Maybe Jello did some social engineering of his own to get a spot as keynote? Ergo, he is worthy. Punk bands like DK rule anyway, so who cares if he's there? I'm sure he's got lots to say about the Nazi Shit going on in the USA these days. I'd like to hear it.
> For example, two people each wearing business card-size transmitters and receivers conceivably could exchange information by shaking hands.
Donald Trump is against shaking hands because of the germs passed in doing so. He prefers the Japanese custom of bowing. I'm reading his latest book which is a pretty cool read, called How to Get Rich. The coolest aspects of this skin bus, I think, are the uses with video games, especially for twitch gamers. Xbox 2 will be *very* amazing now!:-)
The Microsoft Slashdot icon has never been more accurate that it is with this article. Where are they getting the human skin to test this on? Interns? Seriously, though... just stick your finger into these electrodes, please.
Now that we can all be Borg, so I just want to know how long before we have Borg incubation chambers? Anyone with kids will back me on this... we need them. I would think the skin bus might cause cancer, wouldn't you? No FUD about it... this could be some scary shit when you consider Microsoft's security record, as well.
> you cannot just discount user stupidity like that and claim superiority because you think you can engineer a solution for it.
So you're suggesting that Microsoft has no liability for their poor security? If what you're saying is true, it would have to apply to Apple as well, as they have similar user bases, and Apple has a much better security record considering viruses than Microsoft ever will. Any system has to account for user stupidity and rise to the challenge. I'm sorry but it's no excuse for bad programming.
Consider Apple. If what you're saying is true then Apple would have to have the exact same security record as Microsoft. And they don't. In fact the only viruses that have been found on Apple systems originated from Microsoft program flaws.
>...they weren't created for Linux (as it doesn't have the market share that Windows machines do) *and* because *currently* Linux doesn't have the clueless userbase that Windows does (I won't go into the discussion of management telling IT what to do and IT saying "yes sir" and not deploying patches).
No, you are wrong. The flawed security in Windows is a result of closed source. It has absolutely nothing to do with the knowledge level of the user base. Open Source means more eyes are fixed upon the project, following the bouncing ball, and that can only spell tight security for Open Source. Closed source has to compete with inner-office power struggles, funding diversions, corporate shenanigans, ad nauseum, and the user base remains clueless perhaps to how insecure their systems are, but that's not the point of it all. That's not why systems are being zombied. Spam, anyone?
Security is not compromised by the inept or idiotic, either, and any security system can be bypassed, so it must be about the will to do so, which *is* lacking in the Open Source community, for obvious reasons. Virus writers are actually intelligent people, with a wide variety of skills (read: m4dsk1llz), and they hate Microsoft, or they are bored, so they program destructively. There has to be something said about how corporations treat their programmers, in layoffs or forced overtime without pay, and this stress adds up to malicious rubuttals in the form of crushed company networks. Obviously not all viruses are written to get back at The Man, but many are. I may be an insensitive clod for pointing out how poorly us programmers are treated, but that truly is the reason malicious code is written -- because people simply don't like eachother, or they mistreat people who have a little knowledge and a lot of animosity piling up.
> there's war driving... war chalking... now War Kayaking, and war orbiting? I can see where this is going... War sex? Perv...
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we couldn't help but bring along a lot of equipment and decided we'd hunt for open wireless spots, this friends- was "War Kayaking" we found a ton You absolute nerds! Also, why didn't you just use the Smart ID Wifi detector? It's only $25, and therefore it trumps any pocket PC. Plus you don't risk as much if you get wet: something that tends to happen frequently when I Kayak.:-) (that and getting stuck in the damn thing, upside-down)
"We have reached completion of a GPS-Galileo cooperation agreement," a US State Department official told reporters, calling the deal a "landmark" accord that would reap "profound benefits" for both the United States and Europe in the highly competitive satellite positioning market.
Let me first say that it's nice to see the USA cooperating with Europe, but I have to wonder how much Blair's involvement in the Iraq war had to do with this agreement. Either way, it's nice to see the USA and other countries (like France) getting along.
