I actually brought TWO females to the Madrid Meetup. My Girfriend, and her little sister (20 years old). They are both lovely, but nobody cared, and the girls got bored and left.. (sigh)..
Of course if we had done it at a salsa club or something it might have been a different story. Hats off to Demian (sp?) for hosting it at a Starbucks..:-)
Many large companies negotiate licenses with Microsoft that allows them to use the work version on their home computers. So, just because someone takes a copy of Office home to install it on their home computer, that doesnt mean it is necessarily piracy.
I tried both links, and couldn't read the article. Someone please post it, I'd love to read it. I didn't realize the italians were so sensitive about this stuff.
I'm going out on a limb here, and NOT posting anonymously, so moderators, please be kind.
I myself have often wanted to start a website poking a bit of fun at some of those things, but never had the balls to go through with it. One would be When is that pope guy going to die?!?! There should be some pool,and the one(s) who pick the closest date get the money.. (deadpope.com or something).. That would be great. As long as it's not deadpope.it, because they might shut it down.
And, What's with the whole virgin having a baby thing? Seriously!! I mean somebody fucked her! right? Or is it just me who finds that hard to believe?
The main thing I want to know is what are those three sites that were shut down? Someone please post the links!!
Well, the requirement for a license to watch TV give me a bit of a problem. Of course the Moderators have spoken... I cant believe that post hit -1... oh well....
While it is great to see this, I dont really think it changes anything as to whether or not the UK government is "technologically withdrawn". The UK government is, and always has been fairly primitive in matters such as this, and this is apparent in everything from their rail system to BT to the laws governing broadcast television. I suspect they are just jumping on the bandwagon here without having any understanding of what it really means.
Has anything technologically(sp?) come out of the UK since WWII? Perhaps so, but its difficult to recall.
However, I do have to say that the transformation in the culinary likes of the brits over the recent years is very impressive. The food there is actually quite spicy these days, with hot curry overtaking fish and chips as the national dish and all.. So that in itself is evidence that anything can change. Even in the UK.
I think you are thinking of the Cisco commercial that says that 90 percent of all internet traffic passes over the systems of one company - Cisco Systems..
However, you are correct, UUNET does carry moreInternet traffic than anyone else, and WorldCom group would has massive amounts of intercontinental backbones, not only between US and Europe, but also between Europe and Asia.
WorldCom has not closed down the abuse department. When WorldCom is notified of open relays or infected servers or attacks from within their networks, the clients for those circuits / IP's are contacted and told to repair the problems. If those clients don't respond to the abuse department, and don't correct the problems, they can be disconnected.
Spam accounts for very little of the traffic coming from UUNET, and your 90% statement is just ridiculous.
Those machines are very nice, definately my favorite laptops. I have a couple of older thinkpads in my collection. (not that old) I never actually knew that the thinkpads were supported by IBM for linux. I wish I had known. Nevertheless, I haven't yet had the opportunity to install linux on one, although I am planning to do that this month. It will be a 600x which I have just purchased a new HD for. I'm glad to know that it *might* go smoothly.
does anyone know which distro IBM was supporting. The article didn't mention it.
How much bandwidth is running into his network? How many locations does he have, Are there pictures or diagrams of the network infrastructure side of his setup, and apart from Programmers how many network design type people work there?
IBM has had a similar sized drive for a while, what fit into a full size PCMCIA slot. Also, I would imagine that these drive are just as fragile as regular hard drives, which would make them less suitable for things like cameras and phones, which is the stated target. The article didn't really go into that.
Does anyone know if these things are somehow more durable than a normal hard drive?
what would be really nice would be if they could use those cameras to provide a wireless feed to a remote location in real time. But I don't think the bandwidth is quite there yet.
Microsoft's massive use of Beta Testers in the user community was at the time called the largest beta test in History. They had thousands of people working for free, for quite some time.
Perhaps this model should be more widely adopted....
especially considering that the result was an effeciently designed product which was practically bug free....
Oh, wait, maybe it didn't work out EXACTLY that way..
