That's why I'm teaching CS in high school. Sure, I could be making more money coding, but I love to teach, I like my students, I get to play with all this old junk (and occasionally sleaze something new from downtown), I'm the head of the (one-man) department, and the benefits don't suck. I love this job, so I'm staying.
At least, I'll stay until they find out about the background beowulf cluster in the math department and the Tribes network in the lab...
Personally, I see little driving the next generation windows boxes. I mean seriously, most computers that are 3 years old will do most things the average person could ever want.
I'm in complete agreement. I can't see why anybody would want more than 64k on their PC...
"The military and the government don't really have too much choice at this point except to start to put pressure on Microsoft and others to improve software security," Erbschloe says.
WTF? Erbschloe (try saying that ten times fast) is saying that the United States Air Force is dependent entirely on Microsoft for its IT systems? Couple this with the fear that the USAF infrastructure controls enough stuff that a successful attack could shut down vital systems, and you've basically got the whole Air Force relying on Micros~1.
You know, some rejection-resistant artificial bones are made of plastics. Cochlear implanted speakers, remote control (or heck, subdermal) input for dialing and playing wacky snake games, subvocal microphones, and you've got an extremely subtle telephone system.
Imagine all the implanted execs actually looking forward to boring meetings to call up their dial-a-pr0n.
I'd personally rather see more initiative in securing wireless networks, instead of proceeding in a definitely windowsesque fashion and just ship ship ship the damned thing... who cares if it's ready??
Nah, it's a scam by apartment management companies: "Free internet access with every downtown apartment!"
Look at it this way. Differently clued execs sell more wireless networks and related equipment. Differently clued people buy them. Clued people support them and make money. This could be the next economic bubble.
George Orwell was a piker.
on
SSSCA Hearing
·
· Score: 1
I've been wondering how to shift power away from the masses and into the hands of corporations, all without having to saddle the responsibility of governing on the ones getting the power.
Regulate the private end-user, and deregulate the corporate provider. It was right under my nose the whole time.
*sigh*
Stupid government. Now if I could only get my dangerous, non-regulated electronics through security on my way to Australia.
The only reason the US has so many lawsuits is because it's populus is sue happy. Don't blame the messengers, they are just meeting the demand.
Yeah, but where did that demand come from? I remember seeing a lot of lawyers advertising their services to people who, to paraphrase said ads, might be able to get some free money for something that happened to them. Couple the ad campaigns with wide-spread news stories of people getting wads of cash, such as the woman who got mondo jing from McDonald's for apparently merely dumping her coffee in her lap (it wasn't as frivolous as it seemed, by the bye).
The whole point of advertising is to create a demand. A bunch of ad campaigns promising free money, a couple wide-spread news reports, and poof, you've got your demand, which creates a litigious society. So, instead of blaming the "messengers", let's blame the people who started the ad campaign.
One of the major problems with the system in place is that it poorly addresses the longevity (indeed, the immortality) of corporations. The law treats a corporation as an individual entity, even to the point of giving it an Social Security Number (well, it's called an Employer Identification Number, but if it quacks like an SSN, yadda, yadda, yadda).
So, we have large, wealthy entities. The question is, should they be treated like citizens, and if so, should they be treated as privileged citizens (e.g. with extended copyrights, etc.)?
Say I made a ray-tracing of R2D2 in a heroic action pose. Then I printed it out, framed it and put it up for sale.
Sure, R2D2 belongs to Lucas, but the picture, pose, content, frame, etc... were all made or assembled by me. Why *shouldn't* I profit off that?
Mainly because R2 is less a copyright and more a trademark. Trademarks don't have expiration dates, and can even outlast the life of the company -- many bankrupt businesses sell their trademarks off because they're worth something.
Slashdot Mirror
Time to start investing in 3D pr0n companies!
That's why I'm teaching CS in high school. Sure, I could be making more money coding, but I love to teach, I like my students, I get to play with all this old junk (and occasionally sleaze something new from downtown), I'm the head of the (one-man) department, and the benefits don't suck. I love this job, so I'm staying.
At least, I'll stay until they find out about the background beowulf cluster in the math department and the Tribes network in the lab...
I'm in complete agreement. I can't see why anybody would want more than 64k on their PC...
Hm... something's not right here... let me see if I can fix it...
occasionally something Really Important comes up that renews my faith in our Government of bank Checks and accounting sheet Balances.
That's better.
WTF? Erbschloe (try saying that ten times fast) is saying that the United States Air Force is dependent entirely on Microsoft for its IT systems? Couple this with the fear that the USAF infrastructure controls enough stuff that a successful attack could shut down vital systems, and you've basically got the whole Air Force relying on Micros~1.
The USAF is Microsoft's bitch. Go fig.
I just saw Tron for the first time and... *sob* WHAT HAVE I DONE? All those programs I've deleted over the years... Oh, the humanity...
Imagine all the implanted execs actually looking forward to boring meetings to call up their dial-a-pr0n.
I'd personally rather see more initiative in securing wireless networks, instead of proceeding in a definitely windowsesque fashion and just ship ship ship the damned thing... who cares if it's ready??
Nah, it's a scam by apartment management companies: "Free internet access with every downtown apartment!"
Look at it this way. Differently clued execs sell more wireless networks and related equipment. Differently clued people buy them. Clued people support them and make money. This could be the next economic bubble.
I've been wondering how to shift power away from the masses and into the hands of corporations, all without having to saddle the responsibility of governing on the ones getting the power.
Regulate the private end-user, and deregulate the corporate provider. It was right under my nose the whole time.
*sigh*
Stupid government. Now if I could only get my dangerous, non-regulated electronics through security on my way to Australia.
Yeah, but where did that demand come from? I remember seeing a lot of lawyers advertising their services to people who, to paraphrase said ads, might be able to get some free money for something that happened to them. Couple the ad campaigns with wide-spread news stories of people getting wads of cash, such as the woman who got mondo jing from McDonald's for apparently merely dumping her coffee in her lap (it wasn't as frivolous as it seemed, by the bye).
The whole point of advertising is to create a demand. A bunch of ad campaigns promising free money, a couple wide-spread news reports, and poof, you've got your demand, which creates a litigious society. So, instead of blaming the "messengers", let's blame the people who started the ad campaign.
Oh, wait. We're back to the lawyers again.
So, we have large, wealthy entities. The question is, should they be treated like citizens, and if so, should they be treated as privileged citizens (e.g. with extended copyrights, etc.)?
Mainly because R2 is less a copyright and more a trademark. Trademarks don't have expiration dates, and can even outlast the life of the company -- many bankrupt businesses sell their trademarks off because they're worth something.