I hate to respond to trolls but in this case I think the record needs to be set straight. I have used FreeBSD for about 6 or 7 years now, having come off about 12 years of Slackware. In that time, I have had multiple need to ask for help or clarification both on the mailing list as well as the IRC channel. And I can honestly say I did not get one fliippant or rude remark and some people actually did try to help, unlike some other open source software (non-OS) where questions were met with crickets.
Lastly - FreeBSD is probably the single most/best documented open source operating system ever.
per year out of tax payer pockets. Please stop doing it for the children because everything you do sets them back even further. Smaller class sizes? Boon for teachers union, bane for tax payers. Students? Show me the improved test scores. New math? Fail. "Smart" classrooms? Fail.
It remains fact that students pre WWII were better educated in every discipline. The US has sunk hundreds of billions of dollars, if not trillions, over the decades to "fix" education with absolutely no positive results. Perhaps it was not broken in the first place.
there are two issues here: illegal search of the hosting computers and the illegal installation of software on computers visiting those hosts. You might be able to get away with the first if the servers are hosted in your country of jurisdiction and you have a warrant. I do not see how any court order can allow the installation of malware on other computers. This would be akin to the FBI installing a tracking device (and one which might cause harm) on every car which parks in a lot which serves legit businesses as well as an "adult bookstore of interest". That doesn't fly.
At least that is what is implied. That is great for corporate energy usel but when will the real power hogs be addressed? Expansion video cards can use many multiples the power consumed by the rest of the system combined.
who the fuck was harmed? no one. interfering with school ops? when? how?
The US has become a nation of fucking pussies. Thankfully it seems that a lot of under 25's are rejecting the fucked up views of their parents and grandparents. The late babyboom and near postboom generations have been a disaster in just about every way possible.
No - you can't trust code that you either can't read or can't understand (either because of your lack of knowledge or the sheer number of lines and complexity of the code). While I may have a basic understanding of lexx,yacc and compilers in general I doubt I ever would be able to pick out a flaw.
Thousands of complaints/"suggestions" to go back.. yet they persist in shoving down their users throats change that they hate and find non-functional. For anyone who wants the older version of yahoo sports, go to sports.yahoo.ca eh?
If lockbox is not opensource then there is no way to be sure what is going on or what is happening to those keys. Perhaps they are appended to the end of the "encrypted" file with Lockbox's own key? Encrypt on your own first with a program you can probably trust (there is no 100% certainty even for open source).
I'm kind of at a loss - there is nothing new here. HEP has always been a case of large numbers of grad students and post docs working on the cheap at the accelerator labs. There might be a bit of surplus from a rush in the years leading up to the LHC startup after a lull while it was built - and certainly the more complex detectors require more staff. And the Tevatron is now closed, though that was wound down over a number of years. But I think if one could get the figures, the employment in HEP at both the labs and at universities (often times at both) has been more or less constant since the early 1980s. And many of the grad students only work in the HEP field for a small time, leaving for related disciplines or someting at a tangent, like Wall St.
Finally, any one at entry level in HEP with the thought of making it their eventual career who has not considered at least one or two alternatives to fall back upon really has done themself a great diservice and clearly has not really looked at the history of supply/demand in the field. Sorry, I just can't drum up sympathy for this group.
Yahoo has tried at least three times over the past six weeks to roll out their new design. Each time, user comments are not just overwhelmingly negative, but all negative. Users beg yahoo to put back the previous version, which they have done each time after about a day. Until now, this rollout seems to have been some what experimental in that it did not show up on all servers.
This is really the height of web designer ambivalence to user wants/needs/desires. You have a very popular (probably your most after finance) subsite and you change its appearance and your users scream bloody murder. So what do you do? You keep sending them the same changes every other week hoping this time the result will be different. Instead of trying to justify what was clearly a poor decision, step back and admit you were wrong and give the users what they want.
this whole thing is typical anti-Microsoft hype however, one example of where you can get fucked is if you use disk encryption with the TPM module. Your disk is forever mated with the motherboard and if the mobo dies first, so goes your disk.
It is highly unlikely that Groklaw would have been served with anything other than a normal subpoena. There is nothing terrorism related on the site to bring a national security letter which might require her to not speak.
As I alluded, I think this decision was a confluence of events - her personal objections to the nsa stuff and burnout being the primary ones. And I'd like to say again, I think she has done a great job in both providing a hub for info on the various IP litigations as well as commentary and explanations.
Germany uses on the order of 4,000 TWw per year. 5 TWh in the peak solar month... still a long ways to go. Then again, Germany sticks other countrys with over half of its energy needs.
