One might argue that smoking is also a "global" problem inasmuch as the society has to pay for the lung cancer treatment and care and the lost productivity.
then i suppose that qualifies Slashdot as a global problem? get back to work.
Exactly. Governments use the excuse the topic du jour to justify advances in illegal monitoring, secret arrest, indefinite detention and torture. The means created today for the military will be applied to the general population tomorrow.
> I think thats the real issue here. The US military and defence[sic] industries (should really be called attack industries now) spend a fortune developing advanced weaponry
Correct.
>...and they are probably less than amused that a bunch of indian/chinese/durkastani[sic] developers have such detailed knowledge of their systems and potential weaknesses.
Ah, you missed it. Who misses out if software development goes offshore? American software development companies -- so they drum up some xenophobic sentiment about security to protect their own lucrative contracts.
Microsoft is in the business of making money, there is lots of money in China therefore Microsoft will do business in China.
This widely-reported threat is likely aimed at drumming up American political support for Microsoft here at home, with an eye towards applying pressure to China via some other not-widely-reported means. Got to protect those American interests!
The reason Africa is in generally poor shape is not because resources don't exist, but because of horribly corrupt governments and warfare. The goal here is education and the spread of information at a more grassroots level, though I have my doubts as well.
I tend to do small exploratory projects to introduce myself to a topic or to try and solve a problem. For example, after testing the scalability of an application at work (which didn't scale badly) I did some research to try and figure out how I could reshape this app in the future to be maximally-scalable. I started a small project of a barebones webserver, and updated it as my knowledge grew. One can read all the tutorials and books in the world, but you don't really know something until you do it. So in the end I know how to scale networking I/O up 10x what my previous knowledge allowed. Practice projects won't make you an expert on the topic, but at worst they at least help you identify the right questions.
iirc Quebec has very stringent rules on contests and lotteries and is usually excluded from international contests because of the prohibitive effort required to comply.
I've had an AT&T GoPhone for a couple of years; it's a pay-as-you-go deal. Then AT&T wireless was sold to Cingular. I was recently told that Cingular was "cancelling" the service, but it basically amounted to them forcing me to replace my AT&T SIM card with one from Cingular, fine. I was told to call a special 800# to get it sorted out, and I procrastinated a couple of days. Well, by the time I went to do it my monthly bill had come around and my phone was blocked from sending or receiving calls until I paid my bill. This had happened to me a few times in the past, no big deal. But, it means I can't call the 800#. So I try and pay my bill via phone and I can't because they're closing down the plans and won't allow me to pay my bill. So I can't sign up for the new plan because I can't make calls because I can't pay my bill because I have to sign up for a new plan. That was a fun one.
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Shhhh. This is just a convenient way to resolve the Hubble hub-bub, we have more space nukes that need work.
not enough CG characters.
So what, the software I write commonly attempts to divide by zero.
Exactly. Governments use the excuse the topic du jour to justify advances in illegal monitoring, secret arrest, indefinite detention and torture. The means created today for the military will be applied to the general population tomorrow.
You're 1,000 years old?! Your bio says you're 27! -- Bender
Indeed, this example illustrates Why DRM Doesn't Work.
> I think thats the real issue here. The US military and defence[sic] industries (should really be called attack industries now) spend a fortune developing advanced weaponry
...and they are probably less than amused that a bunch of indian/chinese/durkastani[sic] developers have such detailed knowledge of their systems and potential weaknesses.
Correct.
>
Ah, you missed it. Who misses out if software development goes offshore? American software development companies -- so they drum up some xenophobic sentiment about security to protect their own lucrative contracts.
Microsoft is in the business of making money, there is lots of money in China therefore Microsoft will do business in China.
This widely-reported threat is likely aimed at drumming up American political support for Microsoft here at home, with an eye towards applying pressure to China via some other not-widely-reported means. Got to protect those American interests!
The reason Africa is in generally poor shape is not because resources don't exist, but because of horribly corrupt governments and warfare. The goal here is education and the spread of information at a more grassroots level, though I have my doubts as well.
Yes, but now how will I update my MySpace page with videos of me finding fish and stunning them while listening to my favorite trendy band?!
I tried. It's hard.
I tend to do small exploratory projects to introduce myself to a topic or to try and solve a problem. For example, after testing the scalability of an application at work (which didn't scale badly) I did some research to try and figure out how I could reshape this app in the future to be maximally-scalable. I started a small project of a barebones webserver, and updated it as my knowledge grew. One can read all the tutorials and books in the world, but you don't really know something until you do it. So in the end I know how to scale networking I/O up 10x what my previous knowledge allowed. Practice projects won't make you an expert on the topic, but at worst they at least help you identify the right questions.
I don't see why your average slashdotter would even care about the press since they don't even read articles.
iirc Quebec has very stringent rules on contests and lotteries and is usually excluded from international contests because of the prohibitive effort required to comply.
I've had an AT&T GoPhone for a couple of years; it's a pay-as-you-go deal. Then AT&T wireless was sold to Cingular. I was recently told that Cingular was "cancelling" the service, but it basically amounted to them forcing me to replace my AT&T SIM card with one from Cingular, fine. I was told to call a special 800# to get it sorted out, and I procrastinated a couple of days. Well, by the time I went to do it my monthly bill had come around and my phone was blocked from sending or receiving calls until I paid my bill. This had happened to me a few times in the past, no big deal. But, it means I can't call the 800#. So I try and pay my bill via phone and I can't because they're closing down the plans and won't allow me to pay my bill. So I can't sign up for the new plan because I can't make calls because I can't pay my bill because I have to sign up for a new plan. That was a fun one.
...then we can play catch.
Those with the most to lose gamble less.
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Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Wikipedia. 3 of these entities exist purely to make money.