Yes, I know - I read another post in response that said EFF and everyone already corrected him, but it was too late once I posted this.
Ignore that though - it doesn't matter - my interest in the article wasn't based on who he was or who he worked for. It was based on the article summary which explained exactly what the talk was about. -N
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Don't forget cute little girls with pigtails and ice cream cones, with sprinkles. -N
From the article summary, I can tell he's someone who's important enough to give a speech at Harvard on the topic of free software and is himself a supporter of free software and the spread of that message. I would assume clicking on the links would give me more details about him and his position on these matters.
And this is before I've read it and before I knew who he was. What exactly do you expect here? A paragraph explaining that Eben Moglen was the legal counsel for EFF doesn't tell me anything about this article. -N
Many aftermarket car stereos have alternate inputs so you can plug anything into it, much like an external CD changer, MP3 player, etc. If this is really a problem for you, consider a new stereo. -N
I think it'll be a more reliable bandwidth with DSL, because it's very consistent. But I had more outages with DSL and also had much slower speeds than with cable. Then again, that's here and you're wherever you are with different providers and different infrastructures and all. Every place could be different. -N
I recall reading that they used MySQL, though they had their own search and indexing built around it. Looking through their job opportunities listings, most mention that MySQL experience is a big plus. -N
Who modded this insightful rather than flamebait? Come on now... Al Qaeda hasn't stopped anything because of the Deptartment of Homeland Security. If you think that organization has accomplished anything more than erasing parts of the constitution while no one's looking, you're incredibly naive.
Nobody's avoiding terrorist activity because the DHS and he's no more likely a future victim for noticing that than you for thinking DHS is worthwhile. -N
It'll be worth it in the end. Just doin't hesitate to tell the truth and when/if you get the job, you'll be far better off. Lying will only make them question you and give them a good reason not to employ you. -N
TMobile traditionally uses 1900MHz in the US and if they're expanding into other bandwidths, I haven't heard it. Not that it's impossible, but there's no case of "T-Mobile still uses the 900MHz GSM" as they never used to, even if they are now. -N
I don't know that I agree that Cingular has the largest network. Certainly TMobile and Voicestream put together a mcuh larger network long before Cingular got into GSM. And I've been all over the country and always, with one exception in southern California, get a TMobile or VStream provider. If I have a choice of networks to connect to, it's a rarity. -N
I'll second that... Getting a phone that supports multiple frequencies is best as it sends a message to the phone makers that this kind of portability is important. Personally, I know it has been valuable and while I'm sure not everyone will use it, it's very nice to know it's there and it's always good to support the best standard. -N
I'd run, if I were you. I finally got my fiance out of Cingular's grasp after her seemingly endless contract stopped getting renewed and added her to my TMobile plan. The prices are great and TMobile is awesome for customer service (at least they have been for me for several years back into the Voicestream years).
As someone else has said, it can get much worse. -N
I remember reading somewhere that Cingular used mostly the TMobile network which I've never had much a problem with (albeit I know there are some) and that AT&T has none of its own network and so has to license from both TMobile and Cingular to have any coverage? Maybe I'm wrong, but otherwise, I can't imagine how AT&T could be better than Cingular. -N
The rant you make has nothing to do with GSM. You can get feature-laden phones for other services too.
And besides that, if you don't want to use those phones, don't. Sure, it's getting harder to find phones that are just basic phones, but if the freebie phone you get with your service contract also happens to have a camera that you never use, who gives a damn? If it comes in handy, you'll have it and if it doesn't, you'll ignore it. No loss either way and no hardship on your part.
And further, what does this have to do the overabundance of people driving SUVs and not paying attention to the road? Or with talking on cell phones while driving? Get a grip or get a hug as someone else suggested. -N
Read his post again. You're saying to select a product because it's reliable and problems discovered in it will be quickly repaired, not because "they can see the #includes" - he said the same thing. He said not to select things because they're open source or not, but because they provide the right features regardless of whether they run on Mac, Windows, or Linux boxes. -N
In the last article on the/. home page, we have W. Russell Jones talking about all the insecurity of having source available in open source projects.
I'm afraid we've reach a massive failure here in security by obscurity, but time will tell. If this is true and if there are lots of security holes discovered, I find it hard to believe even a company of Microsoft's size can respond quickly enough to keep the outbreaks down. This threat is why open source is better than what W. Russell Jones made it out to be. The threat of security failing because of leaking source just isn't there with open source. -N
No. 2.6 changed. ide-scsi emulation was broken at least in the first revisions and Linus made it clear that he had no real motivation to fix it because it is an inherently ugly way to communicate with CD-recorders and the atapi drivers now included in kernel 2.6 were the ideal method to use. cdrecord did update to use this some time ago, but cdrdao has not, at least not last I checked.
Read up about it rather than guessing based on your own experiences. I didn't just make it up. -N
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Yes, I know - I read another post in response that said EFF and everyone already corrected him, but it was too late once I posted this.
Ignore that though - it doesn't matter - my interest in the article wasn't based on who he was or who he worked for. It was based on the article summary which explained exactly what the talk was about.
-N
Don't forget cute little girls with pigtails and ice cream cones, with sprinkles.
-N
From the article summary, I can tell he's someone who's important enough to give a speech at Harvard on the topic of free software and is himself a supporter of free software and the spread of that message. I would assume clicking on the links would give me more details about him and his position on these matters.
