Have you read/. before? Most of the people on here ARE your students who would use the WiFi to cheat on the exam. Not that they couldn't ace the exam on most days, but they typically stay up too late the night before reading/. and don't get the requisite amount of sleep!
Unfortunately the law also allows for a private contract between a company and an individual. Although there is no criminal implications to jailbreaking your phone, there may be implications from the TOS contract that you entered into when activating the phone through AT&T/Apple. Personally, I believe that a law should be passed that states you have the right to do whatever you see fit with something that you have purchased. Though I wholly support AT&T's right to restrict your access to their network or Apple's right to restrict your access to their App Store if you have modified your device from their specifications, I think it is ludicrous to think that they have a right to DESTROY something that you bought and paid for without compensation for it. Imagine if Ford had the right to disable your car just because you didn't use OEM spark plugs in it. What if Sony could disable my television because I plugged a Sharp DVD player into it? Someone needs to come in and lay a smack down on Apple and teach them that they are not the rulers of the world, but suppliers of a commodity. THIS is why I own an Android phone and REFUSE to purchase an Apple product. I used to support Apple and felt they got a bad rap on things, but since they've had some success with the iP* devices, they have become a monster that the free market needs to come in and slay. I NEVER thought I'd say this, but I miss the dominance of Microsoft! They are a behemoth and not very innovative, but I can't think of an instance where they have shown the anti-consumer mentality that Apple has over the last decade. WAKE UP PEOPLE!
So, because I am an early adopter of Google Voice (take that you furners!), I have to pay $10 if I want to port my cell number that I've had for the last decade over to them. Then I have to go back and retrain all of the people that I have managed to convince to use my new number to go back to using my old number! WTF! Why is it the people who jump in early on something are always the ones who get the shaft later on?
The author was an idiot. He says "...who are we to say that no novice has a legitimate need for root access, ever?".
If a novice has a legitimate need for root access, he won't know what the f*** he is doing and turn his phone into a brick, then whine to the carrier/manufacturer that it is all their fault. IT administrators don't usually lock users out of admin rights just to be a d***, they do it to protect the computer from the loose nuts at the keyboard! The cell phone manufacturers are doing the same thing. I love FLOSS, but not forcing a user to jump through a few hoops to gain root access to a consumer electronics system isn't being open with the consumer, it's committing financial suicide for your company.
OK, I watched this one and was almost waiting for a punchline at the end. My initial instinct was that it was lame because the guy was using a cardboard box, tape, and safety goggles, and yet the more I watched it, the more it began to seem cool. Strange?!?!
That wasn't the one I was thinking of. I can't find it now, but I actually saw a pic one time that was a guy in a business suit, carrying a briefcase with one of those Zach Morris 80's era brick phones duct taped to his head. Now THAT was freakin hilarious!
Does anyone know of an easy way I can download my Geocities page so I can upload it onto Tripod? I don't want to loose all my cool gifs I've got on there!
or intentional on their part. It seems like they are only coming from a select few users, and most of them are obviously recordings that were meant to be shared. I don't think this is Google's fault and it doesn't sway me in the least from utilizing my Google Voice Number.
It's the Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field! The serious lack of Video Recording and Ringtones has been why I've avoided it and marveled at the people who hailed it as the greatest invention ever. I will admit that the interface was a serious advancement in UI development for small devices, and for that it should be commended, but as a phone, the original one really sucked!
Awwwwww Damn! You beat me to it. Seriously, we are talking about the state that is KNOWN for stuff like this. Come on, they tried to outlaw fast food! (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2461615/Los-Angeles-bans-new-fast-food-outlets-and-California-outlaws-trans-fats.html)
Of course the numbers are inflated by MS! A Sharepoint license comes automatically with SBS and Enterprise versions of 2003 and 2008. I have plenty of customers who are running SBS, and very few of them are actually utilizing the Sharepoint license that they have, nor are they utilizing the Exchange license that comes with it either. In MS's defense, Sharepoint is actually really cool for what it does, but it has a fairly limited target market.
