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In the Wireless Network I worked for on my city, we had quite a few problems with kids using bandwidth for piracy and whatnot. As a result, we unfortunately had to block p2p ports, but the free service has been good for our community.
No more scrabbling for a pen when I want to get a girl's phone number
After she see you whip out your Palm IIIxe with custom linux faceplate, h4x0r3d memory and linux plugin any non-geek chick would probably give you a fake number. Of course, I wouldn't;)
When you buy the movie or go to see it, you're intent is to watch a good quality movie. You do make a point, I'm paying $7.50 for my movie ticket and some of that is going to go into limiting my rights, but I'm not worrying about that, I just want to see the movie with my fiance.
And piracy? How can anyone stand those awful telesync's? I know, I know, there as a good quality FotR dvd rip out a month after the movie, but that is pretty rare.
Actually, Dragon Naturally Speaking Doctor's Edition comes with a special USB dictaphone that plugs into the computer and translates the voice into text using Dragon's software. I'm not sure if it works with anything but Windows but its certainly cheaper than hiring someone to do it.
MPEG is severly dated, in my opinion, when we have stuff that can produce great quality at low bitrates. And, hell, this is an upstart isn't it? What kind've of open mind would say that we shouldn't even try and look into/make? another codec and blindly follow whatever preconcieved notions we have.
This brings back memories of the old days when I was a UNIX sysadmin. Back when we used to write pacman for the terminals and run it in 2 in the morning.
I read Michael Crichton's book a few years ago and I'd just like to share my memories.
I have 3 kids of my own and work for home doing some consulting while my husband is off at work. Slowly I've been teaching them how to use Linux Mandrake hoping they will grow up to be Linux Kernel programmers or something;)
The oldest one (8) is getting good at loading Mozilla and is learning how to type using emacs. The younger two just like all the nifty xscreensavers;)
The reason for the lawsuit is clearly seen in the article:
The.Net initiative attempts to link Internet users to the Microsoft system by giving them a "passport" that authenticates their identity and gives them access to Microsoft Web sites for e-mail and online games, and e-commerce sites that conform to the.Net idea.
This phone uses passport to authenticate users on phone-based services. This allows business users, etc to easily tie their mobile phones to their central.NET servers, further binding them to MS software, etc.
My question is, where's the Linux based Open Source phones?;)
This is why we should be coding everything in Open Source. The fact being is, in this highly dynamic internet society today Trojans can hide their code to prevent security professionals from doing their job. When we finally open source these trojans, our software will become more secure because programmers from around the world can work on making the trojans and the programs the effect faster, better, and more secure.
Currently, trojans are badly written because of their inherent proprietary nature. Using something like sourceforge a multitude of coders can be simultaneously working on different parts of a trojan while the open source community can review, debug and test the code for infectioness effectiveness.
Only when we make Trojans open source will we realize that our computer controlled Oil tankers accross the world will be safe from Da Vinci.
Reading the story you find out this is not a national ID system.
TSA has made important progress in selecting a uniform system of identification, a card-based biometric information system, that will support positive identification of individuals working in the transportation sector and encompassing the aviation, train, shipping, and trucking industries. This system is not for you, the everyday individual. This is for making sure people like stewards on airlines don't have to go through security checks everyday to see if they're carrying a bomb. Using new authentication technology that's been discussed on/. already (ie: retinal scanning) they can pass these people by so they can do their jobs quickly, rather than waiting in a security line everyday just to go to work. We do that enough on city "expressways" already..
Victimized? $100 is pretty expensive, but when you think about it, you're getting about 26 40 minute episodes (of the best series ever -- refering to TNG) I'd say the price is resonable.
I think it would be best for national security if we made Lieutenant_Dan Open Source. Slashdot could benefit greatly from the vast experience and dedication of the Open Source developer community. With their steadfastness, courage, and discipline they could be a great aid in these of needs where we face numerous international threats.
Only when we harness the power available in the Open Source developer community can be achieve fully secure Lieutenant_Dan communications.
i used to be a Comcast user untill I switched to Linux. Then I realize Comcast is incompatible with Linux. I think users should codemn this merger because of the proprietary nature of Comcast' authentication system.
Originals in Art, especially those painted or otherwise created non digitally are hard to recreate. The information stored in the way Newton wrote, the shapes of the letters, etc is not THAT important. However, the brush strokes of a Monet or Manet are priceless.
I work in a small office where we tried to make the switch to evolution on our linux desktops. Some of my coworkers liked the nifty new graphical interface. I still prefer pine. With pine I can use all the keyboard shortcuts I'm used to. To each his^H^H^Hher own, I guess.
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In the Wireless Network I worked for on my city, we had quite a few problems with kids using bandwidth for piracy and whatnot. As a result, we unfortunately had to block p2p ports, but the free service has been good for our community.
No more scrabbling for a pen when I want to get a girl's phone number
;)
After she see you whip out your Palm IIIxe with custom linux faceplate, h4x0r3d memory and linux plugin any non-geek chick would probably give you a fake number. Of course, I wouldn't
When you buy the movie or go to see it, you're intent is to watch a good quality movie. You do make a point, I'm paying $7.50 for my movie ticket and some of that is going to go into limiting my rights, but I'm not worrying about that, I just want to see the movie with my fiance.
