Give it time. Some jackass will fire up a class action lawsuit about that too. I swear the whole planet is going tits up. People can give you up-to-the-minute updates of who the Kardashians are fucking, but they can't be arsed to spend a few minutes researching to educate themselves a little.
1. The risk that it will stifle innovation is outweighed by the need to regulate 2. Every stakeholder operates within the US 3. The US is not in the top 10 countries of origin for IoT-based attacks
Based on those three points it sounds more like a "business plan" to start collecting regulatory fees to provide yet another false flag of security. That's just what we need here in the US, another group of unelected bureaucrats sitting in a room thinking about ways to protect us from a threat they know nothing about. Sure, "experts" will be involved but I would be willing to bet following the money leads back to donors and/or lobbyists. Do vendors and end users need to get smarter about security? Yes. Do I think this will do anything to prevent DDoS attacks? No. This won't fix anything. It will only add to the cost of IoT devices to consumers and put billions into the government's coffers to waste.
It's hard for some people to get used to, but it forces you to develop a "cognitive map" or at least pay attention to which way is north. That helps a ton when the GPS gets you lost and you have to ask for directions.
I have their home page open and I'm counting 11 trackers. ELEVEN! I wonder how much of that bullshit will persist for folks who pay the $1/week subscription for the ad free version?
I've been stopping by, and occasionally posting, for over 10 years. I think my favorite Slashdot memory was setting up Slashcode for a local ISP. That jump started my Linux SysAdmin career and I never looked back. I've always been able to find a good read here and I hope that continues. Best of luck on whatever path you choose in the future!
I think this just fits in with the corporate IT empire building that has been going on lately. HP and Dell just finished a bidding war for 3PAR and now Oracle is making noise about "their" updated kernel. Just another enterprise IT infrastructure trying to stake its claim.
It isn't fashionable to accept that this is just an accident. For over a decade the mass media and certain member of the U.S. government have been working overtime demonizing big corporations and the wealthy. This is just another opportunity for them to attack "big money" because, hey, it's their greed that caused this, right? Like every other disaster, someone will step forward and use this as political leverage to push their agenda. I find it ironic how so many people will scream bloody murder if the government sidesteps due process even a little bit but when something like this happens these same people want the same government to step in and crucify anyone within arm's reach; shoot first and ask questions later, if there is a photo opportunity.
Society has been conditioned to think the government needs to take care of everything. We become more of a nanny state with each passing day because a select few refuse to accept responsibility for their actions. These same people want the government to protect us from ourselves for our own good. Bad people will do bad things, that's a fact of life. Hell, good people do bad things sometimes too. Oh well, my opinion matters not. Give them a few years and they will turn the Internet into another over-regulated mess that will suck on levels previously unheard of.
It's not how the government is supposed to work according to the Constitution but Obama doesn't seem to care. He seems more interested in making marks in future history books than following the oath he took when he was sworn into office. I can't say his predecessor was any different. Too many politicians and not enough legislators. The sad thing is, I'm not sure we can fix it.
I would expect the pedantic police will be out in force to correct your usage of the word "derivitive" but otherwise your point is well made. Personnally, I don't think the problem with the GPL is the license itself. I use it occassionally even though I prefer the less complicated BSD-style licenses. My problem are the legions of Stalmanistas who attack anyone who criticizes the GPL. These same people like to point out how using software licensed any other way makes you a slave to the developer yet they drive cars made by someone else, wear clothes produced by someone else, and often eat food that is prepared by someone else. Using their arguments they are just as much of a slave to the manufacturing and service industries as computer users are to software companies. The fact of the matter is, we are all a "slave" to something. We all enjoy having our choice but some seem to forget one very important choice; if you don't like something, then don't use it. You have that choice too. And please don't argue with me because I didn't make the same choice as you. I realize that is part of human nature, but there are bigger and more important things in life.
A friend of a cousin's college roommate's younger sister's best friend's boyfriend who sat next to someone in Algebra II who knew someone who delivered a pizza to their next door neighbor who said they heard something but thought it was on the TV.
I think you're right. Any time I have used software repositories outside of the "official" distro repositories I've run into problems. I could see add-ons like Automatix and EasyUbuntu causing login "problems" due to mismatches between proprietary video drivers and the system kernel. I'm sure a lot of people will be turned off of Linux because of this but it's all part of the learning experience.
