I have to add my thanks for your post. It was very well written and really made my day. It didn't change my mind (I already agree) but it was a great description of the state of fear in the US. I only hope that a lot more people read that post and any similar things you write. We need more voices to say what is happening and help bring the US back from this point.
Thanks for linking to that video. It'll be a long time before I trust the police in the US again.
My family (wife, daughter and myself) moved from a 300 acre farm to Edinburgh (capital city of Scotland) when my daughter was a couple of months old. We've been here for about 14 months now and have seen way more nature than when we lived in the rural setting. Between the numerous parks and botanic gardens as well as day trips outside the city, my daughter is getting all the nature she can handle.
Claiming that kids in urban areas are "shut-in" seems like a misunderstanding of urban life (at least the urban life that I know). Living in the city means you spend MORE time out and about - not in your flat, which serves more as a place to sleep and eat in between doing stimulating things like going to museums, playing in the park, etc.
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What does it mean to "create the internet"? Obviously TCP/IP existed before Al Gore came on the scene, but back then it was called the NSFnet (and ARPAnet before that) and only really became the "Internet" as we know it after it was opened up to the community at large and not just limited military/university access. Who was it that pushed for research money to be put into the NSFnet? Al Gore. Who was it that pushed the initiative in congress to open it up to the community at large? Al Gore.
Do yourself a favor and find out what actually was said and what really happened. If you believe the trash that's on TV and most newspapers then you're only getting the spin.
Even if we have a moon base, what are the chances that it will be you, or someone you know up there? So, if the meteor comes and you are dead but the people on the moon are alive, what difference does it make to you? You're dead, get over it!:)
It is certainly a tragedy for individual humans to be killed, but maybe the "human race" as a whole doesn't deserve to survive the next large meteor strike. Wouldn't it be a much nicer planet if the dolphins were the dominant species?
Having something similar to the Microsoft platform would encourage developers to develop cross-platform. If a usable subset is developed on mono, the restriction to that subset is the price for a cross-platform application - better than a reimplementation.
Yeah, because that strategy worked so well for OS/2.
It's different because your RFID tags can be scanned and tracked without your knowledge.
People generally have to make a conscious effort to share their credit card number, whereas every vending machine, mailbox, computer, or person you walk past could be scanning and recording your location based on your RFID tag whether you like it or not.
In other words, the info URI's will not be useful for anything other than providing context and identification. There is no resolution mechanism in place, nor do they intend to have any standard resolution mechanism, which makes the practical use of these URI's almost nonexistant
There is a big difference between not requiring a resolution mechanism and not assuming a resolution mechanism. It may very well be that a client knows how to resolve info:dcc/* but not info:ssn/* URIs. The point is that info: URIs will identify objects, rather than specify one location where a digital instance of the object may be accessible.
URIs have become the de-facto standard for referencing documents on the Internet. Don't you think it is more useful to reference documents/objects by their unique ID rather than a URL where one instance of that document may reside?
As for not being useful without a resolution mechanism... are you saying that ISBN's, SSN's (if in the USA), and UPC barcodes aren't useful? This URI scheme simply provides a way to identify objects (digital or not) using a common identification scheme. The resolution mechanism can be added after the fact (or not, depending on the type of object, or how it is used).
I recently went through a search for a car audio system that allowed my iPod to hook into it.
I tried a cassette adapter and FM broadcaster but they didn't sound too great and were a pain to deal with while driving. My situation was also special because I have a jeep CJ7 with a soft top (ie no door locks) and live in the city so I needed to have a theft-resistance system which meant not leaving random electronic components laying around.
My solution was to ditch the in-dash unit altogether and install a cheap amp under the center console. I then ran a 1/8"-to-RCA jack directly to the pre-amp input of the amplifier.
Now I can just jump in the car, plug the jack into the iPod and hit the road. It has great sound since the music goes straight from the iPod into the amp, and it is as theft-proof as you can get since the amp is tucked away and bolted down. If I want to play a CD (I never do), I can just take along an old discman and plug the line-out into the jack.
I'm imagining it... It would mean that the GnuCash people would be making barely enough money to pay for their network connection and server costs. Desktop Linux applications aren't making anyone rich... just ask Ximian, or that game porting company that just went out of business (I forget the name).
You're pretty new here, relatively speaking, but that's not really important.
You're pretty new here yourself, Mr. 6869.:) Isn't everything relative?