And piracy? How can anyone stand those awful telesync's? I know, I know, there as a good quality FotR dvd rip out a month after the movie, but that is pretty rare.
Actually, Dragon Naturally Speaking Doctor's Edition comes with a special USB dictaphone that plugs into the computer and translates the voice into text using Dragon's software. I'm not sure if it works with anything but Windows but its certainly cheaper than hiring someone to do it.
MPEG is severly dated, in my opinion, when we have stuff that can produce great quality at low bitrates. And, hell, this is an upstart isn't it? What kind've of open mind would say that we shouldn't even try and look into/make? another codec and blindly follow whatever preconcieved notions we have.
This brings back memories of the old days when I was a UNIX sysadmin. Back when we used to write pacman for the terminals and run it in 2 in the morning.
I read Michael Crichton's book a few years ago and I'd just like to share my memories.
I really prefer juice ;)
Mountain Dew contains waaaay to much sugar, I'd have to work out an hour more every day.
I don't serve soft drinks to my kids either.. only on special occasions.
play checkers to prove your browsers superiority.
/. and prove your webserver's superiority
or post on
Will it be running Linux?
If so, I'd recommend against it, with that new of networking technology it'll take 2 years for a stable driver to be released..
I have 3 kids of my own and work for home doing some consulting while my husband is off at work. Slowly I've been teaching them how to use Linux Mandrake hoping they will grow up to be Linux Kernel programmers or something ;)
;)
The oldest one (8) is getting good at loading Mozilla and is learning how to type using emacs. The younger two just like all the nifty xscreensavers
They're so cute!
in anticipation of the barrage of beowulf cliches:
Imagine all that power in a single computer with a single processor!
I know, I'm cheezy
This does bring up some interesting security issues, will the wifi network be encrypted in any way?
i think it goes without saying (except here) that the main reason for a linux user to ever have a GUI these days is web browsing.. port Mozilla!
The reason for the lawsuit is clearly seen in the article:
.Net initiative attempts to link Internet users to the Microsoft system by giving them a "passport" that authenticates their identity and gives them access to Microsoft Web sites for e-mail and online games, and e-commerce sites that conform to the .Net idea.
.NET servers, further binding them to MS software, etc.
;)
The
This phone uses passport to authenticate users on phone-based services. This allows business users, etc to easily tie their mobile phones to their central
My question is, where's the Linux based Open Source phones?
This is why we should be coding everything in Open Source. The fact being is, in this highly dynamic internet society today Trojans can hide their code to prevent security professionals from doing their job. When we finally open source these trojans, our software will become more secure because programmers from around the world can work on making the trojans and the programs the effect faster, better, and more secure.
Currently, trojans are badly written because of their inherent proprietary nature. Using something like sourceforge a multitude of coders can be simultaneously working on different parts of a trojan while the open source community can review, debug and test the code for infectioness effectiveness.
Only when we make Trojans open source will we realize that our computer controlled Oil tankers accross the world will be safe from Da Vinci.
Reading the story you find out this is not a national ID system. /. already (ie: retinal scanning) they can pass these people by so they can do their jobs quickly, rather than waiting in a security line everyday just to go to work. We do that enough on city "expressways" already..
TSA has made important progress in selecting a uniform system of identification, a card-based biometric information system, that will support positive identification of individuals working in the transportation sector and encompassing the aviation, train, shipping, and trucking industries.
This system is not for you, the everyday individual. This is for making sure people like stewards on airlines don't have to go through security checks everyday to see if they're carrying a bomb. Using new authentication technology that's been discussed on
Victimized? $100 is pretty expensive, but when you think about it, you're getting about 26 40 minute episodes (of the best series ever -- refering to TNG) I'd say the price is resonable.
I'm just curious, is there something that attracts asian countries to Open Source rather than let's say, North Americans?
Didn't Sony release a product like this years ago?
Also, Philips just released a similar remote, except some keys are not on an LCD. Its called the Pronto. More at http://www.pronto.philips.com.
I think it would be best for national security if we made Lieutenant_Dan Open Source. Slashdot could benefit greatly from the vast experience and dedication of the Open Source developer community. With their steadfastness, courage, and discipline they could be a great aid in these of needs where we face numerous international threats. Only when we harness the power available in the Open Source developer community can be achieve fully secure Lieutenant_Dan communications.
Well, it's unfortunate but a lot more sites are doing that, as far as I can see. I always get gator popups here at sparknotes for example and it's a pain to click no all the time.
Well, I guess my 2 cents wont get very far =/
i used to be a Comcast user untill I switched to Linux. Then I realize Comcast is incompatible with Linux. I think users should codemn this merger because of the proprietary nature of Comcast' authentication system.
Whens the last time anyone wanted just Direct3D?
Originals in Art, especially those painted or otherwise created non digitally are hard to recreate. The information stored in the way Newton wrote, the shapes of the letters, etc is not THAT important. However, the brush strokes of a Monet or Manet are priceless.
I work in a small office where we tried to make the switch to evolution on our linux desktops. Some of my coworkers liked the nifty new graphical interface. I still prefer pine. With pine I can use all the keyboard shortcuts I'm used to. To each his^H^H^Hher own, I guess.