Oh. Phew. Sorry, I've just been incredibly disheartened by the amount of time people on this planet spend trying to sell each other worthless crap lately. Interesting point about gainful employment, though. But efficiency is good for everyone - imagine how much healthier the city of Seattle would be if all the parents stuck in the car for 3 hours a day the the SR 520 bridge were home with their children instead...
- "entertainment is the future of America's economy. Ensuring it's (sic) success will be a boone (sic) to all of us."
I very strongly disagree with this statement. We as a nation very much need to focus on making life easier, more efficient, and friendlier to the environment or we are all doomed. I enjoy a good movie as much as the next guy, but it would be a ridiculous and sickening waste of our potential to devote our efforts toward making film reels instead of saving our species and furthering human knowledge. It's up to you!
What a marketing strategy for Hollywood - get the Federal Government to start pushing their products. Wow. Does anyone still think Congress isn't for sale?
What if Congress was this interested in promoting education and science instead of movies? You would be better off.
I think the movie succeeded in doing what the book was meant to do - it sparks the imagination!
What IS the world going to be like in 800,000 years? I can't even imagine the changes that will come in the next 50!
We, the Slashdot community, have an important influence on the story of mankind. We can affect the world profoundly - let's not forget what a vital time we are living in - how many new dangers confront the human race as well as how many new tools and capabilities.
Let's put aside our petty concerns for a minute and remember what an important time this is to the evolution of technology. We can't afford to waste time on proprietary technology and foolish restrictions. Be active! Be heard!
Sorry, I don't believe in paying for software.
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Sorry, I don't believe in paying for software. Or charging for it. Ever.
Why is there SO much talk about music licensing in the news right now? Am I one of the only people around that doesn't give a rip about this issue?
Let's read some more stories about cool new developments in the Open Source world. Let these brawling corporate money-grubbers and lawyers waste lots of money fighting about licensing and copyrights and go to hell. They already seem pretty irrelevant to me anyway.
Slashdot is dealing with political debate too much. Remember that we're still just a bunch of geek coders, not lawyers. Let's keep it that way.
Why does Mundie appeal to the government's willingness to increase the tax base? Why is it that the government cares more about increasing the tax base than doing what is best for the citizens of this country.
We are living in sick times, when our leaders don't care enough to do what's right for the people over padding their wallets. Be angry! Speak out!
Rsync for replication is definitely a great strategy. It's efficient, it's flawless, it tunnels over ssh, and it's totally painless. Is there any other way to do it?
Artists today make virtually nil on CD sales anyway - the record industry takes 90% or more.
I found a good resource on record contracts that shows how badly artists are ripped off by the record companies. Particularly interesting I thought was the section on "recoupment" - where a band must first pay for all the costs of recording their album before they get a royalty check! So the band are being "commissioned" to produce artwork that they themselves in the end fund, but will never themselves own!
Who makes the money? Don't be fooled: the people who market the music make money, not the people who create it. Period.
I think I've finally put my finger on what it is that has always made the Star Trek series (plural) special.
They are the only series that I can think of (except for M*A*S*H) that builds a thoughtful platform for discussing philosophy. Transmitting philosophy and encouraging rational thinking has always been the hallmark of ST, started by good old James T. Kirk/Bones and perfected by Picard and Riker.
What else on television sets such a great example for the moral standards we should set, not only in the future but today as well?
Actually the warp scale must be logrithmic, like the Richter Scale (where a 5.0 quake is 10 times as powerful as a 4.0 quake) - the captain's father mentioned that the Warp 5 engine would be 1,000 times faster than the previous.
They're called backdoors because you're not supposed to know they're there! It's not existing software the proposed ban is aimed at because they already contain the necessary backdoors.
The ban would be intended to prevent people from writing new encryption software which the NSA hasn't seen before and therefore might to be able to defeat quickly.
Do NOT use widely available encryption products if you're trying to hide anything from the federal government. The backdoors do exist.
If you really want to keep something secret, the only way to be reasonably safe is to create your own VERY VERY good random number generator, burn two CDs of random data, then exchange them and use them for one-time encryption/decryption.
What we all should remember is that the nature of the Internet and the reason for its existence is to expand the knowledge and knowlege capacity of mankind. This has always been the identity of the Internet, and it will not change. Business applications of the Internet are peripheral, and always will be.
The reason is that the Internet will always be controlled by GEEKS, thinking people, stewards of the 'net. Business people are never going to have an edge on the common anti-authoritarianist slashdot reader. We ARE the Internet, pop-up ads aren't.
