We NEED some kind of UN like organization, but the one we have is entirely too corrupt and gives people like Castro the moral equivelancy to continue his brutal dictatorship.
How exactly is Castro's dictatorship brutal? I'd agree it has been brutal, but as far as I know there has only been one instance in the last few years of Castro imprisoning anyone for dissent. I don't know of anything else that might be referred to as repressive or brutal.
This is the ridiculous thing about intel. Why haven't they dumped the netburst architecture and gone with the Pentium M? The performance is there. It scales well. I've seen an article where a Pentium M was taken and OCed somewhat. Despite the fact that the CPU socket less then optimal (they needed some translation board), the chip compared very well to the AMD chips.
I've posted a response to this guy's comment that effectively says I had the same experience with IBM.
What I want is support for the *hardware*. I couldn't care less about the software. *I* can handle support for the software. I'd like them to ship blank laptops, with an OEM CD of Windows XP (optional), a CD of drivers and support the hardware only.
This is not new. About a year ago I bought a T41 from IBM (I'm typing this on that laptop now).
I wanted exactly the same thing you wanted (blank laptop, OEM version of WinXP Pro), largley for flexibility reasons rather than anything else. I couldn't get it either.
To be quite frank, this is an issue that the anti-competition people should be all over.
Following your logic all forms of malware provide a denial of service. Spyware attached to IE that changes the home page denies you from getting to your home page. Worms steal CPU cycles, denying you from using them.
Just to post as another Christian in a technical field, I am a programmer, trained as an engineer. I am also an evangelical Christian (evangelical means a slightly a different thing here in Australia). My fiance is also a Christian and has honours in Biology. The leader of the bible study group I attend has a phd in Biology. If ever there is a field where the theory of evolution has an impact it is biology.
While I do not like to criticise other Christians, I believe that many American Christians misuse the bible. This leads to a number of problems, including the issue of creationism.
The bible is God's timeless word on his relationship with this world. It is a message of salvation. It is not a scientific document. It is not God's timeless word on science. Using it as a scientific document is a mistake.
I personally see no conflict between theistic evolution (note there are different forms of evolution) and the bible.
The US spent billions on developing the internet and infrastructure
Two points:
* The US has paid for infrastructure inside the US and to some extent between other countries. There is more internet infrastructure in place than the US has paid for.
* Has the US received the benefit of developing the internet? If so, why is there a problem with this?
I think a lot of people are wary of the current US administration. There are many things it has done that people think that America would never have done.
1. It seems to me that it is a US company with an international presence. That is it is subject to US governance. So the decision as to whether to hand the contract back to ICANN in 2006 is being made by the US government. It would also seem that the US government has a disproportionate amount of control of the root servers of the internet. Equally there have been lots of suggestions that US govt. is blocking of the.xxx domain.
2. OK
3. OK, however given that the contract expires in 2006, they aren't forcing them to give up ownership, they are choosing another supplier.
4. FWIW I don't trust the US, I trust the UN more. Equally, the internet is a global technology, I think it should be globally managed.
5. I'm not sure there is a joint venture we can compare this to.
I'd be real interested to hear how the UN has helped with the "war on terror"? It seems to me that the "war on terror" has continued despite the UN's attempted interference at every turn.
I hate that term. Why does the US feel the need to declare War on everything as an attempt to solve problems? You might as well declare war on food. It is just as pointless a statement.
Reality check: there will always be terrorism. You cannot win this war.
Getting back to to main point, the UN has tried to direct the US's energy in useful directions. The US has consistently directed its energy in directions that stoke "the war on terror" rather than solve any problems. Is the US any safer since it invaded Iraq? Are there more people in the world who hate the US? Are more of them going to use whatever means necessary to attack the US, inclusing terrorism? Are these rhetorical questions?
Ummm, violating copyright is not "wrong". It is simply illegal.
If you are a Christian (I am), then illegal is also wrong.
"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment." Romans 13:1-2
Just to complete the picture, you do not obey the governing authorities if they want you do something that God calls a sin.
If you aren't a Christian, you can define your own morality.
Uni students don't have a real grasp of the realities of the work force.
2 years ago I was going out with someone who was tutoring a first year Computer Science class. When she asked them where they wanted to work, half of them said they wanted to work for a dot com.
if he wasn't Christian, the liberals would not have a problem with the guy.
