Personally, I do not see stripping out the ad-ware as an option.
If there is software I like, and no non-adwre alternative is available. I make the choice 1) Pay For the software 2) Allow the ad-ware to be installed, and fully functional 3) Find an alternative.
If you don't like the distribution model, don't use the software, the argument for stealing it out of distaste for the distribution method instead simply doesn't hold water.
I think the guilt-free popularity of things like Ad-Ware and cydoor.dll replacements its preventing new players from entering the subsidised market. Personally, I would love to watch a thirty second ad, or have an ad banner in some software, if it meant it was sold for a subsidised price I could afford (3D studio max for example, I will never be able to afford it, but loved playing with it when I had a chance). It just wont happen in the current market.
Personally, I have always seen identity confirmation problems as a software issue, rather than a protocoll one.
Rather than relying on the protocoll to identify the source of communications, either working off some non-protocoll-related trust basis (ie, dont just MD4 your IP or something) for pre-established communications. Or for first-contact type situations, agreeing on some type of communication security.
I do not see these types of problems as the sort of problems lower level protocolls should be addressing.
With few places in my area, I often have trouble comparing products, in attempt to acertain their authenticity (thats a lot of a-words). The pictures and examples found here will make this much easier.
This could probably do a lot for the current problems with canadian beef and MadCow.
The problems being that some countried (ie the US and Mexico) will not import live canadian cattele, since other countries fear it would in turn be exported to them.
A central DB with retnal scans could effectivly track cattle movement from birth, to slaughter house, allowing for easier tracking of communitable diseases, and such. And in this case, to effectivly prevent (and prove), imported cattle from being exported.
The comments I get when trying to resolve these issues almost makes me want to cry. Don't use distro x use distro y. Why are you trying to install a anyways, use b (then someone else pipes in 'you fool, use c', and a religious debate ensues, generally with the person willing to suggest the least-user-friendly tool shouting the most.).
My most recent adventure was with MythTV, a great software package. However, it requires XMLTV, which requires a lot of perl packages, one of which requires expact(?), and atrpms(?). The version of apt for RH8 did not include information on installing xmltv, and i could not manage to resolve all the dependencies on my own.
People shouted the joys of debian at me, so i tried to install it. However, the installer doesnt allow you to install lilo or grub on a drive apart from the drive you installed linux on, and my MB doesnt allow me to boot my SCSII drive for some reason. So I downloaded RH 9, installed it, got the more recent version of APT, installed it, updated it, installed XMLTV and all it's related dependencies (including MySQL), then installed MythTV, spent anther half hour configuring it.
But a database would be on the web, and easy for slashdotters to copy into a post to trade for karma. Destroying any hope the maintainers had of making any money.
To do the same thing from a book would take so long, that it would be lost in the waste-land that is the 200th+ post.
By far, hunting down layer after layer of dependency while trying to install software, only to meet conflicts is my biggest problem.
I am running RH8, and an somewhat of a linux newbie, but i have speant hours trying to get the right versions of software installed, often with two four levels of dependency, (ie Software i want needs x, which needs y, which needs z, which needs a...). I recently installed apt, which made it a bit easier for software it indexes.
Windows software downloads can be big and bloated with DLLs but they generally work out of the box.
I think that recent conversations about patents and such talk about how foolish patents like this are: infringed on its patents covering the use of radio frequency wireless communications in e-mail systems.
I really dont think logical next steps should be patentable. I would like to patent using nano technology to make monitors as easy to read as print, or, using light below the visible spectrum to read optical information at even smaller wavelengths, or...
Besides, I think that RIM has really done a lot to immprove the state of communications in large corporations
I would probably suggest a standard lan set up, with minimal firewalling to start. Restrictive firewalls for IM clients, chatting and the like are rather weak.
Ghost the machines with your chosen software, and have them built from the ghost daily, rather than worrying about restrictive PC controlls. The goal is to educate, rather than restrict.
I would probably run a few basic courses as you have mentioned, but try to pull in instructors from other groups, rather than just yourself, or the computing firm. This will help enrich the community aspect.
I would go prodominantly with Windows machines, it is what the community at large is used to after all.
Perhapps labelling a few 'More Kid Friendly' machines would be a good idea, with some parental controlls enabled.
If only they got 1/10th of the budget of the hollywood films.
There are only a few things that hollywood does get right with respect to science, and this in particular.
1. We are presumably now at the first time in history that something could be done to avoid such a cataclysimic event. 2. Early detection is the key, It is far easier to deflect something millions of miles away, than it is when it is 4 minutes from impact.
I would place the protection of our planet from those things that would kill us all, as far more important than ensuring people didnt cheat on their taxes, and arn't sneaking booze in on the airplane, but, I dont choose where the tax dollars go... yet.
