What did Consumer Reports say about DVL? I predict its either "No thanks, we'll pass, not vulnerable enough." or "Excellent! The most vulnerable OS yet!"
Certs for seminar type classes are almost worthless, all they indicate is that you were present at the class enough times for the instructor to know you were there and not taking the course for granted by going out and getting smashed instead of listening to him/her and taking notes. I've been to quite a few over the years and the ones that gave certs (which were probably 90% of them) simply required you were present for most of the class. The interesting thing to me as that both run of the mill seminars and courses and pass/fail type deals (like the MCAD, MCSD, or the MCSA, the Microsoft certified stuff) cost a lot of money. The seminar-type deals are for current employees to learn a technology that your company intends to deploy. Looking for those certs in new hires is almost certainly not going to give you any kind of edge. Period.
"...the middle finger would not be the Canadian way."
Seemed to be very popular in Quebec, I figured it would be popular as the CDN symbol. As for being sorry, yeah, I understand the sentiment. But since the sentiment is Canadian, no one really gives a mad f*ck.
"...because there are no alternative providers of the same services, the situation is exactly the same in effect as it would be if they were governmental policies."
I guess you're just going to ignore the part wherein I comment that I have access to all the digital services that can be provided by Apple/AT&T/Facebok without having to give them the same information.
"but it is just an another "china and communism is bad"-story when pretty much the same is done in the US."
But its not being implemented at the behest of the US Government. Apparently, its not in China either, yet, but; the comments by this Wang Chen of the State Council Information Office would appear to indicate that it will be, very soon. I do not have to (and I do not) use Apple products or Facebook, and I have access to all the digital services I need. The policies of those services are not governmental policies. Big difference that you seem to be ignoring.
"Does John Q. Public really care all that much about file sharing?"
They don't, which makes the label's attempts to equate file sharing with more egregious crimes all that more laughable. This three strikes nonsense they're trying to pass in France is one example; French law makers passed it with flying colors last year because label lobbyists showering them with contributions and everything was great. Then a little earlier this year those same politicians realized they had to get re-elected; now they're balking, and some are even backing out of the pockets of those label lobbyists. http://www.zeropaid.com/news/89860/french-ump-members-having-second-thoughts-on-three-strikes/ Bend with the breeze indeed. I'm sorry, but file sharing is not as criminally dangerous as murder. Not even a little.
"They probably just want it as the bottom layer in a hardware & software bundle, tuned to running Oracle or Java workloads."
I think that is the point exactly. I think Oracle inherited all this OSS stuff from Sun and they're still scratching their heads trying to figure out how it will fit into their bottom line. I know Oracle is not new to OSS, I think InnoDB was open, but the Sun acquisition dramatically expanded their OSS offerings and I think their still playing catchup with understanding exactly how all this technology fits with their profit plans.
"According to Green Dam program partners, funding for the project has not been renewed. The project development team has been shut down and the installation and aftercare team is facing closure. Unsurprisingly there has been no official comment from official Chinese authorities."
Further, Green Dam project partners have been trying to get the development team on the phone for weeks, but just yesterday have been getting "Number not in service" recordings, and the mail and news papers have been collecting at the door of the development team office for months.
"While kinda neat, aren't Legos expensive? I mean, why not just slap some cement/grout/etc on there? It would cost a fraction of the price and be more structurally sound."
I guess you missed the part where the guy doing the repairs calls himself an artist. Simply going around doing free masonry work wouldn't be very artsy, would it?
The "norks"? Way to dehumanize the "enemy". Also; what exactly are you trying to say? Whose killing "Nork Border Jumpers"? ROKA DMZ regulars? Not likely, unless you're referring to mistakes. I mean, the place is still in an official state of war. N. Koreans that manage to make it into the South are very interesting to the ROK intelligence arm. Shooting them out of hand would be foolish for a number of reasons. Shooting them right AT the border might (and probably would) be construed as a flagrant act of war by the DPRK, not because they are shooting DPRK nationals (I doubt they could care less about their own people, especially escapees from the prison camps) but the shooting itself. If you go to the DMZ on a tour the American soldiers warn you; no sudden movements, no gestures, no yelling. There are DPRK soldiers less than 50 feet away watching for any sign that they can use as a diplomatic incident. Plus the DMZ is covered with mines. "Nork border jumpers" are rare enough, I doubt there's any shooting going on.
...here's the part I find funny; the article says the students who participate will be able to sequence their own dna. In a semester? For fun? If your going into this field obviously dna sequencing is a very important part of it; but damn! It Is BORING. The genetic language is made up of FOUR (4) letters, and the sentences string on and one for infinity and a day! Think about translating the same joke from one language to another, over and over again, but with a slightly different punchline each time. Over, and over, and over, for days... and then, since its YOUR joke, once in a while you might find a variation that could kill you. Fun. Fun, fun, fun.
