China does a pretty good job of censoring the internet. Major telcos want to create their own internet and rights management will be one of the big "benefits" of this new infrastructure.
You'll buy the first set of eBooks because they'll be so convienient and have so many great features. We'll all decry the closing of bookstores with lots of comments like, "Oh, I still read a hard-book every now and then, it's got more feeling that way. Too bad everyone else prefers eBooks." Then, once the eBooks are the majority, they'll jack up the DRM. Hell, these days, most people will buy the eBooks even if the DRM is restrictive.
Let's see... then they'll pass legislation restricting the use of printing presses due to their analog nature and potential for rights abuse. Firemen will be dispached to finally burn all the leftover paper books because "all you need is your offically-licensed DRM eBook reader to enjoy all content." Most people will participate willingly, holding neighborhood book burning parties.
It's so easy to forsee and the corporations are extremely patient. Sure, there will always be EE's and hackers out there who can get around the protections. The protections don't have to be perfect, just enough to stop most casual users, as this legislation will do. Eventually possession of unrestricted content will be a crime. Funny how any "subversive" books and information will be restricted content, but yet nobody will publish it legally. Insert your desired definition of subversive here. Today's version is Mao - which gets you a visit by Homeland Security.
For the record, I stopped watching TV and most movies as well, but for more practical reasons, not as a protest of any sort.
Think about how much you really need those extra services. I recently cancelled all caller id and related services and long distance service for both of my land lines. Yeah, I just couldn't bear to drop "touch tone service" (>:[) but my $80 / month phone bill went down to $20. I have a cell phone which I use for LD and I don't really miss the caller ID service. Consider dropping all those hugely profitable extra services.
I've also been doing some serious research into VoIP and am getting ready to make that plunge since I have cable broadband (but I have satellite TV, ha).
What do you mean "crime is such a problem" ?? Sure, and "hurricanes are a problem" and "sometimes bad things happen to good people" and etc.
The truth here is that there will always be people trying to jack the system. In this case, stores have put in place these bar code scanners so they can track more volume more efficiently and push through more sales transactions in a shorter period of time, fully automated. Saves on labor costs since the cashier only need scan bar codes mindlessly and not be familiar with product. The drawback is the cashier isn't familiar with product or business practices since they are mindless, low-paid drones, and $1.99 iPods happen. Oh, and RFID isn't going to stop this either as the equivilent scam of substituting one's own RFID codes will appear in 3...2...1
I'd say the problem is gigantic mega-corporations are easy targets for somewhat clever scams such as this due to the very nature of their business processes and transaction flow.
We should develop a universal software installation privledges agreement. Something that is similar to robots.txt but applies to every bit of software that is installed on my computer.
Your EULA said that your software can hide from spyware detectors? Sorry! My Installed Software Privledges File indicates quite clearly that all software that is installed on my computer must not hide from spyware detectors. If you didn't agree to my ISPF.TXT file, why did your software complete it's installation?
a production dba role can be very simple. So why even bother with it? Unless you've got complex security requirements for it, you are far better off without that role.
Those production DBA's that do not have their head in the sand after the release of 10g know the score. Production DBAs are a dying breed. Oracle databases will eventually be self-managing and self-tuning in the very near future.
But as you say: complex SQL, data model design, ETL, Data Quality... you betcha, those roles won't go away until we've got either AI, or we rid the planet of users. Anyway, I was only being a smart-aleck in my original response. What ticks me off is the "know-it-all" Oracle production DBA that tries to tell everyone what he/she needs, rather than the other way around. Since everyone thinks the DBA actually practices computer-voodoo in order to keep the mysterious and all-powerful Oracle database up and running, they can sometimes get away with it. I'm here to tell you that is just ain't so. It's not hard, it's easy to learn, everything you need to know is in the docs with step-by-step tutorials online and the tools make it as easy as point-and-click.
Oh give me a break. You're missing the point. You and the little "I am *too* important" nimrod DBA who rated my message Troll.
All the things you mention are normal everyday DBA issues, not-specific to Oracle. Well, other than the endless stream of fixpacks and upgrades required for every Oracle installation. I was speaking about how managing Oracle databases isn't all that hard, but that Oracle makes everything much more complicated than necessary. The secret is, there ain't no secret.
