We address the cost of every little thing in this culture. How much do adverts bring? How much does this job bring in? How much will it cost to clean this chemical spill up? How much does it cost to treat our employees better?
There's a bigger question these businesses could ask: How much would we save if we just shut our doors now?
During the Microsoft DoJ lawsuits, I wondered why MS just didnt close up shop, rescend all the EULA-licenses and just quit. Why would you deal with legal harassment when you can just take the profits you already have, and just shake your hands and say "Too bad"?
Oh well, I guess Karl Marx was right about his looking at Capitalism: He said it would continally be vigilant about 'lost profit' and cut all costs so effectively in that the people would be paupers.
Just think, does 10 Billion actually sound right, or does it sound like every other 'computer number cost' associated...
Salt very unhealthy! (Let alone salt-NaCl- is used in neural ransmission and digestion) Salt's now found healthy.
Butter found to be Unhealthy! (Yet margarine is found to be more unhealthy due to trans-fats) Butter is now not as bad as people think.
Eggs cause Cancer (or evil of the day)! (Yet, eggs have many nutients found healthy to digest, along with good studies) Eggs arent as bad as everybody thught.
Sugar causes hyperactivity! (Yet, high glucoce levels promote higher insulin and other somnabulic factors, found to put you to sleep) Sugar doesnt cause hyperactivity.
Of course, add this to the "X causes Cancer of the Week" and you might as well dismiss these types of (cough)scientists. Hell, for years now, thes etypes of people go after coffee and try to find some sort of demon in it.
The only bad people I see are those reallllly big people at the all-you-can-eat buffets. The best solution for that is have a regulatory door size;P If you cant fit through the door frame, you dont eat there. Yeah, obscene fat and skinny are both dangerous and I believe, unhealthy. Im in the middle, and I cosider it safe.
Looks to me they were testing benchmarks on FS speeds on a medium (which happens to be flash).
I wounder what would happen if you were to actually write sequential raw data to these devices? Would'nt that give no FS skew?
And talking about FAT (file acclocation table- MS partition formats), wasnt it recently said that it is a killer of Flash memory due to continously poking the same parts of data (the 2 tables)? If anything, Id consider NOT using fat if you can avoid it, due to that fact. Perhaps a freer FS would be advised (like ISO9660? )
And I block based via server block lists at the router. Then those very DNS names that are banned are looped back via a local wildcard DNS listing substituting a blank 1x1 pixel image.
Ive a few thousand ad servers on my block list.. And I nary get an ad a week. And once I get that, I submit it and block it too.
Once you set up a core set of files that are considered "crucial", you can lock them from modification by use of the NSA profiles. Root or not, no regular executable will touch them. This is a wonderful way to protect rootkits and their ilk, as you can make it so they cannot attach on the biggie files (ls, grep..).
And if I recall correctly, many Unices did this very thing, but with hash signatures in the executable. All files that verified with the known public hash (using PKI iirc) would be considered 'secure' binaries and could be run without any worry.
Just now, the NSA gave us a capability to do this for every file.
I never asked my clients employees if I could silently install a update. Once I was given approval, I'd load the update into the connect script on the Samba server.
And no Unix ever asked permission to "install data". The idea's a joke if you admin systems....... Now if you were talking about capability systems, thats a whole different ball-game.
I admit I know a bit about Citrix, but some of those points seem obtuse. Dont get me wrong, this (loosely) advert is pretty darned informative as I didnt know that Citrix could do those..
---Citrix gives you UPD I & II (Universal Printer Drivers roxxors)
Whats wrong with LPD or Cups? Apple likes CUPS and any unix understands the ol Berkley Line Printer Daemon. Even windows can be aimed at a LPD (tcp)port.
---Citrix gives you the ICA protocol, more efficient bandwidth usuage.
Ive not compared them, but how does the following compare: VNC compression, X with LBX module, ICA protocol, and gzip.
---Citrix gives you Secure Access Gateway for SSL Encrypted sessions through any web browser.
