It seems to me that Alan is just trying to make a point about how ridiculous the DMCA is in this case by taking this relatively extreme position how the DMCA throws a wet blanket onto legitimate security discussions.
Atlanta needs ALS. The first three ALS shows seemed very successful to me. (Plus I got to meet CmdrTaco there.) The number of people who showed up demonstrated that the audience is either already in Atlanta or are willing to come here.
ALS used to held right around the Networld+Interop show.
Now it seems that all the Linux shows are in either NY/Boston or SF Bay area.
There is no such thing as email privacy. Email is transmitted in the clear over the internet. It is about a private as a postcard. If you want to send a private message, then put your mail into an "envelope" with the use of PGP/GPG etc. Even then, don't be fooled. If the feds want to read your encrypted email, they can, in a very short time.
Sorry, I just don't buy it. And that's what their problem was. Video Editing software is expensive stuff. They can try to blame the DMCA or fear of litigation (It's the MPAA! It's the RIAA! We might get sued!)
Nope. Not that. It's about lots of little green pieces of paper with Ben Franklin's face on them. It's money that's not going into their wallet. Call me cynical, but I expect to see this software for sale for a lot of $$$.
Uhh. No. I had a Microsoft CP/M card (with a Z-80) in my Apple ][ in 1982,
so don't give me that crap.
Digital made more money from software than they ever did from hardware. I expect that Digital produced more software packages than Microsoft ever did. Besides, I have a coffee mug that says "Digital is a Software Company". If it says it on my coffee mug, it must be true.
The Shelby Hamfest is coming up! September 1 & 2, in Shelby NC. This is the biggest in the south east. You will find old and new computer stuff, all kinds of radio stuff, lots of things you did not know you wanted, and some very hard-core geeks.
Who cares about ununoctium anyway. That stuff doesn't have any useful applications. Not like
ununpentium. It's the magic behind the "Reticulan propulsion system."
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
many old, physically large disk drives on superminis and mainframes used to have a "drive select" plug with break-off tabs that you would stick into the front of the drive to select the unit number. Let's see, I want to change my boot disk to this unit over here, the system is set up to boot from dka0, let's just swap the device plugs.
Get your soldering iron out and make your own. Use a 4pdt switch and select the master OR SLAVE jumper on each drive. The wiring is left as an exercise to the reader.
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
Digital was doing this with a tool called VEST in about 1990-1991. VEST would translate VAX binaries into Alpha binaries... When the first version of OpenVMS/Alpha came out, several of the OS tools were VESTed, rather than ported. The EDT editor is one I can think of.
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* those who can count
Go to the record store and buy any copy-protected CD
take the CD home and remove the wrapper
return the CD and get your money back.
repeat ad infinitum at other stores...
The "opened" CD can't be sold as new, and will probably be returned to the manufacturer, or sold as used (at a loss) by the record store. The manufacturer will notice that they are losing money on copy-protected CDs...
You can figure the rest out yourself.
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* those who can count
We have a capable OO/Java guy in my office, over 50 and all gray, but people want him to do CICS/COBOL, etc. because they feel is too old to be a capable OO programmer. He is being discriminated against for being old.
On the flip side, perhaps a technically great young person lacks the business "chops" that come with old age and treachery. Just because you are technically superior does not mean that you have the life experience to be capable in other (non-tech) parts of a more responsible job. there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
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wow. That was great. I even feel better. Really , that was THE BEST argument I have heard why free software won't die.
I like it.
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* those who can count
Yes, that's right. All the money was donated. Amateurs worldwide donated millions of dollars. Do a web search for "phase 3d donations" and you can see the scope and magnitude of the fundraising effort. there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
Who cares about those STRVs when AMSAT's Phase 3-D satellite, built and paid for by amateur radio operators, is also payload on Ariane 507! This new bird will bring satellite comms to a much wider group of amateurs, with modes including voice, data, and even a video camera pointed back at the earth.
Look at the way-cool picture of the launch preparations here., or get more information about Phase 3D at here.
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
was when I worked for the corporate support group for a large computer vendor.
