In true communist fashion it's going to be used to run the biggest LTSP installation ever and all citizens will have their own terminals. This should make it easier to monitor what people are viewing.
Wow, I'm just like that. All through college (3 of them) I had the same problems. I've been out of college for years now, although I do teach at the local community college sometimes.
Here's what works for me.
- I tell someone else what my goals are and how I'm doing on them. My wife works nicely for that. Very nicely in fact since she reminds me about the mortgage, groceries, etc. Her Work for Sex exchange program is an excellent motivator too. Or more often, no money = more headaches.
- I keep a piece of paper or white board handy and write down what I'm doing. I use it like a memory stack. Task A, A.1, A.1.1, and so on and I cross them off when I'm done. It's very easy when tracking a bug looking 12 different files and lots of different calling procedures and arguments to forget what your trying to accomplish in the first place. I used to go through a lot of paper, but it's helped me a lot.
- Use SafeSex Software - a nice little utility from the makers of Winamp. It's always on top and a quick way to jot down your thoughts instead of paper once you get used to it. It's a little box on the desktop that says STAY FOCUSED. You can make it say what you want.
- Since most of my projects involve using the same programs, I wrote a script to load them all at once on my desktop *AND* start my accounting program. Once I see that timer going and I know I'm billing the client, it's hard to start browsing the web. Since the IDE and Project files are open I get right to work.
- Put slashdot.org in my HOSTS file as 127.0.0.1. I haven't had to do that in a long time, but for a while I was using it way to much. I feeling much better now.:o)
I agree, I would like to see a CF slot in the cheaper Palm devices. I love the Dell Axim - it's cheap and includes both a CF and an SD slot. If there were a $200 Palm device with these features I would buy it in an instant.
People have mentioned SDIO, but be aware that there are precious little SDIO devices out there yet. Almost everything is expected to come out in the near future, and most likely be high priced compared to the CF alternative.
I think another big problem for palm would be that there are no palm drivers for the existing CF products. I have 10/100 Ethernet, WiFi and Barcode scanners in CF modules as well as your basic memory. If palm suddenly came out with a CF slot tomorrow, I would still be waiting for manufacturers to produce drivers to make my CF cards work on my new device. I would also (gladly) have to rewrite my applications to take advantage of this new hardware on those devices.
That's another reason I haven't upgraded(?) to Windows Pocket PC 2003, or Mobile or whatever Microsoft has decided to call their latest patch - er, Operating System for handhelds. The drivers for many things still aren't stable on PocketPC 2003.
Is it just me or does this seem like a step backwards? It's kind of like using MAC addresses instead of IP, just a laywer higher. I don't want every machine I have to be accessable from the internet. Besides if IP addresses were not allocated correctly, then reallocate them. IBM doesn't really need Millions of addresses. I think this bit of future is the same as those jet-powered-bubble-domed-tail-fin cars being in every garage.
I can't wait for the new NEWBIE sites to pop up. Instead of Click here for Porn! (http://127.0.0.1/) it will be Click here for Porn! (http://2002:0440:C00C:3003:0000:CF00:C0A8:2E2E/)
What a worthless article. They used idividual WORDS as examples and found that it didn't give them what they wanted. Of course not when you give the search engine nothing to go on. People will in fact give you the same results. Walk up to someone and say "DINNER". Do they get it? Did they give you what you want? Most other single words have the same effect.
And as long as the pots calling the kettle black here...
MSN only has a higher percentage of results about different things because by default they return 15 results instead of Googles 10.
And the third issue of book learning has nothing to do with PDF.
...if you want to get an idea into circulation, you're better off publishing a PDF file on the Web than landing a book deal.
The point is you have to put SOMETHING on the web for google to find it. It doesn't yet go to the library and read books for you. That's probably still in beta.
The real question here is what is more viral - SCO's Unix licenses or the GPL.
SCO's license is for Derivitive Works of UNIX. IBM developed AIX from the Unix source tree. They can't just come up with AIX version 2 and decide not to pay SCO.
The GPL says that any software released under GPL must be released under GPL in any and all future versions and source code must be given. BOTH says all Derivative works must fall under the same license.
SCO is implying that IBM tried to take UNIX technology, put it into Linux and then ditch SCO licenses. Assume they are correct in their allegations. IBM, SCO or someone else released some code from a SCO Derivitive Work into the Linux Kernel.
Does Linux then become a Derivitive work of UNIX? Do parts of UNIX suddely become GPL? What if the code was originally from a 3rd party and in UNIX first, but freely available elsewhere? How much code must be transferred for these licenses to apply? Do the licenses cover the actual implementation or the algorithms used? Is removal of the code an acceptable solution when the order to do so may come down years later? What person or method could we trust enough to audit the code bases and decide what goes and stays?