For single user access on MSWin platforms, you can use VNC which even provides java-based app to access desktop. BTW Sun has a java client for almost every OS conceived;)
---Citrix gives you published applications. (awesome)
I dont understand... Maybe Im reading what this does wrong but why would you need to publish an app? Wouldnt you just copy it to the server and make links?
---Citrix gives you load balancing.
Agreed. Other load-balancing setups are a bear. Citrix is actually easy to manage.
---Citrix gives you MultiMedia, Browser, and Flash acceleration.
Well, I for one wouldnt play multimedia over a network pipe. Id rather actually decode the frames locally but having the capability is neat. Flash is stopped at the flashstopper with a pretty "start" icon.
---Citrix gives you a common clipboard with a local desktop.
Can anybody say "running joke"? Yeah, ever since all the programs on Linux fragmented from the Mime clipboard that resides in Xwindows, C&P has been a gas on that platform...
---Citrix gives you dynamic client names.
??? So does Bind.
---Citrix gives you silent client rollout.
Erm, whats that exactly?
---Long story short, if you think that all Citrix gives you is some nifty management tools then you REALLY need to look at the product.
Many people pay big money to link together sets of programs and management tools. Thats what Citrix is. If you took away the management tools, it wouldnt be worth a nickel.
When a group of well-paid 'scientists' appears in front of a FDA panel for phase 3 testing saying:
"We feel, after going through our and their data, that this proposed treatment has unforseen detrimental effects and must be delayed for further study"
And of course, unlimited delays mean no treatment. And more profit for the insulin profit-derived makers.
Right now, Diabetes is on the track of being "cured" by use of embryonic stem cell research. Be aware, that a "Cure" like this hooks you to cyclosporine for the rest of your life, lest you eject and destroy those embryonic 'non-self' cells.
Its yet another way for the pro-choicers to get a foot in the door. Let alone I dont consider anything that hooks me to a drug for the rest of my life a 'cure' of anything.
---How do you propose we go about fixing this "problem" without making the command line useless?
First, take away "recursive" garbage. We can do lil 2 liners to mimic recursiveness, and us doing that should make us more aware what we're doing.
Second, on most commercial distros, they should be using a form of NSA security to protect crucial system files and directories to prevent even root from casually causing "accidents". The way to get around this should be a small hassle (like reading the manual and finding what boot params to pass to turn it off).
If their lead "witness" refuses to testify against the accused, the state has no case. Zippo, zilch, nada.. If there was a camera watching, the state may ignore you, but then dealing with a "didnt know I was on camera" gig would probably get the evidence thrown out.
I fail to understand how it WOULDNT be unconstitutional. If what they block prevents people from saying what is covered under their 1'st amendment rights (are not blogs and such media?) how would it not prevent speech?
From what I understand, Government cannot prevent speech (and have been slapped down when they try) but can ONLY penalise bad speech (such as threats, lies that threaten public saftey, and telling of national secrets).
---Well, I'd tend to agree with the wasteful bit... but, unconstitutional? Federal, state and local governments have censors on what can and cannot be transmitted over public air-waves (ie. radio and tv). While some might scoff at these laws, the fact is that most people don't mind them. Many, in fact, are glad for them, so that their children are not flooded with pornographic advertisements during cartoon time. (we'll skip over the lack of violence censors, as it's a little beyond my scope.)
When it coes to the censors and the FCC directly, not even the FCC can define "distasteful". We can see kids with timebomb belts but HOW DARE WE SEE A NIPPLE!
And then how would you determine distasteful and artistic? Yeah, Ill play those cards for a moment.. Look at ancient Greece statues: what do that have showing? Everything. Yet are they regarded as "pornographic" or "evil"? Nope. Theyre artistic. Be aware Im not comparing "Mr. Ed to Nancy's evul deeds in teh farm". Instead, I blur exactly what is "obscene" and "required for artistic purposes". Even those gifted in writing cannot comprehend that the word "Nigger" can be used very constructively.