I'm a bible believing, evangelical Christian. I have a problem with Bush. I have a major problem with the fact that he calls himself a Christian. His behaviour is not consistent with Christianity. Maybe the fact that I am not a USian means I see things differently.
Hmm, I know that/. is US-centric but saying the 'mainstream' is the US only is pushing it. There's a lot of people outside of the US, and some of us natives even have a computer!;)
I am outside the US. This still applies to other countries.
I am challenging your assumptions about both of those. First of all, while there amy always be another country that will produce clones, If they are made illegal they will have to be smuggled in. This tends to lower market share.
Also, exmining P2P and blocking. The example that is often used is that there is no way to censor the internet. Well China has proved it is possible to censor the internet. Suppose you do the following: - Make P2P software illegal. - Mandate that ISPs block certain ports. - Mandate that ISPs perform traffic analysis to filter out P2P traffic (this one might be a bit difficult to quantify)
This isn't going to eliminate P2P. But it would remove it from the main stream.
There is a quote in the article: "Nobody buys traditional handhelds anymore," said Sam Bhavnani, an analyst at research firm Current Analysis. "The entire market underwent a paradigm shift. The mass adoption of cell phones eliminated the need for basic PIM (personal information management) functionality from a Palm Pilot."
I do. I don't carry a PDA everywhere (it is too bulky) and I don't want a bulky phone. So I have a phone and a PDA. The phone don't not have the features to replace the PDA.
And a comment from it: "I don't know why I have to post this information on each space elevator thread (you'd think people would have gotten it down by now), but here we go again. The strongest measured SWNTs thusfar are just over 60GPa; most were lower. Most space elevator designs call for >100GPa; probably the cheapest and most thought out plan, by Dr. Bradley Edwards (of Liftport fame), calls for >120 GPa.
It gets worse. That's the strength for individual tubes. Bundles are 100GPa ribbon come true." http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=162974 &cid=13618439
You are entirely right. And this GP ignores some of the achievements that the US has accomplished in Iraq: - Spent all of the goodwill generated by 9/11 (and then some) - Place Iran in a greater position of dominance in the region - Widened the divide between Sunnis and Shiites - Created another point of contention with the muslim world
To ignore US's achievements in Iraq is an insult to her army and generals.
The assumption on slashdot is that DRM will fail. This seems to undergird a lot of the posts when any new DRMed thing is released. What if it doesn't?
Taking point a. What if the US govt. (prompted by lobbying, soft money blah blah) passes laws that outlaw the alternatives? Sure devices can be produced in countries outside the US, but they would have to be smuggled in. This would effectively remove such devices from the mainstream.
Taking point b. Yes, but see item a. The problem is that we are increasingly seeing people move to hardware. You can hack the hardware, but it is harder, and is *much* harder to distribute than software hacks. Moving to hardware (like this device), will slow spread of non-DRMed stuff.
Taking point c. It won't necessarily kill your product. It will limit your product. That may mean it makes less money, but it won't kill it.
There is an underlying assumption here that I am not sure are correct. The assumption is that there will be a reasonable amount of hardware that will not be DRMed. The other answer is often to use $favourite_P2P_network to access the files if you aren't able to circumvent the DRM. If there are no P2P networks, you can't get your files.
Everything you describe fits with my BE at the University of Sydney, Australia (although the staff weren't as socially inept as the article describes). I don't have a problem with that.
Engineering is as much about teaching yourself as it is about the staff teaching you. What the writer of the article is describing is how people who do not fit engineering are filtered out. I think that under 50% of my course finished in 4 years, which is the minimum amount of time (I took 5 years, not including a year off). Probably 25% dropped out.
I'm not sure that this is a good thing. There is a debate running about SQL Server 2005 (Yukon) supporting CLR procs, which is basically the same question.
The question is why would you want a procedural language working on Set based data? These kind of operations should be moved to the client. You risk tainting your database with operations that aren't really database related.
Note that this is a risk, and that there are some cases where running procedural code against the database is necessary.
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We NEED some kind of UN like organization, but the one we have is entirely too corrupt and gives people like Castro the moral equivelancy to continue his brutal dictatorship.
How exactly is Castro's dictatorship brutal? I'd agree it has been brutal, but as far as I know there has only been one instance in the last few years of Castro imprisoning anyone for dissent. I don't know of anything else that might be referred to as repressive or brutal.
