i meant, as in repairing the body in general. they're making some body parts from stem cells now, and going farther every day. i didn't mean a rebirth, but a regeneration. i assume that some cells survive, many don't. try to get as few as possible to die off, then replace the rest with the engineered cells.
as for the brain, i kill so many cells every day with beer, it's not even funny. who cares about a few more?
i meant, as in repairing the body in general. they're making some body parts from stem cells now, and going farther every day. i didn't mean a rebirth, but a regeneration. i assume that some cells survive, many don't. try to get as few as possible to die off, then replace the rest with the engineered cells.
as for the brain, i kill so many cells every day with beer, it's not even funny. who cares about a few more?
i meant, as in repairing the body in general. they're making some body parts from stem cells now, and going farther every day. i didn't mean a rebirth, but a regeneration. i assume that some cells survive, many don't. try to get as few as possible to die off, then replace the rest with the engineered cells.
as for the brain, i kill so many cells every day with beer, it's not even funny. who cares about a few more?
People try to debunk it as much as possible, but in truth, it's becoming more of a reality. Think stem cells. If you can harvest a few stem cells from a frozen body, and then help patch and repair the old body with them, could we not come back from the dead? Of course, as many have already stated, ice crystals screw ya up pretty bad, by breaking cell walls into little bitty bits. But, there are chemicals that help to keep this to a minimum, and, possibly in the future, low enough to not matter. So, cryo is a very plausible possibility.
Of course, i just wanna see Walt Disney die of a heart attack after he's rejuvinated, when he sees what crap his company's gone to.:P
Ok, one part of a chip is warmer than another part. That's why we have copper to distribute the heat. It does that, remember physics class?
What i wonder is, how are they going to identify individual parts of a chip as hotter or cooler, other than sensors all over. I'm sorry, but i can't envision the whole process being very efficient or well run right now. Personally, I'd rather try to get chips that don't need cooling, or piezoelectric fans that just go apeshit at cooling.
I've worked with people in the printer part of HP before, and they're not exactly the most efficient people out there. This sounds more like a Compaq-inspired consolidation technique, not a true engineering project.
Dilbert's boss, "so, we need some cooling in this part, right? and we have these printers that put stuff where we need it, right? why not use that thingy do help with that thingy! Make it happen!" ^Big idiot grin on face^
Has anyone else read it? I'm sorry, but the whole thing about changing your kids' passports too? It just reminds me of Hitler's Third Reich, and how he educated a whole generation with propoganda toward his own goals. No, i'm not stretching at all to make this view, it just really really looks that way.
Hitler started by subverting his government to allow him to do whatever he pleased, with no fear of retribution. They say history repeats itself, the details just change...
"I'm proud to say I've seen only 1/2 an episode of survivor and no other reality tv shows for one simple reason...they suck."
Sadly, i got suckered into a game of survivor power hour. one shot a minute for 60 minutes. some people went on to do a century club.
i must say, i didn't even finish... my stomach gets too full. no i'm not a two beer bitch. i drank over a liter of whiskey in a few hours on my last b-day, woke up at noon the next day, and started drinking again.
But, i must say i really don't care for backstabbing and deception... i like engineering, something more logical. thus, i read/. and the like.
This should be a very good thing to watch, to see if rights are violated, if it really does help people, and does everything it is designed to do. Also, who's gonna be the first to hack that DB? It's only a matter of time, you know..
first of all, i'm an electrical engineer. i simply stated the situation as i see it from a business point of view. i hate business, and its ethics. it's evil. i love open source. it's the funnest way to do things.
"I would just point them in the FreeBsd Direction"
Then do so! But, it's not an easily recognizable solution, without a well-known name (in idiotland, where business people dwell). very good point though, you may have caught me unawares..
"Three Letters: I * B * M"
IBM does the whole package, not just software. i like IBM, but they're not 'the' company like they used to be. Also, have you seen the IBM commercials that say "servers running Linux"? note, they don't say "running Redhat" or some other distro. Linux has a name out there, and they use the name that people know. i'm not sure what they use though, you can easily correct me on this
"I've got to imagine that other governments, which are becoming more and more computer dependant don't like the idea of being dependant on a US company for their systems. Thus the murmer from other countries about using OpenSource software."
