Try the DIY approach; Stop what you are doing walk quietly to the sleeping childs room and take a peek! As a father of 3 there is nothing that will mill make you beleive in all that is right with the world like the sight of your children sleeping angelicly. And nothing makes you feel better than seeing it with your own eyes. Also read "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury http://www.veddma.com/veddma/Veldt.htm before you get to techy with your childcare. he he he.
"I do think that some companies need to quit treating their employees like potential criminals...(thin clients would have gone a long way towards solving this problem, but that's another discussion)"
I have to agree with MoxCamel on this, I work for a company which outsources to a large IT services company, who recently has gotten just a little heavy handed in terms of handling the average corporate user. If companies are really worried about industrial espionage, what about a thin client solution. I would make the assertion that the average cube dweller could care less if their workstation has a disk drive, Optical Drive, or Multiple USB ports. I would also assert that the majority of Corporate desktops in their current configurations, are under utilized in terms of storage capacity, speed, and media drives.
Why Not? if you do a cost analysis of Hardware Vs. Software (esp small vendor HW vs Microsoft SW) it becomes obvious that while the consumer is getting more bang for it's buck interms of hardware (which has become more user friendly in its installation and configuration), whereas Software costs continue to rise. Why is this, because physical manufacturing is and will continue becomeing less expensive as processes become totally automated. Software design, creation, training, distribution, etc. takes skilled programming expertise which means people, which means exponetially greater cost in a proprietary marketing model.
This idea can only benefit the high guru of proprietary software sales, esp. when you do a side by side comparison between a No OS system loaded with Linux and a WinXP Box and the difference in price will almost always be a result of the price differential betrween Open Source Software, and Proprietary (read:Microsoft) software. The idea is not the fantasy one might think it is, and it certainly wouldn't hurt Bill and his ilk one bit.
I installed some of the first off the shelf Voice recognition software a number of years ago for my sisters cousin who has cerebral palsy, and it made a huge difference in her being able to use the computer for her education, I sent the Opera Link to her Mom to look at in that this might be something that would suit her also.
I have to back Amaerican AC in Paris on this one. I use my own PDA at work, and the onsite techs were matter of fact in that they would install the software, but the company was not responsible for supporting the hardware, etc. No Problem. Example 2: Had a personal Cell phone and a company pager (pagers are lame outdated, and totally cost inefficient. Got rid of the Cellphone (very liberating really) everyone should try it for a short time. Probelm: No one liked paging me, and used my cell phone all the time. So I told the boss hey, you pay for the cell phone, and then you, the team, business partners, etc. can contact me whenever you want. He thought about 2 seconds and said; make it happen. Sometimes if you have a good business justification, it is smooth sailing, if you are just whining because you think they are interfering with your "personal freedom" you might want to look at your definition of "viable employment".
Maybe I'm a bit of a newbie, but when I went to the PieSpy page it said "This page is being slashdotted. I have removed the downloads temporarily" Is this a normal reaction, or some kind of anti-/. backlash?
This works out well if...
1. Your Sibling listens.
2. They is not part of the Problem.
If I could solve those two issues, things would be great. My brother came to me asking advice on getting a new computer, so I priced him a nice system, all the things he wanted, for a reasonable price. He went out and sepnt twice as much on a system he will use 10% of. Then he wanted on their broadband connection, so he my Dad went out and bought a bunch of Networking gear (at least he got the stuff I recommended), and together (since I was out of town that weekend) almost managed to completed screw up the nice work I had done on my Mom's system. Then since that wasn't working he dumped a bunch of AOL software onto a beautiful high end system. Later when I tried to get them linked up properly, his girlfreind had a temper tantrum, so I left. PEBKAC!!!!!!!
I am the IT Tech for my entire extended family. I do upgrades for them, fix bugs, send reminders for updates,and generally keep them free and clean. I recently migrated my mom to Mozilla, installed a router with a firewall, as well as a software firewall on her system, stripped her system of spyware, and set up scheduling for disk cleaning/archiving/defrags. Her virus scan is and OS updates are automatic (though I check periodically to make sure she isn't getting spyware). She has decent spam bloackers on. She has gone months without any issues, of course it helps that I locked my brother off her system, since he has a tendancy to visit the seedy underbelly of the net.
1. Let's say +R "wins" in the long run, then they are good to go and happy.
2. Let's say +R "looses" in the long run; then I am sure they will at the very leaset be able to convert the media to another medium.
3. Simplest Answer: If you are getting it for free, does it matter that it's life cycle may someday become obsolete (as most things do)?
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Victory is often an elusive thing in an ongoing conflict. On the other hand, historically wars of attrition are very seldom won by large, more powerful entities. The RIAA will not win this war of attrition, and every victory which goes to their opposition, no matter how vague, or seemingly minor, is a victory which brings the end closer.
