More of you 4 digits than us 5 digits, I think. Seems our attrition rate is higher.
I've always been sorta curious...did any of the 3, 4, or 5 digit slashdot users managed to breed. If so, do your offspring surf slashdot?
Do they have digits 6 to 10 digit range?
Have you left your sub-six-digit username and password to your children in your will?
Um....by definition, if you lower taxes the government gets less money. It's kinda how taxes work. I'm not saying whether money going to the government is good or bad, but logically the government doesn't get as much money if it isn't taking in as much taxes. It might make up for this elsewhere, but it still lowers the revenue. So where was this logic you said the right-wing had? Obviously you don't have it.
If you have $100, and you buy a widget for $45 and pay a tax of $5, you can afford to buy two--giving the government $10.
If the government raises the tax on a widget to $10, you can no longer afford to buy two, so the government only gets $5.
Neither extreme (very high or very low) works. If the tax is 1%, that's not very much revenue for the government. If the tax is %99, there's no incentive to work because you don't really keep any money. Go read up on the Laffer Curve.
I'll go tell my grandmother. She'll get incentivized to support herself with her quilting.
Right--so instead, because of your grandfathers poor planning and your grandmothers apparently inability to do even menial tasks like being a receptionist, you want the government to take some of my money by force, pass it through the hands of tons of bureaucrats at the IRS, and give her pennies on the dollar that was stolen from me?
How about your grandmother goes and finds a decent and caring church? My money *willfully* goes to a church that assists widows and orphans. And the amount of money that makes it down to actually help those in need is much better than pennies on the dollar.
What do you think came first? The IRS, and the government taking your money to put into these programs, or human decency? Was there really no 'charity' before the IRS came into existence?
Can I buy a pass to temporarily raise the legal blood alcohol limit?
Yeah. It's spendy though. You have to go through years of training along with dropping out of highschool before you can become a police officer.;)
Can I buy a pass that changes the definition of premeditative homicide?
When you commit the act of homicide, you are ending someone's life. When you commit the act of speeding, you are violating an arbitrary number set by the government. Big deal.
Or oooh, what about genocide? Cuz I got some plans. It would probably be expensive, but man what a night that would be! Nevada's sitting on a goldmine here.
Once again, speeding doesn't hurt someone. Genocide does.
Now if you're doing 120 down the highway and your reckless driving causes you to hit and kill someone--yeah, you should be in big trouble.
But I wholeheartedly disagree with the government giving 'special' rights in exchange for money.
Street parking? Licenses to drive, hunt, fish, concealed carry, etc?
I'd say they're carrying on the fine tradition of doing just that.
Yep--I also disagree with those too. The government has no authority to 'grant' me permission to hunt for food to feed my family. I don't have to pay them to harvest food from my garden.
It'd be really sweet if the families of anyone killed by a legally speeding driver got the $25.
...except you're not speeding. If the government comes out and changes the speed limit in front of my house from 15 to 25, people going 25 are not speeding. If the government says you can go 90, it's not speeding.
But I wholeheartedly disagree with the government giving 'special' rights in exchange for money.
Is the "interesting" mod referring to how interesting it is that you are bad at understanding/discovering causes?
What do I care about the cause? Who cares if it's a null pointer or other bizarre issue in the Mac? The point is, one crashed and the other didn't. I find it funny that the mac fanboy is talking about how Macs are so damn stable, they were designed by Jesus himself--yet I had the exact opposite experience. (And I'm perfectly fine admitting that I have had tons of trouble in the past with Ubuntu and external monitors. I was actually surprised it worked.)
I guess it's their shitty engineering that makes my computer so stable and operational.
Yeah. Yesterday, I plugged a Mac laptop into a projector. Apparently the Mac needs to reboot after detecting new hardware or something--so it immediately rebooted without prompting, notifying, or even asking me to save. Apple is so awesomely user-friendly. That must be their engineering commitment to build a stable and operational computer.
Anyways--while the mac was busy rebooting, I plugged my linux laptop in. It immediately started working.
Just as the iPhone rendered circa-2007 smartphones obsolete, points out Marco Arment, the iPad is on the verge of doing the same to circa-2010 netbooks
I disagree.