Whatever the case may be, this long and drawn out lawsuit is bound to set some important precedents. The longer we wait, the more work that will be required *IF* code must be removed in the future after being built upon. The results of the Microsoft Monopoly case may have been disappointing, but this is IBM vs SCO battle with a Billion dollar prize.
In the end only the lawyers will be left standing.
However, it's too late. Enough WordPerfect code has been stolen for the OSS project, Open Office, that there's no way to put the genie back in the bottle and profit from our hard earned IP.
You could SCO them. Assuming of course you can prove the code was stolen.
BTW, nice job on the big words. That seems to be what middle management is all about. Translating reality to the CEO's in a language they understand. Your synnergizing product lines and escalating sales curves. So I guess you tried to SELL SOFTWARE and MAKE MONEY.
A bunch of guys in suits who havent had a product in a decade will sit around wondering why they arent making any money
This really shows you can talk to your underlings too. You must be very good to survive as a middle manager of any type for 10 years. They always seem to be the first to go around here.
It could be labeled as a weapon of some sort. This earlier slashdot story mentions a story about the PS2 being a possible weapons platform. Or course with computers getting so fast everyone is going to have a super computer sooner or later.
He said that the people at Toshiba he contacted about his problem were sympathetic to his plight, but couldn't offer an answer to his problem, meaning he'll have to fork out for a fresh set of Windows XP disks if he wants to perform the dual boot miracle.
He's already got the serial numbers for his working copy. He should be able to get someones backup copy of XP and do an install with it. Another possibility is to backup/compress his existing file system. Maybe it will take 2 CD's instead of 1 DVD, but no reason this guys bitch should get it's own article.
Always remember to make a few off-site backup copies of your CD's with your friends.
The problem with this is that it's obviously created to avoid incrimination for trading copyrighted files. Yes it could be used to trade non-copyrighted files, but if that's the case then why go through all the extra work and waste 3 times the bandwidth.
It's like selling lock picks, ski maks and unmarked vans all in the same store. Sure there is nothing wrong by itself, but all together it draws a lot of attention and people question your motives. That's the plausable deniability the previous poster was talking about. Freenet has an existing purpose, but can be just as useful for trading files closer to 100% anonymous.
Personally I forsee private networks being formed with encrypted communications. WASTE is wonderful for such things.
Are underage people be responsible for the terms of End Users License Agreements? If they are unable to be legally bound by such agreements due to age, then should they be allowed to purchase software?
Can a button which says "Click here if you are over 18" be considered a legel agreement for minors?
I think many game development companies would be very interested in this if they can pull it off. Most of the profit to be made on a game is in the first few weeks after release. After that sales drop off incredibly. This is just another marketing channel.
They could sell their game for $40 all at once, or rent it to people for $5/month. So they get the same amount of money back in 8 months - and maybe more if people keep playing. The number of people who would pay $5 for a game to try it could make them lots more money the number about who would pay $40 to own it.
It's like buying a house. I won't/can't spend $200,000 up front, but I can pay $750 / month. Over the course of the loan I end up paying probably double what I would have if I paid all at once, but it's at a cash flow I can handle.
They will probably go after the Total Cost of Ownership like MS has been tossing around lately. A Console for $200 + 6 games @ $30 each may end up costing just about the same as this machine. If you could have a console with 20 or 30 games for the same price, it would easily win families over. Toss in a Netflix like N games at a time plan charged through your broadband utility company and it could be a big winner.
"Of course we knew that Platform has subsidiary offices all over the world, including China," said Kevin Roark, a spokesman for the Los Alamos laboratory. He said the lab reviewed all of the basic programmer instructions, known as source code, before running software used in classified applications. "The reality of software in the 21st century," he said, "is you count on software having source from foreign sources."
I agree with another poster that mentioned selinux. The NSA know how to write secure software and how to audit software and source code. Assuming they build their own binaries from the source it should be a relatively safe system. The only potential security problem I can see is that outsiders may know exactly what they are running. But assuming it's properly designed and implemented that shouldn't be a problem either. That's the why everyone like Linux/BSD so much.
Los Almos has a history of Physical Security problems that should cause more worries then this. Hard Drives disappearing and reporters sneaking in at night, getting locked in and then the guards let them out when they found them.
Maybe we will fond out which company they used. Having valid third party tests confirm that your webserver is coded better then apache would be hard for any company to pass up. Especially Marketing types who advertise stuff they imagine they heard.
Of course it may not be DESIGNED any better, but they dot every i and cross every t. That's pretty incredible in my experience.
I use JetAudio to play Real audio / video files. It doesn't work as a plugin (I think) but I just save the files to my HD then play them back later. It's SO worth it not to have that ad-ware annoying piece of CRAP on my system. This program has no ads and lots of features I never use. It's not annoyned me or poped up anything after 5 months.