This is something I have seriously been considering starting in my area (balsa wood robot wars)
Strict rules on what parts are allowed, or perhapps a point system to buy different things would force competitors to innovate, and concentrate on driving and design. Different types of weapons, avoiding weak spots, etc.
With a point system, if you wish to have some small metal strips for re-enforcing, you will have to give up something else, perhapps a weaker weapon built out of wood. Want a strong weapon, rather than hardening weak points with metal, use a laquer or coating to strengthen the wood.. etc.
If anyone lives in Windsor Ontario, and thinks this sounds cool, we could look into getting something like this going.
I am a big fan of science, and would be more than willing to shell out some cash to watch this sort of thing.
My lack of interest for a lot of modern mechanical sports is the udder lack of distinction between any of the entries, two cars in nascar are more alike than your and my DNA. I really think these kinds of games, at least initially, will show some greated distinction, and innovation between competitors.
I would also love to see a robot wars where they built things out of balsa wood, nothing actually breaks anymore.
I think it is great that something like this is being looked at. Every biological system on the planet works on the same principal, yes, the system will be attacked, keep functioniong, and attempt to regain controll.
I think an interesting option for powerfull machines would be to 'fall on the sword' if complete failure was immenent.
A couple hi res examples of authentic goods might be usefull, perhapps an image or two from some of the major series's would be helpfull.
I live in a small town, theres only one place to get stuff, so I lack a basis for comparison on most items. As such, a library of authentic barcode/copyright information would be usefull for a website. I know I am interested in series X and Y, so looking up what the barcodes/info should look like for that exact series would be great.
I have a 2.4GHZ phone, the base station is about 3ft from my Linksys 8.11b Wireless router. Never had an issue with either one, full signal strength on the router, no clicks, hisses or blips on the cordless.
Since theres 11 channels, three non overlapping ones, and since both the phone, and the router (or AP) should have channel selection, you shouldnt have too much of a problem.
Distributing a flyer around the building, giving people notice of the new technologies, with a foot note (as the system becomes operational, you may notice a some strange noises on a 2.4GHZ cordless, if this occurs simple change channels a few times, and it should be resolved).
The metal in the cases wasnt chosen only because it looks pretty, it blocks out the EMI coming from the PC inards, as well as the EMI from the surrounding environment from interfering with said PC innards. Hopefully the lead in the stained glass (is there lead in stained glass? or only in the sodder) will block some of it. (This type of issue got a lot of talk when the clear PCs came out)
That being said, i would suggest using a regular PC case, where the sides and front can be removed as a starting point, even if the front must be hacked apart a little bit, mind the wires though, the LEDs will make the front real pretty when you have completed the project. For good air flow I would suggest leaving an inch or two between the ground and the start of the stained glass, and using that gap to suck air in at the front, mind the studies on effect of adding additional fans, it doesnt allways improve airflow.
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I wish that posters of ask slashdot questions had mod rights to the responses to karma up or down.
That worked wonders, it would appear. Ive followed your advice, and even with WEP on, ive been stable for 6+ hrs now (vs previous records around 1hr.
Thank you very much!
Dont suppose youve got an affero account?
Thank you for responding to the question i actually posed (though solutions are equally welcome)
The concept of blaming a protocoll didnt make any sense to me, as i would think, that, when designing a protocoll, dealing with pesky little things like 'It wont work for more than 2 consectutive minutes without dropping' would be rather high up on the fix-it list. And why anyone would implement such a crappy protocoll would be beyond me.
I think I am running both...
The linksys client utility shows up in the system tray, with the two purty little graphs showing my connection states. (Graphs, that according the the useless phone rep at tech support are not an accurate representation of connection stability.)
The Microsoft Network icon shows up down there as well. Once I am disconnected, I end up using the microsoft one to reconnect.
It all sounds good.
But once i enable WEP, I cant stay connected. Which I suppose, is a rather high level of security, since if i am not transmitting, theres nothing to intercept.
Ive never thought the anti-leeching schemes with user hashes, trading portions of files, etc were worth the effort. While it may seem (or be) better for an individual, from a network standpoint, it doesnt bring about any advantage.
Even if BitTorrent waited a day, there are plenty of other file sharing programs out there that could pick up the slack. The big ones like Kazaa and Gnutella for example. eDonkey and Overnet (shameless plug) both have *nix clients, as well as clones such as MLDonkey specifically built under the nix platform. BitTorrent is the only program I am aware of that needs a file to start downloading, most do search, eD and ON also support downloading by MD4 hash
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Personally, I do not see stripping out the ad-ware as an option.
If there is software I like, and no non-adwre alternative is available. I make the choice
1) Pay For the software
2) Allow the ad-ware to be installed, and fully functional
3) Find an alternative.
