I'm currently enrolled in second year undergraduate studies at a major Canadian University.. I'm taking a BEng in Computer Engineering. And let me tell you, it IS a period of hardship and disconnection from my old life.. Especially during February and October, I don't go out, at all.. By the time I make it home at night I barely have enough left in me to turn the monitor on and refresh slashdot. I'm dying in Berkeley. I wish someone told me how hard I'd have to work to do well.
The biggest problem that I'm encoutering is that Undergrads are definitely a least-priority for my university. We get classes in the crappy temporary buildings (double cohart year anyone? whoever thought OAC was a bad idea needs to be shot, OAC _was_ highschool for me, it's where I learned to actually work!). We also get the crappiest timeslots (a class at 8:30am.. followed by a class at 5:30pm, ugh). Oh, and lots of TAs (and profs for that matter) have trouble communicating in English. Maybe if I was of asian or middle eastern descent I'd have less trouble.. but alas, I'm a member of the new minority, white folks. Try 22k undergrads in a state-run University with Arnold as governor. It's not going to be pretty. Plus as a math major, I run into the same international problems. But it's a university right? Isn't it good to have scholars from around the world?
There uses and supports open source software for development, tools, and office systems. We attempt (whenever possible) to share our modifications with the open source community. Because we have just adopted our open source policy, we don't have much source code available yet. Anything released by There and not already covered by a license will be covered by the BSD license.
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For what the timstamping service actually does, it costs way, way, way too much. It cost 80 cents per email, 10 cents in bulk. This is super trivial; it should cost 1 or 2 cents, and yahoo mail or hotmail could do it for free. I don't see what Authentidate offers, other than a countersignature with a private key, timeserver, and a hash.
Some documents are more important than $0.80 and are being received by parties who respect USPS more than PGP. Unjust? maybe. True? probably.
Lets look into this "volunteer" thing: we are looking for a person ready to give up their whole life, move to an almost 100% barren place where he/she will soon die utterly alone!
I don't think it would be wise to bet such a multi-ten-billion mission on a whacko like that.
Hmm. soldiers? Vietnam? WWII? Iraq?
What do you think these WWI guys thought when they heard about machine guns?
I am told that cell phone users in New York must pay an extra $9.99/mo "access fee" to have a New York area code...
and I understand there's a significant amount of competition in the New York cellular market. In fact the excuse is that they're running out of numbers.
From Apple's point of view, I'm not sure what they gain.
Sure, you get a desktop audience of new HP computers. And that's significant, because many newbies will only get to what's pre-installed and use that (cough*IE*cough). But is that really enough to justify diluting your brand? I can forsee the HP version of the iPod sucking.
But hey, I could be wrong, and we could all be getting $99 hPods next December. And we'll all be happy, right?
PS - Did anyone notice that HPShopping.com's CEO is named Appl? No joke.
I've wanted to build a modified version of the game Simon. When the alarm goes off, you'd have to demonstrate that you are awake by repeating a random pattern of button presses on the clock. As the number of snoozes increased, the pattern length would get longer. I figure that would wake you up..
That's hilarious and useful at the same time. too bad I can't e-mail you to ask where to buy it when you invent it.
So when Microsoft (or Oracle or HP or IBM or whoever) forces you to upgrade the hardware because thier bug ridden bloated software will not run older equipment, they are making profits at the expense of our environment.
Software companies don't force you to throw away hardware. In fact, they don't even force you to upgrade.....
We need, in the US, a system which charges the disposal fee upfront, so there are no hidden costs.
Hold on, isn't that like the CDR tax? Who says I plan to actually dispose of this computer? I can understand that things like aluminum cans are probably going to be thrown away after use, but as far as I know, none of the computers I've used have gone into the dumpster.
Was he controlling his guerilla army from his 'spider hole'? I doubt it, these guys operate in their individual cells independant of central control.
The US military seems to think so (see below). And regardless of your opinion on Bush, I'd have to think that a lot of Americans believe the "we've done something great, go us (and me, implicitly), but be vigilant for more" line that's sure to come.
From MSNBC: From hiding, U.S. commanders have said Saddam played some role in the anti-U.S. resistance that has killed hundreds of soldiers and civilians in Iraq.
In the latest attack, a suspected suicide bomber detonated explosives in a car outside a police station Sunday morning west of Baghdad, killing at least 17 people and wounding 33 more, the U.S. military said.
A biologist, a statistician, a mathematician and a computer scientist are on a photo-safari in africa. They drive out on the savannah in their jeep, stop and scout the horizon with their binoculars.
The biologist: "Look! There's a herd of zebras! And there, in the middle : A white zebra! It's fantastic! There are white zebra's! We'll be famous!"
