Ah, but if you remember that The Matrix is a computer simulation of "the height of your time", ie 1999 - 2001 approximately, then it is not necessarily doomed.
Plus it was undoubtedly easier for the machines to program a neural simulation that contained IPv4.;)
Unsolicited Commercial Email... that's what it is.
Sure the Monty Python reference was a good in-joke for a while... and the media may have picked up on it, but "UCE" works and we don't have the problem with Hormel. (And Hormel doesn't have the problem with us.) Why do we keep this up when all it does is feed the lawyers?
Furthermore, "UCE" still lends itself to cool names... think "UCEless" or something similar.;)
1) Agree with your ISP on a standard data rate, burstable to X as needed. 2) Use RTG to monitor traffic in and out, making sure that you know what switch/ports/etc. that client is using. 3) Charge the client (this is usally done based on 95th percentile). 4) Profit!!!
I read the first chapter at Barnes & Noble...
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...while I was waiting to see TM:R. I started reading it, and in half an hour was through fifty pages already. It was compelling, to say the least.
The reviewer is quite correct - this book is different from most normal security books. Instead of "here's the attack, here's how to defend", it is a collection of fictional stories. Since I only read the first one, I can't comment on the rest of them, but the first was enough to make me want to read the rest.
Needless to say, when I got home that night, I ordered it. Since then, I've been like Calvin waiting for his red beanie - every evening I come home and it's not there... but the next day I am psyched that it will be! (It should be arriving today! I am quite anxious to read the rest.)
My recommendation is that you check it out if you get a chance.:)
If you had scrolled all the way to the bottom of the page, they show where it folds into the wristband. They more than likely showed it with the cord out so you could see that exactly how it worked.
Those are valid points, and I'm not even in disagreement with you. However, for the one Enron, and the one Worldcom, there were *thousands* of corporations that didn't do anything "creative" with their accounting.
Aside from that, so what? What if Enron had funded the first mission to Mars? We'd be there! Granted, ideally, we would have wanted them to have funded it legitimately, and not rip off thousands of people's pensions, but again, that's where the thousands of non-evil corporations come in.;)
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Anyone who is really interested should check out:
http://www.nw.net/mars/
Dr. Robert Zubrin wrote _The Case For Mars_ which outlines how we could be getting to Mars within the next ten years using the same technology that got us to the moon thirty years ago.
The representative is probably right, but not for the reasons he thinks he is: the government is just holding us back too much in terms of space flight development. We need to get private enterprise involved.
How? Have several CEOs study all the plans out there. When they find out that it is feasible, might actually *make them money*, and would advance humanity all at the same time, I am pretty sure they would all start writing checks!
Did anyone even watch last night's episode? There are so many people saying it was "refreshing". No, it wasn't. Here's why:
1) The cogentior killed herself. Seriously, who didn't see that coming a mile away? Could they have made that any more obvious?? Give her "you can climb mountains" and then force her back into the room to do nothing all, and what did they think was going to happen?
2) Second, where does Archer get off saying he never interferes? He interfered with those aliens that were strung upside down (even fighting T'Pol to go back after he took her advice to leave), he interferes with the Vulcans, with the Andorrians, , he breaks Suliban out of prison camps, etc.
3) There was a subplot with Reed and that female alien being all sensual with each other. Then she flat out propositioned him. (This after the "AIDS" episode, but never mind.) Um, how did this end? Did they sleep together? Why did they just drop this completely?
4) Trip gets no reprimand? This is supposed to be a navy-like organisation, and he's just been responsible for the death of a cogenitor, and as Archer states "the child that would have happened, too". He doesn't get a rank demotion or anything? Yes, his guilt is punishment, but hey, let's just yell at him and let it go at that. (Tom Paris interfered in a culture, and was reduced in rank in addition to his guilt.)
The author states "Only in Mr Mundie's nightmare scenario would Linux and other open-source software wipe Microsoft from the face of the earth. Mr Ellison's prediction might then come true, but with a drawback: his own firm, Oracle, would be wiped out too." I'm not quite sure how this could be true, since Oracle still sells database software that runs on Linux. It was a really good article right there until the end...
Player A signs a four-year contract with Team A. Team A trades Player A to Team B. Team A is still obligated to pay Player A as if he were still a member of the squad. (Sometimes Team B will pick up the contract, but that's not always the case.)
It's a little silly, but what about most contracts isn't?
I remember the Romulan ship not having its engines on (weren't they disabled by then? I could be remembering wrong)... so with no force pushing against it other than the Enterprise, it should have just been pushed in the direction the Enterprise was going, with nothing behind it, and no force of engines to counteract the force of the Enterprise's forward motion. There may have been some smashing, but one ship would not simply force itself into the other like they showed. The airplane analogy people are using here doesn't work, because in that instance, both airplanes are running their engines, and in this instance, the Romulan ship's engines were disabled. (If you crash a moving airplane into a stationary airplane, the stationary one will be forced backwards.)
