Kind of like using a paper shredder to shred one or two pages of documents, when all your credit card offers are just sitting there unshredded in your trash. Whoever sees those few shredded papers is going to be very curious as to what they may reveal, but if you shred everything from old christmas cards to random magazine pages, it would just be impractical to try and find those one or two sensitive documents.
So if corporate America wants to trust a black box, let 'em. There's no convincing them anyway.
I think differently. I think that if the debian team proves to be efficient and shows some sort of internal public retribution, that corporations will trust an honest mistake over coverups, exploits and scandals that Microsoft have proven itself. I believe that if we band together, we can educate and push open source forward. The open source community and open source developers are almost over the arrogance that once plagued the idea of open source, and now open source can be taken seriously in the enterprise. If you read the past five years of slashdot, and look back at open source, you will see a lot of matured and a lot has changed since then. It is time that we go to corporations and prove to them that university degrees do not prove intelligence in our field, and that a certification is not worth anything more than the paper it is worth. We have an open system (source forge) that will point a corporation to all the people they need for these IT and CS-related jobs. Lets push the University system down and bring the Open Source system to the top. We are seen as the smartest and best of the best. Lets train and educate our gamer friends, leet friends, geeksquad friends(mmm), and other lower tech people that will in turn teach the masses, and then corporations that open source contribution and involvement is an effective way to measure ones credibility. Maybe we will see more things like MaBell's bell labs where open source developers can be paid to work for a company to contribute to the software they use in the same spirit that Logitech funds Doug Engelbart to pursue his ambitions, but in mass.
...they aren't as grim as you may think. Soon enough, universities will be obsolete, and corporations will judge one based on open source contributions. If we all move aggressively toward this stance, the MCSEs will hit the road, and open source pioneers will rule the world of research, development, and jobs all funded by large corporations. All the source will be open, and the developers will work for companies like Verizon and the government as researchers. The same way that students pay universities to do the same thing for them, the difference is that the companies will pay you and you won't be paying a university. A large company that does not employ open source developers will be seen as bad in morale the same way a company is seen as bad for outsourcing manufacturing jobs to Mexico. If we take open source and ourselves seriously, all of this can happen. The old attitude of "don't use it if you don't like it" is going away, and things will be set straight if we push things forward.
...but with your high UID, I'm going to assume you don't know this already. The attitude that you posses is what used to plague the old open source world to the point that no utility or tool would be used in the enterprise. After a while, the open source maturity matured and everyone came to the realization that these things need to be taken care of, and that even though the open source software is free, you need to treat the users of that software as if they are paying customers. There is reward. Donations and other things can up your credibility to the point of a serious career. Soon enough, a history in the world of open source will guarantee one a job in the enterprise, because university diplomas don't seem to be working when it comes to judging ones capabilities. Change your perspective.
...first we had the hack into the repository severs, and we didn't know whether or not we are running exploited code when we use apt-get to update our programs. Now it seems that internal development machines are being hacked. If the debian team cannot keep their own products secure in their own environments, how can we expect to take them seriously in the enterprise? Granted this was on a development branch and development server, but how many times do you have to upgrade to an "experimental" package to get a function or feature that you need to have in your setup? I might be spreading FUD, but I think I speak for the rest of us when I speak of this vibe I feel from debian.
I had this discussion earlier this day, and I figured that slashdot people would know this one. Duck tape was used in the military for securing ammo boxes in WWII. It was army green like everything else. Soldiers got used to the idea of using Duck Tape for everything. It was called Duck Tape because it was waterproof like a ducks feet. Later on, it was turned silver and marketed in the United States as Duct Tape because people used it for Duct Work as it was waterproof. However, condensation was bad over time, and it didn't work well for Ducts, so it became a universal do it all tape. Duct and Duck are both proper. There is a group of people who do nothing but showcase duct/duck tape, but I can't find their site atm.
I find it funny how Microsoft made changes to the Windows API to kill off OS/2 compatibility when in Bill Gates' Book "The Road Ahead" he states that the problem with windows is that windows programs cannot run on different operating systems. I'd love to see some sort of classic-like windows program compatibility on Mac OS X Leopard, but I'm unsure of whether or not it will happen.
I can say that most customers who buy laptops that mess up, or other things tend to like the PSP. I'm sure most people here, myself included don't feel a need for one, but joe sixpack seems to love them. BestBuy has had plans to end rebates since 05, and in 05 they stated that they will be gone by 07.
