Ok, I'll bite. How about this: there is no math, just few lucky collisions with the truth. There is (probably) only Statistics, the measurement of experiments.
But to get a bit back on topic, in the real SW world, as alot of readers know, every project is an experiment. An uncertain outcome is always guaranteed. Thats just the way that it is. Maybe someday, after the topic is fully understood, certification is something to talk about. Not today. Not yet.
At least the thing got off the ground. Remember the old B&W movies (american and german rocketeers) where there are dozens of launches where the rocket falls over and spins crazily on the ground, completely destroying the launch site?
Or what about when it just gets off the ground, and then stalls back into an inferno?
Clearly, the defendent (MS) has motivation here. I also think redhat is being more than just a friend of the court... there must be something to gain for them. But to dismiss their gesture as purely profit-mongering is perhaps a bit too strong. I want to believe otherwise, anyways.
Yea, maybe so. But I guess there are alot of educational software programs that only require a browser. Hell, you can get a degree on the web, nowadays. The students boot into the OS they want to use, ideally. Once they get past the browser, they really mostly need the word-processor. At this tender age, m$word has not yet been ingrained on the brain either. Perhaps that would make a linux package more natural to learn. In fact, I bet Sun would be happy to throw in their Star Office, even.
Hmm, wouldn't a single installer CD with both, uh, distros be doable? Further, with a sensible choice of window manager and a clean UI which will resist pranksters while allowing experimentation and increased "rights" for the students that want to learn more on the Linux side, I cant see a real problem with it.
The real "goldmine" here is in the website portal, after all. Yes?
I've just started using KDE, I think it's 2.1 (default with RH 7.1). If I build and install the latest, are all KDE tools and toys rebuilt at the same time? What, if any, dependencies are there? If all tools are not replaced, will the older ones be compatible?
I guess I could answer all this on the release notes/install docs, but if it's really easy, maybe more of us amatuers would try the upgrade.
From the article:
Microsoft has yet to announce their official plans for taking the Xbox online and unfortunately by default the Xbox's Ethernet port is not set to receive an IP from a DHCP server
Perhaps there some sort of Xbox ISP in the works exclusive to MS? A XMSN, if you will? If so, are Xbox owners need a membership to play games remotely?
The point is that everyone does it. (encrypts) If you must reveal your key, then that is up to you. But if everyone encrypts (or see elsewhere in this thread for signing and "winnowing"), then the parties to the treaty will only go after the people "they" are really interested in. Which doesn't bother me nearly so much as arbitrary scanning, which is a possibility under the measures proposed.
Yea, just the thing. Less bias in the model.
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I was in India once. It was hot and humid. Shouldn't it have been cooler, given the reduced energy requirement in moving from point to point?
Quoth Dr. Whitehouse: [...] should add a new dimension to our understanding of our planet.
Er, yea. Thats what I meant. (or wanted to mean, anyways:-) Nice.
Sharing of information privately does usually imply encrypting with someone elses key, and signing with your own. It's nice to know that signing alone gives anyone a clean alternative to plead the fifth. This makes the written word unrecordable until it is revealed willfully, as in a beaten confession, I guess.:-)
"Since we don't know how to effectively modify these machines or create new ones just yet, the trick is to find naturally existing machines that, when combined, can be steered to actually compute,"
DNA can be used in it's natural state to represent data. But once they figure out how to code DNA at will, then that would seem to be a breakthrough analogous to the the early punchcard computers.
Man. This is pretty sad, folks. I mean, at least theres encryption. But you gotta use encryption for fun too, or the strength is broken.
Every country that signs onto this treaty currently has citizens who can use encryption. The legalities are changing, it seems since the various governments realized that the cat is already out of the bag, wrt encryption. The bad guys got it, and the good guys need to get it now. Witness in fact, direct from the treaty:
to the extent that such means provide appropriate levels of security and authentication (including the use of encryption, where necessary
So, it's simple. Make yourself a key, and begin to encrypt things you send. If you dont know what it means to make a key, then go read any PGP site, including the one (still) at MIT.
If you really want to oppose this at the level where it matters, then encrypt. Dont write your senator, dont address the fine folks in Brussels. Encrypt.
Remember, encryption makes the internet a cozy bedside chat. Use it with your lovers, and use it with your friends.
Fear only the One who can factor large primes in his head, and never let them put a key on your head or your hand. Simple. Easy. Fun. Have fun. Love God. Love your neighbor. And have a Great Thanksgiving, America.
Or is it an open-OS company? The revenue model is different for redhat. Imho, they dont rate any special recognition for not succumbing to the green monster, here.
Before: I work when I want, and I write free stuff, and slashdot, when I want, because they desperately need me for whatever work I am willing to produce. I am in charge during salary negotiations. I am the master of my destiny.
After: Now I have to cover for the consultants who've been sent packing, which means lots more MS documentation, and usage of lame IDE's. I take what whatever I can get in my "evaluation", and hide my slashdot window when somebody approaches in my nifty computer rear-view mirror that I got at the last conference I attended... a long, long time ago.
