yup, that's exactly why this article is -1 Overrated (or more likely Redundant).
I read through it laughing the whole way. Did they seriously take the comments on/. and put them behind names of people at companies that I could care less about?
"MS is doing this to make the GPL look bad." First of all, who the fuck cares, second of all, duh, and third of all, I doubt it.
My comments are just as important as those people in this article.
Linux isn't ready for the desktop but there are people out there willing to attempt to get it as close as they can.
"An Outlook Killer" is something that apparently people feel is necessary but what I feel is necessary is an IE browser (no, no matter what anyone says Mozilla doesn't perform anything close to how IE does, and yes, I have used both (Mozilla in Windows and Linux, and IE on Windows)).
No IRIX workstation was ready for the desktop as what we consider it today, believe me.
Windows and apparently MacOSX are ruling the desktop and will most likely continue to do so.
We are seeing movement towards Linux on the desktop but it's still got a LONG way to go. I guess as people become more and more concerned with getting it there, the timeframe will continue to shrink.
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this better not replace what's already at museums!
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For example, it could be used in museums and galleries, where visitors could download high-quality audio and visual content about exhibits.
Will this hinder museums from adding both visual and audio cues to their exhibits? I personally think that cell phones should be banned in public places such as museums and this will just encourage Joe to hop on his cell phone and chat with Mary while I am trying to enjoy some peace and quiet.
I saw some really interesting usages of computers in museums (like here, I realise this is more of a piece of art, but you get the idea).
Keep the cell phones out and enjoy getting away from things that you see and use everyday.
Whether you're an experienced LAN/WAN professional or are new to the field and looking to "get your feet wet,"
I really don't care if he has 19 years experience, I still think that statement makes the book look terrible. In my experience, nearly ALL books that shoot to the entire spectrum of readers fail miserably.
Comparing this book to others is relatively easy. I haven't found any other publications dedicated to the planning, installation, and maintenance of wireless WANs!
Great, so we are going to read a book that tries to cover everyone from Joe to Expert *and* this guy (with 19 years experience) hasn't seen another book like this?
are you a troll? I guess you are. If you read the previous "note/comment" you would have found another link to a specific document that he wrote. In that document, if you scroll to the bottom and READ (apparently you don't), you would find that he notes exactly what pen-type he was using at the time.
As a person only vaguely interested in CS I can say that I was more intrigued by the fact that he hand-wrote his documents, gave personal notes about what he was feeling at the time (my note about what pen-type he was using), which are all VERY interesting to me.
For me, these little things are far more interesting than what topics he happened to be discussing.
His "blog-like" notes are probably better to read than JoSchmoe049169666420's because they are coming from very well-known professor who was in touch with the CS academic community.
do you honestly think that EVERYONE with a PhD is in it for the job market? If you do, you're fucking crazy.
I know PLENTY of Professors that were interested in Academia because they enjoyed research and teaching not because of the "high-paying" jobs they had after getting their PhD.
He's worked hard on his research and doesn't want it to get seen by him, his professor, and a few miscellaneous others. He wants to be proud and publish his results...
You are making his work seem trivial and it's not.
my co-workers are confused when I talk about their rights being infringed upon by the government (I have already lost 90% of them). When I mention the Patriot Act I and II, 9% more glaze over. The remaining 1% know what I am talking about but don't care enough to talk about it.
Mention Paradise Hotel and how the John Ravolta look-alike got on last night and I guarantee you can start up a conversation.
Those who would exploit it for ill already have the data, or can easily obtain it.
Exactly. Should we make flying lessons only for military pilots? Wasn't that what Bin Laden had his militants use when they attacked us?
We are so afraid of this high level of technology being used against us yet the terrorists are using what we consider to be the lowest common denominator to hurt us.
They could have found explosives on the web, or in books, or talked to experts in person, but instead they took flying lessons...
So now we are going to ban research, prosecute those that use encryption, and FUD our children to death in schools over this crap.