- a common signal structure for so-called "open" services, and a suitable signal structure for the Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS).
This should be nice to see at work. I'd like to hear more about those open services, and what they will be exactly.
- a process allowing improvements, either jointly or individually, of the baseline signal structures in order to further improve performances.
Nice feature of the agreement. I think this will benefit all involved if nobody tries to improve their side into incompatibility.
- confirmation of inter-operable time and standards to facilitate the joint use of GPS and Galileo.
Does this mean they'll use the UNIX timestamp, with micro time enabled? Or is this something else entirely?
All in all, this almost appears like these governments are using the Open Source philosophy, or at least a small part of it. Hey, any step towards progress sounds great to me!
Why Intel bothered to lock these chips from overclocking doesn't make much sense to me. Maybe they want to ensure that users are getting what they pay for, and not more, but if it can be unlocked easily enough, I don't see why Intel would bother. It doesn't seem like best practice is being utilized in this kind of prohibitive design mechanism.
"The good news is, with the supplied antenna, you can just grab local HDTV programming right out of the air for free!"
That would be wonderful if we got something other than public access around here. What's that bear? Bear: Sits there, does nothing. Oh you want to play on the computer! (grabs fake cardboard computer) Bear: Looks puzzled What's that bear? What's Slash Dot? Bear: Looks angry, smacks host in the head
We all have to upgrade for Windows anyway. It's about fsking time Microsoft took a hard stance on security and backed it up. I just hope they don't drop the ball, cancel out ease-of-use, but then fail on security too. Wait a minute...
Actually, it's something called nonstandard english coined early in the 20th century in America. I guess baby's baloney is all balled-up with claptrap, irregardless of the face stretchers who want us to talk all hoity-toity, dip 'n sugar, tip tip tip, sip and stare, above reason.
God I loathe rich people marketing campaigns... couldn't they just broadcast them quietly or more targeted, as to not upset the poor? (read: me, I'm poor... I need a job, then come see me with BMW ads)
They should do a series based soely in the TNG timeline, but take it from the Romulan perspective. Get into their politics, their dirty deals, and evil science. Now that's a series I'd watch!
> If it "just has to get there", you wouldn't be using email in the first place. I have to fully agree with you. But, if it has to be there immediately, and can't wait for a courier or if you don't happen to have a good SMTP server, Gmail is at this point, a great service. One reason, I think, I would trust Gmail over something I had whipped together, is the sheer human resources factor at Google, that they have at any given moment hundreds of folks working toward keeping things active, that these same folks are some of the best and brightest in the world, and I have just myself, or my small ISP. I guess what I'm saying is that I would trust Google over any small ISP in the land, because it goes without saying that Google has the edge at this point.
> Do tell, what law are they breaking? It's against federal laws to interfere with the mail service, so I think someone *could* make a case for companies interfering with email, by extension of that law.
What if I saw a package going to your house from my competitor, and I was a Fed-ex agent? Would I be able to simply throw the package out so that you wouldn't use, say, UPS? Irregardless of whether money is involved or any contracts were involved; the act of arbitrary email delivery, to suit corporate needs over the needs of their clients, does transgress the law, one way or another. (Wiggham jokes can ensue now)
I would expect this from Microsoft. They can blame the spam filters, to try and save face, but the simple fact is, they are simply taking a page from their own rulebook; they don't want to lose advertising revenue from people switching to Gmail, so they are breaking the law and interfering with email. If Microsoft had successfully bought Google to trash it, Gmail would not have existed at all. For those of you just tuning in, Hotmail is owned and operated by Microsoft, after they bought the service in 1998. I was a Hotmail member prior to Microsoft being involved and the service has declined significantly since the old days. Although many of the features have improved since then, the bulk of the Hotmail service is becoming increasingly unreliable for email that just "has to get there".
In other news, we've got lots of Gmail invites for military folks here, so if you want Gmail for large files and you are a soldier, or if you want to donate your invites to soldiers, check us out. This is not just for American military, but any democratic military, such as Canada or the UK.
