this could be a very interesting tool. Other than it's privacy issues of course, it could be used in some neat ways.
Let's say you have a criminal who has been busted for drug charges. You could then find out where he's been, and probably track down where he gets his stuff from, and take it straight up the channels to the big guys.
Millions of teenagers will love it if light gets slowed that much. It could give them time to zip up their pants when their mom walks in the room wondering what she heard coming from the computer.
yep, I'm taking the rest of the classes I need to get the stupid peice of paper in my spare time. I'm doing them all online so I don't have to take off work to go down there.
I'm always aware that the "newest big thing" could take out my company and I'd be without a job. I always keep that in the back of my mind, and have backups. I have several places that have asked me to work for them, and I've had to turn them down. They always say if I ever need work, to let them know.
I make enough money that I can put some aside every month into a long term savings. This way I have money piling up while I'm young, and earning interest. That way when I find that special girl out there, and spawn children, we have some money to retire on.
I may be young, but I'm smart, and listen to my elders, even if they're only 5 years older;)
I don't even think i'd worry about getting the certs.
I am a 21 year old kid, who went to 3 years of college for computer science, and by the time the 3rd year came around, I was sick of it. The moment that made me realize it, was when I was in a 400 level class, about networking, and we were going over subnetting. The professor mentioned "binary". A kid in the class says "how do we count in binary?". Then everyone else started in saying they didn't know either.
This was a 400 level class, designed for the people who were almost out of school going to get jobs in the computer field. I dropped all my classes, and said goodbye to all my profs.
I haven't got any certs, because they seem worthless.
I got a job at a local ISP. I'm not rich, but for being 21, out on my own, I'm doing pretty good. I own a house, just bought a new 2005 mustang gt, and live happily. My job doesn't require me to take BS tests that show I know what they already know I know. They just let me do my thing.
yea, this kinda sucks. I run my machine in least user privilege mode. I went to install it as an administrator (runas.exe) and it said that it's not supported...
sorry google, seems your desktop is a bit unfriendly to those who actually care about security
credit card companies never having downtime? I'm sorry, but off the top of my head, I can count 2 times in the last year that I've gone to a store, used my credit card, and it have trouble, so I call up my credit card company. They say that "their system is down" and can't even tell me if I have sufficient funds or not.
I hate to break it to you, but AT&T does NOT own the wires in your house.
There's what's often called a DMARC or the point of demarcation that separates what is your responsibility and what is the phone company's. This is typically where your "white box outside" is. If you want your phone company to work on your side of the box they charge you, however they're legally bound to making sure the service up to that point works. If you have bad connections inside your house, but they're fine at the DMARC, that's your problem not theirs.
Sure, the people aren't going to make a lot of money, or become the biggest new artist of the year, but for giving things to people, this is cool stuff!
i seem to suffer badly from hiccups. I've even gone to the doctor for them, because I get them so often. However for me, i only get one at a time. I'll hiccup once, and then 15 minutes later i'll hiccup again. It drives me nuts, and often gives me headaches.
If they found a cause, i'll be first in line when the fix is available.
I've always liked KDE, but more recently i've been moving more towards Gnome. I'll have to wait for a debianized copy, but I'll be glad to see what kind of new stuff we have:)
i would personally like to see PS/2 gone. Why does anyone still need it. It's holding us back from developing new hardware. You could use USB, Firewire, or even some new technology we haven't made yet.
There's a reason they call the PS/2 ports, Parallel, and serial ports "legacy" ports.
I've played the first Sims game. I was not impressed at all. Sure it was kinda neat, but it had no gameplay.
I think that if they wanted to sell more, they would have had to do a lot of work. I don't mean to sound horrible, but I kinda expected the game to flop, even though i liked their commercials.
I have tried using linux as a desktop, however i find many flaws. I know i'll get flamed, but yes, i use Windows XP for my desktop, although i use debian 3.0 for my server.