Great, soon the kids will be hiding under desks because the Turtle on the DVD said it would protect them from the terrorists...
It's either they were talking to the wrong people or the wrong people were responding to the survey.
I was a "gamer" since the C64 days. I was not allowed to have a console machine when I was younger (parents told me I had a computer and it played games, that was that... fair enough). I got hooked on Quake1CTF in my freshman year of college... I still went out w/my friends drinking, I was an active D1 athlete, and I was dating. I had several friends that I played CTF with that were exactly the same.
I figure that they interviewed Internet junkies or the "typical gamer" which is not interesting to the opposite sex.
I want better information on the type of individuals interviewed before we start jumping to conclusions.
exactly. College football games and NFL were played CONSTANTLY by the members of the football team. I hung out with a few in college and there was always a house full of guys playing PS2 and N64 games.
I was a Quaker at the time but quickly picked up on Madden. Quake was great but too much garbage was beginning (botting, 12 year olds spamming the messsages, etc). Consoles brought a group of guys together in one location and was quite a bit more fun than sitting in my dorm room huddled over my computer watching a moron axe a lagged player to death.
because they were hurt by the fact that they got caught price fixing and people were allowed to claim (without receipts) that they purchased music in the past few years [I don't remember how many exactly, 5?]).
Now they want the same rights when searching for us "criminals".
It's my choice to buy the CD, convert it to MP3 (or whatever format I chose), and then destroy the original.
It's not up to me to prove that I bought the CD in the first place, it's up to the RIAA to prove that I didn't.
Innocent until proven guilty.
Now, if they catch me downloading music off the 'Net that is ILLEGAL and come into my computer and find other music then I would assume it's my responsibility to prove myself innocent.
What they want to do is exactly the opposite. They want to come into my computer w/o proof or a warrant (which in most cases would show they had proof I did something wrong) and look at what I have and then ask questions later.
Umm, why bother? Nothing reads these overburned discs when they are done...
To test compatibility, I burned four discs: Two data discs and two audio discs, with one of each at the 120% setting and one of each at the 140% setting. I then tried these discs in just about any player I could find. For data discs, that meant copying all the files off the disc onto the hard drive to make sure they could all be read. For audio discs, that meant making sure every track on the disc played properly.
The data discs were somewhat disappointing; out of seven optical drives tested, only two could successfully copy the files from the 120% disc, and none of the drives could copy from the 140% disc. Some drives couldn't even get a directory off the discs, while others failed part of the way through the file copy test. There was no rhyme or reason to the successes versus the failures, either; the two drives that "won" the test were a BTC 48X burner and a Hitachi DVD-ROM drive. The failures included a DVD/CD-RW combo drive, a Pioneer DVD-RW drive, a Sony DRU-500A DVD+/-RW recorder, and the LiteOn burner used in the benchmarks.
The audio discs were both more successful and more surprising. I tried these in three different computer drives, a bookshelf stereo system, a component DVD player, and two car stereos (one OEM Nissan, one my venerable Aiwa CDC-MP3). One of the computer drives recognized both discs, and did OK until near the end of them (failing to play the last two tracks on the 120% disc, and the last four tracks on the 140% disc). Another computer drive wouldn't play them at all, and a third played the entire 120% disc but couldn't play the 140% disc at all.
The bookshelf system and the component DVD player achieved identical results: Both played the 120% disc without any issues, but wouldn't even recognize the 140% disc. Perhaps the most surprising of all was the car CD players; both of them played every track on both discs. I was surprised enough that the wunderkind CDC-MP3 pulled this off, but an OEM Nissan player? Crazy.
Critical Mass... So you think that the 60+% of the current adult population that has smoked weed and thinks it is "more or less" harmless than alcohol isn't an important statistic?
Ok, so you don't think that they have organization against the laws? What about groups like NORML? You mean to tell me that they haven't done anything to move towards the legalization of marijuana and growing hemp products?
