Actually, the Passage isn't something that enhances our choice, it's something for the cable monopoly to enhance their choice. It allows them to mix-and-match their backend technologies, where before they were locked into using one brand of equipment on their side for the whole operation.
"CA" in this sense is the "no watching HBO if you didn't pay for it" system. I'd assume for this box to work, it has to connect with the Sony TVs on the market today, which all use standard input/outputs that you could hook to a computer if you wanted to.
Gotta walk before you can run. If they're gonna play with the software they learned about in this class, they'll have to install it on something. Might as well show them how that's done, it's something they're all going to need to know sooner rather than later.
This sounds like a great thing. Too many schools are only teaching Windows as if it's the only operating system in the world, and that's simply not true. These kids deserve to see full-strength Linux, particularly if this is being offered as a sign-up class where everybody in the room wanted to hear about non-MS computers.
You certainly should show them how to install Linux, and especially in a dual boot situation, so that they can take the Linux CDs and (after getting the OK from their parents) dual-booting the family PC, or better yet, direct them to the local PC parts vendor to show them how cheap a PC is capable of running Linux.
I think most of what the kids want to do will be GUI-based, so spend most of your time on that. But, they do need to understand the "nuts and bolts" under that GUI, so spend at least an hour or more showing them around the text console so that they can figure out how to get around when they just don't have the GUI.
The one thing I'd advise you against doing, however, is sounding too much like a pro-Linux preacher. Yeah, Linux is the topic on the label in your class, so you're not going to show them the equal Windows software, but do adknowledge that Windows exists, and point out the strengths and weeknesses of both so they can make an informed decision between the two... "Linux is better because Open Source is the only way to go!" is not a convincing argument to a boss. "This can do everything we need to do, and costs much less." is. The best tech professionals are the ones who can run everything, and figure out what tool to use when...
Those are very interesting questions, but I wonder if it would even be possible to collect the data needed to answer such questions given China's control over information within their country.
No, you can say anything about somebody else's work that you like, you just can't redistribute their work unless they want you to. That's not censorship... you're free to say whatever you want, so long as you're saying your own words/bits.
File sharing is legal. File sharing of things you didn't create needs the permission of whoever did create it, but when you create for yourself it's yours to publish however you want.
The danger here in China is that people don't have the freedom to express their own opinions when they are contrary to the government's.
Arround here, you're prefectly welcome to say that the government should change its policies because marijuana should be legal. We won't torture you, we won't kill you, we won't put you in jail, we won't even charge you a fine... we'll just laugh at you.
Come on, there is a huge difference between not being allowed to redistribute pictures, music, and text that is not your own... and not being able to create and publish your own pictures, music, and text.
Censoring the ability to publish in the first place represses the people, and makes them unable to complain when the government abuses its authority. At least here in the USA, you're allowed to complain about the DMCA all you want.
BTW, you do own intellectual property. That nonsense post you just made is yours. It's worthless, but that's because of its lack of quality... it's not even worth the Slashdot mod points it has now.
There's a huge difference between censoring out any objection to the government, and restricting the flow of recordings of Britney Spears attempting to sing.
The RIAA is trying to restrict the flow of entertainment, in an effort for them to try to make more money. However, over-the-air TV and radio remain, so as long as you have reception equipment you can still receive some limited choices of entertainment programming.
China is restricting the flow of information and opinions, so that the abuses of the government's power go undectected because nobody is allowed to talk about them. That is what is absolutely unacceptable.
Let's keep RIAA-bashing in its designated threads, because although what the RIAA dpes os bad, what China does is worse.
A judge very well could award more money than the company has. If that happens, the company would surely file for bankruptcy because it has no hope of being able to pay.
We as Internet users would likely never see our lawsuit winnings, but by forcing the company into Chapter 7 these lawyers will have given the company a death penality.
Bonzi Buddy is actually a close friend of Clippy. The "Office Assistants" got spun off into an ActiveX object called "Microsoft Agent". Bonzi provided the drawings for the animated character, and controls what he does, but the actual display engine licensed from Microsoft.