All in all, it's much more painful than I ever imagined. But hey, theres always the dotcom across the street... hey, wait, McDonalds?!
Oh no!
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I've always considered Perl's Artistic license to be in the truest spirit of freedom.
Ok, I'll bite. How about this: there is no math, just few lucky collisions with the truth. There is (probably) only Statistics, the measurement of experiments.
But to get a bit back on topic, in the real SW world, as alot of readers know, every project is an experiment. An uncertain outcome is always guaranteed. Thats just the way that it is. Maybe someday, after the topic is fully understood, certification is something to talk about. Not today. Not yet.
The site is 100% slashdotted, but this sounds ivory-towerish. I say learn science, create software. But I could be taught otherwise. :)
At least the thing got off the ground. Remember the old B&W movies (american and german rocketeers) where there are dozens of launches where the rocket falls over and spins crazily on the ground, completely destroying the launch site? Or what about when it just gets off the ground, and then stalls back into an inferno?
Clearly, the defendent (MS) has motivation here. I also think redhat is being more than just a friend of the court... there must be something to gain for them. But to dismiss their gesture as purely profit-mongering is perhaps a bit too strong. I want to believe otherwise, anyways.
Yea, maybe so. But I guess there are alot of educational software programs that only require a browser. Hell, you can get a degree on the web, nowadays. The students boot into the OS they want to use, ideally. Once they get past the browser, they really mostly need the word-processor. At this tender age, m$word has not yet been ingrained on the brain either. Perhaps that would make a linux package more natural to learn. In fact, I bet Sun would be happy to throw in their Star Office, even.
The real "goldmine" here is in the website portal, after all. Yes?
Wonder if this bunch will less spoiled... :{)
Why not install dual boot and MS gives away their cdroms too?
But I hope they prove me wrong.
Otoh, maybe the administrators will request dual-boot systems. I bet Redhat would still be ok with that.
Was Are you ready for Calc III. This, and alot more math software can be had from the UofA Math Software Page.
Anyone know what type of sites they were attempting to filter? Even if it was just another fascist sysadmin, he must have had a list from somewhere.
I guess I could answer all this on the release notes/install docs, but if it's really easy, maybe more of us amatuers would try the upgrade.
Perhaps there some sort of Xbox ISP in the works exclusive to MS? A XMSN, if you will? If so, are Xbox owners need a membership to play games remotely?
I guess the screenshots look nice. Can I have some karma now? Huh? Cmon... gimmegimmegimmegimmegimme!
The point is that everyone does it. (encrypts) If you must reveal your key, then that is up to you. But if everyone encrypts (or see elsewhere in this thread for signing and "winnowing"), then the parties to the treaty will only go after the people "they" are really interested in. Which doesn't bother me nearly so much as arbitrary scanning, which is a possibility under the measures proposed.
Quoth Dr. Whitehouse: [...] should add a new dimension to our understanding of our planet.
Aha! I knew there was a catch.
Generr.h?
Where? Hasn't anyone come and told you to destroy it yet? Heh.
Seriously then, does the transistor comment go anywhere? It seems like a race will be on now, yes? But to what? A fpga-like DNA sequence?
Sharing of information privately does usually imply encrypting with someone elses key, and signing with your own. It's nice to know that signing alone gives anyone a clean alternative to plead the fifth. This makes the written word unrecordable until it is revealed willfully, as in a beaten confession, I guess. :-)
"Since we don't know how to effectively modify these machines or create new ones just yet, the trick is to find naturally existing machines that, when combined, can be steered to actually compute,"
DNA can be used in it's natural state to represent data. But once they figure out how to code DNA at will, then that would seem to be a breakthrough analogous to the the early punchcard computers.
After that, the DNA transistor, right?
Every country that signs onto this treaty currently has citizens who can use encryption. The legalities are changing, it seems since the various governments realized that the cat is already out of the bag, wrt encryption. The bad guys got it, and the good guys need to get it now. Witness in fact, direct from the treaty:
So, it's simple. Make yourself a key, and begin to encrypt things you send. If you dont know what it means to make a key, then go read any PGP site, including the one (still) at MIT.
If you really want to oppose this at the level where it matters, then encrypt. Dont write your senator, dont address the fine folks in Brussels. Encrypt.
Remember, encryption makes the internet a cozy bedside chat. Use it with your lovers, and use it with your friends.
Fear only the One who can factor large primes in his head, and never let them put a key on your head or your hand. Simple. Easy. Fun. Have fun. Love God. Love your neighbor. And have a Great Thanksgiving, America.
Or is it an open-OS company? The revenue model is different for redhat. Imho, they dont rate any special recognition for not succumbing to the green monster, here.
After: Now I have to cover for the consultants who've been sent packing, which means lots more MS documentation, and usage of lame IDE's. I take what whatever I can get in my "evaluation", and hide my slashdot window when somebody approaches in my nifty computer rear-view mirror that I got at the last conference I attended... a long, long time ago.
All in all, it's much more painful than I ever imagined. But hey, theres always the dotcom across the street... hey, wait, McDonalds?! Oh no!