Wait a minute. You complain that your keyboard is broken in linux, and that's proof that linux is bad. Then you say that it doesn't work under Vista, but that's OK because it has proper binary drivers.
Maybe I'm confused; I've been reading legalese all day long so perhaps I'm missing something obvious.
Anywa, I've sucessfully build a single module (hardware driver) without a full kernel recompile, and yanked the old one, modprobed the new one, and had a new driver without a full recompile or a reboot... I don't know of anyone who actually runs a monolithic kernel unless it's some arcane embedded stuff struggling with a 2.2 kernel.....
I guess I just don't understand your point. Maybe you're saying that everything sucks.... Or something....
Lessee. We have 2 guys who want to build a $27B railroad, and they don't have the $35K for a feasibility study?
WTF?
All they have is an idea. There is no way that they can be for real. I don't doubt they're sincere, but it is going to take some real money to get moving.
If anything is unfair about the government providing services it's how they can cut through government policies and basically get stuff done if they want too.
You've never worked for a government, have you? We've had our own Codes Enforcement fine us after our own Planning Department failed to meet their own deadline for issuing permits to us....
A private entity would be on the phone to the [City|State|US] representative. We have no recourse. Private industry can lobby politicians for relief; we are prohibited from doing so.
People like me can go to jail for "cutting through policies". If anything, we are held to every little dot and iota of the law. All of our actions are a matter of public record. We have watchdog groups that audit what we do. None of this applies to private industry.
I work for a government and I think you've been drinking too much Limbaugh kool-aid...
I am always amazed how industry has been yelling "big bad inefficient government; privatize now and we'll do it better cheaper quicker!"
Now that government is actually competing, they're yelling "big bad unfair government; they can do it cheaper than us and we need protection!"
So what is it? If government is so "inefficient" why does industry need protection? If privatizing is so much better, why worry about government getting into your business niche?
In other words, government all too often does do things "better cheaper quicker" - we may pay a lot for a consultant, but our CEOs earn $100K/year, and not $100M/year. You can buy a lot of consultants for what one private industry CEO gets in a year.
Your mayor can ban lawn signs, as long as they are content neutral. S/he can, for example, limit the size, shape, color, location, etc. of signs. A mayor could, I suppose, ban *all* signs regardless of content or location, but that's been struck down as overbroad, and a violation of the First Ammendment. Signage, and control thereof, is normal part of land-use ordinances.
Your mayor, cannot, however, ban content on signs, unless that content is pornographic. I could, for example, erect a sign a sign that says "Your mayor is a blithering idiot" and, as long as it complies with the local laws, I received a sign permit, and it was buit according to the building code, there ain't a thing he can do about it. (I've written these ordinances; I've argued them, and I've approved and denied signs under them.)
The parallel here is: A school has every right to ban all of the internet. Presumably, it could ban only that part of the internet considered pornographic. It has no inherent right to ban other parts of the internet just because it doesn't agree with them.
I run my own DHCP and DNS server; the computers get their IP address along with my DNS server IP. My DNS server uses openDNS as a forwarder.
So yes, if they gain root access, they could edit hack away. Of course, this would require learning about system administratin, which is a good thing in itself. If they get to that point, I'll walk them through it if need be.
As I don't run windows, ordinary user accounts don't have admin priveledges.
Hmmm.... Whitelisting might work in a corporate environment where you want to tie people down to your website and a handful of providers. But it's not practical for a household; my kids do research on the web for their schoolwork. By definition, that's undefined; they're exploring.
So I use openDNS with moderate settings. We've talked the filtering in place and they've found some sites that they need access to that are blocked. (openDNS sometimes prudishly classes sites about sexuality as pornography. I disagree.) If they are skilled enough to compromise my DHCP and DNS servers, then we'll have a serious talk about a future in IT. I guess that they could get a list of IP addresses and enter those. But for now openDNS works.
That's my question.... As someone who used to own a small business, this would be a disaster.
Some states allow LOST - local option sales taxes. Then there are taxes aimed at specific items. So for an item shipped to Bumfuck, XZ, one could pay state tax + LOST + some other tax. Or not. Maybe we're past the sunset date on the LOST. Or perhaps we're not a luxury but a necessity, so we don't have to pay the luxury tax.
Who will track all of this? If I live in OR, buy a package from a place in CA, have it shipped to PA, and invoice it to my bank in TX, who gets the tax? And who makes sure it was done right?
This could drive most small businesses out of the mail order business....
Dude, if you haven't caught on, there are *NO* emergency room doctors on a preferred provider list of *any* network. None, zip, nada, zilch. I'd have to go to Mexico or Canada to find one.
By way of comparison, my dad had complications with hip replacement that led to partial loss of use of his leg. The doctors here (in the US) basically gave him 4 days of therapy and a cane, and sent him home. Told him he would limp for the rest of his life. His bill for 3 days in the hospital plus the therapy was $70K.