If you don't like the distribution model, don't use the software, the argument for stealing it out of distaste for the distribution method instead simply doesn't hold water.
I think the guilt-free popularity of things like Ad-Ware and cydoor.dll replacements its preventing new players from entering the subsidised market. Personally, I would love to watch a thirty second ad, or have an ad banner in some software, if it meant it was sold for a subsidised price I could afford (3D studio max for example, I will never be able to afford it, but loved playing with it when I had a chance). It just wont happen in the current market.
Personally, I have always seen identity confirmation problems as a software issue, rather than a protocoll one.
Rather than relying on the protocoll to identify the source of communications, either working off some non-protocoll-related trust basis (ie, dont just MD4 your IP or something) for pre-established communications. Or for first-contact type situations, agreeing on some type of communication security.
I do not see these types of problems as the sort of problems lower level protocolls should be addressing.
With few places in my area, I often have trouble comparing products, in attempt to acertain their authenticity (thats a lot of a-words). The pictures and examples found here will make this much easier.
This could probably do a lot for the current problems with canadian beef and MadCow.
The problems being that some countried (ie the US and Mexico) will not import live canadian cattele, since other countries fear it would in turn be exported to them.
A central DB with retnal scans could effectivly track cattle movement from birth, to slaughter house, allowing for easier tracking of communitable diseases, and such. And in this case, to effectivly prevent (and prove), imported cattle from being exported.
The comments I get when trying to resolve these issues almost makes me want to cry. Don't use distro x use distro y. Why are you trying to install a anyways, use b (then someone else pipes in 'you fool, use c', and a religious debate ensues, generally with the person willing to suggest the least-user-friendly tool shouting the most.).
:(
My most recent adventure was with MythTV, a great software package. However, it requires XMLTV, which requires a lot of perl packages, one of which requires expact(?), and atrpms(?). The version of apt for RH8 did not include information on installing xmltv, and i could not manage to resolve all the dependencies on my own.
People shouted the joys of debian at me, so i tried to install it. However, the installer doesnt allow you to install lilo or grub on a drive apart from the drive you installed linux on, and my MB doesnt allow me to boot my SCSII drive for some reason. So I downloaded RH 9, installed it, got the more recent version of APT, installed it, updated it, installed XMLTV and all it's related dependencies (including MySQL), then installed MythTV, spent anther half hour configuring it.
and my computer is too slow to use it...
up2date in my experiance /only/ covers installed packages. I dont know how it will help me resolve dependencies for stuff i would like to install.
But a database would be on the web, and easy for slashdotters to copy into a post to trade for karma. Destroying any hope the maintainers had of making any money.
To do the same thing from a book would take so long, that it would be lost in the waste-land that is the 200th+ post.
By far, hunting down layer after layer of dependency while trying to install software, only to meet conflicts is my biggest problem.
I am running RH8, and an somewhat of a linux newbie, but i have speant hours trying to get the right versions of software installed, often with two four levels of dependency, (ie Software i want needs x, which needs y, which needs z, which needs a...). I recently installed apt, which made it a bit easier for software it indexes.
Windows software downloads can be big and bloated with DLLs but they generally work out of the box.
I think that recent conversations about patents and such talk about how foolish patents like this are: infringed on its patents covering the use of radio frequency wireless communications in e-mail systems.
I really dont think logical next steps should be patentable. I would like to patent using nano technology to make monitors as easy to read as print, or, using light below the visible spectrum to read optical information at even smaller wavelengths, or...
Besides, I think that RIM has really done a lot to immprove the state of communications in large corporations
I would probably suggest a standard lan set up, with minimal firewalling to start. Restrictive firewalls for IM clients, chatting and the like are rather weak.
Ghost the machines with your chosen software, and have them built from the ghost daily, rather than worrying about restrictive PC controlls. The goal is to educate, rather than restrict.
I would probably run a few basic courses as you have mentioned, but try to pull in instructors from other groups, rather than just yourself, or the computing firm. This will help enrich the community aspect.
I would go prodominantly with Windows machines, it is what the community at large is used to after all.
Perhapps labelling a few 'More Kid Friendly' machines would be a good idea, with some parental controlls enabled.
If only they got 1/10th of the budget of the hollywood films.
There are only a few things that hollywood does get right with respect to science, and this in particular.
1. We are presumably now at the first time in history that something could be done to avoid such a cataclysimic event.
2. Early detection is the key, It is far easier to deflect something millions of miles away, than it is when it is 4 minutes from impact.
I would place the protection of our planet from those things that would kill us all, as far more important than ensuring people didnt cheat on their taxes, and arn't sneaking booze in on the airplane, but, I dont choose where the tax dollars go... yet.
