The reason that journalists and web publishers try to overanalyze trends is very simple. Their readers/subscribers are concerned about the unknown and what it all means.
They want to know: do I brush up on my Unix skills and get Red Hat Linux certification? For my Oracle skills, should I be W2K certified, or is *nix certification more marketable?
We know where the future is going, but they don't.
Yup. If it's declassified, well, you can talk about it.
Also, the totality of data can cause a classification, in that the number of tanks in one shop for tread repair may be secret, but the table of data for all the tanks in repair shops for tread repair would be a higher classification because:
1. We now know where all your repair shops are. 2. We now know your mechanical breakdown rates, from which we can infer how well the tanks perform. 3. We now know (or infer) how many tanks you really have and where your high capacity repair shops are.
It used to cost about $1000 to $2000 for a Confidential clearance, about $8000 for a Secret clearance, and somewhere around $20000 for a Top Secret clearance.
And when they take too long to clear people, people don't use secure methods, because they have work to do.
One of the silliest things is that we give US citizens, born in the US, an edge in getting a clearance, rather than immigrants. Usually it's the native-born citizens who are the greatest security risks, not the recent immigrants. But I wouldn't say the same for Nuclear-grade clearances - just for the usual junk.
I used to process all the Security Clearances in Pacific Region in Canada, as well as declassify a lot of information in personnel files. And held a Secret clearance.
There aren't three levels of Confidential, Secret, and Top Secret. There are higher levels above that, most dealing with Nuclear weapons and things of that sort. There are also restrictions on Who can see it: For US eyes only, For US/Canadian eyes only, and so on.
Most, 95%, of the material classified as Secret is junk. The same holds for Confidential. I presume, based on inference, that probably 50% of Top Secret material is junk.
And people frequently overclassify docs - one person I knew just liked to stamp things with all the cool stamps they give you - so she'd stamp For Canadian/UK eyes only because she was bored.
There were days when I'd take a three-jacket personnel file and strip it down to a single-jacket file, or take a collection of higher grade docs and declassify most of them.
Seriously, I'm really into dating coifed professional women, especially those with post-grad degrees, although I'll settle for a countess (1), a model (3), or a lawyer (4) if I'm in a rush.
The fun part is watching WWN women trying to snag the guys with the cool chic clothes and the 4x4, while realizing that if she wants a millionaire, she's barking up the wrong tree. Guys like that dispose of their income, sleep around, and cut out when the going gets rough.
And underappreciated in his home town of Vancouver BC. I remember how much work it was getting the rest of the Westercon committee to agree to have him as our Guest of Honor.
There already is a low-cost service being offered, but only in urban areas. It's the version of DSL where they give you a maximum of 2 hours connect time per session and you "share" the DSL connections. Costs $17.95 here in Seattle from USWorst.
But you'll probably never see this in rural areas or low-rent suburbs. Not enough demand to make it viable without subsidies.
Well, no, people in rural areas or where it's not cost-effective to install DSL or Cable Modems don't have these services. Which means poor neighborhoods get redlined and get lousy access.
Seriously, the problem is the FCC method. If it's a per minute rate, that's insane - we're not making long distance calls in the "true" sense.
But, a flat rate charge? Well, since it's for access for rural areas, kids in school, and seniors on low incomes - Yes. Why should we be exempt?
Face it, we're turning into a three-tier society.
Tier 1: Internet Elite - the rich and technologically enabled, with SDSL, T1/T3, and equivalent - we don't care about these charges.
Tier 2: Internet Enabled - the urban upper and middle class and the suburban upper class, with low-grade DSL or Cable Modems, or at least 56K. They know they get a pretty good deal and that it can't continue much longer.
Tier 3: Internet Handicapped - the urban poor and the suburban/rural middle and lower classes. They have to go to the library to get decent modem access, or pay large chunks of their disposable incomes to do so. They continue in their downward spiral in this uberelite society.
So, yes, put farmers and homeless kids on the Net. Although I think we should require old folks get a NetNanny filter on their ISP access, so they can't send spam to the rest of us or access any voters sites - make them truck down to the library for that, to keep them out of our hair...
Just a few days ago we had a/. item on the code fork potential in Linux, in which Caldera was pointed out by Bob Young of Red Hat as possibly causing a problem due to their extensive use of third-party proprietary tools.
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while you are all worried about rising RAM prices, I am worried about the rising possibility that the Biblical end of the world is approaching..