This could just be a perfect storm. Vista has been a new version of ME, such that Microsoft is scrambling to get Windows 7 out into the wild and restore faith to the consumer, yet at the same time the economy is tanking, so no one can afford to upgrade, yet everyone wants all the cool tools. Looks like Microsoft's only hope is to ease up on piracy prosecutions until the economy gets better, otherwise, people may move to Linux just to get the cool features and not break the bank. Ha!! I can't wait to watch this one unfold over the next 6 months or so.
No one seems to be talking about the 300lb gorilla in the room, but video recording is a DEAL BREAKER. I have continued to use my blackjack for the past few years and refused to upgrade simply because the iPhone doesn't do video recording without jailbreaking. I got really excited when the G1 came out and... damn, no video recording. WTF?!?!?! How can these guys make these phones that are so close to being great and leave off such an obvious feature. I will wait with baited breath to see if Apple finally wakes up on this one, and if not, I will soon be the proud owner of a Storm, since RIM is the only company that seems to get it when it comes to mobile devices.
I was starting to wonder if anyone was smart enough to realize the correlation between this case and other criminal convictions based on electronically generated evidence. Red Light Camera Systems are a travesty and cause more problems than they fix, but they make a lot of money for the governments and are therefore used. I am excited by this ruling because it sets precedence that can be used to destroy these cameras and actually make the government start convicting people based on real offences and not made up ones!!!!!
I agree with n76lima, I worked on F-16's in the Air Force and "acquired" a micro-mesh kit when I had a damaged CD that I thought was beyond salvation. We used it for scratches in the canopies, but I figured it should work for CDs too. I have found NOTHING that works near as well as it does. The "sandpaper" is super-fine grit and runs all the way down to talcum powder as a final abrasive. If you have some patience, move slow, and work it until it is smooth, you will never be able to tell that the CD was scratched unless you look at it. It will leave some swirls, but the CD player won't care about those. Also, as a previous poster said, if you can see pinholes of light through the aluminum coating on top, you're f**ked!
Glad to see someone else was thinking like this. I'm thinking I can pipe the audio output into an accessory input on the back of my head unit, come up with a DC converter for it, plug in a USB wireless adapter, and I've got one hell of a car PC that can store MP3s, download podcast, and read my email to me while I'm stuck in traffic. The low power consumption is a plus, but the 500mhz CPU is about as fast as most PDAs, so I don't see why it would have a problem running audio/video applications. Throw in a bluetooth USB adapter, and I can use my crackberry as a modem to access the internet while on the road. This could be the carputer I've been waiting for!
Women are being outpaced by men in the car mechanic industry, the aircraft repair industry, the office equipment repair industry, the appliance repair industry... Let's face it, women and men are different. This is my 3rd career in my life. I started out of high school in the Air Force working on aircraft on the flight line, and the men outnumbered the women about 20:1. The women in the field where either more tom-boy than girly-girl, or they found another job and got out really quick. After that, I worked my way through college repairing office equipment. In those years, I only met one female tech, and she could probably take most guys I've known in a fair fight. On the flip side of the coin, women outnumber men about 20:1 in the childcare, teaching, and nursing industries. Biological, or sociological, women tend to want to take care of people, and men tend to want to fix things. The IT industry is all about fixing equipment when it breaks, and there is really little to no human interaction in the role, it just doesn't suit women. Instead of trying to change the leopard's spots, why don't they just accept the way the leopard is, and let it hunt!?
You're dead on! Most people don't quite get that a well made album is art as a whole, and not a bunch of independent parts. Take "Tommy" from "The Who", or "Operation: Mindcrime" from "Queensryche", they were actually rock operas that told a story if you listened to the entire album, but if you listen to one song out of context, it makes no sense.
Btw, shouldn't you're sig be "There are 10 types of people in the world: those who can count in binary, and those who can't."?
