applications can provide.
In this quote, read "doing our own work" as "invoking view source".
We use the Cryptocard card token. It is more convenient than the keychain token because you have a calculator-style keypad to enter your PIN.
That said, it is still remarkably difficult to purchase and use any of these tokens in a small shop (or home environment). Cryptocard is more small-business friendly than SecurID, but both are mainly targeted at the large enterprise.
Check out Ralph Kimball's site. A good place to start is his book, The Data Warehouse Toolkit. I haven't read the 2nd edition, but the first edition is full of good practical examples of dimensional modeling.
Non-techs hate spam, too. The #1 question that my non-tech friends ask me is how to get rid of spam (in emails, popups, etc). The hijacking of an Internet protocol probably PO's the techs more than the non-techs, I agree.
Actually, Belkin is not getting ad revenue. They're advertising one of their own products (parental control).
Also, I think Belkin, D-Link, et.al. might well listen. The home wireless router market is a cutthroat, commodity place. To me, they're all basically the same box. Why would I buy from a company that routes me to spam, when there are 5 others that don't on the same shelf for the same price?
Yes, it is a big deal.
First, the original poster on Google said that he got it, unannounced, as part of a router firmware upgrade. No warning or explanation.
Second, Belkin sells a product that is supposed to route Internet traffic, including HTTP. At certain, random points, it does not do that. Instead it sends out an advertisement to a user who has made a valid HTTP request. If Sony started selling a CD player that played a commercial for Coke once every 8 hours, would that be "no big deal"?
I'm not spending another cent on Belkin gear until they reverse the upgrade and pledge not to do it again. Otherwise, simple gear like routers will become spam engines.
Hmm..I found this Oak also, but it bills itself as "complete framework for designing enterprise applications". I see a syslog reader as part of Oak, but it certainly isn't a pre-built "syslog watcher and digester". Anyone have a pointer to the way that Oak can be used as described in the book review?
Absolutely right. In addition, if you really use a large number of disposables, you can probably cut a deal with a supplier to get a camera with the number of exposures that you need. Maybe 15, like State Farm You're probably looking at a couple of bucks per camera. Total cost of camera + developing film is probably under $10. You can buy 20-40 of these for every digital that you buy. Makes it hard to justify a digital on price alone.
I was a Netflix subscriber for a few months. My experience matches the study - there was a slow buildup of "long waits" in my queue. Eventually, when all the movies I wanted to see were "long waits", I cancelled.
In general, I find that I'm getting a lot more aggressive with cancelling subscriptions or services, especially if these services involve new technology. Cancellation is the only message that is received - all others fall on deaf ears. Sprint PCS, for example, has an customer service voice recognition system that will route you to a service agent if you say "I want to cancel". Any other message is handled by an automated, worthless system. I was able to negotiate a much better rate with them by using those four magic words.
I'm happy to pay for errata. $349 per server is too much for errata. I don't want any kind of support from RH other than errata.
I use RH now, and have for years. But I'm actively looking for another distro. Plus, I'm tired of the marketing b.s. that accompanies their segmentation of the market.
Computerized Go-To telescopes are fine, and if your father is into technological gadgets, go ahead and him one. But astronomy is a learning hobby, and unless he wants to learn about the night sky, the go-to scope you've purchased will end up gathering dust.
The person who recommended a couple of books and a set of binoculars was right. Binoculars are always good to have, even if you have a telescope. However, I understand that you want to have a fun present to give your Dad. With that in mind, I'll give you a basic recommendation:
It really isn't that hard to find objects in the sky with a manually operated telescope. For $300-500 (including shipping) you can buy a 6" or 8" dobsonian-mounted telescope with decent optics. A "dob" is sturdy, simple and most of the money goes into optics, not the computer. At this price range, you just can't make a good scope and a good computer. A 6-8" dob for $300-500 is much better optically than a go-to scope in the same price range.
There are many places to get this type of scope: Orion Telescope has a nice set of beginner dobsonians. Thrown in a pointing device like a Telrad or a Rigel Quikfinder. Either of these finders are a real help in locating objects.
It looks like each copy of RHAS installs with proprietary client to the RedHat network. This client is not GPL. It is "RedHat Intellectual Property". That's apparently what's licensed.
We have ~100 customers running RedHat on a product that I support. RHAS would be a good solution if it had a 5 year EOL _and_ if it were reasonably priced. But RedHat wants to charge almost $80K for us to use RHAS.
Come on! That's nuts. I've never called RedHat support. I'm ready to recognize the value of their errata, and I'm ready to pay for it. But not $80K for 100 servers. Maybe $8K.
Read the whole article. A few paragraphs later, Guido details two real-world examples where python was used to create working prototypes for eShop and Yahoo Mail. After a few months of production deployment of those apps, the python code was replaced with C++.
IMO, this is a much better approach: Write a decently architected python (perl/php) app that meets the customer requirements. Then, and only if performance is an issue, replace pieces of the app with C/C++. I don't see where Java enters into the picture.
