Oh I've already seen the (more than one) videos of Linux on the PS3. I want to play around with some Cell coding; that's the only reason TO do it. The PS3 has a web browser already so installing Linux to just a somewhat functional web appliance is probably a waste of time.
I just finally bought a PS3 about a week ago and was getting ready to install Linux on it. I wish we could access the GPU but I understand why Sony doesn't want that. I think I found my project for the weekend.
One (smoking) is hazardous to the health of everyone on the plan, while the other (cellphone use) is mostly hazardous to the asshat who is yelling into his phone about his golf game yesterday. I say it's hazardous to his health because if I am sitting next to him I am going to shove his phone into whichever of his bodily orifices I can fit it into nice and snugly.
What is even worse is that if you try to use encryption to maintain a level of privacy and security, that will just mean they'll keep it longer while they try to crack it.
Yep, that is *all* this is about; control. The existing Internet is just a big huge classic WAN. They want to replace it with something they can lockdown, enforce DRM, and control.
That's quite a conceptual stretch. The immunity has already been granted; the Telco's have no reason to kowtow to their employees(Congress) until the next round.
Regulation in and of itself can also be a slipperly slow. That is why we need Net Neutrality laws. Yes, it's a form of regulation in a sense, but it's the best we can probably do.
They gave me ethernet when they provisioned me, but they insist that they won't support TV unless I use their router. Maybe I'll give it a try, but I'm not inclined to do so on an 'if', and frankly while Comcrap sucked for Internet I've been pretty happy with their digital cable service for TV.
I was a Comcrap customer for years before I switched to FIOS. You can change your router's MAC as often as you like, and you do indeed get a new IP address. You seem to be confused between the cable modem and the router. Please turn in your geek card at the desk on your way out.
I just know what they told me. I haven't tried it for TV. For Internet it worked just fine; I just plugged their ethernet into a different router and threw out the Actiontec when it died one month out of warranty.
He's not confusing anything, he replied to this post where the poster praised his own FIOS.
I love FIOS for my Internet, and it's HD looks great (my neighbor uses them for TV), but at least here in Pittsburgh they required that you use the Actiontec routers that they provide if you want to use them for TV. That's a non starter for me. I tried their router when they provisioned my Internet. It's utter crap. Until they let me use the hardware of my choice for routing I won't be using them for TV service.
It is not standard nor best practice to ask a user for their password, ever. If you need to access their account, you use admin privs to change their password, do whatever needs to be done, then ask the user to change it themselves when you no longer need access to their account.
Actually that IS standard practice...but for desktop techs, not admins. I often have to admonish people for this, but it's quite a common practice to get the user's password so as to facilitate service. It certainly isn't a best practice, but it's a common one and in most cases it inconveniences the user far less.
Anybody, in this laymans opinion, who kills his family is deeply disturbed. What part of that is so hard to understand? It doesn't matter if the disturbance was recent or existed forever. Disturbed is disturbed, and killing your family is disturbing to say the least. It wasn't an excuse for his behavior. If there is a hell I'm sure he's got a special spot reserved.
He was a remarkable man. I live just north of Pittsburgh and had the honor of meeting him briefly early last year. He will be remembered well by all, not just those around the CMU area.
I think I said disturbed, not mentally ill in the sense of a formal diagnosis. I am not a psychologist, but anyone who kills his wife and 3 year old as part of a murder-suicide is disturbed in my book. It was already pretty obvious based on his actions in the past that he had sociopathic leanings.
I know he did, but what I meant was even his death isn't something to be celebrated. The man was obviously deeply disturbed. Implying that someone like him should die (and that implication has been made many times here on/.) is just whacked.
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Oh I've already seen the (more than one) videos of Linux on the PS3. I want to play around with some Cell coding; that's the only reason TO do it. The PS3 has a web browser already so installing Linux to just a somewhat functional web appliance is probably a waste of time.
I just finally bought a PS3 about a week ago and was getting ready to install Linux on it. I wish we could access the GPU but I understand why Sony doesn't want that. I think I found my project for the weekend.