A desktop OS needs to be easy to use. Most users don't want to see the system V init when starting up, it will just confuse them. Mandrake did a good job of covering that with a project i believe was called Aurora (or however you spell that). I'm sure that Windows and Mac are both doing a ton of things when starting up, just like linux, however they don't show you. Like Windows 98 would show you what was happening behind the splash screen if you hit escape. Most users don't really care.
Installation of programs is another big issue. Debian, along with other distros such as Redhat, Gentoo, and even the BSDs have some sort of installer. However many users wouldn't be able to figure it out. Most of the installers don't let you just double-click on them to install the program. You have to do some command, or sometimes you have a gui for it, and then you have to configure the program. If you can't find a binary package then you have to compile from source. This would be extremely hard for most users.
I think linux is on it's way to becoming a desktop OS. I've tried it here and there, and i can definately see progress. I remember back at redhat 5.2 days, and seeing gnome and kde. Fast forward to today and it looks amazing. I envy all the programmers of the open source community for their hard work they've put in. It is really starting to show.
And with projects like Mono bridging the gap between windows and linux, it's helping even more. i personally prefer to program in.NET which means i could program for linux as well, without having to port my program. I write one program and it runs on all.
I see linux as eventually making it to the desktop market, however right now, i see only the advanced users using it. Hopefully this will change.
is there any truth to such things as wormholes like you see in star trek all the time? If we could find one of those, we could easily explore the galaxy, and beyond.
I have my doubts on it, but is there anything physically holding us back?
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but will this work if i go to the hotel with my rfid card wrapped in foil, and handing foil to everyone else?
I was wondering where Scotty went. What happened?
this could be a very interesting tool. Other than it's privacy issues of course, it could be used in some neat ways.
Let's say you have a criminal who has been busted for drug charges. You could then find out where he's been, and probably track down where he gets his stuff from, and take it straight up the channels to the big guys.
Or does it not work that way?
big releases mean nothing. SCO releases all kinds of bullshit all the time. it doesn't mean they're doing well ;)
Stay away from the singularities!
Hmmm, your logic has beaten me....
Perhaps IBM should stop trying to produce this slow light then, since the only *good* reason would be for preventing moms from seeing your pr0n.
looks like Cisco is trying to beat Microsoft for patch times
Millions of teenagers will love it if light gets slowed that much. It could give them time to zip up their pants when their mom walks in the room wondering what she heard coming from the computer.
yep, I'm taking the rest of the classes I need to get the stupid peice of paper in my spare time. I'm doing them all online so I don't have to take off work to go down there.
;)
I'm always aware that the "newest big thing" could take out my company and I'd be without a job. I always keep that in the back of my mind, and have backups. I have several places that have asked me to work for them, and I've had to turn them down. They always say if I ever need work, to let them know.
I make enough money that I can put some aside every month into a long term savings. This way I have money piling up while I'm young, and earning interest. That way when I find that special girl out there, and spawn children, we have some money to retire on.
I may be young, but I'm smart, and listen to my elders, even if they're only 5 years older
I don't even think i'd worry about getting the certs.
I am a 21 year old kid, who went to 3 years of college for computer science, and by the time the 3rd year came around, I was sick of it. The moment that made me realize it, was when I was in a 400 level class, about networking, and we were going over subnetting. The professor mentioned "binary". A kid in the class says "how do we count in binary?". Then everyone else started in saying they didn't know either.
This was a 400 level class, designed for the people who were almost out of school going to get jobs in the computer field. I dropped all my classes, and said goodbye to all my profs.
I haven't got any certs, because they seem worthless.
I got a job at a local ISP. I'm not rich, but for being 21, out on my own, I'm doing pretty good. I own a house, just bought a new 2005 mustang gt, and live happily. My job doesn't require me to take BS tests that show I know what they already know I know. They just let me do my thing.
yea, this kinda sucks. I run my machine in least user privilege mode. I went to install it as an administrator (runas.exe) and it said that it's not supported...
sorry google, seems your desktop is a bit unfriendly to those who actually care about security
credit card companies never having downtime? I'm sorry, but off the top of my head, I can count 2 times in the last year that I've gone to a store, used my credit card, and it have trouble, so I call up my credit card company. They say that "their system is down" and can't even tell me if I have sufficient funds or not.
