Considering most tele-marketers use auto-dialers, would it be so hard to grab the definitive list of area-code/extensions that are exclusively used for cellular phones and just apply that to their dial-out lists?
Yeah, I've got a list of phone numbers they can take off their lists: all of them.
Seriously, why don't these people just stop calling and get a real job? Who honestly welcomes a call from a telemarketer? Has anyone ever bought anything sold by a telemarketer? If so,what is your address so I can beat you senseless for encouraging them?
There's no way. You would, in effect, have to re-design every part of the computer to manage this. This includes a different card spec (PCI and AGP are apparently not multi-culti enough), a different CPU (they display corporate logos, after all), different BIOS (corporate logos again), etc. You would have re-design the entire computer, ignoring all existing specs. This is crazy.
While I'll have to agree that Sterling's proposal seems off the wall and not very well thought out, it's still an idea that appeals to me for some reason. Maybe it's the thought that there has to be a better way (yes, even better than Linux). Maybe I'm just not cynical enough and I still dream of seeing a world in which a paperless office becomes a reality without losing our freedom of speech.
Hope is a waking dream.
-- Aristotle
I refuse to just let the corporations steamroll over my rights - and yours. I've been through depression, but I've never given up, and I never will.
We will be better and braver if we engage and inquire than if we indulge in the idle fancy that we already know -- or that it is of no use seeking to know what we do not know.
-- Plato
So you say it's crazy? So you say it's impossible? Oh, well let's just not give it another thought then! Let's let the CEO's of Microsoft and Enron do the thinking for us. Surely, they have our best interests at heart, and there's nothing we can do to improve our lot.
You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?"
-- George Bernard Shaw, "Back to Methuselah"
Well, I'll tell you what: you can sit on your rump, telling the ones who are out there doing the impossible that it's impossible. If that's what you really want, you can have it. I'll leave you with one last quote to ruminate upon:
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
-- Albert Einstein
The software and communications protocols in this device should be transparent. Honest. Aboveboard. Public. Public-spirited. Fair. Inclusive. Multi-culti. Legitimate. This Is What Democracy Looks Like. All that stuff that computer hardware and software never, ever is.(emphasis mine)
I'm sorry, but did I just hear someone say that "software is never honest, aboveboard, public, public spirited, fair, inclusive, etc"? Excuse me, but has has Sterling ever read a certain vendor's social contract?
Other than that one glaring infraction, I'd have to agree with his points and endorse this as a Good Idea(tm).
It's just a Freudian slip. You know, like when you say one thing and mean your mother...
I always thought a Freudian slip was an undergarment that reminded you of your mother . ..
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I suspect that this is a self deprecating reference because you realized, later, that you only called strtok() once in your example code?
Correct. However, I still have to agree with the man page for strtok() in Linux, especially when there are much better options available. Avoid strtok() at all costs. As has been said before "do not follow the NULL pointer, for therein lays madness."
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this has to be the most memorable one.
Oh yeah, I remember that one. Even now, years later, when I see code that uses strtok(), it sends shivers down my spine and makes me see red.
Neither reference to God in either context serves to enhance freedom of religion, and both serve to undermine the fundamental separation of church and state upon which the republic was founded, revisionist Christian rhetoric to the contrary notwithstanding.
One of my favorite quotes:
The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion.
-- George Washington
Maybe this is troubling me more than it should, but when I start seeing the community divided against itself, I can't help but think that we will never succeed. I'm not saying there has to be perfect harmony and unity, but withholding security information goes against values that I believe everyone of us holds dear (full disclosure, open standards, systems and source, etc).
When a television show is broadcast, or when a book is published, it is publicly available -- but we don't think that the publisher looses their right to copyright protection in these cases. Publishing on the web is similar.
You're right; it is similar. When a book gets published, I can go to the library to check it out, free of charge. When a television show is broadcast, I can pick it up with an antenna, free of charge. And when something is published online, I can copy it and link to it, free of charge. If you don't like that, don't use the web!
There's a very simple rule to remember on the Internet: if you don't want it copied or linked to, don't put it online.
Come on people, wake up! First NPR, now this brain dead crack monkey who calls himself a "webmaster". Anyone who doesn't understand the simple rule stated above is not qualified to be a webmaseter.
I can understand clueless users, but clueless sysadmins is something with which I will not put up.
True, it's not a big piece of the whole, but it is there. And do you honestly think that Apple would have ever gone open source, much less switched to a mach/unix based system, if it hadn't been for the attention Linux has been getting recently?
What if we added a clause to the GPL and all other OSI licences that said "by accepting possession of this software, you agree to grant technological protection measure access rights that otherwise would be reserved under the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA to any software developer who releases the resulting software under this licence (or any other OSI approved licence) in a way that does not otherwise infringe the copyright"?
While this seems like a great idea, in practice it would kill off open source software that is licensed under it. Any company thinking of using the software under this license would drop that idea immediately.
The fact that 4 moderators recognized this quote from Young Einstein troubles me. Severely.
I felt a great disturbance in the force . . . as if four moderators recognized this quote, and were then suddenly metamoderated into oblivion by everyone who can't stand Yahoo Serious.
There are alreadycodes of ethics for software engineers. Sure, they aren't mandatory, but I subscribe to them, and I'm sure that many (if not most or all) open source developers do as well (even if unconciously).
I thought it was funny that it lists it as The DefianceTM Belt, Adjustable to fit sizes 32-40. I think he's grossly underestimated his clientelle...
