If a cracker, who admitted also being a heavy drug user, is portrayed as the type of person that does not want censorship, I believe that it can only hurt the case of the others that are opposed to censorship.
I wonder how this censorship thing will turn out ? I believe that they have a similar system in Singapore. Does anybody know how well it works down there ?
As has been said multiple times, it is impossible to censor the internet and block someone who knows what he's doing. I'd expect the ISPs to comply, but anybody with basic technical expertise would probably get an offshore shell account and run a proxy there. It might actually be an incentive for the young to learn about tunneling technologies that would allow them to bypass censorship. What do you think ? Will people even bother to learn, or will we see Australian-Censorship-Bypass-HOWTO along with a full range of new software to help in the process ?
However, if means to bypass censorship became too widespread, the governement could take action by limiting access to the ressources using to bypass censorship. Imagine if they placed Australia behind a filtering proxy that only let HTTP connections through, and required a permit to open any other port ?
But most likely the governement will just realise that censorship is not enforceable, and either just let the law in place, without a major effect (anyone who wants access to censored things will get access, one way or another) or they will simply notice that and repell the law..
I mean, why the inflammatory phrase like "now if they made the site worth viewing..." ?
We now know that they made an honest mistake: their web programmer simply used a pre-made script to detect the OS, that unfortunately locked out linux users.
Now, they've apologized and promised to correct the situation, and even given a reasonable timeframe. I don't see why people should be angry at Fox anymore. They're trying to make a good-looking, user-friendly website.
I expect the target population of that web site to be more likely to stay on site longer if the site looks good. For many people, having a really bland site, yet full of information that is easy to access, is a turnoff.
Not everybody on the web is a geek. Not everybody likes bland webpages. Not everybody can see a site like http://www.linuxhq.com/, which is perfectly structured but even at first glance incredibly boring. Some people need graphics, animations and sounds to keep them interested.
I don't see why we should expect media companies to target their site at geeks. I'm sure many of us would like a Fox site that gives us the schedule in a nice HTML compliant table with no formatting tags, and a brief technical description of each show separated by paragraph delimiters, but that's not going to happen. That's not what the target audience wants.
And why, of all companies, continue to be angry at Fox ? Most companies wouldn't even give the courtesy of an answer, never mind giving a timeframe for the problems to be fixed.
My ISP's connectivity provider, Teleglobe, has started using the RBL in a special way. They simply router blackhole every host on the RBL, instead of denying incoming e-mails.
That has the unfortunate effect of making sites such as http://members.home.com unreachable from my ISP, and all the other ISPs that use Teleglobe.
After arguing with my ISP's CSRs, it's clear that they will do nothing to restore connectivity to such sites.
Teleglobe provides connectivity to many large ISPs, including JA.NET which is huge in Europe, I believe, and Videotron Telecom (my ISP) which is the only Cable Modem provider is many areas of Québec.
I've been forced to use a proxy to access some sites, which is a pain... I wish they'd use the RBL the way it was intended to, blocking E-Mail only instead of denying access to legitimate web sites.
You're forgetting about Macrovision protection. Most if not all DVDs come with it nowadays. Macrovision protection generates energy bursts that will confuse the autogain circuitry of a VCR, making copy impossible unless you have a compensator of some sort.
If you rent a DVD and have a normal VCR and a normal DVD player, you cannot make a copy because of Macrovision. If you want to make a copy, you must either purchase a machine that'll supress the Macrovision (often sold as "video quality enhancers"), or modify your player, or have a PC-DVD player with an anti-Macrovision crack.
This is a situation where I cannot easily see open source suceeding. There is an obvious need for such an universal wallet service, but you can't decentralize that information and you need a trusted party to keep the information secure. The trusted party needs ressources to keep his database running and secure...
Unfortunately, it might mean seeing Microsoft getting a critical mass of the market where it can afford to dictate any terms it wants.