I would add to this that if you plan on doing on site service, actually visiting the customer's home or business. that you should charge more for the service. You have to consider that you have to buy gas, there is wear and tear on your vehicle and while you're on site fixing a problem you can't be back in your workshop delousing multiple machines or receiving additional work. Another thing to be watchful of are subcontractors who come along wanting to pay you a set fee to replace a part in a PC covered by a manufacturer warranty. My experience with these companies has been terrible. They often are very slow to pay and a lot of times the work that needs to be done does not match the work order. If you live in a rural area you will often find they want to you drive as much as 100 miles for a $40 call. When you're starting out and eager to start making money you may find yourself jumping on these offers to make quick cash. Most of these contractors will allow you to leave your personal business card with their customer for future usage but in my experience this hasn't resulted in growing my business. jtwronski's advice is spot on. Print some flyers and business cards and use word-of-mouth advertising as much as you can. It's a lot of hard work getting started but it can also be very rewarding. Good luck!
My first computer was a Laser 128GX I ordered out of a Sears catalog back around 1985. It was some sort of Apple II compatible computer with 128k of RAM. It didn't come with any software to speak of so I ended up learning how to program using the AppleSoft BASIC workalike that was on the system ROM. Most of the programs I wrote were silly little text adventure type games and I eventually messed around with some simple graphics programming but it was nothing to really get excited about I suppose. My friends and I eventually discovered the NES and it was all downhill from there for the next four or five years. I finally got back into computers and programming because I needed a way to keep track of my rapidly growing music collection.
Three words: cat, rabbit and squirrel. Look at the hind legs, the shape of the head and the body THEN tell me they didn't EVOLVE from a common ancestor.
I'm curious to know how many scientists have taken into consideration the billions of humans exhaling carbon dioxide.
This reminds me of high-end audio enthusiasts
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I can not help but remember when I used to mingle with the high-end audio crowd when I read articles and comments such as these. When CD players became affordable in the early 90s nearly every manufacturer hyped the oversampling rate at which their player operated. This supposedly resulted in fewer errors and better sound although the differences were often unnoticable. The technical specifications quickly became a guide as to the overall quality of a piece of equipment, whether it was a receiver or a CD player. For most people this was sufficient and they quickly snapped up commodity bargins through various catalog and retail outlets. High-end enthusiasts approached selecting stereo equipment somewhat differently. An audiophile would often visit a local stereo boutique with a couple of their favorite recordings and spend several hours listening to different pieces of equipment. The technical specs were important but not as important as the overall sound of the equipment. Of course there are arguments regarding whether or not there is any merit to this but that is not the point I am trying to make. I think the way people approach their choice of software is very similar to how they would approach purchasing a stereo. Many folks choose the Microsoft option because it's a name they trust and they can easily be impressed with a whole bevy of statistics they may or may not understand. Folks who opt for open source products such as Open Office tend to look a bit deeper. The number of overall features matter but not so much as whether or not they can use the same software on multiple computers, on different platforms and architectures and whether or not they can easily exchange documents with their colleagues. That last item can be a bit of a sticking point but overall I think the analogy fits. Is Open Office bloated? I guess it depends on how to define bloat. Feature-wise it feels more sparse than Microsoft Office, resource-wise it tips the scales a bit higher and feels more sluggish. I still use it though. I can use it on any computer I own, it allows me to export to PDF much easier and the price doesn't strain my budget. My parents on the other hand are still very new to using computers and the consistency of the interface offered by Microsoft Office suits them better and my mom can purchase a book about Microsoft Office much easier than for Open Office although that is changing. I think the point I'm trying to make is that I think people are going to continue to use Microsoft Office because the "numbers" look better. As Open Office continues to mature I think this will change, especially as people become more budget conscious.
I seem to remember reading somewhere that the provisions outlined in the '96 Telecom Act were intended to be temporary measures only but I can not locate the source of this information. Overall I think the Act did improve things somewhat and there are a few very successful CLECs out there today but the truth is, the Bells are greed driven megacorporations who quite obviously have the resources to fight to maintain their gridlock on telecommunications. SBC going back to the AT&T name after the acquisition is final worries me though. I work with SBC on an almost daily basis and they have a lot of good people who are very willing to work with even small companies such as mine. AT&T on the other hand has the old "my way or the highway" attitude from the pre-divestiture days and my concern as that this mentality will overtake the somewhat friendlier SBC culture. Mind you, I've been screwed by SBC on more than one occassion but I usually managed to secure a movie and dinner beforehand which eased the pain somewhat. I only hope that service here in Michigan doesn't fall back to the pre-SBC Ameritech days where it could be as long as a week before a residential phone line was repaired and new services were never made available even though the infrastructure to support them had been in place for several years. I like SBC but I do not necessarily care for AT&T. Sometimes I wish I were in Verizon country.
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Give it time. Some jackass will fire up a class action lawsuit about that too. I swear the whole planet is going tits up. People can give you up-to-the-minute updates of who the Kardashians are fucking, but they can't be arsed to spend a few minutes researching to educate themselves a little.
