This is why I don't follow any particular religion, but am not an atheist. You simply cannot prove the existance, or non-existance, of an immaterial being.
Actually, the FBI doesn't polygraph its people. They claim it will destroy the "community of trust". And, yeah, it's not all that difficult to beat the polygraph. Just learn some biofeedback techniques.
By that measure, the USian style of capitalism doesn't work all that well. The Scandanavian style of socialism does appear to work very well. Of course, they have pretty much of a mono-culture (most of them are, yes, scandanavian) which helps. It was Churchill (IIRC) who said that Democracy (as practiced in the US and UK) is the worst form of government, except for all the others. The same is, in my opinion, true of the USian style of regulated capitalism.
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That's because I like that 1970's OS, crashes alot less than the 90's OS I run here at work. And, hey, if the VCs can't look out for themselves, that's their problem. Nice to see another K5er here at/.
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In communism, there is no central control
Remember, I said "as practiced" in the real world. Talk to anyone who grew up in Eastern Europe, or the Soviet Union, before 1990 and you'll discover that there was most certainly central control. "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, in practice there is." Communism is a theory that sounds wonderful, but doesn't allow for the contrariness of human beings, and thus doesn't work in practice.
Don't forget, the attorney for the other side gets to cross-examine.
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Nice troll. But I think you need to look closer at the definition of communism. Or, at least, how it is practiced in the real world. In a communist system, the State owns everything, and directs how it is used. Open source is, I believe, profoundly anti-communist. One reason it is anti-communist is that the State would have no control over how it is used. But it's not that new an idea. Sharing information goes back years. To Johannes Gutenbergs' printing press (and before). Think of the revolution(s) that touched off!
Manufacture anything for no cost? I think you've seen too much Star Trek. What about the cost in energy? And the associated costs of getting the energy?
Bet you're a college student. You any relation to Larry? And don't let ESR hear you calling open source communist. He'll go ballistic.
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The book starts with linux? Open source, under whatever name it had, has been around since long before the first linux kernel was released. Linux did not touch off the revolution, if it is one. It might even be considered a counter-revolution since, in the beginning, open source was the norm. Read "Hackers" by Levy, for instance. Linux may be open source, but open source is not linux. Open source is the IBM PC compatible, it is BSD, it is Perl, it is TCP/IP. It is many things that have been around since the 50's.
At DMSO they are using xml for communication between different model systems. The XML defines a common format. Instead of having to support filters to convert each doc type to each other doc type you just have to be able to convert each to/from xml. If there are 3 doc types, you need 8 filters (3^2) to get to/from each. If you use XML you need 3 filters to get to/from xml. Assuming the filter is 2-way,from/to. If it is one way, to or from only, double the number of filters. This is what xml is really designed for. To get a common document format.
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No one says X does everything. Does a gui fairly decently, though. Besides which, X is not a language.
Wrote to the site feedback address, and their reply said they had more traffic by 9 AM than they normally get in a day. But they didn't fall over! Wonder what they're running on?
Not sure the above is intended to be funny. Reads alot like those pseudo-anarchist anti-globalist screeds posted by the people who protest every time the imf/wto/etc get together.
If you provide onsite support it can certainly save on travel time, especially if the end user is in another city, and it can give many of the benefits of onsite support without the associated costs in plane fare, etc. For the sake of security, however, the host software should only be started by the user.
But beware "social engineering". To avoid this, if you have a software update to upload, you call the customer and tell them to call you back. This way they know they are actually getting the update from you and you will know if someone is trying to mess with them.
The last company I worked at (which did industrial automation) did just this. PC Anywhere on the users machine and when they had a problem they called us, turned on PC Anywhere, and we connected and fixed the problem. Then they turned off PC Anywhere. Very secure, as they only allowed access when there was a problem and only after thay called us and we told them to do so. And much faster than getting on an airplane and flying from Utah to Maryland, or wherever they were.
That's how we did it at my last job. Customer has a problem, they fire up the remote hosting software, we connect and fix the problem, they shut down the host software.
Back in '83 I was outside a computer room when a large drive like that had a head crash. The platter (still spinning) got ejected through the side of the case and embedded into the wall. Sounded like a bomb went off.
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the music-swapping service Napster must stop trading in copyrighted material and may be held liable for "vicarious copyright infringement." Napster must prevent users from gaining access to copyrighted content through its lists of songs archived by the service's users, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said. The panel also directed the Redwood City-based company to remove links to users trading copyrighted songs stored as MP3 files.
