I'm not here to plug on my own site, especially because I don't even really maintain it anymore (no time or interest really), and there are probably other, better solutions out there. However, I will mention it because what you are saying is what I was trying to do.
I'm talking about MyUID [slashdot article]. I set up a site where you created a profile, which could be read over sites that participated in using our API. You specified what public information you wanted to provide, your privacy was up to you. However, I think most people missed that point and I mostly recieved a flood of complaints about privacy concerns.
I don't understand what everyone wants Microsoft to do with their next version of windows. Before everyone was complaining that they needed to ditch all the legacy code and clean things up, and now everyone is pissed off that new software for vista won't be backwards compatible. You've got to drop backwards compatibility sometime, if you want to get rid of legacy code.
Anyone else addicted to this game? In my opinion its one of the most well made games of all time. For something so simple, theres so much to it. Any word if it will be available? It would be awesome if we could play Mario Kart online...it is possible with emulators but it is really laggy and not a whole lot of fun.
The thing is, this really isnt a matter of having a high enough IQ, its a matter of being informed. People really don't expect to need to learn this kind of thing just to use a computer for simple communication. The weight of getting the word out about these things to the average user is going to need to lay on someone, probably ISPs. It should be one of their responsibilities to attempt to keep their users safe. We can educate people about some of the basics, watching out for links that are just IPs and etc (and thunderbird already has some features regarding this), but some of the higher level checks need to be done automatically by software.
Theres different solutions on different distrobutions. Gentoo actually has (IMHO) one of the best. In gentoolkit there is a utility called `glsa-check` which will search your computer for vulnerable software and tell you about it.
I think they plan on adding more security related updating code into portage in future version.
Why on earth would universities would never be doing this, were it not for that they are being blackmailed. Supplying their students with music is not supposed to be what their money goes to. Blackmail is illegal, is it not? Seems to be what the RIAA is doing here.
Everyone needs to stop bending over to the RIAA. Honestly, I think a vast majority of the people that download music do it for convienence. Even at the ridicoulus prices they charge, if they had simply adopted a scheme of using the internet to sell their product instead of trying to stop the internet from being involved, they would be doing well. DRM isn't really neccesary either, the people who are going to get it for free, are going to get it for free, one way or another. People have been swapping copies of music in real life forever, yet the industry still exists.
It's unfortunate that the current services, such as Apples music store, arent that great. They've got DRM, which is breakable, and doesnt bother me tooo much because the only place i want to play music is on my PC or perhaps in my car which currently requires burning it anyways, but also because they just don't have a great selection of music! Why can't they have stuff from the 60s, 70s and 80s, thats what really popular amongst me and my friends anyhow.
Take a hint, a business model based on lawsuits and blackmail is not a good one.
At my school library, I work as a semi-admin (well, I know all the passwords and help out a lot). Most of the stuff I end up doing is removing spyware. I installed Firefox on every box, but nobody was using it, and the spyware continued to pile up daily. As a last result, I replaced the firefox icon with the IE icon, and renamed it to "Internet Explorer." Everyone started using it, and I heard no complaints.
This is probably an evil way of doing things, but people are set in their ways, once they switch they like it, but getting them to not just use their same old browser is difficult.
No sir, I am not making an excuse. I am just pointing out, UI design is difficult for everyone, not just for OSS.
Finding an interface that will make all your users happy, is next to impossible. I would guess that SOMEONE likes the way each app looks, but not everyone. Linux actually is a step ahead of Microsoft in this regard, due to the fact that a lot of window managers (Kahakai is nice, and we are hard at work on Aegis) are now scriptable, not to mention the basic customizations that have been around forever. While average joe doesn't know how to script up a sweet desktop, distrobution makers can whip out several different setups, and let the user switch between them, rather than the windows way of forcing their interface down your throat.
A lot of times when I first lead people to Linux, I figure I might as well give them Gnome or KDE figuring it will be more intuitive for them. From what I've found though, people are actually much more excited about interfaces like *boxes, once I lead them in the direction of how they can edit the settings and etc. While the big windows-like interfaces may make the transition easier for some, I think a lot of people are very happy with the ability to set up their own, "new and different," UIs.
Slashdot Mirror
I think the problem is that they do not have the .htaccess set up at all. You may notice they do not have clean URLs or 404s working either.
Eh, I mentioned this on Reddit a while ago and nothing has changed since:
http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/7yqa3/i_appreciate_the_use_of_open_source_softwarebut/
...the source of the site is transparent:
http://www.recovery.gov/modules/system/system.module
Hmm they really might want to get that Drupal updated to 6.10!
I believe projects using scripting languages were placed in a separate category for these statistics.
Which state doesn't?
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Springfield,+FL,+United+States+of+America&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title
what in the fuck are you talking about?
