Now facebook can monitor you even more effectively.
No, it's just the Axis partners aligning themselves for another battle.
Microsoft and Facebook have formed gang to beat on Google. This time, Microsoft paid for the ammunition, but Facebook will be pulling the trigger. Interestingly enough, there are hints that Apple may be piling on too.
Mine was the Australian equivalent, the MicroBee. They were another Z80 variant, very solidly built. The biggest draw for most of us was that the non-disk based versions had battery-backed CMOS RAM. They also had a Word Processor and other software on EPROM. I saw several Sinclair 1000s, in those days but never liked them, I think I would have gone crazy from frustration if I'd had to use one. Interestingly enough, they've started to make the MicroBees again... http://www.microbeetechnology.com.au/index.htm.
Actually in hindsight, much of Hurd looks remarkably prescient, especially in light of the current malware epidemics. Substantial parts of its design have found their way into other OSs:
The GNU Hurd, by contrast, is designed to make the area of system code as limited as possible. Programs are required to communicate only with a few essential parts of the kernel; the rest of the system is replaceable dynamically. Users can use whatever parts of the remainder of the system they want, and can easily add components themselves for other users to take advantage of. No mutual trust need exist in advance for users to use each other's services, nor does the system become vulnerable by trusting the services of arbitrary users.
And again, GPL3 is a solid practical response to the issue of software as a service. It's not essential in every instance, and like all other Free licenses, it's the author's right to decide how much freedom they want to grant their users,
I've always found Stallman's approach to be totally practical, and requiring no leap of faith or belief in intangible entities at all. In fact, there is a huge body of evidence that the tools he has created (Gnu, GPL, etc) are well-designed and effective.
I'd see him more as a very focussed craftsman or artisan than a preacher.
The HP Pre 3, HTC Flyer, Samsung Focus S, Samsung Galaxy Note (GT-N7003), Samsung Galaxy S Plus, Samsung Galaxy W, Samsung Omnia W, Sharp Aquos Phone SH-12C, Sharp Aquos Phone 006SH and Sony Xperia arc S all have similar hardware to the Nokia Lumia 710 and Nokia Lumia 800 phones.
Clearly the problem isn't with the hardware. It's just that people see no reason to buy the MS phone OS, even with very steep discounting.
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I'm not saying Google did in fact do what the ACCC claims.. but so what?
Australia has advertising standards laws, in particular, that advertisements not be misleading.
Google's adverts misled consumers into clicking competitor's advertisements when they searched for a product.
“Google’s conduct involved the use by an advertiser of a competitor’s name as a keyword triggering an advertisement for the advertiser with a matching headline. As the Full Court said this was likely to mislead or deceive a consumer searching for information on the competitor,” ACCC chairman Rod Sims said in a statement. “The ACCC brought this appeal because it raises very important issues as to the role of search engine providers as publishers of paid content in the online age.”
If his expertise is security I'd say yeah, I'd take his word over some guy on the front line, because this is the guy who invented the software the guy on the front line is using,
Ashley L Podhradsky, Doctor of Science in Information Systems
Education:
Doctoral Information Systems, Specializing in Information Assurance, Dakota State University
M.S., Information Systems, Specializing in Network Security, Dakota State University
B.S., Electronic Commerce and Computer Security, Dakota State University
Certificate: Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator, AccessData Certified Examiner
Areas of Expertise:
Computer Forensics
Digital Forensics
Consumer Privacy
Risk Management
It's interesting how the Android manufacturers cry about patent abuse when it is THEY who are running afoul of the laws.
It's interesting, isn't it?
A new, freely available, open OS is pitched against a couple of fat, predatory incumbents well versed in manipulating public bodies, and suffers occasional setbacks. Each time though, the predators have to show a little more of their weaponry. Patents (like FAT long filenames) used in standover tactics are being invalidated, Astroturf and committee rigging is being exposed and ridiculed.