Yes, but the boss who was refusing to notify the customers was doing so based on the fact that he had no way to know for sure whether or not any theft had actually occured, and I guess I see the point he was trying to make. I mean what if you called the police, and reported that your home security system MAY have been compromised at some point, and although you are unable to confirm it, there is about an 80% chance that something might have been stolen.
So, in the incident described in the article, I can understand the reluctance to report anything. Based on what was described I would lean towards fixing the hole, and hope for the best.
However, clearly if it is clear that numbers had been compromised as in the recent case with Ford Motor Credit, you have to notify the customers.
The pefect PDA would replace my phone as well. It would also have a GPS system with maps. Also, the PDA should have translation software with verb conjugation (spanish / english, Spanish / French, etc..) Naturally, it should have wireless internet, calander email and all the normal stuff, as well, as some secure remote access VPN type connectivity. Another important thing would be instant messaging.
in addition to the features mentioned above, the battery life of these things also needs to be massively improved.
I wonder how far away this device is. I've been thinking we could be ther in a year or so for the past 5 years..
I don't think the Pizza delivery analogy will pan out. They can pin it down to a country (usually), and maybe even a region of a country(rarely), but beyond that, it won't be possible to get very close. For example, in the country I work for, the whole class B address shows up as being in the UK, but it is broken up accross each european country, so even if you are in spain or france, it looks like a UK address. I'm sure many companies do the same. Also, the IP addresses from the cable ISP will cover a wide area of several cities or sometimes a whole country.
Was anyone else able to hear any of those "songs?" from the article? I tried, and I couldn't hear anything other than the background hiss from having my speakers turned up all the way. I think this "music" may be about the same thing as the Emperor's new clothes story.
I don't guess it matters, because after reading the article, It sounds even more lame.
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I think you are giving Mugabe too much credit. He is basically, and paranoid moron.
I actually brought TWO females to the Madrid Meetup. My Girfriend, and her little sister (20 years old). They are both lovely, but nobody cared, and the girls got bored and left.. (sigh)..
:-)
Of course if we had done it at a salsa club or something it might have been a different story. Hats off to Demian (sp?) for hosting it at a Starbucks..
Many large companies negotiate licenses with Microsoft that allows them to use the work version on their home computers. So, just because someone takes a copy of Office home to install it on their home computer, that doesnt mean it is necessarily piracy.
Here is a cool page on how it works along with some good examples of how maglev trains are NOT simply technological curiosity.
I tried both links, and couldn't read the article. Someone please post it, I'd love to read it. I didn't realize the italians were so sensitive about this stuff.
I'm going out on a limb here, and NOT posting anonymously, so moderators, please be kind.
I myself have often wanted to start a website poking a bit of fun at some of those things, but never had the balls to go through with it. One would be When is that pope guy going to die?!?! There should be some pool,and the one(s) who pick the closest date get the money.. (deadpope.com or something).. That would be great. As long as it's not deadpope.it, because they might shut it down.
And, What's with the whole virgin having a baby thing? Seriously!! I mean somebody fucked her! right? Or is it just me who finds that hard to believe?
The main thing I want to know is what are those three sites that were shut down? Someone please post the links!!
hardly a professional image to betray
hahahaha.. That was a good one...
I dont suppose they are too excited about it since they are losing money on every box sold.
Well, the requirement for a license to watch TV give me a bit of a problem. Of course the Moderators have spoken... I cant believe that post hit -1... oh well....
Has anything technologically(sp?) come out of the UK since WWII? Perhaps so, but its difficult to recall.
Should read: Has anything technologically(sp?) signifcant come out of the UK since WWII? Perhaps so, but its difficult to recall.
While it is great to see this, I dont really think it changes anything as to whether or not the UK government is "technologically withdrawn". The UK government is, and always has been fairly primitive in matters such as this, and this is apparent in everything from their rail system to BT to the laws governing broadcast television. I suspect they are just jumping on the bandwagon here without having any understanding of what it really means.
Has anything technologically(sp?) come out of the UK since WWII? Perhaps so, but its difficult to recall.
However, I do have to say that the transformation in the culinary likes of the brits over the recent years is very impressive. The food there is actually quite spicy these days, with hot curry overtaking fish and chips as the national dish and all.. So that in itself is evidence that anything can change. Even in the UK.