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TFA doesn't mention that Gatehouse licenses content on their sites as CC by-attribution non-commercial license. The dispute here is specifically about the commercial use of content. It's a little different from the AP situation, where it appeared that the AP was going after everyone who linked to one of their articles. (Though, in practice, only commercial entities are worth the cost of a lawsuit.) Whether you agree with the Gatehouse position on the Globe's links, they're certainly not clueless. They have a strategy that allows pretty much unlimited non-commercial use of their content, while reserving rights to commercial use.
I just bought this: Inspiron E1505 15.4" screen Core Duo 1.66 1 GB RAM 80 GB HDD for $996.
You need to tell us more about your requirements. That said, if you want a basic firewall, consider Cyberguard's SG family of firewalls, which are essentially little Linux appliances with an easy-to-use web interface. They're far less expensive than $13K.
I wanted to be able to go online anytime 24/7 from anywhere using a small device. In the US, the CDMA providers (Verizon, Sprint) won't sell you a device that can do 802.11[b|g] like the Nokia 9500. I go places where there's no GSM, and I wanted to use wifi where it is available, so no cell provider had a solution for me.
I already have a Verizon CDMA phone that does 1x data (LG 4500) over USB to my Linux laptop - I just wanted something smaller. So I got a Sharp Zaurus 3000. This is a Linux PDA sold only in Japan. It is a flip-open device with a 4G HDD. After much jacking around, this device does what I want. It supports CF expansion cards so I can do wifi and wired ethernet. It has a USB port so I can connect to the Verizon 1x data network. I just took a 4 day vacation and carried only this device, a wifi card, and my cell phone. I ran SSH, used a web browser, read email, etc.
Obviously, buying a $625 device from Japan isn't for everyone, but it worked for me, for now.
I'm upgrading all of my boxes from woody to sarge. So far so good. You need to follow the instructions here
Some perspective: It is a giant leap from woody to sarge. Each server I'm upgrading has a purpose, and the application software to support that purpose has taken a big version jump. Of course, you're going to have issues doing that.
Read this for what it is: the wishful thinking of a soon-to-be unemployed industry pundit. He wishes that CA and IBM would take over the open source database market, because they have the marketing dollars to feed companies like his (the Bloor Group - an IT consulting firm).
Unfortunately for him, the new open source companies don't need to be behemoths, because they don't require the huge sales and marketing overhead of traditional companies. MySQL and PostgreSQL don't need to pay consultants and marketeers to shill their products for two reasons: they already have killer word-of-mouth, and anyone can try their product for free and verify any performance claims firsthand.
By taking multi-million dollar licensing deals away from the database market, open source databases will take the food from the mouths of parasites like this guy. Just ignore his last gasps.
My brother is a lawyer in a small firm (2 lawyers, 4 employees) that started two years ago. After much discussion, they went with Macs and have been happy ever since. No viruses, easy to use, easy networking, etc.
I disagree with both of your points:
On innovation: Google's use of "ajax" (if we must use that name) is novel (and hence an innovation) because it strings together a number of existing technologies to greatly increase the usability of their offering. Yes, the technologies underlying "ajax" have been around for a while, but they certainly haven't been applied anywhere near as effectively as Google has applied them in their new applications.
On graceful degradation, two points:
First, "Ajax" would be impossible to pull off in Netscape 4.x or a text browser. Netscape is too broken, and Ajax is a GUI technology. So asking for graceful degradation in this context is asking too much. By supporting both IE, Mozilla and Safari, Google is clearly showing that they're making a good-faith effort to support a variety of modern, graphical browsers. It is reasonable to assume they'll support more as time goes forward.
Second, Google is only applying "ajax" to those products which are not unique to them. You can go to Yahoo for mail, Mapquest for maps, etc., if you don't like Google's lack of graceful degradation. Google's search still renders well in almost any browser. It is only the new stuff that breaks the old browsers.
Now, if, e.g., Amazon switched over to "ajax" and did not provide a path for old browsers, your gripe would be legitimate, because you'd no longer be able to access their core offering.
The cynic in me says that this guy took a good look at Google's innovation and gave it a name:
In this quote, read "doing our own work" as "invoking view source".
We use the Cryptocard card token. It is more convenient than the keychain token because you have a calculator-style keypad to enter your PIN.
That said, it is still remarkably difficult to purchase and use any of these tokens in a small shop (or home environment). Cryptocard is more small-business friendly than SecurID, but both are mainly targeted at the large enterprise.
Check out Ralph Kimball's site. A good place to start is his book, The Data Warehouse Toolkit. I haven't read the 2nd edition, but the first edition is full of good practical examples of dimensional modeling.
Dob is short for "Dobsonian" - it is the type of mount used in this scope. It was invented by a Buddhist monk name John Dobson.