I think you hit the nail on the head right there. I've always felt the interface to gain admin on Windows has been clunky and inconsistent at best.
So let me get this straight:
1. The risk that it will stifle innovation is outweighed by the need to regulate
2. Every stakeholder operates within the US
3. The US is not in the top 10 countries of origin for IoT-based attacks
Based on those three points it sounds more like a "business plan" to start collecting regulatory fees to provide yet another false flag of security. That's just what we need here in the US, another group of unelected bureaucrats sitting in a room thinking about ways to protect us from a threat they know nothing about. Sure, "experts" will be involved but I would be willing to bet following the money leads back to donors and/or lobbyists. Do vendors and end users need to get smarter about security? Yes. Do I think this will do anything to prevent DDoS attacks? No. This won't fix anything. It will only add to the cost of IoT devices to consumers and put billions into the government's coffers to waste.
It's hard for some people to get used to, but it forces you to develop a "cognitive map" or at least pay attention to which way is north. That helps a ton when the GPS gets you lost and you have to ask for directions.
I have their home page open and I'm counting 11 trackers. ELEVEN! I wonder how much of that bullshit will persist for folks who pay the $1/week subscription for the ad free version?
Mr. Grantner's physics class?
I've been stopping by, and occasionally posting, for over 10 years. I think my favorite Slashdot memory was setting up Slashcode for a local ISP. That jump started my Linux SysAdmin career and I never looked back. I've always been able to find a good read here and I hope that continues. Best of luck on whatever path you choose in the future!
I think this just fits in with the corporate IT empire building that has been going on lately. HP and Dell just finished a bidding war for 3PAR and now Oracle is making noise about "their" updated kernel. Just another enterprise IT infrastructure trying to stake its claim.
It isn't fashionable to accept that this is just an accident. For over a decade the mass media and certain member of the U.S. government have been working overtime demonizing big corporations and the wealthy. This is just another opportunity for them to attack "big money" because, hey, it's their greed that caused this, right? Like every other disaster, someone will step forward and use this as political leverage to push their agenda. I find it ironic how so many people will scream bloody murder if the government sidesteps due process even a little bit but when something like this happens these same people want the same government to step in and crucify anyone within arm's reach; shoot first and ask questions later, if there is a photo opportunity.
Society has been conditioned to think the government needs to take care of everything. We become more of a nanny state with each passing day because a select few refuse to accept responsibility for their actions. These same people want the government to protect us from ourselves for our own good. Bad people will do bad things, that's a fact of life. Hell, good people do bad things sometimes too. Oh well, my opinion matters not. Give them a few years and they will turn the Internet into another over-regulated mess that will suck on levels previously unheard of.
It's not how the government is supposed to work according to the Constitution but Obama doesn't seem to care. He seems more interested in making marks in future history books than following the oath he took when he was sworn into office. I can't say his predecessor was any different. Too many politicians and not enough legislators. The sad thing is, I'm not sure we can fix it.
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No, no, no, that was Duke JUPITER: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Jupiter
I would expect the pedantic police will be out in force to correct your usage of the word "derivitive" but otherwise your point is well made. Personnally, I don't think the problem with the GPL is the license itself. I use it occassionally even though I prefer the less complicated BSD-style licenses. My problem are the legions of Stalmanistas who attack anyone who criticizes the GPL. These same people like to point out how using software licensed any other way makes you a slave to the developer yet they drive cars made by someone else, wear clothes produced by someone else, and often eat food that is prepared by someone else. Using their arguments they are just as much of a slave to the manufacturing and service industries as computer users are to software companies. The fact of the matter is, we are all a "slave" to something. We all enjoy having our choice but some seem to forget one very important choice; if you don't like something, then don't use it. You have that choice too. And please don't argue with me because I didn't make the same choice as you. I realize that is part of human nature, but there are bigger and more important things in life.
A friend of a cousin's college roommate's younger sister's best friend's boyfriend who sat next to someone in Algebra II who knew someone who delivered a pizza to their next door neighbor who said they heard something but thought it was on the TV.
How would it make you feel if your doctor stored your medical records in Google Apps?
Does anyone else find it amusing that so many play the "more government" card when it suits them?
I think you're right. Any time I have used software repositories outside of the "official" distro repositories I've run into problems. I could see add-ons like Automatix and EasyUbuntu causing login "problems" due to mismatches between proprietary video drivers and the system kernel. I'm sure a lot of people will be turned off of Linux because of this but it's all part of the learning experience.