I think I was pointing out that Pepsi's market share prior to the Cola wars was much less than it is today. Coke made a mistake and they tried to correct it, but when you ask anyone who the major soft drink companies are, they'll always say Coke and Pepsi. Before the cola wars, Pepsi wasn't mentioned that much.
The more Microsoft acknowledges Open Source and tries to fight it, the bigger Open Source will become, because of the law of diffusion.
From the article: He quoted heavily from a Meta analysis which shows that Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for linux and windows is comparable.
Microsoft must be suffering if they are going at Open Source head on. I remember taking an advertising class once, and we studied the Coke/Pepsi Cola War. Essentially Coke was the biggest cola company on the block, until they acknowledged Pepsi as a competitor. By doing so, Coke gave Pepsi the kind of credit they needed to gain significant market share, and obtain lucrative endorsement celebrities, who may not have supported Pepsi if Coke had held the "one true cola" stance and simply ignored Pepsi.
The bottom line is that Microsoft is taking a page from Coke, and they are going to lose out bigtime in doing so, because their math is voodoo math, and they charge exorbitant license fees, so their cost of usage will always be much much higher than Open Source, no matter which spindoctor tries to make it look and taste differently than it is.
Guy: Here's my new cool project on torrents and TV. Slashdotters: Cool. (Click)(Click)(Click) Slashdot: Arrrrrrrrrrrrgh!!!! [[[[Crush]]]] Server: (Dies) Guy: Well now that you've killed my server... I guess my project can't continue.:( Slashdot: Thanks for letting us know about your project.
> Why on earth would you think you were important enough to punk?
Yeah only the most important people in the world get Punk'd, you know, the scientists, greatest of politicians and the humanitarian philanthropists./sarcasm
> I love how you have revealed your secret fantasy of being important enough to be punk'd, but having the brains and wherewithal to escape their set ups!
Slashdot Mirror
Maybe Jello did some social engineering of his own to get a spot as keynote? Ergo, he is worthy. Punk bands like DK rule anyway, so who cares if he's there? I'm sure he's got lots to say about the Nazi Shit going on in the USA these days. I'd like to hear it.
> For example, two people each wearing business card-size transmitters and receivers conceivably could exchange information by shaking hands.
:-)
Donald Trump is against shaking hands because of the germs passed in doing so. He prefers the Japanese custom of bowing. I'm reading his latest book which is a pretty cool read, called How to Get Rich. The coolest aspects of this skin bus, I think, are the uses with video games, especially for twitch gamers. Xbox 2 will be *very* amazing now!
The Microsoft Slashdot icon has never been more accurate that it is with this article. Where are they getting the human skin to test this on? Interns? Seriously, though... just stick your finger into these electrodes, please.
Now that we can all be Borg, so I just want to know how long before we have Borg incubation chambers? Anyone with kids will back me on this... we need them. I would think the skin bus might cause cancer, wouldn't you? No FUD about it... this could be some scary shit when you consider Microsoft's security record, as well.
> you cannot just discount user stupidity like that and claim superiority because you think you can engineer a solution for it.
So you're suggesting that Microsoft has no liability for their poor security? If what you're saying is true, it would have to apply to Apple as well, as they have similar user bases, and Apple has a much better security record considering viruses than Microsoft ever will. Any system has to account for user stupidity and rise to the challenge. I'm sorry but it's no excuse for bad programming.
Consider Apple. If what you're saying is true then Apple would have to have the exact same security record as Microsoft. And they don't. In fact the only viruses that have been found on Apple systems originated from Microsoft program flaws.
> ...they weren't created for Linux (as it doesn't have the market share that Windows machines do) *and* because *currently* Linux doesn't have the clueless userbase that Windows does (I won't go into the discussion of management telling IT what to do and IT saying "yes sir" and not deploying patches).
No, you are wrong. The flawed security in Windows is a result of closed source. It has absolutely nothing to do with the knowledge level of the user base. Open Source means more eyes are fixed upon the project, following the bouncing ball, and that can only spell tight security for Open Source. Closed source has to compete with inner-office power struggles, funding diversions, corporate shenanigans, ad nauseum, and the user base remains clueless perhaps to how insecure their systems are, but that's not the point of it all. That's not why systems are being zombied. Spam, anyone?