That summer, in the Czech Republic, the doctor sent him to a therapeutic spa for 6 weeks of therapy. And, since he and my mom are retired, offered to send my mother there as well, with the state picking up half the charges for her so he would not feel lonely. Total bill for 6 weeks, meals included? About $3,000US.
From your nic, I assume ze jsi cech. I'm not sure where you live, but try the health care here in the US. When my kid broke his arm, my insurance refused to pay for the doctor, as it was "elective surgery", the doctor was not one of our preferred providers, and we did not get prequalified.
I guess we could have set his arm ourselves, or perhaps let it heal crooked....
For this we were billed $7,000....
One of my relatives is a doctor in the CR. As everywhere, there are good doctors, and bad doctors. All in all, the care I've received in the CR and Japan rivals that in the US, at a much lower cost.
Having universal gov't health care doesn't stop the wealthy from buying more health care than anyone else; it provides health care for the 30% or so of Americans who have none.
It would also control some of the ridiculous cost spirals. Doctors have no idea how much treatment costs; I've asked how much a certain procedure might cost and I'm always met with a blank stare. All the doctors know is that they get a kickback from the lab/hospital/etc for ordering some test. They don't really care if it's necessary or useful.
I'm familiar with both Japanese and European health care systems. The Japanese system provides universal care to everyone. It's basic and no-frills, but it covers nearly all.
The European System (actually Czech Republic) is much the same way. Its focus is on quality of life; they are less likely to provide life-extending care if it means being tethered to a hospital bed. They'll tell you to go home, have some beer, and enjoy what life you have left. They might even send you to a spa or a hot-springs at state expense.
My reply was a bit tongue-in-cheek and over the top...
My whole point was that we have mixed the gene pool quite a bit in the last 50 to 100 years, both intentionally and as a by-product of our technological culture. We have caused changes in the behavior and appearance of species.
I used "mutation" in the sense that these changes would not have occurred without our intervention.
We "evolved" drug resitant bacteria - by killing off all the weaker ones.
We "evolved" spcialized adaptations of birds because of human-supplied winter foods and nesting grounds.
We "evolved" a dizzying variety of dogs that simply didn't exist 10,000 years ago.
We "evolved" cattle that can barely move, but that produces 100 gal/milk per day.
I could go on and on... By controlling who breeds with whom, we have created lots of new species.
When you take this to the human form, humans have existed in relative isolation until perhaps 50-60 years ago. We controlled our environment and evolution more-or-less stopped as we protected the "weaker" and allowed them to survive. A 100 years ago Steven Hawking would never have gone to school; most likely wouldn't have lived to adulthood.
Until the last half-century, we simply did not have the large scale mobility to inter-breed. Now the number mixed race children is so high that the idea of "race" will hopefully die out.
Yes, humans are evolving. We are changing the way we look and act and think. Every one of the "inter-racial" children is a mutant who would have most likely not existed a 100 years ago. (I say this as a father of two such mutants.)
Evolution doesn't happen "ex cathedra". It happens gradually.
I was in a similar situation long ago... I wrote up a memo outlining the software we had installed, an estimated budget to get everyone legal with what they needed, and an approval to go ahead. (At the time there was no FOSS...)
I got my ass chewed for putting it in writing, but it got their attention. We ended up getting legal in most of the larger packages.
Today I would also do the homework and add "direct FOSS replacements" for the software in question as much as possible. MS server -> CentOS + Samba; MS OFfice -> OpenOffice, and so on. I would create a roadmap to get everyone legal and ask for approval.
Above all, be professional, curteous, and politically astute. It won't do to create a "fear reflex" where you get shitcanned and blackballed. You may want to have a closed-door conversation first and ask to see if management would like to see the roadmap you've prepared.
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Wait a minute. You complain that your keyboard is broken in linux, and that's proof that linux is bad. Then you say that it doesn't work under Vista, but that's OK because it has proper binary drivers.
Maybe I'm confused; I've been reading legalese all day long so perhaps I'm missing something obvious.
Anywa, I've sucessfully build a single module (hardware driver) without a full kernel recompile, and yanked the old one, modprobed the new one, and had a new driver without a full recompile or a reboot... I don't know of anyone who actually runs a monolithic kernel unless it's some arcane embedded stuff struggling with a 2.2 kernel.....
I guess I just don't understand your point. Maybe you're saying that everything sucks.... Or something....
Gah! You're absolutely right. I had that in mind but my fingers didn't.....
Basically, webcams suck for this. They get washed out and are basically worthless. Also the CPU required is prohibitive.
IPcams, while better, have limited resolution.
So you're really looking at using cameras run through libgphoto and some custom scripts. You need a lot of storage, and you need the right camera.