I would add to this that if you plan on doing on site service, actually visiting the customer's home or business. that you should charge more for the service. You have to consider that you have to buy gas, there is wear and tear on your vehicle and while you're on site fixing a problem you can't be back in your workshop delousing multiple machines or receiving additional work. Another thing to be watchful of are subcontractors who come along wanting to pay you a set fee to replace a part in a PC covered by a manufacturer warranty. My experience with these companies has been terrible. They often are very slow to pay and a lot of times the work that needs to be done does not match the work order. If you live in a rural area you will often find they want to you drive as much as 100 miles for a $40 call. When you're starting out and eager to start making money you may find yourself jumping on these offers to make quick cash. Most of these contractors will allow you to leave your personal business card with their customer for future usage but in my experience this hasn't resulted in growing my business. jtwronski's advice is spot on. Print some flyers and business cards and use word-of-mouth advertising as much as you can. It's a lot of hard work getting started but it can also be very rewarding. Good luck!
My first computer was a Laser 128GX I ordered out of a Sears catalog back around 1985. It was some sort of Apple II compatible computer with 128k of RAM. It didn't come with any software to speak of so I ended up learning how to program using the AppleSoft BASIC workalike that was on the system ROM. Most of the programs I wrote were silly little text adventure type games and I eventually messed around with some simple graphics programming but it was nothing to really get excited about I suppose. My friends and I eventually discovered the NES and it was all downhill from there for the next four or five years. I finally got back into computers and programming because I needed a way to keep track of my rapidly growing music collection.
How'd you guess?
Three words: cat, rabbit and squirrel. Look at the hind legs, the shape of the head and the body THEN tell me they didn't EVOLVE from a common ancestor.
I'm curious to know how many scientists have taken into consideration the billions of humans exhaling carbon dioxide.
I can not help but remember when I used to mingle with the high-end audio crowd when I read articles and comments such as these. When CD players became affordable in the early 90s nearly every manufacturer hyped the oversampling rate at which their player operated. This supposedly resulted in fewer errors and better sound although the differences were often unnoticable. The technical specifications quickly became a guide as to the overall quality of a piece of equipment, whether it was a receiver or a CD player. For most people this was sufficient and they quickly snapped up commodity bargins through various catalog and retail outlets. High-end enthusiasts approached selecting stereo equipment somewhat differently. An audiophile would often visit a local stereo boutique with a couple of their favorite recordings and spend several hours listening to different pieces of equipment. The technical specs were important but not as important as the overall sound of the equipment. Of course there are arguments regarding whether or not there is any merit to this but that is not the point I am trying to make. I think the way people approach their choice of software is very similar to how they would approach purchasing a stereo. Many folks choose the Microsoft option because it's a name they trust and they can easily be impressed with a whole bevy of statistics they may or may not understand. Folks who opt for open source products such as Open Office tend to look a bit deeper. The number of overall features matter but not so much as whether or not they can use the same software on multiple computers, on different platforms and architectures and whether or not they can easily exchange documents with their colleagues. That last item can be a bit of a sticking point but overall I think the analogy fits. Is Open Office bloated? I guess it depends on how to define bloat. Feature-wise it feels more sparse than Microsoft Office, resource-wise it tips the scales a bit higher and feels more sluggish. I still use it though. I can use it on any computer I own, it allows me to export to PDF much easier and the price doesn't strain my budget. My parents on the other hand are still very new to using computers and the consistency of the interface offered by Microsoft Office suits them better and my mom can purchase a book about Microsoft Office much easier than for Open Office although that is changing. I think the point I'm trying to make is that I think people are going to continue to use Microsoft Office because the "numbers" look better. As Open Office continues to mature I think this will change, especially as people become more budget conscious.
I seem to remember reading somewhere that the provisions outlined in the '96 Telecom Act were intended to be temporary measures only but I can not locate the source of this information. Overall I think the Act did improve things somewhat and there are a few very successful CLECs out there today but the truth is, the Bells are greed driven megacorporations who quite obviously have the resources to fight to maintain their gridlock on telecommunications. SBC going back to the AT&T name after the acquisition is final worries me though. I work with SBC on an almost daily basis and they have a lot of good people who are very willing to work with even small companies such as mine. AT&T on the other hand has the old "my way or the highway" attitude from the pre-divestiture days and my concern as that this mentality will overtake the somewhat friendlier SBC culture. Mind you, I've been screwed by SBC on more than one occassion but I usually managed to secure a movie and dinner beforehand which eased the pain somewhat. I only hope that service here in Michigan doesn't fall back to the pre-SBC Ameritech days where it could be as long as a week before a residential phone line was repaired and new services were never made available even though the infrastructure to support them had been in place for several years. I like SBC but I do not necessarily care for AT&T. Sometimes I wish I were in Verizon country.