From the article: This protection will apply to all conduct of the supervising PhD, not just to the type of conduct that results in "stealing" or "cheating".
This seems a bit too wide. I mean, anyone can give bad advice, including PhDs. Just because the adviser thinks the student should jump off a cliff with their stupid project, should they do so? Somehow the liability should be limited to that which is deemed "unbecoming", I think. Otherwise, next thing you know, undergrads will be trying to use this precedent to force professors to give them better grades, somehow.
Secure? Dont you know? We can make every 802.11 to be public access now.
It's all about being neighborly, and using a cool perl script to manage your firewall dynamically.
Letting everyone in to your house makes them less likely to steal.
From the article: We've finished our beer, it's time to win our freedom
Seems like the beer flowed pretty freely, alright. SF has been a great resource. A profit model wont save VA, but might plug a few leaks and let them float awhile longer. I also would be willing to pay a user membership fee in SourceForge. (Clearly, developers should get free access)
But asking for copyright from the developers of SF itself seems a bit, uh, misguided.
Details are sketchy, but WNYC (back online!) reports at least 4 buildings on fire, and some concern that there is a gasoline station in the vicinity. Crashsite is an suburban neighborhood, homes, schools, etc. Capacity of the plane is 285 souls.
I can tell you that the article is a nice coup for the Slovenian govt marketing dept
This wouldn't be in the "tradition" of the Economist. They generally tell it like it is, imho. Perhaps they have been duped by a cool website, but I detect a very, very slight odor of sour grapes here.
Good grief. no terrorist attacks? C'mon, one of the first things recognized after 9.11 was our naivete' in these things. Certainly the Adriatic states have experience with terrorism, in some forms. At the same time, they might argue that it was a result of a struggle for freedom that gave rise to terrorism, and that would be cool. But we wonder still if the freedom is truly liberty, or just better segregation of the ethnicity. We hope for the former in all countries, whether you believe it or not.
Their e-schools sound interesting. Public access internet for the less-developed locations in the country.
They propose that the "counselors" in these places may come from the military, which is perhaps concerning. Or, maybe I'm just a karma whore. heh.
The baltic states are still quite difficult for me to keep straight in my head, I confess. The Slovenians have distinguished themselves with this "e-government".
3G is too costly for consumer use [...] the price per bit will probably be fairly close to what you're paying now
Even the Euro operators, who (over)paid into the public coffers for 3G licenses won't have any choice but to sell the new services cheap. Dont the economics of financing the gear, and spectrum (and licenses) keep prices within the range of the common man at least until the investment can be written down?
I cant debate whether american operators should also have been forced to pay up front for licenses, but it's clear they have not yet overpaid.
Otoh, maybe it is just POTS that matters, after all. I hope not. There will certainly be alot of unhappy 3G conference organizers.:{)
And just how is this supposed to make Linus feel right now? He's our guest, for crying out loud. You think he's gonna want to hang around much longer in the US if we started arbitrarily prosecuting folks who make Linux possible? And if Linus left, how would that be in our interest?
Perhaps Mr. Cox is simply speaking out for the little guy. That's ok, but my government is gonna need some time and support to work out the fine distinctions of hat colors now that the information age is upon them. Maybe there aren't just two, after all.
In fact, the more I think about this, the more I am sure that Mr. Cox thought very carefully about this before doing it. But Linux should transcend these concerns. And imho, should not be used as a political platform at this time.
I'm hoping one of the RFs out there will shed some light on the meaning of this. Is it that the current 45mhz limitation precludes the availability of some services, or that the providers can somehow shut each other out by an increase to 55mhz, or both? Neither?
I think I understand the reasoning behind this claim, that Alan Cox could have opened a Pandora's Box, so to speak. Whether in jest or as a form of protest, his actions were widely publicized, and if it starts a trend, maybe there is a problem. The eventual changelog was, however, posted here on/., and I somehow doubt that such actions will be taken again, at least not in protest.
The international nature of Linux development makes it a potential platform for protest and discontent, but at the same time, developers can and do seem to recognize the importance of their role in the endeavor. They should be excused for occasionally "acting out", imho.
The article discusses the design and history of the wind-tunnel at length. They seem pretty proud of it. Thats cool. They also talk about trying to learn about how much energy is used by migratory birds on long flights. Thats also cool. I guess (IANABiologist) that the distance that some species, like the albatross, fly without food is pretty amazing.
Whats interesting for me tho, is what can be learned about wing design from these birds. I don't know if a wing that really "flaps" could ever be used, but surely there must be some good "science" in the flow patterns which can be observed from a large wing in a "glide" setting.
Although I doubt the tunnel is big enough for an albatross...
The article claims that neighbors only need trust the "auth system". Seems to me that a group of neighbors would only need to agree on the authority of an self-issued root certificate, and let trust grow from there.
Otoh, any marketing folks from Verisign reading here? Could be a whole new niche...
"It gives copyright owners permission to use encryption to block the duplication of copyright-protected works." Permission?
My guess: artists will be issued certificates from RIAA authority. (CA)
Yes, I understand that keys is is all they need to encrypt their music and not actual certificates, but hey, maybe I want "certified" music. heh. Anyways, this is one way for RIAA to stay in the picture.
prediction: next they'll wanna sell their music to me encrypted with my own key.
A manager who uses open source software should know how to help his/her team get support. Showing them a working example of a bug being fixed from a user mailing list for some software product might be helpful. After they see it work once, they might be the first to browse the archives for help with a problem encountered by the team.
Once in awhile we have to upgrade the older versions, in which case the older stuff is simply destroyed and replaced with newer operating systems, and operators.