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In true communist fashion it's going to be used to run the biggest LTSP installation ever and all citizens will have their own terminals. This should make it easier to monitor what people are viewing.
Wow, I'm just like that. All through college (3 of them) I had the same problems. I've been out of college for years now, although I do teach at the local community college sometimes.
:o)
Here's what works for me.
- I tell someone else what my goals are and how I'm doing on them. My wife works nicely for that. Very nicely in fact since she reminds me about the mortgage, groceries, etc. Her Work for Sex exchange program is an excellent motivator too. Or more often, no money = more headaches.
- I keep a piece of paper or white board handy and write down what I'm doing. I use it like a memory stack. Task A, A.1, A.1.1, and so on and I cross them off when I'm done. It's very easy when tracking a bug looking 12 different files and lots of different calling procedures and arguments to forget what your trying to accomplish in the first place. I used to go through a lot of paper, but it's helped me a lot.
- Use SafeSex Software - a nice little utility from the makers of Winamp. It's always on top and a quick way to jot down your thoughts instead of paper once you get used to it. It's a little box on the desktop that says STAY FOCUSED. You can make it say what you want.
- Since most of my projects involve using the same programs, I wrote a script to load them all at once on my desktop *AND* start my accounting program. Once I see that timer going and I know I'm billing the client, it's hard to start browsing the web. Since the IDE and Project files are open I get right to work.
- Put slashdot.org in my HOSTS file as 127.0.0.1. I haven't had to do that in a long time, but for a while I was using it way to much. I feeling much better now.
Cool, so when people say they paid an Arm and a Leg - how much are they really talking?
South Park.
/slashdot.org/
Nothing close to realistic 3D and makes a bundle because it's funny and smart and sometimes even makes some good points by the end of the show.
What happens at a super market when the doors close? I have no idea, all the grocery stores around here are open 24 hours.
Maybe next time they could adapt their massive computing power to building a web server to handle slashdot overloads on command.
If $HTTP_REFERRER =~
StartNewServerNode();
One Voter, 16,472 votes...
You think they would notice someone has been behind the curtain a little too long.
I agree, I would like to see a CF slot in the cheaper Palm devices. I love the Dell Axim - it's cheap and includes both a CF and an SD slot. If there were a $200 Palm device with these features I would buy it in an instant.
People have mentioned SDIO, but be aware that there are precious little SDIO devices out there yet. Almost everything is expected to come out in the near future, and most likely be high priced compared to the CF alternative.
I think another big problem for palm would be that there are no palm drivers for the existing CF products. I have 10/100 Ethernet, WiFi and Barcode scanners in CF modules as well as your basic memory. If palm suddenly came out with a CF slot tomorrow, I would still be waiting for manufacturers to produce drivers to make my CF cards work on my new device. I would also (gladly) have to rewrite my applications to take advantage of this new hardware on those devices.
That's another reason I haven't upgraded(?) to Windows Pocket PC 2003, or Mobile or whatever Microsoft has decided to call their latest patch - er, Operating System for handhelds. The drivers for many things still aren't stable on PocketPC 2003.
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Is it just me or does this seem like a step backwards? It's kind of like using MAC addresses instead of IP, just a laywer higher. I don't want every machine I have to be accessable from the internet. Besides if IP addresses were not allocated correctly, then reallocate them. IBM doesn't really need Millions of addresses. I think this bit of future is the same as those jet-powered-bubble-domed-tail-fin cars being in every garage.
I can't wait for the new NEWBIE sites to pop up. Instead of Click here for Porn! (http://127.0.0.1/) it will be Click here for Porn! (http://2002:0440:C00C:3003:0000:CF00:C0A8:2E2E/)
HA Sucker!
And as long as the pots calling the kettle black here...
Flowers: MSN Results Google Results
Apple: MSN Results Google Results
MSN only has a higher percentage of results about different things because by default they return 15 results instead of Googles 10.
And the third issue of book learning has nothing to do with PDF.
The point is you have to put SOMETHING on the web for google to find it. It doesn't yet go to the library and read books for you. That's probably still in beta.
SUCKS Darn - I was looking for MSN.
The real question here is what is more viral - SCO's Unix licenses or the GPL.
SCO's license is for Derivitive Works of UNIX. IBM developed AIX from the Unix source tree. They can't just come up with AIX version 2 and decide not to pay SCO.
The GPL says that any software released under GPL must be released under GPL in any and all future versions and source code must be given. BOTH says all Derivative works must fall under the same license.
SCO is implying that IBM tried to take UNIX technology, put it into Linux and then ditch SCO licenses. Assume they are correct in their allegations. IBM, SCO or someone else released some code from a SCO Derivitive Work into the Linux Kernel.
