These 3 areas have high population density, and would allow efficient use of high speed trains, while relieving the burden off the airlines, which could fly coast to coast, international, with some regional service too. I wouldn't be surprised if there were 100 flights a day between Boston and NY, which would be much better served by train. But I don't think that a train from NY to LA makes much sense.
One of the issues with bringing in high speed rail in the US is right of way. Apparently most existing train routes have many turns, which turns a high-speed train into an expensive low-speed train. So, procurring the land would require major public support and money. Which I don't see happening, although I would support it
Free Bytes in Atlanta will accpet old PCs. It doesn't cost anything directly, but they do appreciate a contribution when they do (which they definitely deserve), as it is a non-profit that does an awesome job.
Free Bytes will take old PCs, and either refurbish them, re-use parts, or recycle them. Their refurbish program then sells the PCs to other non-profits at rock bottom cost, and the recycle program is also very good.
I kinda like the european position - opt-in for any commercial email - if you're selling something, you've got to ask if I'm interested first (and not via email) otherwise get lost.
Agreed, that is how it should work, but unfortunately, many bastar^H^H^H^Hspammers are, or would be, not easily traceable, or outside your jurisdiction.
I personally think there should be a technical solution to this, not a legal one.
Now how do we make a technical solution work??? (preferably without breaking existing email too much).
I propose that we do reverse lookups on mail servers. I.e. if you receive mail from biggerboobs@qwerty.com, do lookup on the MXs for qwerty.com. If the mail server is different, you know it's forged. This would make blacklisting much more effective.
Anyway, while I'm sure there are many ways to poke holes in this, it would be a step in the right direction, and would be backward-compatible. Mail admins would just have to make sure their outgoing servers were listed as MXs.
Supporters envision the day when armies of 18-year-olds will be transformed into a global posse, riding out over the Internet to help round up bad guys.
Who the hell needs to "ride out"? That's the thing about SPAM, it comes right to you.
That like saying people need to "ride out" and find ways the IRS/Fed Gov is crewing you!
We are an educational environment, so we have to prepare them for what they use when they grow up...
By the time they get to the business world, will win2k be that applicable either? It seems to me that kids will pick up on it faster (particularly then the 55 year old grandmother you mention above), and when they do get into business, maybe they will have more of a clue and won't be "average (read as DUMB) users".
Sure Linux still isn't (yet) the mainstream solution, and you would be considered a bit of a vanguard, but is that so wrong?
If nothing else, having a mixture of OSes for students to learn on, including MS if you will, would be very advantageous to students, and I think would give them a much better education, allowing them to adapt easier to change, as they would understand concepts better, instead of relying on rote (?) memory.
And for those that excel in computer sciences, in particular, you would be doing them a great service, as I think they would stand to learn much quicker than being boxed into one way of thinking and doing things.
By limiting their choices for them, I think you are limiting their opportunity to learn.
I'm all for Crossover Office, but if you're putting out money on a per-seat basis, why not use Ximian's Connector to interface with Evolution instead of that horrible Outlook mess?
I agree that would be better then using Outlook. But the parent noted that he couldn't use evolution with their current exchange setup.
From my experience, I have found that to be common. My last 2 jobs used exchange, but I still couldn't use Ximian connector because there was versioning and/or configuration issues, which put me out of luck...
Is there an unbiased (as far as can be) comparison ?
With what little I know about dbs, it seems to me there is NO such thing as an unbiased comparison. How well a db performs is relative to your specific environment. You need to test your code, on your data, or any comparisons are pointless.
I am 100% linux at work, but have the same problem as you, incompatible exchange server for evolution...
So, I have been using outlook with codeweaver's crossover office (http://codeweavers.com/site/products/cxoffice/), which you are no doubt aware of, but if you haven't tried it, it is awesome. While not perfect, it certainly beats the other options of getting exchange mail on a linux desktop (term serv/rdesktop, outlook web access, dual booting, etc), and the small amount of money (~$60) is well worth it, as much work goes right back into WINE.
Legal Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with codeweaver's other than being a very satisfied customer.