I'm not sure this applies to the average person who is attempting to decide which Linux to install and use, but it's interesting to see a few of them evaluated from a dummied-down perspective. I guess a few of these may be on their way out as viable commercial alternatives, but from the response we saw on Slackware's demise (not), there seems to be no lack of friendly competition and enticements.
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This seems a bit too wide. I mean, anyone can give bad advice, including PhDs. Just because the adviser thinks the student should jump off a cliff with their stupid project, should they do so? Somehow the liability should be limited to that which is deemed "unbecoming", I think. Otherwise, next thing you know, undergrads will be trying to use this precedent to force professors to give them better grades, somehow.
Letting everyone in to your house makes them less likely to steal.
Please forward this to /. management. They need make money. This not make money.
Seems like the beer flowed pretty freely, alright. SF has been a great resource. A profit model wont save VA, but might plug a few leaks and let them float awhile longer. I also would be willing to pay a user membership fee in SourceForge. (Clearly, developers should get free access)
But asking for copyright from the developers of SF itself seems a bit, uh, misguided.
Details are sketchy, but WNYC (back online!) reports at least 4 buildings on fire, and some concern that there is a gasoline station in the vicinity. Crashsite is an suburban neighborhood, homes, schools, etc. Capacity of the plane is 285 souls.
As opposed to being "rerouted", like before.
Yes, and be sure to CC the person who leaked this memo!
More importantly, how does this traumatize the local kangaroo population?
This wouldn't be in the "tradition" of the Economist. They generally tell it like it is, imho. Perhaps they have been duped by a cool website, but I detect a very, very slight odor of sour grapes here.
I almost subscribed, but just then they relegated their tech section to the quarterly issue, and I changed my mind. The tech section was quite good.
Geez, I'm posting alot of off-topic on this thread. Not a good day for karma, methinks.
C'mon, what up? :)
Good grief. no terrorist attacks? C'mon, one of the first things recognized after 9.11 was our naivete' in these things. Certainly the Adriatic states have experience with terrorism, in some forms. At the same time, they might argue that it was a result of a struggle for freedom that gave rise to terrorism, and that would be cool. But we wonder still if the freedom is truly liberty, or just better segregation of the ethnicity. We hope for the former in all countries, whether you believe it or not.
Er, yea. I meant the Adriatic, of course. <b>.
Things are complicated down there, too. But thank you for setting that straight.
They propose that the "counselors" in these places may come from the military, which is perhaps concerning. Or, maybe I'm just a karma whore. heh.
The baltic states are still quite difficult for me to keep straight in my head, I confess. The Slovenians have distinguished themselves with this "e-government".
Even the Euro operators, who (over)paid into the public coffers for 3G licenses won't have any choice but to sell the new services cheap. Dont the economics of financing the gear, and spectrum (and licenses) keep prices within the range of the common man at least until the investment can be written down?
I cant debate whether american operators should also have been forced to pay up front for licenses, but it's clear they have not yet overpaid.
Otoh, maybe it is just POTS that matters, after all. I hope not. There will certainly be alot of unhappy 3G conference organizers. :{)
Thanks, btw, for the insight.
Perhaps Mr. Cox is simply speaking out for the little guy. That's ok, but my government is gonna need some time and support to work out the fine distinctions of hat colors now that the information age is upon them. Maybe there aren't just two, after all.
In fact, the more I think about this, the more I am sure that Mr. Cox thought very carefully about this before doing it. But Linux should transcend these concerns. And imho, should not be used as a political platform at this time.
Sigh, perhaps these are the death throes of PCS?
The international nature of Linux development makes it a potential platform for protest and discontent, but at the same time, developers can and do seem to recognize the importance of their role in the endeavor. They should be excused for occasionally "acting out", imho.
Politicians aren't made overnight.
Whats interesting for me tho, is what can be learned about wing design from these birds. I don't know if a wing that really "flaps" could ever be used, but surely there must be some good "science" in the flow patterns which can be observed from a large wing in a "glide" setting. Although I doubt the tunnel is big enough for an albatross...
Anyways, interesting science from the Swedes.
- All clients get immediete dhcp lease with minimal bandwidth from local gateway
- client optionally posts credentials via SSL to auth service (using server SSL, no client cert required, although this could save steps)
- auth service sends PGP-encrypted credentials in a message to local gateway
- local gateway decrypts and validates data from master and matches to client credentials
- client is upgraded with more bandwidth, or other goodies (if he's neighborly
:-)
All in all, sounds like a cool perl script to me!Otoh, any marketing folks from Verisign reading here? Could be a whole new niche...
NeighborCert (tm)
My guess: artists will be issued certificates from RIAA authority. (CA)
Yes, I understand that keys is is all they need to encrypt their music and not actual certificates, but hey, maybe I want "certified" music. heh. Anyways, this is one way for RIAA to stay in the picture.
prediction: next they'll wanna sell their music to me encrypted with my own key.
I never used Napster... was this a feature?
A manager who uses open source software should know how to help his/her team get support. Showing them a working example of a bug being fixed from a user mailing list for some software product might be helpful. After they see it work once, they might be the first to browse the archives for help with a problem encountered by the team.
Once in awhile we have to upgrade the older versions, in which case the older stuff is simply destroyed and replaced with newer operating systems, and operators.
Microsoft should be so pragmatic.
I'm not sure this applies to the average person who is attempting to decide which Linux to install and use, but it's interesting to see a few of them evaluated from a dummied-down perspective. I guess a few of these may be on their way out as viable commercial alternatives, but from the response we saw on Slackware's demise (not), there seems to be no lack of friendly competition and enticements.