I use Mac, Linux, and Windows on a regular basis. I have to say that I agreed with about 90% of what the author said. The only point I felt he was WAY off base on was the first one. "On the whole, users aren't all that dissatisfied with Windows". It seems to me that more and more I run into people that are completely dissatisfied with Windows, the only problem is that most of them don't even realize you can install the OS of your choice on your computer. They think that Windows _IS_ the computer. To them it's like buying a PDA, it comes with an OS installed on it, and that's all you get, so they don't even look for an alternative. Then if they do look for an alternative, that's when the author's number 2 problem comes in to play: "Too many distros". Most people don't want to spend that much time trying different distros to find the one they want and spend hours reconfiguring the distro to their taste. Linux does have some issues with it on the whole, but the catch 22 is that some of those "problems" are what makes Linux great. Yes there are too many distros to choose from, but that fosters and environment that leads to rapid development of features.
I think the Windows killer will come from the Linux side of things, but I don't think it's going to be Linux in the form that it is currently in. I think it's going to be something like Linspire where someone gets the right combination of Linux features, and hardware support to make the end user happy and manages to work deals to get them preloaded on desktops from the store. $10 says if I gave my mother a computer with Linux preinstalled on it and told her it was the new version of Windows it would be years before she figured it out. I've already pulled that one off with some creative use of skins in Firefox. She still thinks it's IE!
is simple. My hosting service charges extra for "domain locking", which puts procedures in place to make it hard for your domain to be hijacked. If they actually did a decent job at handling their accounts they 1)wouldn't have anyone pay this fee and 2)would probably cost more than they do. Personally, I have a small domain that I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who visits, so I don't really see why anyone would hijack it, and I'm cheap, so there!
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Have you read /. before? Most of the people on here ARE your students who would use the WiFi to cheat on the exam. Not that they couldn't ace the exam on most days, but they typically stay up too late the night before reading /. and don't get the requisite amount of sleep!
Unfortunately the law also allows for a private contract between a company and an individual. Although there is no criminal implications to jailbreaking your phone, there may be implications from the TOS contract that you entered into when activating the phone through AT&T/Apple. Personally, I believe that a law should be passed that states you have the right to do whatever you see fit with something that you have purchased. Though I wholly support AT&T's right to restrict your access to their network or Apple's right to restrict your access to their App Store if you have modified your device from their specifications, I think it is ludicrous to think that they have a right to DESTROY something that you bought and paid for without compensation for it. Imagine if Ford had the right to disable your car just because you didn't use OEM spark plugs in it. What if Sony could disable my television because I plugged a Sharp DVD player into it? Someone needs to come in and lay a smack down on Apple and teach them that they are not the rulers of the world, but suppliers of a commodity. THIS is why I own an Android phone and REFUSE to purchase an Apple product. I used to support Apple and felt they got a bad rap on things, but since they've had some success with the iP* devices, they have become a monster that the free market needs to come in and slay. I NEVER thought I'd say this, but I miss the dominance of Microsoft! They are a behemoth and not very innovative, but I can't think of an instance where they have shown the anti-consumer mentality that Apple has over the last decade. WAKE UP PEOPLE!
I, for one, welcome our new pill eating ghost avoiding presidential candidate overlord!
So, because I am an early adopter of Google Voice (take that you furners!), I have to pay $10 if I want to port my cell number that I've had for the last decade over to them. Then I have to go back and retrain all of the people that I have managed to convince to use my new number to go back to using my old number! WTF! Why is it the people who jump in early on something are always the ones who get the shaft later on?
Wait a minute... If I can officially port my number over, does that mean that Google is officially a telco?
The author was an idiot. He says "...who are we to say that no novice has a legitimate need for root access, ever?".