Downtime happens to everyone...
I hate to break it to you, but AT&T does NOT own the wires in your house.
;)
There's what's often called a DMARC or the point of demarcation that separates what is your responsibility and what is the phone company's. This is typically where your "white box outside" is. If you want your phone company to work on your side of the box they charge you, however they're legally bound to making sure the service up to that point works. If you have bad connections inside your house, but they're fine at the DMARC, that's your problem not theirs.
Just thought I'd clear that up for you
yea, right after i burnt them all onto DVDs. I removed them from my hard drive, does that mean i'm now immune to the RIAA's policy?
if i were artistic, i would _SO_ do this...
Sure, the people aren't going to make a lot of money, or become the biggest new artist of the year, but for giving things to people, this is cool stuff!
i seem to suffer badly from hiccups. I've even gone to the doctor for them, because I get them so often. However for me, i only get one at a time. I'll hiccup once, and then 15 minutes later i'll hiccup again. It drives me nuts, and often gives me headaches.
If they found a cause, i'll be first in line when the fix is available.
how about making the satellites do starband or richochet internet?
I've always liked KDE, but more recently i've been moving more towards Gnome. I'll have to wait for a debianized copy, but I'll be glad to see what kind of new stuff we have :)
i would personally like to see PS/2 gone. Why does anyone still need it. It's holding us back from developing new hardware. You could use USB, Firewire, or even some new technology we haven't made yet.
There's a reason they call the PS/2 ports, Parallel, and serial ports "legacy" ports.
The only purpose i see floppies as being would be bootdisks (be it windows/linux/whatever).
,i know mac already did... but i said PC)
I can't move files from one to another unless they're tiny. even my school says Zip or CD for turning in things.
I'm glad to see a PC manufacturer doing this. (yea
I've played the first Sims game. I was not impressed at all. Sure it was kinda neat, but it had no gameplay.
I think that if they wanted to sell more, they would have had to do a lot of work. I don't mean to sound horrible, but I kinda expected the game to flop, even though i liked their commercials.
I have tried using linux as a desktop, however i find many flaws. I know i'll get flamed, but yes, i use Windows XP for my desktop, although i use debian 3.0 for my server.
.NET which means i could program for linux as well, without having to port my program. I write one program and it runs on all.
A desktop OS needs to be easy to use. Most users don't want to see the system V init when starting up, it will just confuse them. Mandrake did a good job of covering that with a project i believe was called Aurora (or however you spell that). I'm sure that Windows and Mac are both doing a ton of things when starting up, just like linux, however they don't show you. Like Windows 98 would show you what was happening behind the splash screen if you hit escape. Most users don't really care.
Installation of programs is another big issue. Debian, along with other distros such as Redhat, Gentoo, and even the BSDs have some sort of installer. However many users wouldn't be able to figure it out. Most of the installers don't let you just double-click on them to install the program. You have to do some command, or sometimes you have a gui for it, and then you have to configure the program. If you can't find a binary package then you have to compile from source. This would be extremely hard for most users.
I think linux is on it's way to becoming a desktop OS. I've tried it here and there, and i can definately see progress. I remember back at redhat 5.2 days, and seeing gnome and kde. Fast forward to today and it looks amazing. I envy all the programmers of the open source community for their hard work they've put in. It is really starting to show.
And with projects like Mono bridging the gap between windows and linux, it's helping even more. i personally prefer to program in
I see linux as eventually making it to the desktop market, however right now, i see only the advanced users using it. Hopefully this will change.
is there any truth to such things as wormholes like you see in star trek all the time? If we could find one of those, we could easily explore the galaxy, and beyond.
I have my doubts on it, but is there anything physically holding us back?
ah, sweet porn!
it's just so cryptic to me