Uhh, prohibition on alcohol is over with but drug prohibition is not.
We spend millions and millions of dollars on the "Drug War" and millions and millions more on holding people in jail because they do/sell drugs...
How many people smoke pot? How many states have made it a minor offense to smoke it? How many people are still being busted for it, having their cars and houses seized for buying a dime bag?
And you think that filesharing is going to continue because people do it? Get real.
at this point in time IPv6 is not useful for anything other than reverse DNS for those people that aren't allowed to have reverse DNS (cable modem dynamic, etc).
No one has ipv6 that doesn't have ipv4 servers, there are few (if any) residential networking hardware manu's that distribute IPv6 enabled devices (for good reason, ipv6 will eliminate the need for NAT).
Win2k/XP is a PAIN IN THE ASS to setup for ipv6, I didn't even bother (I use it on the Linux side for reverse DNS on IRC) but the documentation available is near nothing for XP.
Someday it might come around and be useful, as of now, no.
Ok, so three states have passed anti-PA legislation?
What about California's (and others) medical pot legislations? Do the federal drug agents care when they storm into these people's "gardens" and prosecute them to the full extent of FEDERAL law?
Hell, do the Federal agents care when they destroy the Native American's HEMP fields (which were allowed under a law in the late 1800s?)
NO.
State's rights (which should be more important) aren't shit. Remember that.
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yup, that's exactly why this article is -1 Overrated (or more likely Redundant).
/. and put them behind names of people at companies that I could care less about?
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I read through it laughing the whole way. Did they seriously take the comments on
"MS is doing this to make the GPL look bad." First of all, who the fuck cares, second of all, duh, and third of all, I doubt it.
My comments are just as important as those people in this article.
Again, -1 Redundant/Overrated.
Just my worthless
Stop trolling.
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Linux isn't ready for the desktop but there are people out there willing to attempt to get it as close as they can.
"An Outlook Killer" is something that apparently people feel is necessary but what I feel is necessary is an IE browser (no, no matter what anyone says Mozilla doesn't perform anything close to how IE does, and yes, I have used both (Mozilla in Windows and Linux, and IE on Windows)).
No IRIX workstation was ready for the desktop as what we consider it today, believe me.
Windows and apparently MacOSX are ruling the desktop and will most likely continue to do so.
We are seeing movement towards Linux on the desktop but it's still got a LONG way to go. I guess as people become more and more concerned with getting it there, the timeframe will continue to shrink.
Just my worthless
For example, it could be used in museums and galleries, where visitors could download high-quality audio and visual content about exhibits.
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Will this hinder museums from adding both visual and audio cues to their exhibits? I personally think that cell phones should be banned in public places such as museums and this will just encourage Joe to hop on his cell phone and chat with Mary while I am trying to enjoy some peace and quiet.
I saw some really interesting usages of computers in museums (like here, I realise this is more of a piece of art, but you get the idea).
Keep the cell phones out and enjoy getting away from things that you see and use everyday.
Just my worthless
Whether you're an experienced LAN/WAN professional or are new to the field and looking to "get your feet wet,"
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I really don't care if he has 19 years experience, I still think that statement makes the book look terrible. In my experience, nearly ALL books that shoot to the entire spectrum of readers fail miserably.
Comparing this book to others is relatively easy. I haven't found any other publications dedicated to the planning, installation, and maintenance of wireless WANs!
Great, so we are going to read a book that tries to cover everyone from Joe to Expert *and* this guy (with 19 years experience) hasn't seen another book like this?
Just my worthless
are you a troll? I guess you are. If you read the previous "note/comment" you would have found another link to a specific document that he wrote.
In that document, if you scroll to the bottom and READ (apparently you don't), you would find that he notes exactly what pen-type he was using at the time.
you really need to RTFA and his documents first.
.02 at least.