I guess you missed "While I respect PJ and all she has done to bring light on the many legal issues of interest to/. and other internet users, "
While I think you and a few others have probably overstated. PJ's pull on the internets/legal system/corporates/governments (pick which ever you think apply) I still feel that shutting down sends a bad message. It is waving the white towel. How happy would the evil doers (again, your choice of who they are) be if all sites similar to Groklaw just gave up? PJ could have done this as a short term protest and gotten the same attention as now while still maintaining the positives of Groklaw's long term precense, assuming that she did in fact want one. I think anyone who has been a very active blogger can attest to burnout setting in over time.
While I respect PJ and all she has done to bring light on the many legal issues of interest to/. and other internet users, I do not understand this decision. She seems to be implying that she fears that one day, maybe, she'll be forced to turn over a private e-mail, perhaps even an encrypted one and links that to the current NSA revelations. But that is a red herring - Groklaw has always been subject to subpoena for documents related to a criminal or even civil litigation. And anyone sending information to PJ knows the inherent security risks - PJ has no obligation to provide complete security, something that is impossible or at least nearly so. To the extent that PJ feels the current environment will discourage sources of information or her consultations with associaties, as others have pointed out, use strong encryption. Doing so will eliminate much of the creeped out feel she says she has about the possibility of emails to/from her being read by the government(s).
I don't know but I just feel a bit like PJ is being a drama queen on this one. Yes, there are concerns and nobody should be happy about the wholesale spying that is going on. But shutting down is going a bit over the deep end and I think sends the wrong message.
1) Steak is too expensive? Eat chuck hamburger instead. Deflation. 2) Laptop costs less? Deflation.
#1 is crazy on the face of it and yet thats part of the calculation. #2 I feel is disengenous as the price drop was due to productivity and not "deflation". As much of the manufactured goods these days are high tech electronics (which all tend to have rapid price drops as production techniques are sorted out) there is a constant anchor from keeping the reported inflation rate from climbing. Never mind that everything else is too the moon.
Slashdot Mirror
I hate to respond to trolls but in this case I think the record needs to be set straight. I have used FreeBSD for about 6 or 7 years now, having come off about 12 years of Slackware. In that time, I have had multiple need to ask for help or clarification both on the mailing list as well as the IRC channel. And I can honestly say I did not get one fliippant or rude remark and some people actually did try to help, unlike some other open source software (non-OS) where questions were met with crickets.
Lastly - FreeBSD is probably the single most/best documented open source operating system ever.
per year out of tax payer pockets. Please stop doing it for the children because everything you do sets them back even further. Smaller class sizes? Boon for teachers union, bane for tax payers. Students? Show me the improved test scores. New math? Fail. "Smart" classrooms? Fail.
It remains fact that students pre WWII were better educated in every discipline. The US has sunk hundreds of billions of dollars, if not trillions, over the decades to "fix" education with absolutely no positive results. Perhaps it was not broken in the first place.
there are two issues here: illegal search of the hosting computers and the illegal installation of software on computers visiting those hosts. You might be able to get away with the first if the servers are hosted in your country of jurisdiction and you have a warrant. I do not see how any court order can allow the installation of malware on other computers. This would be akin to the FBI installing a tracking device (and one which might cause harm) on every car which parks in a lot which serves legit businesses as well as an "adult bookstore of interest". That doesn't fly.
At least that is what is implied. That is great for corporate energy usel but when will the real power hogs be addressed? Expansion video cards can use many multiples the power consumed by the rest of the system combined.
who the fuck was harmed? no one. interfering with school ops? when? how?
The US has become a nation of fucking pussies. Thankfully it seems that a lot of under 25's are rejecting the fucked up views of their parents and grandparents. The late babyboom and near postboom generations have been a disaster in just about every way possible.
now if we could only move Fotran too.
No - you can't trust code that you either can't read or can't understand (either because of your lack of knowledge or the sheer number of lines and complexity of the code). While I may have a basic understanding of lexx,yacc and compilers in general I doubt I ever would be able to pick out a flaw.
and one time pads for me
Thousands of complaints/"suggestions" to go back.. yet they persist in shoving down their users throats change that they hate and find non-functional. For anyone who wants the older version of yahoo sports, go to sports.yahoo.ca eh?
It is closed source right? And even if it is not, you need to be able to build the binary from a vetted copy of the source and associated libraries.
While rearranging the top bookshelf this weekend I moved a few of his books around. Farewell but your works will always be remembered
If lockbox is not opensource then there is no way to be sure what is going on or what is happening to those keys. Perhaps they are appended to the end of the "encrypted" file with Lockbox's own key? Encrypt on your own first with a program you can probably trust (there is no 100% certainty even for open source).