It didn't fail because they killed Data. It failed because they killed Data, and five seconds later, replaced him with stupid Data (aka B4).
In ST II, when Spock was killed off, we were given a grieving period, and treated to a respectful funeral. Kirk told us that Spock was the most human person he'd ever known, etc. In this movie, Data is gone, we get not even ten seconds of crying, and Picard is talking to stupid Data, and it's like Data was never gone.
They cheapened his death so much that it wasn't even funny.
Not to mention that they pretty much threw out every tenet of Star Trek TNG (no beaming through shields, etc.), and it just didn't work. Also, absolutely no attempt was made to pay attention to physics! When two ships crash into each other in space, they would each move back... they don't go through each other like that!! There would have to be something behind the ships to force them into each other, or they would both have to have their engines going.
I purchased an eBook that I downloaded from bn.com from one of my favourite authors. It was a Microsoft eBook, in.lit format. I didn't get a chance to read it right away, and about a week or so later when I went to open it, the MS reader software told me that I didn't have rights to open the book!
This was a book that I had *paid* for. I paid $8 for the book, and it was only available in this format, as the author (who lost a lot of credibilty in my view) only released the book in that format. Imagine, after paying for it, that I wasn't allowed to read it!! It has been on my girlfriend's computer now for six months, and I should now be able to read it, finally.
But what if this program hadn't come along? I would have had to call MS tech support to figure out why it was that their program was denying me the right to read a book I purchased. Can you imagine having to do that for every book you wait a week to read?
No, this is not a troll - it is a true story. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's had this happen, either. And before you say "You should have read it right then and there..." - I had purchased physical books that I read first. Besides, I should be able to read it at my convenience - clearly something the format wouldn't let me do.
I've been working in a computer repair store for the past six months, and I can tell you that many, many people have been infected with one virus or another. It's been a staple of the business - no matter what a machine comes in for, we scan it for viruses, and almost 65% of the machines are infected with something. (About 75% of the 65% is the Klez/Elkern combination, and 10% recently is the BugBear.) Most of the time, fixing the virus fixes their problems.
The only reason it could be said that people don't think that such viruses and exploits are no big deal is because people don't realise that their machines are supposed to be fast and not crash. Only after the machine is thoroughly infected and it's all but useless do they do something about it. It's kinda sad, actually, that people are so conditioned to machines working poorly that they don't even know how much power their machines truly have.
Ignoring the obvious security holes in IE, MSN Messenger, Outlook, etc (as another respondent pointed out), it should also be noted that *Microsoft* still hasn't gotten it entirely figured out when it comes to "dumb-ass desktop users" (dadu). Anyone who's worked in tech support for any large company for any length of time can tell you that even Windows presents a challenge for many people... there are a lot of companies that I know of that have had to put icons back on the XP desktop in their builds just to stop the "Where have my icons gone?" tech support calls! If the "dadu" are going to be challenged, why not give them better and free* (beer/speech) software? *Or cheaper subscription based software.;)
Take those Coors commercials featuring John Wayne, for instance. John Wayne's been dead for a while, but he still does cameo appearances.
Now imagine the James Bond movie after "Die Another Day" starring Carey Grant. Imagine "Tommy Boy II" featuring Chris Farley brought back from the dead. Or, imagine Marilyn Monroe in just about any role today... people would pay to see that, and Hollywood would be happy to let them.
...and it never caught on with the intended audience. I hope that this project has better success, and/or that OpenBeOS is successful where the original failed.
Be careful with the cutting edge...
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While Gentoo does rock, I don't suggest any of the cutting edge stuff for production boxes. While that's a given for the most part, the ease with which Gentoo allows you to install new and tempting things may make it harder for some to resist. (Emerge just rules.)
Installing Gnome2 and then Evolution left me with no X/Window Manager (or, rather, Gnome 1.4 and Gnome2 at the same time). The machine I did this on is one I use to fool around with, but in a production environment, I suggest avoiding the temptations Gentoo puts before you and sticking with the tried and true (ie, Gnome 1.4 if you like Gnome, and whatever the stable version of KDE is;) ).
Can someone please tell me why this was moderated this way? It was meant in earnest... simply, Microsoft can't continue with their practices, just like Enron couldn't. Only it will take them longer to collapse.
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...since tomorrow is apparently Defacement Day.
Ah, but if you remember that The Matrix is a computer simulation of "the height of your time", ie 1999 - 2001 approximately, then it is not necessarily doomed.
;)
Plus it was undoubtedly easier for the machines to program a neural simulation that contained IPv4.
...with the movie was that it did not detail "The Rise of the Machines", but the "Rise of the Virus".