It's doable with gphoto and a handful of Canon cameras, but be prepared to spend lots of $YOUR_LOCAL_CURRENCY.
OTOH, if you get a travelcam going, I'd love to contribute; I haven't given up hope yet.
If you look at rtrees, you can even look up the nearest landmark and tag your images with '2.3 miles southeast of $BIG_BEAUTIFUL_LANDMARK.
Lessee. We have 2 guys who want to build a $27B railroad, and they don't have the $35K for a feasibility study?
WTF?
All they have is an idea. There is no way that they can be for real. I don't doubt they're sincere, but it is going to take some real money to get moving.
Heh.... Point your wife to Cherrytv.com. :-)
If anything is unfair about the government providing services it's how they can cut through government policies and basically get stuff done if they want too.
You've never worked for a government, have you? We've had our own Codes Enforcement fine us after our own Planning Department failed to meet their own deadline for issuing permits to us....
A private entity would be on the phone to the [City|State|US] representative. We have no recourse. Private industry can lobby politicians for relief; we are prohibited from doing so.
People like me can go to jail for "cutting through policies". If anything, we are held to every little dot and iota of the law. All of our actions are a matter of public record. We have watchdog groups that audit what we do. None of this applies to private industry.
I work for a government and I think you've been drinking too much Limbaugh kool-aid...
I am always amazed how industry has been yelling "big bad inefficient government; privatize now and we'll do it better cheaper quicker!"
Now that government is actually competing, they're yelling "big bad unfair government; they can do it cheaper than us and we need protection!"
So what is it? If government is so "inefficient" why does industry need protection? If privatizing is so much better, why worry about government getting into your business niche?
In other words, government all too often does do things "better cheaper quicker" - we may pay a lot for a consultant, but our CEOs earn $100K/year, and not $100M/year. You can buy a lot of consultants for what one private industry CEO gets in a year.
Your mayor can ban lawn signs, as long as they are content neutral. S/he can, for example, limit the size, shape, color, location, etc. of signs. A mayor could, I suppose, ban *all* signs regardless of content or location, but that's been struck down as overbroad, and a violation of the First Ammendment. Signage, and control thereof, is normal part of land-use ordinances.
Your mayor, cannot, however, ban content on signs, unless that content is pornographic. I could, for example, erect a sign a sign that says "Your mayor is a blithering idiot" and, as long as it complies with the local laws, I received a sign permit, and it was buit according to the building code, there ain't a thing he can do about it. (I've written these ordinances; I've argued them, and I've approved and denied signs under them.)
The parallel here is: A school has every right to ban all of the internet. Presumably, it could ban only that part of the internet considered pornographic. It has no inherent right to ban other parts of the internet just because it doesn't agree with them.
and charge for the support. Where else did I hear about that?
I run my own DHCP and DNS server; the computers get their IP address along with my DNS server IP. My DNS server uses openDNS as a forwarder.
So yes, if they gain root access, they could edit hack away. Of course, this would require learning about system administratin, which is a good thing in itself. If they get to that point, I'll walk them through it if need be.
As I don't run windows, ordinary user accounts don't have admin priveledges.
Hmmm.... Whitelisting might work in a corporate environment where you want to tie people down to your website and a handful of providers. But it's not practical for a household; my kids do research on the web for their schoolwork. By definition, that's undefined; they're exploring.
So I use openDNS with moderate settings. We've talked the filtering in place and they've found some sites that they need access to that are blocked. (openDNS sometimes prudishly classes sites about sexuality as pornography. I disagree.) If they are skilled enough to compromise my DHCP and DNS servers, then we'll have a serious talk about a future in IT. I guess that they could get a list of IP addresses and enter those. But for now openDNS works.
That's my question.... As someone who used to own a small business, this would be a disaster.
Some states allow LOST - local option sales taxes. Then there are taxes aimed at specific items. So for an item shipped to Bumfuck, XZ, one could pay state tax + LOST + some other tax. Or not. Maybe we're past the sunset date on the LOST. Or perhaps we're not a luxury but a necessity, so we don't have to pay the luxury tax.
Who will track all of this? If I live in OR, buy a package from a place in CA, have it shipped to PA, and invoice it to my bank in TX, who gets the tax? And who makes sure it was done right?
This could drive most small businesses out of the mail order business....
Dude, if you haven't caught on, there are *NO* emergency room doctors on a preferred provider list of *any* network. None, zip, nada, zilch. I'd have to go to Mexico or Canada to find one.
By way of comparison, my dad had complications with hip replacement that led to partial loss of use of his leg. The doctors here (in the US) basically gave him 4 days of therapy and a cane, and sent him home. Told him he would limp for the rest of his life. His bill for 3 days in the hospital plus the therapy was $70K.
That summer, in the Czech Republic, the doctor sent him to a therapeutic spa for 6 weeks of therapy. And, since he and my mom are retired, offered to send my mother there as well, with the state picking up half the charges for her so he would not feel lonely. Total bill for 6 weeks, meals included? About $3,000US.
