You know, I hadn't actually thought about that. I had to piece together the information to get this working correctly from a lot of different sources. But I forgot about systems like the Librettos that this would work very well on. If you could recommend someplace to host the info on (Im thinking Linux-embedded.org or linuxdevices.com) then Ill be more than happy to share the knowledge. Im not sure well that would run on a Libretto though, it may or may not take up the full screen, which is one of the drawbacks on the ThinkPad im currently running it on...
I use OPIE on an old P200 laptop with 64 Meg of ram. It makes a real nice desktop PDA/rolodex. It's pretty decent running from a shell using the frame buffer, and makes good use of an otherwise obsolete laptop. It may not be exactly the most portable solution, but at least I have a workable text editor, mail client, and PDA I can take with me on trips. Id thought about offering that to the others in the office, but since its not exactly a Palmtop solution and they wouldn't know what to do with Linux outside the PDA environment, I thought better of it. But for me its nice to have the PDA, and be able to drop to a shell to use basic tools like VI when needed, or play Doom or Quake on the plane.
Like it said in the article, this kind fo stuff brings you back to the gaming scene int eh late 80's and early 90's, where some of the best gaming titles came from. Some of the gaming companies that made games in those times grew to become bigger franchises, such as ID with their cheasier games like Commander Keen. I still remember games like Epic Pinball, Raptor, and such, that I still play in Dosemu all the time. I remember a quote once, I think it was from the guys from ID, that basically said the next big gameing change isnt going to be done by the big guys, but by a couple of guys in their garage (if anyone remembers who said that, feel free to enlighten me, I cant remember and it would be nice to give credit). Ill spend a few hours checking out some of these games, they ought to somewhat entertaining, even if they are simple few minute diversions...
You couldn't pay me enough to deal with that crap. I used to do freelance tech work, and you know, it was quite possibly the worse job I've ever done. There were far too many miles put on my car, and having to do your own customer service calls really sucks. I don't think I was ever at a point of higher stress. Its not that it didn't pay, but trying to fix and teach the common person how to deal with everyday computer problems gets repetitive and grueling. I think if I'm ever in a situation where I was when I did freelance work, Ill sell sperm instead... at least Id get some sense of satisfaction out of it.
Once again this topic comes up on Slashdot. I remember a quote one time (cant remember where to link) but the jist of it was that while cheaper labor, they provide a different mind set to projects. The poster mentioned that American programmers have a better problem solving mindset, while Indian programmers could spit out more generalized code much much faster and could do math based programming better. While I don't necessarily agree with this, it did bring up a good point in my mind, and that's the old "right tool (or programmer) for the right job". It's too bad that businesses see it in dollars, not sense and leave a lot of good American programmers without work, and put Indian programmers on programming tasks they would better suited for.
But back to this threads topic, I do think that it is a trend that will be difficult to break. The reason is saturation of programmers in America. Partially because during the IT boom, everyone and their mother went to get a programming degree, which left the US market saturated with programmers that were in it for the money, not because they loved it. I think that's the root cause of the US IT employment woes, just like in the early to mid 80's when everyone went the MBA's. And in about 10 years the same thing will happen, a new fad market will arise (legalized marijuana growth is my hope...) and the saturated market will subside. That's just my opinion...
How does this have anything to do with corporations? This has to do with artists and creators. Artists and creators, like anybody else who creates something, should have the right to sell what they create...
Nice thought, except that the RIAA is mostly recording industry executives, not artists. The Board of Directors, if we are to believe http://slashdot.org/comments.plsid=68504&cid=62688 97, the BOD does not contain any artists.... Nice try guys, but dont claim to be the voice for fair rights of something you exploit..
Oh... and as far as the quote "If an individual subscriber opens his computer to permit others, through peer-to-peer file-sharing, to download materials from that computer, it is hard to understand just what privacy expectation he or she has after essentially opening the computer to the world." all i have to say is what individuals who set their uploads to 0 and do not wish to participate as hosts...
I was going to say doesn't this go against the rights of the spammers to post their emails, blah blah blah... but then I remembered these were spammers, and in my eyes they have no rights and deserve nothing short of genital mutilation...