I wanted to see post-apocolyptic war, which was completely non-existent.
Well, there will be a fourth, so one can only hope...
Unsolicited Commercial Email... that's what it is.
;)
;)
Sure the Monty Python reference was a good in-joke for a while... and the media may have picked up on it, but "UCE" works and we don't have the problem with Hormel. (And Hormel doesn't have the problem with us.) Why do we keep this up when all it does is feed the lawyers?
Furthermore, "UCE" still lends itself to cool names... think "UCEless" or something similar.
I'm tempted to TradeMark that... hhhmmm...
1) Agree with your ISP on a standard data rate, burstable to X as needed.
2) Use RTG to monitor traffic in and out, making sure that you know what switch/ports/etc. that client is using.
3) Charge the client (this is usally done based on 95th percentile).
4) Profit!!!
...while I was waiting to see TM:R. I started reading it, and in half an hour was through fifty pages already. It was compelling, to say the least.
:)
The reviewer is quite correct - this book is different from most normal security books. Instead of "here's the attack, here's how to defend", it is a collection of fictional stories. Since I only read the first one, I can't comment on the rest of them, but the first was enough to make me want to read the rest.
Needless to say, when I got home that night, I ordered it. Since then, I've been like Calvin waiting for his red beanie - every evening I come home and it's not there... but the next day I am psyched that it will be! (It should be arriving today! I am quite anxious to read the rest.)
My recommendation is that you check it out if you get a chance.
If you had scrolled all the way to the bottom of the page, they show where it folds into the wristband. They more than likely showed it with the cord out so you could see that exactly how it worked.
Those are valid points, and I'm not even in disagreement with you. However, for the one Enron, and the one Worldcom, there were *thousands* of corporations that didn't do anything "creative" with their accounting.
;)
Aside from that, so what? What if Enron had funded the first mission to Mars? We'd be there! Granted, ideally, we would have wanted them to have funded it legitimately, and not rip off thousands of people's pensions, but again, that's where the thousands of non-evil corporations come in.
Anyone who is really interested should check out:
http://www.nw.net/mars/
Dr. Robert Zubrin wrote _The Case For Mars_ which outlines how we could be getting to Mars within the next ten years using the same technology that got us to the moon thirty years ago.
The representative is probably right, but not for the reasons he thinks he is: the government is just holding us back too much in terms of space flight development. We need to get private enterprise involved.
How? Have several CEOs study all the plans out there. When they find out that it is feasible, might actually *make them money*, and would advance humanity all at the same time, I am pretty sure they would all start writing checks!
Did anyone even watch last night's episode? There are so many people saying it was "refreshing". No, it wasn't. Here's why:
1) The cogentior killed herself. Seriously, who didn't see that coming a mile away? Could they have made that any more obvious?? Give her "you can climb mountains" and then force her back into the room to do nothing all, and what did they think was going to happen?
2) Second, where does Archer get off saying he never interferes? He interfered with those aliens that were strung upside down (even fighting T'Pol to go back after he took her advice to leave), he interferes with the Vulcans, with the Andorrians, , he breaks Suliban out of prison camps, etc.
3) There was a subplot with Reed and that female alien being all sensual with each other. Then she flat out propositioned him. (This after the "AIDS" episode, but never mind.) Um, how did this end? Did they sleep together? Why did they just drop this completely?
4) Trip gets no reprimand? This is supposed to be a navy-like organisation, and he's just been responsible for the death of a cogenitor, and as Archer states "the child that would have happened, too". He doesn't get a rank demotion or anything? Yes, his guilt is punishment, but hey, let's just yell at him and let it go at that. (Tom Paris interfered in a culture, and was reduced in rank in addition to his guilt.)
Is that what you'd get from a stoner Subway employee?
;)
Yeah, we, uh, have this new kinda bread for our sandwiches... it's, uh, got a "special ingredient". We call it "hibread".
The author states "Only in Mr Mundie's nightmare scenario would Linux and other open-source software wipe Microsoft from the face of the earth. Mr Ellison's prediction might then come true, but with a drawback: his own firm, Oracle, would be wiped out too." I'm not quite sure how this could be true, since Oracle still sells database software that runs on Linux. It was a really good article right there until the end...
Player A signs a four-year contract with Team A. Team A trades Player A to Team B. Team A is still obligated to pay Player A as if he were still a member of the squad. (Sometimes Team B will pick up the contract, but that's not always the case.)
It's a little silly, but what about most contracts isn't?
And a Happy April to everyone!! :)
I remember the Romulan ship not having its engines on (weren't they disabled by then? I could be remembering wrong)... so with no force pushing against it other than the Enterprise, it should have just been pushed in the direction the Enterprise was going, with nothing behind it, and no force of engines to counteract the force of the Enterprise's forward motion. There may have been some smashing, but one ship would not simply force itself into the other like they showed. The airplane analogy people are using here doesn't work, because in that instance, both airplanes are running their engines, and in this instance, the Romulan ship's engines were disabled. (If you crash a moving airplane into a stationary airplane, the stationary one will be forced backwards.)
