I think you're exactly right. This will only last for a short while.
For those of you still confused:
you give address: kilo+tdw@gmail.com And the evil spam people automatically remove everything after and including the "+" sign, and send spam to: kilo@gmail.com.
Afterall, EVERY gmail user account works this way...
There actually is similar "DRM" to that of a video tape on digital audio cd's. Check out SCMS. SCMS prevents digital copies of cd's using S/PDIF on consumer equipment.
Computers are not considered the same 'class' of equipment, so they're allowed to duplicate/copy.
That said, because computers don't pay attention to SCMS (and they are aware of this -- my powerbook's cdrom will report if a track has SCMS, see the man page for drtool), there isn't any sort of *effective* DRM on proper redbook audio cd's. But you better believe there's basic DRM on every single one.
What really surprised me (besides the large number of female users... haha) is that 36% of the users survayed DO NOT use "non-graphical tools (e.g. YaST text mode, console) when installing or administering your Linux operating system"
Either desktop linux tools have changed a lot in the past few years, or these people aren't digging that far into their systems.
I've been "down under", and I can tell you all, there are plenty of gas guzzeling monstrosities down there. Most aren't as fancy as ours, but they get the job done.
The average aussie doesn't get 43 mpg.
Oh, and my American friends have Toyotas that get about that too. All made in Asia I suppose.
Just like cold fusion, the amount of uninformed people making extremist claims about this diffuses the issue. And the main people making these claims are politically-motivated. Either they are politicians themselves, or talk show hosts, news paper writers, etc.
What we need is a good, honest look at climate trends. Because words like "global warming" and "el niño" are so overused, diffused, and politicized, we have to look at this purely as a scientific study about climate trends, and the study has to be carried out by multiple parties.
My guess is this graph on temperature distribution is more or less a graph of temperature sensor accuracy. I can't imagine that drives at 50C had the lowest failure rate.
While this would require a more laboratory-like environment, a dozen drives of each type and manufacture could have been sampled at known temperatures, and a data curve could have been established to calibrate the temperature sensors.
There are lots of studies out there where drives were intentionally heated, and higher degrees of failure were indeed reported (this is mentioned in the google report too). So the correlation is probably still valid, just not well-proven.
I guess no matter how affluent the United States gets, there will always be people who think that poor people shouldn't get things like access to health care, access to public libraries, access to government. It's a pretty fucked up way to think. You know what's a fucked up way to think? To think blocking access to myspace is like denying people rights to health care. That's fucked up.
Anyone that works in a real scientific or engineering profession doesn't work with the English Imperial system. Have you ever seen a lab tech measure anything in "cups" or "table spoons"?
I don't even think I've ever seen pipets labeled in anything other than mL. Fluid ounces? Please!
The only people using the Imperial system are either watching their speedometer or cooking (in America).
And as for your fancy "European" scientists, ask them where the Imperial system came from...
The example you give, being in a university, is a different animal. The students are adults, and they paid as much money as you did to be attending classes there. In other words, they have exactly as much right to the machines and the bandwidth as you do, and while you're free to complain and call their uses a waste--hell, I might even agree with you--neither you nor the school should have a right to curb that use.
The thing is, there is an acceptable use policy in-place, and it clearly states that the computers are for educational use. Yes, I have equal rights to use a computer as anyone else, so long as the 'use' is defined as 'acceptable'. Should we let students watch porn in the library? How about letting them sit around installing spyware?
Just because we all paid the same amount doesn't mean we can do whatever we wish with the provided technology.
The legislation would have banned the use of commercial social networking websites in US schools and libraries which receive federal IT funding -- therefore undermining much of the pioneering work being done by educators in the e-learning 2.0 space.
Every time I walk into the library at my university, I have to actually force some myspace addict off the computer so I can write a paper or do actual research. The school's library has over 300 computers, and there are additional computer labs on campus too.
"undermining"!?!? What the FUCK! Would legislation to block large distractions and bandwidth wasting really "undermine" anyone's "pioneering" work on a school's IT policy and/or hardware/software?