Im actually very suprised at the reaction to this. How many of you have worked for small to mid-size IT related companies that havnt used unlicensed software of some sort. Its somewhat contradictory for a company to cry theft when they are thieves themselves, but then again as the old saying goes there is not honor among thieves. Ive worked for a few, and it doesnt suprise me one bit. Im not in shock or awe by this. And for a company that is one of the formost authorities on computer security to take part in cracking software isnt far fetched and is happening right now by other companies. If its for a proof of concept or for cheating the financial responsibilities. And as far as the accusation that they took the concept of the Extreme Hacking courses for their Ultimate Hacking courses, so what. How many smaller companies were founded by formers of other companies that applied their skills to do their own start-ups. This isnt ground breaking, its business as usual, even if it unethical. The only thing is since this article was pressed by Fortune, quite a bit of financial damage will be done to Foundstone, but thats the risk you take when you attack former employees when partaking in unethical practices.
Id have to agree. I think a big part of the problem is a lot of censorship in cartoons these days. Part of what made great cartoons great was that they hit both children and adults on different levels. But with some of the censorship in the Bugs cartoons, the jokes are kind of lost on children, and most adults remember that something else was there that was cut and usually just get turned off.
The second thing I feel leads to their demise is just the lineup. When I was a kid the Sat. Morning Cartoons had a basic layout, the lame cartoons early, the "hip" cartoons, or whatever cartoons fit the trend, and finally you could round out the morning with the timeless cartoons such as Bugs Bunny. In my eyes, things got bad when some jack ass executive decided that they needed to take the classics and change them into kid versions of themselves, such as the Tom and Jerry Kids (although I will excuse Tiny Toons, but thats my opinion). These crappy cartoons just took up air time.... then the Power Rangers came out and to me, thats when I feel Sat. Morning lost its apeal.
Looking around my neighborhood and at my friends and their children, Id have to agree with the divorce notion on the demise of these cartoons. Most people I know who get the kids for the weekend make plans with their children, like going to the zoo or the pool, or camping. Its sad, I remember waking up in my PJs to watch cartoons, and those will always be some of my fonder memories.
I remember both of those cartoons, but at some point, at least locally where I am at, CBS picked up TMNT so both Garfield and TMNT were on the same channel. But I definitly remember those days:)
They use to do similar tactics in the early days of BBSs as well. I remember they were set up to prevent dupe accounts. At the time, they worked briefly, but ways were found around them. But if it could stop the spam momentum long enough for them to lose enough profit, Id say it would be worth it.
The solution to spam is a very difficult one to accomplish, but can be summed up very easily, make it unprofitable for spammers and the companies that use spam. Trying to catch spammers is a nearly impossibly thing to accomplish, so the next best targets are the companies and the consumers. Finding a way to put some ungodly amount of tax on products that are purchased from companies that use spam to advertise would seem to be a good deterant for the companies. After all, if the prices get so high that its cheaper get buy their crappy products in the normal market consumers would be turned off from it, and charging the companies would dry up their profits. Or even outlawing spam from the purchasing stand point, not the sending, which would crack down on the "small" percentage of people who actually buy products from spammers. That might seem unfair, but as one admin said in an interview "This is war". Im willing to take my chances with the law. It might actually be easier to track that small percentage of purchases made from spam ads than try and track and filter the spam itself... Yeah it hurts our online rights, but thats one Im willing to lose if it gets rid of spam since its also one I dont exercise at all.
Actually a very nice device, but it lacks the ability to do SMPTE time code output (for syncronization with external devices such as the Pangolin Quadmod series laser display systems), but then again, you can sacrifice an audio channel and use an external device such as an Aquilla time code unit for this. And for a brand new device, being much cheaper than the ADATs were when they came out, this seems like a very good alternative to the bulkier rack mount solutions such as the TASCAM 24/24.
Probably the same things that make commercial projects a success, a well defined, well structured and maintained project definition and active development. If you look at some of the more successful projects out there, such as Mozilla, they are actively being maintained with a goal in mind. If a project has no user base, then it is doomed to fail. If there hasn't been an update to it in like 2 years, then chances are, unless it was perfect the first time around, it will fail. If the project isn't useable or provide any sort of functionality or value, it is doomed to fail. After all, how is a project going to succeed without a user base. Commercial support doesn't seem to hurt Open Source projects either. With commercial backed projects, some of the more important things that programmers are inept at, like UI design, could be addressed (although there have been very few instances where it has).
