A number of the independent coffee shops have set up free Wi-Fi access around here, either on their own or through our local community wireless project Personal Telco It appears to draw a fair number of users and thus more business for the shop.
One thing that I would recommend is setting up a click through usage agreement and blocking SMTP. Otherwise you're setting your self up for abuse by spammers and liable for the actions of other loser-users (blackhats, kiddie-porners, etc.).
If you're running Linux you can set up an easy click-through using NoCatAuth.
m.m.
You answered your own question: it "...happens to run on Linux as one of its platforms." [emphasis added]
Their Office suite is a big part of the MS hold on the desktop OS monopoly. It's really the apps and document formats that limit OS choice in many work environments. By standardizing on OO.o, users are no longer limited to Windows.
Well we all know that Col. Sanders, with his wee, beady eyes, puts an ingredient in his 11 secret herbs and spices that makes you crave his chicken fortnightly.
I only wish that this were true (IE installed but not used). Unfortunately outside of the geek corps, IE is about all that Windows folks use. Our website has about 75 registered users and 3 times that number of unregistered users. Sadly 95% of them use IE. It's getting harder and harder to convince our web developers not to code to IE specific specs, or even to test for compatability with other browsers. It's quite depressing.
From the Dean website... Principles for an Internet Policy
This nation - and not just this nation - needs to have an honest conversation about what's real, possible and desirable when it comes to the gift of the Internet. Conversations need shared ground. Here are the beliefs we think should guide the development of a fact-based federal policy. We put these forward as part of a continuing Great American Conversation . . .
No one owns the Internet
The Internet does not exist for the unique benefit of any group or economic interest. It is ours as citizens of this country and as inhabitants of this planet.
Everyone should be connected
The social, economic, and educational advantages of being on the Internet are real. Universal Internet access regardless of economic or geographic position should be a federal goal.
The Internet's value comes from its openness
The Internet provides a new possibility of global access to an unprecedented sum of human knowledge. It is the responsibility of this generation to make sure that knowledge is available for innovation in business and culture.
The Internet's openness should be promoted
The Internet was initially designed as a way of moving bits without preferring some bits to others. Network architects call this principle "end-to-end" networking. That way, anyone with a good idea - or a bad one - can build it and see if it works. This openness is essential to the Internet's value as a marketplace of innovation and a public square for ideas.
The Internet is a democracy of voices, not primarily a broadcast medium
Although the Internet certainly can be used to broadcast messages and programs from one spot to hundreds of millions of others, its most important effect socially and economically is its transformation of the broadcast model. Rather than "freedom of the press belonging to those who own one," everyone now can reach everyone else. The Internet is encouraging people to speak up, in their own voice, about what matters to them. This empowerment of human voice and conversation is profoundly in line with the ideals of American democracy.
The Internet is not perfectible
The Internet is not perfect and it never will be. It is a global network providing possibility of connecting to geniuses and pickpockets and worse. We need to work to root out illegal and malicious uses of the Internet and the exploitation of children and other vulnerable members of our society.
The Internet is just at the beginning
Although the Internet has connected 700,000,000 people worldwide, it is just at its beginning. We need to recognize that no one yet knows the true potential of the Internet. And we need to support the political and technological policies that will help the Internet grow to its true capacity as a force for democracy world-wide.
I think the two-tiered model offered by sites like/. and Salon is excellent. It allows unsubscribed users to use the site, 'paying' by dealing with advertisements and limited functionality. Those willing to cough up a few bucks can skip the ads and are rewarded with an expanded feature set as well.
IMHO, it's fair, practical, and the best of both worlds.
____________________________
"Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
--- Herman Goering, Nazi Leader explaining how to con the populace into war.
REGIME CHANGE BEGINS AT HOME:Dean For America in 2004
Get the fascists and theocrats out of the Whitehouse!
The default user account created for OS X is a member of the Admin group and does have some capabilities beyond a non-admin account, but it's far, far, from root.
You still need to use 'sudo' or login as root to do the real serious damage.
I just love all the posts in this thread that say, "Well the GIMP doesn't have it, but you can always write your own..."
Do y'all have any idea who uses Photoshop? My graphic designer gf would laugh her pretty little ass off if I sugguested that she just whip up a patch in C or whatever-fu.
Open Source kicks ass, but come-on guys. Most people just want to use software, not write it.
What realy 'works' are the amazing number of people who bust their asses cleaning up after people who do go just to party.
Part of me was really excited to see this article posted because Burning Man is such an amazing thing and I want everyone to share in the experience.
Another part of me sees the kinds of posts that have followed and thinks these people should stay home. Are there drugs and sex at Burning Man? Yes. Is that what Burning Man is all about? Only for the moronic frat boys that show up the last couple of days to get f-ed up and ogle women. For the rest of us, it's a week to be amazed at the freedom one feels being in a place totally devoid of any commercialism, being amazed by the creativity and generosity of thousands of people who've come to share it with you, and giving what you can back to the community.
Slashdot Mirror
Wait, don't you mean that Apple does has expert designers build a smooth, intuitive UI, then Microsoft impiments a half-assed copy of it?
m.m.
So would I, but the provider of the access point also needs to have some spam control.
When I'm at the coffee shop, I just have to accept that I need to use web mail, or remote into my home PC and send it from there.
m.m.
A number of the independent coffee shops have set up free Wi-Fi access around here, either on their own or through our local community wireless project Personal Telco It appears to draw a fair number of users and thus more business for the shop.
