GitHub should be mandating that a license be either selected from a pool of licenses, or a license be typed in for every project. The default in most jurisdictions is either public domain or all rights reserved, and because they're a global-serving entity, they have to deal with the all-rights-reserved case, which doesn't even allow publication by GitHub itself.
Every ISP I know of and every one I've ever dealt with had both commercial and private links. Technology wise, they were no different, but commercial links allow you to run a server; private/home links do not. Sometimes the prices aren't even any different, but are only to help with upload/download capacity planning.
Sorry, EFF, but "network neutrality" means neutral access, not free for all hosting.
Using a bottle in this fashion is basically implementing a short "light pipe." The technology has been around a long time, but the water-filled-pop-bottle is the cheapest implementation I've heard of.
I skim RT daily. But you know what? An *awful* lot of their content is blatant and clumsy propaganda.
It's truly the "National Enquirer" of the news sites I visit on a daily basis. The only reason I don't go anywhere else for a Russian perspective on the news is I haven't found any other english-translated Russian sites. Given a choice, I'd never go to that trash-rag again.
Apple is dying, but not because Steve Jobs left the helm. It's because of greed and poorly designed devices.
As a recent example, my friend's iPad battery recently went belly up. She *loves* her iPad. But they want $289 to replace the battery, so she bought a $700 touch-screen all-in-one computer from Sony and is pleased as punch.
How can you expect to retain market share when replacing a freaking BATTERY costs half the price of a device?
And how many *entire* Android devices can be had for $300?
I hate being tied to a schedule, and I hate advertising. Why am I going to spend an hour watching a 40 minute show just so a bunch of irrelevant CRAP can be screamed at me?
The problem is the NSA doesn't limit their spying to the US. In fact they do most of their spying outside US borders, unlike China which is primarily interested in restricting the access and postings of their own citizens. The same goes for Iran -- they're concerned about controlling their own people, not others.
The US, on the other hand, has set itself up as being the world police without the approval of the world.
I cut my teeth writing Z-80 machine code (not assembler) for the TRS-80 Model I Level I and POKEing it into memory, saving periodically to cassette tapes.
BIOS? DOS? What's that?
A *real* machine has a ROM interpreter and boots up instantly because of it. There is no need for a "BIOS" when you can just program to the hardware.:P
The problem with Windows RT tablets is not "OEM skepticism." It's the poor sales numbers and utter lack of market share by a public who doesn't want a crippled machine that can do little besides surf and read emails.
The OEMs were willing to give it a shot. Reality soon kicked in and now they're dumping their RT product plans in droves.
As far as I can see, smart phones are voluntary multi-protocol RFID chips on steroids.
I don't own one; I don't want one. I don't even want a basic feature phone -- leave a message and I'll call you back. I do not need to be attached by an umbilical cord to the world. It used to piss off my boss, but so be it -- my time off is my time. Period.
A "cloud" is nothing more than a distributed set of clusters coordinated to perform a task or tasks. There is nothing architecturally spectacular about placing some nodes at a customer's own site vs. something like Amazon or IBM clouds where they have data centers scattered around the world.
The problem is too many people think "cloud" has a specific architectural meaning. It does not. It's more a means of managing VM and physical nodes in groups of clusters, with the capacity for shifting loads and data from node to node at the push of a button (or at the behest of automated tuning and load balancing services.)
It's not magic.
Mainframes were doing "cloud" processing in the '80s, and so was VMS. The only difference nowadays is network transport capability has grown to replace the specialized buses those older systems used, and allow for a greater physical distribution of the nodes than those old technologies did.
Kids.
They think because someone came up with a new buzzword that they've "invented" something.
I pointed it out because apparently it's not obvious based on the high rating of the post above mine. Were it "obvious", no one would make such ludicrous claims about how good SMTP/TLS is at securing your email.
Security is only as strong as it's weakest link. Everyone in the industry knows that. Yet some BS artists continue to perpetuate the myth that because an optional component for securing data exists, the data is secure. Anyone with a functioning brain cell should know better, so apparently some people don't have them.
Slashdot Mirror
Around the world, reports range from 80 to 120 dead.
Except in the US media, which claims only 15-20 dead.
Gotta protect the reputation of those "allies" to justify not calling the Egyptian situation what it is: a military coup.
GitHub should be mandating that a license be either selected from a pool of licenses, or a license be typed in for every project. The default in most jurisdictions is either public domain or all rights reserved, and because they're a global-serving entity, they have to deal with the all-rights-reserved case, which doesn't even allow publication by GitHub itself.
Oooo. He called me stupid. Such an insightful argument.
Oh, come on.
Do you really think insurance executives know how to add?!?!?!?
Every ISP I know of and every one I've ever dealt with had both commercial and private links. Technology wise, they were no different, but commercial links allow you to run a server; private/home links do not. Sometimes the prices aren't even any different, but are only to help with upload/download capacity planning.