On the other hand, relying on a proprietary product means that features you want or require depend upon the developer. If it doesn't meet your needs today, you have no way to ensure it ever will. If your needs change over time, you don't have the ability to adapt the software to your new requirements.
Although in the case of Moneydance, there's an open API and plugin mechanism that lets you add the features yourself. Apparently the only remaining advantage of GnuCash in this case is that it is free-as-in-beer. Although as the saying goes, for some people, it's only free if your time has no value.
Despite the fact that one can probably find a "study" to support any opinion, real "experts" that care more about human lives than they do about getting grants, book contracts or furthering an "agenda" will back me up.
If you think most religious groups aren't following an agenda with their "research" then you need to take another look.
Your assertion that love and affection is more damaging to children than scenes of mass killing is mind bogglingly stupid. Ever think that the reason kids today are so screwed up is because they are "protected" from seeing what real love is and instead have to fill in the blanks on their own (based on primal instinct)? The best way to get a kid to do something is to tell them not to do it... or better yet, forbid them from having any knowledge of it, turning it into some exotic taboo that no child can resist investigating.
I do research and software development from home, while travelling to the main office (about 130 miles away) about once a week for meetings.
Some simple advice:
Keep an office in your house that is distinctly separate from your "living space". Don't leave it during working hours, and don't go there during non-working hours.
shut the door. Even if there isn't anyone else around, it still helps limit distractions.
Install a second phone line, just for work.
Telecommuting is great as long as the distractions are kept to a minimum. There's nothing better than playing my music as loud as I like while coding. I think it makes me much more productive.
Moneydance uses a public key system to verify the authenticity of extensions. If an extension doesn't have a signature that Moneydance trusts then the user gets a big warning message and an option to override the security (so you can load self-developed extensions).
Graphing/categorization: yes, definitely. Let me know if there are any graphs that it doesn't have that you would like to see.
Discover Card/Citibank: It definitely works with Discover Card, and I'm pretty sure Citibank is in there too. Once the load on the web site subsides please download a copy and try it out!
PalmSync: There is a beta version available here:
http://moneydance.com/preview/
As for web based applications, not yet, but I plan on providing an extension that will do this. Hopefully in the next few months.
That would be http://moneydance.com/preview/, but I had to take defensive measures when the story was posted.
The Moneydance PalmSync extension works with several PalmOS finance applications like SplashMoney, Expense, etc. However, it may not work with more recent versions of Palm Desktop for Windows.
In that case, use the "other" download option on the Unix download/install page. That will explain how to install moneydance using an existing version of Java on your system.
When running FreeBSD it is always better to install java yourself (to get the 1.3.1 version from ports) than to use the old least-common-denominator one that comes with moneydance.
it may be a hardware issue, I couldn't really say right now. About every 2 minutes there was an error message about a missing vpage and it would reboot. It was a custom compiled kernel to be as lean as possible, but I think it was probably running out of memory anyway. I won't know until the storm subsides.
I was not spreading FUD, I was telling you what happened. I am a big a FreeBSD advocate... hell I'm running it on my server, aren't I?
So yes, it being Java is a huge detriment right out of the gate.
I agree that many swing apps are bloated memory-wise, but please give moneydance a try. You may be surprised. It was developed to be relatively lean and doesn't use all of the high-memory-usage features of swing.
lashdotted with 2 comments. Look, if you are promoting your own project, there is no excuse for a slashdotting. Be prepared next time you submit your PR piece.
Unfortunately, the FreeBSD box it is hosted on keeps rebooting.
Can I install the client on multiple machines without an additional license? Does it work with Bank of America seemlessly (ie, I don't have to futz about with dl'ing the transactions manually). Can I import Quicken 2003 data? How much does it cost? What libraries did you use for the cross platform work?
After 14 years do you still think that Knowbots have a part in the future of digital library systems? If so, how has their potential role changed since you worked on this paper?
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I have to add my thanks for your post. It was very well written and really made my day. It didn't change my mind (I already agree) but it was a great description of the state of fear in the US. I only hope that a lot more people read that post and any similar things you write. We need more voices to say what is happening and help bring the US back from this point.
Thanks for linking to that video. It'll be a long time before I trust the police in the US again.
It is a myth... the internet and TCP/IP were not designed specifically to withstand a nuclear attack.
