Re:Wired interview re: babies calling the Woz
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Woz's New Startup
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...when the 888 toll-free area code came out, he was able to get a cell phone with the number (888)888-8888.... He figured out that it was babies who were calling him.... Kids were picking up the phone and mashing the 8 button constantly.
If it was five or six messages that got these people in hot water then we have an issue, but let's face it, they were being vendictive online, and it got them in trouble.
Yes, perhaps. But once again, there is the very real danger that a precedent will be established that will encroach further upon an induhvidual's right to speak her mind.
Maybe this isn't such a landmark ruling against free speech after all.
The problem is that rulings like this will be applied as precedent against other individuals sending negative email to just a few people at a former employer.
...it is supposed to be brought to the attention of the employee...
Many times, a company just has very poor HR procedures and policies to support good, clear performance/bahavior communications. In my past, I've seen a few companies with this problem. Managers are people too, and they have the same hard time clearly communicating what they need from the team. It's hard work. That's why a strong HR department can help. Of course, many HR departments just become a rat's nest of procedures, but that's not strength. That's another weakness. Anyway...
It's a sign that the Internet is a success. Just like the printing press. The next big public network will be the Ultra Wide Band wireless networks. We already have wireless nets popping up all over the place now with 802.11b.
Either commercial interests will have to learn to live in balance with the public network or risk losing their customers. If they squeeze too hard, the smart ones move on.
"Offer expires at midnight tonight" but the ad ran for months?
It changes every day or so. Always a different deal, but they eventually rotate back to older items. If you wait around, a deal will come up on the item you want (assuming you want anything from X10). New products get the most coverage, of course.
so it's a sure bet that any e-mail address you provide will get lots of mail.
I only receive a daily posting clearly marked as coming from X10. It usually contains a quick advert on today's special deal. I only skim and toss 'em. If I remember correctly, there are instructions for being removed from their list. I've ordered several items from them.
Here in the Pacific Northwest we primarily get our electrical power from hydroelectric generation. That is huge dams that ultimately are powered by Old Sol. So, we estimate that in terms of computer cycles, we're killing a few thousand salmon per hour (because of the dams).
Re: Pandora's box is open...
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Mosix now GPLed
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I wonder how they got around the Israeli government's export restrictions? My understanding was that *this* was the main reason MOSIX wasn't GPLed in the first place. That and fears that China or some other potentially threatening country would get a hold of it to model nukes (cheap supercomputer). When I talked to Dr. Barak several months ago about porting it from BSD to Linux, he said they were adamant about not releasing it. I told him it would happen one way or another.
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Yes, perhaps. But once again, there is the very real danger that a precedent will be established that will encroach further upon an induhvidual's right to speak her mind.
The problem is that rulings like this will be applied as precedent against other individuals sending negative email to just a few people at a former employer.
So, it's still okay to badmouth how Slashdot editors reject all my stories, right?
Many times, a company just has very poor HR procedures and policies to support good, clear performance/bahavior communications. In my past, I've seen a few companies with this problem. Managers are people too, and they have the same hard time clearly communicating what they need from the team. It's hard work. That's why a strong HR department can help. Of course, many HR departments just become a rat's nest of procedures, but that's not strength. That's another weakness. Anyway...
Either commercial interests will have to learn to live in balance with the public network or risk losing their customers. If they squeeze too hard, the smart ones move on.
Based on the available packages on my installation (an older Potato):
Number of How many
Packages Maintainers
1 94
2-10 256
11-20 70
21-30 33
31-... 30
Pipes rule.
I hope they're not talking about Debian or anything!
Of course, the point is moot. We'll have chips implanted just like my poor dumb cats.
"Offer expires at midnight tonight" but the ad ran for months?
It changes every day or so. Always a different deal, but they eventually rotate back to older items. If you wait around, a deal will come up on the item you want (assuming you want anything from X10). New products get the most coverage, of course.
so it's a sure bet that any e-mail address you provide will get lots of mail.
I only receive a daily posting clearly marked as coming from X10. It usually contains a quick advert on today's special deal. I only skim and toss 'em. If I remember correctly, there are instructions for being removed from their list. I've ordered several items from them.
Here in the Pacific Northwest we primarily get our electrical power from hydroelectric generation. That is huge dams that ultimately are powered by Old Sol. So, we estimate that in terms of computer cycles, we're killing a few thousand salmon per hour (because of the dams).
I wonder how they got around the Israeli government's export restrictions? My understanding was that *this* was the main reason MOSIX wasn't GPLed in the first place.
That and fears that China or some other potentially threatening country would get a hold of it to model nukes (cheap supercomputer). When I talked to Dr. Barak several months ago about porting it from BSD to Linux, he said they were adamant about not releasing it. I told him it would happen one way or another.
Yes. It's mentioned in the (limited) documentation. In particular for dealing with varying architectures.