Sorry, EFF, but "network neutrality" means neutral access, not free for all hosting.
Using a bottle in this fashion is basically implementing a short "light pipe." The technology has been around a long time, but the water-filled-pop-bottle is the cheapest implementation I've heard of.
It wouldn't really degrade the relevance of their ads, seeing as I'm interested in 0% of them now.
Hello, AdBlock Plus...
This is in Canada. And my friend was just quoted $289 last week.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but facts are facts.
I skim RT daily. But you know what? An *awful* lot of their content is blatant and clumsy propaganda.
It's truly the "National Enquirer" of the news sites I visit on a daily basis. The only reason I don't go anywhere else for a Russian perspective on the news is I haven't found any other english-translated Russian sites. Given a choice, I'd never go to that trash-rag again.
This is Canada.
And $289 is what she was quoted, not a week ago.
Or are you calling my friend a liar?
XBox One: NSA Edition
I think of it as the wolves reporting to the lion.
They both eat sheeple.
Apple is dying, but not because Steve Jobs left the helm. It's because of greed and poorly designed devices.
As a recent example, my friend's iPad battery recently went belly up. She *loves* her iPad. But they want $289 to replace the battery, so she bought a $700 touch-screen all-in-one computer from Sony and is pleased as punch.
How can you expect to retain market share when replacing a freaking BATTERY costs half the price of a device?
And how many *entire* Android devices can be had for $300?
I hate being tied to a schedule, and I hate advertising. Why am I going to spend an hour watching a 40 minute show just so a bunch of irrelevant CRAP can be screamed at me?
The problem is the NSA doesn't limit their spying to the US. In fact they do most of their spying outside US borders, unlike China which is primarily interested in restricting the access and postings of their own citizens. The same goes for Iran -- they're concerned about controlling their own people, not others.
The US, on the other hand, has set itself up as being the world police without the approval of the world.
We need the illegal surveillance of the world to STOP.
Now!
Given the reaction to Google's "wardriving" StreetView cars, they had to have known this would be banned.
Thank you.
At 49 it's been a long time since anyone called me "junior." *LOL*
You feel old?
I cut my teeth writing Z-80 machine code (not assembler) for the TRS-80 Model I Level I and POKEing it into memory, saving periodically to cassette tapes.
BIOS? DOS? What's that?
A *real* machine has a ROM interpreter and boots up instantly because of it. There is no need for a "BIOS" when you can just program to the hardware. :P
The problem with Windows RT tablets is not "OEM skepticism." It's the poor sales numbers and utter lack of market share by a public who doesn't want a crippled machine that can do little besides surf and read emails.
The OEMs were willing to give it a shot. Reality soon kicked in and now they're dumping their RT product plans in droves.
RT is a complete and utter failure.
That's kind of the whole point of biofuels as well. They have the portability and the high energy, acting as "batteries" for solar energy collected.
But biodiesel is a far more efficient biofuel than ethanol is. The US and the rest of the world need to spend more investing in biodiesel.
Oh yeah. Americans don't like diesel engines for some reason. Too bad the fascination with gasoline and ethanol override economics and good sense.
Hell, even Henry Ford was a supporter and developer of biodiesel.
Again, an old problem with an old solution that "just works."
X/Open XA
Remember the threat of implanted RFID chips?
As far as I can see, smart phones are voluntary multi-protocol RFID chips on steroids.
I don't own one; I don't want one. I don't even want a basic feature phone -- leave a message and I'll call you back. I do not need to be attached by an umbilical cord to the world. It used to piss off my boss, but so be it -- my time off is my time. Period.
A "cloud" is nothing more than a distributed set of clusters coordinated to perform a task or tasks. There is nothing architecturally spectacular about placing some nodes at a customer's own site vs. something like Amazon or IBM clouds where they have data centers scattered around the world.
The problem is too many people think "cloud" has a specific architectural meaning. It does not. It's more a means of managing VM and physical nodes in groups of clusters, with the capacity for shifting loads and data from node to node at the push of a button (or at the behest of automated tuning and load balancing services.)
It's not magic.
Mainframes were doing "cloud" processing in the '80s, and so was VMS. The only difference nowadays is network transport capability has grown to replace the specialized buses those older systems used, and allow for a greater physical distribution of the nodes than those old technologies did.
Kids.
They think because someone came up with a new buzzword that they've "invented" something.
I pointed it out because apparently it's not obvious based on the high rating of the post above mine. Were it "obvious", no one would make such ludicrous claims about how good SMTP/TLS is at securing your email.
Security is only as strong as it's weakest link. Everyone in the industry knows that. Yet some BS artists continue to perpetuate the myth that because an optional component for securing data exists, the data is secure. Anyone with a functioning brain cell should know better, so apparently some people don't have them.