I agree that it's wrong for them to block other VoIP providers, however, the lines become blured when you talk about packet shaping. What if they cut bandwidth to Vonage or VoIP that they are direct competitors with? It's harder to prove, but just as damaging. What if someone only has VoIP and needs to make a 911 call?
The decision the FCC made years ago to allow communication companies to be involved in more than one service has provided some good competition, however it's also created some interesting conflicts of interest.
My cousin worked for Intel and got a beta of the dual strike. It was awesome. I loved the concept. I wanted to buy one and looked at MS's website and didn't even see it listed. They drivers on the DualStrike CD were a beta version and so I just though they never released the full version.
It was truly the best FTP controller I've ever seen.
I wish I could rate the actually article up as funny. It bothers me that stuff like this appears on slashdot. It must be a slow new day or something. The article isn't even written scientifically. In the words of Strongbad, "This is total crap."
For real yo. I hope a flood of complains goes into the BSD team. The BSD Demon has been around for forever! I love it! I even have it on a baseball cap before they stopped selling them at Thinkgeek. He's cute and so demon like. People who know UNIX trust the little demon logo. It shouldn't need to change.
Free speech doesn't apply to business, private school (even some public school situations), etc. If some company is funding you, they have a say in what you put out there.
What you say on your own time can get you fired. You can sue if it's obviously unjust or doesn't violate any NDA you signed, however if someone above you doesn't like you, and furthermore if you have stuff in a blog, in writing, that's all they need to show to let you go.
Companies are suppose to ask for your resignation, unless you've fucked up really big, however even that has started to become a thing of the past.
In some cases it's very understandable. The companies internal policies may give it an edge in a competitive market. Letting the public know even small details about a product or the way they are going to advertised could violate an NDA. If it's not in an official press release or on a big advertising poster, you probably shouldn't talk about it, even if it's considered general knowledge in your field.
An example is when I worked for a web design company. Any resources we used, on-line tutorial
Get a Dell LCD. They look nice and come with a grey stand. Does it really matter if it matches your Mac exactly? If it bothers you that much, hide the mac in your desk drawer and drill a slot for loading CDs.
Keep in mind Mhz is not a way to determine speed. Mac's do much more at lower clock cycles. Still, the MiniMac needs a Giga-bit option. Other than that, it will stand the test of time. Afterall, if all you do is word process, check email, watch videos and browse the web, do you even need more than a 400Mhz PC?
OK, we've been here before on many previous other slashdot articles. 3D displays on regular flat screen do not work. They suck. They're slow, you loose windows, the text becomes distored and it's just overall harder to work with.
To be honest overlaping windows are even a problem.It's so easy to get lost in a mess of windows. Some people have suggested non-overlapping windows and there are even some window managers out there that offer this.
Now some people have experimented with using the alpha layer to make transparent windows. It makes it a little easier not to loose windows under the mess, but it's still querky.
I think the solution is a tiered approach. Remember those holographic 3d projections from old Sci-Fi films. Imagine having four layers, each projected an inch and a half away from each other. You can see through each layer. Press a button and flip the next layer up to the top and the top one to the bottom.
Yes, hardware, although it is avaiable, is damn expensive and it will take years before we'll have this unique type of 3D desktop, but what I'm trying to get at is that you can't force a 3D model onto the existing 2D framework. It's just a bad idea. However I'm not going to throw out the idea that 3D desktop enviroments will never work, but we really need the change to be at the hardware level, at the way images are displayed, rather than the software.
The question is worded well and is tasteful, asking for a specific Linux for a specific application (administration), however it still seems to me like a topic for a flame war. I'll just give the editors the benefit of the doubt and assume it's a slow news day.
With that being said, I think the only two distros that have a chance are Redhat, SuSE and Debian. I personally use Gentoo and love it, but from an administration standpoint, binary packages are faster and easier.
I've had lots of bad expierience with Debian. They have one thing going for them: An insane amount of packages. They have everything you could imagine for Debian. However their packages are poorly designed compared to RPMs and their configuration is awful. You should never be asked package installation config information during the install! Installs should be fully unmanned.
