In a final indignity, some area scout leaders attempted
(and failed) to deny David his Eagle Scout status, saying that his
extracurricular merit-badge activities had endangered the community.
Actually "the turning your wrists sideways to type" thing kind of makes sense in an engineering point of view.
Thinking way back to my statics class, the stress at any point in the beam is inversely proportional to the moment of inertia. Modeling your wrist as a rectangular beam 1" x 2", the moment of inertia is given by the formula ( b * h ^3 ) / 12
So turning your wrist sideways changes the moment of inertia from.1667 inches ^ 4 to.6667 inches ^ 4. With a corresponding decrease in the stress on your wrists.
However the actual stress savings will be less for the following reasons:
1. If your wrists are anything like mine, they are closer to being ellipses than rectangles, and concentrating more mass at the centers means that the turning sideways trick will make a smaller change in the moment of inertia. Also, measuring my wrists more closely, it looks like the values are 1.75" and 2.75". I just didn't want to dig out my calculator.
2. Whichever way you turn your wrists, they still have to handle the forces generated each time you push against a key. Think about "equal and opposite reaction" from one of Newton's laws.
The Coop pays for its data traffic on the T1 data line. This cost could be anywhere from $75 per month to about $450 per month, depending on traffic levels. After
some months in service we will have a better sense of what this cost is turning out to be.
Does anyone know whether that "about $450 per month" is the maximum charge? I guess they are about to find out. Sometimes I feel sorry for the slashdotted victims.
His anecdotal profiles of geeks who were not nearly as smart as they thought they were
Employees were obsessed with their stock holdings and with Amazon's almost desperate efforts to expand into new realms to justify the fanatic faith of early Net-believers.
I can't help but think that a certain other huge company riding the technology boom must have similiar things happening inside. Check your investments, especially if you have mutual funds, and see whether MSFT is one of the top 10 holdings. I will go on record as saying that their tricks will catch up to them. But then again, I am just some random guy on Slashdot.
The founder of the Free Software movement is encouraging developers to
rebel against the per-seat licensing that the "UnitedLinux" business
software initiative apparently will employ in its new distribution.
In response to an inquiry from Linux and Main, Richard M. Stallman issued a statement
and call to arms to Free Software developers.
"'Licensing per seat' perverts the GNU+Linux system into something that respects your freedom as
much as Windows," Stallman said. "They cannot restrict the GPL-covered programs in the system
that way, because that would violate the GNU GPL, but the system also contains non-copylefted
programs which are points of vulnerability. Free software developers, please don't let them license
YOUR program per seat. Use the GNU GPL!"
The "UnitedLinux" consortium, comprising Caldera, SuSE, TurboLinux, and Conectiva, announced its
cooperative effort to produce a core Linux for enterprise use Thursday. The announcement closely
paralleled a similar plan from Caldera alone with its 2000 release of its server and workstation 3.0
products, which offered per-seat licensing of a Linux distribution for the first time. The company later backpedaled, saying that it would offer free, non-commercial use of the product and ISO images for download. By then, however, community anger had driven many Caldera users elsewhere.
In its announcement and a corresponding teleconference with reporters, "UnitedLinux" said that
source code for the core distribution would be made "freely available," but did not specify the
circumstances. Binaries, the consortium said, would not be available for free download. Additionally, users and even the four distributions themselves are prohibited from labeling any desktop distribution resulting from compilation of the source, or any derivatives, "UnitedLinux."
It could not be immediately determined if Stallman or the Free Software Foundation intended to take any further action in connection with the plan "UnitedLinux" has announced.
I totally don't agree with the poster of the article about bemoaning the eventual deprecation of SCO Unix. While I have fond memories also an SCO system, I have a much clearer vision now. We need to more toward open programs and operating systems.
I look forward to the time when all programs will be free and open and similiar to the standard Linux utilities (grep, more, fsck, and so forth) in that programs do one thing, and do it well. Once this happens, and programs are generally well-understood like engineering principles, law principles, or medical principles, then programmers will be there to provide a service, like engineers, lawyers, or doctors. I only see this happening once the programs' source is open.
We (programmers) need to continue to move toward the "programming as a service" scenario. We need to get away from the "write the program once and sell a million copies and get rich" philosphy.
Mod this up. For those who haven't seen OS/2, it was really sharp.
Off-topic, I've got a little karma. When do I get to moderate? Maybe I am viewing too many pages per day. I'm kind-of spoiled by the fast connection where I work.
Would like to view source
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The electronic assault on payroll and other records was discovered by the Sacramento
Valley Hi Tech Task Force, which determined that none of the information has been used illegally so far.
I would sure like to see the direct quote which backs up this statement because it seem very presumptuous. Either the writer has misunderstood or the Sacramento
Valley Hi Tech Task Force is dangerously overconfident.
Iridium is planning to abide by the July deadline and sign a contract for the satellites, but it hopes the FCC will grant it leniency if its plans change and the contract needs modifying, he said.