I'm kind of at a loss - there is nothing new here. HEP has always been a case of large numbers of grad students and post docs working on the cheap at the accelerator labs. There might be a bit of surplus from a rush in the years leading up to the LHC startup after a lull while it was built - and certainly the more complex detectors require more staff. And the Tevatron is now closed, though that was wound down over a number of years. But I think if one could get the figures, the employment in HEP at both the labs and at universities (often times at both) has been more or less constant since the early 1980s. And many of the grad students only work in the HEP field for a small time, leaving for related disciplines or someting at a tangent, like Wall St.
Finally, any one at entry level in HEP with the thought of making it their eventual career who has not considered at least one or two alternatives to fall back upon really has done themself a great diservice and clearly has not really looked at the history of supply/demand in the field. Sorry, I just can't drum up sympathy for this group.
Yahoo has tried at least three times over the past six weeks to roll out their new design. Each time, user comments are not just overwhelmingly negative, but all negative. Users beg yahoo to put back the previous version, which they have done each time after about a day. Until now, this rollout seems to have been some what experimental in that it did not show up on all servers.
This is really the height of web designer ambivalence to user wants/needs/desires. You have a very popular (probably your most after finance) subsite and you change its appearance and your users scream bloody murder. So what do you do? You keep sending them the same changes every other week hoping this time the result will be different. Instead of trying to justify what was clearly a poor decision, step back and admit you were wrong and give the users what they want.
that is what they are supposed to be doing right? Gathering intel? The problem is when they do it against their own citizens.
Angleton is turning peacefully in his grave!
this whole thing is typical anti-Microsoft hype however, one example of where you can get fucked is if you use disk encryption with the TPM module. Your disk is forever mated with the motherboard and if the mobo dies first, so goes your disk.
It is highly unlikely that Groklaw would have been served with anything other than a normal subpoena. There is nothing terrorism related on the site to bring a national security letter which might require her to not speak.
As I alluded, I think this decision was a confluence of events - her personal objections to the nsa stuff and burnout being the primary ones. And I'd like to say again, I think she has done a great job in both providing a hub for info on the various IP litigations as well as commentary and explanations.
Hmm.. Did I misread this first table? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Germany. I believe you are only looking at electricity production.
Germany uses on the order of 4,000 TWw per year. 5 TWh in the peak solar month... still a long ways to go. Then again, Germany sticks other countrys with over half of its energy needs.
I guess you missed "While I respect PJ and all she has done to bring light on the many legal issues of interest to /. and other internet users, "
While I think you and a few others have probably overstated. PJ's pull on the internets/legal system/corporates/governments (pick which ever you think apply) I still feel that shutting down sends a bad message. It is waving the white towel. How happy would the evil doers (again, your choice of who they are) be if all sites similar to Groklaw just gave up? PJ could have done this as a short term protest and gotten the same attention as now while still maintaining the positives of Groklaw's long term precense, assuming that she did in fact want one. I think anyone who has been a very active blogger can attest to burnout setting in over time.
even the dogs are displace by technology
http://www.snegeese.com/
http://hardeybordercollies.com/id2.html
just a few
While I respect PJ and all she has done to bring light on the many legal issues of interest to /. and other internet users, I do not understand this decision. She seems to be implying that she fears that one day, maybe, she'll be forced to turn over a private e-mail, perhaps even an encrypted one and links that to the current NSA revelations. But that is a red herring - Groklaw has always been subject to subpoena for documents related to a criminal or even civil litigation. And anyone sending information to PJ knows the inherent security risks - PJ has no obligation to provide complete security, something that is impossible or at least nearly so. To the extent that PJ feels the current environment will discourage sources of information or her consultations with associaties, as others have pointed out, use strong encryption. Doing so will eliminate much of the creeped out feel she says she has about the possibility of emails to/from her being read by the government(s).
I don't know but I just feel a bit like PJ is being a drama queen on this one. Yes, there are concerns and nobody should be happy about the wholesale spying that is going on. But shutting down is going a bit over the deep end and I think sends the wrong message.
1) Steak is too expensive? Eat chuck hamburger instead. Deflation.
2) Laptop costs less? Deflation.
#1 is crazy on the face of it and yet thats part of the calculation. #2 I feel is disengenous as the price drop was due to productivity and not "deflation". As much of the manufactured goods these days are high tech electronics (which all tend to have rapid price drops as production techniques are sorted out) there is a constant anchor from keeping the reported inflation rate from climbing. Never mind that everything else is too the moon.
was long ago shown to improve long term retention. This is not a surprise at all.