As a person only vaguely interested in CS I can say that I was more intrigued by the fact that he hand-wrote his documents, gave personal notes about what he was feeling at the time (my note about what pen-type he was using), which are all VERY interesting to me.
For me, these little things are far more interesting than what topics he happened to be discussing.
His "blog-like" notes are probably better to read than JoSchmoe049169666420's because they are coming from very well-known professor who was in touch with the CS academic community.
That's my worthless
Does anyone know if he routinely let people know what type of pen he was using when he wrote that particular document? Here's one of the ones I found.
Why did he do this? For his own personal notes on which pens were good (I guess important if you are frequently writing things).
Why did he use pens and not electronic formats? For a CS person that surprises me.
the on-duty editor should read the e-mail that subscribers send to him about duplicate stories.
Someone is sleeping.
with less than half the population deciding it's important to vote, I don't see how it would really matter.
Find 99% of 18 year old's SSNs, enter into voting machine, instant winner.
do you honestly think that EVERYONE with a PhD is in it for the job market? If you do, you're fucking crazy.
I know PLENTY of Professors that were interested in Academia because they enjoyed research and teaching not because of the "high-paying" jobs they had after getting their PhD.
He's worked hard on his research and doesn't want it to get seen by him, his professor, and a few miscellaneous others. He wants to be proud and publish his results...
You are making his work seem trivial and it's not.
my co-workers are confused when I talk about their rights being infringed upon by the government (I have already lost 90% of them). When I mention the Patriot Act I and II, 9% more glaze over. The remaining 1% know what I am talking about but don't care enough to talk about it.
Mention Paradise Hotel and how the John Ravolta look-alike got on last night and I guarantee you can start up a conversation.
Those who would exploit it for ill already have the data, or can easily obtain it.
Exactly. Should we make flying lessons only for military pilots? Wasn't that what Bin Laden had his militants use when they attacked us?
We are so afraid of this high level of technology being used against us yet the terrorists are using what we consider to be the lowest common denominator to hurt us.
They could have found explosives on the web, or in books, or talked to experts in person, but instead they took flying lessons...
So now we are going to ban research, prosecute those that use encryption, and FUD our children to death in schools over this crap.
Great, soon the kids will be hiding under desks because the Turtle on the DVD said it would protect them from the terrorists...
Just think about it.
I didn't post that. I think someone is being a jerkoff.
I consider that bullshit.
It's either they were talking to the wrong people or the wrong people were responding to the survey.
I was a "gamer" since the C64 days. I was not allowed to have a console machine when I was younger (parents told me I had a computer and it played games, that was that... fair enough). I got hooked on Quake1CTF in my freshman year of college... I still went out w/my friends drinking, I was an active D1 athlete, and I was dating. I had several friends that I played CTF with that were exactly the same.
I figure that they interviewed Internet junkies or the "typical gamer" which is not interesting to the opposite sex.
I want better information on the type of individuals interviewed before we start jumping to conclusions.
exactly. College football games and NFL were played CONSTANTLY by the members of the football team. I hung out with a few in college and there was always a house full of guys playing PS2 and N64 games.
I was a Quaker at the time but quickly picked up on Madden. Quake was great but too much garbage was beginning (botting, 12 year olds spamming the messsages, etc). Consoles brought a group of guys together in one location and was quite a bit more fun than sitting in my dorm room huddled over my computer watching a moron axe a lagged player to death.
because they were hurt by the fact that they got caught price fixing and people were allowed to claim (without receipts) that they purchased music in the past few years [I don't remember how many exactly, 5?]).
Now they want the same rights when searching for us "criminals".
It's my choice to buy the CD, convert it to MP3 (or whatever format I chose), and then destroy the original.
It's not up to me to prove that I bought the CD in the first place, it's up to the RIAA to prove that I didn't.
Innocent until proven guilty.
Now, if they catch me downloading music off the 'Net that is ILLEGAL and come into my computer and find other music then I would assume it's my responsibility to prove myself innocent.