Why is the EFF diffusing the publicity this matter is getting simply in order to talk with Adobe? Wouldn't it be better to let the protests continue and use this opportunity to raise public awareness of the obvious problems with the DMCA?
The DMCA must be challenged in court. It is a bad law. It is the kind of law that can be eliminated by the judicial system of our country and through public support. Be heard!
$live{free} || die;
My name is Jason Thane, and I'm C and C++ developer living and working in Seattle, WA. Many of my colleagues have previously been employed at Microsoft in the past and have liberally extolled the virtues of employment there.
I have often considered the possibility of applying for a position within Microsoft but unfortunately will do so no further after today reading an article on dailynews.yahoo.com concerning executive Jim Allchin's comments regarding Open Source software and the GNU General Public License. Allchin's comments seemed to indicate that Microsoft believes our nation's lawmakers should consider Open Source software "a threat" to innovation and the development of the computer industry.
This statement is SO inflammatory to myself and many of my colleagues in the industry that it is suddenly little wonder to me why the brightest people I know have no interest in working for Microsoft.
If Microsoft continues to spew blatant propaganda and ignorant nonsense such as Allchin's comments, I have a feeling Microsoft's "best and brightest" might not be as good or as bright as many engineers who have chosen to avoid the company. Such as myself.
One more thing - Open Source software should be considered one of the most positive phenomena in the history of the world: a community freely sharing ideas and effort in order to create utility for all of its members. With hope our lawmakers will understand how much more important to their constituents (THE PEOPLE) that phenomenon is than the interests of Microsoft, Inc. I don't consider myself a political activist, but in this case the propaganda is so outrageous that it demands I write my elected legislators and urge them to work to protect Open Source and the future of the software industry from this company.
Sincerely,
Jason C. Thane
jasoncthane@REMOVECAPSNOSPAMbeirdo.com
If you're going to post, post something intelligent. PLEEEEEEAAAAASSSSEEE!!!
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Oh. Phew. Sorry, I've just been incredibly disheartened by the amount of time people on this planet spend trying to sell each other worthless crap lately. Interesting point about gainful employment, though. But efficiency is good for everyone - imagine how much healthier the city of Seattle would be if all the parents stuck in the car for 3 hours a day the the SR 520 bridge were home with their children instead...
- "entertainment is the future of America's economy. Ensuring it's (sic) success will be a boone (sic) to all of us."
I very strongly disagree with this statement. We as a nation very much need to focus on making life easier, more efficient, and friendlier to the environment or we are all doomed. I enjoy a good movie as much as the next guy, but it would be a ridiculous and sickening waste of our potential to devote our efforts toward making film reels instead of saving our species and furthering human knowledge. It's up to you!
What a marketing strategy for Hollywood - get the Federal Government to start pushing their products. Wow. Does anyone still think Congress isn't for sale?
What if Congress was this interested in promoting education and science instead of movies? You would be better off.
I think the movie succeeded in doing what the book was meant to do - it sparks the imagination!
What IS the world going to be like in 800,000 years? I can't even imagine the changes that will come in the next 50!
We, the Slashdot community, have an important influence on the story of mankind. We can affect the world profoundly - let's not forget what a vital time we are living in - how many new dangers confront the human race as well as how many new tools and capabilities.
Let's put aside our petty concerns for a minute and remember what an important time this is to the evolution of technology. We can't afford to waste time on proprietary technology and foolish restrictions. Be active! Be heard!
Sorry, I don't believe in paying for software. Or charging for it. Ever.
Wow, I thought Creationists were extinct! Neat!
Burned anyone at the stake lately?
Why is there SO much talk about music licensing in the news right now? Am I one of the only people around that doesn't give a rip about this issue?
Let's read some more stories about cool new developments in the Open Source world. Let these brawling corporate money-grubbers and lawyers waste lots of money fighting about licensing and copyrights and go to hell. They already seem pretty irrelevant to me anyway.
Slashdot is dealing with political debate too much. Remember that we're still just a bunch of geek coders, not lawyers. Let's keep it that way.
Why does Mundie appeal to the government's willingness to increase the tax base? Why is it that the government cares more about increasing the tax base than doing what is best for the citizens of this country.
We are living in sick times, when our leaders don't care enough to do what's right for the people over padding their wallets. Be angry! Speak out!
Rsync for replication is definitely a great strategy. It's efficient, it's flawless, it tunnels over ssh, and it's totally painless. Is there any other way to do it?
