If you're an admin in any size enterprise, you can mitigate the installation of IE7 using WSUS or SMS. I've got WSUS in place and it works fine for (not)deploying updates. There'd probably be a $#!+ storm here if I allowed IE7 to be installed, what with the new interface. My users have to introduced to changes slowly...
Look, big corporations are taking a closer look at OSS and are realizing that it can be an important resource instead of dismissing it wholesale. If they're willing to take on the work and provide funding, more's the better. The product gets more exposure and use.
If those companies that buy up OSS companies ever close the source, well, that's what forks are for. Either way, the OSS community wins. I do believe in the altruistic nature of OSS, but (surprise) some folks would love to turn a buck from the work they put into OSS. Look at Marty over at Sourcefire; he's doing well and the community still has a tool that is hugely beneficial.
Much as many folks in the OSS community don't like proprietary code (for many reasons), the OSS community should not operate to the exclusion of big business. It is possible for the two to cohabitate.
How is it even possible or legal that this type of legislation can be appended to a bill who's purpose doesn't even come close to the flag proposal? It's not much of a stretch to view this as trojan legislation.
I'm no lawyer, congressman, what-have-you; can anyone out there shed some light on how this is OK? Does it stand on precedent alone (others have done it)? We see it all the time. It doesn't make sense that something as non-topical to cutting spending as the broadcast flag could be introduced this way...
It's about time we had a change of pace. I for one am getting bored with the sends-emails-to-contacts-in-your-address-book variety of viruses. Whatever happened to the viruses of old (that I've only read about!) where every 4th of July your monitor would light up in a fireworks display?
This reminds me a news item I saw/read about 1-2 years ago where a student wanted to see if he could map out the U.S.'s infratructure given public records/information. He was extremely successful in that he mapped out whole power grids, telecom lines, subways, etc and overlayed them all. Much to his dismay, he was held from presenting this (his doctorate thesis, I believe) by the Feds who worried that terrorists would want to get their hands on the info.
And if you're a terrorist, that makes sense; someone else has already done the work for you and provided additional instructions on how to do so. On the other hand, this poor guy can't complete his work. And all he did was what any Tom, Dick, or Harry could've done.
Now it's been some time since I was on the Debate team/Model U.N./etc. where I could easily recall parliamentary procedure, but in general, wouldn't the representatives have had the opportunity to motion to remove the portion of the bill that was *snuck* in? I fail to see how someone snuck it in? Obviously they weren't very sneaky if we know about it, right? Bring the bill back up for debate and have that clause/paragraph/whatever removed or placed in another bill.
It saddens me to think that we, as constituents, can fall into the same trap as our Representatives and Senators by playing the party-card (Reps did this, Dems did that). Try this: Chalk it up to the folks in Congress either not doing their jobs correctly or just plain playing politics.
One of these days (when I grow up) I'm going to get into politics. Not because I like it, but because I want to make it better.
We're all going to go see the damn movie! Some of us will go because we like Star Wars, no matter what the plot (or lack thereof); we like shit blowing up and sword fights. And FX. Lot's of 'em. Some of us will go to see if the movie is good. Others to see if the movie sucks.
Either way, we're all seeing the movie and Lucas hears the bells of cash registers ringing in his head.
The funny thing is, the music industry, despite its disgust at P2P file sharing, has in some instances, leveraged P2P to assist in the distribution of music. See Big Champagne. They monitor P2P networks to see who's hot. In fact, I remember a Slashdot story on them a while back (too lazy to search for it).
"There a myth in the market that there are hundreds of thousands of people writing code for the Linux kernel. This is not the case; the number is hundreds, not thousands," he said.
"If you look at the number of people who contribute to the kernel tree, you see that a significant amount of the work is just done by a handful.
I don't think the number of developers is really a point of contention. Several people contribute but not every patch is included in the kernel. In fact, those "handful" of people are part developer and part manager, really. They take all the code and decide what gets in and what doesn't, based on needed/wanted features and good coding. I'm sure this isn't much different than MS's development practice... I'd love to hear from MS on how their practices.
For any and all developers and/or entrepeneurs out there, it'd be a good idea to keep a close eye on this. There is opportunity in the government's call for this infrastrucure for a new niche in the IT industry. Just look at what HIPAA has done (and will continue to do) for IT...
Bots aren't the only concern. And by far, they aren't the most immediate. Collusion amongst two or more players in a room can occur easily by communicating via some other channel (i.e. Instant Messenger) whereby they can inform everyone involved of their hand. They could then team up to win pots and then split the earnings.
