How about a bumper sticker you can change when you go home for the holidays, go to work, or have a cop trailing you for a possible speeding ticket. The "Evolve" stick ons are cool but just not practical for every situation.
The article says the units are 1.75" in height. (Apple says 1U - same thing). That is the same height as the Dell's 1U units (1.67" according to Dell's site).
More servers in a smaller space has a lot of economic advantages, but have you ever tried to unplug anything in the middle of a rack stacked full of 1U servers? My hands don't fit. It takes about half an hour to finagle something in or out. The real reason our jobs are going over seas isn't because labor is cheaper. It's because they need the small hands of 3rd world children to do cable management.
> Seems like this is Linux's ultimate weapon of mass destruction because:
> 1. The virus makes M$ operating systems look bad.
Wrong - MS gets hit by so many viruses that this does nothing more to damage MS's poor security reputation. [Taking a sledge hammer to a car after it's been totaled in a wreck really doesn't devalue it any more.] (Not to mention, this relies more on a user impulse flaw more than a Microsoft flaw--"please run this program" - "OK, I don't know what it does but why the heck not".)
> 2. The DDoS attack goes after every Linux lover's most hated target, SCO.
Attacking SCO in this manor only hurts Linux. It leads people to think of Linux supporters as evil(TM) hackers out to destroy. The public at large will tend to associate Linux users with the viruses that have infected their system or caused them damage.
MS & SCO can hang themselves well enough on their own. Just let Darl keep on talking. And just let MS shove licensing agreements down our throats.
Or (I consider this more plausible) has SCO taken their own site down with the intention of blaming the "Linux terrorists", but they stupidly took it down 3 days too early.
Not that I don't think your idea is a serious possibility, but SCO is probably being slashdotted by all the people who want to see if it is down.
Tinfoil Hat idea #3: Since this is being spread by Kazaa, perhaps the RIAA is trying to scare file traders off of the Kazaa networks but ensure the virus is blamed on someone else. SCO haters are a dime a dozen.
Enough for now, I've got to finished rereading Catcher in the Rye.
Then, one guy had this idea to measure how efficient a human being is on a bicycle. It was awesome, he was drastically more efficient, able to go further and without burning as many calories. It knocked the bird out of first place.
No surprise they were enamored by the efficiency of a bicycle. After pounding on my old Apple II/e's keyboard through grade school & high school almost anything was bound to be more efficient. Those were keys of lead. Even an old-fashioned manual typewriter was easier on my hands. It definitly kept the phrase "pounding the keyboard" going strong. At least it turned me into a really good typist.
Although I have to admit I was so fascinated by the thing at the time I really didn't mind. Graphical interface? Mouse? *Phhft* who needs 'em.
From the article: If you don't have the right qualifications, don't apply for the job.
Whenever I see a posting for a position where I know nobody could possibly have such qualifications, I will typically apply for the position. Assuming that my qualifications are fairly close I will go for it. When the list of qualification are temporally impossible or they list such a wide list of in depth qualifications that only a bullshit artist will claim to have them I know the hiring manager will have to settle for what is physically possible.
We (consumers) are going to sop up ever bit of bandwidth available. ISPs (which phone companies are already into in a big way) will dish it out, and once we start running short, prices will rise and bandwidth intensive applications like voice will be the first to be sacrificed to the economic demons of supply & demand.
Is there any way we can petition the queen not to "Knight" Bill Gates?
OK. Credit where credit is due. He has given quite a bit to charity. But does that really excuse him for running his monopoly so ruthlessly? Yes. Yes. I know. He runs a business and of course he will work to increase his profits at any costs. But that does not make him an ethical man. It doesn't even make him a good man.
I say we petition the Queen to not do it and identify Bill Gates for who he is. He is the Dictator of the information age.
One thing that concerns me about the "payment at risk" approach is that people could sign up for mailing lists just so they could collect spam payments. You do enough of these & automat the process. Bam. The good guys get nailed by the scam artists again.
You may be joking but I think it's a good idea. I think the odds of finding life on mars is slim to nil. Right now they are fruitlessly running around hoping to find past traces of life.
Terraforming will be a long long process. I say we jump start it by tossing out some extremophile microbes and see what takes root. Scatter them around the water laden edges of the poles. Anything that produces organic compounds has got to be better than what Mars has now.
At this point we have some clue as to what kind of compounds and weather conditions exist on Mars. Let's set up some test beds here, genetically reengineer existing extremophiles and see if we can get something that grows.
"there's going to be some guy, some place, who's going to think to himself, "Holy shit! I can get movies online for free?! What the hell am I doing here then??""
This may not be a big problem for the movie industry because the they have met user demand. Why would I download a crummy version on-line when I can get high quality DVD rentals throught the mail for ~$20/month.
I admit that once high quality movies are available on line there might be an issue. But given they are already experimenting with movie on demand/download services. So long as they provide such services at a reasonable rate I think the movie industry is in the clear.