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This is why I don't follow any particular religion, but am not an atheist. You simply cannot prove the existance, or non-existance, of an immaterial being.
Actually, the FBI doesn't polygraph its people. They claim it will destroy the "community of trust". And, yeah, it's not all that difficult to beat the polygraph. Just learn some biofeedback techniques.
According to The Washington Post he knew C and Pascal and wrote communications apps for the FBI.
By that measure, the USian style of capitalism doesn't work all that well. The Scandanavian style of socialism does appear to work very well. Of course, they have pretty much of a mono-culture (most of them are, yes, scandanavian) which helps. It was Churchill (IIRC) who said that Democracy (as practiced in the US and UK) is the worst form of government, except for all the others. The same is, in my opinion, true of the USian style of regulated capitalism.
That's because I like that 1970's OS, crashes alot less than the 90's OS I run here at work. And, hey, if the VCs can't look out for themselves, that's their problem. Nice to see another K5er here at /.
The Illiad? Epic of Gilgamesh?
Remember, I said "as practiced" in the real world. Talk to anyone who grew up in Eastern Europe, or the Soviet Union, before 1990 and you'll discover that there was most certainly central control. "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, in practice there is." Communism is a theory that sounds wonderful, but doesn't allow for the contrariness of human beings, and thus doesn't work in practice.
That's what it is.
Don't forget, the attorney for the other side gets to cross-examine.
Manufacture anything for no cost? I think you've seen too much Star Trek. What about the cost in energy? And the associated costs of getting the energy?
Bet you're a college student. You any relation to Larry? And don't let ESR hear you calling open source communist. He'll go ballistic.
The book starts with linux? Open source, under whatever name it had, has been around since long before the first linux kernel was released. Linux did not touch off the revolution, if it is one. It might even be considered a counter-revolution since, in the beginning, open source was the norm. Read "Hackers" by Levy, for instance. Linux may be open source, but open source is not linux. Open source is the IBM PC compatible, it is BSD, it is Perl, it is TCP/IP. It is many things that have been around since the 50's.
I prefer "melatonin challenged", myself.
At their site.
That's what I should have said, "gives a common syntax".
At DMSO they are using xml for communication between different model systems. The XML defines a common format. Instead of having to support filters to convert each doc type to each other doc type you just have to be able to convert each to/from xml. If there are 3 doc types, you need 8 filters (3^2) to get to/from each. If you use XML you need 3 filters to get to/from xml. Assuming the filter is 2-way,from/to. If it is one way, to or from only, double the number of filters. This is what xml is really designed for. To get a common document format.
No one says X does everything. Does a gui fairly decently, though. Besides which, X is not a language.
Wrote to the site feedback address, and their reply said they had more traffic by 9 AM than they normally get in a day. But they didn't fall over! Wonder what they're running on?
How come I never have moderator points when I see a post like this. Hope this gets modded up to 5.
Not sure the above is intended to be funny. Reads alot like those pseudo-anarchist anti-globalist screeds posted by the people who protest every time the imf/wto/etc get together.
Actually, the RIAA and MPAA would probably support option 3. Licensing of programmers is the logical next step for the DMCA/UCITA crowd.
But beware "social engineering". To avoid this, if you have a software update to upload, you call the customer and tell them to call you back. This way they know they are actually getting the update from you and you will know if someone is trying to mess with them.
The last company I worked at (which did industrial automation) did just this. PC Anywhere on the users machine and when they had a problem they called us, turned on PC Anywhere, and we connected and fixed the problem. Then they turned off PC Anywhere. Very secure, as they only allowed access when there was a problem and only after thay called us and we told them to do so. And much faster than getting on an airplane and flying from Utah to Maryland, or wherever they were.
Come on, haven't you ever heard of verbing ? (Verbing being a case of verbing.) Very common in the english language.
That's how we did it at my last job. Customer has a problem, they fire up the remote hosting software, we connect and fix the problem, they shut down the host software.
Back in '83 I was outside a computer room when a large drive like that had a head crash. The platter (still spinning) got ejected through the side of the case and embedded into the wall. Sounded like a bomb went off.
According to the Washington Post.
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the music-swapping service Napster must stop trading in copyrighted material and may be held liable for "vicarious copyright infringement." Napster must prevent users from gaining access to copyrighted content through its lists of songs archived by the service's users, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said. The panel also directed the Redwood City-based company to remove links to users trading copyrighted songs stored as MP3 files.