Look at 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' for why racial slurs can be helpful. Throught the book, Tom eventually questions the very basis of racial slurs. I have no other way in which I'd describe to a racist why not to discriminate against by color other than this book. It breaks down the failure of ideas behind racism.
---Anyways, as to the constitutionality of pornography: Last I'd known, the Supreme Court's ruling on pornograhy was that it was not covered under "Freedom of Speech." This is why laws controlling pornographic sales are constitutionally legal.
Yeah, "Protect the Kids" or some pap. But you also have to acknologe that the basis of this decision is because most is commercial "speech" and can be regulated.
---Under those same tenates, doesn't a community (be it a small town, or a state-wide effort) have the right to determine what should be provided over publicly accessible mediums? As long as pornography is not covered under the 1st Amendment, then why shouldn't a community have the right to ensure that little Billy doesn't stumble on to some kinky German fetish site while he's playing around on his laptop while his parents are using the bathrooms at a rest stop?
It comes down to personal responsibility. Why should the state do anything when it's the parents responsibility? If the state provides access, the access should NOT be filtered in the least.
Oh, thats right, the Government is our mommy who has to "help our moral conscience". Bah.
---As much as people talk about the seperation of Church and State these days, it seems that many forget that our founding fathers were big fans of State vs Federal seperation. If Texas wants block pornography from public WiFi spots, fine. And, if San Francisco wants to dedicate their homepage to Gay and Lesbianism, that is their right, as well. And, it's your right to bitch about if you don't like it. That's what makes this country great.
Go read about in history from 1861-1865. And a lil hint, it wasnt about "Blacks" and slaves.
---The University is not a commercial ISP. They provide the Internet access as a tool for you to use to further your education. It is a shared resource, and if you are causing problems they can rectify said problems as necessary based on the ToS. If you don't like their ToS you are free to go back to dial-up or pay for a T1.
Then why do most (I mean all, but I cannot check all of them) Universities have deals in which the phone company cant install DSL and the cable guys cant install cable-internet?
The university has you held by the balls, and all you can do is squirm around a bit.
If you actually had the money, what you do is sue retroactively for time lost and sue for non-providing a service you paid for. Better yet, find a good freebie lawyer willing to go pro bono in that town.
Is it the phone company's responsibility if you keep harassing a person over the phone? Is it their responsibility if you constantly mis-use 911? Should they disconnect you if you claim fire and there's none?
Why should an internet data carrier do those very things? The only reason I could see to disconnect a line are 2 things: Not paying, and gross negligence to the physical line or direct customers' lines (we're talking about physical line abuse here, not 1's and 0's).
Then again, if you like the nanny state, go right ahead.
---The person (my Wife) who trashes the hardware, or the malcontent who goes thru to read some obscure file format, to determine some kid's IQ?
WHen trash is on the corner, anybody has the right to rummage. The Police have fought for that one, for due reason.
And since your wife didnt go through proper disposal methods of destroying information (at least a 7-pass DoD reccomended), I'd say a judge would find your wife negligent. If, though, a Computer Expert reccomended a "format", I'd exonerate her and go after the "expert".
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So what you imply is we should overcharge on EVERYTHING and hope the people we're selling XYZ to catches it.
As long as we make mistakes, in OUR BENEFIT, we're ok, right?
Of having people working on these problems?
We address the cost of every little thing in this culture. How much do adverts bring? How much does this job bring in? How much will it cost to clean this chemical spill up? How much does it cost to treat our employees better?
There's a bigger question these businesses could ask: How much would we save if we just shut our doors now?
During the Microsoft DoJ lawsuits, I wondered why MS just didnt close up shop, rescend all the EULA-licenses and just quit. Why would you deal with legal harassment when you can just take the profits you already have, and just shake your hands and say "Too bad"?
Oh well, I guess Karl Marx was right about his looking at Capitalism: He said it would continally be vigilant about 'lost profit' and cut all costs so effectively in that the people would be paupers.
