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Sorry, I know I'll get flamed for that, but I've been hit with a barrage of "IE 7 is/will be better than Firefox" emails lately here at my Microsoft co-dependent workplace.
Maybe it will be. Microsoft isn't incapable of writing bad software, they just usually have no competition so there's no incentive for them to do so.
In order to evaluate the health of a local economy, we just need to count the amount of money flowing into the region, and the amount of money leaving the region. If net money is entering the area, the local economy will prosper, if net dollars are leaving, the economy will wither.
For example, a manufacturing plant generally causes money to enter the area through wages to local employees, taxes, local services the factory utilizes, etc. A national chain retail store will cause money to flow out of the community because people spend money to purchase things brought in from outside the area. In retail some of this loss is offset by the wages the store pays, property and sales taxes, local services used, etc.
In the case of online shops, it is like chain stores except very little of the money is recouped (I suppose a little bit from shipping services), as online stores don't maintain a presence in the places they serve, avoiding paying local employees, local income and sales taxes, etc. All money spent on an online store is money leaving the local economy.
The only glitter of hope is that online stores will allow rural people access to information and technology which used to only be available in large cities. It is possible that the in-flow of ideas and equipment will revitalize the spirit of small towns, and that will help to offset the financial loss suffered by losses to local businesses.
I'll engage in telco hating as much as the next person, but this act is completely within Bellsouth's rights. The city has declared themselves to be in direct competition with Bellsouth's business model, and naturally they're not going to do things which'll support it.
The city is making a good decision by offering wifi service, but they also need to recognize that it'll make them some enemies.
Apple's fetish with secrecy prevents proper testing. In order to root out problems like this, they'd need to make several hundred beta copies and ask people to use them. However, distributing that quantity would ensure that the word of their existance gets out.
Companies try to make as exhaustive a list of risks as they can when compiling their SEC filings, as that ensures that investors won't sue the execs for not disclosing the risks.
To put it into perspective, their "worry" about being sued by Apple is one paragraph in 15 pages of disclosures, including entries like "Our mobile products will not be successful if consumers do not use mobile devices to access digital media." and "Any development delays or cost overruns may affect our operating results."
Wait, if we boot host PC from this virtual CD-ROM, isn't that OS running in the host? How is it then different from booting LiveCD or LiveUSB stick? If BlackDog needs access to host CPU, how is it better than running the host as a server itself?
When you plug the USB server into your system, it boots the server, not the host system. It then mounts a "cd-rom drive" on the desktop to run a program allowing the server to take over your keyboard/monitor/mouse.
Any CPU processing still goes on in the server, just input/output is passed to the host system.
It actually has very little to do with being seen as a CD-ROM drive by the desktop.
To access and use your BlackDog, you merely plug it in to your host computer's USB port* and BlackDog takes over! Your host machine's monitor, keyboard, mouse, and Internet connection are taken over by BlackDog for the duration of your session, when you are done, you simply remove BlackDog and everything on the host is returned to its original state.
Question: Isn't it possible that someone was just inspired by work they'd done for other companies? Isn't that reasonable?
Darl(21:50): It's reasonable, except when the comment codes are the same, the humor lines in the comment code are the same, and the typos in the comment code are the same, then you start getting beyond... Ya know, it was kind of like, I learned this one day at school... It becomes more of the... Those, to me, are really the DNA of the code here.
The real problem with this is that once a secure connection with a trusted outside machine (for example, an SSH server) has been established, you cannot sniff it anymore.
Just because a message is encrypted does not mean that one can't glean useful information from it.
If a person on plane A sends a PGP encrypted email to accomplices on three other planes, an evesdropper could grep for the cyphertext on the other planes to determine what other planes are at risk.
If someone sshes into a server, you've determined the IP address of their 'trusted' server, and can watch for corresponding information that leaving that box.
Low-Income. This program provides telephone service discounts to consumers with qualifying low-incomes.
High-Cost. This program provides financial support to companies that provide telecommunications services in areas of America where the cost of providing service is high.
Schools and Libraries. This program helps to ensure that the nation's classrooms and libraries receive access to the vast array of educational resources that are accessible through the telecommunications network.
Rural Health Care. This program helps to link health care providers located in rural areas to urban medical centers so that patients living in rural America will have access to the same advanced diagnostic and other medical services that are enjoyed in urban communities.
I would have no problem with a broadband universal service fee if it resulted in universal broadband service like we have universal telephone service.
However, since this is not likely to happen soon, it seems like another subsidy to the legacy copper telephone infrastructure, as most of the money collected in USFs get paid back to the telcos to provide the above services.
My RDI Powerlite sparc 110Mhz laptop has the full sun-specific keyboard. I love having the extra keys.
From looking at the product photos on Sun's website, it appears that the 15" model has a standard laptop keyboard and the 17" model has a customized keyboard.
They're open-sourcing tools to query their database. This isn't to give back to the open-source community, it's to get developers to write tools that encourage people to spend more money on eBay in a wider variety of contexts.
There's nothing wrong with them opening their APIs and code to developers, in fact it may prove very useful. Still, it shouldn't be mistaken for a great act of charity on their part.
There is also the growing instances of state-sponsored computer cracking whereby poorer nations (particularly the axis-of-evil states) seek to leverage the power of attacking information infrastructures instead of the physical infrastructure.