SuSE seems very professional, however it does cost money (there are free downloads, but the installs aren't as simple) and it doesn't quite have the package repository.
Redhat's only major flaw is the lack of a package repository. However the Enterprise edition comes with about everything you'd really need for a server (Web, DNS, DHCP, Print, etc.). And with Fedora out and more open than ever, I think the package repository will catch up soon enough, for Fedora anyway. Also with RHEnterprise being closed off the way it is, it's very easy to provide pay support and keep careful track of the distro for security updates.
I remember being in the dorms and playing the new version of Risk (Risk 2210) for hours, usually twice a week. I think it would be cool to have a Doom version of Risk. The map could be of Mars with several bases on the map and posssibly even an orbiting station. I can see great potential for such a game.
On top of still actually needing an imprint of the key to gain entry of the car! So really you'd need to stand next to the person, have them somehow give you the key long enough to make an imprint and then fabricate your own to steal their car.
I don't see the rate of theft for cars going up anytime soon. Instead I think what we'll see is that it will be easier and cheaper for people to get backup copies of their keys made, instead of having to shell out $20 ~ $80 at the dealership for them.
I remember learning in an economics class that a true monopoly is one where the entire industry is controlled by the government and in effect socialized. Hence the old AT&T.
I've read several posts about countries "abusing" their monopolies and references to the recent problems with the US, EU and Airbus among others.
So is the US welding Microsoft against the EU, causing MS to become a weapon held by the US government; a tool of the government and therefore almost a true government sanctioned monopoly?
You can not remove IE. There is an option to remove it in components, but give it a try sometime, and then open up My Computer and type in a URL into the address bar.
I haven't tried the same with Windows Media Player, but I doubt it can be fully removed either.
2.3 actually. I had a copy once. It came on 5 1/2 and if you notice carefully, the windows don't ever overlap. They just split the screen into smaller parts.
Money dude. You'd think it would cost less to simply pay your lawyer than to pay the insane fines. But if you loose, often times you are stuck with both. This is a loose/loose situation which shows how our justice system is weighted to those with money over the common man.
My cousin works for Intel in their Folesom, CA office. He had never had a Linux box in his home office or in his cube at work outside of VMWare. His router/firewall, file server and main box are XP based.
He doesn't dislike Linux, but he claims he has no need of it. Everything he needs is on Windows and he patches everything daily. His firewall is a full block and he actually has a very secure private NT based network.
I think it's the same mentality they have at Intel. It's not that they wouldn't like to promote their hardware on Linux, they just feel there is no need. Most of the consumers of their hardware are Windows users. The Linux development has been primirally focused on their server products instead.
And all it really does is promote fear. Look at the presendential inaguration and the insane security around it. Fear and wasting money are about the only things September 11th has brought. And the world hates us now more than ever.
Do you realize how long some IBM systems have been supported. They still support systems from the late 80's. On top of that there were several WinNT systems for Alpha, and there are NO replacements for those.
The fact is, it's way too soon. NT4 is solid and in critical applications you need solid systems. VMS hasn't had an update in over 10 years except for security patches. That's the type of system you want to read of sensor data in a nuclear reactor.
Win 2000 won't be ready for that state for at least another three to five years with new IE flaws being found every month!
You obviously aren't an engeneer if you think NT4 is actually ready for retirement.
All my computers run Gentoo Linux except for one Pentium III which I installed with a pirated version of WinXP that came with SP2. Go microsoft. Dumbasses
There are a couple of sites that do instant slashdot mirroring, grabbing the latest articles and mirroring the pages they link to, however shouldn't slashdot be responsibly for doing this themselves? At least create a google like cache and cache the websites, and give links to both the original site and the cached copy with a slashdot banner at top!
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I think that's the point of google's process. They're trying to find creative people, not just people with high GPAs. They are determined to find people who will work their hardest.
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I agree that it's wrong for them to block other VoIP providers, however, the lines become blured when you talk about packet shaping. What if they cut bandwidth to Vonage or VoIP that they are direct competitors with? It's harder to prove, but just as damaging. What if someone only has VoIP and needs to make a 911 call?