Security is not compromised by the inept or idiotic, either, and any security system can be bypassed, so it must be about the will to do so, which *is* lacking in the Open Source community, for obvious reasons. Virus writers are actually intelligent people, with a wide variety of skills (read: m4dsk1llz), and they hate Microsoft, or they are bored, so they program destructively. There has to be something said about how corporations treat their programmers, in layoffs or forced overtime without pay, and this stress adds up to malicious rubuttals in the form of crushed company networks. Obviously not all viruses are written to get back at The Man, but many are. I may be an insensitive clod for pointing out how poorly us programmers are treated, but that truly is the reason malicious code is written -- because people simply don't like eachother, or they mistreat people who have a little knowledge and a lot of animosity piling up.
> there's war driving... war chalking... now War Kayaking, and war orbiting? I can see where this is going...
War sex? Perv...
we couldn't help but bring along a lot of equipment and decided we'd hunt for open wireless spots, this friends- was "War Kayaking" we found a ton :-) (that and getting stuck in the damn thing, upside-down)
You absolute nerds! Also, why didn't you just use the Smart ID Wifi detector? It's only $25, and therefore it trumps any pocket PC. Plus you don't risk as much if you get wet: something that tends to happen frequently when I Kayak.
"We have reached completion of a GPS-Galileo cooperation agreement," a US State Department official told reporters, calling the deal a "landmark" accord that would reap "profound benefits" for both the United States and Europe in the highly competitive satellite positioning market.
Let me first say that it's nice to see the USA cooperating with Europe, but I have to wonder how much Blair's involvement in the Iraq war had to do with this agreement. Either way, it's nice to see the USA and other countries (like France) getting along.
- a common signal structure for so-called "open" services, and a suitable signal structure for the Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS).
This should be nice to see at work. I'd like to hear more about those open services, and what they will be exactly.
- a process allowing improvements, either jointly or individually, of the baseline signal structures in order to further improve performances.
Nice feature of the agreement. I think this will benefit all involved if nobody tries to improve their side into incompatibility.
- confirmation of inter-operable time and standards to facilitate the joint use of GPS and Galileo.
Does this mean they'll use the UNIX timestamp, with micro time enabled? Or is this something else entirely?
All in all, this almost appears like these governments are using the Open Source philosophy, or at least a small part of it. Hey, any step towards progress sounds great to me!
Why Intel bothered to lock these chips from overclocking doesn't make much sense to me. Maybe they want to ensure that users are getting what they pay for, and not more, but if it can be unlocked easily enough, I don't see why Intel would bother. It doesn't seem like best practice is being utilized in this kind of prohibitive design mechanism.
Yeah but I was only kidding. ;-)
Guybrush Threepwood would love this Bittorrent comment you made!
"The good news is, with the supplied antenna, you can just grab local HDTV programming right out of the air for free!"
That would be wonderful if we got something other than public access around here.
What's that bear?
Bear: Sits there, does nothing.
Oh you want to play on the computer! (grabs fake cardboard computer)
Bear: Looks puzzled
What's that bear? What's Slash Dot?
Bear: Looks angry, smacks host in the head
We all have to upgrade for Windows anyway. It's about fsking time Microsoft took a hard stance on security and backed it up. I just hope they don't drop the ball, cancel out ease-of-use, but then fail on security too. Wait a minute...
We nerds sure are playful, ain't we? Voice over DNS... sounds like a recipe for disaster, or dollars.
> Irregardless: Not really a word, FYI.
Actually, it's something called nonstandard english coined early in the 20th century in America. I guess baby's baloney is all balled-up with claptrap, irregardless of the face stretchers who want us to talk all hoity-toity, dip 'n sugar, tip tip tip, sip and stare, above reason.