Isn't the whole point of contracts to sign them once you are sure that you don't need to modify them? If you may require modification of a contract, why not design it into the contract at the start? On the other hand, I am not a satellite communications company, so they may know more about dealing with the FCC than me.
Hopefully this guy doesn't now disappear like the world's leading microbiologists. At least he is "the business" and should be better able to protect himself.
Software should be open. Stallman was right. No, really. . . bear with me on this.
Piracy will end when programming is seen as a service in itself. Programmers provide a service and move on to the next job, like a lawyer, doctor, or engineer. Each of these professions, along with countless other service providers, use an established set of industry-standard guidelines, principles and tools to provide the service the customer requires.
We need to get away from the idea that we will write the perfect program, and sell a million copies and get rich. What is needed is a way to give the customer what they want using a complete, interoperable set of tools.
My sentiments exactly. To succeed in a competitive job market, you need the extra edge that comes from having true passion for what you do.
Back when I was in high school, the "hot jobs" of the next ten years always included "systems analyst." Being the contrarian that I am, I predicted a glut of "systems analysts" and tried my hand at Mechanical Engineering. Only after "surviving" as a Mechanical Engineer for four years in college and three years working did I finally admit that I was hard-wired to be a systems analyst.
The moral: find what you love to do and ignore the Hot Careers lists.
I have a brother-in-law in prison for conspiring to rob an armored car. When my wife and I visited, the inevitable questions came up about whether he was guilty. He avoided the question, but in his defense, he said that "they weren't going to hurt anybody or anything, not like a drug dealer or something like that."
Flash forward a few years to my half-brother who is up for trial for manufacture of a controlled substance. He was angry that people dealing drugs are treated the same as bank robbers and other real criminals. At least, according to him, they weren't taking anything that actually belonged to someone else.
fubar the firmware (so the machine can't be rebooted), effectivley killing the iMac. . . . Some Audio CD protection schemes such as Cactus DATA Shield 100/200, KeyAudio, and perhaps others may be defeated by invalidating the outer ring of the CD with a black marker or post-it sticky note. www.chip.de has their report in German, here is a translation."
When playing around with the opportunity to kill my firmware, I would wait for a real English article to tell me what to do, instead of relying on a translation. But maybe I'm just being paranoid.
And I do mean really serious, then one place where the Portland Linux/Unix Group is collecting information is here. I am still waiting for them to contact me, but I am certainly willing.
I don't know about Conn., but in my state, there is a dearth of skilled computer people working for State Government. I think this could have something to do with lower pay in government than in the private sector.
I was a Mechanical Engineer with a 4-year degree, but I wanted to move into programming. A state agency interviewed me, saw I had passion for programming, and took a chance on me. It has worked out well for them and for me.
Slashdot Mirror
A Scout is:
Trustworthy,
Loyal,
Helpful,
Friendly,
Courteous,
Kind,
Obedient,
Cheerful,
Thrifty,
Brave,
Clean,
and Reverent.
I think the only thing they could fault him for is "Clean," but I'd give him bonus points for "Thrifty." Makes me proud to be a Boy Scout.
How many of these "Counter-Offers are Dangerous/Evil" comments are from recruiting companies that are Astro-Turfing.
Actually "the turning your wrists sideways to type" thing kind of makes sense in an engineering point of view.
Thinking way back to my statics class, the stress at any point in the beam is inversely proportional to the moment of inertia. Modeling your wrist as a rectangular beam 1" x 2", the moment of inertia is given by the formula .1667 inches ^ 4 to .6667 inches ^ 4. With a corresponding decrease in the stress on your wrists.
( b * h ^3 ) / 12
So turning your wrist sideways changes the moment of inertia from
However the actual stress savings will be less for the following reasons:
1. If your wrists are anything like mine, they are closer to being ellipses than rectangles, and concentrating more mass at the centers means that the turning sideways trick will make a smaller change in the moment of inertia. Also, measuring my wrists more closely, it looks like the values are 1.75" and 2.75". I just didn't want to dig out my calculator.
2. Whichever way you turn your wrists, they still have to handle the forces generated each time you push against a key. Think about "equal and opposite reaction" from one of Newton's laws.
Uh Oh.
Does anyone know whether that "about $450 per month" is the maximum charge? I guess they are about to find out. Sometimes I feel sorry for the slashdotted victims.
Actually I used to read the Taiwanese motherboard manuals both for the information and for the really funny Engrish.
The main reason I read less manuals than I used to is that so often the "manual" is on a CD. Two problems with this:
1. I jealously guard the free space on my (small) hard drive.
2. I am very efficient (lazy) and I begrudge that extra 20 seconds it takes to pop in the CD and find the answer I want.
If I really find a manual useful, I will print out part or all of it.