You know, I was thinking the same thing as I was reading this. Or even out put to a Comma-delimited filed and using the MySQL load file. I didn't really see the point. Its a good tutorial for begginers though, even if it doesnt teach the most efficient solution to the problem.
You did the right thing for her, but the wrong thing for the person owning the broadband connection. You should now say 10 Hail Marys and flog yourself, and all will be forgiven...
Sorry, to clarify, alternative to Windows, which is currently and unfortunately taught as the standard. My point being that in the minds of the common person, Macintosh has more name recognition than Linux, and it would make since to supplement Comp. Lit. with a crash course on how to do the same common tasks in Windows on a Mac, Linux, or some other OS other than Windows. But you have a point, most schools arent going to buy one mac for every pc to teach Comp. Lit. and theyd be better off with a dual boot windows/linux box to teach it.
Wow, that interesting. I remember earlier STB cards and cheap scan converters had a problem where they wouldnt display text consoles and they would clip off about 10% off each side of the display. At least that has been corrected. Id expect text quality to be pretty poor since the dot pitch of a TV is so much less than a monitors. There were some Sony Scan converters, however, that made the display quite usuable on a regular TV. But at a heft 5000 price tag they wouldnt even be concievable for this type of project. Thanks for the insite to the All-In-Wonders, its been a while since Ive used one..
Well, its nice to see that there are attempts out there for educating the masses (the non slashdot crowd, Linux illiterates). Not having read this book myself, I cant vouch for its overall quality, but if its that good it might make a pretty decent computer literacy book for schools that are wanting to get away from the Microsoft based curriculum, or at least a supplement to existing programs to educate about an alternative OS (although possibly MacOS would be a better alternative for these kinds of programs). Although the only thing is the title is only a stones throw away from being a "Linux for Dummies" book...
Id have to agree with you. There isnt very much real world praticality in this, since you can get a KVM switch and switch to a particular server you want to monitor. Also, not remember off the top of my head how the Composite out on the Raidon works, but dont you have to be in a GUI for any display to come out, so wouldnt things like, oh say a Linux server or BIOS editing be kind of a moot point... Now this would have been a REALLY cool hack if the guy had built a small scan converter, but since most QUALITY scan converters cost more than a new monitor anyhow, and I doubt you could build a good scan converter with off the shelf parts its kind of pointless.
"By law, H-1B workers are supposed to receive the same pay US workers would get for the same jobs. But Kruz's attorney, Caputo, said this requirement can be easily evaded".
Part of my point (not the whole point) is that they are not getting equal pay. They are getting less pay because they are "more compliant, because of their awareness of their circumstances". Which is BS. Maybe I didnt clarify that enough. Maybe I should have said "that way at least they are pumping their WHOLE DESERVED salaries back into the American economy."
As for the rest of my comments, Sun can still kiss my ass.
It's about friggin time. Companies that do that sell out our country. Its not bad to hire from overseas, especially if the person is more qualified, but for god sakes, fly them over here, make them citizens, and pay them what they would any American worker, that way at least they are pumping their salaries back into the American economy. Otherwise, keep it in the country. Its a good thing I boycotted Sun a long time ago, I hope they lose the suit, have to pay up, are forced to close down, and then their crappy half assed programming language and crappy OS go with Scott McNealy to live under a card board box that I can kick and piss on while I point and laugh at his mis-fortune. You'll have to excuse my rant, I hate Sun after all... but really, I hope they lose and this makes an example for other companies that are forcing American workers who went to school for jobs like these out of work.
Sure, and with my handy-dandy corporate buzz word generater, I came up with this description for it. After all, if you cant dazzle them with briliance, baffle them with bullshit.
"Red Hat Enterprise Server
Through a top-down, proactive approach we can remain customer focused and goal-directed, innovate and be an inside-out organization which facilitates sticky web-readiness transforming turnkey eyeballs to brand 24/365 paradigms with benchmark turnkey channels implementing viral e-services and dot-com action-items while we take that action item off-line and raise a red flag and remember touch base as you think about the red tape outside of the box and seize B2B e-tailers and re-envisioneer innovative partnerships that evolve dot-com initiatives delivering synergistic earballs."
