A lot of people are coming to Microsoft's defense in this case. We have to accept that everything MS does is not based upon just plain evil, there's a lot of good that comes out of that organization.
If you've got the choice between MS funding an inner city school, or the taxpayers NOT funding inner city schools and then complaining when their kids are dumb, I think the choice is clear.
Ugh, ok final part of the speech. MS is in a position to do this, and has the opportunity to do this, because Joe Sixpack doesn't want to pony up the dough to make schools an acceptable place for kids to be all day.
I'm sure he could have come to some solution whereby mail didn't bounce all over the place, and he could have saved himself the bandwidth. How about removing the A record for relays.osirusoft.com? Not impacting the whole TLD, and the queries would have dried up quick as SMTP installs started complaining.
No, this seems like a final flip-off to me. It's great that he decided to provide this service in the first place, but he had people's trust, and he burned them. Nice. I can't excuse that, personally.
That's exactly how we're positioning them. We spent probably more than $10,000 on the cluster, and we're now shelling out another $10,000 for some Cisco pixes. It's a sad thing when you have to protect your firewalls... with firewalls...
Sorry, I know they sound great because they're based on Linux (which should by all right automatically raise them to a better operating level since you know the foundations are pretty good). This is a bit out of character for me because I usually don't come down so hard on products...
Any Watchguard security device I've worked with that is under even moderate load start so lose sessions, drop packets, and reboot. This goes for the SoHo series as well. They don't do much against even the most basic DoS attack. Often I refer to them AS the denial of service, they're that bad.
I have a client using the Vclass series right now, and in high availability the cluster doesn't have more than 24 hours of uptime ever. They push about 2Mbps on average, and these things are supposed to be rated for 100Mbps. Don't get me started on the "features".
If you carry around this doll, Disney will know where you are in DISNEY'S OWN THEME PARK. Ai, the futuristic terror of it all! Now they will know I am trapped in It's A Small World After All for 30 minutes!
Look around, there are already cameras in every corner of Disneyland/World, and if you haven't noticed, the employee to tourist ratio is almost 1:1.
Other than that this thing is "cool", next time I go to that place that both frightens me and entertains me, I'll have one.
Uh, yeah. It looks like a Powerbook, and it's 12", this obviously spells DOOM for the whole line. Right. Anyway, like between September and November probably, we're going to see more G5 products being rolled out, and I wouldn't be surprised if there's a Powerbook in there.
Killer? We haven't seen the tip of the iceberg yet. Come 2004 I'll be posting from my 64 bit notebook. I'm sure I won't take a second look at this Sony after today.
Like all things in life, you have to make sacrifices. In this instance, he could probably have worked his ideas into a product that could be sold off of the LRP website (eg, the HARDWARE to go along with his awesome software).
The problem always is though, the sacrifice, in this case the investment and faith in his own ideas, and running the parts of any possible business that he didn't want to run.
You can do it, it can be done. The difference is wether you sit around for 6 years with half an idea hoping somebody cuts you a check, or wether you go out and apply yourself to actually make the money you want.
I work for myself. I have to do all sorts of whorelike things that are against my nature, like sales, and accounting, and marketing, and talking to other human beings that may or may not have beards and may or may not believe in the merits GPL.
He was waiting for somebody to notice? Sorry, no sympathy. Stop waiting. Pick it up, suck it up. He's obviously more than capable.
Hire yourself buddy!..ok, coffee induced rant over.
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in this case that the files are distributed via P2P rather than from "bots". So content would assumably make it's way to you the same way you might download something from KaZaA, but you can verify the contents with a "trusted" signature. So you can download the file from multiple independant sources, but it's still valid at the end of the DL.
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Apparently there was a point in the early 70's where this formula was "Musical, 100pc", and then everybody got sick of them and stopped going. This caused a chrisis in the film industry, and Martin Scorsese, Coppola and a variety of others were given a break.
It'll happen again, it always does. I hope they use this formula, because it'll spawn another chrisis just like the one in the early 70's after everybody gets their fill of our generation's "Paint Your Wagon".
Aren't we already doing this? Monitoring, closeley, those suspicious blonde twins with the double headed "bludgeoning device"...