There may, as you say, be a few setbacks on the way, but few of us would doubt we're witnessing the death struggles of dinosaurs. It's about time.
He's not looking for a solution just yet. He wants a starting point.
Then DIY Drones would be a better starting point than Slashdot. http://diydrones.com/
"Convert any RC airplane into a fully-autonomous UAV!
Just add the APM 2 autopilot to any RC aircraft and it becomes a fully-programmable flying robot with a powerful ground station and Mission Planner. APM 2 is an open source, Arduino-compatible, pro-quality autopilot. It is the most advanced IMU-based open source autopilot available today, and provides an entire UAV control system with scriptable missions with 3D waypoints, in-flight uploading of commands and powerful ground station software. "
Features include:
Return to Launch with a flick of your RC toggle switch or a mouse click in the graphical Ground Station
Unlimited 3D GPS waypoints
Built-in camera control
Fully-scriptable missions
One-click software load, and easy point-and-click configuration in the powerful Mission Planner. NO programming required!
Replay recorded missions and analyze all the data with a graphing interface
Supports two-way telemetry with Xbee wireless modules.
Point-and-click waypoint entry or real-time mission commands while the UAV is in the air
Fly with a joystick or gamepad via your PC--no need for RC control!
Built-in failsafe will bring your aircraft home in the case of radio loss
I heard a talk somewhere about SMB 2.2 features and how the standards were going to get published to help others adapt.
Yes, Microsoft published SMB standards out of the goodness of their hearts, and the threat of continuation of fines of US$2.39 million/day unless they complied. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Microsoft_competition_case
Then they promptly changed their OS so it wouldn't interoperate with the standard...
naturally there was never any specifics about who, what or where
"An Ars Technica article sources Groklaw stating that at Portugal's national body TC meeting, "representatives from Microsoft attempted to argue that Sun Microsystems, the creators and supporters of the competing OpenDocument format (ODF), could not be given a seat at the conference table because there was a lack of chairs."[37]
In Sweden, Microsoft notified the Swedish Standards Institute (SIS) that an employee sent a memo to two of its partners, requesting them to join the SIS committee and vote in favor of Office Open XML in return for "marketing contributions".[38] Jason Matusow, a Director in the Corporate Standards Strategy Team at Microsoft, stated that the memo was the action of an individual employee acting outside company policy, and that the memo was retracted as soon as it was discovered.[citation needed] SIS have since changed its voting procedure so that a member has to actually participate before he is allowed to vote.[39]
Sweden invalidated its vote (80% was for approval) as one company cast more than one vote, which is against SIS policy.[40]
Finnish IT journalists described that meeting as raising strong differences in opinions.[41][42]
In Switzerland, SNV registered a vote of "approval with comments," and there was some criticism about a "conflict of interest" regarding the chairman of the UK 14 sub-committee, who did not allow discussion of licensing, economic and political arguments.[43][44] In addition, the chairman of the relevant SNV parent committee is also the secretary general of Ecma International[citation needed], which approved OOXML as a standard. Further complaints regarded "committee stuffing", which is however allowed by present SNV rules, and non-adherence to SNV rules by the UK 14 chairman, which resulted in a re-vote with the same result.[citation needed]
Australia's national standards body, Standards Australia, was criticized for its handling of the OOXML process by the New Zealand Open Source Society,[45] the open source advisory firm Waugh Partners, Australian National University Professor Roger Clarke[citation needed], OASIS lawyer Andrew Updegrove[citation needed], IBM[citation needed] and Google[citation needed]. Standards Australia sent ISO SC 34 expert and XML and Schematron specialist Rick Jelliffe to the BRM, despite critics[46] alleging that Jelliffe would not represent the views of those opposing the standardization. Jelliffe had previously been in the news after being offered payment by Microsoft to improve incorrect Wikipedia articles about Office Open XML.[47] Microsoft had bought a schema conversion tool from his company and he had performed the initial conversion of the Office Open XML schemas from XML Schemas to RELAX NG[citation needed], both schema languages he had been involved in standardizing. It was alleged that Standards Australia had broken a previous public pledge to send two internal employees to the BRM.[48][49] However Standards Australia issued a press release denying this and stating that the Computerworld article was "was riddled with inaccuracies and misrepresentations.”[50]
Norway's vote was decided by Standard Norge; the mostly opposing viewpoints of the technical committee were ignored after members were unable to reach consensus. Membership in the technical committee had risen from 6–7 to 30 members; all of the pre-OOXML members argued in favour of a "no" vote.[51][52][53][54] In October 2008, 13 of the 23 members, 12 of which are associated with the open-source movement,[55] resigned[56] after OOXML was ratified by ISO and all appeals were rejected.
