Private University = completely self funded through tuition, research grants, trusts, donations, etc. Harvard is a private university.
Public University = any university that has some or most of their funding through tax dollars from the state/federal level. Most 'state' schools (like Ohio State, Florida State, Oregon State, etc) are public universities.
So which is better? No clear answer to that as each type has their advantages and disadvantages. Private schools are often views as 'better' because of their exclusitivity, ie, only taking the best of the best. However, public universities, while easier to get into, usually have MUCH lower tuition and are more likely to help less fortunate students pay for their education through loans and scholarships.
But the question isn't "would you" but "could you". Even though I would never kill someone, I know from a legal stand point (not to mention a moral one) that I cannot kill someone. But can anyone answer my question about IP ownership? Parents can manage their child's income if they are under 18 (just check out child actors in Hollywood), so why couldn't they also claim ownership of their original works? I don't know anyone who would even try to steal IP from their children, but that isn't the point. Legally, do minors have zero owernship rights?
Minors, just like everyone else, have the rights that they or others can and will defend against those who would violate them. Since the longstanding tradition is that the law does not enforce any such rights - for example, it is legal to spank a minor while doing the same to an adult would get you jailed for torture - and since the minors themselves are incapable of defending against such violations, due to their lack of resources, I'd say that the minors have no rights, period.
But the basis for any just government (and really, the only reason we have them) is to protect the weak from the strong. In the end, if those that cannot defend their rights are given no rights, how are we any better than warlords or dictators? Laws are there to protect everyone, including those that cannot protect themselves. An adult being spanked has several options: physically fight back or repond using the law (police, lawyers, etc). For the child, since they are (on average) physically less strong than their parents he would only have the second choice, the legal system. If the spanking was not physically damaging then most governments just chalk it up to diciplining a child. On the other hand, if the spanking does beyond diciplin and is physically hurtful (broken bones, scares, bruises, etc), then the law will step in to protect the child.
Basicly, even children have rights that the government protects, but most are only conserned with physical protection. Your example of spanking is not proof against this, as parents have been arrested for such actions.
This actually touches on a gray legal area: the legal rights of minors. While there are definately rights that you are born with (and a few that some people believe begin at conception, such as right to life), others are more fluid. When minors cross the entrance of public schools, many if not most of their rights disappear. For example, where adults have the right to property that cannot be removed without lawful cause, minors can have anything and everything taken from them by school officials if they deem it necessary (think cell phones, pagers, magazines, etc). So, is intellectual property the next 'right' that minors will have stripped away once entering a public school? Will schools, therefore, start claiming ownership of ideas the students think of during school hours, much like corporations claim the ideas of their adult employees?
I think we are seeing the start of a new legal debate: what rights do minors have or not have, and who can take them away? If some 17 year old comes up with the next great business idea while sitting in his computer programming class in high school, does the school have legal rights to the idea? Does his parents since they are legally responsible for him? Or, since the school is a public school, does the State/Federal government have first rights? In an age where IP rights can mean the difference between just another computer program and a billion dollar empire, questions like these are going to be asked more often.
Let me simplify your stance: nothing is better than something with a few restrictions. Face it, if you want digital music that you aren't just renting, you will have some form of DRM. There are services like iTunes with nice DRM that treats the regular user as a person and not a felon in training. Then there are DRM like MS that is only a hair up from forcing you to pay each time you listen to the song or even think about the song. DRM on media files is here to stay. The real choice is, do you want to kind that treats you as a human being to succed and become the most widely used, or the kind that treats you like a criminal?
I've always wondered at people who bash the iTunes DRM since it is actually pretty nice to the user (as you mentioned). DRM like Microsoft's is the wrong kind of DRM. It starts from the assumption that the user is a criminal and given the opportunity will share their music with millions unless stopped by someone. The DRM on iTunes, on the other hand, is actually very nice IMHO. I can transfer music to my iPod with no problems. I can burn playlists to as many CDs as I like. I can have multiple systems access my iTunes account (home, laptop, work, etc). MS is just shooting themselves in the foot and driving yet more people to iTunes, iPod, and Apple.
Both AMD and Intel know they can't focus soley on the server or desktop market, but on both. While these chips are great for servers (what high powered chip isn't??), they will also be targeted at desktop machines (and may laptops in the future). With the performance of single core CPUs reaching their limit (thank you leakage current and high temps), multicore and multiproc systems will be the future of computing. Yes you can quote me on that.