Sorry dude, you certainly don't need to be a rocket scientist to manage an Oracle installation. The issues you're referring to are mostly problems for the development DBA, and that's where all the smarts are necessary. But hey, if you're convinced your DBA's hung the moon, more power too them. They've got you fooled. In fact, why don't you download a free development license for Oracle 10g Enterprise Edition and change careers into the DBA role? You'll most likely get a big fat raise and then you'll realize just how easy it really is.
Yeah, well I am an OCP DBA from version 8 through 10g and I'll be the first one to tell you to *keep your mouth shut* It's a piece of cake to manage these databases and the big DBA secret is that any moron can do this job. Oracle goes out of their way to make it all completely freaking whacked-out complicated to do anything, but it's still just command line nonsense. Spend 15 minutes reading the concepts manual, pirate a copy of T.O.A.D. and you can be a DBA too.
You wanna know what it takes to be an Oracle DBA? The first 2.5 days of any Oracle DBA class is simply learning how to repeat the mantra of the DBA. Ok, everyone say it with me now:
It's not a problem with the database.
I suppose I should turn in my OCP membership card now since I've spilled the beans. Go on, try to look your DBA in the eyes without laughing at him the next time he gives you the DBA mantra.
Good lord, this thing needs a dedicated server practically. Slick as hell, but it sure takes a lot of liberties with your box. That's right, I'm not the market for this product... This roundcube thing is right up my alley.
I haven't yet installed it, but it sure looks slick. Damn, and the installation requirements are just this simple.
1. Decompress and put this folder somewhere inside your document root
2. Make shure that the following directories are writable by the webserver
-/temp
-/logs
3. Create a new database and a database user for RoundCube
4. Create database tables using the queries in file 'SQL/*.initial.sql'
5. Modify the files in config/* to suit your local environment
6. Done!
Why must there be legal recourse? Why would anyone believe an anonymous post? The proper response by the CEO is, "some anonymous user in a public forum said something about me? Yeah, so?" Anyone who ridicules me would get ridiculed right back with something like, "only a moron would believe a coward's lies" or something similar. Anyone who believes the anonymous post is part of the problem.
Is the anonymous post in your example rude? Absolutely. Is it uncooth? Sure. Is it a lie? Probably. Does that mean the government must step in and track down that anonymous poster who said mean, untrue things about me? No. It is not the government's job to come to the rescue of every person who is offended by someone's taunting lies.
Now, that's not to say that if the speech is illegal that the government shouldn't become concerned. If someone says, "I'm going to kick your ass when I come to your house at 123 main street" in an anonymous post, well then that's something entirely different. If someone says, "You're a fag" well, so what? Is it slander? Eh, maybe. Perhaps the anonymous poster should have said, "I heard from an anonymous source that CEO Smith is gay." Would that be acceptable? Who decides? Is the chance that someone might get their feelings hurt reason enough to demand that all anonymous posting should hereforever more be illegal? What damages should be assessed against the anonymous poster in your example? $100? $1,000,000?
Huh? First of all, we have the right to speak anonymously, but it's not defined in the consititution explicity (which is why it's a right, duh.).
But more importantly, why the *hell* wouldn't you want to have the "right" to speak anonymously?
where in the Constitution does it give us the right to speak annonymously? It doesn't and it shouldn't.
Please, can you explain why you feel this way? I think you may be misinterpreting "anonymous" with "illegal" ("fire" in a crowded theater and all that) and that ain't necessarily so.
Yeah! It's about time we got all the crummy stuff off *everyone's* tv's! Did you also hear about that one book that uses the "N" word? It's about some boy who actually travels down a river alone with a black slave! I also heard about some really disgusting, vile, pornography from some guy named "Chaucer" or whatever he's going by these days.
Besides, we don't care if it's fantasy or not! Ban everything offensive! Boo bad things! Go away! Lalalalalalalala! We can't hear you offensive stuff!
Hey, while we're at it, be sure to ban any photos of our dead fighting men and women as they are returned with honor from overseas combat. That's offensive! The families could be offended, darnit! No photos of dead people in New Orleans! Someone could be offended! No depictions of rape on TV! Someone could be offended!