My family (wife, daughter and myself) moved from a 300 acre farm to Edinburgh (capital city of Scotland) when my daughter was a couple of months old. We've been here for about 14 months now and have seen way more nature than when we lived in the rural setting. Between the numerous parks and botanic gardens as well as day trips outside the city, my daughter is getting all the nature she can handle.
Claiming that kids in urban areas are "shut-in" seems like a misunderstanding of urban life (at least the urban life that I know). Living in the city means you spend MORE time out and about - not in your flat, which serves more as a place to sleep and eat in between doing stimulating things like going to museums, playing in the park, etc.
What does it mean to "create the internet"? Obviously TCP/IP existed before Al Gore came on the scene, but back then it was called the NSFnet (and ARPAnet before that) and only really became the "Internet" as we know it after it was opened up to the community at large and not just limited military/university access. Who was it that pushed for research money to be put into the NSFnet? Al Gore. Who was it that pushed the initiative in congress to open it up to the community at large? Al Gore.
Do yourself a favor and find out what actually was said and what really happened. If you believe the trash that's on TV and most newspapers then you're only getting the spin.
Even if we have a moon base, what are the chances that it will be you, or someone you know up there? So, if the meteor comes and you are dead but the people on the moon are alive, what difference does it make to you? You're dead, get over it! :)
It is certainly a tragedy for individual humans to be killed, but maybe the "human race" as a whole doesn't deserve to survive the next large meteor strike. Wouldn't it be a much nicer planet if the dolphins were the dominant species?
Having something similar to the Microsoft platform would encourage developers to develop cross-platform. If a usable subset is developed on mono, the restriction to that subset is the price for a cross-platform application - better than a reimplementation.
Yeah, because that strategy worked so well for OS/2.
It's different because your RFID tags can be scanned and tracked without your knowledge.
People generally have to make a conscious effort to share their credit card number, whereas every vending machine, mailbox, computer, or person you walk past could be scanning and recording your location based on your RFID tag whether you like it or not.
In other words, the info URI's will not be useful for anything other than providing context and identification. There is no resolution mechanism in place, nor do they intend to have any standard resolution mechanism, which makes the practical use of these URI's almost nonexistant
There is a big difference between not requiring a resolution mechanism and not assuming a resolution mechanism. It may very well be that a client knows how to resolve info:dcc/* but not info:ssn/* URIs. The point is that info: URIs will identify objects, rather than specify one location where a digital instance of the object may be accessible.
URIs have become the de-facto standard for referencing documents on the Internet. Don't you think it is more useful to reference documents/objects by their unique ID rather than a URL where one instance of that document may reside?
As for not being useful without a resolution mechanism... are you saying that ISBN's, SSN's (if in the USA), and UPC barcodes aren't useful? This URI scheme simply provides a way to identify objects (digital or not) using a common identification scheme. The resolution mechanism can be added after the fact (or not, depending on the type of object, or how it is used).
I recently went through a search for a car audio system that allowed my iPod to hook into it.
I tried a cassette adapter and FM broadcaster but they didn't sound too great and were a pain to deal with while driving. My situation was also special because I have a jeep CJ7 with a soft top (ie no door locks) and live in the city so I needed to have a theft-resistance system which meant not leaving random electronic components laying around.
My solution was to ditch the in-dash unit altogether and install a cheap amp under the center console. I then ran a 1/8"-to-RCA jack directly to the pre-amp input of the amplifier.
Now I can just jump in the car, plug the jack into the iPod and hit the road. It has great sound since the music goes straight from the iPod into the amp, and it is as theft-proof as you can get since the amp is tucked away and bolted down. If I want to play a CD (I never do), I can just take along an old discman and plug the line-out into the jack.
I'm imagining it... It would mean that the GnuCash people would be making barely enough money to pay for their network connection and server costs. Desktop Linux applications aren't making anyone rich... just ask Ximian, or that game porting company that just went out of business (I forget the name).
You're pretty new here, relatively speaking, but that's not really important.
:) Isn't everything relative?
You're pretty new here yourself, Mr. 6869.
On the other hand, relying on a proprietary product means that features you want or require depend upon the developer. If it doesn't meet your needs today, you have no way to ensure it ever will. If your needs change over time, you don't have the ability to adapt the software to your new requirements.
Although in the case of Moneydance, there's an open API and plugin mechanism that lets you add the features yourself. Apparently the only remaining advantage of GnuCash in this case is that it is free-as-in-beer. Although as the saying goes, for some people, it's only free if your time has no value.