Just think, does 10 Billion actually sound right, or does it sound like every other 'computer number cost' associated...
Salt very unhealthy!
;P If you cant fit through the door frame, you dont eat there. Yeah, obscene fat and skinny are both dangerous and I believe, unhealthy. Im in the middle, and I cosider it safe.
(Let alone salt-NaCl- is used in neural ransmission and digestion)
Salt's now found healthy.
Butter found to be Unhealthy!
(Yet margarine is found to be more unhealthy due to trans-fats)
Butter is now not as bad as people think.
Eggs cause Cancer (or evil of the day)!
(Yet, eggs have many nutients found healthy to digest, along with good studies)
Eggs arent as bad as everybody thught.
Sugar causes hyperactivity!
(Yet, high glucoce levels promote higher insulin and other somnabulic factors, found to put you to sleep)
Sugar doesnt cause hyperactivity.
Of course, add this to the "X causes Cancer of the Week" and you might as well dismiss these types of (cough)scientists. Hell, for years now, thes etypes of people go after coffee and try to find some sort of demon in it.
The only bad people I see are those reallllly big people at the all-you-can-eat buffets. The best solution for that is have a regulatory door size
Looks to me they were testing benchmarks on FS speeds on a medium (which happens to be flash).
I wounder what would happen if you were to actually write sequential raw data to these devices? Would'nt that give no FS skew?
And talking about FAT (file acclocation table- MS partition formats), wasnt it recently said that it is a killer of Flash memory due to continously poking the same parts of data (the 2 tables)? If anything, Id consider NOT using fat if you can avoid it, due to that fact. Perhaps a freer FS would be advised (like ISO9660? )
YOu dont get it!
You have to count the spaces between the *CLICKS* to get your data! It was an innovative way of hiding data in plain sight!
You MEAN Torrentists!
DOes that mean 'stuff' has to be free to make Capitalism perfect?
And I block based via server block lists at the router. Then those very DNS names that are banned are looped back via a local wildcard DNS listing substituting a blank 1x1 pixel image.
Ive a few thousand ad servers on my block list.. And I nary get an ad a week. And once I get that, I submit it and block it too.
Then you ought to return it for a "defective" disc.
DEMAND your money back, and when they say you could have copied it, say its "against the law".
Course, this is when you call your CC company and chargeback the unwilling company ( you DID use a CC, right?).
Exactly my point.
Once you set up a core set of files that are considered "crucial", you can lock them from modification by use of the NSA profiles. Root or not, no regular executable will touch them. This is a wonderful way to protect rootkits and their ilk, as you can make it so they cannot attach on the biggie files (ls, grep..).
And if I recall correctly, many Unices did this very thing, but with hash signatures in the executable. All files that verified with the known public hash (using PKI iirc) would be considered 'secure' binaries and could be run without any worry.
Just now, the NSA gave us a capability to do this for every file.
Ahh, like I thought.
I never asked my clients employees if I could silently install a update. Once I was given approval, I'd load the update into the connect script on the Samba server.
And no Unix ever asked permission to "install data". The idea's a joke if you admin systems....... Now if you were talking about capability systems, thats a whole different ball-game.
I admit I know a bit about Citrix, but some of those points seem obtuse. Dont get me wrong, this (loosely) advert is pretty darned informative as I didnt know that Citrix could do those..
;)
---Citrix gives you UPD I & II (Universal Printer Drivers roxxors)
Whats wrong with LPD or Cups? Apple likes CUPS and any unix understands the ol Berkley Line Printer Daemon. Even windows can be aimed at a LPD (tcp)port.
---Citrix gives you the ICA protocol, more efficient bandwidth usuage.
Ive not compared them, but how does the following compare: VNC compression, X with LBX module, ICA protocol, and gzip.
---Citrix gives you Secure Access Gateway for SSL Encrypted sessions through any web browser.