An old girlfriend once told me that in complaint, "Everything I say is wrong."
It was an instant no win situation. What response can you give to that? I thought for a moment and said the only thing I could say. "No it's not."::sigh:: At least I enjoyed the humor of it.
They don't need the equipment. All they really need is a ghost image of your hard drive. If they hunt around on your system they are going to destroy their data & "evidence".
Found this under "Terms of Usage":
"You agree with the fact that you are not able to use and even to download audio and video materials from Allofmp3.com catalogue if it is in the conflict with legislation of your country. Allofmp3.com Administration is unable to control all Allofmp3.com users, therefore the users are responsible for usage of the materials represented on the Site."
Of course that still doesn't answer my question of if this is still legal for a US citizen. I am sure the RIAA would not like it, but is it legal?
Keep your head down, do only what you're supposed to, and keep your resume polished anyway, because you never know when your job will move overseas no matter how good you are at doing it.
Gee, that's a great way to make sure our jobs get outsourced. If we don't make efforts to improve our companies then we don't have any competative advantage.
What do you mean by legit? Do you mean, they won't steal our credit card numbers (p.s. AmerExpress & Discover allow for 1 time use only credit card numbers), or do you mean that this sale of music is 100% legal in russian and there is nothing the RIAA can do about this (until they pay someone off)?
From their website under "legal":
"All the materials in the MediaServices projects are available for distribution through Internet according to license # LS-3I-03-79 of the Russian Multimedia and Internet Society. Under the license terms, MediaServices pays license fees for all the materials subject to the Law of the Russian Federation "On Copyright and Related Rights". All the materials are available solely for personal use and must not be used for further distribution, resale or broadcasting.
Users are held liable for the use and distribution of the MediaServices site information materials according to local legislation."
Think of it. Every spam you get from here on in would be laced with links to their own viagra, herbal diet products & work from home options. The real spammers would never have a chance.
Slashdot Mirror
On Tuesday, SCO announced a $250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Mydoom's creator.
1st one to catch SCO wins!
I'm going to invest in thin water soluble dry erase markers. If this market explodes, so will the demand for something to write on them.
How about a bumper sticker you can change when you go home for the holidays, go to work, or have a cop trailing you for a possible speeding ticket. The "Evolve" stick ons are cool but just not practical for every situation.
Sad but true.
The article says the units are 1.75" in height. (Apple says 1U - same thing). That is the same height as the Dell's 1U units (1.67" according to Dell's site).
More servers in a smaller space has a lot of economic advantages, but have you ever tried to unplug anything in the middle of a rack stacked full of 1U servers? My hands don't fit. It takes about half an hour to finagle something in or out. The real reason our jobs are going over seas isn't because labor is cheaper. It's because they need the small hands of 3rd world children to do cable management.
> Seems like this is Linux's ultimate weapon of mass destruction because:
> 1. The virus makes M$ operating systems look bad.
Wrong - MS gets hit by so many viruses that this does nothing more to damage MS's poor security reputation. [Taking a sledge hammer to a car after it's been totaled in a wreck really doesn't devalue it any more.] (Not to mention, this relies more on a user impulse flaw more than a Microsoft flaw--"please run this program" - "OK, I don't know what it does but why the heck not".) > 2. The DDoS attack goes after every Linux lover's most hated target, SCO.
Attacking SCO in this manor only hurts Linux. It leads people to think of Linux supporters as evil(TM) hackers out to destroy. The public at large will tend to associate Linux users with the viruses that have infected their system or caused them damage.
MS & SCO can hang themselves well enough on their own. Just let Darl keep on talking. And just let MS shove licensing agreements down our throats.
Or (I consider this more plausible) has SCO taken their own site down with the intention of blaming the "Linux terrorists", but they stupidly took it down 3 days too early.
Not that I don't think your idea is a serious possibility, but SCO is probably being slashdotted by all the people who want to see if it is down.
Tinfoil Hat idea #3: Since this is being spread by Kazaa, perhaps the RIAA is trying to scare file traders off of the Kazaa networks but ensure the virus is blamed on someone else. SCO haters are a dime a dozen.
Enough for now, I've got to finished rereading Catcher in the Rye.
Then, one guy had this idea to measure how efficient a human being is on a bicycle. It was awesome, he was drastically more efficient, able to go further and without burning as many calories. It knocked the bird out of first place.
No surprise they were enamored by the efficiency of a bicycle. After pounding on my old Apple II/e's keyboard through grade school & high school almost anything was bound to be more efficient. Those were keys of lead. Even an old-fashioned manual typewriter was easier on my hands. It definitly kept the phrase "pounding the keyboard" going strong. At least it turned me into a really good typist.
Although I have to admit I was so fascinated by the thing at the time I really didn't mind. Graphical interface? Mouse? *Phhft* who needs 'em.