...simply because it would rid of us snobbery that people with higher education have over the uneducated as spelling would not have to be an exquisite skill anymore. Why should we have one more barrier between the rich/poor or educated/uneducated?
..right click "My Computer" and there should be an updates tab, and then you can set it to "Turn off Automatic Updates". Was that too hard for you? If so, I think you should consider hiring an MCSE. You may be able to program C in UNIX, but you sure as hell can't administer a small-medium sized windows network.
..because it's Apple doing it! Go Apple! Just to show they are pure in every way because they even investigate themselves when they aren't even in trouble.
I've had excellent results when dealing with apple, however there seems to be a problem with their system. If you call to an operator and say, "I'd like to make a warranty claim", they will make the claim as long as you emphasize that it is for a faulty part. Otherwise, if you say, "My computer randomly shuts off" they will say you need phone support, because in essence, they are helping you diagnose a problem. I talked to one lady at AppleCare telling her I needed to make a warranty claim, and she said that I would need to purchase the three year plan so that I can get the one year of phone support. I asked her how to make a direct warranty claim, and she said I can't do that, I have to go though her, and purchase the agreement with the phone support. She told me I needed to pay $49/hr if I took the machine to a Genius Bar for them to diagnose and send it off. She spread FUD. Their purpose isn't to help people, it is to get those plans sold and extended. They are going about the whole thing the wrong way. "AppleCare sales are low, push them!" The applecare system needs to be revised. It used to be that the Genius Bar provided free help, and that you shouldn't have a problem with getting defective things fixed. I can see charging tech support over the phone to a certain extent (maybe each call gets a free 30 min, or everyone gets 30min/week for free based on your phone #/appleID), but this is just ridiculous. I'd be a much happier apple customer if they would simply help people without all this garbage. I feel like I'm taking an HP laptop to the GeekSquad whenever I talk to Apple. Like they are trying to make a buck off my problem with their product!
Not to start a flame war, but requesting that charges be dismissed through a motion to the court would not be perjury, it is basically an official/legal bribe for something in exchange like community service/etc. I was speeding, but I did something for the community and in turn the charges were dropped. Of course this only works for petty things, but it is not perjury unless you lie under oath.
...those rescue tools look like they would break easy, especially whenever the main focus seems to be that they are updated to match the companies new style. Anything like that in the fire service is going to be all charred and nasty looking after 6 months of use no matter how much you clean and degrease/regrease it. Rescue tools need to be ergonomic for about 2-3 firefighters to hold them, not one person like the design seems to imply. Oh, and number 34, who is going to run with a flashlight?
What you do is make a motion for dismissal based on prejudice. Show the judge what you got before your court-date and write up the motion. You'll find most judges/upper people in the COURTS to be cool. Just don't go to the PD to try and get anything done. It's how I got rid of my speeding ticket:D (IANAL)
The security cameras record sound and audio directly to a videocassette recorder inside the house, and the Gannons posted warnings about the system, Janet Gannon said.
Looks like he had already done that. This kind of stuff is ridiculous, I can't believe Americans are putting up with this kind of shit from the people we pay to protect our cities. More and more rights being taken away. My only question is how having security cameras on your own private property is against wiretapping laws? I bet this family is going to make a killing after they get done with that PD.
...at least in the eyes of the University itself. Where I go to school, the school is condescending to the students, and the faculty acts as if they have something to compensate for whenever talking to a student. I feel like I'm in 4th grade when I go to class or have an issue that needs to be addressed.
I'm seeing more and more stories about the swelling/failing batteries, and guess what? My battery is swelling too now. I noticed it after taking it out to look at the battery after the laptop would randomly shut off for no reason whatsoever.
I'm a volunteer firefighter, and I want an SUV so that I can have a big fire extinguisher in the trunk, cary all my turnout gear with me everywhere I go, have a bunch of radio and emergency lighting in my vehicle so that I can get to a scene faster, and so that I can take a bunch of people with me whenever we all go somewhere. I don't know why all the soccer moms want them though when a mini-van is so much more efficient when you aren't carrying a lot of weight and equipment.
...is the fact that Red Hat had been quoting Ghandi with the "First they ignore you..." stuff in some of their flash ad campaigns. Talk about practice what you preach. Seems like RedHat is turning into a big group of hypocrites. *hugs apt-get/debian*
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Kind of like using a paper shredder to shred one or two pages of documents, when all your credit card offers are just sitting there unshredded in your trash. Whoever sees those few shredded papers is going to be very curious as to what they may reveal, but if you shred everything from old christmas cards to random magazine pages, it would just be impractical to try and find those one or two sensitive documents.
