The result of so many patens being granted will inevitably weaken the power that patents hold. They will become too expensive to enforce, and about the time that someone patents sleeping in a horizontal position...I think the general public will get in the habit of ignoring patents.
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The AS400 filesystem is basically a database. Files are just a certain object type, programs are a different object type. It sounds to me like MS wants to build WinFS on top of MSSQL the way that IBM built the AS400 on top of DB2
I would like to begin by saying that, although I'm not a huge M$ fan, Citrix\Windows NT\TSE or Win2K are a great solution...if you can afford them. For the most part, they work as promised.
Now for the good and the bad. The costs might be hidden. Let's assume that you use thin clients. Your cost will be $4000\server for Citrix + $4000\server for Windows 2000 advanced server + Windows CAL (I forget the cost) + a Windows Workstation license for each client that is not running Windows! This is NOT a concurrent license, by the way. Now, if you can pay that kind of money you will love the benefits offered by Citrix\MS products. The combination is a piece of cake to administer once it is set up. We have 600 clients and 20 terminal servers and could probably cut 2 of 4 techs (now that the system is running) and at least 1/2 administrators. It's very stable once it is actually set up properly.
That cost is hideous, but you WILL need some legacy app support. Let me suggest something more useful. There is an ICA client for Linux. Set up several Linux terminal servers to handle the bulk of your user load, using Linux clients. Install the ICA client on those machines (or the Linux terminal servers) and use those ICA connections with 1 or 2 Citrix terminal servers for running "must have" windows apps. Now you have the best of both worlds. You might also look into Samba\Winbind for unifying logins between systems. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
By automating the ability to find and catch criminals, it becomes possible to catch and prosecute all instances of crime. Automation removes the "ignore" element that you mention.
First, we need a better high speed infrastructure. As it stands, getting high speed connections ranges from impossible to ridiculously expensive. If Engler invested in infrastructure, we would be much more likely to attract business.
With a wide array of devices working on an open OS, it is possible to choose any device you want when faced with a project. For example, a palm computer is first and foremost A COMPUTER. If you could run a familiar and open OS on it, it could effectively be used as a specialized controller in a slew of different situations. The more devices that can run Linux, the more options we have. If MS wanted to port to a bunch of different devices, that would be cool too. The difference is that they'll wait until they have a good business reason...which will probably be inspired by articles like this.
In my opinion, a certain bit of a criminal element is good in any society. We might not like it, but they are generally pretty enterprising folk.
What makes a person a criminal though? Breaking a law. The problem that I see with these situations is that law is (especially in this case) a matter of perception. It isn't cut-and-dry and a good lawyer can usually find ways to bend the law one way or another.
What happens if we let the FBI get away with this sort of thing and then the following scenario takes place. What if some politician gets the bright idea that only dangerous "hackers" would be up all night at the keyboard? Just for an example. So he puts a rider into an otherwise healthy bill that gets passed making it reasonable cause for search and siezure if someone is up all night at their computer. Now, that person (probably harmless), is a criminal. He or she can be tapped.
At first glance this might seem a silly example, however the fact remains that just because something is a law doesn't mean it's right. Just because something is illegal doesn't mean it's wrong.
Let's take this one step further. Do I really want to let the FBI wiretap people essentially because the government is pissed about missing income? That is what this case is really coming down to. The Feds don't care if the crime families kill each other. They want to protect their income.
Check this out After getting the the end of signing up for their "$300" satellite, the final cost is $1059.00. Sounds like they are going to be pulling the same stunt as Radio Shack for a bit.
I got similar results, and am assuming that RadioShack intends to be dastardly about this until after the holidays. MSN has a link on their site for signing up for high speed access, but the final submit button is non-functional. Teasers. The ping might suck, but I can't even get ISDN...and having another connection method means that I could badmouth Ameritech even more.
It's been ported to Sun and HP UNIX. It also runs (albeit dangerously) under WINE. Honestly, it would make my day if they ported to Linux. Netscape pisses me off quite a bit. MS simply had the foresight to make their browser more than a simple browser. It's really an engine for Internet Applications. There are a LOT of things I like about Linux, like being able to suppress idiot prompts. Abide by Netscape, I cannot.
This is really disturbing. Bush says he wants a smaller government (which I like), but he's going to need a lot of feds to lock up them drug users with his outdated zero-tolerance policy. Gore waffled on 2nd Amendment rights, and let's be serious...guns aren't protected by the Constitution so that people can hunt. They got carefully included to prepare for the event of another revolution. A guarantee that we could ALWAYS remain free...even if they might be used for evil as well.