That's also why they're making their own Global Positioning System, European style. National Security. But, i don't think that many corporations, individuals, or organizations, are going to go to a open source standard for that reason. Although i'm very glad to see them using OSS, simply for the fact that they then encourage development of it.
"Don't you people get it? GNU/Linux isn't about big business and making money and consolidation and standards. It's about a bunch of hackers working together on something because it's fun, and because Free software is a Good Thing. If what we make happens to be better than the proprietary software that's out there, great. If not, who cares? It's a hobby. With all the hype around Open Source, people tend to forget the original aim of the movement: To write a Free operating system. If you want to turn it into a commercially viable Windows clone, good for you. If you want governments to adopt it, more power to you. Just don't attribute your goals to the rest of the Free Software movement."
True, very true. it's also the reason why a lotta the original hackers, who are anarchists at heart (hellz yah), don't do as much for OSS development anymore. the aim is to write a free OS? well, if this 'movement' would work on the same project, under the same name, it would gain more recognition. but that's not the point, i am very aware. if it's crappier than proprietary stuff? then few will know of the sub-par OS and it will fall into the unknown(BeOS... though it's being re-developed for the fun of it).
""It conforms very closely to the Linux Standards Base. We can currently purchase support for it from many of the top IT services companies. Because Linux can't be decommoditized, bought out, or otherwise stifled by any proprietary software vendors it will continue as a top tier enterprise platform for decades to come. Because of it's longevity companies will continue to support it for decades to come."
yes, Linux is good like that. I said that a single, de facto known Linux distro to rule them all, and in it bind them, would be good for the business and marketing aspect of Linux. isn't that what this conference is about? But, i never said that it would be proprietary. the development company would not be able to hide things about it, or favor those who create apps for it. it would be all open source, and free as in beer, just the way we like it. vive OSS
Ok, Linux, despite what M$ may claim, has a place in today's post-pets.com/IPO/stupid-investing economy. As such, it's not as visible anymore. Think of it this way: when cell phones first came out, you knew who had one. They were different, elitist. Now, hilljacks from BFE Arkansas have cell phones, and no one notices. Once a Product becomes a standard part of everyday life, it just blends into the background.
This conference wants to 'Raise Awareness' and such and such. I think that, for the most part, people are aware of Open-Source. There are few markets, such as the lucrative US gov't market, that have yet to fully embrace it, but that's only a matter of time.
As of today, there are quite a few open-source companies, who unfortunately compete against each other, more often than not. This, IMHO, is the only reason that OSS is not as widely used as of yet. Yes, blame M$. But, that's just marketing. Marketing does wonders, but it's not everything. What is needed to overtake their monopolistic standing is another strong (not as big perhaps, but strong), company, with a very stable business behind it.
When i first heard of United Linux, my thought was, "Finally." But, no, it's simply a loose conglomerate of some lesser distros. What is needed to finally grab hold of these markets that seem so out of reach, is a single entity. If I'm a businessman, and wish to use Linux, I ask, ok, show me linux. What happens? I'm asked, "What do you want? Suse, Lindows, Mandrake, Debian, United, RedHat, ect.?" This does not work. If a businessman were instead told, "Here is Gerf Linux, the best supported and used Linux distro out there. It's the de facto Linux for all users. And, it's parent company, Gerf Inc. is making money, and will be around to support it too." THAT my friends, is what would finally make Linux, or any software in general, look more appealing to a company/government/user/organization. So, who can do that, and how? Sadly, no one. Unless standards were set for every miniscule detail, this system is not going to prosper in the way we wish it to.
"Hello,
I wanted to share with you the latest project I am working on. The case is a custom acrylic design and will house an Iwill MPX2 board with dual 2100+ MPs. I am about 2 weeks from completion...any feedback and suggestions are welcome." along with 4 or so pictures.