Do you think there is any way that an open project can compete with Microsoft's wallet service ? Or are we at the mercy of the evil empire ?
Biodegradable plastic is a wonderful breakthrough. Computer makers all over now have yet another argument to convince us to buy new computers every year... "Warning: This computer might or might now grow into a killer, sentient moss with the ability to process 600 000 000 000 multiply-accumulates per second".
Current processor manufacturing technology can go 20% to 40% faster when cooled at about -25dgC. That increase in speed is not linked to the heat dissipation. If you take a processor that dissipates be it a quarter of a watt, and cool it dows to -25dgC, then it will be able to go 20%-40% faster.
You don't HAVE to cool down the Athlon to ludicrously low temperatures. But if you do, it'll go faster. If you cool your G4, it'll go faster.
So, perhaps the PPC works smarter... But last time I checked, it was lagging pretty far behind the Athlon and even the Pentium III in performance, while being more expensive and needing proprietary, expensive components to support it... The G4 isn't a smart choice:)
This is nice for the school, paying only 400$ per machine and all... Then again, that probably doesn't figure in the cost of the monitor, the networking equipment and the grossly overpriced servers. Is it really cheaper than a bunch of NT4 workstations ? And since they're willing to go with non-windows software, is it really cheaper than a bunch of linux workstations ?
But in the end, what will it help the students learn ? I mean, learning an OS that's not in use anywhere else isn't very useful for the students, is it ?
I wonder what kind of applications run on those machines. What will the kids do when they're thrown in real life and the wonderful proprietary Sun applications are nowhere to be found...
> Tax based on the location of the source. If > your order from mexico, pay mexican taxes. >Buyfrom ohio, pay ohio sales tax.
Since when ? I'm in canada and I order stuff all the time from the US. I pay the canadian 15.025% tax plus a 5$ "handling fee" on every shipment. I don't pay any american taxes.
Alcôve has been able to win the bid because of the quality of their technical support and their extreme professionalism. France Télécom Paris is Alcôve's 500th customer.
France Télécom Paris's Project PHENIX (Standardized Intranet Hosting Platform, under Linux): each business unit, and central command, will create their own intranet site that will eventually interface with databases. Presently, those sites are hosted on NT and Linux servers, and are created with Frontpage. Dynamic and data-access pages are created with ASP/VBScript or Perl.
France Télécom Paris wishes to migrate all those sites to Linux, which supports all current and future requirements. The goal is to make things easier for the users, allow better scalability, and allow easier administration and use due to the stability of Linux.
Alcôve's bid: Debian Linux, Apache with Perl and PHP (which is more powerful than ASP/VBScript) and Frontpage Extensions, PostgreSQL (free SQL/92 software with an ODBC driver that allows tight integration with windows clients), ProFTPD (for document updates). A very professional and complete contract which will be renewed annually. It comprises project monitoring by a project leader, an Open Computing consultant, day-long meetings, on-site installation and configuration of the server, day-long training and a technical support contract.
For Lucien Petit, CEO of Alcôve: "This is a beautiful project. Add that to our recent strategic alliance with SGI, it makes us the Leader of Open Computing services. Our control position with the developers of Open Source Software allows us to help Big Companies and our friends. We are even working on 24/7 support to help them even more."
Original article was full of crap. I abridged it. Nothing important was lost.
Considering that a normal PC is about the same price as those thin clients, what good are these ?
Why opt for a 700$ machine that can only act as a thin client when you can get a 1000$ PC that is quite a bit more powerful, and can do everything the thin client can ?
Couldn't they just take their weakest normal PC, remove the floppy and CD-Rom drives, and pre-install thin-client software ? It'd do the same thing, except it'd be equipped with a hard drive for caching... It'd have a faster processor... It'd be far more versatile.
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If a cracker, who admitted also being a heavy drug user, is portrayed as the type of person that does not want censorship, I believe that it can only hurt the case of the others that are opposed to censorship.
