Well, I'm Catholic and so I kindof take offense to that, but I would think that Apple users are more Presbyterian. They don't go out bible thumping, preaching, and trying to get people to convert over, but say something bad about Apple and they'll tell you all the ways you are wrong. Microsoft is more like a devil worshiping clan. The users are all brainwashed into thinking it's the only thing they can use and still fit into the world, and their Evil Leader is Bill Gates, pulling all the strings.
Don't go there. Then it won't bother you, and if enough people don't go there, they'll stop it. I do think that's pretty low of them, to change course in midstream like that. Seems like a lot of people enjoyed the site until this... well, stop going.
well, that's a good observation, but it's just the principle of the matter that I was concerned with. USB was designed so that it makes no difference what you connect it to... even if 99% of the time you're connecting it to a PC
... because it makes an ass out of "u" and me.
Seriously though, why do you assume it will be designed to run Linux better? I'm just curious as I read the information and all it mentioned was Windows.
Also, I don't like this spec: The H3800 Series combines USB, serial, and power into a single connector. Earlier H3000 Series Pocket PCs have separate USB/Serial and power connectors.
Doesn't that defeat the purpose of the UNIVERSAL serial bus? I thought the great thing about USB is that as long as you have a USB port you can plug in any USB device. Now you have to make sure you have their special connector to access the USB port...
Otherwise, it looks pretty cool, if it does run Linux well I may have to get one!
I think this show has potential. I'm definitely glad they used the idea of having a cold, logical, stern, EXTREMELY HOT woman on the show (like Voyager.) I especially like the position of that viewfinder she keeps using on the main deck... convenient height... Actually aside from looking at the Vulcan I thought the show was really interesting and I enjoyed watching, and look forward to the next episode.
I hate to lose any of my freedoms on the net, and I think it's wrong for Uni's to limit internet access in your dorm room on your personal computer, but for once I agree with this restriction. The internet in the classroom is there for a specific purpose and people shouldn't be chatting away with their friends or surfing the porno sites when the prof. is trying to teach. That results in those same people asking all the stupid questions at the end of class keeping everyone there for an additional 10 minutes. If someone gives you internet access in your dorm room or at home, it should be unrestricted access, but if you can use the internet in class, they should restrict it to only what you're supposed to be doing.
Actually, most of the stores here in the USA only sell complete systems. You have to order components online or through catalogs for the most part. There are some specialty shops that sell individual components but not really in the sense of making your own desktop (they don't carry cases, motherboards, etc. Just RAM, hard drives, cd drives, stuff like that.)
It's become ovbious to me with this story and others like it that the only way to get a PC that I really can have confidence in and rely upon is to build my own from the ground up. I know how to do this once I have all the parts in front of me, but I'm really out of the loop when it comes to where to get those parts. Anyone who has any suggestions, please submit a list of every component a standard PC would need and where it could be purchased, I'm sure many slashdotters could use it. Thanks in advance!
... is that we're a bunch of normal citizens with no hidden agenda or corporate interests... The lobbyists who actually sway the lawmakers decisions are the ones who are funded by huge companies, like big tobacco for example. We did well with the DMCA protests earlier, and that's about all we can do, organize and voice our opinions when the right opportunity comes up. Unless someone here is a multi-trillionare who wants to start lobbying in Washington, we're really not going to sway the Lawmaker's opinions.
The speed of the bus in a computer is a big point these days. Processors and RAM are getting so fast that now the limiting factor on overall speed is the device that moves data around in a computer: the bus.
... to sell a web page building application and then say it can't be used for promoting pornography. Doesn't MS realize that 99% of web content is pictures of naked ladies?
So do these people still have to pay for the access if the company won't let them use the internet? End user virus protection is not the only kind out there, they could protect themselves and other users by implementing some sort of protection on the network servers. Why don't they just block IIS? Isn't that the only thing affected by the virus? I don't think it's fair to just shut them off, that's the quick and easy thing to do but a "nicer" solution would be my preference.
OH lots of things started out as educational items, I'm just saying that in my experience with research and projects at universities, they rarely produce anything worth value in the real world. They do, however, produce great knowledge of the fundamentals of science, which is useful... eventually...
OK, so way back in the day, some dude who invented stuff (well actually, the greatest inventor ever, but still) came up with a machine that flapped it's wings like a bird. So, from the article...
