The new spending bill also included a clause that makes it illegal for States to enforce laws forcing HMO's and other insurance companies to cover abortions as a legitimate medical procedure.
And if Democrats hadn't caught it last week, it would have contained a paragraph allowing any member of congress or their "agents" to have undocumented access to any citizens tax return.
Currently the director of the IRS has discretion over whether or not a congressmen or anyone else can view tax returns.
The Republican leadership claims they don't know how it got there. They have blamed it on "A few aides, and maybe someone working at the IRS"
This is a major piece of legislation! They know damn well who made the changes but they're not going to tell us.
All this bullshit and this is the VERY FIRST BILL PASSED after the election. The GOP thinks it has a "mandate" and this is how they're using it.
I saw Jeff Bezos on TechTV about a year ago and he talked about this technology as being a precursor to complete optical product recognition.
Essentially, he explained, you could take a picture of anything from the cover of a book to an action figure, mountain bike, sandbox, stereo reciever, sweatshirt or snow mobile and recieve price comparison from Amazons network of retail sites and "shops."
I remember it distinctly because it was the first time i actually felt that a camera on a cell phone wasn't the most idiotic idea I've ever heard.
This was, of course, BEFORE I discovered that women stick their camera-phones down their pants and take pictures, and ACTUALLY POST THEM ON THE INTERNET!
Hmm.. I wonder if Amazon.nl would give you a price comparison of THAT... hmmm......not that I would use such a service, even if it existed......but if you happen to, you know, come across one.. maybe.. let me know?
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In your best '30's gangster accent
[Max Beta] > The enemy of my enemy is my friend, see. Together you and me, we're unstoppable, SEE; unstoppable! You and me, Dee V. Dee, we'll take over this whole world.
[Dee V. Dee] > The spin I'm geeting says watch out for this 2-Bit Torrent cat. Word is he's got a killer distribution network and he thinks he's reeeeel swanky.
[Max] > Don't you worry, see. We've got the dock workers, see, and the packet switchers. We'll get him, see. We'll get him and send him to DR. M. He'll never work in this town again, SEE!
While I agree that an engine that's running at supersonic speeds on the *inside* is maybe the coolest engine ever built,
I wonder what real-world application NASA sees in this.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this thing wouldn't work any better in space then the engine in my Volvo. If the only applictaion
is high performance aircraft (Air Force Fighters) why isn't it being developed by DARPA, leaving
NASAs (much smaller) budget for projects that might actually benefit space exploration?
Dear Internet,
Don't you think it's time you settled down? I know that 35 isn't old but you have children now and we they're getting bigger every day. As hard as it may be, you have to start thinking about something bigger then yourself.
It's time to be a grown up and say "I've had enough." Enough Porn, enough gambling, enough lolita brides from Taiwan. But stay positive, Internet, after all, you've had a pretty good run. But let's face it, you couldn't keep this pace up forever. You played video games for 3 million hours last year alone. And let's be serious here: ten million job postings and you've never held a single job?
It's time to clean up your act and start thinking about the next 35 years. Do you want to be the only 70 year old still hooked on Porn on Pirated Music? Your network is aging--what would you do if you broke a hip? or even worse, a backbone?
Although I can't believe you're interested, I'll tell you how I handled it.
I work for what you could call a 'large company.' You could also call it by a more formal term, 'the largest company in the United States'.
This has upsides and downsides. A downside, for example, is the Department VP. An upside is that there are 2 other department VPs and they gave me the go ahead on the condition that I never tell the other. They probably have a point that a friggen Vice President would never know what Web Server was installed unless somone tells them.
Although I didn't know at the time of the 2.x versions, looking back I wish I did because it would have saved some headache.
During last years jihad on IIS & IE I decided it would be a good idea to migrate the company's web servers to Apache. I decided to start simple and submit a plan to migrate just the department intranet server.
This is the actual response from management. The brain-dead VP that made this truly-enlightened decision first made a name for himself as a VP at a FAUCET COMPANY.
Listen to the faucet kings great idea:
"Shane, Thanks for your proposal. Unfortunately, I cannot approve the change. In fact, I've decided that we need to streamline these things in the future and make sure everyone is on the same page.
From now on, we will only install software on the servers that is at version 2.0 and above. There will be no exceptions to this. It's about security and reliability. Everyone knows you dont buy a car the first model year, why should software be any different. I've never heard of apachee, but if these guys are as good as you say they are enough people will bite to keep them going, and when they come out with the next major realease I think you'll see then that we're better off for waiting for them to really get it right.
thanks for beging on board with this, tom." [my name's shane]
Two years ago this guy won the "visionary of the year" award at the company conference.