Can/is the iPad:
* Light enough to balance one-handed while in a comms closet: Yes
* Has two network jacks along with software so I can bridge two networks together: No
* Runs wireshark to diagnose problems with networks: No
* Hardware keyboard to allow quickly typing things into SSH, IM, etc: No
* Ability to jack into a DSL modem and run pppoe-discover to find out if the modem is receiving PADO packets: No
* Run netcat: I don't think so, but I'm not sure
* Run OpenVPN: I don't think so, but I'm not sure
* Run tcpdump: No
I guess it won't be replacing my $300 netbook any time soon then.
But for the average Apple crowd, it meets all the requirements:
* Give buckets of cash to Steve: Yep
* Surf facebook on a device that is more expensive than gold when comparing weight/value: Yep
* Play games: Yep
* Play music: Yep
* Download fart noises app: Yep
* Make phone calls: Nope. Oops--gotta go get another really expensive device for that.
The iPhone and iPad are 99.9% the same, the big difference is screen size, and one can make phone calls. I'm not going to spend over $1,000 to get two almost identical devices.
When her new DSL modem/router will come with official IPv6 support, I expect it to have a large checkbox in admin UI that says "please keep away all the nasty stuff from teh intertubez".
They have that in current routers now--except it's not a huge checkbox on the router web page. That's too complicated for the noobs. Manufacturers changed it to a physical rip-cord like you'd find in a parachute. It's pretty intuitive. You'll find it hanging off the back of your router. It's usually blue and usually has white letters that say 'CAT5' or 'CAT6'. Just give it a yank to secure your systems.
Forget phone numbers, just call me at tomxp411.somedomain.com. Right now, the only reason we need SIP servers for IP to IP calls is to act as a NAT traversal proxy.
Forget tomxp411.somedomain.com. Try tom@somedomain.com--just like e-mail. SIP servers do more than just act as a NAT traversal mechanism.
Thanks to backwards compatibility I can give my business customers Windows 7 Pro with XP Mode and that ancient software they use in accounting keeps right on ticking. Thanks to backwards compatibility I can play most of my old games even on Windows 7 HP X64, and thanks to backwards compatibility when IPV6 is the norm those with older IPV4 stuff will be just fine, MSFT has got you covered.
I can do the same thing for about $150 less. Replace 'Windows 7 Pro' with 'A Linux Install' and replace 'XP Mode' with 'KVM with Windows XP'. Use rdesktop for seamless Windows windows on your Linux desktop...
Just because a patch was issued doesn't mean every single system was patched and that there won't be countless people still running a vulnerable version.
Dude--I use 'cssh'. Every system was patched--and it was done simultaneously to boot.
Hardly anyone has upgraded? I don't even think I know anybody personally that hasn't upgraded from XP to Vista or 7 by now. Even the entire IT department at work is now running on 7 and all the servers are running Server 08 R2. Also, the college I graduated from last Spring is imaging all the mandatory leased student laptops with Windows 7 this year by default.
Yes, but life outside the Microsoft campus is a bit different...
I also forgot to mention another important point. Somewhat nerdy. You no longer have RAID-1 care for your children. Think about what might happen if you die. Make a will if you haven't. List your wishes specifically--especially in the case of custody. Make sure your children end up with people you trust rather than potentially a distant and horrible family member or a ward of the state.
have pre-teen daughters. I'm looking for innovative ideas on how to preserve memories of their mother and my wife so that years down the road we don't forget the things we all tend to forget about a person as time passes.
My father passed away very unexpectedly about 4 months ago, and I started thinking about my own children and what would happen if I happened to die suddenly.
My oldest just turned 4, my youngest just turned 1, and I have a third on the way. My oldest remembers Grandpa, but it's obvious the memories are fading. My dad wasn't big on pictures--so we only had a handful (maybe 20) to choose from for the funeral. I have a few camcorder DAT tapes of him and the grandkids--but unfortunately the camcorder broke and I can't transfer them off to the computer.