After 6 weeks of intensive therapy, no limp.
Which health care system is better?
From your nic, I assume ze jsi cech. I'm not sure where you live, but try the health care here in the US. When my kid broke his arm, my insurance refused to pay for the doctor, as it was "elective surgery", the doctor was not one of our preferred providers, and we did not get prequalified.
I guess we could have set his arm ourselves, or perhaps let it heal crooked....
For this we were billed $7,000....
One of my relatives is a doctor in the CR. As everywhere, there are good doctors, and bad doctors. All in all, the care I've received in the CR and Japan rivals that in the US, at a much lower cost.
As opposed to not having health care at all?
Having universal gov't health care doesn't stop the wealthy from buying more health care than anyone else; it provides health care for the 30% or so of Americans who have none.
It would also control some of the ridiculous cost spirals. Doctors have no idea how much treatment costs; I've asked how much a certain procedure might cost and I'm always met with a blank stare. All the doctors know is that they get a kickback from the lab/hospital/etc for ordering some test. They don't really care if it's necessary or useful.
I'm familiar with both Japanese and European health care systems. The Japanese system provides universal care to everyone. It's basic and no-frills, but it covers nearly all.
The European System (actually Czech Republic) is much the same way. Its focus is on quality of life; they are less likely to provide life-extending care if it means being tethered to a hospital bed. They'll tell you to go home, have some beer, and enjoy what life you have left. They might even send you to a spa or a hot-springs at state expense.
It's evolution, dude.... A guy walking around with a baby demonstrates that a) he's virile and b) takes care of his offspring.
Those are good ways of propagating your genes. I've not had nearly as many come-ons as I've had since having children.
One was an exclamation, the other a descriptive noun. Different uses, different star levels.
No sh*t. Long ago I learned the best way to meet women is a) be injured, b) go shopping with a baby, and c) walk around a park with a cute dog.
Seems to me that a laptop is a) less painful, b) less maintenance, and c) creates less shit.
Where do I buy one of these?
My reply was a bit tongue-in-cheek and over the top...
My whole point was that we have mixed the gene pool quite a bit in the last 50 to 100 years, both intentionally and as a by-product of our technological culture. We have caused changes in the behavior and appearance of species.
I used "mutation" in the sense that these changes would not have occurred without our intervention.
Think it through.
We "evolved" drug resitant bacteria - by killing off all the weaker ones.
We "evolved" spcialized adaptations of birds because of human-supplied winter foods and nesting grounds.
We "evolved" a dizzying variety of dogs that simply didn't exist 10,000 years ago.
We "evolved" cattle that can barely move, but that produces 100 gal/milk per day.
I could go on and on... By controlling who breeds with whom, we have created lots of new species.
When you take this to the human form, humans have existed in relative isolation until perhaps 50-60 years ago. We controlled our environment and evolution more-or-less stopped as we protected the "weaker" and allowed them to survive. A 100 years ago Steven Hawking would never have gone to school; most likely wouldn't have lived to adulthood.
Until the last half-century, we simply did not have the large scale mobility to inter-breed. Now the number mixed race children is so high that the idea of "race" will hopefully die out.
Yes, humans are evolving. We are changing the way we look and act and think. Every one of the "inter-racial" children is a mutant who would have most likely not existed a 100 years ago. (I say this as a father of two such mutants.)
Evolution doesn't happen "ex cathedra". It happens gradually.
You make a good point... I guess I would modify the roadmap to include things like:
Option A: Buy license for MS Server, $2K/yr but no disruption
Option B: Obtain and test CentOS + Samba, 2 weeks of my time testing and deploying
That way you give them a choice. People like to choose.
I was in a similar situation long ago... I wrote up a memo outlining the software we had installed, an estimated budget to get everyone legal with what they needed, and an approval to go ahead. (At the time there was no FOSS...)
I got my ass chewed for putting it in writing, but it got their attention. We ended up getting legal in most of the larger packages.
Today I would also do the homework and add "direct FOSS replacements" for the software in question as much as possible. MS server -> CentOS + Samba; MS OFfice -> OpenOffice, and so on. I would create a roadmap to get everyone legal and ask for approval.
Above all, be professional, curteous, and politically astute. It won't do to create a "fear reflex" where you get shitcanned and blackballed. You may want to have a closed-door conversation first and ask to see if management would like to see the roadmap you've prepared.
I've had the same email address since 1994. I get about a thousand a day; some days it peaks at several hundred an hour.
Spam shows no signs of going away.
With Greylisting, SA, and dspam I get about 99% rejection rate. Still, about 10-20 get through a day.
And that, my friends, is what the OP asked for.
"How do you get a high schooler interested in science?"
I present to you the butt experiment.