Does Linux then become a Derivitive work of UNIX? Do parts of UNIX suddely become GPL? What if the code was originally from a 3rd party and in UNIX first, but freely available elsewhere? How much code must be transferred for these licenses to apply? Do the licenses cover the actual implementation or the algorithms used? Is removal of the code an acceptable solution when the order to do so may come down years later? What person or method could we trust enough to audit the code bases and decide what goes and stays?
Whatever the case may be, this long and drawn out lawsuit is bound to set some important precedents. The longer we wait, the more work that will be required *IF* code must be removed in the future after being built upon. The results of the Microsoft Monopoly case may have been disappointing, but this is IBM vs SCO battle with a Billion dollar prize.
In the end only the lawyers will be left standing.
You could SCO them. Assuming of course you can prove the code was stolen.
BTW, nice job on the big words. That seems to be what middle management is all about. Translating reality to the CEO's in a language they understand. Your synnergizing product lines and escalating sales curves. So I guess you tried to SELL SOFTWARE and MAKE MONEY.
This really shows you can talk to your underlings too. You must be very good to survive as a middle manager of any type for 10 years. They always seem to be the first to go around here.
It could be labeled as a weapon of some sort. This earlier slashdot story mentions a story about the PS2 being a possible weapons platform. Or course with computers getting so fast everyone is going to have a super computer sooner or later.
He's already got the serial numbers for his working copy. He should be able to get someones backup copy of XP and do an install with it. Another possibility is to backup/compress his existing file system. Maybe it will take 2 CD's instead of 1 DVD, but no reason this guys bitch should get it's own article.
Always remember to make a few off-site backup copies of your CD's with your friends.
The problem with this is that it's obviously created to avoid incrimination for trading copyrighted files. Yes it could be used to trade non-copyrighted files, but if that's the case then why go through all the extra work and waste 3 times the bandwidth.
It's like selling lock picks, ski maks and unmarked vans all in the same store. Sure there is nothing wrong by itself, but all together it draws a lot of attention and people question your motives. That's the plausable deniability the previous poster was talking about. Freenet has an existing purpose, but can be just as useful for trading files closer to 100% anonymous.
Personally I forsee private networks being formed with encrypted communications. WASTE is wonderful for such things.
Are underage people be responsible for the terms of End Users License Agreements? If they are unable to be legally bound by such agreements due to age, then should they be allowed to purchase software?
Can a button which says "Click here if you are over 18" be considered a legel agreement for minors?
While the programmer types laugh at the musicians. He thinks we're talking about music.
.NET isn't for fishing either. ;)
Here's a link check it out. By the way,
Homer Phobia?
I think many game development companies would be very interested in this if they can pull it off. Most of the profit to be made on a game is in the first few weeks after release. After that sales drop off incredibly. This is just another marketing channel.
They could sell their game for $40 all at once, or rent it to people for $5/month. So they get the same amount of money back in 8 months - and maybe more if people keep playing. The number of people who would pay $5 for a game to try it could make them lots more money the number about who would pay $40 to own it.
It's like buying a house. I won't/can't spend $200,000 up front, but I can pay $750 / month. Over the course of the loan I end up paying probably double what I would have if I paid all at once, but it's at a cash flow I can handle.
They will probably go after the Total Cost of Ownership like MS has been tossing around lately. A Console for $200 + 6 games @ $30 each may end up costing just about the same as this machine. If you could have a console with 20 or 30 games for the same price, it would easily win families over. Toss in a Netflix like N games at a time plan charged through your broadband utility company and it could be a big winner.
I agree with another poster that mentioned selinux. The NSA know how to write secure software and how to audit software and source code. Assuming they build their own binaries from the source it should be a relatively safe system. The only potential security problem I can see is that outsiders may know exactly what they are running. But assuming it's properly designed and implemented that shouldn't be a problem either. That's the why everyone like Linux/BSD so much.
Los Almos has a history of Physical Security problems that should cause more worries then this. Hard Drives disappearing and reporters sneaking in at night, getting locked in and then the guards let them out when they found them.
Maybe we will fond out which company they used. Having valid third party tests confirm that your webserver is coded better then apache would be hard for any company to pass up. Especially Marketing types who advertise stuff they imagine they heard.
Of course it may not be DESIGNED any better, but they dot every i and cross every t. That's pretty incredible in my experience.
I finally caught it
And for an even more classic look try The B&W Version
And if your really looking for printer news, the first printer ever designed has finally been built.
Check out Charles Babbages printer on the same site as the other article. Hopefully THIS printer won't have to worry about the cost of refills.
I use JetAudio to play Real audio / video files. It doesn't work as a plugin (I think) but I just save the files to my HD then play them back later. It's SO worth it not to have that ad-ware annoying piece of CRAP on my system. This program has no ads and lots of features I never use. It's not annoyned me or poped up anything after 5 months.
FREE Real Audio/Video Player
It also plays other formats, but I usually use Winamp for everything else.
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