One can only hope that the end of the time of people preaching about the Biblical end of the world coming is nigh.
Next year we're going to be forgotton gods for the post-millenial Burning Man confab in the desert. Maybe we'll get some quakes during the event - or maybe Mount Rainier will blow up in Seattle while I'm gone.
Another thing which may slow the adoption of MSFT's W2K would be more expensive RAM. This encourages people to run on lower RAM systems, on which Linux is a more optimal solution.
However, more expensive computer prices overall are a wash, as this also makes the OS portion of the total price less obvious.
However, I noticed in the news that the Taiwan Quake is responsible for at least two stocks I own declaring lower quarterly earnings than expected. Both were tech stocks.
And, the news continues to say that PC deliveries, including those which would be used to replace any PCs that are not Y2K-compliant, are now more than 30 days backlogged due to the first Taiwan quake.
The point in the I.8. of the Constitution of the US is that it is to "promote the progress of science and useful arts", for "limited times".
The problem is the extension of patents with derivative patents, especially in regards to technology.
I'm not complaining about this on a personal level, mind you, just a societal level. On a personal level, this is why I have lots of assets in pharmaceutical and tech companies - I rake in a lot of cash from patents owned by those firms.
But the PURPOSE is to assist society in gaining the good works of the inventors and investors, not in making rich people more wealthy. We need a better method of expiring core patents, of limiting derivative patents (perhaps a shorter life), and of promoting the public good.
Don't worry about rich investors, we'll still rake in the cash... that's what we have politicians and lawyers for...
I can't see any of the 19 replies (don't know why), but if noone posted it, use cypherpunks as login and password for the NYTimes.
I thought this was a fairly good article, in terms of expressing many people's opinions about code drift. But I still don't feel like it's anything like when Unix split. Perhaps that will happen once MSFT ports their apps over onto a commercial GUI shell, but I think it's just the usual paranoia about lack of control expressing itself.
I mean, really, you can go through that much money pretty fast. Just like we go through money that could feed and shelter an entire town in other countries, just for one person in the US.
My Dad lives in Vermont nowadays - cost of living there is incredibly low. So, if you took all your stock options and never spent them, you could retire to somewhere else and live quite nicely for the rest of your life.
Exactly. We all, in the US (and some other countries), make more than people in most of the world. I've actually lived on $500 for one year - it can be done.
If you just took the money you spend on Jolt Cola and invested it, and bought used cars, but lived the same otherwise, you'd be a millionaire in a couple of decades.
Good attitude. And, who knows, someday you might just inherit it.
Most people get to be millionaires (or more), by: 1. saving a lot of their money to invest (10-20% of it - and yes, you can afford that); 2. staying married; (darn, blew that one) 3. living below their means; and 4. working for themselves.
That's what worked for my grandparents. Although they didn't work for themselves, they just invested a lot.
It's more likely the guy on the bus is a millionaire than the guy in the Maserati.
Actually, there's little correlation between being rich and being happy. And most people driven to be rich are severely messed up - that's why they're rich.
You need to find out what makes you happy. It's probably not money, although you might think it is.
Of course, it is nice being able to fly to Paris when you want to, if that's your bag. But do you really need all those possessions?
I take umbrage at the claim that Sen. Slade Gorton, who wants the DOJ to have its anti-trust budget slashed is for sale.
I mean, if he was, he would be at a giant fundraiser in the Safeco Stadium that he forced through against the wishes of the people of Seattle. And most of the proceeds from that event would be used to reelect him. This Saturday.
And there would be a lot of Microsoft execs at that event.
Oh, wait, he is. They're holding it today (Saturday)...
Seriously, a lot of firms have clued in and already established CORBA as the standard. We're using it where I work, buying nice tools from IBM and Borland that all use CORBA.
And I think people are also aware that MSFT is trying to "embrace and extend" so that they control all the cash again.
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I'm assuming based on comments my friends who work on it at MSFT make. And based on that, I don't think it's ready for prime time.
But I still think it's WAY too late with the code base, no matter what revamping they go through at this point.
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Right ... so we have a few people dressed up as Borg and a few other characters. They'll look much more professional ...
The reason that journalists and web publishers try to overanalyze trends is very simple. Their readers/subscribers are concerned about the unknown and what it all means.
They want to know: do I brush up on my Unix skills and get Red Hat Linux certification? For my Oracle skills, should I be W2K certified, or is *nix certification more marketable?
We know where the future is going, but they don't.