I use this so called Kazaa backup software to back up all my mp3s. I just put them in my "to be backed up" directory, also called "My Shared Folder", and automagically they get backed up (sometimes quite a lot!). In fact, it is so secure, there are multiple copies, redundancy as I like call it. There's even stuff I don't remember backing up! Anyway, I don't know what all the commotion is over this peer to peer backup software, I'm SOLD (ok, it didn't cost me a thing...sshhh).
Yeah, but the real risk is that you KNOW your probably going to catch something if you tap the bimbo. Aisde from syphylis, she's got viruses, and even worms!
Minor correction here, but one I think is often overlooked or underplayed...
They don't care if what they make works with anyone else, because they have so much market saturation that they can more or less say "screw the rest of you".
Microsoft DOES care if what they make works with anyone else. They absolutely make sure that what they make DOES NOT WORK with anyone else.
Other than that I agree with you 100%. In fact, that might even be what you meant, but were just giving MS the benifit of the doubt.
Don't necessarily blame the firewall. Sure blocking certain ports from the Internet will stop direct connects from the Internet, but from what I've seen with MSBlast, SQL Slammer and such, is that they are brought in on laptops from home users, or possibly dialup or VPN users and such. Once on the inside, many networks have little to no security.
This might be a neccesity in the short term. A company cannot easily change all software out in one fell swoop. Particularly when the migration path is unclear. They could have vendor supplied apps, in-house apps, or apps required because of outside the company compatibility requirements.
Just identifying all the software used in a 14,000 seat deployment is probably hard to do, much less finding existing solutions, or rolling their own.
So this is very likely a necessity, or at least a viable option they chose, until all those apps can be replaced, which just can't happen immediately. Particularly when they are going to already be busy deploying the new desktops and training. And even then, you have issues with co-existence. The time between the first desktop getting rolled out, and the 14,00th desktop being rolled out.
So my take on it is that it is a lesser of 2 evils, and my guess is that their requirements for all new apps would be to get them off vmWare as soon as feasable.
There's always OpenOffice.org, instead of MS Office....
If you've used OpenOffice with MS docs, you probably wouldn't be so hot on it. I like OO, but I would never send out an OO doc saved in Word format, without previewing it in Word first. I have seen way to many problems with things like Table Of Contents, image embedding and things that are common in corporate documents.
I use Microsoft Office both on my home PC and my work laptop (when necessary, which is, unfortunately, often). They both run Linux. I use CrossoverOffice, which is a commercial version of Wine.
If I say that you made a dumb mistake, that doesn't mean that I think you are dumb. When I said "You are being obtuse", I meant your comment was obtuse. I have no idea if you are obtuse all the time, that is what I meant by don't take it personally.
In the post above you mentioned:
I did not conclude that anyone using Freenet could be sued
But in your first post you wrote:
...wouldn't they then be able to sue all users of Freenet as accessories to the crime?
While the RIAA can sue anyone they want, realistically I don't think their case would hold a drop of water if they just decided to sue anyone (or everyone) who uses freenet. And I am having a hard time believing that you truly believe that a lawsuit against any/all freenet users would stand a chance, or maybe you're just playing Devil's advocate, I can't tell.
I wasn't trying to be personally insulting to you by saying that you were being obtuse.
But, I was trying to point out that your conclusion that anyone using Freenet could be sued if someone downloaded a copyrighted mp3 (or even many) is a bit of a stretch.
And I hope that you would admit that, in hindsight.
You are being obtuse. Just because every node can route, does not mean every node WILL route the aforementioned/tainted/ packet.
That would be like me suing you for libel in English, just because you CAN speak English.
Or, I could be wrong, and they need to seriously rethink their routing/caching algorithms (sp?), if every node does touch it...;-)
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Think about this as a US train/plane solution...
3 Major rail lines...
BostonMiami
Great Lakes Texas/New Orleans
Seattle San Diego
These 3 areas have high population density, and would allow efficient use of high speed trains, while relieving the burden off the airlines, which could fly coast to coast, international, with some regional service too. I wouldn't be surprised if there were 100 flights a day between Boston and NY, which would be much better served by train. But I don't think that a train from NY to LA makes much sense.
One of the issues with bringing in high speed rail in the US is right of way. Apparently most existing train routes have many turns, which turns a high-speed train into an expensive low-speed train. So, procurring the land would require major public support and money. Which I don't see happening, although I would support it
There isn't enough crack in the world to explain this...
