Hey, I'm not here to promote a McCain presidency. He's just more head-banging unfun badness. I am very sick of both parties. But I have special nausea in the pit of my stomach reserved for Nanci Pelosi. From Newt Gingrich I'd have expected it. From her, I can't stomach it.
You can partially thank Obama's FISA vote for this. While this is not - specifically - a function of FISA, the loosening of surveillance regulations it implied.
Looks like we won't get that back without a bit of organized political action. I still recommend General Strikes. Shut the economy down and let the elites twist. Talk about a class war. Yeah, and they fucking won.
How does my paying a corporate tax into a collective pot supposedly allocated for artists I don't listen to help me? And what the hell is a private entity doing collecting taxes across the entire spectrum of society? Isn't that a function typically reserved for government?
If you want to go RAMDISK, you're better off buying an 8 or 16 DIMM slot motherboard and installing 32GB or 64GB of physical RAM on the host itself. The the main system bus is far faster than pcie. Use LVM to snapshot and then backup your RAMdisks to physical disk at regular intervals. Put/usr, your SQL DBs, and any other dynamic data in RAM and enjoy just silly performance. Works great in combination with Xen.
And don't forget your dual redundant power supplies and a good working UPS.
My TiBook 800 has lasted a good six years and is still... sorta running. I use it primarily to display streamed music and video. And it's still useful as a backup laptop in case the new one gets borked.
And I have to say that in Boston I've had no trouble getting good 3G reception on my iPhone. However, I've had plenty of other bad things to say about that purchase. Jailbroken, the iPhone is just yummy. But out of the box, it's pretty worthless. And the App store is just pathetic. Good luck returning an app that doesn't work. Hell, good luck figuring out which apps work without first buying the damn thing. And don't talk to me about reviews - most of them read like they were written by the application software sales staff.
Until Apple gets some quality control in there, I'm not buying another iPhone app.
I like Mathematica. It's a wonderful tool. But dealing with Wolfram's insane licensing requirements costs our group significant money in wasted staff time and repeat relicensing. Every year we have to update license keys for the FlexLM server.
FlexLM - that should have died with Interleaf long long ago.
Right. There was a time when you couldn't boot an Apple II without calling up a ROM monitor and entering in and running a bootloader by hand. Not that I claim to be l33t. Because if you're calling yourself "l33t", you're anything but.
They're brand new, just released. Head over to the App store and search in Utilities. I haven't bought one though because I'm pretty happy with MobileTerminal, sshd, and the local shell.
I own an iPhone. I don't think it's very good. At least until it's jailbroken, whereupon it becomes pretty damn cool. Or, at least, useful. Call me when Apple finally realizes that they can't pull a 'razorblade business model' with MobileMe, when the data that is being sync'd is likely proprietary to a business customer or under grant of 'attorney-client privilege.' I'd also like to know when they'll get back to selling utility and functionality instead of flash and show.
Well, that's useful. Thank you. When I last checked there were none. However, after the last set of applications I bought from the app store burned me, I'll stick with MobileTerminal for now. As I know that works.
I still think Apple is screwing up big time here. But it's nice to see an official ssh client finally.
- I still can't sync iPhone's iCal or contacts to my employer's enterprise Oracle Calendaring system, a full year after the iPhone was released.
- The phone does crash. It has input method problems, particularly when auto-correct does something wrong and there's no means to turn it off.
- A (somewhat expensive) flashcard app I bought to study Simplified Chinese characters lost all of the cards I input due to the Apple 2.0.1 OS update. There is no mechanism in the app to save cards externally. Furthermore, it is buggy and crashes often. The app store is filled with crap and there's no mechanism for returns. Also, many reviews in the app store are clearly sales propaganda.
But, if jailbroken, the iPhone is the best smartphone on the market for IT folks. You get a shell and ssh with network anywhere in the city. That's very nice for when I have to fix a server nightmare while in the movie theater or out at a party. I sure wish Apple would sell me something like that so I wouldn't have to bother jailbreaking my phone. I'd also like a WIFI VOIP phone for campus wide communications off the cell phone network. A good laptop tethering solution, like most other smartphones offer. And, perhaps, a way to sync my calendar over the air with competing products - like, say, from Oracle.
Look. I didn't hack the phone to run Bittorrent or Skype over AT&T's wireless network. But I bought this phone to service work-flow. It must pay for itself in increased productivity, or I will consider this a wasted investment. Apple: Get your act together. Your App store sucks, with even suckier apps, and this customer is feeling pretty damn used and abused by the process. Furthermore, please pay more attention to your customer needs. I do not need to show off this nifty iPhone to everyone around. I do, however, happen to need a good handheld calendaring solution that is compatible with my employer's system.