Yup. If it's declassified, well, you can talk about it.
Also, the totality of data can cause a classification, in that the number of tanks in one shop for tread repair may be secret, but the table of data for all the tanks in repair shops for tread repair would be a higher classification because:
1. We now know where all your repair shops are.
2. We now know your mechanical breakdown rates, from which we can infer how well the tanks perform.
3. We now know (or infer) how many tanks you really have and where your high capacity repair shops are.
You get my drift.
Sadly, you're right.
It used to cost about $1000 to $2000 for a Confidential clearance, about $8000 for a Secret clearance, and somewhere around $20000 for a Top Secret clearance.
And when they take too long to clear people, people don't use secure methods, because they have work to do.
One of the silliest things is that we give US citizens, born in the US, an edge in getting a clearance, rather than immigrants. Usually it's the native-born citizens who are the greatest security risks, not the recent immigrants. But I wouldn't say the same for Nuclear-grade clearances - just for the usual junk.
I used to process all the Security Clearances in Pacific Region in Canada, as well as declassify a lot of information in personnel files. And held a Secret clearance.
...
There aren't three levels of Confidential, Secret, and Top Secret. There are higher levels above that, most dealing with Nuclear weapons and things of that sort. There are also restrictions on Who can see it: For US eyes only, For US/Canadian eyes only, and so on.
Most, 95%, of the material classified as Secret is junk. The same holds for Confidential. I presume, based on inference, that probably 50% of Top Secret material is junk.
And people frequently overclassify docs - one person I knew just liked to stamp things with all the cool stamps they give you - so she'd stamp For Canadian/UK eyes only because she was bored.
There were days when I'd take a three-jacket personnel file and strip it down to a single-jacket file, or take a collection of higher grade docs and declassify most of them.
Ah, the good old days
Seriously, I'm really into dating coifed professional women, especially those with post-grad degrees, although I'll settle for a countess (1), a model (3), or a lawyer (4) if I'm in a rush.
The fun part is watching WWN women trying to snag the guys with the cool chic clothes and the 4x4, while realizing that if she wants a millionaire, she's barking up the wrong tree. Guys like that dispose of their income, sleep around, and cut out when the going gets rough.
If you want flash, you get trash.
He's also a cool guy to have at parties.
And underappreciated in his home town of Vancouver BC. I remember how much work it was getting the rest of the Westercon committee to agree to have him as our Guest of Honor.
Moving people from Tier 2 to Tier 3:
There already is a low-cost service being offered, but only in urban areas. It's the version of DSL where they give you a maximum of 2 hours connect time per session and you "share" the DSL connections. Costs $17.95 here in Seattle from USWorst.
But you'll probably never see this in rural areas or low-rent suburbs. Not enough demand to make it viable without subsidies.
Although, we are moving onto Cable and DSL right?
Well, no, people in rural areas or where it's not cost-effective to install DSL or Cable Modems don't have these services. Which means poor neighborhoods get redlined and get lousy access.
Which is what the access charge is for.
Seriously, the problem is the FCC method. If it's a per minute rate, that's insane - we're not making long distance calls in the "true" sense.
...
But, a flat rate charge? Well, since it's for access for rural areas, kids in school, and seniors on low incomes - Yes. Why should we be exempt?
Face it, we're turning into a three-tier society.
Tier 1: Internet Elite - the rich and technologically enabled, with SDSL, T1/T3, and equivalent - we don't care about these charges.
Tier 2: Internet Enabled - the urban upper and middle class and the suburban upper class, with low-grade DSL or Cable Modems, or at least 56K. They know they get a pretty good deal and that it can't continue much longer.
Tier 3: Internet Handicapped - the urban poor and the suburban/rural middle and lower classes. They have to go to the library to get decent modem access, or pay large chunks of their disposable incomes to do so. They continue in their downward spiral in this uberelite society.
So, yes, put farmers and homeless kids on the Net. Although I think we should require old folks get a NetNanny filter on their ISP access, so they can't send spam to the rest of us or access any voters sites - make them truck down to the library for that, to keep them out of our hair
Just a few days ago we had a /. item on the code fork potential in Linux, in which Caldera was pointed out by Bob Young of Red Hat as possibly causing a problem due to their extensive use of third-party proprietary tools.
while you are all worried about rising RAM prices, I am worried about the rising possibility that the Biblical end of the world is approaching..
One can only hope that the end of the time of people preaching about the Biblical end of the world coming is nigh.