The IDABC community programme (which is managed by the European Commission) runs the "Open Source Observatory" which is "dedicated to Free/Libre/Open Source Software."[57] Via its "Open Source News", it has reported on reports which criticize the standardization process.
It states that the German IT news site Heise reports that in Germany, two opponents of Office Open XML,
Slashdot Mirror
PS - I don't have a microphone.
Where were you planning on putting it?
Now facebook can monitor you even more effectively.
No, it's just the Axis partners aligning themselves for another battle.
Microsoft and Facebook have formed gang to beat on Google. This time, Microsoft paid for the ammunition, but Facebook will be pulling the trigger. Interestingly enough, there are hints that Apple may be piling on too.
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000850.html
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/some-of-the-anti-google-tea-party-is-astroturf/6496
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-12/facebook-enlists-pr-firm-burson-marsteller-to-pitch-google-privacy-story.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/google-deflects-pr-firms-attack-gmail-privacy/story?id=13566971#.T5XZdFRUTrE
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/business/seeking-to-fix-damaged-image-apple-hires-burson-marsteller.html
http://www.burson-marsteller.com/Innovation_and_insights/blogs_and_podcasts/harold_burson_blog/default.aspx
My 2nd computer was a Timex Sinclair 1000.
Mine was the Australian equivalent, the MicroBee. They were another Z80 variant, very solidly built. The biggest draw for most of us was that the non-disk based versions had battery-backed CMOS RAM. They also had a Word Processor and other software on EPROM. I saw several Sinclair 1000s, in those days but never liked them, I think I would have gone crazy from frustration if I'd had to use one. Interestingly enough, they've started to make the MicroBees again... http://www.microbeetechnology.com.au/index.htm.
The GNU Hurd, by contrast, is designed to make the area of system code as limited as possible. Programs are required to communicate only with a few essential parts of the kernel; the rest of the system is replaceable dynamically. Users can use whatever parts of the remainder of the system they want, and can easily add components themselves for other users to take advantage of. No mutual trust need exist in advance for users to use each other's services, nor does the system become vulnerable by trusting the services of arbitrary users.
http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd-paper.html
And again, GPL3 is a solid practical response to the issue of software as a service. It's not essential in every instance, and like all other Free licenses, it's the author's right to decide how much freedom they want to grant their users,
"All the advantages of Christianity and alcohol; none of their defects."
To me the real tipping point seems to be as the "corporate dystopia" of which William Gibson and Cyberpunk was part.
Earlier than that.
Try Philip K Dick or Harlan Ellison for size.
Stallman is out to spread a religion.
I've always found Stallman's approach to be totally practical, and requiring no leap of faith or belief in intangible entities at all. In fact, there is a huge body of evidence that the tools he has created (Gnu, GPL, etc) are well-designed and effective.
I'd see him more as a very focussed craftsman or artisan than a preacher.
Clearly the problem isn't with the hardware. It's just that people see no reason to buy the MS phone OS, even with very steep discounting. .
I'm not saying Google did in fact do what the ACCC claims.. but so what?
Australia has advertising standards laws, in particular, that advertisements not be misleading.
