This perspective is informative (and a bit enlightening). The stuff about healthcare at least... the Whole Julian Assange thing is a freaking Benny Hill episode...
I just logged on and flipped over to their 'optionslink' account (our company uses them as the options broker too) all works fine. Firefox 2.0.0.3, Windows XP SP 2.
However this is a good reason to have considered (at least considered!) doing a bit of work for an open source project. There are lots of them on SourceForge (and many other fine places) begging for help. A few bits added in make nice examples you can point to when asked for code samples. I know, it seems like a huge time investment that you don't have, but it really doesn't have to be. Further, every little bit helps the project guys.
SpamBayes. After enough training it is spookily accurate at getting spam. I used to run SpamAssassin as a POP3 proxy and then filter the rest with SpamBayes, but recently (past year or so) SpamBayes has been enough.
This *might* be due to ISPs doing a better job of bulk filtering out the obvious junk before we even see it. Some of the domains I have that are on other than my main ISP do seem to end up with more spam, but after filtering via SpamBayes I see very little...
Your post(s) illustrate the point nicely: it is all about acceptable levels of risk. You have found the break-point that works for you and quirte honestly would work fine for the topic at hand--home user backups. A business has a much lower threshold of acceptable risk and must needs do more.
For smaller systems I usually suggest a simple mirror arrangement, for larger or busier systems RAID-5 and if even more redundancy is needed a straight copy of the RAID-5.
Everyone has to find their own level of compfort, but I long ago gave up trying to back up to removable media. The external, removable hard drive is at a minimum a far better solution.
I used to have a Dish PVR, thought it was way cool. Went through a move and a period where I didn't use Dish and I swapped to Tivo. Now I am again a Dish customer (with their HD service) and I have two Tivos connected to them. I didn't even want to switch back to the Dish units. I actually use the home networking features of the Tivos and I like the units better. Perhaps this will ultimately end up with better DVRs for the Dish folks (I can hope that any way). I wouldn't mind upgrading at some point to HD units when the prices are better and it would be really sweet not to lose the extra features the Tivos offer.
Now this speaks to the heart of the matter (IMHO). See, here we have an analogy with a chunk of real property (in most places) an automobile. You bought it, you own it, do-what-the-hell-you-want-to-it. As long as it is street legal.
Now the media 'folk' (OK, cartel) would have you agree that all you bought was the MEDIA. The disk, so have your way with that. Don't fuck with their CONTENT though, that my friend is intellectual property (in reality, that my friend, is hogwash).
Someone already pointed out that the copyright itself is not so much broken as are the laws that the corporations have pushed through to get more control (and in their eyes more profit) which have actually perverted the intent. However, we really can't blame the corporation itself, grubbing money for their board and shareholders is what they are supposed to do. Blame ourselves and the politicians for letting them get away with it. I salute the coutries that DO NOT let their laws and regulations be influenced by the nonsense many 'American' institutions are pushing as law. DMCA, really...
Great idea, but at this point I am not sure this hack is remotely detectable. Check the details...The DVD is reprogrammed to simply always report as XBOX Media type.
The downside is that it is a *bit* daunting at present and so will not be widely adopted--failure means a XBrick.
200 Dollars? That would be a sweet electric bill. I think you'll find a good many pay a good bit more.
It still might not make as much sense everywhere...yet. We don't yet have power billed (residentially) by time, it is still a flat rate per/kWh. That isn't going to last and I well know it. There may well come a time where this typ eof device would help defay your bill enough to make a difference over say 3-5 years.
It may also have been deliberate in the sense that they wanted to put intense pressure on Sony to generate the same loss leadership (or face people deciding the buy the cheaper of the two consoles).
I think it more likely that the opposite would be true. It is unlikely that Oracle would focus on the OS as a revenue stream *directly* rather as an enabling technology for the rest of the stack they already sell. Naturally there would be the ability to buy support for th OS itself so that would add some value.
>3. Lack of content: Books they are interested in aren't available in electronic format
Generally, this is it. I am a fan of eBooks, not because I prefer that over a real book, but because it fits my lifestyle better. I can read in places I wouldn't have a book handy, carry more with me, take a few minutes here a few more there...