Why even post a half-azz job on/.? it's cool and all, but please, let the guy finish it before toasting the forums he posts it on.
"An interesting "violation" of the 2nd law of thermodynamics....since the only other natural phenomenon to have done this, afaik, is life itself, one can only assume that this is an effect of life on Earth, barring some other wierd cause."
so, you think that only life can affect what happens to earth? So, there must be life on the moon Io, if it has activity? The Great Red Spot must be created by life, since it's a change? I'm sorry, but blaming Mankind and for any change this planet goes through is just ignorant. Are you from Kentucky or West Virgina by any chance?
All it is is a flash thing. ugh. oh, and opera's half price for students. they sent me a code and email. i wasn't gonna buy it, i just wanted to see what the student discount was:P my only gripe with non-ie browsers is java and flash support... otherwise, i'd be using them more.
as for Defcon, it's my kinda time. drunken. wish i could go, but i'm stuck working to pay $23k of tuition. boo that.
Sadly, it's hard to trust any organization these days, not just the government and businesses. Any org/gov/bus only has one purpose: to live on, to expand, to survive.
Traditionally, we've knocked the big boys, M$, US gov, ect., but only because they've succeeded and have more clout, making us vulnerable. the reality is, almost any business would run the same way as M$, given the chance and the resources.
ICANN has a 'purpose'. To manage the Internet. sure, they may not have ideas that correspond to our own, but they don't need to. all they need to do to survive is to be able to use their self proscribed purpose to get donations and support from those who can keep the organization working. Really, they'd do just as much as Worldcom did, if they were pushed to it, in order to survive
So, while i wouldn't trust the ACLU with everything political, economical, social, ect, about the internet, i think that they're a necessary evil. if there is no central body to govern the internet, that fact will be exploited by those who have the power to do so (corporations instead of gov't... very bad)Perhaps, they most likely surmise, they can get some computer geeks to contribute to their causes, and can thus do the 'right thing'. although, they seem to have forgotten that recently in not allowing inernet voting (though, M$ has been known to rig those)
it's all business when you look at it. that's why i'm in engineering; i hate business ethics
True, there is some protection from the DMCA. BUT, it also says that when a security flaw is found, to first contact the business, and if the business does not respond in enough time, the government. He is not flying in the face of the DMCA, because he does not encourage sharing of information with other programmers (who might make a virus, hack stuff, are assumed to be 'evil,' blah blah blah)
the/. summary blatantly says Russian. i suppose that's just his home country then. well, maybe he just has that russian attitude then, of get what you can, however you can. they had to think that way under commy gov't, just to survive...
erconductors today are like electricity was in the 1800s. Back then, we understood little about how magnatism and electricity worked. It had a mystique about it that led to gypsies and sayonces (sp?) trying to contact the dead. Commonly, they used this new 'electricity' to contact lost relatives, loved onces, ect. Of course, they were debunked.
Superconductivity is today's mystery phenomenon. We see things float in air, we see electricity move sans resistance, and other principal physics phenomena simply discarded. It's something new, and not as well known. With this mystique, people can claim to have done wonderous things, and have at least a portion of the general population go along with it. Or invest in it.
Also, have you seen the Russian economy? How the brilliant scientists are treated? There's no money for them, they live in near poverty. I don't blame a Russian scientist if he tries to make money this way, legitimate or not. Personally, i find it much preferrable than him selling old USSR equipment (uranium, nukes, hot material, ect) to the highest bidder, in order to feed his family. If you don't think so, that's your problem.
y days to get me a different computer, which doesn't display the color 'green'. then i can't install the hardware i need for a project, cause i don't have the rights. and i can't make a folder on a server to store important files. no access there either.
they get ripped on, but sometimes for a reason. i don't hate them, but having to deal with another department in a company is frustrating, no matter how good they are.
i'm not sure if there's anything in particular that warrants 'appreciation days' for any profession. farmer appreciation day, finish your food? garbage pick-up man appreciatoin day, double bag your trash? homeless guy appreciation day, leave aluminum cans out for him to steal and run away with (quite a humorous site, let me tell ya...). but, sysadmins have this power of information, and the only reason they have this day is because they can post to everyone to worship them for the day. if i were a radio broadcaster, i'd try to pull the same thing. and get strippers too (publicity only i tell ya!)
