1600+ Stern fans, including myself have complained.
however, the FCC says (not verbatim) they can't fine Oprah because people like her, but they can fine Howard because he is a lightning rod.
i am more of the opinion that Stern's problem with the FCC has nothing to do with indecency and is instead, politically motivated. my.sig says what i have to think about the subject
Darl: LLNL, you owe us, $500k for Linux licenses. We're cutting you a deal.
LLNL: Sure thing Darl. We'll send it right over. Nevermind the appearance of the delivery truck, we want to make sure your 'payment' gets their safely. It will be in a small suitcase and don't worry about the ticking noise.
Darl (to Chris): Heh. Dumbasses. We should hit up the gov't more often.
what's needed is a change in mentality on the parts of university administrators and legislators that ultimately control university budgets
university administrators: run.edus like a business, neglecting education and focusing on research -> make the university experience the best experience possible *FOR THE STUDENT*
legislators:.edu is a money sink. don't give them any more money -> education has, is, and always will be a money sink, but education should be the most important. here is more money. keep it affordable for the student. focus on teaching.
if the gov't gives the unis the money to do this, they will attract high quality faculty. why? everyone has a price. so what if it's only for 5 years and it's back to research... good for them. drop the ego trip and try to be genuinely helpful to another person. the personal results achieved from that would far outweigh any results from some research project
"moderation is the key" applies to so many things =)
yes, perhaps some balance is best. however, i'm so tired of the climate at this particular uni that just to get it to that balance, one has to go to the extreme other end of the spectrum. what ever happened to recruiting good teachers who were interested in teaching instead of stroking their egos when it comes to their research?
why not put stipulations on grants such as "look, this is funded by public monies. results from this grant, or derivations of results from this work, may not be patented or licensed and must be free for anyone, for any use, with no restrictions". by this, i mean a stipulation on any institution, private or public.
still, my state Constitution says that a college education at the state schools must be affordable. i understand tuition going up from time to time to adjust to inflation, or for upgrades to the student rec center, etc. but when tuition is going up $300/semester for the last 5 semesters, and at the same time, 5 new buildings are going up, i'm not happy shelling out that extra $300/semester when it's likely i won't see a return. why? because there is *SUCH* a focus on research here, that those faculty snagged from other unis don't have to teach if they don't want to.
it doesn't need to be problematic, that's the thing
the uni president here has pushed and pushed to get tuition increases every semester since he's been here. and he's been successful. yet, with all this money that he has said will be pegged for "better teaching", not much has gone that route. there have been 5 new buildings either built or being built since he got here. 1 building has 10 60 student halls in it. the other 4 are purely for research.
it'd be one thing if that money was 'soft' grant money, but it's not. it's 'hard' money that they take twice a month from my paycheck under the guise of a tax.
the fix is quite simple. schools that receive public monies shouldn't have such a focus on research. leave research to the private unis, and leave publicly funded schools to teaching. if a student or his parents don't like the quality of education at the cheaper public schools, then they can take out a loan and send johnny or alice to yale.
and, for the love of God, get rid of these presidents and provosts that are societal status freaks. public education has never been a money maker, and it never will, but education should still be the number one priority of the local, state, and federal gov't.
maybe a few years ago, but not anymore. once universities learned how to get around laws about being not-for-profit, stuff like this (unis going into asshanded contracts) started to become more and more commonplace.
now for some OT which i'm sure will get mod'd down
it's pretty pathetic that the "academic tradition" of openness at universities (i'm speaking of public state schools, not private unis which can do whatever they want for all i care) is slowly being pushed to the wayside. universities are no longer run like places of education, but more like businesses. business has no place in education.
my state's Constitution states that (state college/uni) education must be affordable. in the past 2.5 years since we got stuck with a new president, tuition has consistently gone up. 5 new buildings have been built or are currently under construction, only one of which is used (partially) for teaching. the rest are completely dedicated to research.
the kicker is that this research is almost always funded by gov't grants (read: my and yours $$). yet, if i want to use technology developed on those grants, i have to pay for a license to use it... i pay twice.
if a researcher here finds a cure for cancer, the uni's corporate arm will take ownership, and license it. that's damn sad. the days of places of higher education putting out freely available innovations are long gone thanks to the almighty ustpo, and the sad state of using patents to stifle innovation. i can only imagine the american forefathers are rolling in their graves.
define "reasonable". "reasonable" to whom? $1US is not reasonable to me. nor is $.01US. not even if they paid me $10000000US. it's the principle of the matter.