I fear that Bush would be an environmental disaster. I fear that Gore would be a social disaster. I hate taxes, but I certainly don't want to live out my last years on a barren, desolate rock with no drugs! (:
My experience with DARE was pretty much the same. "Hmm.Dope isn't so bad, what else did they exaggerate?"
So I did a lot of drugs for a bit. Then I stopped. To this day I think that the D.A.R.E. program really enforces the "Gateway Drug" mindset. Without D.A.R.E. though, I might not have tried some of the great drugs that I did!
In order to realize the possibilities of this, stop thinking of the Palm as an organizer. That's what it gets marketed as. Now start thinking of it in different terms, for example...a small terminal you can put anywhere in your house. Check email, sequence MP3s, view current news, weather, etc. It is essentially a small computer waiting to be put to good use.
They work well as dumbterms too. With extra space in this thing, the next step could be a use for something like monitoring and recording performance data. I've been thinking about using the serial port to take readings and record flight data with my Palm on a model airplane.
The price for the old palms is only $150 now. Where else can you get a copmuter with a display for that much?
My thought has been for a while that the federal government should now create a fourth division, The Peoples' House wherein citizens may vote directly on issues. Not so long ago this would have been impossible, but with the Internet and touch tone phone systems so widely used there isn't any reason why those without net access can't vote via an 800 number and a touch tone phone.
In all honesty, I don't see what is wrong with this. Yes he did the crime. He's gone through the system. The weakest link in a network is often the least talked about. People are the weak link. If he can impress upon people that social engineering is what they need to look out for, then kudos.
Maybe people will finally listen if the infamous Mitnick tells them that THEY are the problem with security.
I have to disagree with you on this. I've got over 70 CDs recorded to MP3 on one of my home computers. I bought all the discs though, and ripped them myself. The originals sit in a box, not getting used now as I have a much nicer way of listening to them. I've also bought several albums from EMusic and copied them to disc. The disc wiste with my others for safe keeping, and the tracks get listened to from my home stereo.
There isn't anything fundamentally wrong with MP3, just like any other tool you need to use it responsibly. It doesn't have to hold true that using MP3 is trying to "buck the industry".
I've gotta come clean here. MS has --the coolest-- browser, Office Suite, and Development set. It's the damned OS I don't like. If either 1) Netscape didn't look (and act) goofy or 2) MS would (PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAASE) port IE to Linux (as if they don't already other *ix flavors) I would be so happy... IE really does have a lot more neat bells and whistles, and it looks smooth. Their damned OS is just so freaking bloated. It's actually more effective for me to develop under Linux but use VNC to look at the results on a Windows machine.
The most tragic ailment of my childhood was Doom-Claw. Sure it took all night to develop, but it was serious stuff! The associated symptoms were horrible too, besides being unable to open my hand for at least a day...the next morning always came about with horribly aching lungs and cigarette stained fingers. And the nightmares. After a good night of Doom, I was gauranteed to have creepy dreams until the next weekend when the whole gory process started over...
I have to disagree with you on this one. Businesses are all about saving money. In terms of productivity, that means hiring people with drive and efficiency. Businesses hire people who know or will learn shortcuts.
For about three years I worked at the Michigan Department of Attorney General. The secretaries who made it to division head level all knew shortcuts. When someone types around 100 words per minute, they lose too much time using a mouse. In the course of a letter, it's no big deal. In the course of a thousand page brief a few seconds here and there adds up quickly. This is compounded by the fact that attorneys are notoriously procrastinators. Now ask yourself how it's going to look when you miss a court deadline because someone thought that hotkeys weren't so important!
Valenti appears to be on top of things (in terms of technology) pretty well. He's overlooking some obvious problems like, if I really wanted to I could copy VHS digitally and stream it to the world. He definitely has a handle on things, and the impression that I got is that he's really just trying to hold out until a licensing system can be established. Obviously he's going to be a bit pissy that DVD was supposed to be safe, and now it isn't.
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The result of so many patens being granted will inevitably weaken the power that patents hold. They will become too expensive to enforce, and about the time that someone patents sleeping in a horizontal position...I think the general public will get in the habit of ignoring patents.