In your own words...
Despite the fact that one can probably find a "study" to support any opinion, real "experts" that care more about human lives than they do about getting grants, book contracts or furthering an "agenda" will back me up.
If you think most religious groups aren't following an agenda with their "research" then you need to take another look.
Your assertion that love and affection is more damaging to children than scenes of mass killing is mind bogglingly stupid. Ever think that the reason kids today are so screwed up is because they are "protected" from seeing what real love is and instead have to fill in the blanks on their own (based on primal instinct)? The best way to get a kid to do something is to tell them not to do it... or better yet, forbid them from having any knowledge of it, turning it into some exotic taboo that no child can resist investigating.
Some simple advice:
Telecommuting is great as long as the distractions are kept to a minimum. There's nothing better than playing my music as loud as I like while coding. I think it makes me much more productive.
Yes, it should work on the Mac too. It was built and tested primarily on OS X.
Moneydance uses a public key system to verify the authenticity of extensions. If an extension doesn't have a signature that Moneydance trusts then the user gets a big warning message and an option to override the security (so you can load self-developed extensions).
Step One: download moneydance (assuming you can get through)
:)
Step Two: Install it. It is so very easy to install.
Step Three: Run it.
Step Four: Select the Tools->Currencies menu
Step Five: Click "New Currency"
Moneydance can manage any kind of currency you can invent. Or at least any currency that can be represented as a fixed-point-decimal.
Hello,
Graphing/categorization: yes, definitely. Let me know if there are any graphs that it doesn't have that you would like to see.
Discover Card/Citibank: It definitely works with Discover Card, and I'm pretty sure Citibank is in there too. Once the load on the web site subsides please download a copy and try it out!
PalmSync: There is a beta version available here:
http://moneydance.com/preview/
As for web based applications, not yet, but I plan on providing an extension that will do this. Hopefully in the next few months.
For a Palm-sync extension to Moneydance, check this page out:
http://64.83.23.228/preview/
That would be http://moneydance.com/preview/, but I had to take defensive measures when the story was posted.
The Moneydance PalmSync extension works with several PalmOS finance applications like SplashMoney, Expense, etc. However, it may not work with more recent versions of Palm Desktop for Windows.
I have JDK v1.3.1 (native) installed on my box.
In that case, use the "other" download option on the Unix download/install page. That will explain how to install moneydance using an existing version of Java on your system.
When running FreeBSD it is always better to install java yourself (to get the 1.3.1 version from ports) than to use the old least-common-denominator one that comes with moneydance.
it may be a hardware issue, I couldn't really say right now. About every 2 minutes there was an error message about a missing vpage and it would reboot. It was a custom compiled kernel to be as lean as possible, but I think it was probably running out of memory anyway. I won't know until the storm subsides.
I was not spreading FUD, I was telling you what happened. I am a big a FreeBSD advocate... hell I'm running it on my server, aren't I?
So yes, it being Java is a huge detriment right out of the gate.
I agree that many swing apps are bloated memory-wise, but please give moneydance a try. You may be surprised. It was developed to be relatively lean and doesn't use all of the high-memory-usage features of swing.
looks like it is experiencing SSI issues
should be fixed now. thanks!
lashdotted with 2 comments. Look, if you are promoting your own project, there is no excuse for a slashdotting. Be prepared next time you submit your PR piece.
Unfortunately, the FreeBSD box it is hosted on keeps rebooting.
Can I install the client on multiple machines without an additional license? Does it work with Bank of America seemlessly (ie, I don't have to futz about with dl'ing the transactions manually). Can I import Quicken 2003 data? How much does it cost? What libraries did you use for the cross platform work?
multiple machines, one license: yes
bank of america: yes
import q2003 data: yes
cost: 29.99
libraries: java - jsse, jce, etc
Dr. Cerf,
In your 1988 paper with Dr. Robert Kahn An Open Architecture For a Digital Library System and a Plan For Its Development, you describe a mobile agent system called Knowbots.
After 14 years do you still think that Knowbots have a part in the future of digital library systems? If so, how has their potential role changed since you worked on this paper?
1996 - Supercomputer Network Study Act. This was intended to open up the Arpanet to the public.
1991 - High Performance Computing Act (signed reluctantly by Bush Sr). This put about $2 billion of government funds into Internet development.
Both were introduced/sponsored by Gore and were the primary cause of opening up of the Arpanet to the public, thus creating the Internet.