Qt may be nice and cool since it's multiplatform, but the pricetag associated with it is not so nice and cool (starting at 1.55k$). Is anyone aware of OSS products similar to this?
I agree with this. When using your telephone, nobody makes crank calls from home anymore or calls for bomb threats using their land line. We all know that our phone number is tracable back to us (this may seem obvious to many).
Then why would the internet be any different? You still use your phone line to access it. You may have a different IP address everytime you log on, but this IP is linked to your phone line in a log kept by the ISP. Even though non-techies may not be aware of the details, why do they think they are anonymous when they go online? I just don't get this misconception.
In my opinion, I think it mostly means that if you have a default player installed, you should have the ability of removing it. Unless I am wrong, Internet Explorer and Win Media Player are two examples of software that are not "removable". This is the difference. It is possible to remove notepad in Windows.
From the article : "The language spoken by most Rwandans has no word for "computer." After considering the use of an English or French term, the Rwandan developers created their own: "mudasobwa," which roughly means "something or someone that does not make mistakes."
Well I have to counterbalance your statement. It is true that the fishing industry utilizes very small amount of technology, but it doesn't necessarily mean that it shouldn't use any. This project is a very good example of a technology that can guarantee the survival of this lucrative activity for a longer period. And I am sure that if the technology fails during a trip out at sea, the fishermen will go back to the old techniques without much problems.
The story fails to mention when and how the picture is taken. I believe for this to be effective, no two fishes must be too close nor on top of each other. Anyone has more technical details on the process?
I don't mind technology easying things out or to offer a divertissement (in the form of games, etc), but when it comes to art I have a hard time with it replacing entirely humans. Art should be a form of expression, not an automated process.
From the article: In environments where there are lots of metallic or water-filled objects, however, CrossID readers may not be able to scan bar codes printed with CrossID ink because metal reflects RF signals and water absorbs them.
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Well, if you don't know how hardware works, you don't overclock. If you don't know how to car control works, you don't mod it either.
Sorry to be so unclear, but the analogy still stands. It's not everyone that is only specialized in one particular field and doesn't have a clue about anything else...
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It's the same as censoring slashdot... If the editors would do it, then, legally, they would be responsible for every content that is posted. Every comment.
It's a question of responsibility. If you do tests in a controlled environment and with crash dummies, there is very little chance of hurting someone versus if you openly encourage every Joe Blow to mod his car...
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warn of burning out your engine with bad code, and voiding your warranty. No different than overclocking and many people have been very successful doing this...
Videotron is in a unique position because its parent company, Quebecor, also sells music, Videotron says it is concerned about copyright protection and considers file sharing to be "theft."
Currently, digital imaging may be considered a "new technology". It is obviously not known as well as traditional photography and it is a good thing that people question themselves as to regard the possible issues of such technology, especially if this technology is used in cases where it could make a difference between a guilty verdict and a non-guilty.
At first, photography wasn't accepted right away, and it shouldn't have been. I mean, if I were to persuade you in trying my new revolutionary kind of car, which could put your life at risk, wouldn't you want to have enough details about the risks involved before making the decision of buying the vehicule? I sure would.
People (Mr. and Mrs I-Use-My-Computer-To-Surf-The-Net-Or-To-Play-Solit aire)should learn to use a software firewall. Although this is not fool proof (I don't think anything is...), it allows one to at least accept which traffic in coming in or out of his/her computer... Along with antivirus software, it should be the minimum security on a pc...
I did my bachelor at a French university in Canada and our textbooks were usually even more expensive since our teachers were trying to get us to use French manuals... Needless to say, the cost of translation was included in the price since very few original French textbooks are available. If other alternatives would be considerable, I would certainly try to go that way!
I'm now doing my Master's at an English University and find that the books are still as expensive! I guess the price goes up with the degree! I understand that these books are very technical, but are they really all worth 150$-200$(CAN)? Seems a bit excessive to me...
Well, this questions could be debated for some time. Users come in all sizes and shapes and manufacturers try more and more to "customize" their needs. I guess it may be considered an improvement if we look back at the mass production and the "no options" available back in the 80's. Then, people were complaining that they didn't have enough options, that the service/product is too impersonal.
On the other hand, there is one category of users that manufacturers are often neglecting : the ones who want to buy a device without 1000's extra (useless for some?) gizmos. The same thing can be seen in cars and many other products. For example, it is harder and harder to get a car with manual control for windows... its all that electrical control now... Same thing with vans with 2 sliding doors instead of just one... some people have no use for the 2nd one, but must pay the increase price though...
What I guess I'm suggesting is that companies can continue to add gizmos as much as they want, but they should keep in mind that their are some customers who are more "traditional" and would like only the basic functions.
It's probably the noise of lego pieces clinging on each other. I know... we had lots of Lego's when I was a kid and we would sometimes start building early in the morning, right under my parent's bedroom, only to see them after a short while asking us to wait a little more. And we were not talking to ourselves...:P
It's all fun and jokes at first, but if we look at it from the public's eyes, these types of attacks give a bad name to OSS and the Linux community.
Obviously, SCO has many ennemies. Most of them are probably nix users and the public knows that. If we want to have the public favor OSS, reputation is also important.
Yes, but since he had fallen in the trap of offering to sell the domain for a good amount of money, he was pretty much done for. This is probably the best option he could go for, but I have to agree that it would have been interesting to see the developments of this story if Mike had chosen otherwise.