DEC/Compaq/HP/Doesn't matter now! provided this view of data storage years ago with AdvFS on Tru64. You had a bunch of disks, created a volume, then created as many filesets as needed. Any fileset could use any (or all) of the storage space in the volume.
Part of popular music's appeal is that it is, duh, enjoyed by a lot of people. That is the *primarily* purpose of the major labels, with their huge marketing budgets. They buy consensus along the lines of "Yes this is a song that we, the people, like."
Gee, where do you think all that popular music started? Every nationally known band was a local band somewhere at some point...
This is not surprising; several studies on language have had similar findings. For example, a article I read last month in an issue of Discover ties the level of technological advancement with an increasing need to define more colors.
For example, in 1st world countries, the basic ROYGBIV colors are defined as well as variations within (Gee, honey, magenta or fuschia curtains? Chartreuse or pea soup, even!). In one South American tribe, there are only two words, those essentially describing "hot" and "cold" colors.
What I find most intriguing is whether or not it is the language that limits the culture, or the culture that limits the language. After all, as a culture, civilization grows and comes into contact with others, it is only reasonable that some things are assumed by each. Language is always one of the first aspects of a culture to change.
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I think the idea is great. Probes that we send to the Red Planet will be able to utilize the network, even when on the dark side of the planet. If our dreams of terraforming the planet ever materialize, then this would also be a boon.
However, deploying such a network would be a waste if it is not utilized. I'd hate to see funds wasted.
On the other hand, if it is deployed, it could only mean that NASA/JPL is specualting on their prospects. Exciting!
If you work for a company that sells some sort of product/service/hosting, then the cost of your cell/pager/Internet connection should be built in to the cost of doing business (i.e. charged to the customer).
If more companies do this, neither you, nor the boss will feel that money (yours or theirs) is wasted.
This article isn't exactly Slashdot fare. I mean, I thought the whole./ crowd was pretty much made up entirely of virgins! What do _we_ know about kids?
I read several periodicals as I like varying sources of information:
National Geographic
Smithsonian
Scientific American
Discover
And I can never seem to have enough information! My grandfather even gives me his old mags so that I'll never be bereft of print to sink my eyeballs into!
Many of us./ers program in some capacity and have varying experience. However, it should be understood that a language is not inherently secure (neither is an OS!). It may have features that make is appear more security conscious, but it does not make the code impregnable.
A car has seat belts and air bags, but that won't prevent an accident or serious bodily injury. It definitely won't prevent someone else from slamming into you.
Good programming starts in the design. Careful attention to the UI is a must as well (think Driver's Ed!).
Y'know, the one thing that I could never understand about research of this type (trying to figure out what a consumer/person wants) is that the same people performing the research are consumers themselves. If they all just sat down and discussed their buying wants and habits, they'd have a huge body of work to publish from. I guess this is just further proof of my belief that man will always look to the outside to try to understand himself.
I am no political scientist, nor a historian for that matter, but I remember coming across an interesting idea posited by one of America's 'founding fathers' (either Washington or Franklin?)
--begin paraphrase--
It is evident that in history, cultures progress through different states of rule. In many cases, the people are ruled by a strict tyranny. The people will revolt and establish some sort of self-rule. After a period of time, those in power will gradually take freedoms from the people whilst the people slip further into ignorance and laziness, thus capitulating their rights to the elite. At some point, the government has come full cycle and exists as a tyranny. This repeats itself throughout history
--end paraphrase--
All people should voice their opinions about the use of this technology. Technology has a habit of limiting instead of broadening people's freedoms.
Remember, a flood starts with one drop of water...
I read an article in Discover or Scientifc American (can't remember which!) recently detailing the shift to alternative fuels. Not only is it a challenge to develop applicable technologies that are economical for end users, an even greater challenge will be to develop the infrastructure necessary to support these vehicles. We take for granted that one can stop at a gas station and fill up. If one we're driving a propane-powered vehicle, one would require an appropriate filling station. The answer to this appears to lie in getting large companies to 'buy in' (sorry for the manager speak, lots of meetings this week!) to using alternative fuels and retrofitting their stations for those fuels. When they have taken hold, and enough demand exists, consumer stations can begin to be retrofitted with the necessary equipment to ease consumers into using cars that run on newer fuels.
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According to the article:
Anybody can submit a FOIA request online. If enough people make that request, maybe someone will pay attention and do something about.
If you're an admin in any size enterprise, you can mitigate the installation of IE7 using WSUS or SMS. I've got WSUS in place and it works fine for (not)deploying updates. There'd probably be a $#!+ storm here if I allowed IE7 to be installed, what with the new interface. My users have to introduced to changes slowly...
