Obviously this is bad for freedom... worse, it's the wrong way to enforce ID. The Italian way is too much of a burden on small business owners and too easy for users to circumvent.
If the cops really think that ID should be required, why aren't they stepping up and doing something more effective, such as a computer login or swipecard?
A traditional degree is better for grad school because in a traditional school you are more likely to have opportunites for interaction with professors who can recommend you.
BSD is free and great but there's still costs for retraining, reconfiguring, and ferreting out things that don't quite work the same way as in a Windows environment. Good luck, PWC, and please share your results about this switch!
The Financial Times has a good section called "Digital Business" with open source topics.
Currently there's an interview with Matthew Szulik of Red Hat, who says he was first inspired by the potential of open source by work undertaken by Richard Stallman at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Also there's a commentary by Lawrence Lessig headlined "The march of the web-enabled amateurs" about "grand collaborative projects carried out by volunteers made possible by wikis."
The sedentary art of software development and the extreme sports of kitesurfing, sailplaning and canyoning would appear to have little in common.
However, both are examples of a new force that could eventually affect a far broader range of companies and industries: the power of users to shape how products are developed.
Sony was my final project for my recent Strategic Business Management course.
My group found that Sony's division conflicts were ruining Sony's strategic opportunities. A simple example is Sony's music division prohibiting Sony's electronics divsion from building DRM-free MP3 players.
A more complex example is Sony's movie division failing to work with with Sony's games division-- thus we get the PSP that can play movies, but there's no Sony "iMovies" store ready. What a strategic goof!
Our strategic management recommendation was for Sony to bring in new leadership, specifically someone to rock the boat and get the divisions working together.
Can it manage photos of your server on fire?
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Sun has a strong history of providing software and ideas to the community. But at the same time, Sun seems to have tremendous difficulty with follow-through on these kinds of projects. Remember the Liberty Alliance?
It would be cool to have a little app that reports the current Windows threat level.
The app could download data automatically using IE and ActiveX, format the data using an Excel Macro, then email results to me using Outlook.
Because I care about security.
A smarter approach? Learn the idioms and toolkits
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>A smarter approach is to learn the language basics in sequence as rapidly as possible
In my experience a language becomes useful when you also learn the frequent idioms and know the available toolkits.
Retailers need verification & item identity
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This "swapping" issue is happening because retailers aren't able to identify their own goods.
They can't tell the difference between the expensive watch and the cheap watch, so crooks profit.
This is an issue of verification and item identity.
Possible solutions? How about identity tools such as image recognition, holographic barcodes on the item itself, RFID, etched serial numbers, etc.
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If the cops really think that ID should be required, why aren't they stepping up and doing something more effective, such as a computer login or swipecard?
What happens to the FBI request for fast access when the students begin using encryption?
A traditional degree is better for grad school because in a traditional school you are more likely to have opportunites for interaction with professors who can recommend you.
BSD is free and great but there's still costs for retraining, reconfiguring, and ferreting out things that don't quite work the same way as in a Windows environment. Good luck, PWC, and please share your results about this switch!
...how about improving downloads by using a better format, such as XVID or Quicktime?
For example, your thumbprint can be lifted from a water glass.
And your retinal scan can be lifted any time you go to the eye doctor.
Currently there's an interview with Matthew Szulik of Red Hat, who says he was first inspired by the potential of open source by work undertaken by Richard Stallman at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Also there's a commentary by Lawrence Lessig headlined "The march of the web-enabled amateurs" about "grand collaborative projects carried out by volunteers made possible by wikis."
See Financial Times Digital Business
Then be more amazed:
How open source gave power to the people
By Richard Waters, September 19 2005
The sedentary art of software development and the extreme sports of kitesurfing, sailplaning and canyoning would appear to have little in common.
However, both are examples of a new force that could eventually affect a far broader range of companies and industries: the power of users to shape how products are developed.
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My group found that Sony's division conflicts were ruining Sony's strategic opportunities. A simple example is Sony's music division prohibiting Sony's electronics divsion from building DRM-free MP3 players.
A more complex example is Sony's movie division failing to work with with Sony's games division-- thus we get the PSP that can play movies, but there's no Sony "iMovies" store ready. What a strategic goof!
Our strategic management recommendation was for Sony to bring in new leadership, specifically someone to rock the boat and get the divisions working together.
Anyone have a cache or alternate download page?
With two significant security flaws discovered so far in Firefox (and many in IE) what should a high-security company do for a secure web browser?
Sun has a strong history of providing software and ideas to the community. But at the same time, Sun seems to have tremendous difficulty with follow-through on these kinds of projects. Remember the Liberty Alliance?
...before you hand over your computer and login to a complete stranger?
Do you know about the book Mindstorms by Seymour Papert? His book is about young children learning computers, and I very highly recommend it.
The app could download data automatically using IE and ActiveX, format the data using an Excel Macro, then email results to me using Outlook.
Because I care about security.
In my experience a language becomes useful when you also learn the frequent idioms and know the available toolkits.
This is an issue of verification and item identity.
Possible solutions? How about identity tools such as image recognition, holographic barcodes on the item itself, RFID, etched serial numbers, etc.
If Bush believes Intelligent Design, why aren't any of his goverment agencies providing any funding to study it?
Browser report is 404 Not Found. Doh!
Apache is great but it could be *significantly* easier for beginning webmasters. And for companies to fund changes.
...when he gives our country his data about why our men and women in uniform are *still* dying in Iraq while Bin Laden is still at large.
But it begs the question: what's needed for a secure browser?
First and foremost, don't let outsiders penetrate my system. MS failed this. Firefox failed this. What does it take to get this right?
RFC 1750: Randomness Recommendations for Security
... if you have recommendations or pros/cons, reply to this...
Some banks will help you, for example letting you use their cross-shredder or document-disposal bins.