Sure it is a free speech issue. You're free to say anything, and you're also free to suffer the consequences of your speech.
One (smoking) is hazardous to the health of everyone on the plan, while the other (cellphone use) is mostly hazardous to the asshat who is yelling into his phone about his golf game yesterday. I say it's hazardous to his health because if I am sitting next to him I am going to shove his phone into whichever of his bodily orifices I can fit it into nice and snugly.
What is even worse is that if you try to use encryption to maintain a level of privacy and security, that will just mean they'll keep it longer while they try to crack it.
Yep, that is *all* this is about; control. The existing Internet is just a big huge classic WAN. They want to replace it with something they can lockdown, enforce DRM, and control.
That's quite a conceptual stretch. The immunity has already been granted; the Telco's have no reason to kowtow to their employees(Congress) until the next round.
Regulation in and of itself can also be a slipperly slow. That is why we need Net Neutrality laws. Yes, it's a form of regulation in a sense, but it's the best we can probably do.
McDowell is one of the two FCC commissioners who did not vote with the majority to punish Comcast for their BitTorrent throttling.
So by 'not regulating' he means that ISP's should be free to throttle whatever they please? Interesting stance.
Good point, but it's the most important part. Technically speaking though it's a suborbital vehicle.
I don't want to see a custom airplane. I want to see the Spaceship 2 itself. Wake me up when they unveil that.
Slashdot, stop speculating??? You must be new here.
As I've said I do use my own router for Internet and they support that. They just claim that you need to use their crap routers if you want TV.
They gave me ethernet when they provisioned me, but they insist that they won't support TV unless I use their router. Maybe I'll give it a try, but I'm not inclined to do so on an 'if', and frankly while Comcrap sucked for Internet I've been pretty happy with their digital cable service for TV.
I was a Comcrap customer for years before I switched to FIOS. You can change your router's MAC as often as you like, and you do indeed get a new IP address. You seem to be confused between the cable modem and the router. Please turn in your geek card at the desk on your way out.
I just know what they told me. I haven't tried it for TV. For Internet it worked just fine; I just plugged their ethernet into a different router and threw out the Actiontec when it died one month out of warranty.
He's not confusing anything, he replied to this post where the poster praised his own FIOS.
I love FIOS for my Internet, and it's HD looks great (my neighbor uses them for TV), but at least here in Pittsburgh they required that you use the Actiontec routers that they provide if you want to use them for TV. That's a non starter for me. I tried their router when they provisioned my Internet. It's utter crap. Until they let me use the hardware of my choice for routing I won't be using them for TV service.
It is not standard nor best practice to ask a user for their password, ever. If you need to access their account, you use admin privs to change their password, do whatever needs to be done, then ask the user to change it themselves when you no longer need access to their account.
Actually that IS standard practice...but for desktop techs, not admins. I often have to admonish people for this, but it's quite a common practice to get the user's password so as to facilitate service. It certainly isn't a best practice, but it's a common one and in most cases it inconveniences the user far less.
Anybody, in this laymans opinion, who kills his family is deeply disturbed. What part of that is so hard to understand? It doesn't matter if the disturbance was recent or existed forever. Disturbed is disturbed, and killing your family is disturbing to say the least. It wasn't an excuse for his behavior. If there is a hell I'm sure he's got a special spot reserved.
...you're doing it wrong.
He was a remarkable man. I live just north of Pittsburgh and had the honor of meeting him briefly early last year. He will be remembered well by all, not just those around the CMU area.
Thanks for that post. It's always nice to find a pearl of wisdom here on /.
It's actually 11D, but we can only perceive 4.
I think I said disturbed, not mentally ill in the sense of a formal diagnosis. I am not a psychologist, but anyone who kills his wife and 3 year old as part of a murder-suicide is disturbed in my book. It was already pretty obvious based on his actions in the past that he had sociopathic leanings.
I know he did, but what I meant was even his death isn't something to be celebrated. The man was obviously deeply disturbed. Implying that someone like him should die (and that implication has been made many times here on /.) is just whacked.