You may remember that the "internet 1" was a researcher-only network once and we all know how that turned out.
With even more competition now that the Electric companies can offer broadband service I think we'll see a Moores-law type situation in Telecom (albeit with a longer cycle then 18 months). With networks like this serving as a proving ground for new technology I think we'll see a speed-race among providers. Americans love Horsepower, RPM, GhZ, and they may not know it yet but Mb/s.
Shane
This case is pretty clear, in my opinion, and I doubt the Supreme Court would hear it even if Lexmark does appeal, which I don't think they will.
But the DMCA won't really be tested until it's challenged in front of the Supreme Court, which has a tendency of leaning towards business interests in property disputes.
One glimmer of hope is that the sixth circuit is 2/3 conservative, more resembling the high court then the liberal Ninth or Neo-Con Fourth. That might explain why it has the second best overturn record in the past 10 years, and it might mean that there's hope for our cause after all.
This is one more reason the election next week matters. One more republican-appointed justice and you will see a sea change in our nations judiciary. Roe v. Wade (The right to have an abortion) gets most the press, but things like DCMA will be affected just as much.
Are you trying to say with a straight face that there isn't a large technical population that immediately discounts everything Microsoft does just because it's Microsoft that's doing it?
Of course they don't "ignore" it, but they don't evaluate it fairly because they see everything thru their "anti-microsoft" filter.
Of course, most IT professionals don't think this way but you wouldn't know that by reading Slashdot.
I don't know what world you live in where all "Decision makers" balance everything fairly with clear and sound judgement.
Unfortunately for Microsoft many IT decision makers refuse to even weigh the merits of this idea before discounting it.
SenderID is not perfect, but if a more 'neutral' company like Sun, Apple, Google, etc introduced it, it would have at least been given a fair shot.
Instead of saying "SenderID is bad because of XXX and, by the way, M$FT Blows" they would be saying "SenderID is bad because of XXX but here's how it could be made better"
About a year ago we finished a company-wide Citrix install, spread over 21 plants in 9 states.
Believe me, we looked at every possible scenario for cheap client PCs, and we decided in the beginning to only buy new. We didn't want 1260 different used systems to support.
What I realized is that a cheap PC, maybe even a $100 PC, could be built now because we're finally at a point that non-cutting edge chips and technology is still VERY fast. A 1.6GhZ P4 will be sufficient for probably 95% of todays users and probably 99.5% of business users.
But, it wouldn't be a PC as you know it. You would have to sacrifice things.
No more fancy, upgradable case, for starters.
Dell can't spend $8 on a case if they're trying to sell a computer for $100. But why upgrade anyway?
I think you'll see more USB ports and less built-in flashy things. Why put built-in wireless in a $100 PC? Save that for the higher-end models.
Same thing goes for wild amounts of storage. If they put in 40GB how many people would really need more? If they do, they have a USB2.0 port for one.
It should probably have a Burner, but those are so cheap now it hardly matters. But if you want a second drive? Buy it A la carte and plug it in.
Sadly, there are no low end machines out that right now that I feel give you the best value for your dollar as todays high-end machines, which is just crazy. I understand that hardware and computer companies don't want to cut the legs out of their high-end PC sales, but you'd think someone would want to tap the market.
If you wondering what we did for out client PC's, we decided to upgrade about 75% of our office-based PCs and we moved the old machines, after a 30min tune-up and mass-imaging, to the factories.
We faced the fact that we'd have to buy all new computers and the the factory-floor citrix users would never need 2GhZ of power.
"she expected the private queries to generate more hits for google.com."
Google is a very mature brand in their market. Although I can't speak to it's veracity I read in Business 2.0 that Google has 96% awareness among (?domestic?) internet users.
While I think the press may slightly increase brand awareness among the non-internet using public, I really doubt they'll see more hits. As if people will read the story and rush to go online to see what 'this google thing' is all about.
Google has reached this point without any consumer facing advertising. I doubt a few dozen stories over a few weeks will actually increase their traffic in a statistically significant way.
Besides, this has a short shelf life. When was the last time you read about the GMail controversy (that is, until Desktop Search made it relevent again)
Slashdot Mirror
Mirror dot
This might be the ultimate jumping of the gun, but as soon as we are able to colonize we should pass these laws immediately.
Do not under-estimate the massive destructive power of our "every day lives."
