I love that story. It came out almost exactly the same time I started browsing/. I actually have it bookmarked and bring it up for a laugh every time I hear someone predicting the future.
Actually, it's already happening to a certain extent. Industries with spare capacity in America have suddenly found that China's shipping costs have dulled her competitive edge somewhat.
One warning about ext3. Unlike many other file systems, recovering from "rm essentialandunbackedupfile" is, by design, not meant to be possible, and can only be done if you're lucky and fairly knowledgeable about the workings of ext3. Trust me, I know this - I blew away my home partition because I thought it was unmounted one day. I still have it sitting there praying someone develops an effective recovery tool for ext3 (I know about ext3grep, thanks, not working for me as yet).
Either a sophisticated troll, or you really don't get it.
I gave up mod points in this thread to reply to you, and I was going to use them to mod up every single "Please stop" post I could find.
When I have mod points on/., I don't look at the posters name, sig, UID, or anything else. Just what he wrote. If it's insightful, it gets modded +1, Insightful. I very rarely mod down unless something is being sockpuppeted or abused, or is just patently bad. So get off your high horse about the moderation system and take a long, hard look at the comments you actually post.
And as for how it adds value? Just about every thread has maybe half a dozen comments that are far more valuable than the original news item. Those six posts are the ones I want to see, not the sea of garbage posted by noobs like yourself. I only saw your post today because I drop my threshold when I'm moderating.
The problem Microsoft have is their brand is so intimately connected with everyone's lives. When you brand MacDonalds, or Sony, or Citibank, your interaction with the brand can be defined and controlled by marketing. You can teach your reps to speak and communicate in a certain way, you can manipulate the perception of the product as Apple does, you can ensure that when people walk in the door they get the same, bland, tasteless burger with acceptable service you get everywhere else. I use Microsoft's product for fifty or sixty hours a week, and every second of that influences my perception of the brand. What can their marketing department do to positively influence my perception of the Microsoft brand? How can they make me feel that if I buy something with that logo on it, it will be snappy, fresh, easy to use, and solve my problems for me?
Well, as others have noted, no-one was, so don't go overboard. Hyperbole is the most damaging thing for any argument.
To answer your question - of course it is. Citizens of a country who spontaneously resist an invasion are accorded Geneva Convention protections (at least in theory).
Because you've had non-stop backscatter for the last five years? Yeah me, too. At least until Russia rolled into Georgia, since when certain categories of spam have stopped entirely. Apart from chinese embroidery spam, which I do not understand at all.
Please get this shit off Slashdot. Are you really under so much fucking pressure to sell page impressions? Maybe you should consider walking away and going back to doing it right.
Either put a HTML paragraph tag between paragraphs, or post as POT (to the left of the submit button). Sorry, it's a hangover from the days when only hardcore geeks read/.
And did it occur to you that they might actually have a clearer idea of what might benefit them than you do? Decent, reliable communications are the cornerstone of both civil society and economic growth. They understand that, even if you don't.
If you give most people in the third world a choice, they will take a mobile phone over almost anything else of roughly the same value. Instant communication is an economic multiplier, just like decent roads or an efficient courts system. The difference is the free market can supply cell phones and doesn't have to wait on their useless governments. This guy, (like several others you haven't heard about) is doing more for the third world than a lifetime of donating to Save the Children.
If you create a game with economic transactions without understanding economics, then you get what you deserve, just like Cuba, or Zimbabwe, or $COUNTRY that doesn't or can't manage to lay the game correctly.
As for assisting developing nations: there's no requirement, but it's in your country's best interests. Try reading Smith's Weath of Nations sometime.
Because if you don't have a signed chain of authority from a party you trust to the party you are exchanging encrypted messages with, you have no way of knowing who you're talking to.
Basically, you are asking the wrong question. Of course anyone can use encryption, however they like. However, in order for someone who doesn't understand encryption to be kept safe, his environment needs to be closely managed for him.
Well, given that Taco & co can't manage to add up the number of people who wish idle./. would go the f*** away, I think it's safe to assume that 'low-degree polynomial equation' is pretty scary biscuits from their point of view.
Under the Geneva Convention, civilians who spontaneously resist armed aggression have the same rights as uniformed soldiers. What "spontaneously resist" means is not entirely clear, though.
It really depends on the situation. Sometimes you are secure enough that you can make more than one attempt, but generally speaking, if you missed the first one, you aren't likely to get a second one anywhere worthwhile.
I remember as a kid, every piece of telephone equipment (like answering machines, etc) all came with a little sticker saying something like "not approved for connection to the public telephone network". The legal fiction was that you could only use these things on your internal network.
But why would it go up in value? There's no way to turn that paper certificate into anything else that has value, other than selling it. So unless that certificate entitles you, at some point, to a stream of payments, then there's no point owning it.
I hate to break this to you guys, but if this turns into a regional funfest, dragging in NATO, it will become exactly relevant to Americans, and moreover it will make Iraq look like a day at the beach. Interesting that Russia is choosing to play bad guy with one of exactly two non-Nato members on its European border.
I always thought that, given how few people use Vista, it would be something that/.ers would be all over. "Look at me! I'm using obscure software nobody cares about! +1 Interesting!"