Next year we're going to be forgotton gods for the post-millenial Burning Man confab in the desert. Maybe we'll get some quakes during the event - or maybe Mount Rainier will blow up in Seattle while I'm gone.
One can only hope.
Another thing which may slow the adoption of MSFT's W2K would be more expensive RAM. This encourages people to run on lower RAM systems, on which Linux is a more optimal solution.
However, more expensive computer prices overall are a wash, as this also makes the OS portion of the total price less obvious.
It's probably the result of Burning Man.
/.
However, I noticed in the news that the Taiwan Quake is responsible for at least two stocks I own declaring lower quarterly earnings than expected. Both were tech stocks.
And, the news continues to say that PC deliveries, including those which would be used to replace any PCs that are not Y2K-compliant, are now more than 30 days backlogged due to the first Taiwan quake.
So it does belong on
The point in the I.8. of the Constitution of the US is that it is to "promote the progress of science and useful arts", for "limited times".
... that's what we have politicians and lawyers for ...
The problem is the extension of patents with derivative patents, especially in regards to technology.
I'm not complaining about this on a personal level, mind you, just a societal level. On a personal level, this is why I have lots of assets in pharmaceutical and tech companies - I rake in a lot of cash from patents owned by those firms.
But the PURPOSE is to assist society in gaining the good works of the inventors and investors, not in making rich people more wealthy. We need a better method of expiring core patents, of limiting derivative patents (perhaps a shorter life), and of promoting the public good.
Don't worry about rich investors, we'll still rake in the cash
Cool. Glad to see someone did this for those amongst us with securaphobia.
How about next time we use FuzzyPenguin / LinuxRules when they shut off this one.
I can't see any of the 19 replies (don't know why), but if noone posted it, use cypherpunks as login and password for the NYTimes.
I thought this was a fairly good article, in terms of expressing many people's opinions about code drift. But I still don't feel like it's anything like when Unix split. Perhaps that will happen once MSFT ports their apps over onto a commercial GUI shell, but I think it's just the usual paranoia about lack of control expressing itself.
I mean, really, you can go through that much money pretty fast. Just like we go through money that could feed and shelter an entire town in other countries, just for one person in the US.
My Dad lives in Vermont nowadays - cost of living there is incredibly low. So, if you took all your stock options and never spent them, you could retire to somewhere else and live quite nicely for the rest of your life.
Exactly. We all, in the US (and some other countries), make more than people in most of the world. I've actually lived on $500 for one year - it can be done.
If you just took the money you spend on Jolt Cola and invested it, and bought used cars, but lived the same otherwise, you'd be a millionaire in a couple of decades.
But will you?
Most won't.
Good attitude. And, who knows, someday you might just inherit it.
Most people get to be millionaires (or more), by:
1. saving a lot of their money to invest (10-20% of it - and yes, you can afford that);
2. staying married; (darn, blew that one)
3. living below their means; and
4. working for themselves.
That's what worked for my grandparents. Although they didn't work for themselves, they just invested a lot.
It's more likely the guy on the bus is a millionaire than the guy in the Maserati.
Actually, there's little correlation between being rich and being happy. And most people driven to be rich are severely messed up - that's why they're rich.
You need to find out what makes you happy. It's probably not money, although you might think it is.
Of course, it is nice being able to fly to Paris when you want to, if that's your bag. But do you really need all those possessions?
I do.
Oh, ok, there are a number of other owners too.
I would bet that, while MSFT does not directly own Pepsi, many major MSFT shareholders probably own stakes in PepsiCo (PEP).
;-)
I take umbrage at the claim that Sen. Slade Gorton, who wants the DOJ to have its anti-trust budget slashed is for sale.
...
I mean, if he was, he would be at a giant fundraiser in the Safeco Stadium that he forced through against the wishes of the people of Seattle. And most of the proceeds from that event would be used to reelect him. This Saturday.
And there would be a lot of Microsoft execs at that event.
Oh, wait, he is. They're holding it today (Saturday)
Never mind.
Seriously, a lot of firms have clued in and already established CORBA as the standard. We're using it where I work, buying nice tools from IBM and Borland that all use CORBA.
And I think people are also aware that MSFT is trying to "embrace and extend" so that they control all the cash again.
I'm assuming based on comments my friends who work on it at MSFT make. And based on that, I don't think it's ready for prime time.
But I still think it's WAY too late with the code base, no matter what revamping they go through at this point.