Look, big corporations are taking a closer look at OSS and are realizing that it can be an important resource instead of dismissing it wholesale. If they're willing to take on the work and provide funding, more's the better. The product gets more exposure and use.
If those companies that buy up OSS companies ever close the source, well, that's what forks are for. Either way, the OSS community wins. I do believe in the altruistic nature of OSS, but (surprise) some folks would love to turn a buck from the work they put into OSS. Look at Marty over at Sourcefire; he's doing well and the community still has a tool that is hugely beneficial.
Much as many folks in the OSS community don't like proprietary code (for many reasons), the OSS community should not operate to the exclusion of big business. It is possible for the two to cohabitate.
How is it even possible or legal that this type of legislation can be appended to a bill who's purpose doesn't even come close to the flag proposal? It's not much of a stretch to view this as trojan legislation.
I'm no lawyer, congressman, what-have-you; can anyone out there shed some light on how this is OK? Does it stand on precedent alone (others have done it)? We see it all the time. It doesn't make sense that something as non-topical to cutting spending as the broadcast flag could be introduced this way...
It's about time we had a change of pace. I for one am getting bored with the sends-emails-to-contacts-in-your-address-book variety of viruses. Whatever happened to the viruses of old (that I've only read about!) where every 4th of July your monitor would light up in a fireworks display?
Ah...memories...
This reminds me a news item I saw/read about 1-2 years ago where a student wanted to see if he could map out the U.S.'s infratructure given public records/information. He was extremely successful in that he mapped out whole power grids, telecom lines, subways, etc and overlayed them all. Much to his dismay, he was held from presenting this (his doctorate thesis, I believe) by the Feds who worried that terrorists would want to get their hands on the info.
And if you're a terrorist, that makes sense; someone else has already done the work for you and provided additional instructions on how to do so. On the other hand, this poor guy can't complete his work. And all he did was what any Tom, Dick, or Harry could've done.
Now it's been some time since I was on the Debate team/Model U.N./etc. where I could easily recall parliamentary procedure, but in general, wouldn't the representatives have had the opportunity to motion to remove the portion of the bill that was *snuck* in? I fail to see how someone snuck it in? Obviously they weren't very sneaky if we know about it, right? Bring the bill back up for debate and have that clause/paragraph/whatever removed or placed in another bill.
It saddens me to think that we, as constituents, can fall into the same trap as our Representatives and Senators by playing the party-card (Reps did this, Dems did that). Try this: Chalk it up to the folks in Congress either not doing their jobs correctly or just plain playing politics.
One of these days (when I grow up) I'm going to get into politics. Not because I like it, but because I want to make it better.
Gaming will always be popular because it is a means of escape for people, just as books, movies, and T.V. is.
World events and changes in technology will always provide ideas and fuel the imaginations of developers for new and interesting games.
Hell, I know I'll never be a super duper secret spy, but I can play one in a game and get my kicks!
The truth of the matter is this:
We're all going to go see the damn movie! Some of us will go because we like Star Wars, no matter what the plot (or lack thereof); we like shit blowing up and sword fights. And FX. Lot's of 'em. Some of us will go to see if the movie is good. Others to see if the movie sucks.
Either way, we're all seeing the movie and Lucas hears the bells of cash registers ringing in his head.
The funny thing is, the music industry, despite its disgust at P2P file sharing, has in some instances, leveraged P2P to assist in the distribution of music. See Big Champagne. They monitor P2P networks to see who's hot. In fact, I remember a Slashdot story on them a while back (too lazy to search for it).
"There a myth in the market that there are hundreds of thousands of people writing code for the Linux kernel. This is not the case; the number is hundreds, not thousands," he said. "If you look at the number of people who contribute to the kernel tree, you see that a significant amount of the work is just done by a handful.
I don't think the number of developers is really a point of contention. Several people contribute but not every patch is included in the kernel. In fact, those "handful" of people are part developer and part manager, really. They take all the code and decide what gets in and what doesn't, based on needed/wanted features and good coding. I'm sure this isn't much different than MS's development practice... I'd love to hear from MS on how their practices.
For any and all developers and/or entrepeneurs out there, it'd be a good idea to keep a close eye on this. There is opportunity in the government's call for this infrastrucure for a new niche in the IT industry. Just look at what HIPAA has done (and will continue to do) for IT...
Bots aren't the only concern. And by far, they aren't the most immediate. Collusion amongst two or more players in a room can occur easily by communicating via some other channel (i.e. Instant Messenger) whereby they can inform everyone involved of their hand. They could then team up to win pots and then split the earnings.