The statistician: "It's not significant. We only know there's one white zebra."
The mathematician: "Actually, we only know there exists a zebra, which is white on one side."
The other problem is that our document management system (necessary by law due to Sarbanes-Oxley Act) is iManage which only works with office and costs $75K.
There must be some Sarbox-compliant open source software?
from the mozilla/ firebird website, it says that firebird's developed and targetted mostly for windows - although it's cross platform obviously - but unfortunately it seems that the application's speed/ responsive under linux is quite slower than on windows... quite noticable...
There was a recent NPR story on the recent rise of GPS usage amongst company cars. Interesting stuff, and they mention a little about unions' concern as well.
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AOL controls everything from the OS to the Word Processor to the web sites their customers browse.
Ya this is horrible, the same thing happened to me with my cell phone. Sprint gave it to me for 50 bucks after rebate but then you wouldn't believe what happened! I couldn't run ANY of my programs, just their propreitary stuff! And it forced me to connect only to their system, which is clearly a violation of my right to speak freely on the Verizon network when my service cuts out! Not only that, but it TRACKS WHAT I AM DOING WITH IT, logging my every call! Seriously, it's like spyware from hell--and no AdAware!
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Insurance companies should do this!
I'll now be presenting our new business strategy, called the "Crack Dealer" approach.
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I'm currently enrolled in second year undergraduate studies at a major Canadian University.. I'm taking a BEng in Computer Engineering. And let me tell you, it IS a period of hardship and disconnection from my old life.. Especially during February and October, I don't go out, at all.. By the time I make it home at night I barely have enough left in me to turn the monitor on and refresh slashdot.
I'm dying in Berkeley. I wish someone told me how hard I'd have to work to do well.
The biggest problem that I'm encoutering is that Undergrads are definitely a least-priority for my university. We get classes in the crappy temporary buildings (double cohart year anyone? whoever thought OAC was a bad idea needs to be shot, OAC _was_ highschool for me, it's where I learned to actually work!). We also get the crappiest timeslots (a class at 8:30am.. followed by a class at 5:30pm, ugh). Oh, and lots of TAs (and profs for that matter) have trouble communicating in English. Maybe if I was of asian or middle eastern descent I'd have less trouble.. but alas, I'm a member of the new minority, white folks.
Try 22k undergrads in a state-run University with Arnold as governor. It's not going to be pretty. Plus as a math major, I run into the same international problems. But it's a university right? Isn't it good to have scholars from around the world?
the irony from there.com:
There uses and supports open source software for development, tools, and office systems. We attempt (whenever possible) to share our modifications with the open source community. Because we have just adopted our open source policy, we don't have much source code available yet. Anything released by There and not already covered by a license will be covered by the BSD license.
There is currently using the GNU Malloc library, which is covered by the LGPL license. Our source code for this is here: GnuMallocSystem.zip
Please check this page regularly for updates and more information about There's ongoing commitment to open source.
For what the timstamping service actually does, it costs way, way, way too much. It cost 80 cents per email, 10 cents in bulk. This is super trivial; it should cost 1 or 2 cents, and yahoo mail or hotmail could do it for free. I don't see what Authentidate offers, other than a countersignature with a private key, timeserver, and a hash.
Some documents are more important than $0.80 and are being received by parties who respect USPS more than PGP. Unjust? maybe. True? probably.
Lets look into this "volunteer" thing: we are looking for a person ready to give up their whole life, move to an almost 100% barren place where he/she will soon die utterly alone!
I don't think it would be wise to bet such a multi-ten-billion mission on a whacko like that.
Hmm. soldiers? Vietnam? WWII? Iraq?
What do you think these WWI guys thought when they heard about machine guns?
George is a deer leader? That explains some things.
:)
Just a remote reference to kim jong il's livejournal
Tickets cost 75 RMB (~$9) a pop, this in a country where 800 RMB a month is considered a decent wage.
So, um, what happened to Chinese Communism?
Looking at the map, you'll see that the sun is actually not that much farther from the Earth than Mars. I found that kind of interesting.
:)
Anyone up for some Icarian missions? Maybe we should suggest a Sun Base to our deer leader
Great!
:)
Now I just need a watch to keep track of that other irregular period
*duck*
I am told that cell phone users in New York must pay an extra $9.99/mo "access fee" to have a New York area code...
and I understand there's a significant amount of competition in the New York cellular market. In fact the excuse is that they're running out of numbers.
Feel free to correct me.
I got this message from the website (running Mozilla Firebird 0.7)
Access to this server is forbidden from your client
From Apple's point of view, I'm not sure what they gain.