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Artists today make virtually nil on CD sales anyway - the record industry takes 90% or more.
I found a good resource on record contracts that shows how badly artists are ripped off by the record companies. Particularly interesting I thought was the section on "recoupment" - where a band must first pay for all the costs of recording their album before they get a royalty check! So the band are being "commissioned" to produce artwork that they themselves in the end fund, but will never themselves own!
Who makes the money? Don't be fooled: the people who market the music make money, not the people who create it. Period.
It's a lot cuter than SQueaL!
Is anyone out there still going to go see this one? I'm not!
Did anyonbe else find the IP addresses used in the game amusing?
ex. 388.956.256.402
I think I've finally put my finger on what it is that has always made the Star Trek series (plural) special.
They are the only series that I can think of (except for M*A*S*H) that builds a thoughtful platform for discussing philosophy. Transmitting philosophy and encouraging rational thinking has always been the hallmark of ST, started by good old James T. Kirk/Bones and perfected by Picard and Riker.
What else on television sets such a great example for the moral standards we should set, not only in the future but today as well?
Actually the warp scale must be logrithmic, like the Richter Scale (where a 5.0 quake is 10 times as powerful as a 4.0 quake) - the captain's father mentioned that the Warp 5 engine would be 1,000 times faster than the previous.
Thanks for the nice math, though.
Send all of your friends random data. Lots of it!
Does anyone truly believe that George W. Bush's "war to protect freedom" will really be anything but a war on freedom?
They're called backdoors because you're not supposed to know they're there! It's not existing software the proposed ban is aimed at because they already contain the necessary backdoors.
The ban would be intended to prevent people from writing new encryption software which the NSA hasn't seen before and therefore might to be able to defeat quickly.
Do NOT use widely available encryption products if you're trying to hide anything from the federal government. The backdoors do exist.
If you really want to keep something secret, the only way to be reasonably safe is to create your own VERY VERY good random number generator, burn two CDs of random data, then exchange them and use them for one-time encryption/decryption.
What we all should remember is that the nature of the Internet and the reason for its existence is to expand the knowledge and knowlege capacity of mankind. This has always been the identity of the Internet, and it will not change. Business applications of the Internet are peripheral, and always will be.
The reason is that the Internet will always be controlled by GEEKS, thinking people, stewards of the 'net. Business people are never going to have an edge on the common anti-authoritarianist slashdot reader. We ARE the Internet, pop-up ads aren't.
Why is the EFF diffusing the publicity this matter is getting simply in order to talk with Adobe? Wouldn't it be better to let the protests continue and use this opportunity to raise public awareness of the obvious problems with the DMCA? The DMCA must be challenged in court. It is a bad law. It is the kind of law that can be eliminated by the judicial system of our country and through public support. Be heard! $live{free} || die;
Haha! Rad. And so true...
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Hi,
My name is Jason Thane, and I'm C and C++ developer living and working in Seattle, WA. Many of my colleagues have previously been employed at Microsoft in the past and have liberally extolled the virtues of employment there.
I have often considered the possibility of applying for a position within Microsoft but unfortunately will do so no further after today reading an article on dailynews.yahoo.com concerning executive Jim Allchin's comments regarding Open Source software and the GNU General Public License. Allchin's comments seemed to indicate that Microsoft believes our nation's lawmakers should consider Open Source software "a threat" to innovation and the development of the computer industry.
This statement is SO inflammatory to myself and many of my colleagues in the industry that it is suddenly little wonder to me why the brightest people I know have no interest in working for Microsoft.
If Microsoft continues to spew blatant propaganda and ignorant nonsense such as Allchin's comments, I have a feeling Microsoft's "best and brightest" might not be as good or as bright as many engineers who have chosen to avoid the company. Such as myself.
One more thing - Open Source software should be considered one of the most positive phenomena in the history of the world: a community freely sharing ideas and effort in order to create utility for all of its members. With hope our lawmakers will understand how much more important to their constituents (THE PEOPLE) that phenomenon is than the interests of Microsoft, Inc. I don't consider myself a political activist, but in this case the propaganda is so outrageous that it demands I write my elected legislators and urge them to work to protect Open Source and the future of the software industry from this company.
Sincerely,
Jason C. Thane
jasoncthane@REMOVECAPSNOSPAMbeirdo.com
If you're going to post, post something intelligent. PLEEEEEEAAAAASSSSEEE!!!