The lawyers are already on retainer (this is M$ after all). Its not as if the lawyers (the ones whose time is be "wasted") would be busy doing R&D if they weren't doing this. Legal action such as this is far less expensive than what passes for innovation at most large corporations, and there is much money to be gained.
Incedentally, this probably does seem like a good idea to Bill and the boys, and I have no doubt that they will pounce on any other such 'good ideas' the lawyers might come up with.
The obvious answer for getting this kind of support is to apply for a large grant of your own. To do this you are going to need applications for the cluster mapped out, doing something specific and preferably 'hot'. Talk to your grant office people and try and get plugged in. The truth is though, that not everyone can pull off this kind of funding. Sounds like you are doing the best that you can with the resources you currently have availible (none), so I guess the other suggestion I would make is try to raise awareness of what you ARE doing. A little PR can go a long way.
I think it is nice to see that he has a good sense of humor. Also this is certainly one of the more interesting examples of moderation wars I've seen yet...
It is the prospect of the Australian government cracking into your system, without notfiying you and covering their tracks, coupled with the lack of public oversight that makes this so troubling. While it is true that the american IRS has been able to see a companies books, they could not do so without your knowledge. This will be especially bad for international trade and e-commerce, as this will permit economic spying ; this is the natural inference.
I rather think that many local us governments seem increasingly unconcerned with the constitutionality of their actions so long as they can be executed with alacrity. After the fact, they have done what they will and often go unpunished.
Multicasting utilizes IGMP to setup a 'broadcast' that is limited in scope. That is to say that users have to 'tune in' to the multicast by 'joining' the IGMP group. This is handled by routers that must be multicast aware, i.e. have a decent IGMP v2 implementaion. The commodity internet is not multicast enabled, but you can tunnel into the Mbone. Also for those of us fortunate enough to have access to vBNS or Abilene these networks are already multicast enabled.
Thought activated computing? Let's hope they turn logging off...
Re:Mother of Allah, this sounds FANTASTIC!
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I would recommend reading this series in order. I was fortunate enough to have discovered Neverness while it was still in print, but it can be obtained. There are a slew of allusions in this book, ranging from Kabbalah to Tim Learys 8 circuit brain model if you look hard enough.
Every one of these industries have been deregulated due to the industry wide ineffeciencies caused by regulation. EVERY ONE. It would seem that the clarion call for the regulation of OS's as a government monopoly becomes a bit less sharp when viewed in that light. Government regulation is rarely the answer, and inviting it into a realm where the government has repeatedly shown itself to be incapable of understanding from a regulatory standpoint (remember the communications decency act?) seems to me to be a bit foolhardy. This is not to say that the DOJ should not address the monopolistic practices of Microsoft, merely that extending itself to cover the commoditiy-in-general (OS's) is a less optimal solution than dealing with the monopolistic company.
It was fair game on 4/1, and I suppose that since this is so obviously fake there is no harm done. My only question is when will they add a user preference for disabling BS articles?
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The lawyers are already on retainer (this is M$ after all). Its not as if the lawyers (the ones whose time is be "wasted") would be busy doing R&D if they weren't doing this. Legal action such as this is far less expensive than what passes for innovation at most large corporations, and there is much money to be gained.
Incedentally, this probably does seem like a good idea to Bill and the boys, and I have no doubt that they will pounce on any other such 'good ideas' the lawyers might come up with.
I am fairly certain it was also published in the Asimov compilation of robot stories "I, Robot"
The obvious answer for getting this kind of support is to apply for a large grant of your own. To do this you are going to need applications for the cluster mapped out, doing something specific and preferably 'hot'. Talk to your grant office people and try and get plugged in. The truth is though, that not everyone can pull off this kind of funding. Sounds like you are doing the best that you can with the resources you currently have availible (none), so I guess the other suggestion I would make is try to raise awareness of what you ARE doing. A little PR can go a long way.
I think it is nice to see that he has a good sense of humor. Also this is certainly one of the more interesting examples of moderation wars I've seen yet...
It is the prospect of the Australian government cracking into your system, without notfiying you and covering their tracks, coupled with the lack of public oversight that makes this so troubling. While it is true that the american IRS has been able to see a companies books, they could not do so without your knowledge. This will be especially bad for international trade and e-commerce, as this will permit economic spying ; this is the natural inference.
I rather think that many local us governments seem increasingly unconcerned with the constitutionality of their actions so long as they can be executed with alacrity. After the fact, they have done what they will and often go unpunished.
Multicasting utilizes IGMP to setup a 'broadcast' that is limited in scope. That is to say that users have to 'tune in' to the multicast by 'joining' the IGMP group. This is handled by routers that must be multicast aware, i.e. have a decent IGMP v2 implementaion. The commodity internet is not multicast enabled, but you can tunnel into the Mbone. Also for those of us fortunate enough to have access to vBNS or Abilene these networks are already multicast enabled.
Thought activated computing? Let's hope they turn logging off...
I would recommend reading this series in order. I was fortunate enough to have discovered Neverness while it was still in print, but it can be obtained. There are a slew of allusions in this book, ranging from Kabbalah to Tim Learys 8 circuit brain model if you look hard enough.
Every one of these industries have been deregulated due to the industry wide ineffeciencies caused by regulation. EVERY ONE. It would seem that the clarion call for the regulation of OS's as a government monopoly becomes a bit less sharp when viewed in that light. Government regulation is rarely the answer, and inviting it into a realm where the government has repeatedly shown itself to be incapable of understanding from a regulatory standpoint (remember the communications decency act?) seems to me to be a bit foolhardy. This is not to say that the DOJ should not address the monopolistic practices of Microsoft, merely that extending itself to cover the commoditiy-in-general (OS's) is a less optimal solution than dealing with the monopolistic company.
It was fair game on 4/1, and I suppose that since this is so obviously fake there is no harm done. My only question is when will they add a user preference for disabling BS articles?