For single user access on MSWin platforms, you can use VNC which even provides java-based app to access desktop. BTW Sun has a java client for almost every OS conceived
---Citrix gives you published applications. (awesome)
I dont understand... Maybe Im reading what this does wrong but why would you need to publish an app? Wouldnt you just copy it to the server and make links?
---Citrix gives you load balancing.
Agreed. Other load-balancing setups are a bear. Citrix is actually easy to manage.
---Citrix gives you MultiMedia, Browser, and Flash acceleration.
Well, I for one wouldnt play multimedia over a network pipe. Id rather actually decode the frames locally but having the capability is neat. Flash is stopped at the flashstopper with a pretty "start" icon.
---Citrix gives you a common clipboard with a local desktop.
Can anybody say "running joke"? Yeah, ever since all the programs on Linux fragmented from the Mime clipboard that resides in Xwindows, C&P has been a gas on that platform...
---Citrix gives you dynamic client names.
??? So does Bind.
---Citrix gives you silent client rollout.
Erm, whats that exactly?
---Long story short, if you think that all Citrix gives you is some nifty management tools then you REALLY need to look at the product.
Many people pay big money to link together sets of programs and management tools. Thats what Citrix is. If you took away the management tools, it wouldnt be worth a nickel.
Then you fail to grasp corporate language.
When a group of well-paid 'scientists' appears in front of a FDA panel for phase 3 testing saying:
"We feel, after going through our and their data, that this proposed treatment has unforseen detrimental effects and must be delayed for further study"
And of course, unlimited delays mean no treatment. And more profit for the insulin profit-derived makers.
It is the FDA, but not just the FDA.
Right now, Diabetes is on the track of being "cured" by use of embryonic stem cell research. Be aware, that a "Cure" like this hooks you to cyclosporine for the rest of your life, lest you eject and destroy those embryonic 'non-self' cells.
Its yet another way for the pro-choicers to get a foot in the door. Let alone I dont consider anything that hooks me to a drug for the rest of my life a 'cure' of anything.
---How do you propose we go about fixing this "problem" without making the command line useless?
First, take away "recursive" garbage. We can do lil 2 liners to mimic recursiveness, and us doing that should make us more aware what we're doing.
Second, on most commercial distros, they should be using a form of NSA security to protect crucial system files and directories to prevent even root from casually causing "accidents". The way to get around this should be a small hassle (like reading the manual and finding what boot params to pass to turn it off).
Most drug companies will petition AGAINST these types of treatments for the sake of "medical scrutiny not up to standard".
Go take a look at Joinleenow.com and take a look how Type 1 IDDM can be cured by using YOUR OWN BODY PARTS.
Now, why would drug companies NOT want to do away with insulin dependancies? Well, soo much for selling:
Testing Kits
Needles
Insulin
Monitoring Equipment
and much more.....
Thats one hell of a profit margin that would be lost if even 1 person was cured of insulin dependancy. Now think of if all were...
Ok, think of it this way..
If their lead "witness" refuses to testify against the accused, the state has no case. Zippo, zilch, nada.. If there was a camera watching, the state may ignore you, but then dealing with a "didnt know I was on camera" gig would probably get the evidence thrown out.
---"Sounds both wasteful and unconstitutional."
I fail to understand how it WOULDNT be unconstitutional. If what they block prevents people from saying what is covered under their 1'st amendment rights (are not blogs and such media?) how would it not prevent speech?
From what I understand, Government cannot prevent speech (and have been slapped down when they try) but can ONLY penalise bad speech (such as threats, lies that threaten public saftey, and telling of national secrets).
---Well, I'd tend to agree with the wasteful bit... but, unconstitutional? Federal, state and local governments have censors on what can and cannot be transmitted over public air-waves (ie. radio and tv). While some might scoff at these laws, the fact is that most people don't mind them. Many, in fact, are glad for them, so that their children are not flooded with pornographic advertisements during cartoon time. (we'll skip over the lack of violence censors, as it's a little beyond my scope.)