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You know, I hadn't actually thought about that. I had to piece together the information to get this working correctly from a lot of different sources. But I forgot about systems like the Librettos that this would work very well on. If you could recommend someplace to host the info on (Im thinking Linux-embedded.org or linuxdevices.com) then Ill be more than happy to share the knowledge. Im not sure well that would run on a Libretto though, it may or may not take up the full screen, which is one of the drawbacks on the ThinkPad im currently running it on...
I use OPIE on an old P200 laptop with 64 Meg of ram. It makes a real nice desktop PDA/rolodex. It's pretty decent running from a shell using the frame buffer, and makes good use of an otherwise obsolete laptop. It may not be exactly the most portable solution, but at least I have a workable text editor, mail client, and PDA I can take with me on trips. Id thought about offering that to the others in the office, but since its not exactly a Palmtop solution and they wouldn't know what to do with Linux outside the PDA environment, I thought better of it. But for me its nice to have the PDA, and be able to drop to a shell to use basic tools like VI when needed, or play Doom or Quake on the plane.
Like it said in the article, this kind fo stuff brings you back to the gaming scene int eh late 80's and early 90's, where some of the best gaming titles came from. Some of the gaming companies that made games in those times grew to become bigger franchises, such as ID with their cheasier games like Commander Keen. I still remember games like Epic Pinball, Raptor, and such, that I still play in Dosemu all the time. I remember a quote once, I think it was from the guys from ID, that basically said the next big gameing change isnt going to be done by the big guys, but by a couple of guys in their garage (if anyone remembers who said that, feel free to enlighten me, I cant remember and it would be nice to give credit). Ill spend a few hours checking out some of these games, they ought to somewhat entertaining, even if they are simple few minute diversions...
You couldn't pay me enough to deal with that crap. I used to do freelance tech work, and you know, it was quite possibly the worse job I've ever done. There were far too many miles put on my car, and having to do your own customer service calls really sucks. I don't think I was ever at a point of higher stress. Its not that it didn't pay, but trying to fix and teach the common person how to deal with everyday computer problems gets repetitive and grueling. I think if I'm ever in a situation where I was when I did freelance work, Ill sell sperm instead... at least Id get some sense of satisfaction out of it.
Once again this topic comes up on Slashdot. I remember a quote one time (cant remember where to link) but the jist of it was that while cheaper labor, they provide a different mind set to projects. The poster mentioned that American programmers have a better problem solving mindset, while Indian programmers could spit out more generalized code much much faster and could do math based programming better. While I don't necessarily agree with this, it did bring up a good point in my mind, and that's the old "right tool (or programmer) for the right job". It's too bad that businesses see it in dollars, not sense and leave a lot of good American programmers without work, and put Indian programmers on programming tasks they would better suited for.
But back to this threads topic, I do think that it is a trend that will be difficult to break. The reason is saturation of programmers in America. Partially because during the IT boom, everyone and their mother went to get a programming degree, which left the US market saturated with programmers that were in it for the money, not because they loved it. I think that's the root cause of the US IT employment woes, just like in the early to mid 80's when everyone went the MBA's. And in about 10 years the same thing will happen, a new fad market will arise (legalized marijuana growth is my hope...) and the saturated market will subside. That's just my opinion...
How does this have anything to do with corporations? This has to do with artists and creators. Artists and creators, like anybody else who creates something, should have the right to sell what they create... Nice thought, except that the RIAA is mostly recording industry executives, not artists. The Board of Directors, if we are to believe http://slashdot.org/comments.plsid=68504&cid=62688 97, the BOD does not contain any artists.... Nice try guys, but dont claim to be the voice for fair rights of something you exploit..
Oh... and as far as the quote "If an individual subscriber opens his computer to permit others, through peer-to-peer file-sharing, to download materials from that computer, it is hard to understand just what privacy expectation he or she has after essentially opening the computer to the world." all i have to say is what individuals who set their uploads to 0 and do not wish to participate as hosts...
I was going to say doesn't this go against the rights of the spammers to post their emails, blah blah blah... but then I remembered these were spammers, and in my eyes they have no rights and deserve nothing short of genital mutilation...