Heeeeey, what about depictions of rape on television? That's offensive! I think we should be cracking down on all of it. And I want the Republican's in charge and their friends at the Family Research Council to be the ones who decide what is offensive and what isn't. All Teletubbies, all the time. Oh, wait! They're offensive too! BOOO!
Uhhh... hello, Microsoft Tech Support? I got the Start Edition and it don't play my sister's video from our wedding. I need to upgrade, I think.
"Well, sir, would you like to upgrade to the Home Basic Edition, Home Premium Edition, Professional Edition, Small Business Edition, Enterprise Edition, or Ultimate Edition?"
Uhh.....
"If you purchase the Home Premium edition we're offering a special one-time upgrade reduction of $20 to the Small Business Edition and we'll include a demo copy of Intuit's Business Tax Pro Plus!"
Uhhh....
Plus, if you decide to upgrade to the Ultimate Edition today, we'll include a free upgrade for any of your family members to the Professional Edition from the Home Premium Edition (assuming they have already registered and that they have not yet attempted to execute a windows media file)"
Uhhh... I just wanna see the video.
"Greeeaaaat! I'll take your credit card number now to register your new copy of the Ultimate Edition with the new Windows Media Player 14.23.1 that can play all manner of blue-tooth-enabled blue laser hdvds! Isn't that great?!?"
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I believe what you are describing is string theory.
China does a pretty good job of censoring the internet. Major telcos want to create their own internet and rights management will be one of the big "benefits" of this new infrastructure.
You'll buy the first set of eBooks because they'll be so convienient and have so many great features. We'll all decry the closing of bookstores with lots of comments like, "Oh, I still read a hard-book every now and then, it's got more feeling that way. Too bad everyone else prefers eBooks." Then, once the eBooks are the majority, they'll jack up the DRM. Hell, these days, most people will buy the eBooks even if the DRM is restrictive.
Let's see... then they'll pass legislation restricting the use of printing presses due to their analog nature and potential for rights abuse. Firemen will be dispached to finally burn all the leftover paper books because "all you need is your offically-licensed DRM eBook reader to enjoy all content." Most people will participate willingly, holding neighborhood book burning parties.
It's so easy to forsee and the corporations are extremely patient. Sure, there will always be EE's and hackers out there who can get around the protections. The protections don't have to be perfect, just enough to stop most casual users, as this legislation will do. Eventually possession of unrestricted content will be a crime. Funny how any "subversive" books and information will be restricted content, but yet nobody will publish it legally. Insert your desired definition of subversive here. Today's version is Mao - which gets you a visit by Homeland Security.
For the record, I stopped watching TV and most movies as well, but for more practical reasons, not as a protest of any sort.
What, you think they'll stop with videos and won't move on to websites, ebooks, etc?
Think about how much you really need those extra services. I recently cancelled all caller id and related services and long distance service for both of my land lines. Yeah, I just couldn't bear to drop "touch tone service" (>:[) but my $80 / month phone bill went down to $20. I have a cell phone which I use for LD and I don't really miss the caller ID service. Consider dropping all those hugely profitable extra services.
I've also been doing some serious research into VoIP and am getting ready to make that plunge since I have cable broadband (but I have satellite TV, ha).
No wonder crime is such a problem.
Umm... crime rates have been going down.
What do you mean "crime is such a problem" ?? Sure, and "hurricanes are a problem" and "sometimes bad things happen to good people" and etc.
The truth here is that there will always be people trying to jack the system. In this case, stores have put in place these bar code scanners so they can track more volume more efficiently and push through more sales transactions in a shorter period of time, fully automated. Saves on labor costs since the cashier only need scan bar codes mindlessly and not be familiar with product. The drawback is the cashier isn't familiar with product or business practices since they are mindless, low-paid drones, and $1.99 iPods happen. Oh, and RFID isn't going to stop this either as the equivilent scam of substituting one's own RFID codes will appear in 3...2...1
I'd say the problem is gigantic mega-corporations are easy targets for somewhat clever scams such as this due to the very nature of their business processes and transaction flow.
Yeah, but have you used your direct neural interface, ON WEED?