"...they're used to work hard for a living, and realistic economy. They don't let banks cheat and collapse the country like in the US where everyone must get the latest HDTV, big cars and just spend money on non-important items and entertainment. That is how US has been doing for many many years and loaning more and more money along the way."
You have no idea what you're talking about. You just open your mouth and let it all come pouring out, don't you?
1) The Chinese economy is planned, and the Yuan is floated by the government. This makes it the LEAST realistic economy in the world. The Chinese are able to float the yuan because there is a trade imbalance due to all the manufacturing going on in China because Chinese workers are paid LESS than their counterparts in the Western World.
2) People and organizations commit crimes, even in China; last year Chinese powdered baby milk was an issue, but you don't remember that do you? Yes, banks commit fraud, your going to tell me that given the opportunity Chinese bankers wouldn't? Your dreamin' kid. The banks that were causing problems were found out, even though, some were bailed out; this is something that would happen in a state-controlled bank in China. In a realistic system that bank would be left to fail.
3) American workers work more hours than just about any other workforce in the world, they take less vacations, and put in more hours, than any workforce in Europe, the only other workforce that surpasses them are the Japanese. This is why although the economy has been shrinking in the last few years productivity has actually increased. This is why they have the hdtvs and whatever else you were complaining about. You think they are given those things? Do some research before you open your uninformed, rediculous mouth.
Actually, I'm with Jerry, but couldn't resist the O'Brien ref. When I catch a flight, rare these days as I can't stand flying anymore, but when I do I'm constantly annoyed by the fatties who sit with their bulk in the middle of the moving walkway forcing you to brush by them and catch some of the sweaty foulness on your clothing because you need to catch a flight while they are there to... ride the damn walkways I guess.
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What did Consumer Reports say about DVL? I predict its either "No thanks, we'll pass, not vulnerable enough." or "Excellent! The most vulnerable OS yet!"
Certs for seminar type classes are almost worthless, all they indicate is that you were present at the class enough times for the instructor to know you were there and not taking the course for granted by going out and getting smashed instead of listening to him/her and taking notes. I've been to quite a few over the years and the ones that gave certs (which were probably 90% of them) simply required you were present for most of the class. The interesting thing to me as that both run of the mill seminars and courses and pass/fail type deals (like the MCAD, MCSD, or the MCSA, the Microsoft certified stuff) cost a lot of money. The seminar-type deals are for current employees to learn a technology that your company intends to deploy. Looking for those certs in new hires is almost certainly not going to give you any kind of edge. Period.
...or if you reply yes if asked if you're American, you smile, breath, or simply walk by.
"...the middle finger would not be the Canadian way."
Seemed to be very popular in Quebec, I figured it would be popular as the CDN symbol. As for being sorry, yeah, I understand the sentiment. But since the sentiment is Canadian, no one really gives a mad f*ck.
Where's our Canadian dollar symbol, eh?
Your parliament tried to get a couple of symbols passed but no one could agree that a Molsen's can or a middle finger would be a very good symbol.
Your thinking is lacking.
Still, the so-called democratic countries don't do this: China shuts down dozens of blogs
"Or could it be that US is using this as an excuse to take even more control over the Internet?"
Damn US. If it wasn't for the US the world would be such a happy place.
"...because there are no alternative providers of the same services, the situation is exactly the same in effect as it would be if they were governmental policies."
I guess you're just going to ignore the part wherein I comment that I have access to all the digital services that can be provided by Apple/AT&T/Facebok without having to give them the same information.
"but it is just an another "china and communism is bad"-story when pretty much the same is done in the US."
But its not being implemented at the behest of the US Government. Apparently, its not in China either, yet, but; the comments by this Wang Chen of the State Council Information Office would appear to indicate that it will be, very soon. I do not have to (and I do not) use Apple products or Facebook, and I have access to all the digital services I need. The policies of those services are not governmental policies. Big difference that you seem to be ignoring.
"Does John Q. Public really care all that much about file sharing?"
They don't, which makes the label's attempts to equate file sharing with more egregious crimes all that more laughable. This three strikes nonsense they're trying to pass in France is one example; French law makers passed it with flying colors last year because label lobbyists showering them with contributions and everything was great. Then a little earlier this year those same politicians realized they had to get re-elected; now they're balking, and some are even backing out of the pockets of those label lobbyists. http://www.zeropaid.com/news/89860/french-ump-members-having-second-thoughts-on-three-strikes/ Bend with the breeze indeed. I'm sorry, but file sharing is not as criminally dangerous as murder. Not even a little.
I could have sworn they have been using this one for a few years now.
"They probably just want it as the bottom layer in a hardware & software bundle, tuned to running Oracle or Java workloads."