Im actually very suprised at the reaction to this. How many of you have worked for small to mid-size IT related companies that havnt used unlicensed software of some sort. Its somewhat contradictory for a company to cry theft when they are thieves themselves, but then again as the old saying goes there is not honor among thieves. Ive worked for a few, and it doesnt suprise me one bit. Im not in shock or awe by this. And for a company that is one of the formost authorities on computer security to take part in cracking software isnt far fetched and is happening right now by other companies. If its for a proof of concept or for cheating the financial responsibilities. And as far as the accusation that they took the concept of the Extreme Hacking courses for their Ultimate Hacking courses, so what. How many smaller companies were founded by formers of other companies that applied their skills to do their own start-ups. This isnt ground breaking, its business as usual, even if it unethical. The only thing is since this article was pressed by Fortune, quite a bit of financial damage will be done to Foundstone, but thats the risk you take when you attack former employees when partaking in unethical practices.
Maybe he actually understood, but didnt respond because his mouth was full....
Id have to agree. I think a big part of the problem is a lot of censorship in cartoons these days. Part of what made great cartoons great was that they hit both children and adults on different levels. But with some of the censorship in the Bugs cartoons, the jokes are kind of lost on children, and most adults remember that something else was there that was cut and usually just get turned off.
The second thing I feel leads to their demise is just the lineup. When I was a kid the Sat. Morning Cartoons had a basic layout, the lame cartoons early, the "hip" cartoons, or whatever cartoons fit the trend, and finally you could round out the morning with the timeless cartoons such as Bugs Bunny. In my eyes, things got bad when some jack ass executive decided that they needed to take the classics and change them into kid versions of themselves, such as the Tom and Jerry Kids (although I will excuse Tiny Toons, but thats my opinion). These crappy cartoons just took up air time.... then the Power Rangers came out and to me, thats when I feel Sat. Morning lost its apeal.
Looking around my neighborhood and at my friends and their children, Id have to agree with the divorce notion on the demise of these cartoons. Most people I know who get the kids for the weekend make plans with their children, like going to the zoo or the pool, or camping. Its sad, I remember waking up in my PJs to watch cartoons, and those will always be some of my fonder memories.
Sorry about the smiley face, the excitement of Saturday Morning Cartoons overwhelmed me....
I remember both of those cartoons, but at some point, at least locally where I am at, CBS picked up TMNT so both Garfield and TMNT were on the same channel. But I definitly remember those days :)
They use to do similar tactics in the early days of BBSs as well. I remember they were set up to prevent dupe accounts. At the time, they worked briefly, but ways were found around them. But if it could stop the spam momentum long enough for them to lose enough profit, Id say it would be worth it.
The solution to spam is a very difficult one to accomplish, but can be summed up very easily, make it unprofitable for spammers and the companies that use spam. Trying to catch spammers is a nearly impossibly thing to accomplish, so the next best targets are the companies and the consumers. Finding a way to put some ungodly amount of tax on products that are purchased from companies that use spam to advertise would seem to be a good deterant for the companies. After all, if the prices get so high that its cheaper get buy their crappy products in the normal market consumers would be turned off from it, and charging the companies would dry up their profits. Or even outlawing spam from the purchasing stand point, not the sending, which would crack down on the "small" percentage of people who actually buy products from spammers. That might seem unfair, but as one admin said in an interview "This is war". Im willing to take my chances with the law. It might actually be easier to track that small percentage of purchases made from spam ads than try and track and filter the spam itself... Yeah it hurts our online rights, but thats one Im willing to lose if it gets rid of spam since its also one I dont exercise at all.
Actually a very nice device, but it lacks the ability to do SMPTE time code output (for syncronization with external devices such as the Pangolin Quadmod series laser display systems), but then again, you can sacrifice an audio channel and use an external device such as an Aquilla time code unit for this. And for a brand new device, being much cheaper than the ADATs were when they came out, this seems like a very good alternative to the bulkier rack mount solutions such as the TASCAM 24/24.
Probably the same things that make commercial projects a success, a well defined, well structured and maintained project definition and active development. If you look at some of the more successful projects out there, such as Mozilla, they are actively being maintained with a goal in mind. If a project has no user base, then it is doomed to fail. If there hasn't been an update to it in like 2 years, then chances are, unless it was perfect the first time around, it will fail. If the project isn't useable or provide any sort of functionality or value, it is doomed to fail. After all, how is a project going to succeed without a user base. Commercial support doesn't seem to hurt Open Source projects either. With commercial backed projects, some of the more important things that programmers are inept at, like UI design, could be addressed (although there have been very few instances where it has).