God I loathe rich people marketing campaigns... couldn't they just broadcast them quietly or more targeted, as to not upset the poor? (read: me, I'm poor... I need a job, then come see me with BMW ads)
They should do a series based soely in the TNG timeline, but take it from the Romulan perspective. Get into their politics, their dirty deals, and evil science. Now that's a series I'd watch!
> If it "just has to get there", you wouldn't be using email in the first place.
I have to fully agree with you. But, if it has to be there immediately, and can't wait for a courier or if you don't happen to have a good SMTP server, Gmail is at this point, a great service. One reason, I think, I would trust Gmail over something I had whipped together, is the sheer human resources factor at Google, that they have at any given moment hundreds of folks working toward keeping things active, that these same folks are some of the best and brightest in the world, and I have just myself, or my small ISP. I guess what I'm saying is that I would trust Google over any small ISP in the land, because it goes without saying that Google has the edge at this point.
> Do tell, what law are they breaking?
It's against federal laws to interfere with the mail service, so I think someone *could* make a case for companies interfering with email, by extension of that law.
What if I saw a package going to your house from my competitor, and I was a Fed-ex agent? Would I be able to simply throw the package out so that you wouldn't use, say, UPS? Irregardless of whether money is involved or any contracts were involved; the act of arbitrary email delivery, to suit corporate needs over the needs of their clients, does transgress the law, one way or another. (Wiggham jokes can ensue now)
I would expect this from Microsoft. They can blame the spam filters, to try and save face, but the simple fact is, they are simply taking a page from their own rulebook; they don't want to lose advertising revenue from people switching to Gmail, so they are breaking the law and interfering with email. If Microsoft had successfully bought Google to trash it, Gmail would not have existed at all. For those of you just tuning in, Hotmail is owned and operated by Microsoft, after they bought the service in 1998. I was a Hotmail member prior to Microsoft being involved and the service has declined significantly since the old days. Although many of the features have improved since then, the bulk of the Hotmail service is becoming increasingly unreliable for email that just "has to get there".
In other news, we've got lots of Gmail invites for military folks here, so if you want Gmail for large files and you are a soldier, or if you want to donate your invites to soldiers, check us out. This is not just for American military, but any democratic military, such as Canada or the UK.
I think I was pointing out that Pepsi's market share prior to the Cola wars was much less than it is today. Coke made a mistake and they tried to correct it, but when you ask anyone who the major soft drink companies are, they'll always say Coke and Pepsi. Before the cola wars, Pepsi wasn't mentioned that much.
The more Microsoft acknowledges Open Source and tries to fight it, the bigger Open Source will become, because of the law of diffusion.
From the article: He quoted heavily from a Meta analysis which shows that Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for linux and windows is comparable.
Microsoft must be suffering if they are going at Open Source head on. I remember taking an advertising class once, and we studied the Coke/Pepsi Cola War. Essentially Coke was the biggest cola company on the block, until they acknowledged Pepsi as a competitor. By doing so, Coke gave Pepsi the kind of credit they needed to gain significant market share, and obtain lucrative endorsement celebrities, who may not have supported Pepsi if Coke had held the "one true cola" stance and simply ignored Pepsi.
The bottom line is that Microsoft is taking a page from Coke, and they are going to lose out bigtime in doing so, because their math is voodoo math, and they charge exorbitant license fees, so their cost of usage will always be much much higher than Open Source, no matter which spindoctor tries to make it look and taste differently than it is.
Guy: Here's my new cool project on torrents and TV. :(
Slashdotters: Cool. (Click)(Click)(Click)
Slashdot: Arrrrrrrrrrrrgh!!!! [[[[Crush]]]]
Server: (Dies)
Guy: Well now that you've killed my server... I guess my project can't continue.
Slashdot: Thanks for letting us know about your project.
> Why on earth would you think you were important enough to punk?
/sarcasm
Yeah only the most important people in the world get Punk'd, you know, the scientists, greatest of politicians and the humanitarian philanthropists.
> I love how you have revealed your secret fantasy of being important enough to be punk'd, but having the brains and wherewithal to escape their set ups!
I aim to please.