Personally, I decided to buy a cheap webcam and use Cheese to record a short video every few weeks when my wife goes shopping. I talk about what the kids are doing, how I see them grow and mature. I take a few minutes to discuss 'big' events and my take on them like the gulf oil spill, elections, the economy, and projects at work. I also talk about decisions I have made and the good or bad outcomes with the idea that they will be watched after I'm gone. One somewhat recent example is that I had a woman proposition me. I explained the situation, how I declined even though it's likely that no one would have found out, what my marriage to my wife means to me as well as discussing integrity and honor. The goal--at least for me is to teach my children to grow up to be critical thinkers, with good morals, strong character, and integrity--even though I have to point out several instances where I failed. In the best case, you have videos to use as reference to write your memoirs when you're 80...;)
WTF is with spelling Amerika with a 'k'? I'm confused--on one hand you bash America, but on the other hand you spell like you are a byproduct of it's public school system...
It's "its", not "it's".
Yes--and I am a byproduct of the American Government School System...
I'm a Libertarian, you insensitive clod! They can both die!
Hey, I'm a libertarian too! But it seems like death is kind of extreme for theft, for either side.
I'm a Libertarian anarcho-capitalist, you insensitive clod! I think the market can support more senator-term-limiting plane crashes. Once we reach the cap, there's always rope.
Probably because we (or most of us, anyway) value life without regard to political affiliation and those who reserve their tears (or good wishes, at least) for those who parallel their own political leaning are sub-human scum? Or shall we do a belated dance to the death of Teddy Kennedy too?
My dance for Kennedy wasn't belated. It was right on schedule.
I wonder if he shed a tear for Marry Jo after he left her to die in that Oldsmobile?
It doesnt matter if they follow what Reagan would have wanted, he's the republican's Jesus, and we all know how they consider what he would have wanted.
Hot damn! We just got a liberal so riled up about Reagan he accidentally admitted Jesus was real.
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More of you 4 digits than us 5 digits, I think. Seems our attrition rate is higher.
I've always been sorta curious...did any of the 3, 4, or 5 digit slashdot users managed to breed. If so, do your offspring surf slashdot?
Do they have digits 6 to 10 digit range?
Have you left your sub-six-digit username and password to your children in your will?
Um....by definition, if you lower taxes the government gets less money. It's kinda how taxes work. I'm not saying whether money going to the government is good or bad, but logically the government doesn't get as much money if it isn't taking in as much taxes. It might make up for this elsewhere, but it still lowers the revenue. So where was this logic you said the right-wing had? Obviously you don't have it.
If you have $100, and you buy a widget for $45 and pay a tax of $5, you can afford to buy two--giving the government $10.
If the government raises the tax on a widget to $10, you can no longer afford to buy two, so the government only gets $5.
Neither extreme (very high or very low) works. If the tax is 1%, that's not very much revenue for the government. If the tax is %99, there's no incentive to work because you don't really keep any money. Go read up on the Laffer Curve.
You'd never know it from watching their talking heads.
I see your problem. You can't figure out if the talking heads are rational simply by watching them. You have to listen...
I'll go tell my grandmother. She'll get incentivized to support herself with her quilting.
Right--so instead, because of your grandfathers poor planning and your grandmothers apparently inability to do even menial tasks like being a receptionist, you want the government to take some of my money by force, pass it through the hands of tons of bureaucrats at the IRS, and give her pennies on the dollar that was stolen from me?
How about your grandmother goes and finds a decent and caring church? My money *willfully* goes to a church that assists widows and orphans. And the amount of money that makes it down to actually help those in need is much better than pennies on the dollar.
What do you think came first? The IRS, and the government taking your money to put into these programs, or human decency? Was there really no 'charity' before the IRS came into existence?
It's already a work-in-progress: gpgAuth
One password everywhere, no passwords stored on remote servers, validation of the server too--like SSH.
Can I buy a pass to temporarily raise the legal blood alcohol limit?
Yeah. It's spendy though. You have to go through years of training along with dropping out of highschool before you can become a police officer. ;)
Can I buy a pass that changes the definition of premeditative homicide?
When you commit the act of homicide, you are ending someone's life. When you commit the act of speeding, you are violating an arbitrary number set by the government. Big deal.
Or oooh, what about genocide? Cuz I got some plans. It would probably be expensive, but man what a night that would be! Nevada's sitting on a goldmine here.