Free Bytes in Atlanta will accpet old PCs. It doesn't cost anything directly, but they do appreciate a contribution when they do (which they definitely deserve), as it is a non-profit that does an awesome job.
Free Bytes will take old PCs, and either refurbish them, re-use parts, or recycle them. Their refurbish program then sells the PCs to other non-profits at rock bottom cost, and the recycle program is also very good.
Keep up the good work Free Bytes!
http://freebytes.org/
I kinda like the european position - opt-in for any commercial email - if you're selling something, you've got to ask if I'm interested first (and not via email) otherwise get lost.
Agreed, that is how it should work, but unfortunately, many bastar^H^H^H^Hspammers are, or would be, not easily traceable, or outside your jurisdiction.
I personally think there should be a technical solution to this, not a legal one.
Now how do we make a technical solution work??? (preferably without breaking existing email too much).
I propose that we do reverse lookups on mail servers. I.e. if you receive mail from biggerboobs@qwerty.com, do lookup on the MXs for qwerty.com. If the mail server is different, you know it's forged. This would make blacklisting much more effective.
Anyway, while I'm sure there are many ways to poke holes in this, it would be a step in the right direction, and would be backward-compatible. Mail admins would just have to make sure their outgoing servers were listed as MXs.
Supporters envision the day when armies of 18-year-olds will be transformed into a global posse, riding out over the Internet to help round up bad guys.
Who the hell needs to "ride out"? That's the thing about SPAM, it comes right to you.
That like saying people need to "ride out" and find ways the IRS/Fed Gov is crewing you!
We are an educational environment, so we have to prepare them for what they use when they grow up...
By the time they get to the business world, will win2k be that applicable either? It seems to me that kids will pick up on it faster (particularly then the 55 year old grandmother you mention above), and when they do get into business, maybe they will have more of a clue and won't be "average (read as DUMB) users".
Sure Linux still isn't (yet) the mainstream solution, and you would be considered a bit of a vanguard, but is that so wrong?
If nothing else, having a mixture of OSes for students to learn on, including MS if you will, would be very advantageous to students, and I think would give them a much better education, allowing them to adapt easier to change, as they would understand concepts better, instead of relying on rote (?) memory.
And for those that excel in computer sciences, in particular, you would be doing them a great service, as I think they would stand to learn much quicker than being boxed into one way of thinking and doing things.
By limiting their choices for them, I think you are limiting their opportunity to learn.
Just my 2 red pennies...
I'm all for Crossover Office, but if you're putting out money on a per-seat basis, why not use Ximian's Connector to interface with Evolution instead of that horrible Outlook mess?
I agree that would be better then using Outlook. But the parent noted that he couldn't use evolution with their current exchange setup.
From my experience, I have found that to be common. My last 2 jobs used exchange, but I still couldn't use Ximian connector because there was versioning and/or configuration issues, which put me out of luck...
Is there an unbiased (as far as can be) comparison ?
With what little I know about dbs, it seems to me there is NO such thing as an unbiased comparison. How well a db performs is relative to your specific environment. You need to test your code, on your data, or any comparisons are pointless.
But, I could be wrong too...
I am 100% linux at work, but have the same problem as you, incompatible exchange server for evolution...
So, I have been using outlook with codeweaver's crossover office (http://codeweavers.com/site/products/cxoffice/), which you are no doubt aware of, but if you haven't tried it, it is awesome. While not perfect, it certainly beats the other options of getting exchange mail on a linux desktop (term serv/rdesktop, outlook web access, dual booting, etc), and the small amount of money (~$60) is well worth it, as much work goes right back into WINE.
Legal Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with codeweaver's other than being a very satisfied customer.
What's next? Keeping system configuration in CVS?
Slow down, I can only patent so quickly...
Note to self:
1. Patent home dir in CVS
2. Patent system configs in CVS
3. Patent pr0n in CVS (note -kb)
I personally would hate for my ISP to change settings on my PC, whether they think they are doing me a favor or not.
But, a simple solution would be to pop up a dialog with a quick explanation of the problem, and give users the choice to turn it off or not.
The simple solution is to use common sense and courtesy, ask before you fsck with other people's sh!t.