Freespeech sure - if you really need to use myspace for school, ask your "pioneering" IT staff for special access.
While we're at it, can we please block hotmail and ebay? Most schools provide a local email account for students anyway...
So do I have this thing totally wrong? Or am I right in believing that there are some educators out there that believe government-funded schools shouldn't stop students from wasting their bandwidth? Pioneering!?!? WTF!
Morse Code? Historically (again > 30 or 40 years ago), Morse Code (aka CW = continuous wave) was the only practical way for new hams to get on the air. If you are building your own equipment, this is still true!
I've built several rigs and repeater systems, and I can't send CW. Not sure how CW would have helped. With today's circuitry, adding a modulation stage to a transmitter is only a few more parts. Granted, this was a much harder endeavor 30-40 years ago, but today, it's cake.
Memorizing morse code is about as useful as requiring knowledge of x86 assembly to program a computer, or knowledge of UUCP email addresses to use gmail
That is one of the most well-said posts in this discussion. Thank you very much. Well done.
If morse code is so universally recognized, why is it that most ham radio operators haven't passed a morse code test? Why has morse code been/dropped/ from ITU communications requirements?
Additionally, your analogy to science is absolute bullshit. Dropping morse code is more akin to dropping the Bohr model for the atom. It's useless.
The periodic table is fundamental for understanding chemistry. Equally, basic wave theory, antenna resonance, and circuit theory are fundamental to operating with ham radio.
It's rather narrow-minded to select the first mode of communication for ham radio and decide that this is our fundamental cornerstone. Should computer programmers start by punching cards on a PDP-11?? I mean, come on! I *never* use CW, and I've been on ham radio since I was 12. Yes, I transmit carrier waves, but mine modulate either in phase, amplitude, or frequency. Morse code sure hasn't been fundamental to my use of ham radio. I've even built rigs from spare parts, and never, ever, did I need to know morse code to do this.
The flyback transformer assembly contains an extremely large capacitor. If you've ever repaired a CRT monitor, you'd know this, and that the entire assembly is generally sold as a single part.
I'm sure, as you obviously work with many CRTs, you are aware of something called the flyback transformer?
In most cases, this assembly remains *charged* for a good while after the CRT has been powered off. Depending upon the value (or presence) of a bleeder, it could take from minutes to weeks to discharge.
My guess is that having an already-charged flyback circuit would make a CRT power on faster than a fully discharged circuit.
If you simply read my entire post, you would see that I entirely recognize that more veg oil can be grown -- just an impractically high amount. Same as synthesizing traditional oil.
Vegetable oil is still a hydrocarbon fuel, and releases various gases and particles upon combustion. Furthermore, vegetable oil is no more a 'renewable' fuel than standard ff oil. They're also both waste products (though one could certainly use new veg-oil from the store).
The amount of bio diesel produced from one acre of corn is something like 300 gallons. To me, this implies a limited production if you consider the need to grow corn for food as well.
And given that traditional ff fuel can be made synthetically, I would say they're both in the same boat.
Either way, when you fill up, drive 200 miles, and look at the gas gauge, it's moved.
You log in and run interactive programs on your server? You might want to look up what a server is for. Actually, I don't. That's the point here. You might think linux lacks in development tools, but on linux, the primary focus for development isn't GUI apps, it's server apps, and for the most part, they don't need the same complex IDE tools. While a client-side app certainly deserves a development environment centered around the user's environment (web browser, desktop, etc), server apps are of another breed.
Even better, I'd like somebody like Michael Moore to entrap an executive into a candid, on-camera attempt to open one of his own company's packages using only the everyday household appliances to hand.
Likely after Moore films this, the DVD will sell in one of those imposible-to-open containers too (anyone remember those "I've never owned stock in my life" statements he made? Ha! http://moorewatch.com/index.php/weblog/C9/)
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I think you're exactly right. This will only last for a short while.
For those of you still confused:
you give address: kilo+tdw@gmail.com
And the evil spam people automatically remove everything after and including the "+" sign, and send spam to: kilo@gmail.com.
Afterall, EVERY gmail user account works this way...