"blinding people violates geneva convention
Only if that was the intended effect of the weapon. If it's a laser weapon that is designed for use against planes, anti-aircraft installations, and ground vehicles that could accidentally blind someone standing nearby, it's considered legit"
So, what if you're trying to burn off their eyebrows?
It reminds me of the last couple years, with Counter-Strike. I'm at a Univerisity with 10/100 ethernet everywhere. So, we started playing CS. had 2 or 3 servers running full-time, just for the network. Imagine a LAN-party. cool, huh? Well, imagine one 24/7. There'd be people playing at 4 in the morning, 10 in the morning, 10 at night, all the time.
But that's not the best part. The best was, we'd all play football out on Founder's Field (in the middle of campus), full contact, no matter what weather. After which, we'd all go drink. There were also parties, kegs, bottles, ect. I still hang out with those guys somewhat, and it was really a good experience. Especially M@averick, who'd always get drunk, sometimes get hauled away to get his stomach pumped... but the kid could whoop any of us in CS.
Even though a few failed out because of it, the whole meeting people you've been spending hours with online is a very rewarding experience. NOTE: there are more than just/. meetup's at meetup.com there's livejournal as well (yes, i'm friggin blogger), and others.
's true... though i must say that efficiency is a major part of any business, be it private or public. and, it has been proven that a larger organization is more efficient. thus, co-operatives such as ACE. the company i'm at is thinking of combining all the purchasing departments into one, instead of one in NY, OH, IL, MS, Germany, Toronto, ect.
, i will agree that there are certain things about small business that can lessen this gap. self-reliance for repairs for example, personal service, do-it-yourself work by the owner, can override the efficiency gap, especially in stores like ACE. but, i still argue, Wal-Mart has something that small businesses can't offer. the sheer weight of the company's presence is abominable.
This is true. Note, i say organizations, as a collective entity. Private business is different, true. But sadly, to survive, must make some of the same evil decisions that we loathe so much. My brother works for an employee-owned company, but they still must make cutthroat decisions from time to time.
it's all summed up in a song by Alan Jackson, called 'Little Man.' It talks about how Wal-Mart style businesses kill off the little man in small towns, and how we're losing our old ways of life. Thus, is change, thus is progress. We all must adapt, or be buried by it...
Sadly, it's hard to trust any organization these days, not just the government and businesses. Any org/gov/bus only has one purpose: to live on, to expand, to survive.
Traditionally, we've knocked the big boys, M$, US gov, ect., but only because they've succeeded and have more clout, making us vulnerable. the reality is, almost any business would run the same way as M$, given the chance and the resources.
but, the ACLU has a 'purpose'. to defend our rights. sure, they may not have ideas that correspond to our own, but they don't need to. all they need to do to survive is to be able to use their self proscribed purpose to get donations and support from those who can keep the organization working. Really, they'd do just as much as Worldcom did, if they were pushed to it.
So, while i wouldn't trust the ACLU with everything political, economical, social, ect, i think that they can do a very good deed here in fighting the DMCA. Perhaps, they most likely surmise, they can get some computer geeks to contribute to their causes, and can thus extend their membership and capital.
it's all business when you look at it. that's why i'm in engineering. i hate business ethics
Go to the bar at 6 on a Thursday, tell myself i'll get back and study. don't get back till 4, drunk as sh1t, take the physics test at 8, drunk as hell. we had a retake option on it, but the deal was we had to show up and take that test to be able to retake it. quite an interesting time.
my point is, how hard is it to hack at linux while drunk? not just buzzing, but total on your ass, falling down, peeing in the streets, public intoxication....cause i'd like to try it!