Show me an ad that says, "Hey this works okay most of the time," or "this router can detect and contain unusual network activity, so viri spread slower" and that's a product that I can trust.
That's not a product I would trust. Routers should do one thing, and that's routing. Firewalls should be the devices that implement policies, not routers.
It's the same premise as buggy, hole-ridden software. A good 30% of 'features' in software don't need to be there, but they are, and they introduce problems. Take Norton Systemworks (2002)... while it's scanning the disk, you can have it animate the logo and/or play some music. Why does that need to be there? It doesn't...
The same goes for Cisco... the hardware isn't spectacular, but they make up for it in software. They add feature upon feature upon feature, which leads to the code getting overly complex, which leads to bugs. You then get vulnerabilities like the one for LEAP, or now this TCP reset business, when they (the bugs) likely wouldn't exist if the routers just did routing and the engineers focused on that.
Another thing, if Linux's "iptables" interface to netfilter challenges you, then you have no business using computers at all.
that is absolute bullshit. when software is easy to use, it leads to fewer mistakes
hmm... edit a text file (using a syntax that is almost like reading english) and tell the firewall software to re-read it, or, memorize a half-dozen of command line switches
you will probably always see less support for exotic hardware in *BSD because the volunteers who contribute to *BSD are less willing to compromise their beliefs by signing NDAs to get documentation. *BSD is free-free for a reason, and a good part of it comes from that (non-polluting code)
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1600+ Stern fans, including myself have complained.
.sig says what i have to think about the subject
however, the FCC says (not verbatim) they can't fine Oprah because people like her, but they can fine Howard because he is a lightning rod.
i am more of the opinion that Stern's problem with the FCC has nothing to do with indecency and is instead, politically motivated. my
Don, ... it's not like you (making an ass of yourself in public).
Stop making excuses for yourself. And ditch the AC posting
Thanks
I heard it's titled "How to be a Corporate Bitch" and a subtitle "alienating your own community"
or, maybe I'm just confusing SCO's book with Cisco's bitch, the IETF and it's book
no no ... see, he was refering to what SCO has based their case on
Darl: LLNL, you owe us, $500k for Linux licenses. We're cutting you a deal.
LLNL: Sure thing Darl. We'll send it right over. Nevermind the appearance of the delivery truck, we want to make sure your 'payment' gets their safely. It will be in a small suitcase and don't worry about the ticking noise.
Darl (to Chris): Heh. Dumbasses. We should hit up the gov't more often.
no
.edus like a business, neglecting education and focusing on research -> make the university experience the best experience possible *FOR THE STUDENT*
.edu is a money sink. don't give them any more money -> education has, is, and always will be a money sink, but education should be the most important. here is more money. keep it affordable for the student. focus on teaching.
... good for them. drop the ego trip and try to be genuinely helpful to another person. the personal results achieved from that would far outweigh any results from some research project
what's needed is a change in mentality on the parts of university administrators and legislators that ultimately control university budgets
university administrators: run
legislators:
if the gov't gives the unis the money to do this, they will attract high quality faculty. why? everyone has a price. so what if it's only for 5 years and it's back to research
"moderation is the key" applies to so many things =)
yes, perhaps some balance is best. however, i'm so tired of the climate at this particular uni that just to get it to that balance, one has to go to the extreme other end of the spectrum. what ever happened to recruiting good teachers who were interested in teaching instead of stroking their egos when it comes to their research?
why not put stipulations on grants such as "look, this is funded by public monies. results from this grant, or derivations of results from this work, may not be patented or licensed and must be free for anyone, for any use, with no restrictions". by this, i mean a stipulation on any institution, private or public.
still, my state Constitution says that a college education at the state schools must be affordable. i understand tuition going up from time to time to adjust to inflation, or for upgrades to the student rec center, etc. but when tuition is going up $300/semester for the last 5 semesters, and at the same time, 5 new buildings are going up, i'm not happy shelling out that extra $300/semester when it's likely i won't see a return. why? because there is *SUCH* a focus on research here, that those faculty snagged from other unis don't have to teach if they don't want to.
Jose Serrano (D-NY, 16th Bronx) is also a good choice to support, especially when it comes to protecting the 1st Amendment.