SPOILERS BELOW
(in case you haven't seen it yet)
It didn't fail because they killed Data. It failed because they killed Data, and five seconds later, replaced him with stupid Data (aka B4).
In ST II, when Spock was killed off, we were given a grieving period, and treated to a respectful funeral. Kirk told us that Spock was the most human person he'd ever known, etc. In this movie, Data is gone, we get not even ten seconds of crying, and Picard is talking to stupid Data, and it's like Data was never gone.
They cheapened his death so much that it wasn't even funny.
Not to mention that they pretty much threw out every tenet of Star Trek TNG (no beaming through shields, etc.), and it just didn't work. Also, absolutely no attempt was made to pay attention to physics! When two ships crash into each other in space, they would each move back... they don't go through each other like that!! There would have to be something behind the ships to force them into each other, or they would both have to have their engines going.
I purchased an eBook that I downloaded from bn.com from one of my favourite authors. It was a Microsoft eBook, in .lit format. I didn't get a chance to read it right away, and about a week or so later when I went to open it, the MS reader software told me that I didn't have rights to open the book!
This was a book that I had *paid* for. I paid $8 for the book, and it was only available in this format, as the author (who lost a lot of credibilty in my view) only released the book in that format. Imagine, after paying for it, that I wasn't allowed to read it!! It has been on my girlfriend's computer now for six months, and I should now be able to read it, finally.
But what if this program hadn't come along? I would have had to call MS tech support to figure out why it was that their program was denying me the right to read a book I purchased. Can you imagine having to do that for every book you wait a week to read?
No, this is not a troll - it is a true story. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's had this happen, either. And before you say "You should have read it right then and there..." - I had purchased physical books that I read first. Besides, I should be able to read it at my convenience - clearly something the format wouldn't let me do.
I've been working in a computer repair store for the past six months, and I can tell you that many, many people have been infected with one virus or another. It's been a staple of the business - no matter what a machine comes in for, we scan it for viruses, and almost 65% of the machines are infected with something. (About 75% of the 65% is the Klez/Elkern combination, and 10% recently is the BugBear.) Most of the time, fixing the virus fixes their problems.
The only reason it could be said that people don't think that such viruses and exploits are no big deal is because people don't realise that their machines are supposed to be fast and not crash. Only after the machine is thoroughly infected and it's all but useless do they do something about it. It's kinda sad, actually, that people are so conditioned to machines working poorly that they don't even know how much power their machines truly have.
Certainly you should go all out and use a 700MB/80Minute CD and get them all the software they can handle!! ;)
Ignoring the obvious security holes in IE, MSN Messenger, Outlook, etc (as another respondent pointed out), it should also be noted that *Microsoft* still hasn't gotten it entirely figured out when it comes to "dumb-ass desktop users" (dadu). Anyone who's worked in tech support for any large company for any length of time can tell you that even Windows presents a challenge for many people... there are a lot of companies that I know of that have had to put icons back on the XP desktop in their builds just to stop the "Where have my icons gone?" tech support calls! ;)
If the "dadu" are going to be challenged, why not give them better and free* (beer/speech) software?
*Or cheaper subscription based software.
Take those Coors commercials featuring John Wayne, for instance. John Wayne's been dead for a while, but he still does cameo appearances.
Now imagine the James Bond movie after "Die Another Day" starring Carey Grant. Imagine "Tommy Boy II" featuring Chris Farley brought back from the dead. Or, imagine Marilyn Monroe in just about any role today... people would pay to see that, and Hollywood would be happy to let them.
...and it never caught on with the intended audience. I hope that this project has better success, and/or that OpenBeOS is successful where the original failed.
While Gentoo does rock, I don't suggest any of the cutting edge stuff for production boxes. While that's a given for the most part, the ease with which Gentoo allows you to install new and tempting things may make it harder for some to resist. (Emerge just rules.)
;) ).
Installing Gnome2 and then Evolution left me with no X/Window Manager (or, rather, Gnome 1.4 and Gnome2 at the same time). The machine I did this on is one I use to fool around with, but in a production environment, I suggest avoiding the temptations Gentoo puts before you and sticking with the tried and true (ie, Gnome 1.4 if you like Gnome, and whatever the stable version of KDE is
...since it was done before, supposedly by someone at Cornell University.
There's also the pyramid keyboard as well. I wonder how they compare...
Can someone please tell me why this was moderated this way? It was meant in earnest... simply, Microsoft can't continue with their practices, just like Enron couldn't. Only it will take them longer to collapse.