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i meant, as in repairing the body in general. they're making some body parts from stem cells now, and going farther every day. i didn't mean a rebirth, but a regeneration. i assume that some cells survive, many don't. try to get as few as possible to die off, then replace the rest with the engineered cells.
as for the brain, i kill so many cells every day with beer, it's not even funny. who cares about a few more?
i meant, as in repairing the body in general. they're making some body parts from stem cells now, and going farther every day. i didn't mean a rebirth, but a regeneration. i assume that some cells survive, many don't. try to get as few as possible to die off, then replace the rest with the engineered cells.
as for the brain, i kill so many cells every day with beer, it's not even funny. who cares about a few more?
i meant, as in repairing the body in general. they're making some body parts from stem cells now, and going farther every day. i didn't mean a rebirth, but a regeneration. i assume that some cells survive, many don't. try to get as few as possible to die off, then replace the rest with the engineered cells.
as for the brain, i kill so many cells every day with beer, it's not even funny. who cares about a few more?
People try to debunk it as much as possible, but in truth, it's becoming more of a reality. Think stem cells. If you can harvest a few stem cells from a frozen body, and then help patch and repair the old body with them, could we not come back from the dead? Of course, as many have already stated, ice crystals screw ya up pretty bad, by breaking cell walls into little bitty bits. But, there are chemicals that help to keep this to a minimum, and, possibly in the future, low enough to not matter. So, cryo is a very plausible possibility.
Of course, i just wanna see Walt Disney die of a heart attack after he's rejuvinated, when he sees what crap his company's gone to. :P
Ok, one part of a chip is warmer than another part. That's why we have copper to distribute the heat. It does that, remember physics class?
What i wonder is, how are they going to identify individual parts of a chip as hotter or cooler, other than sensors all over. I'm sorry, but i can't envision the whole process being very efficient or well run right now. Personally, I'd rather try to get chips that don't need cooling, or piezoelectric fans that just go apeshit at cooling.
I've worked with people in the printer part of HP before, and they're not exactly the most efficient people out there. This sounds more like a Compaq-inspired consolidation technique, not a true engineering project.
Dilbert's boss, "so, we need some cooling in this part, right? and we have these printers that put stuff where we need it, right? why not use that thingy do help with that thingy! Make it happen!" ^Big idiot grin on face^
Dilbert, "Sigh"
Has anyone else read it? I'm sorry, but the whole thing about changing your kids' passports too? It just reminds me of Hitler's Third Reich, and how he educated a whole generation with propoganda toward his own goals. No, i'm not stretching at all to make this view, it just really really looks that way.
Hitler started by subverting his government to allow him to do whatever he pleased, with no fear of retribution. They say history repeats itself, the details just change...
"I'm proud to say I've seen only 1/2 an episode of survivor and no other reality tv shows for one simple reason...they suck."
Sadly, i got suckered into a game of survivor power hour. one shot a minute for 60 minutes. some people went on to do a century club.
i must say, i didn't even finish... my stomach gets too full. no i'm not a two beer bitch. i drank over a liter of whiskey in a few hours on my last b-day, woke up at noon the next day, and started drinking again.
But, i must say i really don't care for backstabbing and deception... i like engineering, something more logical. thus, i read /. and the like.
This should be a very good thing to watch, to see if rights are violated, if it really does help people, and does everything it is designed to do. Also, who's gonna be the first to hack that DB? It's only a matter of time, you know..
ugh, now i must explain myself
first of all, i'm an electrical engineer. i simply stated the situation as i see it from a business point of view. i hate business, and its ethics. it's evil. i love open source. it's the funnest way to do things.
"I would just point them in the FreeBsd Direction"
Then do so! But, it's not an easily recognizable solution, without a well-known name (in idiotland, where business people dwell). very good point though, you may have caught me unawares..
"Three Letters: I * B * M"
IBM does the whole package, not just software. i like IBM, but they're not 'the' company like they used to be. Also, have you seen the IBM commercials that say "servers running Linux"? note, they don't say "running Redhat" or some other distro. Linux has a name out there, and they use the name that people know. i'm not sure what they use though, you can easily correct me on this
"I've got to imagine that other governments, which are becoming more and more computer dependant don't like the idea of being dependant on a US company for their systems. Thus the murmer from other countries about using OpenSource software."