If a novice has a legitimate need for root access, he won't know what the f*** he is doing and turn his phone into a brick, then whine to the carrier/manufacturer that it is all their fault. IT administrators don't usually lock users out of admin rights just to be a d***, they do it to protect the computer from the loose nuts at the keyboard! The cell phone manufacturers are doing the same thing. I love FLOSS, but not forcing a user to jump through a few hoops to gain root access to a consumer electronics system isn't being open with the consumer, it's committing financial suicide for your company.
Come on! You know they were surfing some Pr0n, or rating girls on fyr.com.
OK, I watched this one and was almost waiting for a punchline at the end. My initial instinct was that it was lame because the guy was using a cardboard box, tape, and safety goggles, and yet the more I watched it, the more it began to seem cool. Strange?!?!
That wasn't the one I was thinking of. I can't find it now, but I actually saw a pic one time that was a guy in a business suit, carrying a briefcase with one of those Zach Morris 80's era brick phones duct taped to his head. Now THAT was freakin hilarious!
Does anyone know of an easy way I can download my Geocities page so I can upload it onto Tripod? I don't want to loose all my cool gifs I've got on there!
or intentional on their part. It seems like they are only coming from a select few users, and most of them are obviously recordings that were meant to be shared. I don't think this is Google's fault and it doesn't sway me in the least from utilizing my Google Voice Number.
It's the Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field! The serious lack of Video Recording and Ringtones has been why I've avoided it and marveled at the people who hailed it as the greatest invention ever. I will admit that the interface was a serious advancement in UI development for small devices, and for that it should be commended, but as a phone, the original one really sucked!
Awwwwww Damn! You beat me to it. Seriously, we are talking about the state that is KNOWN for stuff like this. Come on, they tried to outlaw fast food! (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2461615/Los-Angeles-bans-new-fast-food-outlets-and-California-outlaws-trans-fats.html)
Are you trying to index all files, or just documents, or what? If you are trying to cheap out on indexing documents, I highly recommend Alfresco
Of course the numbers are inflated by MS! A Sharepoint license comes automatically with SBS and Enterprise versions of 2003 and 2008. I have plenty of customers who are running SBS, and very few of them are actually utilizing the Sharepoint license that they have, nor are they utilizing the Exchange license that comes with it either. In MS's defense, Sharepoint is actually really cool for what it does, but it has a fairly limited target market.
This could just be a perfect storm. Vista has been a new version of ME, such that Microsoft is scrambling to get Windows 7 out into the wild and restore faith to the consumer, yet at the same time the economy is tanking, so no one can afford to upgrade, yet everyone wants all the cool tools. Looks like Microsoft's only hope is to ease up on piracy prosecutions until the economy gets better, otherwise, people may move to Linux just to get the cool features and not break the bank. Ha!! I can't wait to watch this one unfold over the next 6 months or so.
No one seems to be talking about the 300lb gorilla in the room, but video recording is a DEAL BREAKER. I have continued to use my blackjack for the past few years and refused to upgrade simply because the iPhone doesn't do video recording without jailbreaking. I got really excited when the G1 came out and... damn, no video recording. WTF?!?!?! How can these guys make these phones that are so close to being great and leave off such an obvious feature. I will wait with baited breath to see if Apple finally wakes up on this one, and if not, I will soon be the proud owner of a Storm, since RIM is the only company that seems to get it when it comes to mobile devices.
I was starting to wonder if anyone was smart enough to realize the correlation between this case and other criminal convictions based on electronically generated evidence. Red Light Camera Systems are a travesty and cause more problems than they fix, but they make a lot of money for the governments and are therefore used. I am excited by this ruling because it sets precedence that can be used to destroy these cameras and actually make the government start convicting people based on real offences and not made up ones!!!!!
I agree with n76lima, I worked on F-16's in the Air Force and "acquired" a micro-mesh kit when I had a damaged CD that I thought was beyond salvation. We used it for scratches in the canopies, but I figured it should work for CDs too. I have found NOTHING that works near as well as it does. The "sandpaper" is super-fine grit and runs all the way down to talcum powder as a final abrasive. If you have some patience, move slow, and work it until it is smooth, you will never be able to tell that the CD was scratched unless you look at it. It will leave some swirls, but the CD player won't care about those. Also, as a previous poster said, if you can see pinholes of light through the aluminum coating on top, you're f**ked!