If I disagree with the candidate on a fundamental issue, like basic civil rights, they don't get my vote. And I note that the DLC and other top leaders in the Democratic Party thoroughly supported that FISA abomination. I won't vote for anyone who voted to support that. No one.
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> The old way, you only really got benefits from stream computing if you were > able to set up a massive job for the GPU, set it on its task, wait for > completion, and then get the results. Now, maybe new classes of apps become > more feasible.
Yes. I think this is more a response to Cell than to Intel. You'll note that Cell has a very high bandwidth interconnect between the main CPU and its slave stream processors. This is the same idea. And if they implement a good double precision float in those stream units, I predict it will become very desirable for scientific computing.
Pretty good. MobileTerminal had two really nasty bugs that were recently squashed:
A) Turning the phone landscape used to render a useless keyboard - one where some of the keyboard keys rendered off screen. Fixed.
B) A nasty auto-correct bug that made entering some passwords next to impossible. Fixed.
At this point I could get an automated email or txt message from my server farm, be anywhere in the city (at a movie; at a show; whatever) and login to fix it. I *really* like that.
I have the VNC app. I works well enough for VNC, but if what you want is a terminal with ssh then you're better off jailbreaking the phone. MobileTerminal is available via the Cydia installer and mostly works. Except for a few nasty bugs, like a messed up keyboard in landscape mode and Apple keyboard auto-correct problems that can make password entry somewhat nightmarish.
Thank you for that response. I don't run an Exchange server and never have. I also didn't know that Exchange provided that service. I'll look in to it.
On the CalDav front, we're going to deploy DAViCal on Debian in the interim, so we will be able to share within the group. USB sync to the Mac works OK, and iCal is good enough.
Yup. I like the email application. And I like how easily it works with the Mac too. I just want my privacy and a bit more utility. I'll even pay for it.
It doesn't matter what phone device we're discussing. Those clients of yours who are attorneys have an ethical obligation to protect the privacy of their clients. A distributed and privately controlled solution to internally shared calendaring and business contacts is very much needed.
To be honest he probably bought it for it's internet connectivity, but then again every other 3G device is capable of this as well.
That's exactly why I bought it. Because I use a Mac at work and wanted a seamless solution for connectivity while away from the desk. I bought the iPhone to replace an old LG Verizon phone two years past its end of contract date.
I do like the iPhone. But I very much dislike Apple's behavior here. I want both functionality and my privacy rights. I don't give a shit which company we're talking about, that's my bottom line. Which is why I jailbroke the phone. For perfectly legitimate purposes, I might add.
Yes, it has a great interface. Safari is the best web browser I've seen on a phone. And the email client is excellent as well. Here in Boston, the 3G coverage is good. I like all of this.
But I can't sync my calendar to my employer's Oracle Calendaring system. And Apple appears to be holding up any OTA sync application that might circumvent syncing through their "MobileMe" so-called service. I also can't sync my contacts to a central server or OTA without MobileMe. Here's my problem:
Apple has no right to view my contacts or schedule. By forcing a sync through their servers, they become a single-point-of-failure for my workflow, and further, they gain potential access to confidential business information. There is no way I'll go for that.
Apple: get a grip. You can have my money, but you cannot have my private and personal information at your whim. Also, I need utility from my phone; I didn't buy the damn thing to show it off.
Finally, I've had to jailbrake the phone for MobileTerminal and ssh, which is also critical to my job.
I'm pretty close to returning the iPhone for a Blackberry. Shame I've been tied to AT&T for the next two years though.
> I'll use this quote the next time there is a post about FISA.
You should. Congress ignored its duty to their oaths of office by voting for that legislation. But, that vote was - well, mostly - legitimate process. That is, the 24 hours notice before the bill went to the floor: not a very legitimate process. The vote itself: perfectly legitimate. If congress wanted to sell out their constituents and the US citizenry, then they've performed their business admirably.
But that doesn't make the vote any less cowardly or thoroughly unamerican.
As for your argument that one could not "prove" criminal conduct, therefore ignore it, may I suggest that you appear thoroughly incompetent to determine that matter.
If you think that law is unconstitutional - and it has been law for a very long time - then I suggest you file a case in your local district court and work your way up to the SC. But right now, it is legal and holds the force of law. Your only other option is to petition congress to have that law repealed.
But just because you dislike the provision, one can't just call it "unconstitutional" and ignore the legal responsibilities and consequences of what the law says is criminal conduct. Not even the President of the United States has the right to defy law as determined by prior congressional votes and presidential signatures.
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Hey, I'm not here to promote a McCain presidency. He's just more head-banging unfun badness. I am very sick of both parties. But I have special nausea in the pit of my stomach reserved for Nanci Pelosi. From Newt Gingrich I'd have expected it. From her, I can't stomach it.