"I can't think of a good commercial use for it," lamented Bilyk. "But nobody has been successful at it, and yet it the oldest dream of flight."
I don't think I need to say much more. This is nifty, but as with most educational research, is useless.
dude you missed the point, I was just saying that Linux doesn't cater to idiots like MS does, and I like that about linux, but that makes it hard to use in an office
If you're going to do a project like this, use a good platform. Check out This website for some good info on the box, I think they have a link for game developers. Anyway do it for GameCube, PS2 is lame, IMHO.
... is the computer litteracy gap. I know that I'm going to get flamed for saying this, but it's true. The average secretary or marketing person for that matter probably would have problems with Linux applications just because they aren't developed for complete idiots like MS apps are. I like the fact that they aren't developed for idiots, it makes them more powerful for people who have a brain, but for those lacking, it would probably be a hard adjustment.
The fundamental problem with this is that yes you may trap an instance of the worm with your fake IP address on your local network, but it's only one in a million instances all over the internet. Yes you will preserve a copy indefinitely, but this is not a tarpit, as a tarpit implies that the worm would get trapped and not be able to escape, in reality only one copy get's trapped, the others still roam free.
Why is there no article on slashdot about the New NIMDA Virus? I submitted a couple of stories myself about it but they both got rejected. I think it's very newsworthy, considering I work for a top 50 company and it shut down our entire network... Anything to add anybody?
...no, it is not a tumor!!!
This tech seems pretty cool, but I don't know how much I'd trust it. What if a hacker got into the network somehow and started toying around with my innards? I don't think I'd like that.
Blaming the WTC attacks on the privacy of the internet is ridiculous. There were plenty of opportunities for intelligence agencies to learn of these attacks, and having everyone's email to read would not have helped. If they do enact these laws, from now on I will put a signature on every internet communication with all the keywords listed over and over, something like: ------------------
John Doe
kiss@my.ass
bomb fertilizer chemical nuke terror kill america die capitalist pig biological innocent civilian fire attack etc etc
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Well, I'm Catholic and so I kindof take offense to that, but I would think that Apple users are more Presbyterian. They don't go out bible thumping, preaching, and trying to get people to convert over, but say something bad about Apple and they'll tell you all the ways you are wrong. Microsoft is more like a devil worshiping clan. The users are all brainwashed into thinking it's the only thing they can use and still fit into the world, and their Evil Leader is Bill Gates, pulling all the strings.
Don't go there. Then it won't bother you, and if enough people don't go there, they'll stop it. I do think that's pretty low of them, to change course in midstream like that. Seems like a lot of people enjoyed the site until this... well, stop going.
... a beowolf cluster of these?
well, that's a good observation, but it's just the principle of the matter that I was concerned with. USB was designed so that it makes no difference what you connect it to... even if 99% of the time you're connecting it to a PC
... because it makes an ass out of "u" and me.
Seriously though, why do you assume it will be designed to run Linux better? I'm just curious as I read the information and all it mentioned was Windows.
Also, I don't like this spec:
The H3800 Series combines USB, serial, and power into a single connector. Earlier H3000 Series Pocket PCs have separate USB/Serial and power connectors.
Doesn't that defeat the purpose of the UNIVERSAL serial bus? I thought the great thing about USB is that as long as you have a USB port you can plug in any USB device. Now you have to make sure you have their special connector to access the USB port...
Otherwise, it looks pretty cool, if it does run Linux well I may have to get one!
I think this show has potential. I'm definitely glad they used the idea of having a cold, logical, stern, EXTREMELY HOT woman on the show (like Voyager.) I especially like the position of that viewfinder she keeps using on the main deck... convenient height... Actually aside from looking at the Vulcan I thought the show was really interesting and I enjoyed watching, and look forward to the next episode.
I hate to lose any of my freedoms on the net, and I think it's wrong for Uni's to limit internet access in your dorm room on your personal computer, but for once I agree with this restriction. The internet in the classroom is there for a specific purpose and people shouldn't be chatting away with their friends or surfing the porno sites when the prof. is trying to teach. That results in those same people asking all the stupid questions at the end of class keeping everyone there for an additional 10 minutes. If someone gives you internet access in your dorm room or at home, it should be unrestricted access, but if you can use the internet in class, they should restrict it to only what you're supposed to be doing.