The decision the FCC made years ago to allow communication companies to be involved in more than one service has provided some good competition, however it's also created some interesting conflicts of interest.
My cousin worked for Intel and got a beta of the dual strike. It was awesome. I loved the concept. I wanted to buy one and looked at MS's website and didn't even see it listed. They drivers on the DualStrike CD were a beta version and so I just though they never released the full version.
It was truly the best FTP controller I've ever seen.
-Sumit
I wish I could rate the actually article up as funny. It bothers me that stuff like this appears on slashdot. It must be a slow new day or something. The article isn't even written scientifically. In the words of Strongbad, "This is total crap."
That is awesome. I love it. I even want to make a buddy icon out of it.
For real yo. I hope a flood of complains goes into the BSD team. The BSD Demon has been around for forever! I love it! I even have it on a baseball cap before they stopped selling them at Thinkgeek. He's cute and so demon like. People who know UNIX trust the little demon logo. It shouldn't need to change.
Free speech doesn't apply to business, private school (even some public school situations), etc. If some company is funding you, they have a say in what you put out there.
What you say on your own time can get you fired. You can sue if it's obviously unjust or doesn't violate any NDA you signed, however if someone above you doesn't like you, and furthermore if you have stuff in a blog, in writing, that's all they need to show to let you go.
Companies are suppose to ask for your resignation, unless you've fucked up really big, however even that has started to become a thing of the past.
In some cases it's very understandable. The companies internal policies may give it an edge in a competitive market. Letting the public know even small details about a product or the way they are going to advertised could violate an NDA. If it's not in an official press release or on a big advertising poster, you probably shouldn't talk about it, even if it's considered general knowledge in your field.
An example is when I worked for a web design company. Any resources we used, on-line tutorial
Get a Dell LCD. They look nice and come with a grey stand. Does it really matter if it matches your Mac exactly? If it bothers you that much, hide the mac in your desk drawer and drill a slot for loading CDs.
Geeze
-Sumdog
Keep in mind Mhz is not a way to determine speed. Mac's do much more at lower clock cycles. Still, the MiniMac needs a Giga-bit option. Other than that, it will stand the test of time. Afterall, if all you do is word process, check email, watch videos and browse the web, do you even need more than a 400Mhz PC?
-Sumdog
LOL! That's awesome! If anything it's creative and absolutly halarious. Hey, if it works!
-SumDog
OK, we've been here before on many previous other slashdot articles. 3D displays on regular flat screen do not work. They suck. They're slow, you loose windows, the text becomes distored and it's just overall harder to work with.
To be honest overlaping windows are even a problem.It's so easy to get lost in a mess of windows. Some people have suggested non-overlapping windows and there are even some window managers out there that offer this.
Now some people have experimented with using the alpha layer to make transparent windows. It makes it a little easier not to loose windows under the mess, but it's still querky.
I think the solution is a tiered approach. Remember those holographic 3d projections from old Sci-Fi films. Imagine having four layers, each projected an inch and a half away from each other. You can see through each layer. Press a button and flip the next layer up to the top and the top one to the bottom.
Yes, hardware, although it is avaiable, is damn expensive and it will take years before we'll have this unique type of 3D desktop, but what I'm trying to get at is that you can't force a 3D model onto the existing 2D framework. It's just a bad idea. However I'm not going to throw out the idea that 3D desktop enviroments will never work, but we really need the change to be at the hardware level, at the way images are displayed, rather than the software.
-Sumdog
The question is worded well and is tasteful, asking for a specific Linux for a specific application (administration), however it still seems to me like a topic for a flame war. I'll just give the editors the benefit of the doubt and assume it's a slow news day.
With that being said, I think the only two distros that have a chance are Redhat, SuSE and Debian. I personally use Gentoo and love it, but from an administration standpoint, binary packages are faster and easier.
I've had lots of bad expierience with Debian. They have one thing going for them: An insane amount of packages. They have everything you could imagine for Debian. However their packages are poorly designed compared to RPMs and their configuration is awful. You should never be asked package installation config information during the install! Installs should be fully unmanned.