I wonder how this censorship thing will turn out ? I believe that they have a similar system in Singapore. Does anybody know how well it works down there ?
As has been said multiple times, it is impossible to censor the internet and block someone who knows what he's doing. I'd expect the ISPs to comply, but anybody with basic technical expertise would probably get an offshore shell account and run a proxy there. It might actually be an incentive for the young to learn about tunneling technologies that would allow them to bypass censorship. What do you think ? Will people even bother to learn, or will we see Australian-Censorship-Bypass-HOWTO along with a full range of new software to help in the process ?
However, if means to bypass censorship became too widespread, the governement could take action by limiting access to the ressources using to bypass censorship. Imagine if they placed Australia behind a filtering proxy that only let HTTP connections through, and required a permit to open any other port ?
But most likely the governement will just realise that censorship is not enforceable, and either just let the law in place, without a major effect (anyone who wants access to censored things will get access, one way or another) or they will simply notice that and repell the law..
It will be interesting to see how it turns out.
I mean, why the inflammatory phrase like "now if they made the site worth viewing..." ?
We now know that they made an honest mistake: their web programmer simply used a pre-made script to detect the OS, that unfortunately locked out linux users.
Now, they've apologized and promised to correct the situation, and even given a reasonable timeframe. I don't see why people should be angry at Fox anymore. They're trying to make a good-looking, user-friendly website.
I expect the target population of that web site to be more likely to stay on site longer if the site looks good. For many people, having a really bland site, yet full of information that is easy to access, is a turnoff.
Not everybody on the web is a geek. Not everybody likes bland webpages. Not everybody can see a site like http://www.linuxhq.com/, which is perfectly structured but even at first glance incredibly boring. Some people need graphics, animations and sounds to keep them interested.
I don't see why we should expect media companies to target their site at geeks. I'm sure many of us would like a Fox site that gives us the schedule in a nice HTML compliant table with no formatting tags, and a brief technical description of each show separated by paragraph delimiters, but that's not going to happen. That's not what the target audience wants.
And why, of all companies, continue to be angry at Fox ? Most companies wouldn't even give the courtesy of an answer, never mind giving a timeframe for the problems to be fixed.
My ISP's connectivity provider, Teleglobe, has started using the RBL in a special way. They simply router blackhole every host on the RBL, instead of denying incoming e-mails.
That has the unfortunate effect of making sites such as http://members.home.com unreachable from my ISP, and all the other ISPs that use Teleglobe.
After arguing with my ISP's CSRs, it's clear that they will do nothing to restore connectivity to such sites.
Teleglobe provides connectivity to many large ISPs, including JA.NET which is huge in Europe, I believe, and Videotron Telecom (my ISP) which is the only Cable Modem provider is many areas of Québec.
I've been forced to use a proxy to access some sites, which is a pain... I wish they'd use the RBL the way it was intended to, blocking E-Mail only instead of denying access to legitimate web sites.
Ah well. Life is hard. ISPs are Evil.
You're forgetting about Macrovision protection. Most if not all DVDs come with it nowadays. Macrovision protection generates energy bursts that will confuse the autogain circuitry of a VCR, making copy impossible unless you have a compensator of some sort.
If you rent a DVD and have a normal VCR and a normal DVD player, you cannot make a copy because of Macrovision. If you want to make a copy, you must either purchase a machine that'll supress the Macrovision (often sold as "video quality enhancers"), or modify your player, or have a PC-DVD player with an anti-Macrovision crack.
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For those who didn't know that wonderful option..
This is a situation where I cannot easily see open source suceeding. There is an obvious need for such an universal wallet service, but you can't decentralize that information and you need a trusted party to keep the information secure. The trusted party needs ressources to keep his database running and secure...
Unfortunately, it might mean seeing Microsoft getting a critical mass of the market where it can afford to dictate any terms it wants.