You know, I was thinking the same thing as I was reading this. Or even out put to a Comma-delimited filed and using the MySQL load file. I didn't really see the point. Its a good tutorial for begginers though, even if it doesnt teach the most efficient solution to the problem.
You did the right thing for her, but the wrong thing for the person owning the broadband connection. You should now say 10 Hail Marys and flog yourself, and all will be forgiven...
Sorry, to clarify, alternative to Windows, which is currently and unfortunately taught as the standard. My point being that in the minds of the common person, Macintosh has more name recognition than Linux, and it would make since to supplement Comp. Lit. with a crash course on how to do the same common tasks in Windows on a Mac, Linux, or some other OS other than Windows. But you have a point, most schools arent going to buy one mac for every pc to teach Comp. Lit. and theyd be better off with a dual boot windows/linux box to teach it.
Wow, that interesting. I remember earlier STB cards and cheap scan converters had a problem where they wouldnt display text consoles and they would clip off about 10% off each side of the display. At least that has been corrected. Id expect text quality to be pretty poor since the dot pitch of a TV is so much less than a monitors. There were some Sony Scan converters, however, that made the display quite usuable on a regular TV. But at a heft 5000 price tag they wouldnt even be concievable for this type of project. Thanks for the insite to the All-In-Wonders, its been a while since Ive used one..
Well, its nice to see that there are attempts out there for educating the masses (the non slashdot crowd, Linux illiterates). Not having read this book myself, I cant vouch for its overall quality, but if its that good it might make a pretty decent computer literacy book for schools that are wanting to get away from the Microsoft based curriculum, or at least a supplement to existing programs to educate about an alternative OS (although possibly MacOS would be a better alternative for these kinds of programs). Although the only thing is the title is only a stones throw away from being a "Linux for Dummies" book...
Id have to agree with you. There isnt very much real world praticality in this, since you can get a KVM switch and switch to a particular server you want to monitor. Also, not remember off the top of my head how the Composite out on the Raidon works, but dont you have to be in a GUI for any display to come out, so wouldnt things like, oh say a Linux server or BIOS editing be kind of a moot point... Now this would have been a REALLY cool hack if the guy had built a small scan converter, but since most QUALITY scan converters cost more than a new monitor anyhow, and I doubt you could build a good scan converter with off the shelf parts its kind of pointless.
I did RTFA... and to quote it...
"By law, H-1B workers are supposed to receive the same pay US workers would get for the same jobs. But Kruz's attorney, Caputo, said this requirement can be easily evaded".
Part of my point (not the whole point) is that they are not getting equal pay. They are getting less pay because they are "more compliant, because of their awareness of their circumstances". Which is BS. Maybe I didnt clarify that enough. Maybe I should have said "that way at least they are pumping their WHOLE DESERVED salaries back into the American economy."
As for the rest of my comments, Sun can still kiss my ass.
It's about friggin time. Companies that do that sell out our country. Its not bad to hire from overseas, especially if the person is more qualified, but for god sakes, fly them over here, make them citizens, and pay them what they would any American worker, that way at least they are pumping their salaries back into the American economy. Otherwise, keep it in the country. Its a good thing I boycotted Sun a long time ago, I hope they lose the suit, have to pay up, are forced to close down, and then their crappy half assed programming language and crappy OS go with Scott McNealy to live under a card board box that I can kick and piss on while I point and laugh at his mis-fortune. You'll have to excuse my rant, I hate Sun after all... but really, I hope they lose and this makes an example for other companies that are forcing American workers who went to school for jobs like these out of work.
Sure, and with my handy-dandy corporate buzz word generater, I came up with this description for it.
After all, if you cant dazzle them with briliance, baffle them with bullshit.
"Red Hat Enterprise Server
Through a top-down, proactive approach we can remain customer focused and goal-directed, innovate and be an inside-out organization which facilitates sticky web-readiness transforming turnkey eyeballs to brand 24/365 paradigms with benchmark turnkey channels implementing viral e-services and dot-com action-items while we take that action item off-line and raise a red flag and remember touch base as you think about the red tape outside of the box and seize B2B e-tailers and re-envisioneer innovative partnerships that evolve dot-com initiatives delivering synergistic earballs."