The AS400 filesystem is basically a database. Files are just a certain object type, programs are a different object type. It sounds to me like MS wants to build WinFS on top of MSSQL the way that IBM built the AS400 on top of DB2
I would like to begin by saying that, although I'm not a huge M$ fan, Citrix\Windows NT\TSE or Win2K are a great solution...if you can afford them. For the most part, they work as promised.
Now for the good and the bad. The costs might be hidden. Let's assume that you use thin clients. Your cost will be $4000\server for Citrix + $4000\server for Windows 2000 advanced server + Windows CAL (I forget the cost) + a Windows Workstation license for each client that is not running Windows! This is NOT a concurrent license, by the way. Now, if you can pay that kind of money you will love the benefits offered by Citrix\MS products. The combination is a piece of cake to administer once it is set up. We have 600 clients and 20 terminal servers and could probably cut 2 of 4 techs (now that the system is running) and at least 1/2 administrators. It's very stable once it is actually set up properly.
That cost is hideous, but you WILL need some legacy app support. Let me suggest something more useful. There is an ICA client for Linux. Set up several Linux terminal servers to handle the bulk of your user load, using Linux clients. Install the ICA client on those machines (or the Linux terminal servers) and use those ICA connections with 1 or 2 Citrix terminal servers for running "must have" windows apps. Now you have the best of both worlds. You might also look into Samba\Winbind for unifying logins between systems. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
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By automating the ability to find and catch criminals, it becomes possible to catch and prosecute all instances of crime. Automation removes the "ignore" element that you mention.
First, we need a better high speed infrastructure. As it stands, getting high speed connections ranges from impossible to ridiculously expensive. If Engler invested in infrastructure, we would be much more likely to attract business.
With a wide array of devices working on an open OS, it is possible to choose any device you want when faced with a project. For example, a palm computer is first and foremost A COMPUTER. If you could run a familiar and open OS on it, it could effectively be used as a specialized controller in a slew of different situations. The more devices that can run Linux, the more options we have. If MS wanted to port to a bunch of different devices, that would be cool too. The difference is that they'll wait until they have a good business reason...which will probably be inspired by articles like this.
So is there going to be a new booming market for translucent keyboards?
In my opinion, a certain bit of a criminal element is good in any society. We might not like it, but they are generally pretty enterprising folk.
What makes a person a criminal though? Breaking a law. The problem that I see with these situations is that law is (especially in this case) a matter of perception. It isn't cut-and-dry and a good lawyer can usually find ways to bend the law one way or another.
What happens if we let the FBI get away with this sort of thing and then the following scenario takes place. What if some politician gets the bright idea that only dangerous "hackers" would be up all night at the keyboard? Just for an example. So he puts a rider into an otherwise healthy bill that gets passed making it reasonable cause for search and siezure if someone is up all night at their computer. Now, that person (probably harmless), is a criminal. He or she can be tapped.
At first glance this might seem a silly example, however the fact remains that just because something is a law doesn't mean it's right. Just because something is illegal doesn't mean it's wrong.
Let's take this one step further. Do I really want to let the FBI wiretap people essentially because the government is pissed about missing income? That is what this case is really coming down to. The Feds don't care if the crime families kill each other. They want to protect their income.
They hate M$. It is my belief that $un will do ANYTHING to goad MS. Even if it means throwing scraps to Linux.
Check this out After getting the the end of signing up for their "$300" satellite, the final cost is $1059.00. Sounds like they are going to be pulling the same stunt as Radio Shack for a bit.
I got similar results, and am assuming that RadioShack intends to be dastardly about this until after the holidays. MSN has a link on their site for signing up for high speed access, but the final submit button is non-functional. Teasers. The ping might suck, but I can't even get ISDN...and having another connection method means that I could badmouth Ameritech even more.
It's been ported to Sun and HP UNIX. It also runs (albeit dangerously) under WINE. Honestly, it would make my day if they ported to Linux. Netscape pisses me off quite a bit. MS simply had the foresight to make their browser more than a simple browser. It's really an engine for Internet Applications. There are a LOT of things I like about Linux, like being able to suppress idiot prompts. Abide by Netscape, I cannot.
This is really disturbing. Bush says he wants a smaller government (which I like), but he's going to need a lot of feds to lock up them drug users with his outdated zero-tolerance policy. Gore waffled on 2nd Amendment rights, and let's be serious...guns aren't protected by the Constitution so that people can hunt. They got carefully included to prepare for the event of another revolution. A guarantee that we could ALWAYS remain free...even if they might be used for evil as well.