You can partially thank Obama's FISA vote for this. While this is not - specifically - a function of FISA, the loosening of surveillance regulations it implied.
And they said, "We don't spy on Americans."
Right.
This is how it's supposed to work:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Looks like we won't get that back without a bit of organized political action. I still recommend General Strikes. Shut the economy down and let the elites twist. Talk about a class war. Yeah, and they fucking won.
How does my paying a corporate tax into a collective pot supposedly allocated for artists I don't listen to help me? And what the hell is a private entity doing collecting taxes across the entire spectrum of society? Isn't that a function typically reserved for government?
If you want to go RAMDISK, you're better off buying an 8 or 16 DIMM slot motherboard and installing 32GB or 64GB of physical RAM on the host itself. The the main system bus is far faster than pcie. Use LVM to snapshot and then backup your RAMdisks to physical disk at regular intervals. Put /usr, your SQL DBs, and any other dynamic data in RAM and enjoy just silly performance. Works great in combination with Xen.
And don't forget your dual redundant power supplies and a good working UPS.
My TiBook 800 has lasted a good six years and is still ... sorta running. I use it primarily to display streamed music and video. And it's still useful as a backup laptop in case the new one gets borked.
And I have to say that in Boston I've had no trouble getting good 3G reception on my iPhone. However, I've had plenty of other bad things to say about that purchase. Jailbroken, the iPhone is just yummy. But out of the box, it's pretty worthless. And the App store is just pathetic. Good luck returning an app that doesn't work. Hell, good luck figuring out which apps work without first buying the damn thing. And don't talk to me about reviews - most of them read like they were written by the application software sales staff.
Until Apple gets some quality control in there, I'm not buying another iPhone app.
I like Mathematica. It's a wonderful tool. But dealing with Wolfram's insane licensing requirements costs our group significant money in wasted staff time and repeat relicensing. Every year we have to update license keys for the FlexLM server.
FlexLM - that should have died with Interleaf long long ago.
Right. There was a time when you couldn't boot an Apple II without calling up a ROM monitor and entering in and running a bootloader by hand. Not that I claim to be l33t. Because if you're calling yourself "l33t", you're anything but.
They're brand new, just released. Head over to the App store and search in Utilities. I haven't bought one though because I'm pretty happy with MobileTerminal, sshd, and the local shell.
Not Apple. I mean, wouldn't you prefer writing Z-80 assembly to 6502? I sure did.
No, I don't remember that at all. And I've been using Apple products since 1977.
I own an iPhone. I don't think it's very good. At least until it's jailbroken, whereupon it becomes pretty damn cool. Or, at least, useful. Call me when Apple finally realizes that they can't pull a 'razorblade business model' with MobileMe, when the data that is being sync'd is likely proprietary to a business customer or under grant of 'attorney-client privilege.' I'd also like to know when they'll get back to selling utility and functionality instead of flash and show.
Well, that's useful. Thank you. When I last checked there were none. However, after the last set of applications I bought from the app store burned me, I'll stick with MobileTerminal for now. As I know that works.
I still think Apple is screwing up big time here. But it's nice to see an official ssh client finally.
- I still can't sync iPhone's iCal or contacts to my employer's enterprise Oracle Calendaring system, a full year after the iPhone was released.
- The phone does crash. It has input method problems, particularly when auto-correct does something wrong and there's no means to turn it off.
- A (somewhat expensive) flashcard app I bought to study Simplified Chinese characters lost all of the cards I input due to the Apple 2.0.1 OS update. There is no mechanism in the app to save cards externally. Furthermore, it is buggy and crashes often. The app store is filled with crap and there's no mechanism for returns. Also, many reviews in the app store are clearly sales propaganda.
But, if jailbroken, the iPhone is the best smartphone on the market for IT folks. You get a shell and ssh with network anywhere in the city. That's very nice for when I have to fix a server nightmare while in the movie theater or out at a party. I sure wish Apple would sell me something like that so I wouldn't have to bother jailbreaking my phone. I'd also like a WIFI VOIP phone for campus wide communications off the cell phone network. A good laptop tethering solution, like most other smartphones offer. And, perhaps, a way to sync my calendar over the air with competing products - like, say, from Oracle.
Look. I didn't hack the phone to run Bittorrent or Skype over AT&T's wireless network. But I bought this phone to service work-flow. It must pay for itself in increased productivity, or I will consider this a wasted investment. Apple: Get your act together. Your App store sucks, with even suckier apps, and this customer is feeling pretty damn used and abused by the process. Furthermore, please pay more attention to your customer needs. I do not need to show off this nifty iPhone to everyone around. I do, however, happen to need a good handheld calendaring solution that is compatible with my employer's system.