Sure, you get a desktop audience of new HP computers. And that's significant, because many newbies will only get to what's pre-installed and use that (cough*IE*cough). But is that really enough to justify diluting your brand? I can forsee the HP version of the iPod sucking.
But hey, I could be wrong, and we could all be getting $99 hPods next December. And we'll all be happy, right?
PS - Did anyone notice that HPShopping.com's CEO is named Appl? No joke.
Another reader reader submitted some pictures and specifications (pdf).
Didn't realize jar jar was in our midst.
I've wanted to build a modified version of the game Simon. When the alarm goes off, you'd have to demonstrate that you are awake by repeating a random pattern of button presses on the clock. As the number of snoozes increased, the pattern length would get longer. I figure that would wake you up..
That's hilarious and useful at the same time. too bad I can't e-mail you to ask where to buy it when you invent it.
Probably 10,000 times the cost too.
Actually, in electronics, lower prices have followed smaller form factors...
GO BEARS!
So when Microsoft (or Oracle or HP or IBM or whoever) forces you to upgrade the hardware because thier bug ridden bloated software will not run older equipment, they are making profits at the expense of our environment.
....
Software companies don't force you to throw away hardware. In fact, they don't even force you to upgrade.
We need, in the US, a system which charges the disposal fee upfront, so there are no hidden costs.
Hold on, isn't that like the CDR tax? Who says I plan to actually dispose of this computer? I can understand that things like aluminum cans are probably going to be thrown away after use, but as far as I know, none of the computers I've used have gone into the dumpster.
Was he controlling his guerilla army from his 'spider hole'? I doubt it, these guys operate in their individual cells independant of central control.
The US military seems to think so (see below). And regardless of your opinion on Bush, I'd have to think that a lot of Americans believe the "we've done something great, go us (and me, implicitly), but be vigilant for more" line that's sure to come.
From MSNBC:
From hiding, U.S. commanders have said Saddam played some role in the anti-U.S. resistance that has killed hundreds of soldiers and civilians in Iraq.
In the latest attack, a suspected suicide bomber detonated explosives in a car outside a police station Sunday morning west of Baghdad, killing at least 17 people and wounding 33 more, the U.S. military said.
The concept had just hit a snag however.
Nesting karearea (native falcons) have attacked and killed some of the pigeons mid-flight.
"A pigeon can fly at a cruising speed of 65km/h, 100km/h when pushed," said Mr Andreef. "But native falcons fly at up to 250km/h."
Once he discovered what was happening to his birds Mr Andreef grounded his 50-pigeon operation.
He expected the falcons' nesting season to finish within the next few weeks.
The pigeon communicators better get ready to welcome their new overlords--the Falcons. Can you see the DDoS attacks coming?
A biologist, a statistician, a mathematician and a computer scientist are on a photo-safari in africa. They drive out on the savannah in their jeep, stop and scout the horizon with their binoculars.
The biologist: "Look! There's a herd of zebras! And there, in the middle : A white zebra! It's fantastic! There are white zebra's! We'll be famous!"
The statistician: "It's not significant. We only know there's one white zebra."
The mathematician: "Actually, we only know there exists a zebra, which is white on one side."
The computer scientist: "Oh, no! A special case!"
The other problem is that our document management system (necessary by law due to Sarbanes-Oxley Act) is iManage which only works with office and costs $75K.
There must be some Sarbox-compliant open source software?
I remember using QSI. ugh.
This means they don't have to spend as much money on usability testings... Use the customers for feedback.
Right, the "Star Wars Galaxies" approach.
from the mozilla/ firebird website, it says that firebird's developed and targetted mostly for windows - although it's cross platform obviously - but unfortunately it seems that the application's speed/ responsive under linux is quite slower than on windows... quite noticable...
could this be X's fault?
Some of us run Windows, actually.
Q: How can you tell an extroverted mathematician?
A: He stares at YOUR shoes while talking to you.
There was a recent NPR story on the recent rise of GPS usage amongst company cars. Interesting stuff, and they mention a little about unions' concern as well.
AOL controls everything from the OS to the Word Processor to the web sites their customers browse.
Ya this is horrible, the same thing happened to me with my cell phone. Sprint gave it to me for 50 bucks after rebate but then you wouldn't believe what happened! I couldn't run ANY of my programs, just their propreitary stuff! And it forced me to connect only to their system, which is clearly a violation of my right to speak freely on the Verizon network when my service cuts out! Not only that, but it TRACKS WHAT I AM DOING WITH IT, logging my every call! Seriously, it's like spyware from hell--and no AdAware!
Insurance companies should do this!
:)
I'll now be presenting our new business strategy, called the "Crack Dealer" approach.
1. Get them Hooked
2. ???
3.