The founder of the Free Software movement is encouraging developers to rebel against the per-seat licensing that the "UnitedLinux" business software initiative apparently will employ in its new distribution.
In response to an inquiry from Linux and Main, Richard M. Stallman issued a statement and call to arms to Free Software developers.
The "UnitedLinux" consortium, comprising Caldera, SuSE, TurboLinux, and Conectiva, announced its cooperative effort to produce a core Linux for enterprise use Thursday. The announcement closely paralleled a similar plan from Caldera alone with its 2000 release of its server and workstation 3.0 products, which offered per-seat licensing of a Linux distribution for the first time. The company later backpedaled, saying that it would offer free, non-commercial use of the product and ISO images for download. By then, however, community anger had driven many Caldera users elsewhere.
In its announcement and a corresponding teleconference with reporters, "UnitedLinux" said that source code for the core distribution would be made "freely available," but did not specify the circumstances. Binaries, the consortium said, would not be available for free download. Additionally, users and even the four distributions themselves are prohibited from labeling any desktop distribution resulting from compilation of the source, or any derivatives, "UnitedLinux."
It could not be immediately determined if Stallman or the Free Software Foundation intended to take any further action in connection with the plan "UnitedLinux" has announced.
I look forward to the time when all programs will be free and open and similiar to the standard Linux utilities (grep, more, fsck, and so forth) in that programs do one thing, and do it well. Once this happens, and programs are generally well-understood like engineering principles, law principles, or medical principles, then programmers will be there to provide a service, like engineers, lawyers, or doctors. I only see this happening once the programs' source is open.
We (programmers) need to continue to move toward the "programming as a service" scenario. We need to get away from the "write the program once and sell a million copies and get rich" philosphy.
Mod this up. For those who haven't seen OS/2, it was really sharp. Off-topic, I've got a little karma. When do I get to moderate? Maybe I am viewing too many pages per day. I'm kind-of spoiled by the fast connection where I work.
I would sure like to see the direct quote which backs up this statement because it seem very presumptuous. Either the writer has misunderstood or the Sacramento Valley Hi Tech Task Force is dangerously overconfident.
The only thing disturbing about the kids' section is the horrible navigation and site design.
Trying to find my way through it made my brain hurt.
Isn't the whole point of contracts to sign them once you are sure that you don't need to modify them? If you may require modification of a contract, why not design it into the contract at the start? On the other hand, I am not a satellite communications company, so they may know more about dealing with the FCC than me.
Hopefully this guy doesn't now disappear like the world's leading microbiologists. At least he is "the business" and should be better able to protect himself.
Software should be open. Stallman was right. No, really. . . bear with me on this.
Piracy will end when programming is seen as a service in itself. Programmers provide a service and move on to the next job, like a lawyer, doctor, or engineer. Each of these professions, along with countless other service providers, use an established set of industry-standard guidelines, principles and tools to provide the service the customer requires.
We need to get away from the idea that we will write the perfect program, and sell a million copies and get rich. What is needed is a way to give the customer what they want using a complete, interoperable set of tools.
My sentiments exactly. To succeed in a competitive job market, you need the extra edge that comes from having true passion for what you do.
Back when I was in high school, the "hot jobs" of the next ten years always included "systems analyst." Being the contrarian that I am, I predicted a glut of "systems analysts" and tried my hand at Mechanical Engineering. Only after "surviving" as a Mechanical Engineer for four years in college and three years working did I finally admit that I was hard-wired to be a systems analyst.
The moral: find what you love to do and ignore the Hot Careers lists.
Actually a funny, but true story:
I have a brother-in-law in prison for conspiring to rob an armored car. When my wife and I visited, the inevitable questions came up about whether he was guilty. He avoided the question, but in his defense, he said that "they weren't going to hurt anybody or anything, not like a drug dealer or something like that."
Flash forward a few years to my half-brother who is up for trial for manufacture of a controlled substance. He was angry that people dealing drugs are treated the same as bank robbers and other real criminals. At least, according to him, they weren't taking anything that actually belonged to someone else.
I work for police as a programmer. So many times the decision on what to spend time on comes down a judgement call on the part of the officer.
This case really highlights the intersection of "virtual" laws and legal issues with real-life space-time constraints.
When playing around with the opportunity to kill my firmware, I would wait for a real English article to tell me what to do, instead of relying on a translation. But maybe I'm just being paranoid.
And I do mean really serious, then one place where the Portland Linux/Unix Group is collecting information is here. I am still waiting for them to contact me, but I am certainly willing.
In true hacker spirit, it looks like this is also a "random karma generator."
That is the best news I've heard all day.
I don't know about Conn., but in my state, there is a dearth of skilled computer people working for State Government. I think this could have something to do with lower pay in government than in the private sector.
I was a Mechanical Engineer with a 4-year degree, but I wanted to move into programming. A state agency interviewed me, saw I had passion for programming, and took a chance on me. It has worked out well for them and for me.