For your 9 1/2 mil you get to buy up to a year's worth of time on the satellite (which hasn't even been designed yet, btw). After 60 days you can sublet your time to defray cost.
From the article:"...qualified people around the world would be able to purchase time slots on your satellite for a fee, and you would receive revenues from those sales.** With enough purchases, over a long mission life, you might have the opportunity to make some or all of your money back."
I don't think so. Most projects are best performed by a small group of people, and as you increase the number of people the level of productivity per person goes down. That's after the requisite number has been reached, obviously. Since there is often many ways to acheive a goal, it follows that multiple smaller groups working on the same goal will find different methods of achieving it, leaving the rest of us free to choose the most suitable.
This is the strength of the open source development model. It allows small and efficient teams to work on similar projects, the best of which are likely to be chosen as the prefered implementation of any given goal. Hence, we have multiple flavors of Linux and multiple flavors of BSD, both of which rely heavily on past UNIX experience (if not the actual source code). This duplication of effort is more likely, not less, to lead to better projects across the board.
In order for your computer to read any file on the internet, including virus definitions, it first must make a local copy of it. So yeah, everybody does need to store the same list of virus definitions on C:. Well, at any rate, everyone who wants anti-virus software needs to store a virus definition file somewhere on their hard drive.
[OT rant] That's what drives me up the wall about this whole peer-to-peer file sharing controversy. Everything on the internet, and I mean everything, consists entirely of file sharing. Yes, that means streaming media too. The peer-to-peer programs that the RIAA, et al, are decrying are conceptually no different than any other internet enabled application. I can use my browser to download illegal music too, and regular people can run web servers. You don't hear about the RIAA slamming web server software now do you?
Precisely. It's a service that nobody wants, therefore they make it an "opt out" service - like spammers. You'd think that Belkin would try to find a way to advertise their products without resorting to a method that they knew ahead of time people don't like. Why not simply include a brochure in the box the router came in, or buy ad space at a popular website? I think they need new marketroids, the ones they have seem a little dim.
But you are hard-pressed to claim that the billboard interfered with your work or cost you money.
He never claimed that. He's claiming that the billboard has cost him peace of mind that he might have had had there been no billboard. It's an intangible, but an important one. People like to live and work in pleasant surroundings. Why should we let others impinge on that for no other purpose than to hawk their products?
You bet they are. They will probably say that any attempt restrict their ability to corner the desktop market is stifling innovation in the market. Of course, it's only their innovation they're talking about.
They could try, but considering the liberal nature of Berkely in general, it's probably doomed to failure. This is the university that gave us BSD after all, and continues to be a force in open source technology. Besides, it is actually in the government's best interest to help make the internet more secure worldwide. Attacks on computer networks in foreign countries could hurt the U.S., especially if they interfere with our interests abroad...
Oh wait, did you say "Dept. of Homeland Security"? Aw fuck. We're all screwed.
The founding fathers directly experienced what happens to people when they do not have liberty. In that respect, their thoughts on the matter are entirely relevant.
On the other hand, they did exactly what so many other recently liberated people have done so often in the past: immediately oppress those beneath them even more cruelly than they had been. (I'm thinkin of Native Americans here; blacks also)
Whatever their faults, we should still recognize their wisdom in confronting their oppressors, and in guaranteeing that their families did not suffer the same fate. Indeed, over the years our society has built on those ideas and extended them to segments of society that were originally left out of the bargain. Not that the government was all that helpful in the process; quite the contrary in fact. It has only been through the strident efforts of visionaries such as MLK and his followers (very important) have the guarantees of freedom been extended to all citizens. Similarly, it will only be through the personal efforts of the heros among us that the process will be continued.
Our freedom is guaranteed not by a piece of dead tree in a D.C. museum (that thing only serves to codify the ideals that we aspire to), but by our diligence in protecting them by whatever means necessary. It is to that spirit that the second ammendment refers. It is our responsibility to guarantee it.
Most of that 150 KB is applications that have relatively little to do with the window manager portion. You can debate the usefulness of some of that, but I think it's well worth the long download.
Besides, if you don't want to take the time to download it, you can always wait for the update to your distro of choice. This is a beta release, and as such, some effort is expected.
No, there is no incontrovertable proof that the documents were not doctored. However, by the number of apparently honest and well respected people that latched onto this, we can be fairly certain of their authenticity. Furthermore, Diebold is sending cease and desist letters, which fact certainly implies that the messages are authentic. If they were not, Diebold would merely have to discredit them. They have not, ergo they are most likely authentic.
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For your 9 1/2 mil you get to buy up to a year's worth of time on the satellite (which hasn't even been designed yet, btw). After 60 days you can sublet your time to defray cost.
From the article:"...qualified people around the world would be able to purchase time slots on your satellite for a fee, and you would receive revenues from those sales.** With enough purchases, over a long mission life, you might have the opportunity to make some or all of your money back."
Sounds like a hell of a deal to me.
I have to admit that I'm no chip designer, but I have to wonder why this hasn't been done before? What are the problems with this technic?
It sounds good, but what's the catch?
I don't think so. Most projects are best performed by a small group of people, and as you increase the number of people the level of productivity per person goes down. That's after the requisite number has been reached, obviously. Since there is often many ways to acheive a goal, it follows that multiple smaller groups working on the same goal will find different methods of achieving it, leaving the rest of us free to choose the most suitable.