Do you think there is any way that an open project can compete with Microsoft's wallet service ? Or are we at the mercy of the evil empire ?
Redhat is charging 225$/incident if purchased in single-unit quantities. That would be even more expensive than Microsoft support :)
Biodegradable plastic is a wonderful breakthrough. Computer makers all over now have yet another argument to convince us to buy new computers every year... "Warning: This computer might or might now grow into a killer, sentient moss with the ability to process 600 000 000 000 multiply-accumulates per second".
Two things.
:)
Current processor manufacturing technology can go 20% to 40% faster when cooled at about -25dgC. That increase in speed is not linked to the heat dissipation. If you take a processor that dissipates be it a quarter of a watt, and cool it dows to -25dgC, then it will be able to go 20%-40% faster.
You don't HAVE to cool down the Athlon to ludicrously low temperatures. But if you do, it'll go faster. If you cool your G4, it'll go faster.
So, perhaps the PPC works smarter... But last time I checked, it was lagging pretty far behind the Athlon and even the Pentium III in performance, while being more expensive and needing proprietary, expensive components to support it... The G4 isn't a smart choice
This is nice for the school, paying only 400$ per machine and all... Then again, that probably doesn't figure in the cost of the monitor, the networking equipment and the grossly overpriced servers. Is it really cheaper than a bunch of NT4 workstations ? And since they're willing to go with non-windows software, is it really cheaper than a bunch of linux workstations ?
But in the end, what will it help the students learn ? I mean, learning an OS that's not in use anywhere else isn't very useful for the students, is it ?
I wonder what kind of applications run on those machines. What will the kids do when they're thrown in real life and the wonderful proprietary Sun applications are nowhere to be found...
> Tax based on the location of the source. If
> your order from mexico, pay mexican taxes.
>Buyfrom ohio, pay ohio sales tax.
Since when ? I'm in canada and I order stuff all the time from the US. I pay the canadian 15.025% tax plus a 5$ "handling fee" on every shipment. I don't pay any american taxes.
Alcôve has been able to win the bid because of the quality of their technical support and their extreme professionalism. France Télécom Paris is Alcôve's 500th customer.
France Télécom Paris's Project PHENIX (Standardized Intranet Hosting Platform, under Linux): each business unit, and central command, will create their own intranet site that will eventually interface with databases. Presently, those sites are hosted on NT and Linux servers, and are created with Frontpage. Dynamic and data-access pages are created with ASP/VBScript or Perl.
France Télécom Paris wishes to migrate all those sites to Linux, which supports all current and future requirements. The goal is to make things easier for the users, allow better scalability, and allow easier administration and use due to the stability of Linux.
Alcôve's bid: Debian Linux, Apache with Perl and PHP (which is more powerful than ASP/VBScript) and Frontpage Extensions, PostgreSQL (free SQL/92 software with an ODBC driver that allows tight integration with windows clients), ProFTPD (for document updates). A very professional and complete contract which will be renewed annually. It comprises project monitoring by a project leader, an Open Computing consultant, day-long meetings, on-site installation and configuration of the server, day-long training and a technical support contract.
For Lucien Petit, CEO of Alcôve: "This is a beautiful project. Add that to our recent strategic alliance with SGI, it makes us the Leader of Open Computing services. Our control position with the developers of Open Source Software allows us to help Big Companies and our friends. We are even working on 24/7 support to help them even more."
Original article was full of crap. I abridged it. Nothing important was lost.
Considering that a normal PC is about the same price as those thin clients, what good are these ?
Why opt for a 700$ machine that can only act as a thin client when you can get a 1000$ PC that is quite a bit more powerful, and can do everything the thin client can ?
Couldn't they just take their weakest normal PC, remove the floppy and CD-Rom drives, and pre-install thin-client software ? It'd do the same thing, except it'd be equipped with a hard drive for caching... It'd have a faster processor... It'd be far more versatile.