From the article:
If you don't have the right qualifications, don't apply for the job.
Whenever I see a posting for a position where I know nobody could possibly have such qualifications, I will typically apply for the position. Assuming that my qualifications are fairly close I will go for it. When the list of qualification are temporally impossible or they list such a wide list of in depth qualifications that only a bullshit artist will claim to have them I know the hiring manager will have to settle for what is physically possible.
We (consumers) are going to sop up ever bit of bandwidth available. ISPs (which phone companies are already into in a big way) will dish it out, and once we start running short, prices will rise and bandwidth intensive applications like voice will be the first to be sacrificed to the economic demons of supply & demand.
But how could you possibly live without email for 10 days? People would think I'm dead. =)
It's called a long deserved vacation.
Is there any way we can petition the queen not to "Knight" Bill Gates?
OK. Credit where credit is due. He has given quite a bit to charity. But does that really excuse him for running his monopoly so ruthlessly? Yes. Yes. I know. He runs a business and of course he will work to increase his profits at any costs. But that does not make him an ethical man. It doesn't even make him a good man.
I say we petition the Queen to not do it and identify Bill Gates for who he is. He is the Dictator of the information age.
One thing that concerns me about the "payment at risk" approach is that people could sign up for mailing lists just so they could collect spam payments. You do enough of these & automat the process. Bam. The good guys get nailed by the scam artists again.
They need high speed broadband.
...suddenly all those "friend & foe" options will become a whole lot more important.
Oh, Oh, Pick me, Pick me, I'm your slash dot friend, don't you remember!
Let the terraforming begin!
You may be joking but I think it's a good idea. I think the odds of finding life on mars is slim to nil. Right now they are fruitlessly running around hoping to find past traces of life.
Terraforming will be a long long process. I say we jump start it by tossing out some extremophile microbes and see what takes root. Scatter them around the water laden edges of the poles. Anything that produces organic compounds has got to be better than what Mars has now.
At this point we have some clue as to what kind of compounds and weather conditions exist on Mars. Let's set up some test beds here, genetically reengineer existing extremophiles and see if we can get something that grows.
"there's going to be some guy, some place, who's going to think to himself, "Holy shit! I can get movies online for free?! What the hell am I doing here then??""
This may not be a big problem for the movie industry because the they have met user demand. Why would I download a crummy version on-line when I can get high quality DVD rentals throught the mail for ~$20/month.
I admit that once high quality movies are available on line there might be an issue. But given they are already experimenting with movie on demand/download services. So long as they provide such services at a reasonable rate I think the movie industry is in the clear.
It's kind of like playing the lottery over & over again. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut.
My bet is that they finally get accepted in Nigeria.
>> How about the "open to one night stand" detector...
> I bet they are not compatible with beer goggles....
No, that's the problem. They *only* work with beer goggles. Plus the warranty on beer goggles blows chunks.
An old girlfriend once told me that in complaint, "Everything I say is wrong."
::sigh:: At least I enjoyed the humor of it.
It was an instant no win situation. What response can you give to that? I thought for a moment and said the only thing I could say. "No it's not."
They don't need the equipment. All they really need is a ghost image of your hard drive. If they hunt around on your system they are going to destroy their data & "evidence".
Someone should challenge this in court.
Found this under "Terms of Usage":
"You agree with the fact that you are not able to use and even to download audio and video materials from Allofmp3.com catalogue if it is in the conflict with legislation of your country. Allofmp3.com Administration is unable to control all Allofmp3.com users, therefore the users are responsible for usage of the materials represented on the Site."
Of course that still doesn't answer my question of if this is still legal for a US citizen. I am sure the RIAA would not like it, but is it legal?
Keep your head down, do only what you're supposed to, and keep your resume polished anyway, because you never know when your job will move overseas no matter how good you are at doing it.
Gee, that's a great way to make sure our jobs get outsourced. If we don't make efforts to improve our companies then we don't have any competative advantage.
Feels slimy but generally agreed to be legit.
What do you mean by legit? Do you mean, they won't steal our credit card numbers (p.s. AmerExpress & Discover allow for 1 time use only credit card numbers), or do you mean that this sale of music is 100% legal in russian and there is nothing the RIAA can do about this (until they pay someone off)?
From their website under "legal":
"All the materials in the MediaServices projects are available for distribution through Internet according to license # LS-3I-03-79 of the Russian Multimedia and Internet Society. Under the license terms, MediaServices pays license fees for all the materials subject to the Law of the Russian Federation "On Copyright and Related Rights". All the materials are available solely for personal use and must not be used for further distribution, resale or broadcasting. Users are held liable for the use and distribution of the MediaServices site information materials according to local legislation."
Think of it. Every spam you get from here on in would be laced with links to their own viagra, herbal diet products & work from home options. The real spammers would never have a chance.