This is the strength of the open source development model. It allows small and efficient teams to work on similar projects, the best of which are likely to be chosen as the prefered implementation of any given goal. Hence, we have multiple flavors of Linux and multiple flavors of BSD, both of which rely heavily on past UNIX experience (if not the actual source code). This duplication of effort is more likely, not less, to lead to better projects across the board.
In order for your computer to read any file on the internet, including virus definitions, it first must make a local copy of it. So yeah, everybody does need to store the same list of virus definitions on C:. Well, at any rate, everyone who wants anti-virus software needs to store a virus definition file somewhere on their hard drive.
[OT rant]
That's what drives me up the wall about this whole peer-to-peer file sharing controversy. Everything on the internet, and I mean everything, consists entirely of file sharing. Yes, that means streaming media too. The peer-to-peer programs that the RIAA, et al, are decrying are conceptually no different than any other internet enabled application. I can use my browser to download illegal music too, and regular people can run web servers. You don't hear about the RIAA slamming web server software now do you?
Nope. It may have happened, but what you described is a DoS (Denial of Service) attack.
Sort of, but it keeps coming out as "idiot to idiot."
Precisely. It's a service that nobody wants, therefore they make it an "opt out" service - like spammers. You'd think that Belkin would try to find a way to advertise their products without resorting to a method that they knew ahead of time people don't like. Why not simply include a brochure in the box the router came in, or buy ad space at a popular website? I think they need new marketroids, the ones they have seem a little dim.
*** ericd@belkin.com ***
^^^ Spammers Welcome ^^^
Hey, maybe the driver won't see them.
*BUMP,BUMP,BUMP*
Passenger: "I think you just hit some lawyers."
Driver: "I didn't see any lawyers. Lets go back and see."
*BUMP,BUMP,BUMP*
Driver: "Yep, looks like I did. Damn that's rough."
*BUMP,BUMP,BUMP*
You'll find the patch in your Windows folder.
But you are hard-pressed to claim that the billboard interfered with your work or cost you money.
He never claimed that. He's claiming that the billboard has cost him peace of mind that he might have had had there been no billboard. It's an intangible, but an important one. People like to live and work in pleasant surroundings. Why should we let others impinge on that for no other purpose than to hawk their products?
You bet they are. They will probably say that any attempt restrict their ability to corner the desktop market is stifling innovation in the market. Of course, it's only their innovation they're talking about.
They could try, but considering the liberal nature of Berkely in general, it's probably doomed to failure. This is the university that gave us BSD after all, and continues to be a force in open source technology. Besides, it is actually in the government's best interest to help make the internet more secure worldwide. Attacks on computer networks in foreign countries could hurt the U.S., especially if they interfere with our interests abroad...
Oh wait, did you say "Dept. of Homeland Security"? Aw fuck. We're all screwed.
Will they expose this system externally for real "hackers" to play with?
If they do, I'm sure slashdot will be more than happy to help with stress testing.
Course I'd love for them to try getting all those google servers to run IIS
Are you fscking nuts? I need a google that works, man!
Nicotine is destroyed in the stomach.
THC isn't. You might consider that when you quit your other smoking addiction.
The founding fathers directly experienced what happens to people when they do not have liberty. In that respect, their thoughts on the matter are entirely relevant.
On the other hand, they did exactly what so many other recently liberated people have done so often in the past: immediately oppress those beneath them even more cruelly than they had been. (I'm thinkin of Native Americans here; blacks also)
Whatever their faults, we should still recognize their wisdom in confronting their oppressors, and in guaranteeing that their families did not suffer the same fate. Indeed, over the years our society has built on those ideas and extended them to segments of society that were originally left out of the bargain. Not that the government was all that helpful in the process; quite the contrary in fact. It has only been through the strident efforts of visionaries such as MLK and his followers (very important) have the guarantees of freedom been extended to all citizens. Similarly, it will only be through the personal efforts of the heros among us that the process will be continued.
Our freedom is guaranteed not by a piece of dead tree in a D.C. museum (that thing only serves to codify the ideals that we aspire to), but by our diligence in protecting them by whatever means necessary. It is to that spirit that the second ammendment refers. It is our responsibility to guarantee it.
Note to self: preview dammit!
$last_post =~ s/150 KB/150 MB/;
Most of that 150 KB is applications that have relatively little to do with the window manager portion. You can debate the usefulness of some of that, but I think it's well worth the long download.
Besides, if you don't want to take the time to download it, you can always wait for the update to your distro of choice. This is a beta release, and as such, some effort is expected.
It's funny because it's true.
"Fair and Balanced" my ass. What's FN's next tagline, "Trust Me"?
Since Lindows is Linux afterall, this new composer should work just fine for all distributions.
No, there is no incontrovertable proof that the documents were not doctored. However, by the number of apparently honest and well respected people that latched onto this, we can be fairly certain of their authenticity. Furthermore, Diebold is sending cease and desist letters, which fact certainly implies that the messages are authentic. If they were not, Diebold would merely have to discredit them. They have not, ergo they are most likely authentic.
Obviously. There's no telling when it would arrive, or where for that matter. Couriers are much more reliable.
Their days may be numbered, but with something like 50 billion dollars in the bank that number is pretty big.