We should develop a universal software installation privledges agreement. Something that is similar to robots.txt but applies to every bit of software that is installed on my computer.
Your EULA said that your software can hide from spyware detectors? Sorry! My Installed Software Privledges File indicates quite clearly that all software that is installed on my computer must not hide from spyware detectors. If you didn't agree to my ISPF.TXT file, why did your software complete it's installation?
Is it takes about 90 days for a full-on facial beating and ass raping to heal up.
That's Gnu/Linux worm to you, you insensitive clod!
a production dba role can be very simple. So why even bother with it? Unless you've got complex security requirements for it, you are far better off without that role.
Those production DBA's that do not have their head in the sand after the release of 10g know the score. Production DBAs are a dying breed. Oracle databases will eventually be self-managing and self-tuning in the very near future.
But as you say: complex SQL, data model design, ETL, Data Quality... you betcha, those roles won't go away until we've got either AI, or we rid the planet of users. Anyway, I was only being a smart-aleck in my original response. What ticks me off is the "know-it-all" Oracle production DBA that tries to tell everyone what he/she needs, rather than the other way around. Since everyone thinks the DBA actually practices computer-voodoo in order to keep the mysterious and all-powerful Oracle database up and running, they can sometimes get away with it. I'm here to tell you that is just ain't so. It's not hard, it's easy to learn, everything you need to know is in the docs with step-by-step tutorials online and the tools make it as easy as point-and-click.
Oh give me a break. You're missing the point. You and the little "I am *too* important" nimrod DBA who rated my message Troll.
All the things you mention are normal everyday DBA issues, not-specific to Oracle. Well, other than the endless stream of fixpacks and upgrades required for every Oracle installation. I was speaking about how managing Oracle databases isn't all that hard, but that Oracle makes everything much more complicated than necessary. The secret is, there ain't no secret.
Sorry dude, you certainly don't need to be a rocket scientist to manage an Oracle installation. The issues you're referring to are mostly problems for the development DBA, and that's where all the smarts are necessary. But hey, if you're convinced your DBA's hung the moon, more power too them. They've got you fooled. In fact, why don't you download a free development license for Oracle 10g Enterprise Edition and change careers into the DBA role? You'll most likely get a big fat raise and then you'll realize just how easy it really is.
Yeah, well I am an OCP DBA from version 8 through 10g and I'll be the first one to tell you to *keep your mouth shut* It's a piece of cake to manage these databases and the big DBA secret is that any moron can do this job. Oracle goes out of their way to make it all completely freaking whacked-out complicated to do anything, but it's still just command line nonsense. Spend 15 minutes reading the concepts manual, pirate a copy of T.O.A.D. and you can be a DBA too.
You wanna know what it takes to be an Oracle DBA? The first 2.5 days of any Oracle DBA class is simply learning how to repeat the mantra of the DBA. Ok, everyone say it with me now:
It's not a problem with the database.
I suppose I should turn in my OCP membership card now since I've spilled the beans. Go on, try to look your DBA in the eyes without laughing at him the next time he gives you the DBA mantra.
Dude. Stop killing my buzz.
Unless you are also deploying this motherboard to all your users, your tests would be bunk.
This discussion has prompted me to look into other apps... anyone use Citadel? Looks extremely cool.
Good lord, this thing needs a dedicated server practically. Slick as hell, but it sure takes a lot of liberties with your box. That's right, I'm not the market for this product... This roundcube thing is right up my alley.
I haven't yet installed it, but it sure looks slick. Damn, and the installation requirements are just this simple. 1. Decompress and put this folder somewhere inside your document root 2. Make shure that the following directories are writable by the webserver - /temp
- /logs
3. Create a new database and a database user for RoundCube
4. Create database tables using the queries in file 'SQL/*.initial.sql'
5. Modify the files in config/* to suit your local environment
6. Done!
Why must there be legal recourse? Why would anyone believe an anonymous post? The proper response by the CEO is, "some anonymous user in a public forum said something about me? Yeah, so?" Anyone who ridicules me would get ridiculed right back with something like, "only a moron would believe a coward's lies" or something similar. Anyone who believes the anonymous post is part of the problem.