That's also why they're making their own Global Positioning System, European style. National Security. But, i don't think that many corporations, individuals, or organizations, are going to go to a open source standard for that reason. Although i'm very glad to see them using OSS, simply for the fact that they then encourage development of it.
"Don't you people get it? GNU/Linux isn't about big business and making money and consolidation and standards. It's about a bunch of hackers working together on something because it's fun, and because Free software is a Good Thing. If what we make happens to be better than the proprietary software that's out there, great. If not, who cares? It's a hobby. With all the hype around Open Source, people tend to forget the original aim of the movement: To write a Free operating system. If you want to turn it into a commercially viable Windows clone, good for you. If you want governments to adopt it, more power to you. Just don't attribute your goals to the rest of the Free Software movement."
True, very true. it's also the reason why a lotta the original hackers, who are anarchists at heart (hellz yah), don't do as much for OSS development anymore. the aim is to write a free OS? well, if this 'movement' would work on the same project, under the same name, it would gain more recognition. but that's not the point, i am very aware. if it's crappier than proprietary stuff? then few will know of the sub-par OS and it will fall into the unknown(BeOS... though it's being re-developed for the fun of it).
""It conforms very closely to the Linux Standards Base. We can currently purchase support for it from many of the top IT services companies. Because Linux can't be decommoditized, bought out, or otherwise stifled by any proprietary software vendors it will continue as a top tier enterprise platform for decades to come. Because of it's longevity companies will continue to support it for decades to come."
yes, Linux is good like that. I said that a single, de facto known Linux distro to rule them all, and in it bind them, would be good for the business and marketing aspect of Linux. isn't that what this conference is about? But, i never said that it would be proprietary. the development company would not be able to hide things about it, or favor those who create apps for it. it would be all open source, and free as in beer, just the way we like it. vive OSS
Ok, Linux, despite what M$ may claim, has a place in today's post-pets.com/IPO/stupid-investing economy. As such, it's not as visible anymore. Think of it this way: when cell phones first came out, you knew who had one. They were different, elitist. Now, hilljacks from BFE Arkansas have cell phones, and no one notices. Once a Product becomes a standard part of everyday life, it just blends into the background.
This conference wants to 'Raise Awareness' and such and such. I think that, for the most part, people are aware of Open-Source. There are few markets, such as the lucrative US gov't market, that have yet to fully embrace it, but that's only a matter of time.
As of today, there are quite a few open-source companies, who unfortunately compete against each other, more often than not. This, IMHO, is the only reason that OSS is not as widely used as of yet. Yes, blame M$. But, that's just marketing. Marketing does wonders, but it's not everything. What is needed to overtake their monopolistic standing is another strong (not as big perhaps, but strong), company, with a very stable business behind it.
When i first heard of United Linux, my thought was, "Finally." But, no, it's simply a loose conglomerate of some lesser distros. What is needed to finally grab hold of these markets that seem so out of reach, is a single entity. If I'm a businessman, and wish to use Linux, I ask, ok, show me linux. What happens? I'm asked, "What do you want? Suse, Lindows, Mandrake, Debian, United, RedHat, ect.?" This does not work. If a businessman were instead told, "Here is Gerf Linux, the best supported and used Linux distro out there. It's the de facto Linux for all users. And, it's parent company, Gerf Inc. is making money, and will be around to support it too." THAT my friends, is what would finally make Linux, or any software in general, look more appealing to a company/government/user/organization. So, who can do that, and how? Sadly, no one. Unless standards were set for every miniscule detail, this system is not going to prosper in the way we wish it to.
yup, the only text the guy had was
"Hello, I wanted to share with you the latest project I am working on. The case is a custom acrylic design and will house an Iwill MPX2 board with dual 2100+ MPs. I am about 2 weeks from completion...any feedback and suggestions are welcome." along with 4 or so pictures.