This is the ridiculous thing about intel. Why haven't they dumped the netburst architecture and gone with the Pentium M? The performance is there. It scales well. I've seen an article where a Pentium M was taken and OCed somewhat. Despite the fact that the CPU socket less then optimal (they needed some translation board), the chip compared very well to the AMD chips.
I've posted a response to this guy's comment that effectively says I had the same experience with IBM.
What I want is support for the *hardware*. I couldn't care less about the software. *I* can handle support for the software. I'd like them to ship blank laptops, with an OEM CD of Windows XP (optional), a CD of drivers and support the hardware only.
This is not new. About a year ago I bought a T41 from IBM (I'm typing this on that laptop now).
I wanted exactly the same thing you wanted (blank laptop, OEM version of WinXP Pro), largley for flexibility reasons rather than anything else. I couldn't get it either.
To be quite frank, this is an issue that the anti-competition people should be all over.
Following your logic all forms of malware provide a denial of service. Spyware attached to IE that changes the home page denies you from getting to your home page. Worms steal CPU cycles, denying you from using them.
He is right and you are wrong. Admit it.
In my defense, though, I did get curious one day and whip out a pencil and paper and did a little math to prove it.
Where does the math come into it?
largest evangelical church in the US...They almost never mention sin and can barely remember to mention Jesus
I think that the label "evangelical" might be being mis-used a little there.
Just to post as another Christian in a technical field, I am a programmer, trained as an engineer. I am also an evangelical Christian (evangelical means a slightly a different thing here in Australia). My fiance is also a Christian and has honours in Biology. The leader of the bible study group I attend has a phd in Biology. If ever there is a field where the theory of evolution has an impact it is biology.
While I do not like to criticise other Christians, I believe that many American Christians misuse the bible. This leads to a number of problems, including the issue of creationism.
The bible is God's timeless word on his relationship with this world. It is a message of salvation. It is not a scientific document. It is not God's timeless word on science. Using it as a scientific document is a mistake.
I personally see no conflict between theistic evolution (note there are different forms of evolution) and the bible.
The US spent billions on developing the internet and infrastructure
Two points:
* The US has paid for infrastructure inside the US and to some extent between other countries. There is more internet infrastructure in place than the US has paid for.
* Has the US received the benefit of developing the internet? If so, why is there a problem with this?
I think a lot of people are wary of the current US administration. There are many things it has done that people think that America would never have done.
1. It seems to me that it is a US company with an international presence. That is it is subject to US governance. So the decision as to whether to hand the contract back to ICANN in 2006 is being made by the US government. It would also seem that the US government has a disproportionate amount of control of the root servers of the internet. Equally there have been lots of suggestions that US govt. is blocking of the .xxx domain.
2. OK
3. OK, however given that the contract expires in 2006, they aren't forcing them to give up ownership, they are choosing another supplier.
4. FWIW I don't trust the US, I trust the UN more. Equally, the internet is a global technology, I think it should be globally managed.
5. I'm not sure there is a joint venture we can compare this to.
I'd be real interested to hear how the UN has helped with the "war on terror"? It seems to me that the "war on terror" has continued despite the UN's attempted interference at every turn.
I hate that term. Why does the US feel the need to declare War on everything as an attempt to solve problems? You might as well declare war on food. It is just as pointless a statement.
Reality check: there will always be terrorism. You cannot win this war.
Getting back to to main point, the UN has tried to direct the US's energy in useful directions. The US has consistently directed its energy in directions that stoke "the war on terror" rather than solve any problems. Is the US any safer since it invaded Iraq? Are there more people in the world who hate the US? Are more of them going to use whatever means necessary to attack the US, inclusing terrorism? Are these rhetorical questions?
Ummm, violating copyright is not "wrong". It is simply illegal.
If you are a Christian (I am), then illegal is also wrong.
"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment."
Romans 13:1-2
Just to complete the picture, you do not obey the governing authorities if they want you do something that God calls a sin.
If you aren't a Christian, you can define your own morality.
Like the iLoo
Legal? Maybe.
Moral? No.
The artists are not going to be getting any of that money.
Uni students don't have a real grasp of the realities of the work force.
2 years ago I was going out with someone who was tutoring a first year Computer Science class. When she asked them where they wanted to work, half of them said they wanted to work for a dot com.
if he wasn't Christian, the liberals would not have a problem with the guy.