And this is before I've read it and before I knew who he was. What exactly do you expect here? A paragraph explaining that Eben Moglen was the legal counsel for EFF doesn't tell me anything about this article.
-N
Many aftermarket car stereos have alternate inputs so you can plug anything into it, much like an external CD changer, MP3 player, etc. If this is really a problem for you, consider a new stereo.
-N
The Hummer has 50,000 miles on it and it's on its second engine. What did they do to that thing?
-N
I think it'll be a more reliable bandwidth with DSL, because it's very consistent. But I had more outages with DSL and also had much slower speeds than with cable. Then again, that's here and you're wherever you are with different providers and different infrastructures and all. Every place could be different.
-N
I recall reading that they used MySQL, though they had their own search and indexing built around it. Looking through their job opportunities listings, most mention that MySQL experience is a big plus.
-N
Yeah, no worthwhile sites use MySQL. Or perhaps your needs just don't actually apply to everyone?
-N
You don't need a lense to look out into space to find SCO's future. You need a shovel. And perhaps a few friends to speed things up.
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You're wrong! What you wrote isn't actually a joke. But don't worry, the mods "got it" and you're modded funny.
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You are incredibly misinformed.
I wasn't misinformed. In fact, that post is now moderated Flamebait, so someone agreed with me.
WMD first response training wasn't even on the map a couple of years ago.
While I admire that, it's unclear whether that was necessary or not and that is certainly not a justification for a whole new government agency.
Just to review: you are a troll. An un-informed troll.
I'm not a troll, albeit I'm now going off-topic. I don't appreciate undeserved accusations though.
-N
Who modded this insightful rather than flamebait? Come on now... Al Qaeda hasn't stopped anything because of the Deptartment of Homeland Security. If you think that organization has accomplished anything more than erasing parts of the constitution while no one's looking, you're incredibly naive.
Nobody's avoiding terrorist activity because the DHS and he's no more likely a future victim for noticing that than you for thinking DHS is worthwhile.
-N
It'll be worth it in the end. Just doin't hesitate to tell the truth and when/if you get the job, you'll be far better off. Lying will only make them question you and give them a good reason not to employ you.
-N
TMobile traditionally uses 1900MHz in the US and if they're expanding into other bandwidths, I haven't heard it. Not that it's impossible, but there's no case of "T-Mobile still uses the 900MHz GSM" as they never used to, even if they are now.
-N
I don't know that I agree that Cingular has the largest network. Certainly TMobile and Voicestream put together a mcuh larger network long before Cingular got into GSM. And I've been all over the country and always, with one exception in southern California, get a TMobile or VStream provider. If I have a choice of networks to connect to, it's a rarity.
-N
I'll second that... Getting a phone that supports multiple frequencies is best as it sends a message to the phone makers that this kind of portability is important. Personally, I know it has been valuable and while I'm sure not everyone will use it, it's very nice to know it's there and it's always good to support the best standard.
-N
I'd run, if I were you. I finally got my fiance out of Cingular's grasp after her seemingly endless contract stopped getting renewed and added her to my TMobile plan. The prices are great and TMobile is awesome for customer service (at least they have been for me for several years back into the Voicestream years).
As someone else has said, it can get much worse.
-N
I remember reading somewhere that Cingular used mostly the TMobile network which I've never had much a problem with (albeit I know there are some) and that AT&T has none of its own network and so has to license from both TMobile and Cingular to have any coverage? Maybe I'm wrong, but otherwise, I can't imagine how AT&T could be better than Cingular.
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I knew. They were advertising the same features I'd enjoyed on my Voicestream/TMobile service for years, included in normal service.
-N
The rant you make has nothing to do with GSM. You can get feature-laden phones for other services too.
And besides that, if you don't want to use those phones, don't. Sure, it's getting harder to find phones that are just basic phones, but if the freebie phone you get with your service contract also happens to have a camera that you never use, who gives a damn? If it comes in handy, you'll have it and if it doesn't, you'll ignore it. No loss either way and no hardship on your part.
And further, what does this have to do the overabundance of people driving SUVs and not paying attention to the road? Or with talking on cell phones while driving? Get a grip or get a hug as someone else suggested.
-N
Read his post again. You're saying to select a product because it's reliable and problems discovered in it will be quickly repaired, not because "they can see the #includes" - he said the same thing. He said not to select things because they're open source or not, but because they provide the right features regardless of whether they run on Mac, Windows, or Linux boxes.
-N
My mistake then. I wasn't aware that KA-BOOM means the OS crashes.
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And what does this have to do with Windows?
-N
In the last article on the /. home page, we have W. Russell Jones talking about all the insecurity of having source available in open source projects.
I'm afraid we've reach a massive failure here in security by obscurity, but time will tell. If this is true and if there are lots of security holes discovered, I find it hard to believe even a company of Microsoft's size can respond quickly enough to keep the outbreaks down. This threat is why open source is better than what W. Russell Jones made it out to be. The threat of security failing because of leaking source just isn't there with open source.
-N
No. 2.6 changed. ide-scsi emulation was broken at least in the first revisions and Linus made it clear that he had no real motivation to fix it because it is an inherently ugly way to communicate with CD-recorders and the atapi drivers now included in kernel 2.6 were the ideal method to use. cdrecord did update to use this some time ago, but cdrdao has not, at least not last I checked.
Read up about it rather than guessing based on your own experiences. I didn't just make it up.
-N