Google's adverts misled consumers into clicking competitor's advertisements when they searched for a product.
“Google’s conduct involved the use by an advertiser of a competitor’s name as a keyword triggering an advertisement for the advertiser with a matching headline. As the Full Court said this was likely to mislead or deceive a consumer searching for information on the competitor,” ACCC chairman Rod Sims said in a statement. “The ACCC brought this appeal because it raises very important issues as to the role of search engine providers as publishers of paid content in the online age.”
If his expertise is security I'd say yeah, I'd take his word over some guy on the front line, because this is the guy who invented the software the guy on the front line is using,
Girl, not guy.
She's a woman.
Ashley L Podhradsky, Doctor of Science in Information Systems
Education:
Doctoral Information Systems, Specializing in Information Assurance, Dakota State University
M.S., Information Systems, Specializing in Network Security, Dakota State University
B.S., Electronic Commerce and Computer Security, Dakota State University
Certificate: Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator, AccessData Certified Examiner
Areas of Expertise:
Computer Forensics
Digital Forensics
Consumer Privacy
Risk Management
http://goodwin.drexel.edu/sotaps/Ashley_Podhradsky.php
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CO + 2 H2 (with copper, zinc oxide, and alumina) = CH3OH
I'd prefer something that looks a bit more civilian, but most of the larger kits are scale models of real aircraft, not well suited to photography.
It's important to root it if you do not wish to be assimilated.
Oddly enough, in Australia the inverse is often true.
It's interesting how the Android manufacturers cry about patent abuse when it is THEY who are running afoul of the laws.
It's interesting, isn't it?
A new, freely available, open OS is pitched against a couple of fat, predatory incumbents well versed in manipulating public bodies, and suffers occasional setbacks. Each time though, the predators have to show a little more of their weaponry. Patents (like FAT long filenames) used in standover tactics are being invalidated, Astroturf and committee rigging is being exposed and ridiculed.
There may, as you say, be a few setbacks on the way, but few of us would doubt we're witnessing the death struggles of dinosaurs. It's about time.
He's not looking for a solution just yet. He wants a starting point.
Then DIY Drones would be a better starting point than Slashdot. http://diydrones.com/
"Convert any RC airplane into a fully-autonomous UAV! Just add the APM 2 autopilot to any RC aircraft and it becomes a fully-programmable flying robot with a powerful ground station and Mission Planner. APM 2 is an open source, Arduino-compatible, pro-quality autopilot. It is the most advanced IMU-based open source autopilot available today, and provides an entire UAV control system with scriptable missions with 3D waypoints, in-flight uploading of commands and powerful ground station software. "
Features include:
Return to Launch with a flick of your RC toggle switch or a mouse click in the graphical Ground Station
Unlimited 3D GPS waypoints
Built-in camera control
Fully-scriptable missions
One-click software load, and easy point-and-click configuration in the powerful Mission Planner. NO programming required!
Replay recorded missions and analyze all the data with a graphing interface
Supports two-way telemetry with Xbee wireless modules.
Point-and-click waypoint entry or real-time mission commands while the UAV is in the air
Fly with a joystick or gamepad via your PC--no need for RC control!
Built-in failsafe will bring your aircraft home in the case of radio loss
I heard a talk somewhere about SMB 2.2 features and how the standards were going to get published to help others adapt.
Yes, Microsoft published SMB standards out of the goodness of their hearts, and the threat of continuation of fines of US$2.39 million/day unless they complied.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Microsoft_competition_case
Then they promptly changed their OS so it wouldn't interoperate with the standard...
Red Hat.
The ratio's about 143,000,000 Dong to horse. How much is a pony worth?