No, no, no! You've got the stereotype all wrong! Don't you know that geekdom is made up only of very fat and very skinny people who have acne and no tan? If anything, he should be marketing the belt in two models: one in 24-32, and another in 42-96.
Netscape didn't lose because Microsoft had a 'monoloplistic share of the market.'It lost because IE was:
1) A better browser than Netscape
Let's get one thing straight right now: Microsoft has never succeeded because of superior products. I'll repeat that just in case you missed it the first time: Microsoft has never succeeded because of superior products. Even though the rest of your comment bears interesting points, this one blatantly wrong supposition of yours marks you as not knowing what the hell you're talking about.
If you can prove that IE was ever better than Netscape, I'd like to see it. Show me.
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A: Yes. Next question.
Yeah, I've got a list of phone numbers they can take off their lists: all of them.
Seriously, why don't these people just stop calling and get a real job? Who honestly welcomes a call from a telemarketer? Has anyone ever bought anything sold by a telemarketer? If so,what is your address so I can beat you senseless for encouraging them?
But you can still eat it!
Also, /velveeta/Windows/, /food/operating system/
Hmm, maybe it's time for a new sig: Windows, the velveeta of the computer world!
While I'll have to agree that Sterling's proposal seems off the wall and not very well thought out, it's still an idea that appeals to me for some reason. Maybe it's the thought that there has to be a better way (yes, even better than Linux). Maybe I'm just not cynical enough and I still dream of seeing a world in which a paperless office becomes a reality without losing our freedom of speech.
I refuse to just let the corporations steamroll over my rights - and yours. I've been through depression, but I've never given up, and I never will.
So you say it's crazy? So you say it's impossible? Oh, well let's just not give it another thought then! Let's let the CEO's of Microsoft and Enron do the thinking for us. Surely, they have our best interests at heart, and there's nothing we can do to improve our lot.
Well, I'll tell you what: you can sit on your rump, telling the ones who are out there doing the impossible that it's impossible. If that's what you really want, you can have it. I'll leave you with one last quote to ruminate upon:
I'm sorry, but did I just hear someone say that "software is never honest, aboveboard, public, public spirited, fair, inclusive, etc"? Excuse me, but has has Sterling ever read a certain vendor's social contract?
Other than that one glaring infraction, I'd have to agree with his points and endorse this as a Good Idea(tm).
And just what, pray tell, makes you think you can trust Sun or Apple?
I always thought a Freudian slip was an undergarment that reminded you of your mother . .
Correct. However, I still have to agree with the man page for strtok() in Linux, especially when there are much better options available. Avoid strtok() at all costs. As has been said before "do not follow the NULL pointer, for therein lays madness."
Oh yeah, I remember that one. Even now, years later, when I see code that uses strtok(), it sends shivers down my spine and makes me see red.
Personally, I like the review here better. This slashdot review sounded a bit like Katz.
One of my favorite quotes:
I'm hoping that someone else other than me has notice that this is not the first time that ISS has withheld security information. I applaud the guys at ISS for their efforts, but their delivery could use a little work.
Maybe this is troubling me more than it should, but when I start seeing the community divided against itself, I can't help but think that we will never succeed. I'm not saying there has to be perfect harmony and unity, but withholding security information goes against values that I believe everyone of us holds dear (full disclosure, open standards, systems and source, etc).
A: No. Next question.
A: Home built. Next question.
. . . of Xboxes
. . . running the Nimda virus.
You're right; it is similar. When a book gets published, I can go to the library to check it out, free of charge. When a television show is broadcast, I can pick it up with an antenna, free of charge. And when something is published online, I can copy it and link to it, free of charge. If you don't like that, don't use the web!
Come on people, wake up! First NPR, now this brain dead crack monkey who calls himself a "webmaster". Anyone who doesn't understand the simple rule stated above is not qualified to be a webmaseter.
I can understand clueless users, but clueless sysadmins is something with which I will not put up.
Oh, and in case you're wondering, I have other quotes.
Oh, I don't know, maybe this has something to do with it (search for "Linux" on that page).
True, it's not a big piece of the whole, but it is there. And do you honestly think that Apple would have ever gone open source, much less switched to a mach/unix based system, if it hadn't been for the attention Linux has been getting recently?
While this seems like a great idea, in practice it would kill off open source software that is licensed under it. Any company thinking of using the software under this license would drop that idea immediately.
I felt a great disturbance in the force . . . as if four moderators recognized this quote, and were then suddenly metamoderated into oblivion by everyone who can't stand Yahoo Serious.
There are already codes of ethics for software engineers. Sure, they aren't mandatory, but I subscribe to them, and I'm sure that many (if not most or all) open source developers do as well (even if unconciously).
No, no, no! You've got the stereotype all wrong! Don't you know that geekdom is made up only of very fat and very skinny people who have acne and no tan? If anything, he should be marketing the belt in two models: one in 24-32, and another in 42-96.
A: Yes. Next question.
1) A better browser than Netscape
Let's get one thing straight right now: Microsoft has never succeeded because of superior products. I'll repeat that just in case you missed it the first time: Microsoft has never succeeded because of superior products. Even though the rest of your comment bears interesting points, this one blatantly wrong supposition of yours marks you as not knowing what the hell you're talking about.
If you can prove that IE was ever better than Netscape, I'd like to see it. Show me.