Once again, speeding doesn't hurt someone. Genocide does.
Now if you're doing 120 down the highway and your reckless driving causes you to hit and kill someone--yeah, you should be in big trouble.
But I wholeheartedly disagree with the government giving 'special' rights in exchange for money.
Street parking? Licenses to drive, hunt, fish, concealed carry, etc?
I'd say they're carrying on the fine tradition of doing just that.
Yep--I also disagree with those too. The government has no authority to 'grant' me permission to hunt for food to feed my family. I don't have to pay them to harvest food from my garden.
It'd be really sweet if the families of anyone killed by a legally speeding driver got the $25.
But I wholeheartedly disagree with the government giving 'special' rights in exchange for money.
That's an interesting story.. what's that I smell? It smells like bullshit. Are you sure that it wasn't your "linux" laptop dual-booted into windows?
You're right--I often confuse blue screens with core dumps.
Is the "interesting" mod referring to how interesting it is that you are bad at understanding/discovering causes?
What do I care about the cause? Who cares if it's a null pointer or other bizarre issue in the Mac? The point is, one crashed and the other didn't. I find it funny that the mac fanboy is talking about how Macs are so damn stable, they were designed by Jesus himself--yet I had the exact opposite experience. (And I'm perfectly fine admitting that I have had tons of trouble in the past with Ubuntu and external monitors. I was actually surprised it worked.)
I guess it's their shitty engineering that makes my computer so stable and operational.
Yeah. Yesterday, I plugged a Mac laptop into a projector. Apparently the Mac needs to reboot after detecting new hardware or something--so it immediately rebooted without prompting, notifying, or even asking me to save. Apple is so awesomely user-friendly. That must be their engineering commitment to build a stable and operational computer.
Anyways--while the mac was busy rebooting, I plugged my linux laptop in. It immediately started working.
Just as the iPhone rendered circa-2007 smartphones obsolete, points out Marco Arment, the iPad is on the verge of doing the same to circa-2010 netbooks
I disagree.
Can/is the iPad:
* Light enough to balance one-handed while in a comms closet: Yes
* Has two network jacks along with software so I can bridge two networks together: No
* Runs wireshark to diagnose problems with networks: No
* Hardware keyboard to allow quickly typing things into SSH, IM, etc: No
* Ability to jack into a DSL modem and run pppoe-discover to find out if the modem is receiving PADO packets: No
* Run netcat: I don't think so, but I'm not sure
* Run OpenVPN: I don't think so, but I'm not sure
* Run tcpdump: No
I guess it won't be replacing my $300 netbook any time soon then.
But for the average Apple crowd, it meets all the requirements:
* Give buckets of cash to Steve: Yep
* Surf facebook on a device that is more expensive than gold when comparing weight/value: Yep
* Play games: Yep
* Play music: Yep
* Download fart noises app: Yep
* Make phone calls: Nope. Oops--gotta go get another really expensive device for that.
The iPhone and iPad are 99.9% the same, the big difference is screen size, and one can make phone calls. I'm not going to spend over $1,000 to get two almost identical devices.
When her new DSL modem/router will come with official IPv6 support, I expect it to have a large checkbox in admin UI that says "please keep away all the nasty stuff from teh intertubez".
They have that in current routers now--except it's not a huge checkbox on the router web page. That's too complicated for the noobs. Manufacturers changed it to a physical rip-cord like you'd find in a parachute. It's pretty intuitive. You'll find it hanging off the back of your router. It's usually blue and usually has white letters that say 'CAT5' or 'CAT6'. Just give it a yank to secure your systems.
Forget phone numbers, just call me at tomxp411.somedomain.com. Right now, the only reason we need SIP servers for IP to IP calls is to act as a NAT traversal proxy.
Forget tomxp411.somedomain.com. Try tom@somedomain.com--just like e-mail. SIP servers do more than just act as a NAT traversal mechanism.
Thanks to backwards compatibility I can give my business customers Windows 7 Pro with XP Mode and that ancient software they use in accounting keeps right on ticking. Thanks to backwards compatibility I can play most of my old games even on Windows 7 HP X64, and thanks to backwards compatibility when IPV6 is the norm those with older IPV4 stuff will be just fine, MSFT has got you covered.