Certainly it is a concern that 'axis of evil' countries may attempt to attack computer systems, however isn't it a little premature to say "growing instances"? Do you have any citations of -one- attack sponsored by a foriegn government?
Given our current administrations interest in increasing law enforcement powers, and their apparent willingness to give out intelligence information for political reasons, I think there is a good chance we would have heard about any verified attacks by 'rogue states'
It may be useful to look closer to home for computer security threats. The FBI has be known to use keylogging software. I wouldn't be suprised if more clandestine arms of 'legitimate' governments were using the same technology in a more broad way.
I would prefer a vendor to have 1 or 2 linux 'point-men', even if I have to deal with their vacation schedules, rather than giving all their joe-techs a flowchart and question list, plus instructions never to escalate you to someone with real troubleshooting skills.
I think it is great that HP had someone available who knew his stuff, and that they were willing to put you in touch with him
While Apple has a 'trusted' chip for ensuring the OS runs on their hardware, why not use that chip for other purposes?
iTunes?
drm in quicktime?
third party software copy protection?
It doesn't concern me that Apple wants to make sure their OS just runs on their machines, but it does concern me that they may decide to use this 'functionality' for a more general-purpose DRM scheme.
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Maybe it will be. Microsoft isn't incapable of writing bad software, they just usually have no competition so there's no incentive for them to do so.
For example, a manufacturing plant generally causes money to enter the area through wages to local employees, taxes, local services the factory utilizes, etc. A national chain retail store will cause money to flow out of the community because people spend money to purchase things brought in from outside the area. In retail some of this loss is offset by the wages the store pays, property and sales taxes, local services used, etc.
In the case of online shops, it is like chain stores except very little of the money is recouped (I suppose a little bit from shipping services), as online stores don't maintain a presence in the places they serve, avoiding paying local employees, local income and sales taxes, etc. All money spent on an online store is money leaving the local economy.
The only glitter of hope is that online stores will allow rural people access to information and technology which used to only be available in large cities. It is possible that the in-flow of ideas and equipment will revitalize the spirit of small towns, and that will help to offset the financial loss suffered by losses to local businesses.
The city is making a good decision by offering wifi service, but they also need to recognize that it'll make them some enemies.
Apple's fetish with secrecy prevents proper testing. In order to root out problems like this, they'd need to make several hundred beta copies and ask people to use them. However, distributing that quantity would ensure that the word of their existance gets out.
...is the perfect space saving technology. Get rid of whatever you can.
To put it into perspective, their "worry" about being sued by Apple is one paragraph in 15 pages of disclosures, including entries like "Our mobile products will not be successful if consumers do not use mobile devices to access digital media." and "Any development delays or cost overruns may affect our operating results."
Any CPU processing still goes on in the server, just input/output is passed to the host system.
I'd buy one in a second if it had an ipod-style 30/40GB hard drive. With 512MB it doesn't offer me enough storage to be useful.
I would love to see a connector that included a substantially gauged section for power, and pins for data.
This way one could plug in any network device with only one connection.
along with instant, precise targeted advertising.
Just because a message is encrypted does not mean that one can't glean useful information from it.
If a person on plane A sends a PGP encrypted email to accomplices on three other planes, an evesdropper could grep for the cyphertext on the other planes to determine what other planes are at risk.
If someone sshes into a server, you've determined the IP address of their 'trusted' server, and can watch for corresponding information that leaving that box.
I would have no problem with a broadband universal service fee if it resulted in universal broadband service like we have universal telephone service.
However, since this is not likely to happen soon, it seems like another subsidy to the legacy copper telephone infrastructure, as most of the money collected in USFs get paid back to the telcos to provide the above services.
A Sun USB keyboard will work fine on a PC, however it is up to you to set up your keymapping so the extra keys do something useful.
My RDI Powerlite sparc 110Mhz laptop has the full sun-specific keyboard. I love having the extra keys.
From looking at the product photos on Sun's website, it appears that the 15" model has a standard laptop keyboard and the 17" model has a customized keyboard.
There's nothing wrong with them opening their APIs and code to developers, in fact it may prove very useful. Still, it shouldn't be mistaken for a great act of charity on their part.
Certainly it is a concern that 'axis of evil' countries may attempt to attack computer systems, however isn't it a little premature to say "growing instances"? Do you have any citations of -one- attack sponsored by a foriegn government?
Given our current administrations interest in increasing law enforcement powers, and their apparent
willingness to give out intelligence information for political reasons, I think there is a good chance we would have heard about any verified attacks by 'rogue states'
It may be useful to look closer to home for computer security threats. The FBI has be known to use keylogging software. I wouldn't be suprised if more clandestine arms of 'legitimate' governments were using the same technology in a more broad way.
I think it is great that HP had someone available who knew his stuff, and that they were willing to put you in touch with him
While Apple has a 'trusted' chip for ensuring the OS runs on their hardware, why not use that chip for other purposes?
iTunes?
drm in quicktime?
third party software copy protection?
It doesn't concern me that Apple wants to make sure their OS just runs on their machines, but it does concern me that they may decide to use this 'functionality' for a more general-purpose DRM scheme.
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