We will eventually live on other planets. Let's be certain we don't destroy them like we have our own.
Shane
The new spending bill also included a clause that makes it illegal for States to enforce laws forcing HMO's and other insurance companies to cover abortions as a legitimate medical procedure.
And if Democrats hadn't caught it last week, it would have contained a paragraph allowing any member of congress or their "agents" to have undocumented access to any citizens tax return.
Currently the director of the IRS has discretion over whether or not a congressmen or anyone else can view tax returns.
The Republican leadership claims they don't know how it got there. They have blamed it on "A few aides, and maybe someone working at the IRS"
This is a major piece of legislation! They know damn well who made the changes but they're not going to tell us.
All this bullshit and this is the VERY FIRST BILL PASSED after the election. The GOP thinks it has a "mandate" and this is how they're using it.
This concludes the broadcast for this evening.
Courage.
It's spelled c - a - r.
IDIOTS!
I saw Jeff Bezos on TechTV about a year ago and he talked about this technology as being a precursor to complete optical product recognition.
...not that I would use such a service, even if it existed... ...but if you happen to, you know, come across one.. maybe.. let me know?
Essentially, he explained, you could take a picture of anything from the cover of a book to an action figure, mountain bike, sandbox, stereo reciever, sweatshirt or snow mobile and recieve price comparison from Amazons network of retail sites and "shops."
I remember it distinctly because it was the first time i actually felt that a camera on a cell phone wasn't the most idiotic idea I've ever heard.
This was, of course, BEFORE I discovered that women stick their camera-phones down their pants and take pictures, and ACTUALLY POST THEM ON THE INTERNET!
Hmm.. I wonder if Amazon.nl would give you a price comparison of THAT... hmmm...
In your best '30's gangster accent
[Max Beta] > The enemy of my enemy is my friend, see. Together you and me, we're unstoppable, SEE; unstoppable! You and me, Dee V. Dee, we'll take over this whole world.
[Dee V. Dee] > The spin I'm geeting says watch out for this 2-Bit Torrent cat. Word is he's got a killer distribution network and he thinks he's reeeeel swanky.
[Max] > Don't you worry, see. We've got the dock workers, see, and the packet switchers. We'll get him, see. We'll get him and send him to DR. M. He'll never work in this town again, SEE!
All your Polyus-Skif are belong to us.
While I agree that an engine that's running at supersonic speeds on the *inside* is maybe the coolest engine ever built, I wonder what real-world application NASA sees in this.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this thing wouldn't work any better in space then the engine in my Volvo. If the only applictaion is high performance aircraft (Air Force Fighters) why isn't it being developed by DARPA, leaving NASAs (much smaller) budget for projects that might actually benefit space exploration?
Dear Internet,
Don't you think it's time you settled down? I know that 35 isn't old but you have children now and we they're getting bigger every day. As hard as it may be, you have to start thinking about something bigger then yourself.
It's time to be a grown up and say "I've had enough." Enough Porn, enough gambling, enough lolita brides from Taiwan. But stay positive, Internet, after all, you've had a pretty good run. But let's face it, you couldn't keep this pace up forever. You played video games for 3 million hours last year alone. And let's be serious here: ten million job postings and you've never held a single job?
It's time to clean up your act and start thinking about the next 35 years. Do you want to be the only 70 year old still hooked on Porn on Pirated Music? Your network is aging--what would you do if you broke a hip? or even worse, a backbone?
We love you, Internet. We only want what's best.
Shane
Although I can't believe you're interested, I'll tell you how I handled it.
I work for what you could call a 'large company.' You could also call it by a more formal term, 'the largest company in the United States'.
This has upsides and downsides. A downside, for example, is the Department VP. An upside is that there are 2 other department VPs and they gave me the go ahead on the condition that I never tell the other. They probably have a point that a friggen Vice President would never know what Web Server was installed unless somone tells them.
Although I didn't know at the time of the 2.x versions, looking back I wish I did because it would have saved some headache.
During last years jihad on IIS & IE I decided it would be a good idea to migrate the company's web servers to Apache. I decided to start simple and submit a plan to migrate just the department intranet server.
This is the actual response from management. The brain-dead VP that made this truly-enlightened decision first made a name for himself as a VP at a FAUCET COMPANY.
Listen to the faucet kings great idea:
"Shane, Thanks for your proposal. Unfortunately, I cannot approve the change. In fact, I've decided that we need to streamline these things in the future and make sure everyone is on the same page.