I can do the same thing for about $150 less. Replace 'Windows 7 Pro' with 'A Linux Install' and replace 'XP Mode' with 'KVM with Windows XP'. Use rdesktop for seamless Windows windows on your Linux desktop...
Just because a patch was issued doesn't mean every single system was patched and that there won't be countless people still running a vulnerable version.
Dude--I use 'cssh'. Every system was patched--and it was done simultaneously to boot.
SSH and GPG use one password and key everywhere--and remote hosts can't compromise my key or password because they never receive them or store them.
Maybe it's time for a change with respect to the retarded password systems we have out there: GPGAuth.
Hardly anyone has upgraded? I don't even think I know anybody personally that hasn't upgraded from XP to Vista or 7 by now. Even the entire IT department at work is now running on 7 and all the servers are running Server 08 R2. Also, the college I graduated from last Spring is imaging all the mandatory leased student laptops with Windows 7 this year by default.
Yes, but life outside the Microsoft campus is a bit different...
Windows XP is coming up to a decade old itself - its been replaced twice over
'Replaced' implies that Windows XP was removed. It wasn't. Vista and Windows 7 just bolted on new horrors to an already terrible OS.
The good thing about the 'terrible OS' that is XP is that it's been out for 10 years--so all the geeks know the 'ins' and 'outs' and all the quirks.
I also forgot to mention another important point. Somewhat nerdy. You no longer have RAID-1 care for your children. Think about what might happen if you die. Make a will if you haven't. List your wishes specifically--especially in the case of custody. Make sure your children end up with people you trust rather than potentially a distant and horrible family member or a ward of the state.
have pre-teen daughters. I'm looking for innovative ideas on how to preserve memories of their mother and my wife so that years down the road we don't forget the things we all tend to forget about a person as time passes.
My father passed away very unexpectedly about 4 months ago, and I started thinking about my own children and what would happen if I happened to die suddenly.
;)
My oldest just turned 4, my youngest just turned 1, and I have a third on the way. My oldest remembers Grandpa, but it's obvious the memories are fading. My dad wasn't big on pictures--so we only had a handful (maybe 20) to choose from for the funeral. I have a few camcorder DAT tapes of him and the grandkids--but unfortunately the camcorder broke and I can't transfer them off to the computer.
Personally, I decided to buy a cheap webcam and use Cheese to record a short video every few weeks when my wife goes shopping. I talk about what the kids are doing, how I see them grow and mature. I take a few minutes to discuss 'big' events and my take on them like the gulf oil spill, elections, the economy, and projects at work. I also talk about decisions I have made and the good or bad outcomes with the idea that they will be watched after I'm gone. One somewhat recent example is that I had a woman proposition me. I explained the situation, how I declined even though it's likely that no one would have found out, what my marriage to my wife means to me as well as discussing integrity and honor. The goal--at least for me is to teach my children to grow up to be critical thinkers, with good morals, strong character, and integrity--even though I have to point out several instances where I failed. In the best case, you have videos to use as reference to write your memoirs when you're 80...
WTF is with spelling Amerika with a 'k'? I'm confused--on one hand you bash America, but on the other hand you spell like you are a byproduct of it's public school system...
It's "its", not "it's".
Yes--and I am a byproduct of the American Government School System...
I'm a Libertarian, you insensitive clod! They can both die!
Hey, I'm a libertarian too! But it seems like death is kind of extreme for theft, for either side.
I'm a Libertarian anarcho-capitalist, you insensitive clod! I think the market can support more senator-term-limiting plane crashes. Once we reach the cap, there's always rope.
Probably because we (or most of us, anyway) value life without regard to political affiliation and those who reserve their tears (or good wishes, at least) for those who parallel their own political leaning are sub-human scum? Or shall we do a belated dance to the death of Teddy Kennedy too?
My dance for Kennedy wasn't belated. It was right on schedule.
I wonder if he shed a tear for Marry Jo after he left her to die in that Oldsmobile?
It doesnt matter if they follow what Reagan would have wanted, he's the republican's Jesus, and we all know how they consider what he would have wanted.
Hot damn! We just got a liberal so riled up about Reagan he accidentally admitted Jesus was real.