I know this because I got a message saying my antivirus was out of date and that I needed to install an update. I simply clicked the link, gave them my credit card number and I'm safe now. I even have a cool new homepage.
Hmm - thinking that I'd like to pop over to cnet or tigerdirect or fry's and pick up a zettabyte drive. I'm sure that's "more than enough storage" for all my digital files...
Though I don't think "Powerpoint" or "open office impress" is the issue, I can see the point. We have become too reliant on a screen full of information. Of course, this is nothing compared to the chalkboards of yesteryear!
Seriously, I can see this being a possibility, but am not going to hold my breath. Just watch - some manufacturer will never go for the idea of a Linux-based tablet.
I'm a manager for a large county (100,000 employees) and am in a medium department with 800 employees. I've hired nine programmers in the past two years. Seven of them were fresh out of college. Oddly enough, all had CS degrees, though none had a clue about assembly or circuit design.
Of the seven 'beginning' programmers, all had done work on the side either as a self-held business or as contract work. I rejected every applicant who hadn't done some programming outside of class.
Two of my top programmers even had joined to enter a M$-sponsored contest for programming and had gone on to the finals.
In other words, show that you want to be a programmer and not just a student.
I noticed koreaman also mentioned nepotism - that works as well.:)
China wants to rule the world. (Or at least make sure they make money somehow everywhere.) I can see the Chinese - all using Red Flag Linux (or some pirated copy of Wintendo) - gathering together to control all DNS machines. This was a warning - mess with us and we take your DNS down.
Somehow I think anybody in power would be able to give personal experiences on this. Be it a politician (as KiltedKnight suggested), power broker, agent, spy or executive.
I know you're going to get modded down as a troll, but the answer is correct.
Now, for the Wintendo virtual machines I run inside of GNU/Linux (Ubuntu 9.1 currently) I use Avast! as my AV of choice. Yes, it is hard to find the free version, but at least it updates.
Erm, no. I work for LA County. They're quite the opposite. In fact, I'm working to hire some programmers. I put together a preliminary interview panel, which comprised of four people. Our HR came back and told us it wasn't "diverse enough" and that I needed more minority representation.
I thought about trying to find an African-American Buddhist female gay staff member but gave up.
I generally hire staff that have an affinity for Star Wars - and at least one replica lightsaber. I also have systems named JEDI (Joint Enterprise Document Ifrastructre) and YODA (Your Online Document Archive) but do not insist on Jedi robes.
As it is, the guy was wearing a hoodie, not a Jedi robe.
I read through some of the PDF file. Nothing new there, just the usual "if someone tells of the uber-sekret stuff we're doing, the bad guys might get us" type of information.
However, one thing caught my attention on the 4th page: "The Wikileaks.org Web site could be used to post fabricated information, misinformation, disinformation, or propaganda and could be used in perception management and influence operations to convey a positive or negative message to specific target audiences that view or retrieve information from the Web site."
Um, you mean like, Fox News? http://www.foxnews.com/
Slashdot Mirror
Heh - I meant that the BSA (http://www.scouting.org/) aren't usually into software issues.
Yes, I suppose OSS can be pirated as much as CSS.
The boy scouts of America are supposed to be fixing trails and helping grannies cross streets.
What are they doing policing closed-source software??
I wonder if it can be modded to drift..
I know this because I got a message saying my antivirus was out of date and that I needed to install an update. I simply clicked the link, gave them my credit card number and I'm safe now. I even have a cool new homepage.
LOL!
Hmm - thinking that I'd like to pop over to cnet or tigerdirect or fry's and pick up a zettabyte drive. I'm sure that's "more than enough storage" for all my digital files...
Are they on sale for $149.00 yet?
Though I don't think "Powerpoint" or "open office impress" is the issue, I can see the point. We have become too reliant on a screen full of information. Of course, this is nothing compared to the chalkboards of yesteryear!
...there is no such thing as a "productive" meeting.
:)
However, I'm not sure I can see a meeting where the meeting notes go somethng like:
Doing well.
LOL
Should we do lunch?
Y
OK, what next?
Project A
HTH!
Donkey Kong vs. Mario on a tablet!!
Seriously, I can see this being a possibility, but am not going to hold my breath. Just watch - some manufacturer will never go for the idea of a Linux-based tablet.
I can only imagine the average /. user logging in from home and what that person looks like. (I include myself in this cohort.)
This is not an april fools joke, it is a potential scary movie!
I'm a manager for a large county (100,000 employees) and am in a medium department with 800 employees. I've hired nine programmers in the past two years. Seven of them were fresh out of college. Oddly enough, all had CS degrees, though none had a clue about assembly or circuit design.
:)
Of the seven 'beginning' programmers, all had done work on the side either as a self-held business or as contract work. I rejected every applicant who hadn't done some programming outside of class.
Two of my top programmers even had joined to enter a M$-sponsored contest for programming and had gone on to the finals.
In other words, show that you want to be a programmer and not just a student.
I noticed koreaman also mentioned nepotism - that works as well.
China wants to rule the world. (Or at least make sure they make money somehow everywhere.) I can see the Chinese - all using Red Flag Linux (or some pirated copy of Wintendo) - gathering together to control all DNS machines. This was a warning - mess with us and we take your DNS down.
LOL! I need to drag out my old VHS tapes of SNL... ..and then find a VHS player.
Maybe I'll just go to youtube instead.
The story had a related article from earlier. In it, they posted a picture of a GBA next to the DS article...
...unless the next gen DS is going retro on us. :P
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/nintendo-announces-3ds-the-glasses-free-3d-successor-to-the-d/
Touch my monkey!
Touch him!
Sorry, that's what first popped into my head.
you would need the Cone of Silence. I can then answer your question.
Huh?
You mean this?
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/cto/customerguide/page18.htm
Somehow I think anybody in power would be able to give personal experiences on this. Be it a politician (as KiltedKnight suggested), power broker, agent, spy or executive.
Nothing new here, move along!
LOL!
LOL!
I know you're going to get modded down as a troll, but the answer is correct.
Now, for the Wintendo virtual machines I run inside of GNU/Linux (Ubuntu 9.1 currently) I use Avast! as my AV of choice. Yes, it is hard to find the free version, but at least it updates.
Erm, no. I work for LA County. They're quite the opposite. In fact, I'm working to hire some programmers. I put together a preliminary interview panel, which comprised of four people. Our HR came back and told us it wasn't "diverse enough" and that I needed more minority representation.
I thought about trying to find an African-American Buddhist female gay staff member but gave up.
I generally hire staff that have an affinity for Star Wars - and at least one replica lightsaber. I also have systems named JEDI (Joint Enterprise Document Ifrastructre) and YODA (Your Online Document Archive) but do not insist on Jedi robes.
As it is, the guy was wearing a hoodie, not a Jedi robe.
Seems a bit extreme.
You must have read, "The Cuckoo's Egg."
I read through some of the PDF file. Nothing new there, just the usual "if someone tells of the uber-sekret stuff we're doing, the bad guys might get us" type of information.
However, one thing caught my attention on the 4th page: "The Wikileaks.org Web site could be used to post fabricated information,
misinformation, disinformation, or propaganda and could be used in perception
management and influence operations to convey a positive or negative message to
specific target audiences that view or retrieve information from the Web site."
Um, you mean like, Fox News? http://www.foxnews.com/
Just watch for any large dogs coming along with the building.