I'm a bible believing, evangelical Christian. I have a problem with Bush. I have a major problem with the fact that he calls himself a Christian. His behaviour is not consistent with Christianity. Maybe the fact that I am not a USian means I see things differently.
Hmm, I know that /. is US-centric but saying the 'mainstream' is the US only is pushing it. There's a lot of people outside of the US, and some of us natives even have a computer! ;)
I am outside the US. This still applies to other countries.
I am challenging your assumptions about both of those. First of all, while there amy always be another country that will produce clones, If they are made illegal they will have to be smuggled in. This tends to lower market share.
Also, exmining P2P and blocking. The example that is often used is that there is no way to censor the internet. Well China has proved it is possible to censor the internet. Suppose you do the following:
- Make P2P software illegal.
- Mandate that ISPs block certain ports.
- Mandate that ISPs perform traffic analysis to filter out P2P traffic (this one might be a bit difficult to quantify)
This isn't going to eliminate P2P. But it would remove it from the main stream.
There is a quote in the article:
"Nobody buys traditional handhelds anymore," said Sam Bhavnani, an analyst at research firm Current Analysis. "The entire market underwent a paradigm shift. The mass adoption of cell phones eliminated the need for basic PIM (personal information management) functionality from a Palm Pilot."
I do. I don't carry a PDA everywhere (it is too bulky) and I don't want a bulky phone. So I have a phone and a PDA. The phone don't not have the features to replace the PDA.
Did you read lastest slashdot article on the space elevator?
2 1/2051213&from=rss
4 &cid=13618439
Let me link to it for you:
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/
And a comment from it:
"I don't know why I have to post this information on each space elevator thread (you'd think people would have gotten it down by now), but here we go again. The strongest measured SWNTs thusfar are just over 60GPa; most were lower. Most space elevator designs call for >100GPa; probably the cheapest and most thought out plan, by Dr. Bradley Edwards (of Liftport fame), calls for >120 GPa.
It gets worse. That's the strength for individual tubes. Bundles are 100GPa ribbon come true."
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=16297
The space elevator isn't coming any time soon.
You are entirely right. And this GP ignores some of the achievements that the US has accomplished in Iraq:
- Spent all of the goodwill generated by 9/11 (and then some)
- Place Iran in a greater position of dominance in the region
- Widened the divide between Sunnis and Shiites
- Created another point of contention with the muslim world
To ignore US's achievements in Iraq is an insult to her army and generals.
The assumption on slashdot is that DRM will fail. This seems to undergird a lot of the posts when any new DRMed thing is released. What if it doesn't?
Taking point a. What if the US govt. (prompted by lobbying, soft money blah blah) passes laws that outlaw the alternatives? Sure devices can be produced in countries outside the US, but they would have to be smuggled in. This would effectively remove such devices from the mainstream.
Taking point b. Yes, but see item a. The problem is that we are increasingly seeing people move to hardware. You can hack the hardware, but it is harder, and is *much* harder to distribute than software hacks. Moving to hardware (like this device), will slow spread of non-DRMed stuff.
Taking point c. It won't necessarily kill your product. It will limit your product. That may mean it makes less money, but it won't kill it.
There is an underlying assumption here that I am not sure are correct. The assumption is that there will be a reasonable amount of hardware that will not be DRMed. The other answer is often to use $favourite_P2P_network to access the files if you aren't able to circumvent the DRM. If there are no P2P networks, you can't get your files.
... graduating engineering is hard. Deal with it.
Everything you describe fits with my BE at the University of Sydney, Australia (although the staff weren't as socially inept as the article describes). I don't have a problem with that.
Engineering is as much about teaching yourself as it is about the staff teaching you. What the writer of the article is describing is how people who do not fit engineering are filtered out. I think that under 50% of my course finished in 4 years, which is the minimum amount of time (I took 5 years, not including a year off). Probably 25% dropped out.
Having just broken my PDA, there are solutions.
I use keyring. There is also a tool to read the passwords on windows (See the links in the site). As I understand it, this is integrated into KPilot.
I'm not sure that this is a good thing. There is a debate running about SQL Server 2005 (Yukon) supporting CLR procs, which is basically the same question.
The question is why would you want a procedural language working on Set based data? These kind of operations should be moved to the client. You risk tainting your database with operations that aren't really database related.
Note that this is a risk, and that there are some cases where running procedural code against the database is necessary.