When it coes to the censors and the FCC directly, not even the FCC can define "distasteful". We can see kids with timebomb belts but HOW DARE WE SEE A NIPPLE!
And then how would you determine distasteful and artistic? Yeah, Ill play those cards for a moment.. Look at ancient Greece statues: what do that have showing? Everything. Yet are they regarded as "pornographic" or "evil"? Nope. Theyre artistic. Be aware Im not comparing "Mr. Ed to Nancy's evul deeds in teh farm". Instead, I blur exactly what is "obscene" and "required for artistic purposes". Even those gifted in writing cannot comprehend that the word "Nigger" can be used very constructively.
Look at 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' for why racial slurs can be helpful. Throught the book, Tom eventually questions the very basis of racial slurs. I have no other way in which I'd describe to a racist why not to discriminate against by color other than this book. It breaks down the failure of ideas behind racism.
---Anyways, as to the constitutionality of pornography: Last I'd known, the Supreme Court's ruling on pornograhy was that it was not covered under "Freedom of Speech." This is why laws controlling pornographic sales are constitutionally legal.
Yeah, "Protect the Kids" or some pap. But you also have to acknologe that the basis of this decision is because most is commercial "speech" and can be regulated.
---Under those same tenates, doesn't a community (be it a small town, or a state-wide effort) have the right to determine what should be provided over publicly accessible mediums? As long as pornography is not covered under the 1st Amendment, then why shouldn't a community have the right to ensure that little Billy doesn't stumble on to some kinky German fetish site while he's playing around on his laptop while his parents are using the bathrooms at a rest stop?
It comes down to personal responsibility. Why should the state do anything when it's the parents responsibility? If the state provides access, the access should NOT be filtered in the least.
Oh, thats right, the Government is our mommy who has to "help our moral conscience". Bah.
---As much as people talk about the seperation of Church and State these days, it seems that many forget that our founding fathers were big fans of State vs Federal seperation. If Texas wants block pornography from public WiFi spots, fine. And, if San Francisco wants to dedicate their homepage to Gay and Lesbianism, that is their right, as well. And, it's your right to bitch about if you don't like it. That's what makes this country great.
Go read about in history from 1861-1865. And a lil hint, it wasnt about "Blacks" and slaves.
23/Of course!/Here.
How abouts you? Wanna cyber?
You're unemployed, arent you?
Cool, the "Nameless One".
Yeah, that one from Planescape: Torment
---The University is not a commercial ISP. They provide the Internet access as a tool for you to use to further your education. It is a shared resource, and if you are causing problems they can rectify said problems as necessary based on the ToS. If you don't like their ToS you are free to go back to dial-up or pay for a T1.
Then why do most (I mean all, but I cannot check all of them) Universities have deals in which the phone company cant install DSL and the cable guys cant install cable-internet?
The university has you held by the balls, and all you can do is squirm around a bit.
If you actually had the money, what you do is sue retroactively for time lost and sue for non-providing a service you paid for. Better yet, find a good freebie lawyer willing to go pro bono in that town.
You know what? You're stupid.
Is it the phone company's responsibility if you keep harassing a person over the phone? Is it their responsibility if you constantly mis-use 911? Should they disconnect you if you claim fire and there's none?
Why should an internet data carrier do those very things? The only reason I could see to disconnect a line are 2 things: Not paying, and gross negligence to the physical line or direct customers' lines (we're talking about physical line abuse here, not 1's and 0's).
Then again, if you like the nanny state, go right ahead.
The far East, of course. And add that to other third world nations with no guaranteed anything.
---The person (my Wife) who trashes the hardware, or the malcontent who goes thru to read some obscure file format, to determine some kid's IQ?
WHen trash is on the corner, anybody has the right to rummage. The Police have fought for that one, for due reason.
And since your wife didnt go through proper disposal methods of destroying information (at least a 7-pass DoD reccomended), I'd say a judge would find your wife negligent. If, though, a Computer Expert reccomended a "format", I'd exonerate her and go after the "expert".