WOrker's rights don't need protecting. In every country around the world where development has taken place, working conditions improve over time independently of regulation. If smart, flexible employees are of any value to you, you have to compete for them, and labour is a market like any other. The only people who end up getting screwed are those too stupid or feckless to find a worthwhile career.
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I love that story. It came out almost exactly the same time I started browsing /. I actually have it bookmarked and bring it up for a laugh every time I hear someone predicting the future.
Actually, it's already happening to a certain extent. Industries with spare capacity in America have suddenly found that China's shipping costs have dulled her competitive edge somewhat.
One warning about ext3. Unlike many other file systems, recovering from "rm essentialandunbackedupfile" is, by design, not meant to be possible, and can only be done if you're lucky and fairly knowledgeable about the workings of ext3. Trust me, I know this - I blew away my home partition because I thought it was unmounted one day. I still have it sitting there praying someone develops an effective recovery tool for ext3 (I know about ext3grep, thanks, not working for me as yet).
I gave up mod points in this thread to reply to you, and I was going to use them to mod up every single "Please stop" post I could find.
When I have mod points on /., I don't look at the posters name, sig, UID, or anything else. Just what he wrote. If it's insightful, it gets modded +1, Insightful. I very rarely mod down unless something is being sockpuppeted or abused, or is just patently bad. So get off your high horse about the moderation system and take a long, hard look at the comments you actually post.
And as for how it adds value? Just about every thread has maybe half a dozen comments that are far more valuable than the original news item. Those six posts are the ones I want to see, not the sea of garbage posted by noobs like yourself. I only saw your post today because I drop my threshold when I'm moderating.
Try hockeyerotica.com
The problem Microsoft have is their brand is so intimately connected with everyone's lives. When you brand MacDonalds, or Sony, or Citibank, your interaction with the brand can be defined and controlled by marketing. You can teach your reps to speak and communicate in a certain way, you can manipulate the perception of the product as Apple does, you can ensure that when people walk in the door they get the same, bland, tasteless burger with acceptable service you get everywhere else. I use Microsoft's product for fifty or sixty hours a week, and every second of that influences my perception of the brand. What can their marketing department do to positively influence my perception of the Microsoft brand? How can they make me feel that if I buy something with that logo on it, it will be snappy, fresh, easy to use, and solve my problems for me?
I don't often make this shout, but I've been reading of the situation in Thailand for some time. Parent is spot on.
To answer your question - of course it is. Citizens of a country who spontaneously resist an invasion are accorded Geneva Convention protections (at least in theory).
Because you've had non-stop backscatter for the last five years? Yeah me, too. At least until Russia rolled into Georgia, since when certain categories of spam have stopped entirely. Apart from chinese embroidery spam, which I do not understand at all.
Remember this?
The biggest problem with copyright is the name. Call it what it is: "Exclusive copy control privilege".
Either put a HTML paragraph tag between paragraphs, or post as POT (to the left of the submit button). Sorry, it's a hangover from the days when only hardcore geeks read /.
And did it occur to you that they might actually have a clearer idea of what might benefit them than you do? Decent, reliable communications are the cornerstone of both civil society and economic growth. They understand that, even if you don't.
If you give most people in the third world a choice, they will take a mobile phone over almost anything else of roughly the same value. Instant communication is an economic multiplier, just like decent roads or an efficient courts system. The difference is the free market can supply cell phones and doesn't have to wait on their useless governments. This guy, (like several others you haven't heard about) is doing more for the third world than a lifetime of donating to Save the Children.
As for assisting developing nations: there's no requirement, but it's in your country's best interests. Try reading Smith's Weath of Nations sometime.
Basically, you are asking the wrong question. Of course anyone can use encryption, however they like. However, in order for someone who doesn't understand encryption to be kept safe, his environment needs to be closely managed for him.
Well, given that Taco & co can't manage to add up the number of people who wish idle./. would go the f*** away, I think it's safe to assume that 'low-degree polynomial equation' is pretty scary biscuits from their point of view.
Under the Geneva Convention, civilians who spontaneously resist armed aggression have the same rights as uniformed soldiers. What "spontaneously resist" means is not entirely clear, though.
It really depends on the situation. Sometimes you are secure enough that you can make more than one attempt, but generally speaking, if you missed the first one, you aren't likely to get a second one anywhere worthwhile.
I remember as a kid, every piece of telephone equipment (like answering machines, etc) all came with a little sticker saying something like "not approved for connection to the public telephone network". The legal fiction was that you could only use these things on your internal network.
But why would it go up in value? There's no way to turn that paper certificate into anything else that has value, other than selling it. So unless that certificate entitles you, at some point, to a stream of payments, then there's no point owning it.
I hate to break this to you guys, but if this turns into a regional funfest, dragging in NATO, it will become exactly relevant to Americans, and moreover it will make Iraq look like a day at the beach. Interesting that Russia is choosing to play bad guy with one of exactly two non-Nato members on its European border.
manglement...heh
I always thought that, given how few people use Vista, it would be something that /.ers would be all over. "Look at me! I'm using obscure software nobody cares about! +1 Interesting!"
WOrker's rights don't need protecting. In every country around the world where development has taken place, working conditions improve over time independently of regulation. If smart, flexible employees are of any value to you, you have to compete for them, and labour is a market like any other. The only people who end up getting screwed are those too stupid or feckless to find a worthwhile career.