"A technician hired by the new judiciary chairman, Patrick Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, apparently made a mistake that allowed anyone to access newly created accounts on a Judiciary Committee server shared by both parties -- even though the accounts were supposed to restrict access only to those with the right password."
I agree with your point. I am the type who believes that life is too short to wait for something bad to happen to you. But I must add that I'm just not the type who would like to be candidate for a Darwin Award, that's all.
On the other hand, if I die because of risks I take (e.g. paragliding, rock climbing), then it will have been worth it. But I don't want to end my life or give myself a hard time when I should have known better than shooting nails around wearing only goggles.
They are using a nail gun in what seems to be a garage or a basement... I wonder if they ever considered what would happen if the shot would miss the carpet they put behind.. to put it in their own words, the bolt could "go across the room, bounce off of various objects, and become swiftly lodged into our soft brains".
For better security, I would suggest automating the whole process a bit further, get out of the room and see the results when done... but may be I'm just paranoid...
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Sorry... Not fully awake tonight... Skipped directly over the GPL comment...
Qt may be nice and cool since it's multiplatform, but the pricetag associated with it is not so nice and cool (starting at 1.55k$). Is anyone aware of OSS products similar to this?
Then why would the internet be any different? You still use your phone line to access it. You may have a different IP address everytime you log on, but this IP is linked to your phone line in a log kept by the ISP. Even though non-techies may not be aware of the details, why do they think they are anonymous when they go online? I just don't get this misconception.
In my opinion, I think it mostly means that if you have a default player installed, you should have the ability of removing it. Unless I am wrong, Internet Explorer and Win Media Player are two examples of software that are not "removable". This is the difference. It is possible to remove notepad in Windows.
For smelling, the price stinks too! ;)
True! They use non-MS products!! ;)
Well I have to counterbalance your statement. It is true that the fishing industry utilizes very small amount of technology, but it doesn't necessarily mean that it shouldn't use any. This project is a very good example of a technology that can guarantee the survival of this lucrative activity for a longer period. And I am sure that if the technology fails during a trip out at sea, the fishermen will go back to the old techniques without much problems.
The story fails to mention when and how the picture is taken. I believe for this to be effective, no two fishes must be too close nor on top of each other. Anyone has more technical details on the process?
Just my 0.02$
Nothing will separate me from my tinfoil hat from now on!
Sorry to be so unclear, but the analogy still stands. It's not everyone that is only specialized in one particular field and doesn't have a clue about anything else...
It's a question of responsibility. If you do tests in a controlled environment and with crash dummies, there is very little chance of hurting someone versus if you openly encourage every Joe Blow to mod his car...
warn of burning out your engine with bad code, and voiding your warranty. No different than overclocking and many people have been very successful doing this...
Videotron is in a unique position because its parent company, Quebecor, also sells music, Videotron says it is concerned about copyright protection and considers file sharing to be "theft."
At first, photography wasn't accepted right away, and it shouldn't have been. I mean, if I were to persuade you in trying my new revolutionary kind of car, which could put your life at risk, wouldn't you want to have enough details about the risks involved before making the decision of buying the vehicule? I sure would.
Again, just my 0.02$
I'm now doing my Master's at an English University and find that the books are still as expensive! I guess the price goes up with the degree! I understand that these books are very technical, but are they really all worth 150$-200$(CAN)? Seems a bit excessive to me...
On the other hand, there is one category of users that manufacturers are often neglecting : the ones who want to buy a device without 1000's extra (useless for some?) gizmos. The same thing can be seen in cars and many other products. For example, it is harder and harder to get a car with manual control for windows... its all that electrical control now... Same thing with vans with 2 sliding doors instead of just one... some people have no use for the 2nd one, but must pay the increase price though...
What I guess I'm suggesting is that companies can continue to add gizmos as much as they want, but they should keep in mind that their are some customers who are more "traditional" and would like only the basic functions.
It's probably the noise of lego pieces clinging on each other. I know... we had lots of Lego's when I was a kid and we would sometimes start building early in the morning, right under my parent's bedroom, only to see them after a short while asking us to wait a little more. And we were not talking to ourselves... :P
Obviously, SCO has many ennemies. Most of them are probably nix users and the public knows that. If we want to have the public favor OSS, reputation is also important.
Just my 0.02$
Yes, but since he had fallen in the trap of offering to sell the domain for a good amount of money, he was pretty much done for. This is probably the best option he could go for, but I have to agree that it would have been interesting to see the developments of this story if Mike had chosen otherwise.
Here
"A technician hired by the new judiciary chairman, Patrick Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, apparently made a mistake that allowed anyone to access newly created accounts on a Judiciary Committee server shared by both parties -- even though the accounts were supposed to restrict access only to those with the right password."
This is actually scary news for Americans!
I agree with your point. I am the type who believes that life is too short to wait for something bad to happen to you. But I must add that I'm just not the type who would like to be candidate for a Darwin Award, that's all.
On the other hand, if I die because of risks I take (e.g. paragliding, rock climbing), then it will have been worth it. But I don't want to end my life or give myself a hard time when I should have known better than shooting nails around wearing only goggles.
But I still agree with your point.
They are using a nail gun in what seems to be a garage or a basement... I wonder if they ever considered what would happen if the shot would miss the carpet they put behind.. to put it in their own words, the bolt could "go across the room, bounce off of various objects, and become swiftly lodged into our soft brains".
For better security, I would suggest automating the whole process a bit further, get out of the room and see the results when done... but may be I'm just paranoid...