So if corporate America wants to trust a black box, let 'em. There's no convincing them anyway. I think differently. I think that if the debian team proves to be efficient and shows some sort of internal public retribution, that corporations will trust an honest mistake over coverups, exploits and scandals that Microsoft have proven itself. I believe that if we band together, we can educate and push open source forward. The open source community and open source developers are almost over the arrogance that once plagued the idea of open source, and now open source can be taken seriously in the enterprise. If you read the past five years of slashdot, and look back at open source, you will see a lot of matured and a lot has changed since then. It is time that we go to corporations and prove to them that university degrees do not prove intelligence in our field, and that a certification is not worth anything more than the paper it is worth. We have an open system (source forge) that will point a corporation to all the people they need for these IT and CS-related jobs. Lets push the University system down and bring the Open Source system to the top. We are seen as the smartest and best of the best. Lets train and educate our gamer friends, leet friends, geeksquad friends(mmm), and other lower tech people that will in turn teach the masses, and then corporations that open source contribution and involvement is an effective way to measure ones credibility. Maybe we will see more things like MaBell's bell labs where open source developers can be paid to work for a company to contribute to the software they use in the same spirit that Logitech funds Doug Engelbart to pursue his ambitions, but in mass.
...they aren't as grim as you may think. Soon enough, universities will be obsolete, and corporations will judge one based on open source contributions. If we all move aggressively toward this stance, the MCSEs will hit the road, and open source pioneers will rule the world of research, development, and jobs all funded by large corporations. All the source will be open, and the developers will work for companies like Verizon and the government as researchers. The same way that students pay universities to do the same thing for them, the difference is that the companies will pay you and you won't be paying a university. A large company that does not employ open source developers will be seen as bad in morale the same way a company is seen as bad for outsourcing manufacturing jobs to Mexico. If we take open source and ourselves seriously, all of this can happen. The old attitude of "don't use it if you don't like it" is going away, and things will be set straight if we push things forward.
...but with your high UID, I'm going to assume you don't know this already. The attitude that you posses is what used to plague the old open source world to the point that no utility or tool would be used in the enterprise. After a while, the open source maturity matured and everyone came to the realization that these things need to be taken care of, and that even though the open source software is free, you need to treat the users of that software as if they are paying customers. There is reward. Donations and other things can up your credibility to the point of a serious career. Soon enough, a history in the world of open source will guarantee one a job in the enterprise, because university diplomas don't seem to be working when it comes to judging ones capabilities. Change your perspective.
...first we had the hack into the repository severs, and we didn't know whether or not we are running exploited code when we use apt-get to update our programs. Now it seems that internal development machines are being hacked. If the debian team cannot keep their own products secure in their own environments, how can we expect to take them seriously in the enterprise? Granted this was on a development branch and development server, but how many times do you have to upgrade to an "experimental" package to get a function or feature that you need to have in your setup? I might be spreading FUD, but I think I speak for the rest of us when I speak of this vibe I feel from debian.
I had this discussion earlier this day, and I figured that slashdot people would know this one. Duck tape was used in the military for securing ammo boxes in WWII. It was army green like everything else. Soldiers got used to the idea of using Duck Tape for everything. It was called Duck Tape because it was waterproof like a ducks feet. Later on, it was turned silver and marketed in the United States as Duct Tape because people used it for Duct Work as it was waterproof. However, condensation was bad over time, and it didn't work well for Ducts, so it became a universal do it all tape. Duct and Duck are both proper. There is a group of people who do nothing but showcase duct/duck tape, but I can't find their site atm.
I find it funny how Microsoft made changes to the Windows API to kill off OS/2 compatibility when in Bill Gates' Book "The Road Ahead" he states that the problem with windows is that windows programs cannot run on different operating systems. I'd love to see some sort of classic-like windows program compatibility on Mac OS X Leopard, but I'm unsure of whether or not it will happen.
I can say that most customers who buy laptops that mess up, or other things tend to like the PSP. I'm sure most people here, myself included don't feel a need for one, but joe sixpack seems to love them. BestBuy has had plans to end rebates since 05, and in 05 they stated that they will be gone by 07.