Actually, most of the stores here in the USA only sell complete systems. You have to order components online or through catalogs for the most part. There are some specialty shops that sell individual components but not really in the sense of making your own desktop (they don't carry cases, motherboards, etc. Just RAM, hard drives, cd drives, stuff like that.)
I'm ignorant, I admit, but I'd love to know one thing about Mac OS X:
If running OS X, can you use linux/unix software?
It's become ovbious to me with this story and others like it that the only way to get a PC that I really can have confidence in and rely upon is to build my own from the ground up. I know how to do this once I have all the parts in front of me, but I'm really out of the loop when it comes to where to get those parts. Anyone who has any suggestions, please submit a list of every component a standard PC would need and where it could be purchased, I'm sure many slashdotters could use it. Thanks in advance!
I was referring to this: "Like a lobby group or something similar. "
Yes as a group of voters we can make a difference, no we can't do anything as a group of lobbyists.
... is that we're a bunch of normal citizens with no hidden agenda or corporate interests... The lobbyists who actually sway the lawmakers decisions are the ones who are funded by huge companies, like big tobacco for example. We did well with the DMCA protests earlier, and that's about all we can do, organize and voice our opinions when the right opportunity comes up. Unless someone here is a multi-trillionare who wants to start lobbying in Washington, we're really not going to sway the Lawmaker's opinions.
How much would it be for just a little piece of scrap paper with my URL?
(humor)
The speed of the bus in a computer is a big point these days. Processors and RAM are getting so fast that now the limiting factor on overall speed is the device that moves data around in a computer: the bus.
... to sell a web page building application and then say it can't be used for promoting pornography. Doesn't MS realize that 99% of web content is pictures of naked ladies?
(intended as humor)
So do these people still have to pay for the access if the company won't let them use the internet? End user virus protection is not the only kind out there, they could protect themselves and other users by implementing some sort of protection on the network servers. Why don't they just block IIS? Isn't that the only thing affected by the virus? I don't think it's fair to just shut them off, that's the quick and easy thing to do but a "nicer" solution would be my preference.
OH lots of things started out as educational items, I'm just saying that in my experience with research and projects at universities, they rarely produce anything worth value in the real world. They do, however, produce great knowledge of the fundamentals of science, which is useful... eventually...
OK, so way back in the day, some dude who invented stuff (well actually, the greatest inventor ever, but still) came up with a machine that flapped it's wings like a bird. So, from the article...
"I can't think of a good commercial use for it," lamented Bilyk. "But nobody has been successful at it, and yet it the oldest dream of flight."
I don't think I need to say much more. This is nifty, but as with most educational research, is useless.
dude you missed the point, I was just saying that Linux doesn't cater to idiots like MS does, and I like that about linux, but that makes it hard to use in an office
If you're going to do a project like this, use a good platform. Check out This website for some good info on the box, I think they have a link for game developers. Anyway do it for GameCube, PS2 is lame, IMHO.
... is the computer litteracy gap. I know that I'm going to get flamed for saying this, but it's true. The average secretary or marketing person for that matter probably would have problems with Linux applications just because they aren't developed for complete idiots like MS apps are. I like the fact that they aren't developed for idiots, it makes them more powerful for people who have a brain, but for those lacking, it would probably be a hard adjustment.
The fundamental problem with this is that yes you may trap an instance of the worm with your fake IP address on your local network, but it's only one in a million instances all over the internet. Yes you will preserve a copy indefinitely, but this is not a tarpit, as a tarpit implies that the worm would get trapped and not be able to escape, in reality only one copy get's trapped, the others still roam free.
Why is there no article on slashdot about the New NIMDA Virus? I submitted a couple of stories myself about it but they both got rejected. I think it's very newsworthy, considering I work for a top 50 company and it shut down our entire network... Anything to add anybody?
...no, it is not a tumor!!!
This tech seems pretty cool, but I don't know how much I'd trust it. What if a hacker got into the network somehow and started toying around with my innards? I don't think I'd like that.
Blaming the WTC attacks on the privacy of the internet is ridiculous. There were plenty of opportunities for intelligence agencies to learn of these attacks, and having everyone's email to read would not have helped. If they do enact these laws, from now on I will put a signature on every internet communication with all the keywords listed over and over, something like:
------------------
John Doe
kiss@my.ass
bomb fertilizer chemical nuke terror kill america die capitalist pig biological innocent civilian fire attack etc etc