RMS and wishing that god would lead him to the path of Islam so he can rest in heaven when the day comes!!!
there is much for you to learn, my young paduan
it doesn't need to be problematic, that's the thing
the uni president here has pushed and pushed to get tuition increases every semester since he's been here. and he's been successful. yet, with all this money that he has said will be pegged for "better teaching", not much has gone that route. there have been 5 new buildings either built or being built since he got here. 1 building has 10 60 student halls in it. the other 4 are purely for research.
it'd be one thing if that money was 'soft' grant money, but it's not. it's 'hard' money that they take twice a month from my paycheck under the guise of a tax.
the fix is quite simple. schools that receive public monies shouldn't have such a focus on research. leave research to the private unis, and leave publicly funded schools to teaching. if a student or his parents don't like the quality of education at the cheaper public schools, then they can take out a loan and send johnny or alice to yale.
and, for the love of God, get rid of these presidents and provosts that are societal status freaks. public education has never been a money maker, and it never will, but education should still be the number one priority of the local, state, and federal gov't.
maybe a few years ago, but not anymore. once universities learned how to get around laws about being not-for-profit, stuff like this (unis going into asshanded contracts) started to become more and more commonplace.
... i pay twice.
now for some OT which i'm sure will get mod'd down
it's pretty pathetic that the "academic tradition" of openness at universities (i'm speaking of public state schools, not private unis which can do whatever they want for all i care) is slowly being pushed to the wayside. universities are no longer run like places of education, but more like businesses. business has no place in education.
my state's Constitution states that (state college/uni) education must be affordable. in the past 2.5 years since we got stuck with a new president, tuition has consistently gone up. 5 new buildings have been built or are currently under construction, only one of which is used (partially) for teaching. the rest are completely dedicated to research.
the kicker is that this research is almost always funded by gov't grants (read: my and yours $$). yet, if i want to use technology developed on those grants, i have to pay for a license to use it
if a researcher here finds a cure for cancer, the uni's corporate arm will take ownership, and license it. that's damn sad. the days of places of higher education putting out freely available innovations are long gone thanks to the almighty ustpo, and the sad state of using patents to stifle innovation. i can only imagine the american forefathers are rolling in their graves.
right. cisco will roll this 'fix' into future releases of IOS. oh wait, new exploit for IOS, no workaround, must upgrade.
.edu where we've got some 2000+ cisco devices. 1500+ of which are $3000 2950s
or, spend the $$ to replace cisco equipment. i work at a
or, do the right thing and make a fuss with the ietf about them being cisco's bitch and get them to stop this insanity
define "reasonable". "reasonable" to whom? $1US is not reasonable to me. nor is $.01US. not even if they paid me $10000000US. it's the principle of the matter.
and with ifstated coming along in 3.6, everything can failover
Show me an ad that says, "Hey this works okay most of the time," or "this router can detect and contain unusual network activity, so viri spread slower" and that's a product that I can trust.
... while it's scanning the disk, you can have it animate the logo and/or play some music. Why does that need to be there? It doesn't ...
... the hardware isn't spectacular, but they make up for it in software. They add feature upon feature upon feature, which leads to the code getting overly complex, which leads to bugs. You then get vulnerabilities like the one for LEAP, or now this TCP reset business, when they (the bugs) likely wouldn't exist if the routers just did routing and the engineers focused on that.
That's not a product I would trust. Routers should do one thing, and that's routing. Firewalls should be the devices that implement policies, not routers.
It's the same premise as buggy, hole-ridden software. A good 30% of 'features' in software don't need to be there, but they are, and they introduce problems. Take Norton Systemworks (2002)
The same goes for Cisco
welcome our speedingly fast galatic dust and ice overlords
"According to the Internet2 LSR contest rule #5A, IPv4 TCP single stream"
nope. 2nd gen WOP
these things worry not me, the traditional non-showering geek
thanks to some lax programming in redmond, it's mine now, and i didn't have to pay a cent!
and in the default install, sendmail only listens on localhost ...
Another thing, if Linux's "iptables" interface to netfilter challenges you, then you have no business using computers at all.
... edit a text file (using a syntax that is almost like reading english) and tell the firewall software to re-read it, or, memorize a half-dozen of command line switches
that is absolute bullshit. when software is easy to use, it leads to fewer mistakes
hmm
yum is a very tasty treat for keeping rh9 boxes up to-date. using it to keep some SAP workstations (for the rovers) running
you will probably always see less support for exotic hardware in *BSD because the volunteers who contribute to *BSD are less willing to compromise their beliefs by signing NDAs to get documentation. *BSD is free-free for a reason, and a good part of it comes from that (non-polluting code)
only on slashdot would a joke get critiqued like this =)