Why even post a half-azz job on /.? it's cool and all, but please, let the guy finish it before toasting the forums he posts it on.
"An interesting "violation" of the 2nd law of thermodynamics....since the only other natural phenomenon to have done this, afaik, is life itself, one can only assume that this is an effect of life on Earth, barring some other wierd cause."
so, you think that only life can affect what happens to earth? So, there must be life on the moon Io, if it has activity? The Great Red Spot must be created by life, since it's a change? I'm sorry, but blaming Mankind and for any change this planet goes through is just ignorant. Are you from Kentucky or West Virgina by any chance?
All it is is a flash thing. ugh. oh, and opera's half price for students. they sent me a code and email. i wasn't gonna buy it, i just wanted to see what the student discount was :P my only gripe with non-ie browsers is java and flash support... otherwise, i'd be using them more.
as for Defcon, it's my kinda time. drunken. wish i could go, but i'm stuck working to pay $23k of tuition. boo that.
Sadly, it's hard to trust any organization these days, not just the government and businesses. Any org/gov/bus only has one purpose: to live on, to expand, to survive.
Traditionally, we've knocked the big boys, M$, US gov, ect., but only because they've succeeded and have more clout, making us vulnerable. the reality is, almost any business would run the same way as M$, given the chance and the resources.
ICANN has a 'purpose'. To manage the Internet. sure, they may not have ideas that correspond to our own, but they don't need to. all they need to do to survive is to be able to use their self proscribed purpose to get donations and support from those who can keep the organization working. Really, they'd do just as much as Worldcom did, if they were pushed to it, in order to survive
So, while i wouldn't trust the ACLU with everything political, economical, social, ect, about the internet, i think that they're a necessary evil. if there is no central body to govern the internet, that fact will be exploited by those who have the power to do so (corporations instead of gov't... very bad)Perhaps, they most likely surmise, they can get some computer geeks to contribute to their causes, and can thus do the 'right thing'. although, they seem to have forgotten that recently in not allowing inernet voting (though, M$ has been known to rig those)
it's all business when you look at it. that's why i'm in engineering; i hate business ethics
True, there is some protection from the DMCA. BUT, it also says that when a security flaw is found, to first contact the business, and if the business does not respond in enough time, the government. He is not flying in the face of the DMCA, because he does not encourage sharing of information with other programmers (who might make a virus, hack stuff, are assumed to be 'evil,' blah blah blah)
the /. summary blatantly says Russian. i suppose that's just his home country then. well, maybe he just has that russian attitude then, of get what you can, however you can. they had to think that way under commy gov't, just to survive...
erconductors today are like electricity was in the 1800s. Back then, we understood little about how magnatism and electricity worked. It had a mystique about it that led to gypsies and sayonces (sp?) trying to contact the dead. Commonly, they used this new 'electricity' to contact lost relatives, loved onces, ect. Of course, they were debunked.
Superconductivity is today's mystery phenomenon. We see things float in air, we see electricity move sans resistance, and other principal physics phenomena simply discarded. It's something new, and not as well known. With this mystique, people can claim to have done wonderous things, and have at least a portion of the general population go along with it. Or invest in it.
Also, have you seen the Russian economy? How the brilliant scientists are treated? There's no money for them, they live in near poverty. I don't blame a Russian scientist if he tries to make money this way, legitimate or not. Personally, i find it much preferrable than him selling old USSR equipment (uranium, nukes, hot material, ect) to the highest bidder, in order to feed his family. If you don't think so, that's your problem.
y days to get me a different computer, which doesn't display the color 'green'. then i can't install the hardware i need for a project, cause i don't have the rights. and i can't make a folder on a server to store important files. no access there either.
they get ripped on, but sometimes for a reason. i don't hate them, but having to deal with another department in a company is frustrating, no matter how good they are.
i'm not sure if there's anything in particular that warrants 'appreciation days' for any profession. farmer appreciation day, finish your food? garbage pick-up man appreciatoin day, double bag your trash? homeless guy appreciation day, leave aluminum cans out for him to steal and run away with (quite a humorous site, let me tell ya...). but, sysadmins have this power of information, and the only reason they have this day is because they can post to everyone to worship them for the day. if i were a radio broadcaster, i'd try to pull the same thing. and get strippers too (publicity only i tell ya!)