I think that is the point exactly. I think Oracle inherited all this OSS stuff from Sun and they're still scratching their heads trying to figure out how it will fit into their bottom line. I know Oracle is not new to OSS, I think InnoDB was open, but the Sun acquisition dramatically expanded their OSS offerings and I think their still playing catchup with understanding exactly how all this technology fits with their profit plans.
"According to Green Dam program partners, funding for the project has not been renewed. The project development team has been shut down and the installation and aftercare team is facing closure. Unsurprisingly there has been no official comment from official Chinese authorities."
Further, Green Dam project partners have been trying to get the development team on the phone for weeks, but just yesterday have been getting "Number not in service" recordings, and the mail and news papers have been collecting at the door of the development team office for months.
"While kinda neat, aren't Legos expensive? I mean, why not just slap some cement/grout/etc on there? It would cost a fraction of the price and be more structurally sound."
I guess you missed the part where the guy doing the repairs calls himself an artist. Simply going around doing free masonry work wouldn't be very artsy, would it?
The "norks"? Way to dehumanize the "enemy". Also; what exactly are you trying to say? Whose killing "Nork Border Jumpers"? ROKA DMZ regulars? Not likely, unless you're referring to mistakes. I mean, the place is still in an official state of war. N. Koreans that manage to make it into the South are very interesting to the ROK intelligence arm. Shooting them out of hand would be foolish for a number of reasons. Shooting them right AT the border might (and probably would) be construed as a flagrant act of war by the DPRK, not because they are shooting DPRK nationals (I doubt they could care less about their own people, especially escapees from the prison camps) but the shooting itself. If you go to the DMZ on a tour the American soldiers warn you; no sudden movements, no gestures, no yelling. There are DPRK soldiers less than 50 feet away watching for any sign that they can use as a diplomatic incident. Plus the DMZ is covered with mines. "Nork border jumpers" are rare enough, I doubt there's any shooting going on.
"I personally expected it to go more the way of the AT&T veresus BSD case, where it turned out that AT&T had stolen tons of code from BSD..."
Indeed. An interesting question might be; 'Would Xenix, OpenServer, and there ilk even have ever existed if BSD hadn't existed?'
...here's the part I find funny; the article says the students who participate will be able to sequence their own dna. In a semester? For fun? If your going into this field obviously dna sequencing is a very important part of it; but damn! It Is BORING. The genetic language is made up of FOUR (4) letters, and the sentences string on and one for infinity and a day! Think about translating the same joke from one language to another, over and over again, but with a slightly different punchline each time. Over, and over, and over, for days... and then, since its YOUR joke, once in a while you might find a variation that could kill you. Fun. Fun, fun, fun.
...damn lies, and sales opportunities.
"...they're used to work hard for a living, and realistic economy. They don't let banks cheat and collapse the country like in the US where everyone must get the latest HDTV, big cars and just spend money on non-important items and entertainment. That is how US has been doing for many many years and loaning more and more money along the way."
You have no idea what you're talking about. You just open your mouth and let it all come pouring out, don't you? 1) The Chinese economy is planned, and the Yuan is floated by the government. This makes it the LEAST realistic economy in the world. The Chinese are able to float the yuan because there is a trade imbalance due to all the manufacturing going on in China because Chinese workers are paid LESS than their counterparts in the Western World. 2) People and organizations commit crimes, even in China; last year Chinese powdered baby milk was an issue, but you don't remember that do you? Yes, banks commit fraud, your going to tell me that given the opportunity Chinese bankers wouldn't? Your dreamin' kid. The banks that were causing problems were found out, even though, some were bailed out; this is something that would happen in a state-controlled bank in China. In a realistic system that bank would be left to fail. 3) American workers work more hours than just about any other workforce in the world, they take less vacations, and put in more hours, than any workforce in Europe, the only other workforce that surpasses them are the Japanese. This is why although the economy has been shrinking in the last few years productivity has actually increased. This is why they have the hdtvs and whatever else you were complaining about. You think they are given those things? Do some research before you open your uninformed, rediculous mouth.
Actually, I'm with Jerry, but couldn't resist the O'Brien ref. When I catch a flight, rare these days as I can't stand flying anymore, but when I do I'm constantly annoyed by the fatties who sit with their bulk in the middle of the moving walkway forcing you to brush by them and catch some of the sweaty foulness on your clothing because you need to catch a flight while they are there to... ride the damn walkways I guess.
Did he actually make any other films beside the 6 SW?
And then have some pancakes. Bitches.
Or the story Charlie Murphy tells about Prince's basketball game.
"...every online store is going to have its weaknesses. Unfortunately, most of the time, the greatest weakness is the users themselves."
Perfect parable for US Federal Gov.