Non-techs hate spam, too. The #1 question that my non-tech friends ask me is how to get rid of spam (in emails, popups, etc). The hijacking of an Internet protocol probably PO's the techs more than the non-techs, I agree.
Actually, Belkin is not getting ad revenue. They're advertising one of their own products (parental control).
Also, I think Belkin, D-Link, et.al. might well listen. The home wireless router market is a cutthroat, commodity place. To me, they're all basically the same box. Why would I buy from a company that routes me to spam, when there are 5 others that don't on the same shelf for the same price?
Yes, it is a big deal.
First, the original poster on Google said that he got it, unannounced, as part of a router firmware upgrade. No warning or explanation.
Second, Belkin sells a product that is supposed to route Internet traffic, including HTTP. At certain, random points, it does not do that. Instead it sends out an advertisement to a user who has made a valid HTTP request. If Sony started selling a CD player that played a commercial for Coke once every 8 hours, would that be "no big deal"?
I'm not spending another cent on Belkin gear until they reverse the upgrade and pledge not to do it again. Otherwise, simple gear like routers will become spam engines.
Hmm..I found this Oak also, but it bills itself as "complete framework for designing enterprise applications". I see a syslog reader as part of Oak, but it certainly isn't a pre-built "syslog watcher and digester". Anyone have a pointer to the way that Oak can be used as described in the book review?
Has anyone been able to download the source from Elixar? I submit the form and just get redirected back to it. Does someone have a URL for the source?
Absolutely right. In addition, if you really use a large number of disposables, you can probably cut a deal with a supplier to get a camera with the number of exposures that you need. Maybe 15, like State Farm You're probably looking at a couple of bucks per camera. Total cost of camera + developing film is probably under $10. You can buy 20-40 of these for every digital that you buy. Makes it hard to justify a digital on price alone.
I was a Netflix subscriber for a few months. My experience matches the study - there was a slow buildup of "long waits" in my queue. Eventually, when all the movies I wanted to see were "long waits", I cancelled.
In general, I find that I'm getting a lot more aggressive with cancelling subscriptions or services, especially if these services involve new technology. Cancellation is the only message that is received - all others fall on deaf ears. Sprint PCS, for example, has an customer service voice recognition system that will route you to a service agent if you say "I want to cancel". Any other message is handled by an automated, worthless system. I was able to negotiate a much better rate with them by using those four magic words.
It looks like Michael and his team have done great things with OO, and that the OO team has also made great improvements.
Does anyone on either team want to comment on how many of the Ximian changes are in the OO 1.1 beta?
I'm happy to pay for errata. $349 per server is too much for errata. I don't want any kind of support from RH other than errata.
I use RH now, and have for years. But I'm actively looking for another distro. Plus, I'm tired of the marketing b.s. that accompanies their segmentation of the market.
Computerized Go-To telescopes are fine, and if your father is into technological gadgets, go ahead and him one. But astronomy is a learning hobby, and unless he wants to learn about the night sky, the go-to scope you've purchased will end up gathering dust.
The person who recommended a couple of books and a set of binoculars was right. Binoculars are always good to have, even if you have a telescope. However, I understand that you want to have a fun present to give your Dad. With that in mind, I'll give you a basic recommendation:
It really isn't that hard to find objects in the sky with a manually operated telescope. For $300-500 (including shipping) you can buy a 6" or 8" dobsonian-mounted telescope with decent optics. A "dob" is sturdy, simple and most of the money goes into optics, not the computer. At this price range, you just can't make a good scope and a good computer. A 6-8" dob for $300-500 is much better optically than a go-to scope in the same price range.
There are many places to get this type of scope: Orion Telescope has a nice set of beginner dobsonians. Thrown in a pointing device like a Telrad or a Rigel Quikfinder. Either of these finders are a real help in locating objects.
Add in a couple of good beginner's books. Turn Left at Orion is good, as is Nightwatch.
Finally, encourage your dad to join the local astronomy club. The club where I live is full of retired guys who enjoy the night sky.
IANAL, so take your own read of the EULA:
http://www.redhat.com/licenses/rhlas_us.html
It looks like each copy of RHAS installs with proprietary client to the RedHat network. This client is not GPL. It is "RedHat Intellectual Property". That's apparently what's licensed.
We have ~100 customers running RedHat on a product that I support. RHAS would be a good solution if it had a 5 year EOL _and_ if it were reasonably priced. But RedHat wants to charge almost $80K for us to use RHAS.
Come on! That's nuts. I've never called RedHat support. I'm ready to recognize the value of their errata, and I'm ready to pay for it. But not $80K for 100 servers. Maybe $8K.
Read the whole article. A few paragraphs later, Guido details two real-world examples where python was used to create working prototypes for eShop and Yahoo Mail. After a few months of production deployment of those apps, the python code was replaced with C++.
IMO, this is a much better approach: Write a decently architected python (perl/php) app that meets the customer requirements. Then, and only if performance is an issue, replace pieces of the app with C/C++. I don't see where Java enters into the picture.