From now on, we will only install software on the servers that is at version 2.0 and above. There will be no exceptions to this. It's about security and reliability. Everyone knows you dont buy a car the first model year, why should software be any different. I've never heard of apachee, but if these guys are as good as you say they are enough people will bite to keep them going, and when they come out with the next major realease I think you'll see then that we're better off for waiting for them to really get it right.
thanks for beging on board with this, tom." [my name's shane]
Two years ago this guy won the "visionary of the year" award at the company conference.
You may remember that the "internet 1" was a researcher-only network once and we all know how that turned out.
With even more competition now that the Electric companies can offer broadband service I think we'll see a Moores-law type situation in Telecom (albeit with a longer cycle then 18 months). With networks like this serving as a proving ground for new technology I think we'll see a speed-race among providers. Americans love Horsepower, RPM, GhZ, and they may not know it yet but Mb/s. Shane
This case is pretty clear, in my opinion, and I doubt the Supreme Court would hear it even if Lexmark does appeal, which I don't think they will.
But the DMCA won't really be tested until it's challenged in front of the Supreme Court, which has a tendency of leaning towards business interests in property disputes.
One glimmer of hope is that the sixth circuit is 2/3 conservative, more resembling the high court then the liberal Ninth or Neo-Con Fourth. That might explain why it has the second best overturn record in the past 10 years, and it might mean that there's hope for our cause after all.
This is one more reason the election next week matters. One more republican-appointed justice and you will see a sea change in our nations judiciary. Roe v. Wade (The right to have an abortion) gets most the press, but things like DCMA will be affected just as much.
Are you trying to say with a straight face that there isn't a large technical population that immediately discounts everything Microsoft does just because it's Microsoft that's doing it?
Of course they don't "ignore" it, but they don't evaluate it fairly because they see everything thru their "anti-microsoft" filter.
Of course, most IT professionals don't think this way but you wouldn't know that by reading Slashdot.
I don't know what world you live in where all "Decision makers" balance everything fairly with clear and sound judgement.
Unfortunately for Microsoft many IT decision makers refuse to even weigh the merits of this idea before discounting it.
SenderID is not perfect, but if a more 'neutral' company like Sun, Apple, Google, etc introduced it, it would have at least been given a fair shot.
Instead of saying "SenderID is bad because of XXX and, by the way, M$FT Blows" they would be saying "SenderID is bad because of XXX but here's how it could be made better"
I'm kinda new here... there were paragraphs in that before I posted! I should used preview...
About a year ago we finished a company-wide Citrix install, spread over 21 plants in 9 states. Believe me, we looked at every possible scenario for cheap client PCs, and we decided in the beginning to only buy new. We didn't want 1260 different used systems to support. What I realized is that a cheap PC, maybe even a $100 PC, could be built now because we're finally at a point that non-cutting edge chips and technology is still VERY fast. A 1.6GhZ P4 will be sufficient for probably 95% of todays users and probably 99.5% of business users. But, it wouldn't be a PC as you know it. You would have to sacrifice things. No more fancy, upgradable case, for starters. Dell can't spend $8 on a case if they're trying to sell a computer for $100. But why upgrade anyway? I think you'll see more USB ports and less built-in flashy things. Why put built-in wireless in a $100 PC? Save that for the higher-end models. Same thing goes for wild amounts of storage. If they put in 40GB how many people would really need more? If they do, they have a USB2.0 port for one. It should probably have a Burner, but those are so cheap now it hardly matters. But if you want a second drive? Buy it A la carte and plug it in. Sadly, there are no low end machines out that right now that I feel give you the best value for your dollar as todays high-end machines, which is just crazy. I understand that hardware and computer companies don't want to cut the legs out of their high-end PC sales, but you'd think someone would want to tap the market. If you wondering what we did for out client PC's, we decided to upgrade about 75% of our office-based PCs and we moved the old machines, after a 30min tune-up and mass-imaging, to the factories. We faced the fact that we'd have to buy all new computers and the the factory-floor citrix users would never need 2GhZ of power.
Google is a very mature brand in their market. Although I can't speak to it's veracity I read in Business 2.0 that Google has 96% awareness among (?domestic?) internet users.
While I think the press may slightly increase brand awareness among the non-internet using public, I really doubt they'll see more hits. As if people will read the story and rush to go online to see what 'this google thing' is all about.
Google has reached this point without any consumer facing advertising. I doubt a few dozen stories over a few weeks will actually increase their traffic in a statistically significant way.
Besides, this has a short shelf life. When was the last time you read about the GMail controversy (that is, until Desktop Search made it relevent again)