Yes, Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme. If it were created by anyone other than the U.S. Government, it would be illegal.
I think you are thinking of the Cisco commercial that says that 90 percent of all internet traffic passes over the systems of one company - Cisco Systems..
However, you are correct, UUNET does carry moreInternet traffic than anyone else, and WorldCom group would has massive amounts of intercontinental backbones, not only between US and Europe, but also between Europe and Asia.
WorldCom has not closed down the abuse department. When WorldCom is notified of open relays or infected servers or attacks from within their networks, the clients for those circuits / IP's are contacted and told to repair the problems. If those clients don't respond to the abuse department, and don't correct the problems, they can be disconnected.
Spam accounts for very little of the traffic coming from UUNET, and your 90% statement is just ridiculous.
Those machines are very nice, definately my favorite laptops. I have a couple of older thinkpads in my collection. (not that old) I never actually knew that the thinkpads were supported by IBM for linux. I wish I had known. Nevertheless, I haven't yet had the opportunity to install linux on one, although I am planning to do that this month. It will be a 600x which I have just purchased a new HD for. I'm glad to know that it *might* go smoothly.
does anyone know which distro IBM was supporting. The article didn't mention it.
How much bandwidth is running into his network? How many locations does he have, Are there pictures or diagrams of the network infrastructure side of his setup, and apart from Programmers how many network design type people work there?
IBM has had a similar sized drive for a while, what fit into a full size PCMCIA slot. Also, I would imagine that these drive are just as fragile as regular hard drives, which would make them less suitable for things like cameras and phones, which is the stated target. The article didn't really go into that.
Does anyone know if these things are somehow more durable than a normal hard drive?
what would be really nice would be if they could use those cameras to provide a wireless feed to a remote location in real time. But I don't think the bandwidth is quite there yet.
Picture a webcam that goes anywhere.
Microsoft's massive use of Beta Testers in the user community was at the time called the largest beta test in History. They had thousands of people working for free, for quite some time.
Perhaps this model should be more widely adopted....
especially considering that the result was an effeciently designed product which was practically bug free....
Oh, wait, maybe it didn't work out EXACTLY that way..
Yes, but the boss who was refusing to notify the customers was doing so based on the fact that he had no way to know for sure whether or not any theft had actually occured, and I guess I see the point he was trying to make. I mean what if you called the police, and reported that your home security system MAY have been compromised at some point, and although you are unable to confirm it, there is about an 80% chance that something might have been stolen.
So, in the incident described in the article, I can understand the reluctance to report anything. Based on what was described I would lean towards fixing the hole, and hope for the best.
However, clearly if it is clear that numbers had been compromised as in the recent case with Ford Motor Credit, you have to notify the customers.
The pefect PDA would replace my phone as well. It would also have a GPS system with maps. Also, the PDA should have translation software with verb conjugation (spanish / english, Spanish / French, etc..) Naturally, it should have wireless internet, calander email and all the normal stuff, as well, as some secure remote access VPN type connectivity. Another important thing would be instant messaging.
in addition to the features mentioned above, the battery life of these things also needs to be massively improved.
I wonder how far away this device is. I've been thinking we could be ther in a year or so for the past 5 years..
I don't think the Pizza delivery analogy will pan out. They can pin it down to a country (usually), and maybe even a region of a country(rarely), but beyond that, it won't be possible to get very close. For example, in the country I work for, the whole class B address shows up as being in the UK, but it is broken up accross each european country, so even if you are in spain or france, it looks like a UK address. I'm sure many companies do the same. Also, the IP addresses from the cable ISP will cover a wide area of several cities or sometimes a whole country.
Colombia?
If you can avoid the kidnappers, drug traffickers, and the civil war, you can indeed have all of what you mention above.
And they have great coffee and gorgeous women.
Was anyone else able to hear any of those "songs?" from the article? I tried, and I couldn't hear anything other than the background hiss from having my speakers turned up all the way. I think this "music" may be about the same thing as the Emperor's new clothes story.
I don't guess it matters, because after reading the article, It sounds even more lame.
I agree. Ignorance is no excuse for the law....