I use this so called Kazaa backup software to back up all my mp3s. I just put them in my "to be backed up" directory, also called "My Shared Folder", and automagically they get backed up (sometimes quite a lot!). In fact, it is so secure, there are multiple copies, redundancy as I like call it. There's even stuff I don't remember backing up! Anyway, I don't know what all the commotion is over this peer to peer backup software, I'm SOLD (ok, it didn't cost me a thing...sshhh).
Yeah, but the real risk is that you KNOW your probably going to catch something if you tap the bimbo. Aisde from syphylis, she's got viruses, and even worms!
Minor correction here, but one I think is often overlooked or underplayed...
They don't care if what they make works with anyone else, because they have so much market saturation that they can more or less say "screw the rest of you".
Microsoft DOES care if what they make works with anyone else. They absolutely make sure that what they make DOES NOT WORK with anyone else.
Other than that I agree with you 100%. In fact, that might even be what you meant, but were just giving MS the benifit of the doubt.
But, there is no longer any doubt.
Don't necessarily blame the firewall. Sure blocking certain ports from the Internet will stop direct connects from the Internet, but from what I've seen with MSBlast, SQL Slammer and such, is that they are brought in on laptops from home users, or possibly dialup or VPN users and such. Once on the inside, many networks have little to no security.
I was just about to write a check, but I didn't see an address in the article. How inconvenient, maybe I should hold off...
This is just stupid
This might be a neccesity in the short term. A company cannot easily change all software out in one fell swoop. Particularly when the migration path is unclear. They could have vendor supplied apps, in-house apps, or apps required because of outside the company compatibility requirements.Just identifying all the software used in a 14,000 seat deployment is probably hard to do, much less finding existing solutions, or rolling their own.
So this is very likely a necessity, or at least a viable option they chose, until all those apps can be replaced, which just can't happen immediately. Particularly when they are going to already be busy deploying the new desktops and training. And even then, you have issues with co-existence. The time between the first desktop getting rolled out, and the 14,00th desktop being rolled out.
So my take on it is that it is a lesser of 2 evils, and my guess is that their requirements for all new apps would be to get them off vmWare as soon as feasable.
There's always OpenOffice.org, instead of MS Office....
If you've used OpenOffice with MS docs, you probably wouldn't be so hot on it. I like OO, but I would never send out an OO doc saved in Word format, without previewing it in Word first. I have seen way to many problems with things like Table Of Contents, image embedding and things that are common in corporate documents.
and the only way to run Office is to use VMWare.
I use Microsoft Office both on my home PC and my work laptop (when necessary, which is, unfortunately, often). They both run Linux. I use CrossoverOffice, which is a commercial version of Wine.
So, there are ways other than vmWare, FYI.
If I say that you made a dumb mistake, that doesn't mean that I think you are dumb. When I said "You are being obtuse" , I meant your comment was obtuse. I have no idea if you are obtuse all the time, that is what I meant by don't take it personally.
In the post above you mentioned:
I did not conclude that anyone using Freenet could be sued
But in your first post you wrote:
While the RIAA can sue anyone they want, realistically I don't think their case would hold a drop of water if they just decided to sue anyone (or everyone) who uses freenet. And I am having a hard time believing that you truly believe that a lawsuit against any/all freenet users would stand a chance, or maybe you're just playing Devil's advocate, I can't tell.
Did you even bother reading the story?
Uhh, there's actually 10 links in that post, did you even read the original post?
I wasn't trying to be personally insulting to you by saying that you were being obtuse.
But, I was trying to point out that your conclusion that anyone using Freenet could be sued if someone downloaded a copyrighted mp3 (or even many) is a bit of a stretch.
And I hope that you would admit that, in hindsight.
If downloading copyrighted RIAA music is the only thing you can think of to use Freenet for, then you have seriously missed the point.
...but thanks for playing anyway.
You are being obtuse. Just because every node can route, does not mean every node WILL route the aforementioned /tainted/ packet.
;-)
That would be like me suing you for libel in English, just because you CAN speak English.
Or, I could be wrong, and they need to seriously rethink their routing/caching algorithms (sp?), if every node does touch it...
What nonsense. I use .NET every day and it has delivered all of its promised advantages.
.NET, AND.ORG/.COM/.EDU every day, and I agree 100%.
OK, AC, you have me convinced with your insightful argument.
I use