Right-o. Someone in the US once said (to paraphrase) "we don't need the government to curtail our rights, the citizens are doing a fine job of that already".
Is there suddenly no need for computer programs? Why do we have these things sitting on our desks then? Perhaps the old-school "smoke and mirrors promise the world deliver a big thick manual instead" model is dead, yes. The general software industry isn't going anywhere.
And I don't mean to troll, but Ellison is a known blowhard.
Know those episodes of The Transformers where the Autobots and Decepticons had to work together to destroy a bigger evil? Yeah, well that works in real life all the time.
Microsoft and Disney both see the advantages to un-tethered and relatively "free" (as in open road) access to the Internet for consumers. Cable companies, who are used to being able to "channel" information to passive users, do not, as it raises the bar on what they have to provide.
Talk about some petty squabbles. Sorry, but that's really what it is. Mozilla is a solid browser that's free. The codename thing makes sense to me, as one who uses Debian on a regular.
While this will enable lazy voters, it won't really help with being informed. I predict that this'll just end up snaring votes for candidates with names like aa11John Smith or something;)
If you get your ass up, get dressed, go down the street and stand in line so you can present ID to vote, you probably have at least some idea who you're going to vote for.
If you can do it naked, from your bed while eating Doritos, you may not have the same commitment.
I remember I had a Commodore 64 back in the day, and my envious friend had an Apple II. His dad's reasoning was that the Apple II was better for business, which was true, but then his dad never ever used it.
It had to be a matter of public record anyway, right? I don't see what this solves. I think the old term "Security throught obscurity" applies here. That term has also been trampled on time and again because it just doesn't work. Hide information via one source, get all confident that you're safe, and then get surprised when you're actually not.
Is there anyone out there who can explain what this accomplishes really? I'm seriously asking because I might be missing something.
Luckily you're in Canada, where the layoff isn't such a bad thing if you're prepared. Some advice as a survivor (or lottery winner if you look at it that way).
1) Weigh the severance. How long could you coast on what they're giving you before you have to apply for UI?
2) Apply for UI right away (In Canada). You'll be entitled to at least 51% of your previous salary, and there are other benefits like education bonuses and stuff.
3) If you really are going to file a lawsuit, review why. If it's just because you're mad think again. It may end up costing you more than you ever win.
4) Those disclosure agreements are nearly impossible to enforce because they usually do step well beyond the laws they are built around.
I saw that version of Metropolis even before I saw Bladerunner, and I swear it somehow turned me into the sci-fi geek I am now.
Now the only copy of Metropolis that's available is a very poor DVD that I have. The DVD itself looks like there has been 0 attempt at a restore. I suspect they may have burned the DVD from a VHS tape.
I'm -so- looking forward to any new DVDs that show up as a result of this.. and I'd even love to find the fruited-up 80's version (because it sorta rules in it's own way too).
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If you've got the choice between MS funding an inner city school, or the taxpayers NOT funding inner city schools and then complaining when their kids are dumb, I think the choice is clear.
Ugh, ok final part of the speech. MS is in a position to do this, and has the opportunity to do this, because Joe Sixpack doesn't want to pony up the dough to make schools an acceptable place for kids to be all day.
No, this seems like a final flip-off to me. It's great that he decided to provide this service in the first place, but he had people's trust, and he burned them. Nice. I can't excuse that, personally.
That's exactly how we're positioning them. We spent probably more than $10,000 on the cluster, and we're now shelling out another $10,000 for some Cisco pixes. It's a sad thing when you have to protect your firewalls... with firewalls...
Any Watchguard security device I've worked with that is under even moderate load start so lose sessions, drop packets, and reboot. This goes for the SoHo series as well. They don't do much against even the most basic DoS attack. Often I refer to them AS the denial of service, they're that bad.
I have a client using the Vclass series right now, and in high availability the cluster doesn't have more than 24 hours of uptime ever. They push about 2Mbps on average, and these things are supposed to be rated for 100Mbps. Don't get me started on the "features".
Garbage. Would I trust my WiFi with that?