There actually is similar "DRM" to that of a video tape on digital audio cd's. Check out SCMS. SCMS prevents digital copies of cd's using S/PDIF on consumer equipment.
Computers are not considered the same 'class' of equipment, so they're allowed to duplicate/copy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCMS
That said, because computers don't pay attention to SCMS (and they are aware of this -- my powerbook's cdrom will report if a track has SCMS, see the man page for drtool), there isn't any sort of *effective* DRM on proper redbook audio cd's. But you better believe there's basic DRM on every single one.
What really surprised me (besides the large number of female users... haha) is that 36% of the users survayed DO NOT use "non-graphical tools (e.g. YaST text mode, console) when installing or administering your Linux operating system"
Either desktop linux tools have changed a lot in the past few years, or these people aren't digging that far into their systems.
I've been "down under", and I can tell you all, there are plenty of gas guzzeling monstrosities down there. Most aren't as fancy as ours, but they get the job done.
The average aussie doesn't get 43 mpg.
Oh, and my American friends have Toyotas that get about that too. All made in Asia I suppose.
Just like cold fusion, the amount of uninformed people making extremist claims about this diffuses the issue. And the main people making these claims are politically-motivated. Either they are politicians themselves, or talk show hosts, news paper writers, etc.
What we need is a good, honest look at climate trends. Because words like "global warming" and "el niño" are so overused, diffused, and politicized, we have to look at this purely as a scientific study about climate trends, and the study has to be carried out by multiple parties.
My guess is this graph on temperature distribution is more or less a graph of temperature sensor accuracy. I can't imagine that drives at 50C had the lowest failure rate.
While this would require a more laboratory-like environment, a dozen drives of each type and manufacture could have been sampled at known temperatures, and a data curve could have been established to calibrate the temperature sensors.
There are lots of studies out there where drives were intentionally heated, and higher degrees of failure were indeed reported (this is mentioned in the google report too). So the correlation is probably still valid, just not well-proven.
...not enabling file sharing? Or if it's a browser exploit, not using IE?
I don't know, I haven't used windows since 3.1, but this sounds kind of silly to me.
Anyone that works in a real scientific or engineering profession doesn't work with the English Imperial system. Have you ever seen a lab tech measure anything in "cups" or "table spoons"?
I don't even think I've ever seen pipets labeled in anything other than mL. Fluid ounces? Please!
The only people using the Imperial system are either watching their speedometer or cooking (in America).
And as for your fancy "European" scientists, ask them where the Imperial system came from...
The example you give, being in a university, is a different animal. The students are adults, and they paid as much money as you did to be attending classes there. In other words, they have exactly as much right to the machines and the bandwidth as you do, and while you're free to complain and call their uses a waste--hell, I might even agree with you--neither you nor the school should have a right to curb that use.
The thing is, there is an acceptable use policy in-place, and it clearly states that the computers are for educational use. Yes, I have equal rights to use a computer as anyone else, so long as the 'use' is defined as 'acceptable'. Should we let students watch porn in the library? How about letting them sit around installing spyware?
Just because we all paid the same amount doesn't mean we can do whatever we wish with the provided technology.
The legislation would have banned the use of commercial social networking websites in US schools and libraries which receive federal IT funding -- therefore undermining much of the pioneering work being done by educators in the e-learning 2.0 space.
Every time I walk into the library at my university, I have to actually force some myspace addict off the computer so I can write a paper or do actual research. The school's library has over 300 computers, and there are additional computer labs on campus too.
"undermining"!?!? What the FUCK! Would legislation to block large distractions and bandwidth wasting really "undermine" anyone's "pioneering" work on a school's IT policy and/or hardware/software?
Freespeech sure - if you really need to use myspace for school, ask your "pioneering" IT staff for special access.
While we're at it, can we please block hotmail and ebay? Most schools provide a local email account for students anyway...
So do I have this thing totally wrong? Or am I right in believing that there are some educators out there that believe government-funded schools shouldn't stop students from wasting their bandwidth? Pioneering!?!? WTF!