I can only applaud the innovation and tenacity of these guys. It's a good thing they aren't government contractors, we'd all have to worry, as it is (from many years of personal experience), the US government is lucky when it can bounce a basketball near a hoop, much less a Wi-Fi Signal 35+ miles, and in bad terrain and adverse weather. That is some s**t hot hack boys. Good on ya.
Too right! How about "ever been in the military?" I just love the people who say: I'm taking myself "off the grid" so I can live free. Guess what chums, it's those people who are getting watched even closer! We're not at Orwell yet, so take whatever color pill that hold the valium, and give the conspiricy a rest. Macarthyism went away, so did J. Edgar and his freakshow. The CIA kowtow to the White House, the FBi can't even keep accountabilty of their guns and laptops! Honey? have you seen my thinkpad and my glock? No? Oh well, I guess I'll draw new one's at the office. You do the math.
Is it at all surprising that this has originated in a fiefdom of the Bush Junta?? Do they really think this will succeed? Hell if the average American can download Spectre Gunship footage, AND Coeds Gone Crazy with impunity, what is the NSA/CIA/FBI/AFU, really going to find? Not a whole hell of a lot I bet. This too shall pass, just like yesterdays Taco Bell; it stinks and maybe burns a little but you get over it.
Here, here. The fact that the article begins with: "Mark Ishikawa, a former hacker, is the CEO of BayTSP..." It does not surprise me at all that his corporation is full of people who are just thrilled to be cracking citizens computer networks for profit. The line between Blackhats and Whitehats depends more and more on where you stand, does it not?
I think the RIAA is trying to plug a Titanic sized leak with dish towels. They are not going to be able to stem the flow of files across the web. Rattleing their sabers will not get them very far. I would conclude that we will see a percentage of people dump their connection to the big services, and erase all their swapped files. Then there will be those who sit tight, and weather the storm in rebellion, and then there will be those who find the way around the wall. With all due respect to those corporations who aid the RIAA in there failing crusade, I hope they are being paid well, because this crusade will eventually fail. Personally I don't participate in file sharing, but I can remember the days of buying a tape (ooops did I date myself?) and making copies for my friends. Just like trying to make CD's copy-proof, technological inginuity and rebeliousness will overcome. Technology is progress, and with progress comes winners and losers. Here the winners will eventually be consumers and artists, the losers will be the RIAA and it's allies. Stand clear when those big ones fall.
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Try the DIY approach; Stop what you are doing walk quietly to the sleeping childs room and take a peek! As a father of 3 there is nothing that will mill make you beleive in all that is right with the world like the sight of your children sleeping angelicly. And nothing makes you feel better than seeing it with your own eyes. Also read "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury http://www.veddma.com/veddma/Veldt.htm before you get to techy with your childcare. he he he.
"I do think that some companies need to quit treating their employees like potential criminals...(thin clients would have gone a long way towards solving this problem, but that's another discussion)" I have to agree with MoxCamel on this, I work for a company which outsources to a large IT services company, who recently has gotten just a little heavy handed in terms of handling the average corporate user. If companies are really worried about industrial espionage, what about a thin client solution. I would make the assertion that the average cube dweller could care less if their workstation has a disk drive, Optical Drive, or Multiple USB ports. I would also assert that the majority of Corporate desktops in their current configurations, are under utilized in terms of storage capacity, speed, and media drives.
Why Not? if you do a cost analysis of Hardware Vs. Software (esp small vendor HW vs Microsoft SW) it becomes obvious that while the consumer is getting more bang for it's buck interms of hardware (which has become more user friendly in its installation and configuration), whereas Software costs continue to rise. Why is this, because physical manufacturing is and will continue becomeing less expensive as processes become totally automated. Software design, creation, training, distribution, etc. takes skilled programming expertise which means people, which means exponetially greater cost in a proprietary marketing model. This idea can only benefit the high guru of proprietary software sales, esp. when you do a side by side comparison between a No OS system loaded with Linux and a WinXP Box and the difference in price will almost always be a result of the price differential betrween Open Source Software, and Proprietary (read:Microsoft) software. The idea is not the fantasy one might think it is, and it certainly wouldn't hurt Bill and his ilk one bit.
I installed some of the first off the shelf Voice recognition software a number of years ago for my sisters cousin who has cerebral palsy, and it made a huge difference in her being able to use the computer for her education, I sent the Opera Link to her Mom to look at in that this might be something that would suit her also.
I have to back Amaerican AC in Paris on this one. I use my own PDA at work, and the onsite techs were matter of fact in that they would install the software, but the company was not responsible for supporting the hardware, etc. No Problem. Example 2: Had a personal Cell phone and a company pager (pagers are lame outdated, and totally cost inefficient. Got rid of the Cellphone (very liberating really) everyone should try it for a short time. Probelm: No one liked paging me, and used my cell phone all the time. So I told the boss hey, you pay for the cell phone, and then you, the team, business partners, etc. can contact me whenever you want. He thought about 2 seconds and said; make it happen. Sometimes if you have a good business justification, it is smooth sailing, if you are just whining because you think they are interfering with your "personal freedom" you might want to look at your definition of "viable employment".