Whatever dude.
If I disagree with the candidate on a fundamental issue, like basic civil rights, they don't get my vote. And I note that the DLC and other top leaders in the Democratic Party thoroughly supported that FISA abomination. I won't vote for anyone who voted to support that. No one.
> The old way, you only really got benefits from stream computing if you were
> able to set up a massive job for the GPU, set it on its task, wait for
> completion, and then get the results. Now, maybe new classes of apps become
> more feasible.
Yes. I think this is more a response to Cell than to Intel. You'll note that Cell has a very high bandwidth interconnect between the main CPU and its slave stream processors. This is the same idea. And if they implement a good double precision float in those stream units, I predict it will become very desirable for scientific computing.
Pretty good. MobileTerminal had two really nasty bugs that were recently squashed:
A) Turning the phone landscape used to render a useless keyboard - one where some of the keyboard keys rendered off screen. Fixed.
B) A nasty auto-correct bug that made entering some passwords next to impossible. Fixed.
At this point I could get an automated email or txt message from my server farm, be anywhere in the city (at a movie; at a show; whatever) and login to fix it. I *really* like that.
I have the VNC app. I works well enough for VNC, but if what you want is a terminal with ssh then you're better off jailbreaking the phone. MobileTerminal is available via the Cydia installer and mostly works. Except for a few nasty bugs, like a messed up keyboard in landscape mode and Apple keyboard auto-correct problems that can make password entry somewhat nightmarish.
Thank you for that response. I don't run an Exchange server and never have. I also didn't know that Exchange provided that service. I'll look in to it.
On the CalDav front, we're going to deploy DAViCal on Debian in the interim, so we will be able to share within the group. USB sync to the Mac works OK, and iCal is good enough.
Yup. I like the email application. And I like how easily it works with the Mac too. I just want my privacy and a bit more utility. I'll even pay for it.
It doesn't matter what phone device we're discussing. Those clients of yours who are attorneys have an ethical obligation to protect the privacy of their clients. A distributed and privately controlled solution to internally shared calendaring and business contacts is very much needed.
To be honest he probably bought it for it's internet connectivity, but then again every other 3G device is capable of this as well.
That's exactly why I bought it. Because I use a Mac at work and wanted a seamless solution for connectivity while away from the desk. I bought the iPhone to replace an old LG Verizon phone two years past its end of contract date.
I do like the iPhone. But I very much dislike Apple's behavior here. I want both functionality and my privacy rights. I don't give a shit which company we're talking about, that's my bottom line. Which is why I jailbroke the phone. For perfectly legitimate purposes, I might add.
"Idiot", by your perspective.
Yes, it has a great interface. Safari is the best web browser I've seen on a phone. And the email client is excellent as well. Here in Boston, the 3G coverage is good. I like all of this.
But I can't sync my calendar to my employer's Oracle Calendaring system. And Apple appears to be holding up any OTA sync application that might circumvent syncing through their "MobileMe" so-called service. I also can't sync my contacts to a central server or OTA without MobileMe. Here's my problem:
Apple has no right to view my contacts or schedule. By forcing a sync through their servers, they become a single-point-of-failure for my workflow, and further, they gain potential access to confidential business information. There is no way I'll go for that.
Apple: get a grip. You can have my money, but you cannot have my private and personal information at your whim. Also, I need utility from my phone; I didn't buy the damn thing to show it off.
Finally, I've had to jailbrake the phone for MobileTerminal and ssh, which is also critical to my job.
I'm pretty close to returning the iPhone for a Blackberry. Shame I've been tied to AT&T for the next two years though.
> I'll use this quote the next time there is a post about FISA.
You should. Congress ignored its duty to their oaths of office by voting for that legislation. But, that vote was - well, mostly - legitimate process. That is, the 24 hours notice before the bill went to the floor: not a very legitimate process. The vote itself: perfectly legitimate. If congress wanted to sell out their constituents and the US citizenry, then they've performed their business admirably.
But that doesn't make the vote any less cowardly or thoroughly unamerican.
As for your argument that one could not "prove" criminal conduct, therefore ignore it, may I suggest that you appear thoroughly incompetent to determine that matter.
If you think that law is unconstitutional - and it has been law for a very long time - then I suggest you file a case in your local district court and work your way up to the SC. But right now, it is legal and holds the force of law. Your only other option is to petition congress to have that law repealed.
But just because you dislike the provision, one can't just call it "unconstitutional" and ignore the legal responsibilities and consequences of what the law says is criminal conduct. Not even the President of the United States has the right to defy law as determined by prior congressional votes and presidential signatures.
You can't have it both ways, buddy.