So, what if you're trying to burn off their eyebrows?
It reminds me of the last couple years, with Counter-Strike. I'm at a Univerisity with 10/100 ethernet everywhere. So, we started playing CS. had 2 or 3 servers running full-time, just for the network. Imagine a LAN-party. cool, huh? Well, imagine one 24/7. There'd be people playing at 4 in the morning, 10 in the morning, 10 at night, all the time.
But that's not the best part. The best was, we'd all play football out on Founder's Field (in the middle of campus), full contact, no matter what weather. After which, we'd all go drink. There were also parties, kegs, bottles, ect. I still hang out with those guys somewhat, and it was really a good experience. Especially M@averick, who'd always get drunk, sometimes get hauled away to get his stomach pumped... but the kid could whoop any of us in CS.
Even though a few failed out because of it, the whole meeting people you've been spending hours with online is a very rewarding experience. NOTE: there are more than just /. meetup's at meetup.com there's livejournal as well (yes, i'm friggin blogger), and others.
's true... though i must say that efficiency is a major part of any business, be it private or public. and, it has been proven that a larger organization is more efficient. thus, co-operatives such as ACE. the company i'm at is thinking of combining all the purchasing departments into one, instead of one in NY, OH, IL, MS, Germany, Toronto, ect.
, i will agree that there are certain things about small business that can lessen this gap. self-reliance for repairs for example, personal service, do-it-yourself work by the owner, can override the efficiency gap, especially in stores like ACE. but, i still argue, Wal-Mart has something that small businesses can't offer. the sheer weight of the company's presence is abominable.
This is true. Note, i say organizations, as a collective entity. Private business is different, true. But sadly, to survive, must make some of the same evil decisions that we loathe so much. My brother works for an employee-owned company, but they still must make cutthroat decisions from time to time.
it's all summed up in a song by Alan Jackson, called 'Little Man.' It talks about how Wal-Mart style businesses kill off the little man in small towns, and how we're losing our old ways of life. Thus, is change, thus is progress. We all must adapt, or be buried by it...
What other apps could this be used for? Sure, it's fun now, but what could it do for humanity?
Surgery Camera? there's already some out there, but they have very distorted views from the lens and displays
Security cameras? They could make a picture easier to interpret
Movies? They'd look a lot different, like a Fear and Loathing look. but it'd be cool!
improved pr0n? w00h00!
Other ideas? Reply here!
Sadly, it's hard to trust any organization these days, not just the government and businesses. Any org/gov/bus only has one purpose: to live on, to expand, to survive.
Traditionally, we've knocked the big boys, M$, US gov, ect., but only because they've succeeded and have more clout, making us vulnerable. the reality is, almost any business would run the same way as M$, given the chance and the resources.
but, the ACLU has a 'purpose'. to defend our rights. sure, they may not have ideas that correspond to our own, but they don't need to. all they need to do to survive is to be able to use their self proscribed purpose to get donations and support from those who can keep the organization working. Really, they'd do just as much as Worldcom did, if they were pushed to it.
So, while i wouldn't trust the ACLU with everything political, economical, social, ect, i think that they can do a very good deed here in fighting the DMCA. Perhaps, they most likely surmise, they can get some computer geeks to contribute to their causes, and can thus extend their membership and capital.
it's all business when you look at it. that's why i'm in engineering. i hate business ethics
Go to the bar at 6 on a Thursday, tell myself i'll get back and study. don't get back till 4, drunk as sh1t, take the physics test at 8, drunk as hell. we had a retake option on it, but the deal was we had to show up and take that test to be able to retake it. quite an interesting time.
my point is, how hard is it to hack at linux while drunk? not just buzzing, but total on your ass, falling down, peeing in the streets, public intoxication. ...cause i'd like to try it!