If you carry around this doll, Disney will know where you are in DISNEY'S OWN THEME PARK. Ai, the futuristic terror of it all! Now they will know I am trapped in It's A Small World After All for 30 minutes! Look around, there are already cameras in every corner of Disneyland/World, and if you haven't noticed, the employee to tourist ratio is almost 1:1. Other than that this thing is "cool", next time I go to that place that both frightens me and entertains me, I'll have one.
Killer? We haven't seen the tip of the iceberg yet. Come 2004 I'll be posting from my 64 bit notebook. I'm sure I won't take a second look at this Sony after today.
The problem always is though, the sacrifice, in this case the investment and faith in his own ideas, and running the parts of any possible business that he didn't want to run.
You can do it, it can be done. The difference is wether you sit around for 6 years with half an idea hoping somebody cuts you a check, or wether you go out and apply yourself to actually make the money you want.
I work for myself. I have to do all sorts of whorelike things that are against my nature, like sales, and accounting, and marketing, and talking to other human beings that may or may not have beards and may or may not believe in the merits GPL.
He was waiting for somebody to notice? Sorry, no sympathy. Stop waiting. Pick it up, suck it up. He's obviously more than capable.
Hire yourself buddy! ..ok, coffee induced rant over.
I'm gonna try it now!
And I took my own Karma bonus away, kthx. ;)
It'll happen again, it always does. I hope they use this formula, because it'll spawn another chrisis just like the one in the early 70's after everybody gets their fill of our generation's "Paint Your Wagon".
Hats off to them, these rule.
Aren't we already doing this? Monitoring, closeley, those suspicious blonde twins with the double headed "bludgeoning device"... Right-o. Someone in the US once said (to paraphrase) "we don't need the government to curtail our rights, the citizens are doing a fine job of that already".
And I don't mean to troll, but Ellison is a known blowhard.
Microsoft and Disney both see the advantages to un-tethered and relatively "free" (as in open road) access to the Internet for consumers. Cable companies, who are used to being able to "channel" information to passive users, do not, as it raises the bar on what they have to provide.
Talk about some petty squabbles. Sorry, but that's really what it is. Mozilla is a solid browser that's free. The codename thing makes sense to me, as one who uses Debian on a regular.
If you get your ass up, get dressed, go down the street and stand in line so you can present ID to vote, you probably have at least some idea who you're going to vote for.
If you can do it naked, from your bed while eating Doritos, you may not have the same commitment.
I remember I had a Commodore 64 back in the day, and my envious friend had an Apple II. His dad's reasoning was that the Apple II was better for business, which was true, but then his dad never ever used it.
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Am I not merciful??? :)
Can't wait. Windows 2000 Pro CDs as obstacles.
It had to be a matter of public record anyway, right? I don't see what this solves. I think the old term "Security throught obscurity" applies here. That term has also been trampled on time and again because it just doesn't work. Hide information via one source, get all confident that you're safe, and then get surprised when you're actually not.
Is there anyone out there who can explain what this accomplishes really? I'm seriously asking because I might be missing something.
Luckily you're in Canada, where the layoff isn't such a bad thing if you're prepared. Some advice as a survivor (or lottery winner if you look at it that way).
1) Weigh the severance. How long could you coast on what they're giving you before you have to apply for UI?
2) Apply for UI right away (In Canada). You'll be entitled to at least 51% of your previous salary, and there are other benefits like education bonuses and stuff.
3) If you really are going to file a lawsuit, review why. If it's just because you're mad think again. It may end up costing you more than you ever win.
4) Those disclosure agreements are nearly impossible to enforce because they usually do step well beyond the laws they are built around.
This technology is useless. Half the people in the airport are going to light up for one reason or another.
There's a giant need for this, cheaper. If someone can come up with a 1U KVM over IP box under $2000 USD they'd make a killing in the SME market.
I saw that version of Metropolis even before I saw Bladerunner, and I swear it somehow turned me into the sci-fi geek I am now. Now the only copy of Metropolis that's available is a very poor DVD that I have. The DVD itself looks like there has been 0 attempt at a restore. I suspect they may have burned the DVD from a VHS tape. I'm -so- looking forward to any new DVDs that show up as a result of this.. and I'd even love to find the fruited-up 80's version (because it sorta rules in it's own way too).
Oh oh, I know, a broadcast floos of NetBIOS and ActiveDNS requests on the exhibitors LAN!!!