This is something I have seriously been considering starting in my area (balsa wood robot wars)
Strict rules on what parts are allowed, or perhapps a point system to buy different things would force competitors to innovate, and concentrate on driving and design. Different types of weapons, avoiding weak spots, etc.
With a point system, if you wish to have some small metal strips for re-enforcing, you will have to give up something else, perhapps a weaker weapon built out of wood. Want a strong weapon, rather than hardening weak points with metal, use a laquer or coating to strengthen the wood.. etc.
If anyone lives in Windsor Ontario, and thinks this sounds cool, we could look into getting something like this going.
I am a big fan of science, and would be more than willing to shell out some cash to watch this sort of thing. My lack of interest for a lot of modern mechanical sports is the udder lack of distinction between any of the entries, two cars in nascar are more alike than your and my DNA. I really think these kinds of games, at least initially, will show some greated distinction, and innovation between competitors. I would also love to see a robot wars where they built things out of balsa wood, nothing actually breaks anymore.
I think it is great that something like this is being looked at. Every biological system on the planet works on the same principal, yes, the system will be attacked, keep functioniong, and attempt to regain controll.
I think an interesting option for powerfull machines would be to 'fall on the sword' if complete failure was immenent.
In the third test, why does the Mac 1.6GHZ beat the max 1.8GHZ?
Wouldnt it make more sense then to buy the 1.6?
A couple hi res examples of authentic goods might be usefull, perhapps an image or two from some of the major series's would be helpfull.
I live in a small town, theres only one place to get stuff, so I lack a basis for comparison on most items. As such, a library of authentic barcode/copyright information would be usefull for a website. I know I am interested in series X and Y, so looking up what the barcodes/info should look like for that exact series would be great.
I have a 2.4GHZ phone, the base station is about 3ft from my Linksys 8.11b Wireless router. Never had an issue with either one, full signal strength on the router, no clicks, hisses or blips on the cordless. Since theres 11 channels, three non overlapping ones, and since both the phone, and the router (or AP) should have channel selection, you shouldnt have too much of a problem. Distributing a flyer around the building, giving people notice of the new technologies, with a foot note (as the system becomes operational, you may notice a some strange noises on a 2.4GHZ cordless, if this occurs simple change channels a few times, and it should be resolved).
The metal in the cases wasnt chosen only because it looks pretty, it blocks out the EMI coming from the PC inards, as well as the EMI from the surrounding environment from interfering with said PC innards. Hopefully the lead in the stained glass (is there lead in stained glass? or only in the sodder) will block some of it. (This type of issue got a lot of talk when the clear PCs came out) That being said, i would suggest using a regular PC case, where the sides and front can be removed as a starting point, even if the front must be hacked apart a little bit, mind the wires though, the LEDs will make the front real pretty when you have completed the project. For good air flow I would suggest leaving an inch or two between the ground and the start of the stained glass, and using that gap to suck air in at the front, mind the studies on effect of adding additional fans, it doesnt allways improve airflow.
I wish that posters of ask slashdot questions had mod rights to the responses to karma up or down. That worked wonders, it would appear. Ive followed your advice, and even with WEP on, ive been stable for 6+ hrs now (vs previous records around 1hr. Thank you very much! Dont suppose youve got an affero account?
i have no idea what your talking about
Thank you for responding to the question i actually posed (though solutions are equally welcome)
The concept of blaming a protocoll didnt make any sense to me, as i would think, that, when designing a protocoll, dealing with pesky little things like 'It wont work for more than 2 consectutive minutes without dropping' would be rather high up on the fix-it list. And why anyone would implement such a crappy protocoll would be beyond me.
I think I am running both... The linksys client utility shows up in the system tray, with the two purty little graphs showing my connection states. (Graphs, that according the the useless phone rep at tech support are not an accurate representation of connection stability.) The Microsoft Network icon shows up down there as well. Once I am disconnected, I end up using the microsoft one to reconnect.
It all sounds good. But once i enable WEP, I cant stay connected. Which I suppose, is a rather high level of security, since if i am not transmitting, theres nothing to intercept.
Ive never thought the anti-leeching schemes with user hashes, trading portions of files, etc were worth the effort. While it may seem (or be) better for an individual, from a network standpoint, it doesnt bring about any advantage.
Even if BitTorrent waited a day, there are plenty of other file sharing programs out there that could pick up the slack. The big ones like Kazaa and Gnutella for example. eDonkey and Overnet (shameless plug) both have *nix clients, as well as clones such as MLDonkey specifically built under the nix platform. BitTorrent is the only program I am aware of that needs a file to start downloading, most do search, eD and ON also support downloading by MD4 hash