RTFA
Do you have any source for this claim?
Finding this funny is what fundamentally separates the average person from a slashdot reader.
Maybe if you had actually RTFA you would have noticed that they were taking personal vacation photos and other data, not just porn?
Very interesting, it looks like the page has been updated so all his computers but the Ubuntu laptop are now running Vista Ultimate!
Oh how I would have loved to hear them talking about goatse on the six o'clock news.
I'm not here to plug on my own site, especially because I don't even really maintain it anymore (no time or interest really), and there are probably other, better solutions out there. However, I will mention it because what you are saying is what I was trying to do.
I'm talking about MyUID [slashdot article]. I set up a site where you created a profile, which could be read over sites that participated in using our API. You specified what public information you wanted to provide, your privacy was up to you. However, I think most people missed that point and I mostly recieved a flood of complaints about privacy concerns.
I hope a site like this can succeed some day.
I don't understand what everyone wants Microsoft to do with their next version of windows. Before everyone was complaining that they needed to ditch all the legacy code and clean things up, and now everyone is pissed off that new software for vista won't be backwards compatible. You've got to drop backwards compatibility sometime, if you want to get rid of legacy code.
Anyone else addicted to this game? In my opinion its one of the most well made games of all time. For something so simple, theres so much to it. Any word if it will be available? It would be awesome if we could play Mario Kart online...it is possible with emulators but it is really laggy and not a whole lot of fun.
The thing is, this really isnt a matter of having a high enough IQ, its a matter of being informed. People really don't expect to need to learn this kind of thing just to use a computer for simple communication. The weight of getting the word out about these things to the average user is going to need to lay on someone, probably ISPs. It should be one of their responsibilities to attempt to keep their users safe. We can educate people about some of the basics, watching out for links that are just IPs and etc (and thunderbird already has some features regarding this), but some of the higher level checks need to be done automatically by software.
Microsoft Anti-Spyware and the Malicious Software Removal Tool are not the same thing.
md5 was broken by the same people a few months ago.
I think they plan on adding more security related updating code into portage in future version.
Try linuxprinting.org
Usually pretty easy to find good drivers there. They make foomatic.
I can't wait to find out how Nigerians pronounce "i HaVe A gReAt BuSiNeSs PrOpOsAl FoR U"
Why on earth would universities would never be doing this, were it not for that they are being blackmailed. Supplying their students with music is not supposed to be what their money goes to. Blackmail is illegal, is it not? Seems to be what the RIAA is doing here.
Everyone needs to stop bending over to the RIAA. Honestly, I think a vast majority of the people that download music do it for convienence. Even at the ridicoulus prices they charge, if they had simply adopted a scheme of using the internet to sell their product instead of trying to stop the internet from being involved, they would be doing well. DRM isn't really neccesary either, the people who are going to get it for free, are going to get it for free, one way or another. People have been swapping copies of music in real life forever, yet the industry still exists.
It's unfortunate that the current services, such as Apples music store, arent that great. They've got DRM, which is breakable, and doesnt bother me tooo much because the only place i want to play music is on my PC or perhaps in my car which currently requires burning it anyways, but also because they just don't have a great selection of music! Why can't they have stuff from the 60s, 70s and 80s, thats what really popular amongst me and my friends anyhow.
Take a hint, a business model based on lawsuits and blackmail is not a good one.
At my school library, I work as a semi-admin (well, I know all the passwords and help out a lot). Most of the stuff I end up doing is removing spyware. I installed Firefox on every box, but nobody was using it, and the spyware continued to pile up daily. As a last result, I replaced the firefox icon with the IE icon, and renamed it to "Internet Explorer." Everyone started using it, and I heard no complaints.
This is probably an evil way of doing things, but people are set in their ways, once they switch they like it, but getting them to not just use their same old browser is difficult.
No sir, I am not making an excuse. I am just pointing out, UI design is difficult for everyone, not just for OSS.
Finding an interface that will make all your users happy, is next to impossible. I would guess that SOMEONE likes the way each app looks, but not everyone. Linux actually is a step ahead of Microsoft in this regard, due to the fact that a lot of window managers (Kahakai is nice, and we are hard at work on Aegis) are now scriptable, not to mention the basic customizations that have been around forever. While average joe doesn't know how to script up a sweet desktop, distrobution makers can whip out several different setups, and let the user switch between them, rather than the windows way of forcing their interface down your throat.
A lot of times when I first lead people to Linux, I figure I might as well give them Gnome or KDE figuring it will be more intuitive for them. From what I've found though, people are actually much more excited about interfaces like *boxes, once I lead them in the direction of how they can edit the settings and etc. While the big windows-like interfaces may make the transition easier for some, I think a lot of people are very happy with the ability to set up their own, "new and different," UIs.
User Mode Linux...check the link in the article...