To be "on-call" meant carrying a pager. For every 8 on-call hours, I got paid one hour at my regular (salaried) rate. If I had to go to the office, it was an additional $100.
If you were on call 24x7, you got paid for 7 days instead of 5, a big fat 40% bump. People in my group fought to be on-call, we had to have a waiting list to carry the pager.
The pager rarely went off; I would love to have that deal again.
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
Everywhere I have worked, the H1-Bs have been very close to slave labor. They often make less than half the rate/salary of a US citizen or green card holder. Many of them are terribly exploited in this way. Sure, they make more here than they could in their native country (usually India) but their employers are ripping them off with the lousy pay they get.
The same side of this same coin has rendered some older information workers unemployable: they have sufficient breadth of experience and seniority that makes them too expensive to hire. Or retrain.
We need to make sure that imported labor does not leave our citizens/green card holders out in the cold by making sure that the H1-Bs are paid a competitive and fair salary.
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* those who can count
Kamen also started/sponsored the
SEE Science Center,which, like FIRST, is intended to get kids excited about science. So the guy is truly a science philanthropist.
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* those who can count
KDE the desktop will lose to GNOME the environment. Sure, the KDE desktop is more slick (right now,) but the GNOME environment (Bonobo component framework) will allow a GNOME user significant benefits that KDE simply can't provide. The key is desktop != environment.
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
It's a damn shame that Compaqital only was able to get 23 years out of the VAX architecture. I still remember the 25th anniversary PDP/11, 11s were sold for a few years after that...
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
Slashdot Mirror
ALS used to held right around the Networld+Interop show.
Now it seems that all the Linux shows are in either NY/Boston or SF Bay area.
Bring back the Atlanta Linux Showcase.
What are you doing that's so secret, anyway?
Nope. Not that. It's about lots of little green pieces of paper with Ben Franklin's face on them. It's money that's not going into their wallet. Call me cynical, but I expect to see this software for sale for a lot of $$$.
Digital made more money from software than they ever did from hardware. I expect that Digital produced more software packages than Microsoft ever did. Besides, I have a coffee mug that says "Digital is a Software Company". If it says it on my coffee mug, it must be true.
What about Digital's Palo Alto center? Hmmm.
more revisionist history here perhaps?
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
Get your soldering iron out and make your own. Use a 4pdt switch and select the master OR SLAVE jumper on each drive. The wiring is left as an exercise to the reader.
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
- Go to the record store and buy any copy-protected CD
- take the CD home and remove the wrapper
- return the CD and get your money back.
- repeat ad infinitum at other stores...
The "opened" CD can't be sold as new, and will probably be returned to the manufacturer, or sold as used (at a loss) by the record store. The manufacturer will notice that they are losing money on copy-protected CDs...You can figure the rest out yourself.
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
On the flip side, perhaps a technically great young person lacks the business "chops" that come with old age and treachery. Just because you are technically superior does not mean that you have the life experience to be capable in other (non-tech) parts of a more responsible job.
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
I like it.
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
It must be a slow news day.
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
Yes, that's right. All the money was donated. Amateurs worldwide donated millions of dollars. Do a web search for "phase 3d donations" and you can see the scope and magnitude of the fundraising effort.
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
Look at the way-cool picture of the launch preparations here., or get more information about Phase 3D at here.
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
Don't try this at home, kids.
Also, be sure to report yourself for copying linux cds at http://new.bsa.org/usa/report/report. pht ml
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
To be "on-call" meant carrying a pager. For every 8 on-call hours, I got paid one hour at my regular (salaried) rate. If I had to go to the office, it was an additional $100.
If you were on call 24x7, you got paid for 7 days instead of 5, a big fat 40% bump. People in my group fought to be on-call, we had to have a waiting list to carry the pager.
The pager rarely went off; I would love to have that deal again.
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
The same side of this same coin has rendered some older information workers unemployable: they have sufficient breadth of experience and seniority that makes them too expensive to hire. Or retrain.
We need to make sure that imported labor does not leave our citizens/green card holders out in the cold by making sure that the H1-Bs are paid a competitive and fair salary.
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
The article itself is off-topic.
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count