All these stories from people and based on the article summary, I can take a guess at what is happening: physical rehab (like what you get in the hospital), but done more often because you are doing something you love. While the use of games as rehab, in itself, is pretty interesting, I don't believe that the game is what is helping them recover. It's the constant movement and retraining of the mind, just like conventional physical therapy. Using games is brilliant because it will get people to actually do their exercises. My gf hurt her back a year ago while on the job, and she had a list of exercises to do from her doctor. She didn't do them as often as she should, and I don't blame her. They were boring and they hurt. Now, if there was a game that could get her to do the same motions, she probably would have done them as much as her doctor wanted her to.
Now that really depends what you mean by 'beat' TiVo. Will it have larger storage? Probably. Will it be able to convert to multiple video codecs? Probably not (not enough CPU power). Record multiple shows at once? Definately not (won't get two good TV cards in a $500 price cap). In the end, if you built a $500 MythTV box you'll get something more on par with TiVo, but with a significantly harder setup, less useful interface, and not many extra features. However, dump $1k+ into a MythTV box, and you get a laundry list of neat features that TiVo just can't touch. But I'll stick with TiVo until then.
I think you have some good points, and some bad points. For any server that will be accessed by the public or even just on the company intra-net, Debian Stable is the best choice. But that doens't mean that Ubuntu is a 'toy' Linux distro. Don't discount the developer-GUI interaction. I've found Ubuntu very stable with a clean, consistent GUI that makes it easy for even beginner Linux users to interact with the system. You call it a Windows replacement, which I will agree with. It does provide a complete desktop OS, not just a 'toy' developement environment. With Ubuntu you can develope, research, and do business desktop operations such as Email, office documents, etc. That doesn't sound like a 'toy' box to me.
MythTV can do that because they are not an entity that can be sued by TV networks (or at least not view as enough of a threat). I love OSS and Linux, but MythTV is not easy to setup. And don't forget the hardware cost. You don't want to do a sub-par MythTV box. Usually you'd want a very large hardrive (or four), a good TV tuner (or two), and enough processing power to encode a show or two and still watch TV. TiVo is a good option when you don't want to fork over $1k+ and want it to just work. Of course, once I get my hands on enough funds and time, I plan on making a kick-ass MythTV box. Until then, I'll enjoy my TiVo.
That paper trail you should be building, IMHO, is going to end up as exhibit A-Z if the company has an info leak.
While that paper trail can definately be bad for the company, for the person in question it is almost necessar. If the company does get sued by a victum of their incompitence, they will get what they deserve. However, if the people in charge start looking for a scape goat, the IT person won't have to worry. Especially in anything public, the documents help shield the employee, both from managers and prosecuters. The only time it could hurt is if the upper manager found out about the paper trail being generated and fires the guy for doing so. But from the sounds of it, that wouldn't be a big loss for the IT guy. He needs to head to a company that actually listens to their employees.
First, keep a very accurate paper trail, with dates and responses, of every suggestion and action you wanted to take. That way, when (not if) they suffer a massive data theft or loss of income from their computer systems being down, you can point to your evidence and basicly say "I told you so, no one to blame but yourselves".
Second, quit that job. Make it very clear that you are unable to perform your job duties and move on to greener pastures. Unless you have stake, financial or otherwise, beyond just a paycheck, is it worth all the frustration and coming headaches? You know they will suffer a very bad event and want to blame you. Even with your evidence, you know you'll be the scape-goat and be fired. Just leave now and get a better job.
In order to prevent a massive lawsuite storm from all the major networks, TiVo officially only allows you to fast-forward through commercials, not skip them (similar to using a VCR). Unofficially there is a feature you can enable through the remote (hitting a combo of buttons) that allows you to change the 'skip-to-the-end' button into a 30 second skip ahead button. Most of the time you only have to hit it 3-4 times to get through commercial breaks. But that's unofficial;)
Yup, waiting until Apple had invested enough money, advertizing, and resources for them to just 'drop' iTunes or start over just to avoid a silly lawsuite or 12. It's become pretty common these days.
Don't forget, no matter how much you firewall or patch or try to secure your systems and network, you can never truely protect yourself from an uniformed user. All it takes is one user getting their personal laptop infected and putting it back on the corporate network for it to attempt to spread. And all it takes for the it to take hold in the network is a couple of developement boxes that some group has forgotten about for a few years and forgotten to patch. And while your most important systems remain protected, worms and viruses can still cause havok by flooding the network, sending out bogus emails, etc. And then you have to take time off your projects and track down those old boxes and deal with their owners. So yes, while old problems are not hard for you to protect against, never forget the other person who doesn't know how to protect themselves and how they can still effect you.