I fear that Bush would be an environmental disaster. I fear that Gore would be a social disaster. I hate taxes, but I certainly don't want to live out my last years on a barren, desolate rock with no drugs! (:
I can't condone either of these guys.
. Re:How to make it known? (Score:2) by 11223 (abuse@slashdot.org) on Tuesday October 24, @10:35AM EST (#187) (User #201561 Info) Tell your boss you're taking the day off to vote. Then, spend the day with a copy of "Walden" (and other major political-philosophical works) and contemplate the political system. Then, write about how you feel. The dead hand of Asimov's mass psychology wins every time.
But when someone does just that, you tell them to go home? I don't get it.
My experience with DARE was pretty much the same. "Hmm.Dope isn't so bad, what else did they exaggerate?"
So I did a lot of drugs for a bit. Then I stopped. To this day I think that the D.A.R.E. program really enforces the "Gateway Drug" mindset. Without D.A.R.E. though, I might not have tried some of the great drugs that I did!
In order to realize the possibilities of this, stop thinking of the Palm as an organizer. That's what it gets marketed as. Now start thinking of it in different terms, for example...a small terminal you can put anywhere in your house. Check email, sequence MP3s, view current news, weather, etc. It is essentially a small computer waiting to be put to good use.
They work well as dumbterms too. With extra space in this thing, the next step could be a use for something like monitoring and recording performance data. I've been thinking about using the serial port to take readings and record flight data with my Palm on a model airplane.
The price for the old palms is only $150 now. Where else can you get a copmuter with a display for that much?
My thought has been for a while that the federal government should now create a fourth division, The Peoples' House wherein citizens may vote directly on issues. Not so long ago this would have been impossible, but with the Internet and touch tone phone systems so widely used there isn't any reason why those without net access can't vote via an 800 number and a touch tone phone.
In all honesty, I don't see what is wrong with this. Yes he did the crime. He's gone through the system. The weakest link in a network is often the least talked about. People are the weak link. If he can impress upon people that social engineering is what they need to look out for, then kudos.
Maybe people will finally listen if the infamous Mitnick tells them that THEY are the problem with security.
I have to disagree with you on this. I've got over 70 CDs recorded to MP3 on one of my home computers. I bought all the discs though, and ripped them myself. The originals sit in a box, not getting used now as I have a much nicer way of listening to them. I've also bought several albums from EMusic and copied them to disc. The disc wiste with my others for safe keeping, and the tracks get listened to from my home stereo.
There isn't anything fundamentally wrong with MP3, just like any other tool you need to use it responsibly. It doesn't have to hold true that using MP3 is trying to "buck the industry".
I've gotta come clean here. MS has --the coolest-- browser, Office Suite, and Development set. It's the damned OS I don't like. If either 1) Netscape didn't look (and act) goofy or 2) MS would (PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAASE) port IE to Linux (as if they don't already other *ix flavors) I would be so happy... IE really does have a lot more neat bells and whistles, and it looks smooth. Their damned OS is just so freaking bloated. It's actually more effective for me to develop under Linux but use VNC to look at the results on a Windows machine.
The most tragic ailment of my childhood was Doom-Claw. Sure it took all night to develop, but it was serious stuff! The associated symptoms were horrible too, besides being unable to open my hand for at least a day...the next morning always came about with horribly aching lungs and cigarette stained fingers. And the nightmares. After a good night of Doom, I was gauranteed to have creepy dreams until the next weekend when the whole gory process started over...
I have to disagree with you on this one. Businesses are all about saving money. In terms of productivity, that means hiring people with drive and efficiency. Businesses hire people who know or will learn shortcuts.
For about three years I worked at the Michigan Department of Attorney General. The secretaries who made it to division head level all knew shortcuts. When someone types around 100 words per minute, they lose too much time using a mouse. In the course of a letter, it's no big deal. In the course of a thousand page brief a few seconds here and there adds up quickly. This is compounded by the fact that attorneys are notoriously procrastinators. Now ask yourself how it's going to look when you miss a court deadline because someone thought that hotkeys weren't so important!
Valenti appears to be on top of things (in terms of technology) pretty well. He's overlooking some obvious problems like, if I really wanted to I could copy VHS digitally and stream it to the world. He definitely has a handle on things, and the impression that I got is that he's really just trying to hold out until a licensing system can be established. Obviously he's going to be a bit pissy that DVD was supposed to be safe, and now it isn't.