One thing that I would recommend is setting up a click through usage agreement and blocking SMTP. Otherwise you're setting your self up for abuse by spammers and liable for the actions of other loser-users (blackhats, kiddie-porners, etc.).
If you're running Linux you can set up an easy click-through using NoCatAuth.m.m.
Well, I suppose the strippers are alright, but you don't have to go to Las Vegas to find them.
At least New York or San Francisco would have more to offer once you've been kicked out of the strip club.
m.m.
Oh F--- Las Vegas! It's an armpit of a city with nothing to offer beside gambling, strippers, and show biz acts that were already bad 20 years ago.
San Fransisco, Boston, New York, Chicago -- these are real cities, not some tacky, sleazy Diseneyland for losers.
m.m.- "...what does OO.o have to do with Linux..."
You answered your own question: it "...happens to run on Linux as one of its platforms." [emphasis added]
Their Office suite is a big part of the MS hold on the desktop OS monopoly. It's really the apps and document formats that limit OS choice in many work environments. By standardizing on OO.o, users are no longer limited to Windows.
m.m.
They actually offered to change the name if Sun was willing to join...
m.m.
Well we all know that Col. Sanders, with his wee, beady eyes, puts an ingredient in his 11 secret herbs and spices that makes you crave his chicken fortnightly.
m.m.
Correction: 75 --> 75 thousand
I only wish that this were true (IE installed but not used). Unfortunately outside of the geek corps, IE is about all that Windows folks use. Our website has about 75 registered users and 3 times that number of unregistered users. Sadly 95% of them use IE. It's getting harder and harder to convince our web developers not to code to IE specific specs, or even to test for compatability with other browsers. It's quite depressing.
Here you go.
Principles for an Internet Policy
This nation - and not just this nation - needs to have an honest conversation about what's real, possible and desirable when it comes to the gift of the Internet. Conversations need shared ground. Here are the beliefs we think should guide the development of a fact-based federal policy. We put these forward as part of a continuing Great American Conversation . . .
The Internet does not exist for the unique benefit of any group or economic interest. It is ours as citizens of this country and as inhabitants of this planet.
The social, economic, and educational advantages of being on the Internet are real. Universal Internet access regardless of economic or geographic position should be a federal goal.
The Internet provides a new possibility of global access to an unprecedented sum of human knowledge. It is the responsibility of this generation to make sure that knowledge is available for innovation in business and culture.
The Internet was initially designed as a way of moving bits without preferring some bits to others. Network architects call this principle "end-to-end" networking. That way, anyone with a good idea - or a bad one - can build it and see if it works. This openness is essential to the Internet's value as a marketplace of innovation and a public square for ideas.
Although the Internet certainly can be used to broadcast messages and programs from one spot to hundreds of millions of others, its most important effect socially and economically is its transformation of the broadcast model. Rather than "freedom of the press belonging to those who own one," everyone now can reach everyone else. The Internet is encouraging people to speak up, in their own voice, about what matters to them. This empowerment of human voice and conversation is profoundly in line with the ideals of American democracy.
The Internet is not perfect and it never will be. It is a global network providing possibility of connecting to geniuses and pickpockets and worse. We need to work to root out illegal and malicious uses of the Internet and the exploitation of children and other vulnerable members of our society.
Although the Internet has connected 700,000,000 people worldwide, it is just at its beginning. We need to recognize that no one yet knows the true potential of the Internet. And we need to support the political and technological policies that will help the Internet grow to its true capacity as a force for democracy world-wide.
I think the two-tiered model offered by sites like /. and Salon is excellent. It allows unsubscribed users to use the site, 'paying' by dealing with advertisements and limited functionality. Those willing to cough up a few bucks can skip the ads and are rewarded with an expanded feature set as well.
IMHO, it's fair, practical, and the best of both worlds.
____________________________"Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
--- Herman Goering, Nazi Leader explaining how to con the populace into war.
REGIME CHANGE BEGINS AT HOME: Dean For America in 2004
Get the fascists and theocrats out of the Whitehouse!
Man, I'd be in heaven if I could wear my Utilikilt to the office. Unfortunately that's about as likely as SCO winning a Tuxie next year.
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Regime change begins at home: http://www.deanforamerica.com
The default user account created for OS X is a member of the Admin group and does have some capabilities beyond a non-admin account, but it's far, far, from root. You still need to use 'sudo' or login as root to do the real serious damage.
I just love all the posts in this thread that say, "Well the GIMP doesn't have it, but you can always write your own..."
Do y'all have any idea who uses Photoshop? My graphic designer gf would laugh her pretty little ass off if I sugguested that she just whip up a patch in C or whatever-fu.
Open Source kicks ass, but come-on guys. Most people just want to use software, not write it.
_____________
sigs are stupid
What realy 'works' are the amazing number of people who bust their asses cleaning up after people who do go just to party. Part of me was really excited to see this article posted because Burning Man is such an amazing thing and I want everyone to share in the experience. Another part of me sees the kinds of posts that have followed and thinks these people should stay home. Are there drugs and sex at Burning Man? Yes. Is that what Burning Man is all about? Only for the moronic frat boys that show up the last couple of days to get f-ed up and ogle women. For the rest of us, it's a week to be amazed at the freedom one feels being in a place totally devoid of any commercialism, being amazed by the creativity and generosity of thousands of people who've come to share it with you, and giving what you can back to the community.