The problem is getting the content. I am not rabid for or against DRM, I understand both sides of the issue. I don't have a *real* preference for a reader I just use what I have on my PDA (although PDF format on a PDA blows donkeys, but that is another stopry).
In spite of this being an author who is (apparently) pro-ebooks, you can't find much of his published work in that format. Pity, I find myself more and more turning to electronic books (and more recently--magazine subscriptions!) since it simply fits my lifestyle better. Do I miss the 'feel' of reading a good book? Hell, yes and I indulge myself when I can, but sadly that is far less often than I like. Someone already mentioned Fictionwise.com, they are an excellent place to start looking for content.
Most of these are addressed with the Tivo Desktop software and a PC. Granted, there is the odd software bit (like the directshow dump utility) that you have to look up, but nothing major.
More to the point he is not one to turn over control or let go of the rudder--even slightly. I rather doubt the CFO was allowed to do much and thus felt they couldn't be fully effective. Until he finds one that suits him the way Henley did (i.e. one he will let do the job) the shuffle will undoutedly continue.
DSII multiplayer does allow control of multiple 'parties' up to 3 players per party (or so it seems). However, I have had a number of problems getting the multiplayer (LAN) to work correctly on a regular basis. The issue seems to be that there is no effective error reporting when attempting to host a game, so you end up in black-screen mode when an error does occur with no idea why.
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This perspective is informative (and a bit enlightening). The stuff about healthcare at least... the Whole Julian Assange thing is a freaking Benny Hill episode ...
SourceForge also has a "Help Wanted" section where project folks post what skills they need.
Good way to find something you are ready to tackle.
from TFA, referring to our descendants:
>They are incredibly alien to us.
He certainly has my teenagers pegged...
I just logged on and flipped over to their 'optionslink' account (our company uses them as the options broker too) all works fine. Firefox 2.0.0.3, Windows XP SP 2.
However this is a good reason to have considered (at least considered!) doing a bit of work for an open source project. There are lots of them on SourceForge (and many other fine places) begging for help. A few bits added in make nice examples you can point to when asked for code samples. I know, it seems like a huge time investment that you don't have, but it really doesn't have to be. Further, every little bit helps the project guys.
SpamBayes. After enough training it is spookily accurate at getting spam. I used to run SpamAssassin as a POP3 proxy and then filter the rest with SpamBayes, but recently (past year or so) SpamBayes has been enough.
This *might* be due to ISPs doing a better job of bulk filtering out the obvious junk before we even see it. Some of the domains I have that are on other than my main ISP do seem to end up with more spam, but after filtering via SpamBayes I see very little...
>2) Oracle will make noise and keep seeing their DB market share be destroyed by MS SQL server (which is cheap and good enough for many applications)
Keep...wha...?
Destroyed? Yes, I'll keep my eye open for a ding in their sales... Not arguing the premise, but it sure hasn't happened yet.
OTOH, I think you are largely correct about the impact to RH, this was a bit of an overraction by investors.
>go ahead and ask any PC gamer if to choose between 640x480 or 1600x1200.
Hell yes I want cheezy poofs!
Your post(s) illustrate the point nicely: it is all about acceptable levels of risk. You have found the break-point that works for you and quirte honestly would work fine for the topic at hand--home user backups. A business has a much lower threshold of acceptable risk and must needs do more.
For smaller systems I usually suggest a simple mirror arrangement, for larger or busier systems RAID-5 and if even more redundancy is needed a straight copy of the RAID-5.
Everyone has to find their own level of compfort, but I long ago gave up trying to back up to removable media. The external, removable hard drive is at a minimum a far better solution.
Well, I sit the fence on this one.
I used to have a Dish PVR, thought it was way cool. Went through a move and a period where I didn't use Dish and I swapped to Tivo. Now I am again a Dish customer (with their HD service) and I have two Tivos connected to them. I didn't even want to switch back to the Dish units. I actually use the home networking features of the Tivos and I like the units better. Perhaps this will ultimately end up with better DVRs for the Dish folks (I can hope that any way). I wouldn't mind upgrading at some point to HD units when the prices are better and it would be really sweet not to lose the extra features the Tivos offer.