There are legit uses for the Microsoft Agent. Or at least I've heard, I haven't seen any for myself.
This class action doesn't specifcally say that the Bonzi Buddy should be banned, but it says that the means being used to distribute the whole Bonzi line of software involves deceptive ad techniques which are illegal.
If "Joe User" thinks that pop-up window is really a Windows system alert, down the hill they go...
Apache gets 30 days if and only if the hole is still secret. If a black hat group looks at Apache's code and finds the same hole and puts an exploit into the wild, Apache gets no notice at all.
Microsoft has an advantage at preventing this situation... black hats, or anybody else, can't look at MS's code.
The change is that if either the mainstream media starts spreading (usually inaccurate) info about the problem, or there's already an exploit in the wild, the 30 period goes right out the window as pointless. ISS isn't gonna keep it already a secret if somebody else is already spilling...
The new policy basically says "We'll keep quiet for 30 days... but if anybody else tells the public first, there's no point in keeping it secret anymore so away we go."
The interesting thing in the "P2P Wars" here is that if the court holds that incorrect application of the DMCA is a tort in and of itself, that could mean any attempt to chase P2P users has to either be pefect at the risk of losing more than they gain.
Funny thing though. At this point, FatWallet doesn't need to mount a defense. They're now the plantiff's.
FatWallet complied with the takedown demand through Thanksgiving when the ads clearly became public knowledge. Now, they're turning around and using one of the less-talked-about provisions of the DMCA that lets somebody who complies with a phony takedown notice to sue for damages.
Now, if FatWallet loses all they're out is some laywer fees, but if FatWallet wins, Walmart's on the hook...
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Actually, the Passage isn't something that enhances our choice, it's something for the cable monopoly to enhance their choice. It allows them to mix-and-match their backend technologies, where before they were locked into using one brand of equipment on their side for the whole operation.
"CA" in this sense is the "no watching HBO if you didn't pay for it" system. I'd assume for this box to work, it has to connect with the Sony TVs on the market today, which all use standard input/outputs that you could hook to a computer if you wanted to.
I'm starting to get the impression that telephones might not have yet been installed in the Hollywood section of California.
Air is free. Hospitals have to pay for their supply of pure Oxygen.
Gotta walk before you can run. If they're gonna play with the software they learned about in this class, they'll have to install it on something. Might as well show them how that's done, it's something they're all going to need to know sooner rather than later.
This sounds like a great thing. Too many schools are only teaching Windows as if it's the only operating system in the world, and that's simply not true. These kids deserve to see full-strength Linux, particularly if this is being offered as a sign-up class where everybody in the room wanted to hear about non-MS computers. You certainly should show them how to install Linux, and especially in a dual boot situation, so that they can take the Linux CDs and (after getting the OK from their parents) dual-booting the family PC, or better yet, direct them to the local PC parts vendor to show them how cheap a PC is capable of running Linux. I think most of what the kids want to do will be GUI-based, so spend most of your time on that. But, they do need to understand the "nuts and bolts" under that GUI, so spend at least an hour or more showing them around the text console so that they can figure out how to get around when they just don't have the GUI. The one thing I'd advise you against doing, however, is sounding too much like a pro-Linux preacher. Yeah, Linux is the topic on the label in your class, so you're not going to show them the equal Windows software, but do adknowledge that Windows exists, and point out the strengths and weeknesses of both so they can make an informed decision between the two... "Linux is better because Open Source is the only way to go!" is not a convincing argument to a boss. "This can do everything we need to do, and costs much less." is. The best tech professionals are the ones who can run everything, and figure out what tool to use when...
Those are very interesting questions, but I wonder if it would even be possible to collect the data needed to answer such questions given China's control over information within their country.
No, you can say anything about somebody else's work that you like, you just can't redistribute their work unless they want you to. That's not censorship... you're free to say whatever you want, so long as you're saying your own words/bits.
I agree, you don't own the solution to a math problem, that's a fact. 1+1=2 is in the public domain, and belongs there.
However, I'd argue that The Matrix is too recent to deserve the same treatment.