What they want to do is exactly the opposite. They want to come into my computer w/o proof or a warrant (which in most cases would show they had proof I did something wrong) and look at what I have and then ask questions later.
That's what's wrong with the RIAA.
Umm, why bother? Nothing reads these overburned discs when they are done...
To test compatibility, I burned four discs: Two data discs and two audio discs, with one of each at the 120% setting and one of each at the 140% setting. I then tried these discs in just about any player I could find. For data discs, that meant copying all the files off the disc onto the hard drive to make sure they could all be read. For audio discs, that meant making sure every track on the disc played properly.
The data discs were somewhat disappointing; out of seven optical drives tested, only two could successfully copy the files from the 120% disc, and none of the drives could copy from the 140% disc. Some drives couldn't even get a directory off the discs, while others failed part of the way through the file copy test. There was no rhyme or reason to the successes versus the failures, either; the two drives that "won" the test were a BTC 48X burner and a Hitachi DVD-ROM drive. The failures included a DVD/CD-RW combo drive, a Pioneer DVD-RW drive, a Sony DRU-500A DVD+/-RW recorder, and the LiteOn burner used in the benchmarks.
The audio discs were both more successful and more surprising. I tried these in three different computer drives, a bookshelf stereo system, a component DVD player, and two car stereos (one OEM Nissan, one my venerable Aiwa CDC-MP3). One of the computer drives recognized both discs, and did OK until near the end of them (failing to play the last two tracks on the 120% disc, and the last four tracks on the 140% disc). Another computer drive wouldn't play them at all, and a third played the entire 120% disc but couldn't play the 140% disc at all.
The bookshelf system and the component DVD player achieved identical results: Both played the 120% disc without any issues, but wouldn't even recognize the 140% disc. Perhaps the most surprising of all was the car CD players; both of them played every track on both discs. I was surprised enough that the wunderkind CDC-MP3 pulled this off, but an OEM Nissan player? Crazy.
He says "Crazy", I say "Duh."
Umm.
Critical Mass... So you think that the 60+% of the current adult population that has smoked weed and thinks it is "more or less" harmless than alcohol isn't an important statistic?
Ok, so you don't think that they have organization against the laws? What about groups like NORML? You mean to tell me that they haven't done anything to move towards the legalization of marijuana and growing hemp products?
nah, that's just because they are full of steaming piles of horseshit.
Uhh, prohibition on alcohol is over with but drug prohibition is not.
We spend millions and millions of dollars on the "Drug War" and millions and millions more on holding people in jail because they do/sell drugs...
How many people smoke pot? How many states have made it a minor offense to smoke it? How many people are still being busted for it, having their cars and houses seized for buying a dime bag?
And you think that filesharing is going to continue because people do it? Get real.
why? Why should I even bother? It's a hassle (I would have to use Apache2), no one uses it anyway, and it's slow with 6over4.
at this point in time IPv6 is not useful for anything other than reverse DNS for those people that aren't allowed to have reverse DNS (cable modem dynamic, etc).
No one has ipv6 that doesn't have ipv4 servers, there are few (if any) residential networking hardware manu's that distribute IPv6 enabled devices (for good reason, ipv6 will eliminate the need for NAT).
Win2k/XP is a PAIN IN THE ASS to setup for ipv6, I didn't even bother (I use it on the Linux side for reverse DNS on IRC) but the documentation available is near nothing for XP.
Someday it might come around and be useful, as of now, no.
the Native Americans have a treaty to grow hemp. It wasn't a law (although it should have been considered so)...
Sorry.
Ok, so three states have passed anti-PA legislation?
What about California's (and others) medical pot legislations? Do the federal drug agents care when they storm into these people's "gardens" and prosecute them to the full extent of FEDERAL law?
Hell, do the Federal agents care when they destroy the Native American's HEMP fields (which were allowed under a law in the late 1800s?)
NO.
State's rights (which should be more important) aren't shit. Remember that.