Now this speaks to the heart of the matter (IMHO). See, here we have an analogy with a chunk of real property (in most places) an automobile. You bought it, you own it, do-what-the-hell-you-want-to-it. As long as it is street legal.
Now the media 'folk' (OK, cartel) would have you agree that all you bought was the MEDIA. The disk, so have your way with that. Don't fuck with their CONTENT though, that my friend is intellectual property (in reality, that my friend, is hogwash).
Someone already pointed out that the copyright itself is not so much broken as are the laws that the corporations have pushed through to get more control (and in their eyes more profit) which have actually perverted the intent. However, we really can't blame the corporation itself, grubbing money for their board and shareholders is what they are supposed to do. Blame ourselves and the politicians for letting them get away with it. I salute the coutries that DO NOT let their laws and regulations be influenced by the nonsense many 'American' institutions are pushing as law. DMCA, really...
Great idea, but at this point I am not sure this hack is remotely detectable. Check the details...The DVD is reprogrammed to simply always report as XBOX Media type.
The downside is that it is a *bit* daunting at present and so will not be widely adopted--failure means a XBrick.
>And speaking of backups, isn't it still fair use to make backups?
Not in the UK.
200 Dollars? That would be a sweet electric bill. I think you'll find a good many pay a good bit more.
It still might not make as much sense everywhere...yet. We don't yet have power billed (residentially) by time, it is still a flat rate per/kWh. That isn't going to last and I well know it. There may well come a time where this typ eof device would help defay your bill enough to make a difference over say 3-5 years.
It may also have been deliberate in the sense that they wanted to put intense pressure on Sony to generate the same loss leadership (or face people deciding the buy the cheaper of the two consoles).
I think it more likely that the opposite would be true. It is unlikely that Oracle would focus on the OS as a revenue stream *directly* rather as an enabling technology for the rest of the stack they already sell. Naturally there would be the ability to buy support for th OS itself so that would add some value.
I guess it is worth repeating here.
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>3. Lack of content: Books they are interested in aren't available in electronic format
Generally, this is it. I am a fan of eBooks, not because I prefer that over a real book, but because it fits my lifestyle better. I can read in places I wouldn't have a book handy, carry more with me, take a few minutes here a few more there...
The problem is getting the content. I am not rabid for or against DRM, I understand both sides of the issue. I don't have a *real* preference for a reader I just use what I have on my PDA (although PDF format on a PDA blows donkeys, but that is another stopry).
Look at this:
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/22/sequel_to_sc
In spite of this being an author who is (apparently) pro-ebooks, you can't find much of his published work in that format. Pity, I find myself more and more turning to electronic books (and more recently--magazine subscriptions!) since it simply fits my lifestyle better. Do I miss the 'feel' of reading a good book? Hell, yes and I indulge myself when I can, but sadly that is far less often than I like. Someone already mentioned Fictionwise.com, they are an excellent place to start looking for content.
Lastly (and most on topic) look here:
http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4346#more-4346
"Biggest complaints were about the costs of e-books, lack of enough titles, and, yes, DRM and format hassles."
>computing will be like working with an army of electronic elves
A mutinous army it seems (on most days)
Substitue "Drunk or Laid (or both)" for "the course busy-work done" and I am right there with ya man.
Most of these are addressed with the Tivo Desktop software and a PC. Granted, there is the odd software bit (like the directshow dump utility) that you have to look up, but nothing major.
More to the point he is not one to turn over control or let go of the rudder--even slightly. I rather doubt the CFO was allowed to do much and thus felt they couldn't be fully effective. Until he finds one that suits him the way Henley did (i.e. one he will let do the job) the shuffle will undoutedly continue.
>Technically yes, unfortunatly you can only keep those right which you claw back from the power that be.
or you can just say...
"We only have the rights we defend, as long as we are able."
DSII multiplayer does allow control of multiple 'parties' up to 3 players per party (or so it seems). However, I have had a number of problems getting the multiplayer (LAN) to work correctly on a regular basis. The issue seems to be that there is no effective error reporting when attempting to host a game, so you end up in black-screen mode when an error does occur with no idea why.
Wouldn't this weed out the hacker pool? Only the best would survive to breed...or do they?
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