Morse Code? Historically (again > 30 or 40 years ago), Morse Code (aka CW = continuous wave) was the only practical way for new hams to get on the air. If you are building your own equipment, this is still true!
I've built several rigs and repeater systems, and I can't send CW. Not sure how CW would have helped. With today's circuitry, adding a modulation stage to a transmitter is only a few more parts. Granted, this was a much harder endeavor 30-40 years ago, but today, it's cake.
Memorizing morse code is about as useful as requiring knowledge of x86 assembly to program a computer, or knowledge of UUCP email addresses to use gmail
That is one of the most well-said posts in this discussion. Thank you very much. Well done.
If morse code is so universally recognized, why is it that most ham radio operators haven't passed a morse code test? Why has morse code been /dropped/ from ITU communications requirements?
Additionally, your analogy to science is absolute bullshit. Dropping morse code is more akin to dropping the Bohr model for the atom. It's useless.
The periodic table is fundamental for understanding chemistry. Equally, basic wave theory, antenna resonance, and circuit theory are fundamental to operating with ham radio.
It's rather narrow-minded to select the first mode of communication for ham radio and decide that this is our fundamental cornerstone. Should computer programmers start by punching cards on a PDP-11?? I mean, come on! I *never* use CW, and I've been on ham radio since I was 12. Yes, I transmit carrier waves, but mine modulate either in phase, amplitude, or frequency. Morse code sure hasn't been fundamental to my use of ham radio. I've even built rigs from spare parts, and never, ever, did I need to know morse code to do this.
I, for one, welcome our new no-code HF users!
The flyback transformer assembly contains an extremely large capacitor. If you've ever repaired a CRT monitor, you'd know this, and that the entire assembly is generally sold as a single part.
PS: Tubes don't retain charge.
I'm sure, as you obviously work with many CRTs, you are aware of something called the flyback transformer?
In most cases, this assembly remains *charged* for a good while after the CRT has been powered off. Depending upon the value (or presence) of a bleeder, it could take from minutes to weeks to discharge.
My guess is that having an already-charged flyback circuit would make a CRT power on faster than a fully discharged circuit.
If you simply read my entire post, you would see that I entirely recognize that more veg oil can be grown -- just an impractically high amount. Same as synthesizing traditional oil.
Uhh... HELLO...
Vegetable oil is still a hydrocarbon fuel, and releases various gases and particles upon combustion. Furthermore, vegetable oil is no more a 'renewable' fuel than standard ff oil. They're also both waste products (though one could certainly use new veg-oil from the store).
The amount of bio diesel produced from one acre of corn is something like 300 gallons. To me, this implies a limited production if you consider the need to grow corn for food as well.
And given that traditional ff fuel can be made synthetically, I would say they're both in the same boat.
Either way, when you fill up, drive 200 miles, and look at the gas gauge, it's moved.
http://images.apple.com/server/macosx/leopard/imag es/podcastproducertop20060807.png
And I don't think it's a ROKR in the picture... hmm...
Why the heck would you want a visual programming IDE for a server operating system?
Oooh, that's right, you're stuck on microsoft. Sorry, forgot about that mindset.
The real question is, have you been able to see yourself yet in the preview web site? That would be a real trip!
:watches thinkgeek t-shirt sales fly through the roof:
Why should Wikipedia be any different than profiteers and collaborators like Google, Microsoft and Yahoo?
The only reason I can think of is that wikipedia is a wiki, and the end decision will be made by community discussion.
I agree with your post though, it is definitely an act of 'sucking up', and hopefully those companies that do so will regret their actions some day.
Even better, I'd like somebody like Michael Moore to entrap an executive into a candid, on-camera attempt to open one of his own company's packages using only the everyday household appliances to hand.
Likely after Moore films this, the DVD will sell in one of those imposible-to-open containers too (anyone remember those "I've never owned stock in my life" statements he made? Ha! http://moorewatch.com/index.php/weblog/C9/)
To host content that in any way differs from the truth discredits wikipedia.
If the Chinese people want a wikipedia that won't get banned, they should make their own. It's a shame to see the wikipedia name get so discredited.
No information is better than false information.