Maybe I'm a bit of a newbie, but when I went to the PieSpy page it said "This page is being slashdotted. I have removed the downloads temporarily" Is this a normal reaction, or some kind of anti-/. backlash?
This works out well if... 1. Your Sibling listens. 2. They is not part of the Problem. If I could solve those two issues, things would be great. My brother came to me asking advice on getting a new computer, so I priced him a nice system, all the things he wanted, for a reasonable price. He went out and sepnt twice as much on a system he will use 10% of. Then he wanted on their broadband connection, so he my Dad went out and bought a bunch of Networking gear (at least he got the stuff I recommended), and together (since I was out of town that weekend) almost managed to completed screw up the nice work I had done on my Mom's system. Then since that wasn't working he dumped a bunch of AOL software onto a beautiful high end system. Later when I tried to get them linked up properly, his girlfreind had a temper tantrum, so I left. PEBKAC!!!!!!!
I am the IT Tech for my entire extended family. I do upgrades for them, fix bugs, send reminders for updates,and generally keep them free and clean. I recently migrated my mom to Mozilla, installed a router with a firewall, as well as a software firewall on her system, stripped her system of spyware, and set up scheduling for disk cleaning/archiving/defrags. Her virus scan is and OS updates are automatic (though I check periodically to make sure she isn't getting spyware). She has decent spam bloackers on. She has gone months without any issues, of course it helps that I locked my brother off her system, since he has a tendancy to visit the seedy underbelly of the net.
1. Let's say +R "wins" in the long run, then they are good to go and happy. 2. Let's say +R "looses" in the long run; then I am sure they will at the very leaset be able to convert the media to another medium. 3. Simplest Answer: If you are getting it for free, does it matter that it's life cycle may someday become obsolete (as most things do)?
Victory is often an elusive thing in an ongoing conflict. On the other hand, historically wars of attrition are very seldom won by large, more powerful entities. The RIAA will not win this war of attrition, and every victory which goes to their opposition, no matter how vague, or seemingly minor, is a victory which brings the end closer.
I can only applaud the innovation and tenacity of these guys. It's a good thing they aren't government contractors, we'd all have to worry, as it is (from many years of personal experience), the US government is lucky when it can bounce a basketball near a hoop, much less a Wi-Fi Signal 35+ miles, and in bad terrain and adverse weather. That is some s**t hot hack boys. Good on ya.
Why? You obviously haven't read the Standard Operating Procedures for Federal Law Enforcement Agencies.
Too right! How about "ever been in the military?" I just love the people who say: I'm taking myself "off the grid" so I can live free. Guess what chums, it's those people who are getting watched even closer! We're not at Orwell yet, so take whatever color pill that hold the valium, and give the conspiricy a rest. Macarthyism went away, so did J. Edgar and his freakshow. The CIA kowtow to the White House, the FBi can't even keep accountabilty of their guns and laptops! Honey? have you seen my thinkpad and my glock? No? Oh well, I guess I'll draw new one's at the office. You do the math.
Is it at all surprising that this has originated in a fiefdom of the Bush Junta?? Do they really think this will succeed? Hell if the average American can download Spectre Gunship footage, AND Coeds Gone Crazy with impunity, what is the NSA/CIA/FBI/AFU, really going to find? Not a whole hell of a lot I bet. This too shall pass, just like yesterdays Taco Bell; it stinks and maybe burns a little but you get over it.
Here, here. The fact that the article begins with: "Mark Ishikawa, a former hacker, is the CEO of BayTSP..." It does not surprise me at all that his corporation is full of people who are just thrilled to be cracking citizens computer networks for profit. The line between Blackhats and Whitehats depends more and more on where you stand, does it not?
I think the RIAA is trying to plug a Titanic sized leak with dish towels. They are not going to be able to stem the flow of files across the web. Rattleing their sabers will not get them very far. I would conclude that we will see a percentage of people dump their connection to the big services, and erase all their swapped files. Then there will be those who sit tight, and weather the storm in rebellion, and then there will be those who find the way around the wall. With all due respect to those corporations who aid the RIAA in there failing crusade, I hope they are being paid well, because this crusade will eventually fail. Personally I don't participate in file sharing, but I can remember the days of buying a tape (ooops did I date myself?) and making copies for my friends. Just like trying to make CD's copy-proof, technological inginuity and rebeliousness will overcome. Technology is progress, and with progress comes winners and losers. Here the winners will eventually be consumers and artists, the losers will be the RIAA and it's allies. Stand clear when those big ones fall.