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...simply because it would rid of us snobbery that people with higher education have over the uneducated as spelling would not have to be an exquisite skill anymore. Why should we have one more barrier between the rich/poor or educated/uneducated?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Mac OS 9 had oodles of viruses than Mac OS X, and Mac OS 9 had a much smaller install base. Am I right?
..right click "My Computer" and there should be an updates tab, and then you can set it to "Turn off Automatic Updates". Was that too hard for you? If so, I think you should consider hiring an MCSE. You may be able to program C in UNIX, but you sure as hell can't administer a small-medium sized windows network.
What is xccr.com ?
..because it's Apple doing it! Go Apple! Just to show they are pure in every way because they even investigate themselves when they aren't even in trouble.
I've had excellent results when dealing with apple, however there seems to be a problem with their system. If you call to an operator and say, "I'd like to make a warranty claim", they will make the claim as long as you emphasize that it is for a faulty part. Otherwise, if you say, "My computer randomly shuts off" they will say you need phone support, because in essence, they are helping you diagnose a problem. I talked to one lady at AppleCare telling her I needed to make a warranty claim, and she said that I would need to purchase the three year plan so that I can get the one year of phone support. I asked her how to make a direct warranty claim, and she said I can't do that, I have to go though her, and purchase the agreement with the phone support. She told me I needed to pay $49/hr if I took the machine to a Genius Bar for them to diagnose and send it off. She spread FUD. Their purpose isn't to help people, it is to get those plans sold and extended. They are going about the whole thing the wrong way. "AppleCare sales are low, push them!" The applecare system needs to be revised. It used to be that the Genius Bar provided free help, and that you shouldn't have a problem with getting defective things fixed. I can see charging tech support over the phone to a certain extent (maybe each call gets a free 30 min, or everyone gets 30min/week for free based on your phone #/appleID), but this is just ridiculous. I'd be a much happier apple customer if they would simply help people without all this garbage. I feel like I'm taking an HP laptop to the GeekSquad whenever I talk to Apple. Like they are trying to make a buck off my problem with their product!
Not to start a flame war, but requesting that charges be dismissed through a motion to the court would not be perjury, it is basically an official/legal bribe for something in exchange like community service/etc. I was speeding, but I did something for the community and in turn the charges were dropped. Of course this only works for petty things, but it is not perjury unless you lie under oath.
...those rescue tools look like they would break easy, especially whenever the main focus seems to be that they are updated to match the companies new style. Anything like that in the fire service is going to be all charred and nasty looking after 6 months of use no matter how much you clean and degrease/regrease it. Rescue tools need to be ergonomic for about 2-3 firefighters to hold them, not one person like the design seems to imply. Oh, and number 34, who is going to run with a flashlight?
What you do is make a motion for dismissal based on prejudice. Show the judge what you got before your court-date and write up the motion. You'll find most judges/upper people in the COURTS to be cool. Just don't go to the PD to try and get anything done. It's how I got rid of my speeding ticket :D (IANAL)
Looks like he had already done that. This kind of stuff is ridiculous, I can't believe Americans are putting up with this kind of shit from the people we pay to protect our cities. More and more rights being taken away. My only question is how having security cameras on your own private property is against wiretapping laws? I bet this family is going to make a killing after they get done with that PD.
...at least in the eyes of the University itself. Where I go to school, the school is condescending to the students, and the faculty acts as if they have something to compensate for whenever talking to a student. I feel like I'm in 4th grade when I go to class or have an issue that needs to be addressed.
I'm seeing more and more stories about the swelling/failing batteries, and guess what? My battery is swelling too now. I noticed it after taking it out to look at the battery after the laptop would randomly shut off for no reason whatsoever.
This guy made a pretty funny joke in this thread, pay attention!
I'm a volunteer firefighter, and I want an SUV so that I can have a big fire extinguisher in the trunk, cary all my turnout gear with me everywhere I go, have a bunch of radio and emergency lighting in my vehicle so that I can get to a scene faster, and so that I can take a bunch of people with me whenever we all go somewhere. I don't know why all the soccer moms want them though when a mini-van is so much more efficient when you aren't carrying a lot of weight and equipment.
...is the fact that Red Hat had been quoting Ghandi with the "First they ignore you..." stuff in some of their flash ad campaigns. Talk about practice what you preach. Seems like RedHat is turning into a big group of hypocrites. *hugs apt-get/debian*
I just wish I knew about JennyCam before it went away.