DEC/Compaq/HP/Doesn't matter now! provided this view of data storage years ago with AdvFS on Tru64. You had a bunch of disks, created a volume, then created as many filesets as needed. Any fileset could use any (or all) of the storage space in the volume.
Part of popular music's appeal is that it is, duh, enjoyed by a lot of people. That is the *primarily* purpose of the major labels, with their huge marketing budgets. They buy consensus along the lines of "Yes this is a song that we, the people, like."
Gee, where do you think all that popular music started? Every nationally known band was a local band somewhere at some point...
Think we'll see those Windows vs. Linux banner adds on ./ anymore?
This is not surprising; several studies on language have had similar findings. For example, a article I read last month in an issue of Discover ties the level of technological advancement with an increasing need to define more colors.
For example, in 1st world countries, the basic ROYGBIV colors are defined as well as variations within (Gee, honey, magenta or fuschia curtains? Chartreuse or pea soup, even!). In one South American tribe, there are only two words, those essentially describing "hot" and "cold" colors.
What I find most intriguing is whether or not it is the language that limits the culture, or the culture that limits the language. After all, as a culture, civilization grows and comes into contact with others, it is only reasonable that some things are assumed by each. Language is always one of the first aspects of a culture to change.
I think the idea is great. Probes that we send to the Red Planet will be able to utilize the network, even when on the dark side of the planet. If our dreams of terraforming the planet ever materialize, then this would also be a boon.
However, deploying such a network would be a waste if it is not utilized. I'd hate to see funds wasted.
On the other hand, if it is deployed, it could only mean that NASA/JPL is specualting on their prospects. Exciting!
If you work for a company that sells some sort of product/service/hosting, then the cost of your cell/pager/Internet connection should be built in to the cost of doing business (i.e. charged to the customer).
If more companies do this, neither you, nor the boss will feel that money (yours or theirs) is wasted.
This article isn't exactly Slashdot fare. I mean, I thought the whole ./ crowd was pretty much made up entirely of virgins! What do _we_ know about kids?
I read several periodicals as I like varying sources of information:
National Geographic
Smithsonian
Scientific American
Discover
And I can never seem to have enough information! My grandfather even gives me his old mags so that I'll never be bereft of print to sink my eyeballs into!
I hardly find this news on Slashdot.
Many of us ./ers program in some capacity and have varying experience. However, it should be understood that a language is not inherently secure (neither is an OS!). It may have features that make is appear more security conscious, but it does not make the code impregnable.
A car has seat belts and air bags, but that won't prevent an accident or serious bodily injury. It definitely won't prevent someone else from slamming into you.
Good programming starts in the design. Careful attention to the UI is a must as well (think Driver's Ed!).
Oh! And check those buffers!!!
Y'know, the one thing that I could never understand about research of this type (trying to figure out what a consumer/person wants) is that the same people performing the research are consumers themselves. If they all just sat down and discussed their buying wants and habits, they'd have a huge body of work to publish from. I guess this is just further proof of my belief that man will always look to the outside to try to understand himself.
I am no political scientist, nor a historian for that matter, but I remember coming across an interesting idea posited by one of America's 'founding fathers' (either Washington or Franklin?)
--begin paraphrase--
It is evident that in history, cultures progress through different states of rule. In many cases, the people are ruled by a strict tyranny. The people will revolt and establish some sort of self-rule. After a period of time, those in power will gradually take freedoms from the people whilst the people slip further into ignorance and laziness, thus capitulating their rights to the elite. At some point, the government has come full cycle and exists as a tyranny. This repeats itself throughout history
--end paraphrase--
All people should voice their opinions about the use of this technology. Technology has a habit of limiting instead of broadening people's freedoms.
Remember, a flood starts with one drop of water...
I read an article in Discover or Scientifc American (can't remember which!) recently detailing the shift to alternative fuels. Not only is it a challenge to develop applicable technologies that are economical for end users, an even greater challenge will be to develop the infrastructure necessary to support these vehicles. We take for granted that one can stop at a gas station and fill up. If one we're driving a propane-powered vehicle, one would require an appropriate filling station. The answer to this appears to lie in getting large companies to 'buy in' (sorry for the manager speak, lots of meetings this week!) to using alternative fuels and retrofitting their stations for those fuels. When they have taken hold, and enough demand exists, consumer stations can begin to be retrofitted with the necessary equipment to ease consumers into using cars that run on newer fuels.
It's kinda like how you can still buy VHS!