SuSE seems very professional, however it does cost money (there are free downloads, but the installs aren't as simple) and it doesn't quite have the package repository.
Redhat's only major flaw is the lack of a package repository. However the Enterprise edition comes with about everything you'd really need for a server (Web, DNS, DHCP, Print, etc.). And with Fedora out and more open than ever, I think the package repository will catch up soon enough, for Fedora anyway. Also with RHEnterprise being closed off the way it is, it's very easy to provide pay support and keep careful track of the distro for security updates.
That's MHO.
-SumDog
I remember being in the dorms and playing the new version of Risk (Risk 2210) for hours, usually twice a week. I think it would be cool to have a Doom version of Risk. The map could be of Mars with several bases on the map and posssibly even an orbiting station. I can see great potential for such a game.
-Sumdog
On top of still actually needing an imprint of the key to gain entry of the car! So really you'd need to stand next to the person, have them somehow give you the key long enough to make an imprint and then fabricate your own to steal their car.
I don't see the rate of theft for cars going up anytime soon. Instead I think what we'll see is that it will be easier and cheaper for people to get backup copies of their keys made, instead of having to shell out $20 ~ $80 at the dealership for them.
I remember learning in an economics class that a true monopoly is one where the entire industry is controlled by the government and in effect socialized. Hence the old AT&T.
I've read several posts about countries "abusing" their monopolies and references to the recent problems with the US, EU and Airbus among others.
So is the US welding Microsoft against the EU, causing MS to become a weapon held by the US government; a tool of the government and therefore almost a true government sanctioned monopoly?
You can not remove IE. There is an option to remove it in components, but give it a try sometime, and then open up My Computer and type in a URL into the address bar.
I haven't tried the same with Windows Media Player, but I doubt it can be fully removed either.
2.3 actually. I had a copy once. It came on 5 1/2 and if you notice carefully, the windows don't ever overlap. They just split the screen into smaller parts.
Money dude. You'd think it would cost less to simply pay your lawyer than to pay the insane fines. But if you loose, often times you are stuck with both. This is a loose/loose situation which shows how our justice system is weighted to those with money over the common man.
My cousin works for Intel in their Folesom, CA office. He had never had a Linux box in his home office or in his cube at work outside of VMWare. His router/firewall, file server and main box are XP based.
He doesn't dislike Linux, but he claims he has no need of it. Everything he needs is on Windows and he patches everything daily. His firewall is a full block and he actually has a very secure private NT based network.
I think it's the same mentality they have at Intel. It's not that they wouldn't like to promote their hardware on Linux, they just feel there is no need. Most of the consumers of their hardware are Windows users. The Linux development has been primirally focused on their server products instead.
-Sumit
and if they do get around to checking them, it'll be like a prank call to Moe's Tavern.
And all it really does is promote fear. Look at the presendential inaguration and the insane security around it. Fear and wasting money are about the only things September 11th has brought. And the world hates us now more than ever.
Do you realize how long some IBM systems have been supported. They still support systems from the late 80's. On top of that there were several WinNT systems for Alpha, and there are NO replacements for those.
The fact is, it's way too soon. NT4 is solid and in critical applications you need solid systems. VMS hasn't had an update in over 10 years except for security patches. That's the type of system you want to read of sensor data in a nuclear reactor.
Win 2000 won't be ready for that state for at least another three to five years with new IE flaws being found every month!
You obviously aren't an engeneer if you think NT4 is actually ready for retirement.
All my computers run Gentoo Linux except for one Pentium III which I installed with a pirated version of WinXP that came with SP2. Go microsoft. Dumbasses
Read the article. Microsoft will continue support on all embeded versions of NT
There are a couple of sites that do instant slashdot mirroring, grabbing the latest articles and mirroring the pages they link to, however shouldn't slashdot be responsibly for doing this themselves? At least create a google like cache and cache the websites, and give links to both the original site and the cached copy with a slashdot banner at top!
I think that's the point of google's process. They're trying to find creative people, not just people with high GPAs. They are determined to find people who will work their hardest.