"An Ars Technica article sources Groklaw stating that at Portugal's national body TC meeting, "representatives from Microsoft attempted to argue that Sun Microsystems, the creators and supporters of the competing OpenDocument format (ODF), could not be given a seat at the conference table because there was a lack of chairs."[37]
In Sweden, Microsoft notified the Swedish Standards Institute (SIS) that an employee sent a memo to two of its partners, requesting them to join the SIS committee and vote in favor of Office Open XML in return for "marketing contributions".[38] Jason Matusow, a Director in the Corporate Standards Strategy Team at Microsoft, stated that the memo was the action of an individual employee acting outside company policy, and that the memo was retracted as soon as it was discovered.[citation needed] SIS have since changed its voting procedure so that a member has to actually participate before he is allowed to vote.[39] Sweden invalidated its vote (80% was for approval) as one company cast more than one vote, which is against SIS policy.[40]
Finnish IT journalists described that meeting as raising strong differences in opinions.[41][42]
In Switzerland, SNV registered a vote of "approval with comments," and there was some criticism about a "conflict of interest" regarding the chairman of the UK 14 sub-committee, who did not allow discussion of licensing, economic and political arguments.[43][44] In addition, the chairman of the relevant SNV parent committee is also the secretary general of Ecma International[citation needed], which approved OOXML as a standard. Further complaints regarded "committee stuffing", which is however allowed by present SNV rules, and non-adherence to SNV rules by the UK 14 chairman, which resulted in a re-vote with the same result.[citation needed]
Australia's national standards body, Standards Australia, was criticized for its handling of the OOXML process by the New Zealand Open Source Society,[45] the open source advisory firm Waugh Partners, Australian National University Professor Roger Clarke[citation needed], OASIS lawyer Andrew Updegrove[citation needed], IBM[citation needed] and Google[citation needed]. Standards Australia sent ISO SC 34 expert and XML and Schematron specialist Rick Jelliffe to the BRM, despite critics[46] alleging that Jelliffe would not represent the views of those opposing the standardization. Jelliffe had previously been in the news after being offered payment by Microsoft to improve incorrect Wikipedia articles about Office Open XML.[47] Microsoft had bought a schema conversion tool from his company and he had performed the initial conversion of the Office Open XML schemas from XML Schemas to RELAX NG[citation needed], both schema languages he had been involved in standardizing. It was alleged that Standards Australia had broken a previous public pledge to send two internal employees to the BRM.[48][49] However Standards Australia issued a press release denying this and stating that the Computerworld article was "was riddled with inaccuracies and misrepresentations.”[50]
Norway's vote was decided by Standard Norge; the mostly opposing viewpoints of the technical committee were ignored after members were unable to reach consensus. Membership in the technical committee had risen from 6–7 to 30 members; all of the pre-OOXML members argued in favour of a "no" vote.[51][52][53][54] In October 2008, 13 of the 23 members, 12 of which are associated with the open-source movement,[55] resigned[56] after OOXML was ratified by ISO and all appeals were rejected.
The IDABC community programme (which is managed by the European Commission) runs the "Open Source Observatory" which is "dedicated to Free/Libre/Open Source Software."[57] Via its "Open Source News", it has reported on reports which criticize the standardization process.
It states that the German IT news site Heise reports that in Germany, two opponents of Office Open XML,
poetmatt takes any opportunity to slide in an anti-microsoft comment
How can it be anti-Microsoft when it's a simple statement of fact.
http://falkvinge.net/2012/03/02/how-microsoft-pays-big-money-to-smear-google-audaciously/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/07/icomp_productivity_commission/
http://techrights.org/2011/08/08/burson-marsteller-busted/
At least all the radioactive particulates ejected from Fukushima will make it glow in the dark and be highly spooky, if not clearly visible at night.
You do know there are thousands of developers working on the Windows platform. I'm pretty sure they can fix redundancies.
That's brilliant, you have a wicked sense of irony!
It reminds me of the Vista Shutdown Menu story http://moishelettvin.blogspot.com/2006/11/windows-shutdown-crapfest.html
Nutcase FUD.
FUD.