Is the anonymous post in your example rude? Absolutely. Is it uncooth? Sure. Is it a lie? Probably. Does that mean the government must step in and track down that anonymous poster who said mean, untrue things about me? No. It is not the government's job to come to the rescue of every person who is offended by someone's taunting lies.
Now, that's not to say that if the speech is illegal that the government shouldn't become concerned. If someone says, "I'm going to kick your ass when I come to your house at 123 main street" in an anonymous post, well then that's something entirely different. If someone says, "You're a fag" well, so what? Is it slander? Eh, maybe. Perhaps the anonymous poster should have said, "I heard from an anonymous source that CEO Smith is gay." Would that be acceptable? Who decides? Is the chance that someone might get their feelings hurt reason enough to demand that all anonymous posting should hereforever more be illegal? What damages should be assessed against the anonymous poster in your example? $100? $1,000,000?
The public in this country has taken a rash beating in the passed (past? Could a Slashdot grammar Nazi clarify?) years
it should be "Grammar Nazi"
Huh? First of all, we have the right to speak anonymously, but it's not defined in the consititution explicity (which is why it's a right, duh.).
But more importantly, why the *hell* wouldn't you want to have the "right" to speak anonymously?
where in the Constitution does it give us the right to speak annonymously? It doesn't and it shouldn't.
Please, can you explain why you feel this way? I think you may be misinterpreting "anonymous" with "illegal" ("fire" in a crowded theater and all that) and that ain't necessarily so.
What this finding says is that you must now prove the defendants guilt before you can even find out who it is.
Damn straight. What's the problem?
Yeah! It's about time we got all the crummy stuff off *everyone's* tv's! Did you also hear about that one book that uses the "N" word? It's about some boy who actually travels down a river alone with a black slave! I also heard about some really disgusting, vile, pornography from some guy named "Chaucer" or whatever he's going by these days.
Besides, we don't care if it's fantasy or not! Ban everything offensive! Boo bad things! Go away! Lalalalalalalala! We can't hear you offensive stuff!
Hey, while we're at it, be sure to ban any photos of our dead fighting men and women as they are returned with honor from overseas combat. That's offensive! The families could be offended, darnit! No photos of dead people in New Orleans! Someone could be offended! No depictions of rape on TV! Someone could be offended!
Heeeeey, what about depictions of rape on television? That's offensive! I think we should be cracking down on all of it. And I want the Republican's in charge and their friends at the Family Research Council to be the ones who decide what is offensive and what isn't. All Teletubbies, all the time. Oh, wait! They're offensive too! BOOO!
I really liked that show too, until they went all "faith" and Christian in their "River of Stars" episode with that comet. They lost me with that one.
I can just see Steve Jobs writing checks to the record companies... one check for each iTunes song sold:
Steve: Pay to the order of Mr. Andrew Lack, one dollar and nine cents! Pay to the order of Iron Balls McGinty, one dollar and nine cents!
(Laurene walks in) Why are you crying and why are you wearing that old dress?
Laurene: Because I just heard a song on the radio that reminded me of the way we were.
Steve: What was it?
Laurene: The Way We Were. I get it. We've hit bottom.
Uhhh... hello, Microsoft Tech Support? I got the Start Edition and it don't play my sister's video from our wedding. I need to upgrade, I think.
"Well, sir, would you like to upgrade to the Home Basic Edition, Home Premium Edition, Professional Edition, Small Business Edition, Enterprise Edition, or Ultimate Edition?"
Uhh.....
"If you purchase the Home Premium edition we're offering a special one-time upgrade reduction of $20 to the Small Business Edition and we'll include a demo copy of Intuit's Business Tax Pro Plus!"
Uhhh....
Plus, if you decide to upgrade to the Ultimate Edition today, we'll include a free upgrade for any of your family members to the Professional Edition from the Home Premium Edition (assuming they have already registered and that they have not yet attempted to execute a windows media file)"
Uhhh... I just wanna see the video.
"Greeeaaaat! I'll take your credit card number now to register your new copy of the Ultimate Edition with the new Windows Media Player 14.23.1 that can play all manner of blue-tooth-enabled blue laser hdvds! Isn't that great?!?"
"Sir?"
Uhh.....