It's simply a business descision. They are waaaaaaaaaaaay behind and have OEMs and major developers on their backs for something they can use to develope for/validate against. Vista will never be "done". Five years from now we'll still be "finishing" the OS with bug patches and feature creep. I think the article simple ment that what was left was fine-tuning of small features, insuring as much "correct" behavior as possible, and re-compiling without debug code.
It's sad to know that he will be punished in some form, maybe even thrown in jail, just for doing the right thing. All he wanted was to do a good job and protect the lives of those who protect all of ours.
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Public University = any university that has some or most of their funding through tax dollars from the state/federal level. Most 'state' schools (like Ohio State, Florida State, Oregon State, etc) are public universities.
So which is better? No clear answer to that as each type has their advantages and disadvantages. Private schools are often views as 'better' because of their exclusitivity, ie, only taking the best of the best. However, public universities, while easier to get into, usually have MUCH lower tuition and are more likely to help less fortunate students pay for their education through loans and scholarships.
As an Oregon and Portland native, a really like the choice in name. Since OSDL is in Beaverton (right next to Portland) the name choice makes sense :)
But the question isn't "would you" but "could you". Even though I would never kill someone, I know from a legal stand point (not to mention a moral one) that I cannot kill someone. But can anyone answer my question about IP ownership? Parents can manage their child's income if they are under 18 (just check out child actors in Hollywood), so why couldn't they also claim ownership of their original works? I don't know anyone who would even try to steal IP from their children, but that isn't the point. Legally, do minors have zero owernship rights?
But the basis for any just government (and really, the only reason we have them) is to protect the weak from the strong. In the end, if those that cannot defend their rights are given no rights, how are we any better than warlords or dictators? Laws are there to protect everyone, including those that cannot protect themselves. An adult being spanked has several options: physically fight back or repond using the law (police, lawyers, etc). For the child, since they are (on average) physically less strong than their parents he would only have the second choice, the legal system. If the spanking was not physically damaging then most governments just chalk it up to diciplining a child. On the other hand, if the spanking does beyond diciplin and is physically hurtful (broken bones, scares, bruises, etc), then the law will step in to protect the child.
Basicly, even children have rights that the government protects, but most are only conserned with physical protection. Your example of spanking is not proof against this, as parents have been arrested for such actions.
But it's a great way to keep Vista worm/virus free :)
I think we are seeing the start of a new legal debate: what rights do minors have or not have, and who can take them away? If some 17 year old comes up with the next great business idea while sitting in his computer programming class in high school, does the school have legal rights to the idea? Does his parents since they are legally responsible for him? Or, since the school is a public school, does the State/Federal government have first rights? In an age where IP rights can mean the difference between just another computer program and a billion dollar empire, questions like these are going to be asked more often.
^^ So far the most intelligent and fair minded reply I've seen.
Let me simplify your stance: nothing is better than something with a few restrictions. Face it, if you want digital music that you aren't just renting, you will have some form of DRM. There are services like iTunes with nice DRM that treats the regular user as a person and not a felon in training. Then there are DRM like MS that is only a hair up from forcing you to pay each time you listen to the song or even think about the song. DRM on media files is here to stay. The real choice is, do you want to kind that treats you as a human being to succed and become the most widely used, or the kind that treats you like a criminal?
I've always wondered at people who bash the iTunes DRM since it is actually pretty nice to the user (as you mentioned). DRM like Microsoft's is the wrong kind of DRM. It starts from the assumption that the user is a criminal and given the opportunity will share their music with millions unless stopped by someone. The DRM on iTunes, on the other hand, is actually very nice IMHO. I can transfer music to my iPod with no problems. I can burn playlists to as many CDs as I like. I can have multiple systems access my iTunes account (home, laptop, work, etc). MS is just shooting themselves in the foot and driving yet more people to iTunes, iPod, and Apple.
What are the other two, just out of curiosity?
Both AMD and Intel know they can't focus soley on the server or desktop market, but on both. While these chips are great for servers (what high powered chip isn't??), they will also be targeted at desktop machines (and may laptops in the future). With the performance of single core CPUs reaching their limit (thank you leakage current and high temps), multicore and multiproc systems will be the future of computing. Yes you can quote me on that.
All these stories from people and based on the article summary, I can take a guess at what is happening: physical rehab (like what you get in the hospital), but done more often because you are doing something you love. While the use of games as rehab, in itself, is pretty interesting, I don't believe that the game is what is helping them recover. It's the constant movement and retraining of the mind, just like conventional physical therapy. Using games is brilliant because it will get people to actually do their exercises. My gf hurt her back a year ago while on the job, and she had a list of exercises to do from her doctor. She didn't do them as often as she should, and I don't blame her. They were boring and they hurt. Now, if there was a game that could get her to do the same motions, she probably would have done them as much as her doctor wanted her to.
