I do not understand why he quit at all. If you are against something a committee is doing, why in the heck would you give up power by leaving the committee?
Yep. I'm a life long Windows user. But I'm in the process to transitioning to a mix of Mac and Ubuntu as my OS's. I can't trust Windows anymore, so I guess I won't use it.
This whole episode is evidence that computer hacking should be completely legalized. If hacking was legal, some white-hat script kiddie from Nebraska would have found the security flaws in Sony's system a long time ago. The flaws would have been reported and fixed and would have been a whole lot less damaging to the country as a whole. Probably it barely would have made the news.
Instead we have to wait around for some country who has no regard for out legal system to hack our systems and find our flaws. Now North Korea looks smart, while we all know that there are hundreds of 16 year old hackers out there who probably could have done the same thing --- if it was legal.
I do like the term "Gilded Internet" that I heard somewhere once. Net Neutrality lobbyists need to recognize the power of catchphrases and terminology in swaying public opinion.
I wrote my Republican Congressman a letter. He wrote back and said he would vote against SOPA if given the chance. Republicans don't *always* follow FNC.
I'd have gone outside. Whats a 2 minutes walk outside in the chance that maybe you might die. Heck I'd have gone outside just because it's as good an excuse as any to take a break from working for a bit.
Is anyone else still on Windows 2000? I never saw a reason to upgrade from 2000 to XP, and definitely no reason to "upgrade" to Vista. Windows 2000 does everything I want in a Windows OS. Does no one else feel this way?
Well I'd say websites in general. There are many non-profits who I'm sure could use a good website and/or hosting and maintenance. That is probably the number one way us nerds can donate our skills.
I strongly disagree. Nerds are smart people who like to solve hard problems. I have every bit of confidence that is todays nerds were given the power to create a governmental system, it would be completely awesome. If open source and shared information in the technology world are any indication, transparency and security can surely both be achieved.
>My old boss was demonstrating some code to a customer and when he opened up a file there were obscenities left in some of the comments by another developer. The customer was NOT pleased.
Bah, that's the PHB's fault for not running through his own demo before presenting to a customer.
I think the point is that this is not physically even possible, and it's obvious that lies are being told. A data storage device that is not protected from static electricity is not a storage device at all.
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I do not understand why he quit at all. If you are against something a committee is doing, why in the heck would you give up power by leaving the committee?
Yep. I'm a life long Windows user. But I'm in the process to transitioning to a mix of Mac and Ubuntu as my OS's. I can't trust Windows anymore, so I guess I won't use it.
This whole episode is evidence that computer hacking should be completely legalized. If hacking was legal, some white-hat script kiddie from Nebraska would have found the security flaws in Sony's system a long time ago. The flaws would have been reported and fixed and would have been a whole lot less damaging to the country as a whole. Probably it barely would have made the news.
Instead we have to wait around for some country who has no regard for out legal system to hack our systems and find our flaws. Now North Korea looks smart, while we all know that there are hundreds of 16 year old hackers out there who probably could have done the same thing --- if it was legal.
Way to go lawmakers.
I do like the term "Gilded Internet" that I heard somewhere once. Net Neutrality lobbyists need to recognize the power of catchphrases and terminology in swaying public opinion.
I haven't even gotten used to the current site design yet. Sheeesh.
Without headphones I would not be able to pretend I can't hear the idiot that is trying to talk to me over my left shoulder.
Never heard of him.
I wrote my Republican Congressman a letter. He wrote back and said he would vote against SOPA if given the chance. Republicans don't *always* follow FNC.
It would seem to be in Facebooks best interest to keep the internet neutral. Perhaps their lobbying weight can do good work to keep it that way?
I kind of get the feeling that in 5-10 more years that even this won't be enough.
https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora
I'd have gone outside. Whats a 2 minutes walk outside in the chance that maybe you might die. Heck I'd have gone outside just because it's as good an excuse as any to take a break from working for a bit.
I just think this whole post is interesting. I bet most IT guys don't have the software morals that this guy does.
Is anyone else still on Windows 2000? I never saw a reason to upgrade from 2000 to XP, and definitely no reason to "upgrade" to Vista. Windows 2000 does everything I want in a Windows OS. Does no one else feel this way?
Man, this posting and subsequent thread is going to drive jonesday's search engine rankings through the roof.
It's the great equalizer. No one can control this thing. The rules are enforced by the people: give us quality or get out.
Yep, that is exactly what was running through my mind.
Well I'd say websites in general. There are many non-profits who I'm sure could use a good website and/or hosting and maintenance. That is probably the number one way us nerds can donate our skills.
I strongly disagree. Nerds are smart people who like to solve hard problems. I have every bit of confidence that is todays nerds were given the power to create a governmental system, it would be completely awesome. If open source and shared information in the technology world are any indication, transparency and security can surely both be achieved.
>My old boss was demonstrating some code to a customer and when he opened up a file there were obscenities left in some of the comments by another developer. The customer was NOT pleased.
Bah, that's the PHB's fault for not running through his own demo before presenting to a customer.
what if the zero and one are your only family? did you ever think of that?
People don't learn from history very well, do they?
I think the point is that this is not physically even possible, and it's obvious that lies are being told. A data storage device that is not protected from static electricity is not a storage device at all.
You kidding? That was slashdot like 1 year ago. Took these guys forever to update the look and feel of this site.
I never liked w3schools or python.org. Unfortunately they are the best, wich sucks.