Glad to see someone else was thinking like this. I'm thinking I can pipe the audio output into an accessory input on the back of my head unit, come up with a DC converter for it, plug in a USB wireless adapter, and I've got one hell of a car PC that can store MP3s, download podcast, and read my email to me while I'm stuck in traffic. The low power consumption is a plus, but the 500mhz CPU is about as fast as most PDAs, so I don't see why it would have a problem running audio/video applications. Throw in a bluetooth USB adapter, and I can use my crackberry as a modem to access the internet while on the road. This could be the carputer I've been waiting for!
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one to see it as that!
I, for one, welcome our Hardy Heroin Overlords!!!!!
Women are being outpaced by men in the car mechanic industry, the aircraft repair industry, the office equipment repair industry, the appliance repair industry... Let's face it, women and men are different. This is my 3rd career in my life. I started out of high school in the Air Force working on aircraft on the flight line, and the men outnumbered the women about 20:1. The women in the field where either more tom-boy than girly-girl, or they found another job and got out really quick. After that, I worked my way through college repairing office equipment. In those years, I only met one female tech, and she could probably take most guys I've known in a fair fight. On the flip side of the coin, women outnumber men about 20:1 in the childcare, teaching, and nursing industries. Biological, or sociological, women tend to want to take care of people, and men tend to want to fix things. The IT industry is all about fixing equipment when it breaks, and there is really little to no human interaction in the role, it just doesn't suit women. Instead of trying to change the leopard's spots, why don't they just accept the way the leopard is, and let it hunt!?
You're dead on! Most people don't quite get that a well made album is art as a whole, and not a bunch of independent parts. Take "Tommy" from "The Who", or "Operation: Mindcrime" from "Queensryche", they were actually rock operas that told a story if you listened to the entire album, but if you listen to one song out of context, it makes no sense.
Btw, shouldn't you're sig be "There are 10 types of people in the world: those who can count in binary, and those who can't."?
I use Mac, Linux, and Windows on a regular basis. I have to say that I agreed with about 90% of what the author said. The only point I felt he was WAY off base on was the first one. "On the whole, users aren't all that dissatisfied with Windows". It seems to me that more and more I run into people that are completely dissatisfied with Windows, the only problem is that most of them don't even realize you can install the OS of your choice on your computer. They think that Windows _IS_ the computer. To them it's like buying a PDA, it comes with an OS installed on it, and that's all you get, so they don't even look for an alternative. Then if they do look for an alternative, that's when the author's number 2 problem comes in to play: "Too many distros". Most people don't want to spend that much time trying different distros to find the one they want and spend hours reconfiguring the distro to their taste. Linux does have some issues with it on the whole, but the catch 22 is that some of those "problems" are what makes Linux great. Yes there are too many distros to choose from, but that fosters and environment that leads to rapid development of features.
I think the Windows killer will come from the Linux side of things, but I don't think it's going to be Linux in the form that it is currently in. I think it's going to be something like Linspire where someone gets the right combination of Linux features, and hardware support to make the end user happy and manages to work deals to get them preloaded on desktops from the store. $10 says if I gave my mother a computer with Linux preinstalled on it and told her it was the new version of Windows it would be years before she figured it out. I've already pulled that one off with some creative use of skins in Firefox. She still thinks it's IE!
is simple. My hosting service charges extra for "domain locking", which puts procedures in place to make it hard for your domain to be hijacked. If they actually did a decent job at handling their accounts they 1)wouldn't have anyone pay this fee and 2)would probably cost more than they do. Personally, I have a small domain that I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who visits, so I don't really see why anyone would hijack it, and I'm cheap, so there!
Watch the show sometimes. Bart is the middle child. Lisa is actually the oldest.