Well there goes 99% of all sales forces in all industries.... wait, you may be onto something here!
Now that really depends what you mean by 'beat' TiVo. Will it have larger storage? Probably. Will it be able to convert to multiple video codecs? Probably not (not enough CPU power). Record multiple shows at once? Definately not (won't get two good TV cards in a $500 price cap). In the end, if you built a $500 MythTV box you'll get something more on par with TiVo, but with a significantly harder setup, less useful interface, and not many extra features. However, dump $1k+ into a MythTV box, and you get a laundry list of neat features that TiVo just can't touch. But I'll stick with TiVo until then.
I think you have some good points, and some bad points. For any server that will be accessed by the public or even just on the company intra-net, Debian Stable is the best choice. But that doens't mean that Ubuntu is a 'toy' Linux distro. Don't discount the developer-GUI interaction. I've found Ubuntu very stable with a clean, consistent GUI that makes it easy for even beginner Linux users to interact with the system. You call it a Windows replacement, which I will agree with. It does provide a complete desktop OS, not just a 'toy' developement environment. With Ubuntu you can develope, research, and do business desktop operations such as Email, office documents, etc. That doesn't sound like a 'toy' box to me.
MythTV can do that because they are not an entity that can be sued by TV networks (or at least not view as enough of a threat). I love OSS and Linux, but MythTV is not easy to setup. And don't forget the hardware cost. You don't want to do a sub-par MythTV box. Usually you'd want a very large hardrive (or four), a good TV tuner (or two), and enough processing power to encode a show or two and still watch TV. TiVo is a good option when you don't want to fork over $1k+ and want it to just work. Of course, once I get my hands on enough funds and time, I plan on making a kick-ass MythTV box. Until then, I'll enjoy my TiVo.
While that paper trail can definately be bad for the company, for the person in question it is almost necessar. If the company does get sued by a victum of their incompitence, they will get what they deserve. However, if the people in charge start looking for a scape goat, the IT person won't have to worry. Especially in anything public, the documents help shield the employee, both from managers and prosecuters. The only time it could hurt is if the upper manager found out about the paper trail being generated and fires the guy for doing so. But from the sounds of it, that wouldn't be a big loss for the IT guy. He needs to head to a company that actually listens to their employees.
Second, quit that job. Make it very clear that you are unable to perform your job duties and move on to greener pastures. Unless you have stake, financial or otherwise, beyond just a paycheck, is it worth all the frustration and coming headaches? You know they will suffer a very bad event and want to blame you. Even with your evidence, you know you'll be the scape-goat and be fired. Just leave now and get a better job.
In order to prevent a massive lawsuite storm from all the major networks, TiVo officially only allows you to fast-forward through commercials, not skip them (similar to using a VCR). Unofficially there is a feature you can enable through the remote (hitting a combo of buttons) that allows you to change the 'skip-to-the-end' button into a 30 second skip ahead button. Most of the time you only have to hit it 3-4 times to get through commercial breaks. But that's unofficial ;)
Yup, waiting until Apple had invested enough money, advertizing, and resources for them to just 'drop' iTunes or start over just to avoid a silly lawsuite or 12. It's become pretty common these days.
LOL, yet another case where a built-in spell-checker (ala Gmail) would be very helpful on /.
Don't forget, no matter how much you firewall or patch or try to secure your systems and network, you can never truely protect yourself from an uniformed user. All it takes is one user getting their personal laptop infected and putting it back on the corporate network for it to attempt to spread. And all it takes for the it to take hold in the network is a couple of developement boxes that some group has forgotten about for a few years and forgotten to patch. And while your most important systems remain protected, worms and viruses can still cause havok by flooding the network, sending out bogus emails, etc. And then you have to take time off your projects and track down those old boxes and deal with their owners. So yes, while old problems are not hard for you to protect against, never forget the other person who doesn't know how to protect themselves and how they can still effect you.
It's simply a business descision. They are waaaaaaaaaaaay behind and have OEMs and major developers on their backs for something they can use to develope for/validate against. Vista will never be "done". Five years from now we'll still be "finishing" the OS with bug patches and feature creep. I think the article simple ment that what was left was fine-tuning of small features, insuring as much "correct" behavior as possible, and re-compiling without debug code.
Yup, I beat my addiction to WoW. The day I pushed that cancel button was the day I was set free. So it is possible to beat WoW!
It's sad to know that he will be punished in some form, maybe even thrown in jail, just for doing the right thing. All he wanted was to do a good job and protect the lives of those who protect all of ours.