Its not physical objects likee you keep trying to say it is
I did? When? Where?
File sharing is legal. File sharing of things you didn't create needs the permission of whoever did create it, but when you create for yourself it's yours to publish however you want.
The danger here in China is that people don't have the freedom to express their own opinions when they are contrary to the government's.
Arround here, you're prefectly welcome to say that the government should change its policies because marijuana should be legal. We won't torture you, we won't kill you, we won't put you in jail, we won't even charge you a fine... we'll just laugh at you.
Come on, there is a huge difference between not being allowed to redistribute pictures, music, and text that is not your own... and not being able to create and publish your own pictures, music, and text.
Censoring the ability to publish in the first place represses the people, and makes them unable to complain when the government abuses its authority. At least here in the USA, you're allowed to complain about the DMCA all you want.
BTW, you do own intellectual property. That nonsense post you just made is yours. It's worthless, but that's because of its lack of quality... it's not even worth the Slashdot mod points it has now.
Create content people value
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PROFIT!
There's a huge difference between censoring out any objection to the government, and restricting the flow of recordings of Britney Spears attempting to sing.
The RIAA is trying to restrict the flow of entertainment, in an effort for them to try to make more money. However, over-the-air TV and radio remain, so as long as you have reception equipment you can still receive some limited choices of entertainment programming.
China is restricting the flow of information and opinions, so that the abuses of the government's power go undectected because nobody is allowed to talk about them. That is what is absolutely unacceptable.
Let's keep RIAA-bashing in its designated threads, because although what the RIAA dpes os bad, what China does is worse.
Depends... if said scriptkiddie gets /.'ed, game over. If he's a tree falling in the forest with nobody to hear him, no harm no foul.
Expressed another way... "More money than they have." Let's see, they just finished reading Chapter 6, next comes...
A judge very well could award more money than the company has. If that happens, the company would surely file for bankruptcy because it has no hope of being able to pay. We as Internet users would likely never see our lawsuit winnings, but by forcing the company into Chapter 7 these lawyers will have given the company a death penality.
May 867-5309 enjoy a safe and happy retirement in all area codes.
Bonzi Buddy is actually a close friend of Clippy. The "Office Assistants" got spun off into an ActiveX object called "Microsoft Agent". Bonzi provided the drawings for the animated character, and controls what he does, but the actual display engine licensed from Microsoft.
There are legit uses for the Microsoft Agent. Or at least I've heard, I haven't seen any for myself.
This class action doesn't specifcally say that the Bonzi Buddy should be banned, but it says that the means being used to distribute the whole Bonzi line of software involves deceptive ad techniques which are illegal.
If "Joe User" thinks that pop-up window is really a Windows system alert, down the hill they go...
Apache gets 30 days if and only if the hole is still secret. If a black hat group looks at Apache's code and finds the same hole and puts an exploit into the wild, Apache gets no notice at all.
Microsoft has an advantage at preventing this situation... black hats, or anybody else, can't look at MS's code.
The change is that if either the mainstream media starts spreading (usually inaccurate) info about the problem, or there's already an exploit in the wild, the 30 period goes right out the window as pointless. ISS isn't gonna keep it already a secret if somebody else is already spilling...
The new policy basically says "We'll keep quiet for 30 days... but if anybody else tells the public first, there's no point in keeping it secret anymore so away we go."
The interesting thing in the "P2P Wars" here is that if the court holds that incorrect application of the DMCA is a tort in and of itself, that could mean any attempt to chase P2P users has to either be pefect at the risk of losing more than they gain.
Funny thing though. At this point, FatWallet doesn't need to mount a defense. They're now the plantiff's.
FatWallet complied with the takedown demand through Thanksgiving when the ads clearly became public knowledge. Now, they're turning around and using one of the less-talked-about provisions of the DMCA that lets somebody who complies with a phony takedown notice to sue for damages.
Now, if FatWallet loses all they're out is some laywer fees, but if FatWallet wins, Walmart's on the hook...
Maybe when the Farscape protesters get their jobs done they can go rescue Futurama next...